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…

Date: March 17, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.21 Speaker: HG Madhudvisa Prabhu ———————————————- pitr-bhratr-suhrt-putra hatas te vigatam vayam atma ca jaraya grastah para-geham upasase TRANSLATION: Your father, brother, well-wishers and sons are all dead and passed away. You yourself have expended the major portion of your life, your body is now overtaken by invalidity, and…

Devotee: They are attracted by wonderful things such as Sai Baba. He is doing so many wonderful things. People… PrabhupAda: That is, means rascal. He does not see KRSNa’s wonderful. If you want to see wonderful things, why don’t you see the more wonderful things? But they are foolish; they are captivated with small wonderful…

Date: March 16, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.20 Speaker: HG Janananda Prabhu ———————————————- (During the verse recitation Janananda Prabhu encouraged everyone to chant the verse loudly, recalling how when he was in Mayapur in 1976, Srila Prabhupada had asked why the devotees weren’t reciting the verse loudly. In that case the wrong verse was on…

Date: March 15, 2005 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.19 Speaker: HG Dravida Das Brahmacari —————————————— pratikriya na yasyeha kutascit karhicit prabho sa esa bhagavan kalah sarvesam nah samagatah TRANSLATION: This frightful situation cannot be remedied by any person in this material world. My lord, it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as eternal time [kala] that…

“I have seen your advertisements as shown to me by Shyamasundar, and I think you have made the thing less important. This kind of ad is not good, it is not grave. Our process is to show Krsna consciousness as it is, not as others want to see it. By showing Krsna consciousness in this…