His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acharya

The Spiritual World

January 22, 2010 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Krishna

The Spiritual World


The material world is simply a shadow of the spiritual world. So real life, real variety, real beauty, real knowledge, everything in reality is there in the spiritual world. This material world is only reflection. Just like if you create a clay doll, a very nice beautiful girl. But it is imitation. It is shadow of the real beautiful girl.   ...Read More

Love In the Material World

December 14, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Devotees, Letters


Regarding love affairs in the material world: they are only shadows or reflections of the real love with Krishna. If you love Krishna in any capacity, you shall never be frustrated because everything in Krishna is perfect, eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge.   ...Read More

There Is No Happiness in the Material World

April 22, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under MP3 Audio, Society

There Is No Happiness in the Material World


Actually people work so hard. He has to go to office. Suppose there is snowfall. So he cannot stop. He has to go. Or there is scorching heat. You have no experience in your country, scorching heat. But India, 122 degrees. Just imagine, this year. Still they have to go to work. So somewhere it is severe cold and somewhere it is severe scorching heat. This is nature’s law. You have   ...Read More

Why Do Devotees Have a Negative Outlook on the Material World?

December 20, 2008 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Letters, Preaching

Why Do Devotees Have a Negative Outlook on the Material World?


The actual fact is that this material world is a miserable, negative place, full of danger at every step. It is a temporary abode of death, birth, disease and old-age, home of suffering and pain only. To come to this platform of understanding of things as they are, is not a very common thing, and therefore such persons who attain to it, they are described as great souls:   ...Read More