The Cobbler & The Brahmana
June 9th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
There is a story of Narada Muni who was once asked by a brahmana: “You are going to meet the Lord? Please ask Him when I’m going to get my salvation?”
June 9th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
There is a story of Narada Muni who was once asked by a brahmana: “You are going to meet the Lord? Please ask Him when I’m going to get my salvation?”
June 8th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
As for determination one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the ocean. The sparrow asked the ocean to return her eggs
June 7th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
You cannot explain where you are. This is the defect of modern education. We are educated in a way in which we have misunderstood, "This is my body."
June 6th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Krishna takes charge of the devotees Himself and to the ordinary living entities are taken charge of by maya. Maya is also Krishna's agent.
June 5th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The student was asking the boatman, “Do you know what are the stars?” The boatman said, "Sir, we are ordinary boatman. What do we know about these stars?"
June 4th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
An old woman had to collect wood from the forest. So one day she was praying to God, that “Kindly help me. I am in very poverty-stricken.”
June 3rd, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Lord Buddha, he is avatara. In this way Krishna is existing along with His expansion and incarnation. But the original Personality of Godhead is Krishna.
June 2nd, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
But our philosophy is so sound and solid, that we can meet any philosopher of the world, any philosopher. But you have to learn it. The books are there
June 1st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Despite being looked after well by the father, the fool still disobeys him. One is foolish and low on the human scale if he persists in being punished
May 31st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Visnu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the goal of everything. Doing everything for His satisfaction is the way to liberation from the cycle of karma.
May 30th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The dog is thinking, ‘I am this body,’ and the cat is also thinking, ‘I am this body.’ So if a human being thinks like that, then he remains in ignorance
May 29th, 2024 | by
UPDATED Feb 2015: The Apollo astronauts move as if underwater. All in slow motion. Even when they jump upwards it's all shown in slow motion. What would slow them down
May 28th, 2024 | by
In the Western countries we see woman want equal rights with men. And there is. It is my experience the woman class are not happy in the Western countries
May 27th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Mind is an instrument which accepts and rejects. Intellect helps the mind what to reject and what to accept. And that intelligence is of the soul
May 26th, 2024 | by Gadadhara das
In order to fully understand what yoga really is let’s look into the ancient Vedas where the true science of yoga is taught. “Veda” means knowledge
May 25th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
This is a false theory, that chemicals can create life. It is nonsense. Life is never created, life is already there. Life comes from Life, not chemicals
May 24th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
We we are sometimes "happy" and sometimes "distressed". We try to maximize the happy situations in our life and minimize the distressful situations
May 23rd, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
There is a great threat to Prabhuapda's books. A small group of people within ISKCON are not satisfied with Prabhuapda's books. So they are changing them
May 22nd, 2024 | by Bhakti Charu Swami
In ISKCON we have to be absolutely clear that Srila Prabhupada is the head of the institution and will continue to be that as long as the institution lasts
May 21st, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything