Bhakti Vikasa Swami (left) is one of the almost 5,000 disciples who were initiated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (right), the founder-acarya of ISKCON

Tackling an offender

Posted on June 19, 2013  
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(Told by Ramesvara Dasa) 1976 New York Rathayatra festival was glorious. Fifth Avenue! Prabhupada’s lecture was great, everything about the festival was great. There was some crazy, mad Christian who had been following us the whole route, holding the sign. We were all annoyed because he was shouting out, “Repent sinners! Pagan religion!” The whole [...]

Anyone can become advanced

Posted on June 18, 2013  
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Anyone can become advanced. “Advanced” means that at least you should understand that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If you simply understand this — that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead — then you are advanced. It is not very difficult. All Vedic literatures are meant for understanding Krsna. What is that [...]

catch up Krsna’s words for immediate connection

Posted on June 17, 2013  
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Krsna is not different from His words. That is absolute. What Krsna said five thousand years ago, if you catch up those words again you’re immediately connected with Krsna, immediately. This is the process. Just see Arjuna. He says, evam cintayato jisnoh krsna-pada-saroruham. When he began to think of Krsna and His instruction as…, in [...]

Sanskritists, beware!

Posted on June 15, 2013  
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(Told by Ramesvara Dasa) … we also had major discussions about the Sanskrit department. The gist of the discussions were to what degree are we going to have our young children trained up in Sanskrit by our so called Sanskrit pandits in the gurukulas. And to what extent are we going to allow these Sanskrit [...]

Home Deity Worship

Posted on June 14, 2013  
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(Told by Ramesvara Dasa) In Los Angeles, we had noticed a tendency which was based on information in Prabhupada’s books about traditional Vedic culture that every householder has a Deity in his home. At that time we discussed the tendency of the householders to start their own Deity worship. Prabhupada nipped it. He didn’t approve [...]

Don’t return to this condemned place

Posted on June 13, 2013  
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So the more we will pass this Kali-yuga, the symptoms will be more acute, intolerable. So we should care. We should take care of this so that we may not come back again to this Kali-yuga. (laughter) You see? This life should be utilized. Now we are conscious, Krsna conscious. It should be so utilized [...]

Srila Prabhupada on India as the land of religion

Posted on June 13, 2013  
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[India] is land of religion. It is admitted by other parts of the world. Just see. Columbus was searching after India even for trade, hundred of years… People are coming to India for so many: for knowledge, for philosophy, for trade, for money. Why these Britishers came? They came for money. And now, India being [...]

How to present the supreme when we are on the material platform

Posted on June 11, 2013  
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So far your question, how it is possible to write of the Supreme Pleasure when we are still on the material platform, you must keep exactly on the line of the acharyas, then you will be successful to present the real picture of Krishna Consciousness. As soon as we adulterate or add something of our [...]

difficulties within our Society are not very important

Posted on June 10, 2013  
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Although there may be some difficulties within our Society, these things are not very important. What is important is that we should simply fix our mind on Krishna’s Lotus Feet. This is His instruction in the Bhagavad-gita. So we associate with one-another so that we can assist each other in hearing and chanting about Krishna. [...]

Be humble. Be tolerant.

Posted on June 9, 2013  
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You should always expect some obstruction by the demonic party. That is not very astonishing. But still, we have to do our business and… [break] …be tolerant. Be humble. Be tolerant. Don’t be agitated. Then your business will suffer. This is maya’s kingdom. The test is always there. Combating is always there, and maya’s party [...]

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