Humility on Book Distribution
"And begging is bad. To keep the people, whole population, in terrified condition, that is very good, and if anyone in a humble way begs, that is bad. This is your culture. Vedic way allows the brahmacari to beg just to learn humbleness, not beggar. Coming from very big, big family all family, they practice it. This is not begging. This is to learn how to become humble and meek". Room Conversation Excerpt, February 4, 1977,...
Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 23
Scared from the War I boarded the flight from JFK to LAX, and hoped to catch up on some rest. As I looked for my seat I noticed the man sitting next to me was an amputee. I sat down and made some small talk with him. It turned out he lost his legs to a roadside blast in Iraq. I explained to him that I was a soldier also and showed my id card. He asked if I saw anything crazy there. My friend, too much… is what i responded. He...
Book Distribution Nectar
By Partha-sarathi Dasa written at Bhaktivedanta Ashram, NYC I am sitting in New York City now, looking out the window and thinking how fortunate we are to have this movement. Below on the street people are running from here to there, with no goal or purpose. No realization of what the purpose of this life is. It is very sad, and it breaks the heart of a devotee to see this. I just arrived from Washington, DC, and the monitor in the...
Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 22
written at Bhaktivedanta Ashram, NYC I am sitting in New York City now, looking out the window and thinking how fortunate we are to have this movement. Below on the street people are running from here to there, with no goal or purpose. No realization of what the purpose of this life is. It is very sad, and it breaks the heart of a devotee to see this. I just arrived from Washington, DC, and the monitor in the cab said, "If eating...
The Attitude of all Preachers
The author of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Srila Rupa Gosvami, very humbly submits that he is just trying to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world, although he humbly thinks himself unfit for this work. That should be the attitude of all preachers of the Krsna consciousness movement, following in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami. We should never think of ourselves as great preachers, but should always consider that we are simply...