?Do not pass between two brahmanas, between a brahmana and his sacrificial fire, between a wife and her husband, a master and his servant, and a plough and an ox.? ? Chanakya Niti Sastra 7.5

Prabhupada: Therefore Krsna has said, mam ekam. “Don’t go to these foolish rascals.” Mam ekam. Otherwise you’ll be misled. Because they are misleaders, rascals. Dr. Patel: You are so very hard. Prabhupada: I must be hard! Dr. Patel: Hard, harsh, and hard and harsh… Prabhupada: The whole world is spoiled for these Mayavadis. Therefore I…

The transcendental vibration of Krsna’s flute blocked the movements of the rain clouds, struck the Gandharvas full of wonder, and agitated the meditation of great saintly persons like Sanaka and Sanandana. It created wonder in Lord Brahma, wrought intense curiosity that agitated the mind of Bali Maharaja, who was otherwise firmly fixed, made Maharaja Ananta,…

?If we present things as they are,? he says, ?they will be accepted.? People are saying that Prabhupada is performing miracles, but he says that the miracle is in presenting things as they are. – Hayagriva dasa, quoting Srila Prabhupada in BTG #53, 1973

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident.” —Arthur Schopenhauer

Lord Macaulay’s Address To The British Parlaiment 2 February, 1835 “I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that I do not…

Thanks to Matt Rawcliffe of North Western UK for the donation of AU$18.00 to be used for Gopala’s seva. 🙂 śarvaraḥ śarvarī śarvaḥ sarvatra-śubha-dāyakaḥ rādhārādhayitārādhī rādhā-citta-pramodakaḥ He is night (śarvara and śarvarī). He is all-pervading (śarva). He brings auspiciousness everywhere (sarvatra-śubha-dāyaka). He worships Śrī Rādhā (rādhārādhayitā). He is the supreme object of worship (ārādhī). He…

revatī-ramaṇo rāmaś ca?calaś cāru-locanaḥ rāmayaṇa-śarīro ‘yaṁ rāmī rāmaḥ śriyaḥpatiḥ He enjoys pastimes with Revatī (revatī-ramaṇa), and He is Lord Balarāma (rāma). He is restless (ca?cala), and has handsome eyes (cāru-locana). His transcendental form is the home of Lord Rāma’s pastimes (rāmayaṇa-śarīra). He is Lord Rāma (rāmī and rāma), and He is the master of the…

(a letter written to the ‘Hemp Embassy’ in Nimbin) Hi there. Yesterday I went for a drive in the country with my family. I didn’t really have a destination chalked out and the drive was beautiful. I came across a roadsign that informed me that the town of Nimbin was only 13km away. So I…

sadhavo hrdayam mahyam sadhunam hrdayam tv aham mad-anyat te na jananti naham tebhyo manag api “The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them.”…

“Kirtana means whatever we hear from the Spiritual Master we repeat it again nicely. One who can reproduce the sound vibration heard from the Spiritual Master, he will be a good preacher.” – Letter to Mahapurusa Das, August 17, 1969

śrīpatiḥ śrīnidhiḥ śrīmān māpatiḥ pratirājahā vṛndāpatiḥ kula-grāmī dhāmī brahma-sanātanaḥ He is the master of the goddess of fortune (śrīpatiḥ), an ocean of handsomeness, glory, and opulence (śrīnidhi), handsome and glorious (śrīmān), the master of the goddess of fortune (māpati), the destroyer of enemy kings (pratirājahā), the master of Vṛndā-devī (vṛndāpati), the leader of the village…

from Ananda Vrindavan Champu by Srila Kavi Karnapura Translated by Bhanu Swami & Subhaga Swami Published by Mahanidhi Swami —————————————— Now we will discuss the truth about the transcendental birthplace of Bhagavan and the appearance of Lord Sri Krishna. Once upon a time, Bhumi, the predominating deity of the earth, felt overburdened by different demons…

“Very soon the unparalleled path of hari-nama-sankirtana will be propagated all over the world. Already we are seeing the symptoms. Already many Christians have tasted the nectar of divine love of the holy name and are dancing with karatalas [hand cymbals] and mrdungas [drums]. By the super-excellence of Lord Krsna’s holy name and the grace…