“Oh, why shall I hear from him? I can think. I can speculate. I can manufacture something new in my own circle of friends.” This is nonsense. This is not the Vedic process. The Vedic process is hearing.
The swan is a beautiful creature. The swan has a wonderful ability, from a mixture of milk and water, she can drink only the milk, without taking any water.
Prabhupada arrived in Gainesville, calling it a remote corner of the world, thousands of miles from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, to speak at the University of Florida. The local TV station arranged for this interview.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who successfully distributed the message of Lord Krsna throughout the world, was not an ordinary conditioned soul, governed by the harsh laws of material nature.
Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Now And Then by Rupanuga dasa On December 12, 1986, the Wall Street Journal published the results of an attitude survey of college freshmen originally taken in 1967 and repeated in 1985. In 1967, 83 percent believed “it is essential or very important to develop a meaningful […]
Dirty Illusions This is the continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guest—Dr. Christian Hauser, a psychiatrist—which took place in Stockholm in September 1973. Srila Prabhupada: I am prescribing, “Chant Hare Krsna.” If you say, “Hare Krsna,” immediately the relief begins. And if you say, “No, no, I […]
“My books are more important than myself.” This was Srila Prabhupada’s instruction to one of his disciples who was being sent from his personal service to open a temple in a distant place.
Simply by eager aural reception of Bhagavatam, the candidate for understanding transcendental knowledge becomes qualified to realize the Absolute Truth to full capacity. If one submits to the Absolute Truth he can know the Absolute Truth.