Krishna Kathamrita Sindhu

30/09/2022

"Lord Caitanya has advised that any person who is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and who desires to pass beyond material nescience must not associate himself with women or with persons interested in material enjoyment.

For a person seeking advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, such association is more dangerous than su***de."

— Srimad Bhagavatam 3.13.34

25/09/2022

"Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to receive some blessings from the brahmaṇas, when He was boy He was voluntarily trying to give some service to the brahmaṇas who were engaged in bathing in the Ganges. He'll clear the place because the brahmaṇa, after taking bath in the Ganges, would sit down, would chant mantra. So He'll cleanse and He'll wash the cloth, and in... Voluntarily He was doing that, service. So one brahmaṇa blessed Him, "My dear boy, You'll be very happy in your family life. You'll have good wife, very opulent position." And Caitanya Mahaprabhu was blocking the ears. The brahmaṇa said, "What is this?" "No, this is not blessing, sir." "Oh, it is not blessing? Then You'll never be happy in Your family life." "Yes, this is the..." (laughter) "This is all right." So therefore He took sannyasa. Arya-vacasa yad agad araṇyam."

— A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupad
[Lecture - November 28,1976, Vrindavan]

20/09/2022

“Srila Prabhupada for me he was a teacher, a father and a dear friend of mine”

“Srila Prabhupada was not just another Eastern scholar, guru, mystic, yoga teacher or meditation instructor. He was the embodiment of an entire culture and implanted that culture in the West. For me and many others, it was before all someone who really cared, who completely sacrificed his comfort to work for the good of others. He had no private life, but lived only for others. He taught spiritual sciences, philosophy, common sense, art, languages, style of Vedic life: hygiene, nutrition, medicine, etiquette, family life, agriculture, social organization, education, economy and much more for many people. For me he was a teacher, a father and a dear friend of mine ”.

Mukunda Goswami.

30/08/2022

Jayadvaita Swami: Just like sometimes we'll hear our men. They'll be chanting... Like yesterday I heard that someone was chanting,

"Nitāi-Gaura, Nitāi-Gaura, Nitāi-Nitāi-Gaura."

Like that, I'll hear different mantras. Someone is chanting: "Rādhe, Rādhe, Rādhe, Rādhe," like that, at kīrtana.

Srila Prabhupada: Well, that is not done by the ācāryas. But there is no harm chanting "Rādhe." But sometimes it is degraded to make something new, invention. Therefore better to stick to "Hare Kṛṣṇa" and to "Śrī-Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhupāda-Nityānanda." Otherwise... Just like the sahajiyās, they have invented: "Nitāi-Gaura Rādhe Śyāma, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Rāma." These things will come gradually. But they are not approved. They are called chara kīrtana (?), means "concocted kīrtana." But there is no harm chanting "Rādhe, Nitāi-Gaura." So better stick to this Pañca-tattva, and mahā-mantra. Just like "Nitāi Gaura Rādhe Śyāma, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Rāma." There is "Nitāi-Gaura, Rādhe Śyāma," but it is not approved. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Cc. Madhya 17.186]. We have to follow the mahājana. In Caitanya-caritāmṛta you'll find "Śrī-Kṛṣṇa-Caitanya Prabhu-Nityānanda, Śrī-Advaita Gadādhara...," never "Nitāi Gaura, Rādhe Śyāma." So why should we do that?

Morning Walk -- April 8, 1975, Mayapur

02/05/2022

"These things can be avoided when one is very much advanced in Krsna Consciousness.

Krsna's Name is Madan Mohan, the conqueror of l***y desires, or the cupid. Unless one is very much attracted with Krsna one cannot give up or avoid attraction of Cupid. Those who are fixed in chanting Hare Krsna Mantra and always reading the books and following the regulative principles they can be saved.

Otherwise, there is no question of being saved from the clutches of Maya."

— Srila Prabhupada's letter
(30 April 1974)

17/03/2022

CHILDREN IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS

Srila Prabhupada speaks about Children in Krsna Consciousness

In the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 1.12.30 Srila Prubhupada is saying: "Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī remarks in this connection that every child, if given an impression of the Lord from his very childhood, certainly becomes a great devotee of the Lord like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. One may not be as fortunate as Mahārāja Parīkṣit to have the opportunity to see the Lord in the womb of his mother, but even if he is not so fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desire him to be so. There is a practical example in my personal life in this connection. My father was a pure devotee of the Lord, and when I was only four or five years old, my father gave me a couple of forms of Rādhā and Krsna. In a playful manner, I used to worship these Deities along with my sister, and I used to imitate the performances of a neighboring temple of Rādhā-Govinda. By constantly visiting this neighboring temple and copying the ceremonies in connection with my own Deities of play, I developed a natural affinity for the Lord. My father used to observe all the ceremonies befitting my position. Later on, these activities were suspended due to my association in the schools and colleges, and I became completely out of practice. But in my youthful days, when I met my spiritual master, Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, again I revived my old habit, and the same playful Deities became my worshipful Deities in proper regulation. This was followed up until I left the family connection, and I am pleased that my generous father gave the first impression which was developed later into regulative devotional service by His Divine Grace. Mahārāja Prahlāda also advised that such impressions of a godly relation must be impregnated from the beginning of childhood, otherwise one may miss the opportunity of the human form of life, which is very valuable although it is temporary like others.

Picture Courtesy: Milan Radha-Madhava Das

31/01/2022

Better to leave this place as soon as possible.

Not to come again.

That should be our serious attention. The other day the radio man was asking, “Swamiji, how to adjust?” And “There is no adjustment. You have to go out of the scene. There is no adjustment.” So he was not very happy. If I would have bluffed him, “Oh, you do this, you do that, you do this humanitarian work, you spread[?] education and give foodstuff.” No! There is no adjustment. The only adjustment is quit this place.

That is the function of this human form of life. You can get out of this show by Krsna consciousness. Krsna says that this is the abode of miseries and that also temporary. Because you can accept any miserable life. That is the spell of maya. Just like this dog life. If somebody asked me, “Would you like to be a dog? I can make you,” shall I agree? Why not? Because I know that’s miserable life. But the dog is satisfied. By becoming a purchased slave, very much satisfied. He has no independence, always chained and always servant, eternal servant of a particular man. He can do any harmful thing by the order of the master, he’s so faithful. But still, his life is miserable, because he’s dog.

But he is satisfied. He thinks that “Oh, it is a very nice life.” This is called covering power of maya, illusion. Anyone in the most miserable condition of life, he’ll think, “Oh, I am very happy.” Ask him, “How are you?” “Oh, very nice. Very nice.” So there is no adjustment. A Krsna conscious person should… He knows that here, only adjustment is to live in Krsna consciousness.

- Srila Prabhupada, Morning Walk at Stowe Lake – March 27, 1968, San Francisco

23/01/2022

Jayapataka: Everyone is sending their sons and daughters to the university and colleges, and they are getting degree, but they are not getting any jobs.

Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa never says that, that "You send your children to the universities and make them fools and rascals." So one who is depending on job, he's a śūdra. That is not education.

Education is not meant for the śūdra but for the dvijas, twice-born, the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya. Śūdras are never for education. So their education, so-called education, means creating so many śūdras. Unless he gets a job, his education is useless. Therefore he's a śūdra. And brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya---they will create their own means of livelihood. That is brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya.

Therefore they are unhappy. They don't get job, neither they are able to work independently.

(Morning walk conversation - 7 April 1975 Mayapur)

07/12/2021

People will go this and that, 'Oh, well, for you it's just lust, you just want to eat dairy products!'

— And we say, 'Oh, no, we want to offer to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa likes.'

Viśvanāṭha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says, these are the five things that make up human diet. Prabhupāda quotes that in that verse, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ [Bg. 9.26].

And then of those five, Kṛṣṇa's favorite is dairy, right? So, therefore, we are pleasing Kṛṣṇa. It's all His anyway. Someone is not taking properly care of his cow, does that mean He doesn't like it? Your kid goes off to school, he is at a boarding school. It's a good boarding school, but in there he is not being taken care of properly. Now the mother goes, 'Oh, I'm having nothing to do with this child because she's being abused.' What are we talking about? Are we using any brains here?

The point is is, they are all, all these belong to Kṛṣṇa anyway. So, therefore, cows by dharma give milk, that's what they do. Devotees offer it to Kṛṣṇa - that's what they do. The dairy farmer is supposed to nicely take care. If he doesn't take care, that's his fault. Why now the other two have to stop their duties because he is not doing?

This makes no sense at all. And is anybody going to the farmers and explaining to them how to take care of the cows, and that we are willing to pay more money for them to take care of the cows? Who is doing it? I heard of one temple, I think it's Melbourne with their farm, they did that. So it's just politics, it's just getting into a political thing to get the bile moving, so you can feel good about yourself."

- HH Bhakti Vidyapurna Swami

9th Mar 2021, Vedic Leadership and Management Winter Seminar, Part 2, given as Zoom Conference with European leaders

06/12/2021

A LETTER TO SRILA BHAKTISIDHHĀNTA SARASWATI THAKUR (1910)

Saraswati!

"People of this world who are proud of their own aristocratic birth cannot attain real aristocracy. Therefore they attack the pure Vaishnavas, saying, 'They have taken birth in low-class families because of their sins.' Thus they commit offenses. The solution to the problem is to establish the order of daiva-varnasrama-dharma - something you have started doing; you should know that to be the real service to the Vaishnavas. Because pure devotional conclusions are not being preached, all kinds of superstitions and bad concepts are being called devotion by such pseudo-sampradayas as sahajiya and atibari. Please always crush these anti-devotional concepts by preaching pure devotional conclusions and by setting an example through your personal conduct.

"Please make great effort so you can start parikrama of Sridham Navadwip as soon as possible. It is by those actions that everyone in this world will receive Krishna-bhakti. Please try very hard to make sure that the service to Sri Mayapur will become a permanent thing and will become brighter and brighter every day. The real service to Sri Mayapur can be done by acquiring printing presses, distributing devotional books, and sankirtan - preaching. Please do not neglect to serve Sri Mayapur or to preach for the sake of your own reclusive bhajan.

"When I am not present any more, please take care to serve Sri Mayapur Dham which is so dear to you. This is my special instruction to you. People who are like animals can never attain devotion; therefore never take their suggestions. But do not let them know this directly or indirectly.

"I had a special desire to preach the significance of such books as Srimad Bhagavatam, Sat Sandarbha, and Vedanta Darshan. You have to accept that responsibility. Sri Mayapur will prosper if you establish an educational institution there. Never make any effort to collect knowledge or money for your own enjoyment. Only to serve the Lord will you collect these things. Never engage in bad association, either for money or for some self-interest."

signed
Kedarnatha Datta Bhaktivinod

07/09/2021

“When the child sleeps very peacefully that 'I am on the lap of my mother,' now the time has come when the mother is killing the child. So is it very happiness place? That you cannot trust even your mother, what to speak of others.”

[Honolulu, May 20th, 1976]

31/07/2021

"We are not going to abide by the government schedule. The children should be taught our books as soon as they can read and write. They should learn to rise early, attend mangal arati, go on sankirtan, and a little ABC, mathematics, history, that's all."

— A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
[30 July; 1972]
http://prabhupadaletters1972.blogspot.ca/2007/07/30-july-1972_30.html

22/07/2021

"Unless a man is Krishna Conscious, his external advancement of knowledge has no value. So your present engagement is very nice; neither I think you can be better educated in the universities. A person who is in Krishna Consciousness is the topmost educated man."

— A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
[July 21, 1969]

http://www.prabhupadaletters1969.blogspot.ca/2005/07/july-21-1969_21.html

10/06/2021

Don't always be heavy!

25/05/2021

Nrsimha-Lila | Pastimes of Lord Nrsimhadev in Mayapur || Pankajanghri Prabhu

HG Pankajangri Prabhu shares some rare pastimes of of Lord Nrsimhadev in Mayapur.

05/05/2021

https://youtu.be/mEUjtCSh-1Y

26/03/2021

https://youtu.be/xouJtXOB_fk

HG Prabhu in course of describing Lord Jagannath's pastime of Ratha Yatra, shares his amazing experience in Puri when Jagannath laid back to se...

11/03/2021

Listen to the pastimes and description of Lord Caitanya cleansing the Gundica Temple.

28/02/2021

Please listen very carefully!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88TpWVtU8Bw&t=91s

16/02/2021

Jesuit: Ok. When I was in India and I visited a shrine... It was the festival of the goddess of learning.

Prabhupāda: Oh, Sarasvatī-pūjā.

Jesuit: And they brought me fruit to eat at the end, and I was embarrassed, and I didn't know whether to take it or not, and they said it's their custom, "You must take it." So I did.

Prabhupāda: We say by worshiping God, everyone is worshiped. There is no need of separately worshiping goddess of fortune, goddess of learning. Just like if you pour water on the root of the tree, it goes to every branch, leaf, and twigs, every..., approaches. Take some fruits.

(Prabhupada Room Conversation with Jesuit May 19th 1975, Melbourne)

16/02/2021

25/01/2021

Permanent happiness in temporary world? | HH Bhakti Vidyapurna Swami

09/01/2021

Coming from London to Sridham Mayapur | My Journey of serving Radha Madhava | Jananivasa Prabhu

29/12/2020

17/12/2020

Sambãndha and Abhīdêya in ONE DAY!!

"The whole of Vedic Scriptures is divided into Sambãndha (Knowledge of Relationship to Krishna), Abhīdêya (Service in Relationship to Krishna), Prayojana (Attaining Krishna). These are very very vast aspects. To know Sambãndha– who is Krishna, "what is my relationship with Him?" It takes millions and millions of birth being a jñani. Krishna says in Bhagavad-Gita, bahūnām janmanam ante. It is very very difficult to understand. And after that Abhīdêya, to serve Him, the knowledge to serve Him, comes even much much later.

But if you meet a devotee. You can have it in one day! The first thing a devotee will tell you is "My dear Sir, you're not this body, you are the spirit soul. And the soul is an eternal servant of Krishna!" That is sambãndha. Immediately the relationship is established. Servant of Krishna. Then he gives you a book, and you start studying, Abhīdêya begins. Serving Krishna, even reading the book is a service, it trains you for serving Krishna. And then if you continue you'll achieve your Prayojana! Perfecting your life. It's amazing isn't it? It's so special, rarely achieved in lifetimes. But Lord Chaitanya and His followers are here to give it right away, immediately!"

— HG Jananivasa Prabhu
[Srimad Bhagavatam class – November 19, 2020, Sri Dham Mayapur]

14/12/2020

The life coach cheating business

20/11/2020

"So we have to be very careful. The age is very bad, the Kali-yuga. You are experiencing. We have to simply take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and always cry,

kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, he!
kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, he!
kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, rakṣa mām!
kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, pāhi mām!
kṛṣṇa, keśava, kṛṣṇa, keśava, kṛṣṇa, keśava, rakṣa mām!
rāma rāghava, rāma rāghava, rāma rāghava, pāhi mām!

Like that, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught us. The time is very dangerous. And still, in this dangerous time . . . Just like in epidemic condition where every people is being contaminated and dying, still, the doctors appointed by the government, they have to go into the epidemic area and try to treat the person and save them. Our duty is like that. The whole atmosphere is epidemic, whole
atmosphere, this Kali-yuga. And still, by the superior orders we have to preach this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Therefore our only shelter is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa, rakṣa mām. Very dangerous position. The foolish people, they are thinking that “We are very happy and we are very safe.” But nobody is safe. Nobody is safe.

- A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
[Lecture, 6 January 1971, Calcutta]

19/11/2020

Maya is always Ready to attack, so we have to take this injunction, this vaccine. Hare Krishna. 'enechi ausadhi māyā nasibaro lagi.' "I have brought this medicine for killing this flu of māyā." This is the greatest contribution of Lord Chaitanya.

"Just like if there is some epidemic, disease, and if you take vaccine, it is supposed that you are free from the contamination. So this vaccine of chanting Hare Krishna mahā-mantra will keep you fit without any contamination of this age of Kali Yuga. And that is happening. All over the world people are chanting Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. And practically we see, those who are chanting, they're becoming free from the contamination. If you follow the rules and regulations, very simple thing, and chant Hare Krishna mahā-mantra—that is our only request—then, in spite of this contaminated Age of Kali, you'll be saved."

— A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad
[Lecture – 15 January, 1974; Honolulu]