Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

  1. How parampara works

    TEXT: When someone heard the chanting of the holy name from the mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and someone else heard this chanting from that second person, and someone again heard this chanting from the third person, everyone in all countries became a Vaisnava through such disciplic succession. Thus everyone chanted the holy name of […]
  2. The sacrifice for Kali-yuga

    The sacrificial fire kindled by the sages of Naimisaranya was certainly full of smoke and doubts because of so many flaws. The first flaw is that there is an acute scarcity of expert brahmanas able to carry out such performances successfully in this Age of Kali. Any discrepancy in such sacrifices spoils the whole show, […]
  3. Bad money

    Ramesvara: There was one question I had, Srila Prabhupada. You have written in the Third Volume of the First Canto [ SB 1.17.39] different instructions for the Age of Kali, how there’ll be compulsory marriage and so on and so on. And you mentioned about the gold standard, that this is very bad, this artificial […]
  4. Just love Krsna, be happy

    How you can offer your love? Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati, tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami [Bg 9.26]. And if God accepts your things and eats, then what do you want more? He becomes your the most intimate friend. Yam labdhva caparam labham manyate nadhikam tatah [Bg 6.22]. If you can make God […]
  5. Preaching everywhere

    A person, though he be even the most sinful man, can at once be purified by systematic contact with a pure Vaisnava…. So by the order of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the cult of Srimad-Bhagavatam or the Bhagavad-gita can be preached all over the world, reclaiming all persons willing to accept the transcendental cult. Such […]
  6. Srila Prabhupada on sex education

    “Sex life is already known to the people. Where is the necessity of education?”— Lecture, Dec 16, 1971 “They are giving sex education to the children. This is the way of destruction.”— Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.17 Lecture, Los Angeles, September 26, 1972 “Sex education means: ‘You go on enjoying, and here is how you enjoy.’ That’s all. […]
  7. Governments should support this movement

    In modern times, the Krsna consciousness movement is trying to introduce the right principles of management for human society, but unfortunately the governments of Kali-yuga do not properly support the Hare Krsna movement because they do not appreciate its valuable service.  The Hare Krsna movement is the right movement for ameliorating the fallen condition of […]
  8. Easy way to control the mind

    The Perfection of YogaThe mind is cancala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at all possible; this would be as difficult as controlling the wind. For example, if one were in a boat moving according to the wind on a river or the sea, and the […]
  9. No better than a foolish animal

    Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a useless waste of time. Being forgetful of his own interest, he tries to be happy in the material world, centering his interests around his home, which is based on sexual […]
  10. Formula for preaching success

    The members of this Society must always remember that if they stick to the regulative principles and preach sincerely according to the instructions of the acaryas, surely they will have the profound blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and their preaching work will be successful everywhere throughout the world. Srila Prabhupada Cc. Adi 7.171 purport