On Creating a Social Revolution
If people take Krishna consciousness seriously, it will go on, and there will be revolution. Because we are not working whimsically, capriciously. We are taking authoritative direction from the sastra, the scripture.
The Science of Reincarnation: Coming Back
For the soul, there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.
The Killing Civilization
Today people are engaged simply for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. They have no time for Krsna consciousness, no time for spiritual consciousness. This condemned civilization must be stopped. It is a killing civilization—a killing civilization.
Karma for Rascals
The rascal does not think, “I am doing all these sinful activities for sense gratification, and as a result, I will have to accept a very low grade body.” That he does not know.
The Heart of a Vaisnava is Compassionate
A Vaisnava feels compassion for the distress of others. Lord Jesus Christ, for instance, was greatly afflicted by the miserable conditions of the people. All Vaisnavas, or devotees—any people who are God conscious—are thus compassionate.
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
The greatest spiritual master of the Hare Krsna movement, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, asked His disciple Rupa Gosvami to go to Vrndavana and preach His mission. This is disciplic succession.
The Yoga of Pure Attachment
As a river flows incessantly to the sea, so with the regulated practice of bhakti-yoga, our love will flow naturally toward Krsna.
Sense Gratification Is for the Birds
If some danger were to come now, we humans might be victims, but a bird would immediately fly away. So the bird has better facility for defense. Is it not?
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When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before Bali Maharaja as a dwarf brahmana, He begged Bali for three steps of land. To Bali, who ruled a vast empire, this seemed like surprisingly little to ask for.
We Are All Eternal Servitors of Krsna
Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that the actual identity of every living creature is that he is the eternal servant of God. If one thinks like that—”I am no one else’s servant: my business is to serve God.”—then he is liberated.
Elevation to the Pure Life
Everyone is hankering after happiness and pleasure, and when one’s existence is purified he will be placed on the transcendental platform and will be able to enjoy eternal happiness.
Evolution In Fact and Fantasy
If Darwin sees a plan or design, then whose design? As soon as you recognize a design, you must acknowledge a designer. If you see a plan, then you must accept a planner.
Servant of the Senses
Everyone is serving—serving money. Everyone is serving, but unless he gets paid, no service. That is not service. Everyone in the material world is serving somebody. Because by nature he is a servant.
Krsna or Christ—The Name Is the Same
When an Indian person calls on Krsna, he often says, “Krsta.” Krsta is a Sanskrit word meaning “attraction.” So when we address God as “Christ,” “Krsta,” or “Krsna,” we indicate the same Supreme Personality of Godhead.
From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Krishna lives in the body, but He is transcendental. When He comes to earth, He has nothing to do with the material qualities. People in ignorance think that because Krishna is manifested in a human body He is just an ordinary man. This is denied in Bhagavad Gita.
Authorized Purports on Sripada Sankaracarya’s – Meditation on the On the Bhagavad-gita
The Upanisads Are as a herd of cows, Lord Krsna, son of a cowherd, Is their milker, Arjuna is the calf, The supreme nectar of the Gita Is the milk, And the wise man Of purified intellect Is the drinker.
Krsna Consciousness: The Sankirtana Movement
It is hoped that the government authorities will cooperate with our sankirtana parties in enabling us to perform sankirtana on the streets. To do this it is necessary that we be able to chant the names of Krsna, dance, play the mrdanga drum.
From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
The energy of the body emanates from the heart. The spiritual spark, or soul, is situated in the heart, and from there it expands to fill the body.
Lord Caitanya: The Golden Avatara
Caitanya Mahaprabhu is an incarnation of Krsna, and this is confirmed by scholars and devotees. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is confirmed that the incarnation of Krsna or God in this present age, Kali-yuga, will always engage in describing Krsna.
The Sense to Know God
Krsna is infinite, while we are smaller than the atom. Therefore it is not possible for us to know the Supreme Personality of Godhead by our ordinary sense perception. It is not possible.