Hare Krsna I am presently reading about how Srila Prabhupada wanted a bona fide accounting system implemented in all his temples. One reason was for governmental accountability, another reason public trust, and finally, to stop whimsical spending. Some may not think these topics important, but anyone who has any business sense knows these things […]
April 22 1976 Melbourne Brian Singer: Do you find that in the translation from the thoughts and the Sanskrit to the English words, then from the English words to the mass of the people’s heads, do you find that there is much loss? Prabhupāda: No, if you have grasped the thought, that you can express in any […]
Preach or few years-all gone !! Dec 12 1973 LA So we have to take the responsibility to understand who is actually a pure devotee and what is our duty to the people in general, and then you make advancement. Then you become madhyama-adhikārī. Madhyama-adhikārī, advanced devotee. Just like these people, either in India or here, they […]
SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM 8 CHAPTER 16 TEXT 61 ta eva niyamāḥ sākṣāt ta eva ca yamottamāḥ tapo dānaṁ vrataṁ yajno yena tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥTRANSLATION-This is the best process for pleasing the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Adhokṣaja. It is the best of all regulative principles, the best austerity, the best process of giving charity, and the […]
SB class 1.2.5 NV purport…. So kuṇape tri-dhātuke, these things are manufactured by three dhātus, elements, kapha, pitta, vāyu. Kapha mucus, pitta bile, and air. These things manufacturing. These things are going on. After eating, these three things are being manufactured, and if they are in adjustment, parallel, then body is healthy, and if there is more or less, then there is disease. Well, according to the Āyur-vedic—that is […]
SB 8.16.24–Śrī Kaśyapa Muni said: When I desired offspring, I placed inquiries before Lord Brahmā, who is born from a lotus flower. Now I shall explain to you the same process Lord Brahmā instructed me, by which Keśava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is satisfied. PURPORT-Here the process of devotional service is further explained. Kaśyapa […]
March 18 1976 morning walk Mayapura Prabhupāda: So why the moon is, particularly rises from the eastern side? The moon, according to the… Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Scientists. Prabhupāda: The moon is going round like this. So why the moon is rising from the eastern side? It is going around. Why it appears from the eastern side? Devotee: They […]
WHY WE DONT EAT EGGS–SP Lots of peas and zucchini coming in now-who needs eggs? June 23 1975 LA conversation with Dr John Mize John Mize: The question has been asked about the unfertilized eggs, why they should not be eaten. Prabhupāda: Unfertilized, but there is potency of fertilization. You check the progress of one living […]
Feb 26 1976 Mayapura Conversations Prabhupāda: …no more desire of material enjoyment he is fit for sannyāsa. Anyone who sees: “Oh, this car is very nice. This beautiful wife is very… A very beautiful woman is very nice,” he should not think of taking sannyāsa. Viṣa-bhakṣaṇād apy asādhu: “Such desires is most abominable, more […]
Dec 7 1975 conversations Vrndavana Prabhupāda: Yes. On the other land. Make a shed immediately and keep some cows. And Viśvambhara, he is experienced. He will help. [break] …necessary vairāgya, there is no need. We don’t approve that. Yuktāhāra-vihāras ca. What you require for keeping health but not to eat too much. But what is absolutely required must be done. Aksayānanda: I heard […]
