Why Our Schools Don’t Have a Prayer [Prabhupada Speaks Out]

Now things have gotten to the point that we can’t even have prayer in the public schools. We used to have a prayer at the beginning of each school day. But then one atheist lady (and no doubt other people behind the scenes) pushed and pushed until the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional. Now prayer in the schools is banned.   ...Read More

There Must Be A Leader!

Just like in this meeting, amongst my students, I am the supreme person, similarly, in the state there is a supreme person, the president or the prime minister, so everywhere you will find out one supreme person. Without a supreme person nothing can be managed, order-giving person. This is everlastingly existing, and you cannot avoid this.   ...Read More

The King of Education

We see so many educational institutions in this world, so many universities, colleges and schools. Every variety of education is available. If we analyse all these educational institutions we find they are all only imparting knowledge concerned with the material body. It’s all knowledge meant for fulfilling the animal instincts of the body.   ...Read More

Sex in a Palace and Sex on the Street–the Taste is the Same (MP3 Audio Morning Walk)

Enjoyment is there in the cats and dogs. When you enjoy sex in palace and the dog enjoys sex on the street, the value is the same. The taste does not increase or decrease. But you are thinking to enjoy sex in big palace is advancement. That is your foolishness. Actually sex enjoyment in the palace or on the street is the same. It has no difference of taste.   ...Read More

The Pastimes of Scholarship

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, a great scholar and spiritual master, has written that in his youth he absorbed himself in speculative books on religion and philosophy. This song is his reflection on the value of that scholarship.   ...Read More

Abortion. No–It’s A Child!!

Nowadays there is very little regard for the life of a child within the womb of the mother. Most people are concerned about their own pleasure. Many want the right to have sex with anyone and then kill the child resulting from that sex life. Therefore so many young children are being murdered under the name of abortion.   ...Read More

The Real United Nations Organization (UNO) Srimad-Bhagavatam MP3 Audio Class

Better close the United Nation organization because it has not had any practical effect. But talking about Krishna, just see how it is giving practical effect. You are assembled here from Europe, America, and Africa, Canada, and practically all over the world, but you are united nation. You are united nation simply by talking about Krishna.   ...Read More

The Whole World is Fighting for Sense Gratification (MP3 Audio Morning Walk)

I must have nice eating, I must have nice sleeping, I must have very good sex, and I should be defended by bank balance, by military soldiers, by police force, by atomic weapons. Rascal does not understand that, in spite of all these things, I will have to change the body…   ...Read More

Getting Out of the Material Mire

We have created a humbug civilization. Every year so many cars are being manufactured, and for that purpose so many roads have to be excavated and repaired. This creates problems after problems, and therefore it is illusory happiness. We are trying to manufacture some way to be happy, but we only succeed in creating other problems.   ...Read More

Life in Sydney and Life in Vrndavana

There is a contrast between the Vedic way of life and the Western way of life. It’s a great contrast. Vrndavana is the holy city where Krishna spent His childhood five thousand years ago. It’s not far from the Taj Mahal so if you’re ever in India at the Taj Mahal you should remember, Let me go to Mathura, let me go to Vrndavana.   ...Read More

Democratic Government

The so called democratic government means some of the sudras, rascals without any knowledge of the highest aim of life. By hook and crook they get some votes and get the responsible chair in government. Naturally they can whimsically enact any law which is against the interest of the people in general.   ...Read More

The International Congress for Cultivating Human Spirit, Japan 1961.

Present advancement of material civilization, in the opinion of the Indian sages, is going in the wrong way because it has neglected the spiritual side of human constitution. All living beings are spiritual sparks covered by material encagement. In his pure spiritual form a living being eternal, cognizant and blissful…   ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada Addresses The World Health Organization

So we can produce enough quantity of food grains all over the world. And if we actually produce food grains, we can feed ten times of the population which are at present. But unfortunately, we are not producing food grains. That is the problem. It is not the problem of overpopulation. It is the problem that we are not producing food grains.   ...Read More

Perfect Civilization Vs. Modern Civilization (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.24 MP3 Audio)

Modern civilization is in the opinion that if they can improve their material condition of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, that is advancement of civilization. But that is not advancement of civilization. Advancement of civilization means brahma-darsanam. That is advancement. As long as we do not come to the platform of understanding that I am spirit soul, I am part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, we are in the ignorance.   ...Read More

Seeing the Aim of Human Life

At present human society is being mislead by leaders who are blind, for they do not know the aim and objective of human life, which is self-realization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Krishna consciousness movement is trying to enlighten human society in this important matter.   ...Read More

Plain Living and High Thinking

It is possible to live a comfortable, simple life in harmony with nature. All that is required is some land, cows and food grains. With these three necessities we can obtain everything required for a simple life.   ...Read More

Why don’t we feed the Driver Petrol? [A 1976 Press Interview With Srila Prabhupada]

The driver of the car is always important, either on the car or without the car but people in general are giving importance to the car only. They have no knowledge of the driver. The car requires petrol and the driver requires nice food. So people in general, when they see that we are not giving petrol to the driver, they are surprised…   ...Read More

Dog Race in a Dangerous Place [Prabhupada Speaks Out]

Until these world leaders read my books and take to this Vedic culture, what kind of civilization will they have? Dog race. Horse race. They want this. Rat race. That’s all. Their civilization is a race. Dog race. Horse race. Rat race.   ...Read More

Modern Education–Making them Demons, That’s All.

The defect of modern education is that the children are taught all nonsense things. They do not receive even the first point of knowledge, that I am pure spirit soul part and parcel of God.   ...Read More

United Nations Organization and World Health Organization

They have invented the United Nations and world health organizations. But all these attempts are exactly the same process as to water the leaves and the twigs. They don’t know the missing point: Krishna.   ...Read More

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