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Prabhupada: The Champion of Compassion Self-realization is not possible as long as our senses are engaged in harboring the previously mentioned desires and attachments of the heart. (Article by Mike Duncan)  Finding out About Our Past Lives? How does one find out what one was in their past life? I have been very curious about this. I sometimes have powerful feelings towards Napoleon. I sometimes wonder if it's possible that I could have been him in another life. I also have visions of being a monk in greece, living in a monestary worshipping Jesus day and night. Related Articles (Article by Madhudvisa dasa)  A Society Based On Literature Distribution I was recently invited to visit the Australian headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses. It's a large complex in Sydney with about 270 people living on the site. The center of the complex is a huge printing press printing their magazines: Watchtower and Awake!, twice a month in more than 25 languages. The magazines are available in Australia in 82 languages and world-wide they print in over 160 languages! They distribute well (Article by Madhudvisa dasa)  WATER -- This Taste is Krishna! "O son of Kunti, Arjuna, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras. I am the sound in ether and ability in man." (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  Srila Prabhupada Writes to George Harrison By the grace of Krsna, you have already realized to some extent about the necessity and importance of Hare Krsna movement in the world. Similarly, if John also does so, it will be a great event. Related Articles (Letter from Srila Prabhupada)  Why Doesn't God Just Appear so we Can See Him? Why is it that God does not just manifest Himself? Wouldn't that end all the disbelief in the Lord? Wouldn't that end atheism completely? I am trying to comprehend this matter Wouldn't it be a billion times easier for everyone from devotee to doubter if the Lord just manifested himself today before us all? I am very confused on this matter. I am a believer from faith but am still confused. Your friend, Tom (Letter from Madhudvisa dasa)  Prabhupada's Magic: He Got the Whole World Chanting Hare Krishna! (MP3 Audio 1977 Conversation) Throughout the whole world we are chanting Hare Krishna. Is not that magic? Foreign countries, foreign religion, and they are accepting Krishna and chanting Hare Krishna. Is not that magic? (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  A Sane Man’s Duty Is How To Stop The Process Of Accepting This Material Body You can manufacture so many high-class medicines to cure disease. That will not cure. Temporary relief. But no scientist has discovered any medicine that “You take this medicine and no more disease.” That is not possible. “You take this medicine, no more death.” That is not possible. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  America's Special Position as Leader of the World (Compilation of Quotes) At the end, I may inform you that the American boys and girls are wonderful, and they are cooperating with me with great sincerity and thus Krsna is blessing them with advanced Krsna Consciousness. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  LOVE--Perverted And Pure In a water tank you throw one stone. It becomes a circle. And the circle expands, expands, expands unless the circle comes to the shore. Similarly our loving affair begins from personal self to family, from family to society, community, nation, international. But still, it is imperfect unless the circle reaches to the lotus feet of God. Then it is satisfied. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  |
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Come Out With Your Samosa's Up! It was 1984 and after distributing books at the State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida. We had parked in a Days Inn parking lot for the night. Our van of five brahmacharis was fast asleep when we heard over a megaphone, “Alright in there! Come out slowly with your hands raised!” (Article by Braja Bihari dasa)  The Order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu- You Must Propagate Krishna Consciousness! This is Krsna consciousness movement. You cannot sit idly to show your gorgeousness in a secluded place, imitating Haridasa Thakura: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. No. You have to preach. That is the order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Is Modern Civilization An Example Of Virtue? "In the office of [Columbia President] Kirk some students...broke into his stock of liquor and cigars..." But are they really to blame for imitating their seniors? If the foremost person of such a great university is engaged in smoking and drinking, it is hardly to be wondered at that his students tend toward licentiousness and disrespect. A teacher ought to be a paragon of the virtues he extolls, or at least ardent in his efforts. (And, what's more, he ought to be extolling virtue... (Article by Back to Godhead Magazine)  Questions & Answers With Srila Prabhupada Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
I've read that your Krishna Consciousness is a non-sectarian science of the soul. How is it, then, that you follow some particular concept of God- Krishna rather than a more universal concept, such as the One, or the All-Pervading Light? (Letter from Srila Prabhupada)  Prabhupada Speaks At Harvard University So this Krsna consciousness movement is not any sectarian movement. It is practically postgraduate movement of all religion. Any religion, they have got some idea of God. But here, we are explaining what is God, how great He is, how you can establish your relationship with Him. . . (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Not By Chance- There Is A Plan Just like in the airport, as soon as I step on the door it becomes opened. It is not chance. A child will see it is a chance: "Oh, how it is? I wanted to go and the door is already open." He takes it a chance. That is poor fund of knowledge. There is arrangement, nice arrangement, electrical arrangement. So to a poor fund of knowledge it becomes a chance, and to the sober mind it is not chance; it is arranged by higher authority. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Faith- You Can Find It In Everyday Life I cited the other day, just like we go to a barber shop, and we spread our neck, and the barber has got a sharp razor in his hand. If he likes, he can at once cut my throat. He has got the weapon ready. But because I have got faith he'll not do it- he'll simply shave my beard or mustaches... So this faith is required in every activity. Without faith we cannot step forward even in our daily life. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Shutting Your Eyes Is No Solution You do not require to shut your eyes. There are so many beautiful girls sitting. I do not require to shut my eyes. If my mind is concentrated on the beauty of Krsna I can see these beautiful girls as Krsna's gopis. That is another vision. So artificially if I close my eyes and if some beautiful girl is in my imagination even after closing my eyes here, what is the use of closing your eyes? (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Tapasya- A Requirement for Spiritual Life One priest in plain cloth... I was going from Los Angeles to Hawaii. One priest, he came to me in the plane. So he asked my permission, "Can I talk with you?" "Yes, why not?" So his first question was that "I see your disciples very bright-faced. How it has been done?" He's sincere. So where is the loss? By undergoing, by denying all these things, sinful activities, we are not loser. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Spiritualize Yourself; Otherwise it is Useless So every one of us, those who have come to this Krsna consciousness movement, expected to preach in the future and to become a spiritual master also in the future. But first of all you must spiritualize yourself; otherwise it is useless. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  |
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