Give up Suffering
I recently remembered an incident that happened a few years ago in New york. I was on a japa walk with Jayadvaita Swami, we had just left the Broklin temple when a police car pulled up next to us, one of the policemen asked, "hey what do ya have to give up to become a Hare Krsna". Jayadvaita Swami replied, "You have to give up suffering! "Well that sounds good" "And if you want to know more about it then...
Prison Preaching
By Mahat-tattva dasa There is a great thirst for Krishna consciousness in prisons. It seems that when calamities strike, people instinctively turn to God. To ease their difficult situation and put them on the right track, one that leads back to Krishna, devotees take advantage of the situation and preach to prisoners. One portion of the money you donate to Sastra Dana is used to provide these unfortunate souls with Srila...
Los Angeles SD Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 9
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS Morning Walk April 2, 1974, Bombay Prabhupada: Yes. Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66]. You'll take a practical… My Guru Maharaja gave me hint that book publication is more pleasing to me than Matha-mandira. So I took it and I began to publish books and that has come successful. Karyam karma. I took it, "Oh, Guru Maharaja wants that books should be published. So let me concentrate...
Highest Welfare Work
"When a person is actually in the knowledge that Krsna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such first-class...
My New Trailer
LILAS “MY NEW TRAILER” Madhumangala dasa (Cape Town South Africa) I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. While passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping center in Port Elizabeth, I approached a man standing next to one of those imported Japanese 4×4’s with a fancy-looking trailer hooked up to it. I introduced myself to him and presented Srila...