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We Can Revive Our Brightness And Shine With Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 27, 2023 at 23:58

(But we can again revive our brightness and shine with the Supreme Person)

"But we can again revive our brightness and shine with the Supreme Person. As the sun and the sunshine, they are together shining, there is light, similarly, when we are again posted in our own constitutional position, and Kṛṣṇa is like the sun and we are shining particles, then our life is successful.

That is wanted. Therefore Kṛṣṇa comes, the puruṣottama, to take us back. "Why you are now covered, your shining is stopped? You are morose. You are suffering threefold miserable condition of material existence. Why you are rotting here?"

Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). Kṛṣṇa comes Himself. He is within everyone's heart. He's instructing. He is ready to instruct, but He'll only instruct to such persons who have engaged themselves in devotional service."

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 28, 1974, Honolulu)

We Are Shining Particle Of God

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 27, 2023 at 23:55

(Similarly, we living entities, we are like that—a small particle, part and parcel of God. So we are also brightening, shining. We are not dull. But on account of our combination with the material nature, we have been covered)

"Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person enjoyer, puruṣa. Puruṣa has got different features: personal expansion, personal feature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Expansion feature also two kinds: svāṁśa, vibhinnāṁśa, His personal expansion and separated expansion.

We are all separated expansion, vibhinnāṁśa, a small particle. Just like the sun, we are. The sunshine means combination of, what is called, sparking, sparking molecules, very small. The sunshine means they are not homogenous; they are small particles of shining, part and parcel of the sun.

Similarly, we living entities, we are like that—a small particle, part and parcel of God. So we are also brightening, shining. We are not dull. But on account of our combination with the material nature, we ha

When You Chant Hare Krsna, Then Krsna Is Dancing On Your Tongue

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 26, 2023 at 0:16

(Just like we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa—that means immediately Kṛṣṇa is on your tongue. He is dancing on your tongue)

"Just like if you want water, if you simply say, "water, water, water," that substance, water, is not there. Try to understand this. The water, liquid substance, that is different from the name water. Anything you take. Just like here is rose.

So if you simply chant, "rose, rose, rose," there is no rose. Rose is different from the name rose. Similarly, in the material world anything you take, the name is different from the substance, whereas in case of Kṛṣṇa, the name Kṛṣṇa and the person Kṛṣṇa, the same thing.

Just like we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa—that means immediately Kṛṣṇa is on your tongue. He is dancing on your tongue. This is the difference. Therefore, immediately we chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa means immediately we get in contact with Kṛṣṇa or in association."

(Prabhupada Conversation, January 26, 1975

We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 24, 2023 at 6:55

"We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal. Just like Dhruva Mahārāja. He, he was perfect Vaiṣṇava, but when he was king, he was fighting like anything. Not that "Oh, I am now become Vaiṣṇava. I cannot kill." What is this? He killed like anything. When the Yakṣas attacked his kingdom, he was killing like anything that the Yakṣa-rāja came and asked him to pardon this. He immediately accepted. So he wanted to give him some benediction, that "You are so great that simply on my request, you have stopped killing these rascals, Yakṣas. So you can take some benediction from me." He said, "That's all right. Thank you. You give me the benediction that I may be a pure lover of Kṛṣṇa. That's all." This benediction he asked. Although he was so powerful and the Yakṣa-rāja, he could give him the wealth of the whole universe, but he made that "Thank you very much. You give me this benediction that I may remain a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa." This is Vaiṣṇava. He is doing ev

Prabhupāda: Gurukṛpa Mahārāja, what is the benefit of this modern education? Gurukṛpa: No benefit. It makes them an ass.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 24, 2023 at 3:19

Prabhupāda: Gurukṛpa Mahārāja, what is the benefit of this modern education?

Gurukṛpa: No benefit. It makes them an ass.

Prabhupāda: Making them demons, that's all.

Gurukṛpa: They become puffed-up, thinking they know something. They don't know anything.

Prabhupāda: Modern educated youths, they are not inclined to come to the farm. So they're giving up their own father's property, farm. They do not come back from city. The farmers' children go to cities for education, and after so-called education the rascals do not come. Here also and in your country also, America and they want city life and enjoy restaurant and prostitute.

Satsvarūpa: There is a song, "How are you going to keep them on the farm after they've seen Paris?" They don't want to go back. I remember in school seeing films of India, and they would say, "This is very backward. They're living as they used to live hundreds of years ago by using the ox and the plow."

Prabhupāda: Yes. Now we have, hundred years after,

Krsna Consciousness Movement Is Going Forward, Due To The Magnanimous Compassion Of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 23, 2023 at 0:47

(So whatever Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is going forward, it is due to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's magnanimous compassion for the poor people suffering in this Kali-yuga)

"He is giving kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Kṛṣṇa. You . . . one cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, it is so difficult.

manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣukaścid yatati siddhayeyatatām api siddhānāṁkaścin vetti . . .(BG 7.3)

To understand Kṛṣṇa is not easy job. But Kṛṣṇa in the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so compassionate, not only He's giving Himself, Kṛṣṇa, but He's giving kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Kṛṣṇa. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's avatāra. Dayā. Mahā-vadānyāvatāra.

So whatever Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is going forward, it is due to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's magnanimous compassion for the poor people suffering in this Kali-yuga. Otherwise, to become Kṛṣṇa conscious is not very easy job. Is not easy job.

So those who are getting the chance of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they should not lo

The Devotee Will Say, Krsna Is Everywhere, Inside And Outside

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 22, 2023 at 23:29

(And the atheist will say, "Where is Kṛṣṇa?" And advanced devotee will say: "Everywhere Kṛṣṇa, antar bahiḥ, inside and outside)

Sudāmā: "So then like the sunset, that is also Kṛṣṇa's artistry?"

Prabhupāda: "Everywhere. . . . māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati (BG 6.30). That is advancement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: everywhere one sees Kṛṣṇa, and in Kṛṣṇa he sees everything. Therefore he sees Kṛṣṇa only. He sees nothing. And the atheist will say, "Where is Kṛṣṇa?" And advanced devotee will say: "Everywhere Kṛṣṇa, antar bahiḥ, inside and outside." Nato nāṭyadharo yathā (SB 1.8.19)."

(Prabhupada Morning Walk, January 23, 1974, Honolulu)

As Soon As You Come To Krsna Consciousness, You Are In Direct Touch With Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 22, 2023 at 23:12

(And as soon as you come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you are in direct touch. We are direct in touch with Kṛṣṇa, but it is covered by some cloud of ignorance. Otherwise, nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa's touch)

"But by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, this contamination of the consciousness will be cleansed, crystalized. It will be. Then you come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And as soon as you come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you are in direct touch. We are direct in touch with Kṛṣṇa, but it is covered by some cloud of ignorance.

Otherwise, nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa's touch. That is not possible. Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā (BG 9.4). Kṛṣṇa is. . . One Kṛṣṇa is expanded all over the creation. Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1). Kṛṣṇa is everywhere, but due to the contamination of material modes of nature,

we are thinking we are apart from Kṛṣṇa, separate from Kṛṣṇa, or we do not know Kṛṣṇa, although we are in touch. So that is to be c

A New Renaissance

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 22, 2023 at 1:27

(Yes, a new Renaissance)

Rāmeśvara: "Prabhupāda said this past week that in the future, historians will study this period of world history, how this movement has changed the world. He said in the future they will just note this period, how the world is being changed."

Prabhupāda: "Yes, a new Renaissance. What is called? Renaissance?"

Rāmeśvara: "Yes. Renaissance."

Prabhupāda: "Historical Renaissance."

(Prabhupada Conversation, January 22, 1977, Bhuvanesvara)

If I Get My Spiritual Body, Within A Second I Can Reach The Kingdom Of God

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 21, 2023 at 23:04

(But if I get my spiritual body, immediately, within a second, I can reach kingdom of God, the spiritual world. Spiritual body is so powerful and so, I mean to say, swift, because it is swifter than the mind)

"I am spirit soul. I am bound of this body; therefore I cannot move even to the moon planet. But if I get my spiritual body, immediately, within a second, I can reach kingdom of God, the spiritual world. Spiritual body is so powerful and so, I mean to say, swift, because it is swifter than the mind.

You get this from Bhagavad-gītā. Mind is swifter than anything, than the air even, than the ether. You are sitting here, and immediately you remember twenty thousands miles away your home—immediately you go. This is the swiftness on mind. But the soul is still swifter than the mind. So as soon as you, just like in this fourth chapter you have read, Kṛṣṇa says:

tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma

naiti mām eti kaunteya

(BG 4.9)

"Just after giving up this body, immediately he com

A Devotee Is Always Seeing, "Krsna Is Within Me"

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 20, 2023 at 4:58

(A bhakta is always seeing, "Kṛṣṇa is within me.")

"Kṛṣṇa is within the heart, but who is seeing? It is seen by the yogīs, bhakti-yogīs, because he has got love for Kṛṣṇa. A bhakta is always seeing, "Kṛṣṇa is within me."

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 20, 1974, Honolulu)

My Guru Maharaja Used To Say, The Only Scarcity Is Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 20, 2023 at 4:54

(My Guru Mahārāja used to say that in this world there is no scarcity by the arrangement of God. But the only scarcity is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness)

"So by God's arrangement, everything is there. Everything. Pūrṇam idam. Pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate (Īśopaniṣad, Invocation). Everything is complete in this world. There is no scarcity. We have simply created scarcity by our mismanagement.

But if we take up the laws as they are prescribed in the scriptures and live peacefully, there is no scarcity. My Guru Mahārāja used to say that in this world there is no scarcity by the arrangement of God. But the only scarcity is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. People are not Kṛṣṇa conscious, they're materially conscious—they're sensually conscious. That has to be changed."

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 20, 1969, Los Angeles)

Ancient Galactic Vedic Civilization, and Srila Prabhupada's Prophesy

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 16, 2023 at 8:27

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Was Feeling, "Without Krsna Everything Is Void"

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 16, 2023 at 7:24

(Sometimes we have got experience. If we lose a friend, a son, at that time everything becomes vacant without my son, without my lover. That is practical. So Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was exhibiting that type of love for Kṛṣṇa, that He was feeling that "Without Kṛṣṇa, everything is void)

"The basic principle is love. So similarly, our full surrender, full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, can be achieved when we develop our love for Kṛṣṇa little by little, little by little, and then come to the perfection. When we come to the perfection, then we cannot live without Kṛṣṇa.

Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught us. In the last stage of His life He exhibited such manifestation of love that He was dying without Kṛṣṇa. Śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṇa me (Śikṣāṣṭaka 7). Śūnyāyitam. Śūnyāyitam, "everything is vacant." Śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṇa me. "Without Govinda, I see everything vacant."

Sometimes we have got experience. If we lose a friend, a son, at that time everyt

Srila Prabhupada on Buddhism, Christianity.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 15, 2023 at 12:23

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We do not concern ourselves with any other religion. Our religion is to become the servant of the servant of the servant of Krsna.

"Regarding your question about Lord Jesus Christ, we accept him as a saktyavesa-avatara. Lord Buddha is in the same category also. Lord Buddha is mentioned specifically in the Srimad-Bhagavatam as incarnation of Godhead, and yet Vaisnavas do not accept his philosophy which is classified as atheism.

"Similarly, even if we accept Lord Jesus Christ as saktyavesa-avatara, it doesn't mean that we have to accept his philosophy. But we have all respects for him without fail.

"Regarding books like Aquarian Gospel or even the Testaments, we cannot accept them as authorities because sometimes it is learnt that the words are not actually spoken by Christ but they are so set up by the devotees.

"For example, in the ten commandments it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill' but some bishop in Boston h

Gold Is Aways Valuable, So Our Position Is Transcendental

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 13, 2023 at 6:50

(But gold is always valuable, may be a small particle or big. So our position is transcendental. Our position is not material)

"Kṛṣṇa is the big gold; we are simply small particle of gold. That is the difference. But gold is always valuable, may be a small particle or big. So our position is transcendental. Our position is not material"

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 12, 1973, Bombay)

Krsna Is Very Anxious To Deliver Us

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 13, 2023 at 6:47

(This is Kṛṣṇa. He is very anxious to deliver us. So any little service done, He accepts, "All right, come on. You are accepted." )

"Some way or other, if there is some service, it goes to the credit. Svalpam apy asya dharmasya (BG 2.40). The foolish person may not know that, "I am imperceptibly advancing even during my, this material life," but Kṛṣṇa takes. Just like Pūtanā.

She gave service by allowing her breast to be sucked by Kṛṣṇa. Although her intention was to kill, but Kṛṣṇa took it as mother, "She has given Me service." This is Kṛṣṇa. "This rascal does not know that nobody can kill Me, but on some plea or other, she has given her breast open to be sucked by Me, and I have done it.

Therefore she is My mother. She must get the promotion like Mother Yaśodā." This is Kṛṣṇa. He is very anxious to deliver us. So any little service done, He accepts, "All right, come on. You are accepted." This is Kṛṣṇa. Little service: "Let him do something." So kind."

(Prabhupada C

Our George Harrison Has Written " Anyone Who Is A Friend Of Krsna, I Am His Friend)

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 11, 2023 at 2:28

(Our, the George Harrison, the famous Beatle, he is supplying beads and bags to his friends—"Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." And he has written in his record that, "Anyone who is a friend of Kṛṣṇa, I am his friend.")

"If you are walking on the street or going on bus or on your car, if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, what is your heavy loss? Is there any loss? Why don't you do it? Try it. There is no loss. And if there is any gain, why don't you try it—for nothing, without any loss? These Europeans and American boys, they are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

They are more enlightened, so far material civilization is concerned. But in their country, almost all young men, as a hobby, they have taken a bead and chanting. Our, the George Harrison, the famous Beatle, he is supplying beads and bags to his friends—"Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." And he has written in his record that, "Anyone who is a friend of Kṛṣṇa, I am his friend." What he has written?"

Gurukṛpā: "Any friend of Kṛṣṇa is friend of mine."

(Prabhup

Because I Love Krsna, I Want To See All, Everybody In The World To Become Krsna Conscious

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 11, 2023 at 2:26

(Because I love Kṛṣṇa, I want to see all, everybody in the world, to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Otherwise why in this old age we are trying so much?)

"Why I have come to your country? Because to make you Kṛṣṇa conscious. So there is love of Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise why . . . what is the business, I have come to you? I have no business. Because I love Kṛṣṇa, I want to see all, everybody in the world, to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Otherwise why in this old age we are trying so much?"

(Prabhupada Morning Walk, January 11, 1974, Los Angeles)

''SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT!''

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 10, 2023 at 14:05

''SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT!''

''So, it is more profitable to preach about the Master of Vrndavana, Krsna, outside of Vrndavana. A devotee of Krsna can create Vrndavana everywhere by preaching the glories of Krsna.''

Good Afternoon from Vrindaban. I pray all devotees world-wide are blissful in their daily Krsna Conscious activities. Srila Prabhupada has sweet thoughts for You and me, taken from His Letters to disciples.............

Prabhupada: At Bhuvanesvara (Orissa) I want to construct a Jagannatha temple exactly like that in Puri. If you like you can do the full charge to do this job. I shall spend as much money as it is required to do it nicely. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: M. M. De -- Vrindaban 16 November, 1976

Prabhupada: I was a resident in Vrndavana, but at the age of 70 I tried to preach Krsna consciousness a little bit and now this Institution has come out. So, I think it is more profitable to preach about the Master of Vrndavana, Krsna, outside of Vrndavan

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We Are Shining Particle Of God

When You Chant Hare Krsna, Then Krsna Is Dancing On Your Tongue

We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal.

Prabhupāda: Gurukṛpa Mahārāja, what is the benefit of this modern education? Gurukṛpa: No benefit. It makes them an ass.

Krsna Consciousness Movement Is Going Forward, Due To The Magnanimous Compassion Of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

The Devotee Will Say, Krsna Is Everywhere, Inside And Outside

As Soon As You Come To Krsna Consciousness, You Are In Direct Touch With Krsna

A New Renaissance

If I Get My Spiritual Body, Within A Second I Can Reach The Kingdom Of God

A Devotee Is Always Seeing, "Krsna Is Within Me"

My Guru Maharaja Used To Say, The Only Scarcity Is Krsna Consciousness

Ancient Galactic Vedic Civilization, and Srila Prabhupada's Prophesy

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Was Feeling, "Without Krsna Everything Is Void"

Srila Prabhupada on Buddhism, Christianity.

Gold Is Aways Valuable, So Our Position Is Transcendental

Krsna Is Very Anxious To Deliver Us

Our George Harrison Has Written " Anyone Who Is A Friend Of Krsna, I Am His Friend)

Because I Love Krsna, I Want To See All, Everybody In The World To Become Krsna Conscious

''SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT!''

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