We have often heard of Krsna’s rasa-lila with the cowherd girls in Vrndavana. That is not like ordinary exchanges that take place between these material bodies. Rather it is an exchange of feelings through spiritual bodies. One has to be somewhat intelligent to understand this, for a foolish man, who cannot understand what real happiness […]

The Krsna consciousness movement is especially meant for creating an atmosphere in which people can take to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. One must begin with faith, and when this faith is increased by chanting, a person can become a member of the Society. We are sending sankirtana parties all over the world, […]

You cannot ever overcome, because you are all weak. Daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya [Bg 7.14]. Unless you are very strong, maya is very, very stronger than you. How you can avoid it? Daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya, mam eva ye prapadyante. Only one is very, very strong in capturing the lotus […]

That is pleasure, serving God. Just like Rupa Gosvami, just see, in the cottage. They are minister. They are ministers. Tyaktva turnam asesa-mandala-pati-srenim. They are living most aristocratically, and now they are taking the place of mendicants living in the cottage, no bodily comfort, no servants, nothing of the sort. Does it mean they are […]

In this place you [Srila Prabhupada] manifested your divine anger when the devotees foolishly cut down very large and beautiful tree that had been standing in the courtyard. It had been one of the real opulences of the temple. The heavy winds of a Texas storm had knocked it over so that it was leaning […]

(Told by ISKCON’s Sridhara Swami) Finally, he called me and said, “So you want to take sannyasa?” “Yes, Prabhupada.” “So would you like to wait till Mayapur next year and . . .” I had learned a phrase for preaching to businessmen. Lord Rama, when he shot an arrow and Ravana was dying . . […]

Gopis, they are full of anxiety: “Oh, Krsna has gone to the pasturing ground.” Their anxiety is there. Just like Rukmini, she was thinking, “Oh, Krsna may not give me up. He is talking in this way.” She fainted. So anxiety is there. So that…, the anxiety is that one may not be separated from […]

Gurukrpa: They feel that if you are inhibited in your sex life — if you only choose women — then you are not progressive. You must become liberated from these moral or, they call it, “hang-up” feeling. “This is not correct.” Now they drive their children to the homosex dance, the parents, and let the […]

There are many rascal gurus who give their own opinion, but we can challenge any rascal. A rascal guru may say, “I am God,” or, “We are all God.” That is all right, but we should find out from the dictionary what the meaning of “God” is. Generally, a dictionary will tell us that the […]

Radharani and Durga, both are prakrtis of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but one prakrti is meant for controlling this material world, and the other prakrti is meant for blessing the spiritual world. We living entities also belong to the spiritual prakrti, we are expansion of spiritual prakrti. Just like Srimati Radharani is always engaged […]

One should try to purchase a ticket to go back home, back to Godhead. The price of such a ticket is one’s intense desire for it, which is not easily awakened, even if one continuously performs pious activities for thousands of lives. All mundane relationships are sure to be broken in the course of time, […]

Sri Krishna Kapoor was a big mill owner. He had a big car, and he took Prabhupada to the beach every morning. Mr. Kapoor’s dog, a big black German Shepherd, sat right beside Prabhupada in the back seat. Mr. Kapoor thought it was completely OK. He used to walk on the beach with his dog, […]