Uncommon Books for the Common Man
Oh, I can finish very quickly, but I have to present it for your understanding. It requires deep thought, very careful thought, to present it for the common man.
Srimad-Bhagavatam: As Brilliant as the Sun
Srimad-Bhagavatam is as brilliant as the sun and has arisen just after the departure of Krsna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision because of the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali will get light from this Purana.
On Christians, Communists, and Cow-Killers
The Christians say, “We can commit all kinds of sin, but Christ will take our sins on himself. He has taken a contract.” Do they not say something like that?
How Can Work Be Worship?
Rascals cannot understand the difference between bhakti [devotional service] and karma [material activity]. Bhakti looks like karma, but it’s not karma. In bhakti we also work, but for Krsna’s sake. That is the difference.
The Origin of the Hare Krishna Movement
Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Great Apostle of love of God and the Father of the Sankirtan Movement, advented Himself in the City of Nabadwipa in Bengal, India. This was in February, 1486, by Christian reckoning.
Lust and Love — Myth and Reality
Krsna loved the gopis. The gopis were young girls, and Krsna was a young boy, and He loved them. But here the so-called love between a young boy and girl is lust. Therefore it is condemned. But in the love between Krsna and the gopis there is not a trace of lust.
The Nationalism of Pure Consciousness
The impure consciousness of nationalism has kept all the big heads of the world’s nations ever active for an amicable adjustment of everyone’s national interest. They have now made a United Nations Security Council, and are trying in vain to find the right adjustment.
Srila Prabhupada has Changed the History of the World
He’s A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the Acharya (Holy Teacher) from India, who came to the U. S. in 1965 and touched off a major revolution.The Swami’s revolution strikes at the very root of being—at consciousness. He has called his movement Krishna Consciousness.
The Soul in Matter: A Fish out of Water
Your home is the spiritual world. But by karma you are put into this material world. Then you must struggle, like a fish out of water. And if the fish is again put into the water, his life is in its natural condition.
Nobel Prizes for Fools
The men who are awarding the Nobel Prize are also rascals. It is a society of fools and rascals. Therefore my Guru Maharaja [spiritual master] used to say, “This is a society of the cheaters and the cheated.”
Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out on Modern Civilization
The extra intelligence of the human being is making a deluxe edition of eating, sleeping, sex, and defense. The modern civilization is a deluxe edition of animal life. That’s all.
The Swamiji has Started a Revolution
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami has touched off a major revolution. The Swami’s revolution affects not the external things of the world. It strikes at the very root of being—at consciousness. He has called his movement Krishna Consciousness.
The Dis-United Nations — Srila Prabhupada
Suppose I ask the United Nations to explain the purpose of this cosmic manifestation. I am created a man, another is created an elephant, and another is created an ant. Why? The sun is rising on time, the moon is rising on time, seasons are changing. What is the purpose behind this?
Srila Prabhupada Speaks on Plain Living and High Thinking
You may enjoy, but by enjoying you forget your real goal in life. Is that intelligent? You have been given the human body to improve your next life. Suppose you become a dog in your next life. Is that success? You must know the science of Krsna consciousness.
Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out in the Tuileries Gardens
If the people of Paris would have installed the Deity of Krsna in these buildings, how nice that would have been! People chanting, dancing, and taking prasadam [food offered to Krsna] every day. Then there would have been no maya.
When Men Become Animals
Eating, sleeping, sex, and defense—these are common to both human beings and animals. The distinction between humans and animals is a man can search after God but an animal cannot. Therefore a man without that urge for searching after God is no better than an animal.
Srila Prabhupada Speaks on Improving the Material World
“This material world is worthless”—that is real knowledge. As long as one thinks, “No, it is not always bad; sometimes it is very good”—that is ignorance.
Krsna Consciousness— A State of Joy Beyond False Boundaries
Chanting the holy names of God in congregation raises us to the state of pure spiritual consciousness–a state of joyful awareness of God that transcends all petty prejudices and material distinctions.
Where Is Your Love For God?
Your charge is that they have forgotten God. They will answer, “We have not forgotten God. We are going to church. How have we forgotten God?”
The “Krsna” Books: Antidote for Suffering
Srila Prabhupada’s Krsna books directly tell us what God is like in His original, personal form and what He and His liberated associates are doing in the eternal, spiritual world.