So formerly nobody could slaughter an animal, nobody can cut even a tree without reason, without sanction by the Vedic injunction. At the present moment in our country, this Bharatavarsa is called punya-bhumi. Actually it is so, because on this land all the great saintly persons appeared. The incarnation of God, Lord Ramacandra, Lord Krsna,…

SB 5.26.23: ye tv iha vai vrishali-patayo nashta-saucacara-niyamas tyakta-lajjah pasu-caryam caranti te capi pretya puya-vin-mutra-sleshma-mala-purnarnave nipatanti tad evatibibhatsitam asnanti The shameless husbands of lowborn sudra women live exactly like animals, and therefore they have no good behavior, cleanliness or regulated life. After death, such persons are thrown into the hell called Puyoda, where they are…

Krishna consciousness is the process of eternal life. The process is simple and the results are sublime. You follow it and you will be happy in this life as well as in the next. Letter to: Nandakisora — San Francisco 24 — December, 1967

Reporter: Does it ever happen, Swamiji, that some disciples of yours may disagree with you in spiritual matters? Prabhupada: Unless he is a fool. (laughter) Unless he’s damn fool, they do not. (laughter) If he’s sane and sober, open-hearted, then he will agree. Srila Prabhupada – Conversation with News Reporters — March 25, 1976, Delhi

Our Krsna consciousness may not be accepted by all. That is the case in everything. But what we are presenting, that is standard. We are not cheating. Neither we are after false followers. If you agree, then you come. If you agree — “No illicit sex, no… Yes…” Why? There is no “Why?” You have…

An employer advertised for an opening in his firm and received many applications. Based on these, he selected two men and asked them to come for an interview. The employer then observed each man carefully during the interview. When the first man entered the room, he left the door open behind him. The employer spoke…

“So somehow or other, it has begun, the blessings of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, as he wanted me, he desired me. So because he desired, my… I am not very expert or educated or nothing extraordinary, but only thing is that I believed in his word. That is… You can say that is my qualification. I…

by Satyaraja dasa Shiva is among the most widely worshiped deities in India. With names such as Mahadeva (“the great god”) and Nataraja (“the king of dancers”), he is venerated in ancient holy cities like Benares, where Saivites (as his worshipers are called) devote their lives to him, viewing him as the Supreme Lord. The…

“When a sentimental devotee takes the part of becoming representative of Krishna, there is simply havoc. Srila Rupa Goswami therefore said in his Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu that devotion to Krishna without reference to authoritative scriptures is simply a disturbance.” – Srila Prabhupada in a letter to Gurudas das 15/5/1969

> At the Gaura-arati in Krishna-Balaram Mandir, an eighteen-year-old > young man from India asked me why we Westerners take to Krsna consciousness. by Pragosh dasa (ACBSP) What I say when asked this question by Indians – which is very frequently – is the following. “Let me ask you a question first, if I may?…

One devotee asked another devotee how he had come to Krsna aconsciousness. (Sorry I don’t have the names) The second devotee said, “At a concert I was standing around and talking to my friends when a book landed in my hands. I looked at the title: “The Science of Self Realization.” I looked up in…