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“We are not concerned with any other movement save and except Krsna consciousness in its pure form. In India it is said that a little bit of a pure thing is much better than huge volumes of impure, adulterated things. So please try to follow this policy…” (Srila Prabhupada to Brahmananda, 8/27/69)

Prabhupada wrote to His spiritual master: “Personally I have no hope for any direct service for the coming crores of births of the sojourn of my life, but I am confident that some day or other I shall be delivered from this mire of delusion in which I am at present so deeply sunk. Therefore…

“I am glad to hear that you are now concentrating on improving the regulative life of the temple rather than so much advertising with brochures. This is very nice; this is what I want. A good example is better than precept. The pamphlet is precept, but if we don’t follow the precepts ourselves then such…

“You mention you like to speak now very often, but the first business should be to preach to the devotees. It is better to maintain a devotee than to try to convince others to become devotees. Don’t be too much concerned for the time being with non-devotees, now we must fix up what devotees we…

from: newscientist.com 1 – The Placebo Effect DON’T try this at home. Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone. You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine with saline solution. Guess what? The saline takes the pain away. This is…

Date: March 21, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.24 Speaker: HH Bhaktivikasa Swami ————————————————————- tasyapi tava deho ‘yam krpanasya jijivisoh paraity anicchato jirno jaraya vasasi iva TRANSLATION: Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor and prestige, your miserly body will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old…

“Now I want that we shall concentrate on making our devotees Krsna conscious and ourselves becoming Krsna conscious, and not be so much concerned with expanding ourselves widely but without any spiritual content. Just like boiling the milk, it becomes thicker and sweeter. Now do like that, boil the milk.” (Srila Prabhupada to Rupanuga, 5/9/72)

I must admit that I was a little excited about doing my teaching practice at a school that works a lot differently from the traditional model. Unlimited base their practices on experiential learning methods which allow the student to direct their own learning in consultation with staff and parents. This approach gives the students much…

“You mentioned that your pathway has become filled with stumbling blocks, but there are no stumbling blocks, I can kick out all those stumbling blocks immediately, provided you accept my guidance. With one stroke of my kick I can kick out all stumbling blocks.” (Srila Prabhupada to Krsnadasa, 9/9/72)

My Lord, O Supreme Lord, You are the supreme personified form of all benediction. Therefore, for one who abides in Your devotional service with no other desire, worshiping Your lotus feet is better than becoming king and lording it over a kingdom. That is the benediction of worshiping Your lotus feet. To ignorant devotees like…

Various excerpt from Srila Prabhupada’s correspondence: “Our life is very short. The Krsna consciousness movement is not meant for fulfilling one’s personal ambition, but it is a serious movement for the whole world.” (Satsvarupa, 7/31/70) “As alleged by you I have received complaints against Bali Mardan and his wife, so seriously so much so that…

Date: March 19, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.23 Speaker: HG Yasomatinandana Das Adhikari ————————————————————- aho mahiyasi jantor jivitasa yatha bhavan bhimapavarjitam pindam adatte grha-palavat TRANSLATION: Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a living being to continue his life. Verily, you are living just like a household dog and are eating remnants of food given…

Date: March 18, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.22 Speaker: HH Candramauli Swami —————————————————- andhah puraiva vadhiro manda-prajnas ca sampratam visirna-danto mandagnih saragah kapham udvahan TRANSLATION: You have been blind from your very birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is shortened, and your intelligence is disturbed. Your teeth are loose, your…

“Who is God?” Ben asked his mother. Ben was living in Baltimore, Maryland, experiencing the miseries of material life and thought that spiritual life may be a loophole. “Did you try reading the Bible?” his mother asked. “Yes, but I couldn’t get much out of it.” “Then here, read this; it may answer your question…

From The Times of India: The Ford legacy doesn’t really weigh him down as he can see beyond material trappings. In fact, he has found his religion, his God, his very reason to be. Alfred B Ford , the great grandson of the legendary Henry Ford, in an exclusive interview. He was born into one…