Tranad api
Jun13

Tranad api

Dear Vasudeva Datta Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Thanks for your insightful story. It has helped me to assess my own consciousness. To the list of those that it's difficult to be humble with I would add one's spouse (if one has one). Familiarity can lead to contempt. As you know, because of their purity the six gosvamis were dear to the gentle and to the ruffians. Thanks again!...

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Los Angeles SD Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 9
Jun03

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...

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Highest Welfare Work
Jun02

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...

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Big Mac & Lord Siva
May22

Big Mac & Lord Siva

O demigods, one who has no compassion for humanity in its suffering and does not sacrifice his impermanent body for the higher causes of religious principles or eternal glory is certainly pitied even by the immovable beings. If one is unhappy to see the distress of other living beings and happy to see their happiness, his religious principles are appreciated as imperishable by exalted persons who are considered pious and benevolent....

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From Lilananda Prabhu – New York
May18

From Lilananda Prabhu – New York

This is one of the most ecstatic letters I have ever seen. Srila Prabhupada is very happy to hear this. He also took a long time to actualize his preaching in America. So Krsna has been getting you ready and now you can do something great. Hoping this meets you in the best of health, Your servant, Kavicandra...

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A Preacher takes compassion on the innocent
Mar01

A Preacher takes compassion on the innocent

Unless one is a first-class devotee, he cannot be a preacher. A preacher is generally a topmost devotee, but in order to meet the general populace, he has to come to distinguish between devotees and nondevotees. Otherwise, an advanced devotee makes no such distinctions. Indeed, he always sees everyone engaged in the service of the Lord. When one engages in preaching work, he must distinguish between people and understand that some...

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