I am very glad that we as disciples of Srila Prabhupada are finally doing something about this great offense to our Spiritual Master. I would like to tell three stories that are personal experiences of mine with Srila Prabhupada and his books. It is my earnest hope that these stories will once and for all lay to rest the controversy of anyone ever editing Srila Prabhupadas books.

The first story takes place in Mayapur where Srila Prabhupada was talking about why he came to the material world.

Srila Prabhupada said: He (meaning Krishna) asked me to come here and I said that I did not want to go because it was such a dirty place. He (meaning Krishna) told me if you go I will arrange so many nice palaces for you to live in. I said but I do not want to go. He (meaning Krishna) said you just go and write these books and I will make it comfortable for you. So Srila Prabhupada said beca

Hare Krsna !  Hello Baby Krishna ; Panic in Babylon, circa 2008

Sung and engineered by Lee Scratch Perry, one of the original artists from Marley and Tosh's time. He is an international star of much repute these days in the dub and reggae domains. We sent, on info. provided by speaking with his managers, a set of hardback Krsna books and a Nectar of Devotion, and also seperately a Gita for his managing team in NYC, with a note that simply said, " Baby Krsna says Hello ! " as a response, from us to him, as it were.

Seems he is making headway in bringing the Rastas and the Krishnas into closer appreciation of each other's intents and character. Many of our devotees are in some degree into reggae beats and many devotees have Rasta as a background and became devotees of Krsna.

Just something unique that i thought was special, expanded kirtana everywhere, so i thought to post it onsite. Hare Krsna ! Pamdo ! AGTSP. Hope you enjoy it. The guitar work at 3:11 is amazing. Who does it

Quotations on the Guru by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada

 

  

 Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada

 

Quotations on the Guru by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada

20. Can we make disciples? (page 9)

We should not make disciples until we have become liberated or a pure devotee. You must first take shelter of a bona fide guru, become a disciple and listen to the topics of Krishna from his mouth. Then you have to put everything you have heard into practice and repeat it to others with humility. 

After doing this for some time, you must become guru yourself. You should not intentionally remain a "lightweight" for the rest of your days. This is a kind of self-deception. To become guru means to become a genuine devotee, engaging all of your senses in the service of Krishna, at every moment.

This does not mean that you absolutely have to make disciples. Even so, if it is God's will, some pure devotees teach Krishna consciousness for the benefit of others. They have no ulteri

So think carefuly on this; are you chanting the pure Names? Have you become deathless and seen Krishna, have you all mystic powers in full, and remembrance of past lives and insite into future events accurately ?  No ?? Then you are a cheat and have been cheated also !

Then you have been found unworthy. You have not done enough, or any, pure devotional service !

Think on that, your Beloveds have rejected you, as you are insincere and impure, unworthy.

You have chanted shamefacedly for years and not once uttered Suddha Nama, the Pure Name.  What kind of yogi are you? You are not a devotee, just a want-to-be, a neophyte. But you have given it your all for your whole lifetime!

You have been placed on the doorstep outside the kirtana hall and not allowed in to Mahaprabhu's kirtana, you are not pure or worthy.

Krishna and Balarama find you a scary demon, they have sent you here far away, where they don't have to see your envy-smeared shrunken face. You have been kicked out of your Home and

The Descent of the Holy Name A Gaudiya Vaisnava Perspective by Acyutananda Dasa Observations by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaja  

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His Holiness B.R. Sridhara Maharaja sat on the roof of his quarters in Navadvipa (West Bengal). The now very old sadhu was in a contemplative mood, and to approach him in this state disturbed me. He motioned that I should sit in front of him, so I timidly went and sat down on a grass mat at his feet. There was no one to be seen for miles around. "There are many things to see from up here by which we can remember Sri Caitanya.," His Holiness said. "We have this Ganges, this forest, the temples, His favorite tree, banana. What have you come here to ask me?" "Can you explain how, if the Name is a spiritual thing-how is it that we are all chanting it with a material tongue?" I asked, feeling quite foolish. After some silence he began to speak, "Nitai

The Pure Process

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A pure devotee is he who loves Krishna, without any material desire. Such pure devotees are very rare. But by the grace of Krishna, practically all the devotees and disciples who have kindly joined me, their symptoms are like pure devotees. Even if they have got some ulterior desire, that will be removed very soon, because they have taken to the pure process of Krishna Consciousness.

· — Letter to Janaki, 13 October 1968

Five Habits for a Brahmachari   

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

First one  should be a brahmacäré — accept a guru, stay in the guru’s ashram, and strictly follow the principles of brahmacarya. He should be trained how to control the mind and senses. All the senses and mind should be fixed at the lotus feet of Krishna. A guru gives that training during brahmacäré period, student life.

There is a saying,

vidyärthi païca-lakñaëa — a student, brahmacäré, has five symptoms: käka-snäna,

Comment by I Tamoharadasa the Wanderer 18 minutes ago

 

If you open your heart, you will feel the sweetness of love in seperation from the spiritual master by listening to George's production below.  >;  )   Love of Srila Prabhupada is love of Godhead, also, same.  "guru krsna prasade  bhakti lata bija..." ie  By grace of God one gets Guru, and by grace of Guru one gets God. Same, different aspects or phases, or as we call it, "pastimes". These pastimes epitomize certain tastes or flavors or rasas, and generation /realization of pure rasa is the meaning of bhakti-yoga perfection.

Srila Prabhupada was prophesied by Sri Krsna Caitanya Himself some 550 years ago. There is a long chain of events going back demonstrably thousands of years, that lead up to his teachings to us. Prabhupada is not an ordinary guru. He is one in a billion. See https://puredevoteeseva.ning.com/ for many videos and articles etc on this topic. There is no charge, just an awakened heart and/or a tear of sinceri

Srila Prabhupada,Srimad-Bhagavatam - December 02, 1968, L .A., USA 

It is said that this Krsna consciousness movement is not an artificial thing that we have manufactured something, ideal thing, concocted, and we are preaching to the world that "You become Krsna conscious." No. The Krsna consciousness is there. What is that Krsna consciousness? To love God. That is there. We are simply helping that "You try to love God; then you'll be happy." That is our mission.

Therefore this Krsna consciousness movement is postgraduate position of all religions. It is not any sectarian religion. You accept Christianity--very good. You accept Muhammadanism, Islamism--very good. You accept Hinduism--that's all right. We have no quarrel with Hindus and Muslims or Christians or Buddhists. But our objective is that religion means there is connection, relationship with God.

Take, for example, Christian religion. They accept God: "God created this," the beginning of Bible. That's a fact. So the God

Vaikuntha Ekadashi - Most celebrated of festivals in temples of South India

Shrila Prabhupada’s Grim Predictions for Kali Yuga:

Millions Will Be Unemployed

Shriman Siddhanta Das Prabhu’s “Memories” series (itvproductions.org) remains one of our all-time favorite mediums of understanding the many facets of the pure devotee. Through his interviews, we obtain glimpses of the Perfect Spiritual Master as reflected by each of the unique disciples. Siddhanta’s most recent DVD, number 50, contains an inspiring

conversation with a devotee called Rameshwara Das. In his talk, Rameshwara Das recounts a discussion with Prabhupada regarding the future of the world, one to which we are now bearing witness. This prophetic conversation advocating devotee self-sufficiency took place during a train ride to Prayag, in January of 1977. As you read these stunning predictions, bear in mind that, although the Acharya had been instructing us about the importance of Krishna conscious farm projects since New Vrindavana had been acquired in 1969, at the time of this conversation Divin