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“If you have got any other name for God, you can chant that. We are not asking you to chant ‘Kṛṣṇa.’ If you have got any name, holy name of God, you can chant that. We are requesting only this, that you chant the holy name of God.” — Lecture, Seattle, October 18, 1968
“God is one. It is not that Kṛṣṇa is a different God. The God is one. But Kṛṣṇa is the name of God, and it is authorized. Kṛṣṇa says, ‘You chant My name.’ You can chant in your own way; if you have got another name of God, you can chant that also. We are not asking that you chant Kṛṣṇa. But if you have no other name, then what is the harm if you chant Kṛṣṇa?” — Lecture, New York, December 26, 1966
“God has many names according to His different activities. But if you do not know which name to chant, then chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. All names of God are included in Kṛṣṇa.” — Conversation, Detroit, June 15, 1976
“It is not that we
“If you have got any other name for God, you can chant that. We are not asking you to chant ‘Kṛṣṇa.’ If you have got any name, holy name of God, you can chant that. We are requesting only this, that you chant the holy name of God.” — Lecture, Seattle, October 18, 1968
“God is one. It is not that Kṛṣṇa is a different God. The God is one. But Kṛṣṇa is the name of God, and it is authorized. Kṛṣṇa says, ‘You chant My name.’ You can chant in your own way; if you have got another name of God, you can chant that also. We are not asking that you chant Kṛṣṇa. But if you have no other name, then what is the harm if you chant Kṛṣṇa?” — Lecture, New York, December 26, 1966
“God has many names according to His different activities. But if you do not know which name to chant, then chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. All names of God are included in Kṛṣṇa.” — Conversation, Detroit, June 15, 1976
“It is not that we
1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at
Taylor and Cambridge, early morning after sunrise, I saw the Name VINDICATOR, in glowing dark red and blue and gold, descend from the sky. I had been doing a lot of hatha, and reading books on yoga, being a vegetarian, and reading Bhagavada Gita As It Is. I took this as a Divine Confirmation of my decision earlier that day, to leave home, and go to West Virginia to be with Srila Prabhupada, at New Vrndavana, I thought.
“This statement was not liked by the newspaper man.”
Wednesday, 26 June 1974
Kūrma: Śrīla Prabhupāda took his morning walk along the beach road, Beaconsfield Parade. The sky was overcast, and a keen wind was blowing off Port Phillip Bay, but Śrīla Prabhupāda, well rugged up, appeared to be impervious to the cold.
The walk progressed along the promenade until it reached the adjoining suburb, Albert Park. Madhudviṣa pointed out the massive Catholic church complex that Prabhupāda had encouraged them to buy.
The main building, Madhudviṣa explained, was a convent for girls.
From the street, he directed Prabhupāda’s attention to all the other features: the huge chapel, the commercial-sized laundry rooms, the theatre, and the eating quarters.
“This is almost 10 acres of prime, beach-side real estate, Śrīla Prabhupāda.”
Prabhupāda’s interest was again aroused. “How much are they asking?”
“Well over a million dollars, Śrīla Prabhupāda.”
Prabhupāda said nothing, but appeared u
Hari-śauri: So it's a question of honesty.
Prabhupāda: Yes. You promise no illicit sex, no, before God, before spiritual master, before fire, and you play hypocrisy. So māyā is not seeing that? How you can avoid? māyā is always there. Yac cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇām. You cannot escape the eyes of God in so many different agencies. And still He is personally sitting within your hearts. How you can escape? You may pretend to be a very great devotee, but the Person, Supreme, He is within yourself, He's seeing everything. No cheating with Him. Nāmno balād yasya hi pāpa-buddhiḥ. "Oh, I am chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, so even I do something wrong, it will be adjusted." Adjusted, when you are sincere, by chance you have done something. That can be adjusted. But not intentionally. As soon as there is intentional cheating, that you'll have to suffer the effect.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So someone who is in knowledge and commits sinful activity...
Prabhupāda: Then he's...
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: ...his position is very
Material adoration and title are decorations that cannot be carried over to the next body. In the next life, everything is forgotten.
CCMadhya19.159
TEXT 159
’niṣiddhācāra’, ’kuṭīnāṭī’, ’jīva-hiṁsana’
’lābha’, ’pūjā’, ’pratiṣṭhādi’ yata upaśākhā-gaṇa
SYNONYMS
niṣiddha-ācāra—behavior not to be exhibited by a person desiring to become perfect; kuṭīnāṭī—diplomacy; jīva-hiṁsana—unnecessarily killing animals or the soul; lābha—profit according to material calculations; pūjā—adoration achieved by satisfying mundane people; pratiṣṭha-ādi—becoming an important man in material calculations, and so on; yata—all these; upaśākhā-gaṇa—unnecessary creepers.
TRANSLATION
"Some unnecessary creepers growing with the bhakti creeper are the creepers of behavior unacceptable for those trying to attain perfection, diplomatic behavior, animal killing, mundane profiteering, mundane adoration and mundane importance. All these are unwanted creepers.
PURPORT
There is a certain pattern of behav
𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺:
𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙎𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖
“Just surrender unto me!” What more you expect from Krishna? This is his most concluding instruction, most confidential instruction; that’s the best benediction he offers to you. What more you expect? This is the best benediction he has offered you.
Abandon all varieties of dharma, just surrender unto me. Unconditional, complete surrender — not partial, not artificial, not conditional — complete surrender. If you do so, then Krishna takes sole charge of you, you have nothing to bother, no anxiety.
Give up all your independence, svatantra. The jīva has tiny, minute independence, “Oh! I can do this thing, I can do this thing, I can do this thing.” What can you do, bābā? Unless Krishna sanctions, what can you do?
āśā-mātra jīva kore, tava icchā-phale — “The jīva can only desire to act, and unless You fulfill his desire by Your own sweet will, he cannot do anything.” (Srila Thakur Bhak
HDG Shrila Prabhupada
showing his assistant Upendra his 3 Tier Brass Cooker,
June 1975, Denver, Colorado.
An excerpt from the book on Srila Prabhupada's cooker (with a recipe): Yamuna Devi ..
"There are only a few photos of Srila Prabhupada cooking, and for twenty years I've kept one of them in my kitchen.
He is standing in front of a white gas range, holding a slotted spoon in his right hand, its tip hovering just above a metal mixing bowl.
Srila Prabhupada is focused on the contents of the bowl, his head and eyes slightly downcast. He is freshly bathed and wearing only a silk dhoti. The silky smooth skin of his upper body and shaved head seem almost effulgent.
Of the two pots cooking on the stove to his right, the one clearly visible is well known to all his servants and cooks simply as "Srila Prabhupada's cooker." One of the few personal possessions he carried in his extensive travels, it went around the world more than ten times and ended up on stoves on almost every cont
A Plea from a former ISKCON GBC member Naveen Krishna Das.
Dear Prabhus.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I suggest that all followers of Srila Prabhupada should examine the evidence regarding the alleged malicious poisoning of Srila Prabhupada with a skeptical but attentive mind, especially the words of His Divine Grace on this issue on November 8 1977 and later. There are at least 13 times this matter is discussed as a case of criminal poisoning by Srila Prabhupada and his attendants. A little Hindi and Bengali translation is needed but has been done during the investigations in the past.
The forensic work by renowned experts and professionals is additional material to study carefully. The whispers, arsenic and cadmium all need to be carefully studied and verified by all followers of His Divine Grace.
There is plenty of philosophy to support something like this happening, with the aim of glorifying
Srila Prabhupāda: This is our position. Gradually they will show Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. In India also, although India's... They will want to crush down this movement. So this will be up to Him. Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa's movement, the same thing. And Kṛṣṇa was attempted to be killed by Kaṁsa class of men and his company, the demons. So it will be there; it is already there. Don't be disappointed, because that is the meaning that it is successful. Kṛṣṇa's favor is there, because Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's movement is not different, identical. So as Kṛṣṇa was attempted to be killed, many, many years before He appeared... At eighth child, if the mother produces child yearly, still ten years, eight years before His birth, the mother was to be attempted to be killed. So there may be attempt like that. And Lord Jesus Christ was killed. So they may kill me also.
Siddha-svarūpa: I don't think that is possible.
Prabhupāda: No, I mean to say, I am not so important man. But it is the, this is the way of the law. If
"I SHALL TAKE TO KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS BECAUSE WHATEVER SINFUL ACTIVITIES I SHALL DO, IT WILL BE COUNTERACTED BY KRSNA"---"WHAT IS THIS BOGUS TALK?"
Himāvatī: Swami, many people also think that “If you’re sinful, how can church help you? What is the use of going to church?”
Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. If you… That will be discussed. This is the point. This is being discussed. It is not the… It is not the question of atheism. Their point is “What is the use of going to the church?” But the use is that if he goes to the church, if he actually hears about, I mean to say, glorious life, to become devotee, to understand God, then the utilization of going to the church is all right. But if he goes with that spirit that “I shall go to the church and my sinful activities will be counteracted by giving some bribe and going to the church. Then it is very good…” But his motive is different. Churchgoing is not for that purpose. That is a facility.
Just like we are preaching, “You chant Hare Kṛṣṇa
List of Spiritnet ritvik-initiated Srila Prabhupada disciples
Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on September 7, 2022 at 17:33
'In this age, it is more important to create devotees than to construct temples. Hawaii,August7,1969'
List of Spiritnet ritvik-initiated Srila Prabhupada disciples.; Mr. Al Roberts, was age 50, (now deceased); Vasudeva dasa. World's first ritvik-initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada, after1977. Ceremony performed in 1993, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada.
2009 or so onward; from USA; Mother Parvati devi, Shri Nrsngha dasa, Radha-Giridhari dasa (now deceased), from USA Trnikrta-trnavarta dasa,, from Hungary; Rasa Manjari, Serbia; Navina Krsna dasi, Prof Smith, of USA, Ananta Sesa dasa, Uganda; Radha Manohara, India, Ketan Natekar now Krsna Caitanya dasa, Maharastra,, Abhaya Carana seva dasa, U.K., also U.K., Kay Wilson to Sri Krsna Kirtana devi, (now deceased), India, Akash to Sri Advaita Acarya dasa, 2020.
Sudevi, Suvarna Manjari devi, and others also took
Raganuga Bhakti: A Forty Year Crossroads 19/5/25
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das
One devotee said, “I feel that my life has inexplicably changed after hearing about the raganuga bhakti sadhana of traditional Gaudiya Vaishnavism. What I have learned is taking me to the next level of my bhakti sadhana.
“My question is how to harmonize my present feelings and deep interest in raganuga bhakti with the teachings I’ve learned during my forty years in Iskcon?”
To answer this question let’s try to understand what Gaudiya Vaishnavism is according Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s teachings. The two internal reasons for the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu were to taste the sweet essence of Vraja madhurya prema-rasa, and to preach raganuga-bhakti to the world, prema-rasa-niryasa karite asvadana, raga-marga bhakti loke karite
