Devotional service contaminated by the mundane mode of goodness, sattva, is dangerously conditioning. The person becomes enamored by their happy life, and accepts misinformation that backs their position, even if false, and so, soon an inch becomes a mile and one is in maya again. Mode of Goodness is the smiling face of Maya. The only real happiness comes from suddha sattva, uncontaminated consciousness of Sri Krsna and services.
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I understand the number of enlightened newcomers and the actual number of loyal ritvik-initiated Srila Prabhupada disciples is recently increasing, though the Original disciples are growing old and thin. We now must increase faster than all the bogus cult branches combined in order to retake the Mayapura land from the CIA offspring cults; a big task. Can you do it? Krsna has come to help us, and miraculously started the final take-down of the globalists, in countries around the globe, including those who orchestrated the attack on us all. God is rousing Russia, the workers/karmis, the loyal ritviks, etc. It can/ will happen, we shall in due course take Srila Prabhupada's temples etc away from his murderers and their cults, and restore some religiosity and honesty on Earth. And if not, it is up to Krsna, we are absorbed in doing our best services. Anyone with better plans come forward. I have had some success with Spiritnet, but not enough by a long shot. I hope in t
Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, (Prabhupadera Upadesamrta):
"Cheating and weakness are two separate things. Persons devoid of a cheating propensity achieve perfection in life, but a cheater is never successful. Vaisnavism is another name for simplicity. Cheaters are non devotees. Sincere persons can be weak, but they are not cheaters. Cheaters say something but do something else. Weak people are embarrassed by their defects, whereas cheaters are maddened by their achievements.
“I will cheat the acharya,” “I will deceive the doctor,” “I will nourish the poisonous snake of my sinful propensity with banana and milk, hiding him in the hole of my cheating propensity,” and “I will demand name and fame from the people while posing as a saint”.
These are not symptoms of weakness but of utter deceitfulness. Such cheaters will never achieve any good. By hearing humbly from saints with a sincere attitude, however, one will gradually attain a
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Jahnava Nitai Das
How many people are aware of the role notorious criminal and godman Chandra Swami played in the poisoning of ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada in his final days?
Those who have lived in India in the 90's will be familiar with Chandra Swami and the many scandals he was involved in, including the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In addition he was well known as a weapons smuggler, a spy for the CIA, and was closely connected with Adnan Khashoggi (another CIA asset, who was famous for his involvement in the Iran Contra scandal of the 1980's).
"Adnan Khashoggi was implicated in the Iran–Contra affair as a key middleman in the arms-for-hostages exchange along with Iranian arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar [...] with Saudi and United States backing."
The name Khashoggi will be familiar because Adnan Khashoggi's nephew happens to be Jamal Khashoggi who was recently murdered by the Saudi Government in Turkey. Adnan Khasho
How many people are aware of the role notorious criminal and godman Chandra Swami played in the poisoning of ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada in his final days?
Those who have lived in India in the 90's will be familiar with Chandra Swami and the many scandals he was involved in, including the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In addition he was well known as a weapons smuggler, a spy for the CIA, and was closely connected with Adnan Khashoggi (another CIA asset, who was famous for his involvement in the Iran Contra scandal of the 1980's).
"Adnan Khashoggi was implicated in the Iran–Contra affair as a key middleman in the arms-for-hostages exchange along with Iranian arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar [...] with Saudi and United States backing."
The name Khashoggi will be familiar because Adnan Khashoggi's nephew happens to be Jamal Khashoggi who was recently murdered by the Saudi Government in Turkey. Adnan Khasho
(And at least if one percent of the whole population becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the whole world will be a different world. There will be . . . . . . the world itself will become kingdom of God) 
And at least if one percent of the whole population becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the whole world will be a different world. There will be . . . . . . the world itself will become kingdom of God. Of course, we cannot expect that everyone will accept this philosophy, but we are trying. If some percentage of the population takes this movement seriously, the face of the world will be changed."
(His Divine
(Unless one is very fortunate, he cannot come to the shelter of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That's a fact. So don't misuse it. That is my request)
Ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya 19.151).
It is great fortune, bhāgyavan jīva. Unless one is very fortunate, he cannot come to the shelter of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That's a fact. So don't misuse it. That is my request. I am very glad to see you, you are so enthusiastic. And you should be enthusiastic."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 27, 1976, Auckland)
(The mind should be attached upon Me, Kṛṣṇa." This is the beginning. Some way or other we have to . . . our mind is attached to something always)
Mind cannot be detached. We have got so many desires. So mind's business—to become attached. Therefore, I accept something, I reject something. This is mind's business. So you cannot become zero; you cannot become desireless. That is not possible. Our process . . . just like others, they say: "You become desireless." That is a foolish proposal.
Who can become desireless? It is not possible. If I am desireless, then I am a dead man. A dead man has no desire. So that is not possible. We have to purify the desires
(Now we cannot fly in the air, but when you are free from this body, your spirit soul, within a second you can go to the Vaikuṇṭhaloka. It is so light. Within a second)
So because the Supreme Spirit is within, therefore it is floating. Not that weightlessness. Weight is there, very heavy weight. Just like you can test: This body will float in the water so long you are living. And as soon as the spirit soul goes, then immediately the body goes down.
The law of gravity acts, the so-called law of gravity. This is an example. A child, so long it is living you can take in one hand. But as soon as the child is dead, it becomes heavier. That is natural. So everything is lighter as soon as it is spirit
(So the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, they do not care who is God, who is not God. That is not their business. But they want Kṛṣṇa and love Kṛṣṇa. That's all)
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Every day, all the boys, they would come back to their home and explain to their mother, "Mother, Kṛṣṇa is so wonderful. You see? This happened today." And the mother will say: "Yes, our Kṛṣṇa is wonderful." So much. That's all. They do not know Kṛṣṇa is God, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person. Kṛṣṇa is wonderful, that's all.
And their love increases. The more they perceive Kṛṣṇa's wonderful activities, they become more lover. "Perhaps he may be a demigod. Yes." That is their suggestion. When Nanda Mahārāja will talk amongst his friends and the friends will talk about Kṛṣṇa . . . "Oh, Nanda Mahārāja, your child Kṛṣṇa is wonderful." "Yes, I see that."
"Maybe some demigod." That's all. "Maybe." That is also not certain. So the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, they do not care who is God, who is not God. That is not their business. But
(Although He is situated in His own abode, which is called Goloka Vṛndāvana, He has expanded throughout the creation by His energy)
That is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ. That is God. Although He is situated in His own abode, which is called Goloka Vṛndāvana, He has expanded throughout the creation by His energy."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 24, 1976, Melbourne)
(There are so many loving aspect. But when you love Kṛṣṇa, then your life is perfect)
Prabhupāda: "To love Kṛṣṇa. If you become expert how to love Kṛṣṇa . . . The idea of loving is not unknown to you. You love somebody. You love your wife. You love your children. You love your country. You love your society. There are so many loving aspect. But when you love Kṛṣṇa, then your life is perfect."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 22, 1976, Melbourne)
(So Kṛṣṇa is addressed here as Viśvātman, the vital force of the universe)
So because the vital force, the soul, is there, the whole body is working. So similarly, there is the supreme vital force. Supreme vital force is Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 22, 1973, Los Angeles)
(You have got now superconsciousness. You must decide whether you want to stop this evolutionary process, cycle of birth and death, and go back to home, back to Godhead, or if you want to continue again the cycle of birth and death)
Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ. If you do not develop further, if you remain whatever quality you have got, just now you remain within this world. And adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ. And if you do not develop goodness or remain in the same quality but you degrade yourself, then again go to the cycle of birth in the animal kingdom. This is the law of nature.
ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti
(Because the fighting spirit is also there in Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise, where we get? Because we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, all the qualities of Kṛṣṇa in minute quantity, they are within us. We are sample of Kṛṣṇa, but the . . . wherefrom we get this fighting spirit?)
They, they pay the wrestler to fight with the king. But he's not enemy. He is giving pleasure to the king by fighting, mock fighting. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa wants to fight, who will fight with Him? Some of His devotee, great devotee will fight with Him. Not ordinary. Just like a king, if he wants to practice
(So as the sun being present, there is no access of darkness, similarly, if you keep Kṛṣṇa always within your heart, there is no more darkness of this material world)
That is the description. Here in the Bhagavad-gītā you'll find: na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ. We cannot imagine how without sun, without moon, without electricity, without fire one can live. Yes, but there is a world like that. You do not require sunshine. You do not require. They are all illuminated.
So that is uttamam. Udgata tama yasmāt, the Sanskrit word, "from which the darkness is completely eradicated." There is another Bengal
(We want recognition by Kṛṣṇa and His devotee. That's all. If they are satisfied, then our success, life success)
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 20, 1972, Tokyo)
(So we do not hate anything material advancement. We can utilize everything for Kṛṣṇa's service. Our only preaching is that "Don't forget Kṛṣṇa." That is our business)
This iron, wood, metal, everything, they have got from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it has got relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Now, when it is manufactured, use it for Kṛṣṇa. That is yukta-vairāgya. So we do not hate anything material advancement. We can utilize everything for Kṛṣṇa's service. Our only preaching is that "Don't forget Kṛṣṇa." That is our business."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 18, 1975, Vrindavana)
(So our business is, even within these calamities, dangers, how we develop our Kṛṣṇa consciousness and, after giving up this body, we go back to home, back go Kṛṣṇa)
Devotee: "Titanic."
Prabhupāda: "Everything was safe, but on the first voyage it was drowned, and all important men of your country, they lost their life. So danger there must be, because you are in a dangerous position. This material world itself is dangerous position. So our business is . . . that danger must be there.
Now our business should be how to cross over the sea as soon as possible. So long you are on the sea, you are on th
"Kṛṣṇa's name is Naṭavara. Naṭavara. Naṭavara means the greatest dramatic dancer. And another His name is naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā (SB 1.8.19). He is dancing in such a nice way that He is attracting everyone."
(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 16, 1972, Auckland)
(This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to appreciate the greatest artist. We are all artist, but when we appreciate the greatest artist, Kṛṣṇa, then our life is successful)
Apart from sun planet, if we take this teeny planet, earthly planet, on which we are living, there are so many oceans, so many mountains, skyscraper building. But if you go above this planet a few thousand miles, oh, you will see just like a spot, this big planet. You will see just like a spot. Not only spot, this one planet,
