Who is the most intelligent person
So anyone who is not interested in perfect life, they'll be allured by this so-called demigod worship. Antavat tu phalam. But those who are intelligent… These are the activities of the alpa-medhasah, but one who is su-medhasah, su-medhasah, one who has got good brain substance, for him, in this age, it is recommended, yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah. krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam yajnaih...
HOW CAN ONE BE FREE FROM MATERIAL BONDAGE
Question : HOW CAN ONE BE FREE FROM MATERIAL BONDAGE ? Answer : BY SRILA PRABHUPADA. nātaḥ paraḿ karma-nibandha-kṛntanaḿ mumukṣatāḿ tīrtha-padānukīrtanāt na yat punaḥ karmasu sajjate mano rajas-tamobhyāḿ kalilaḿ tato 'nyathā Translation : Therefore one who desires freedom from material bondage should adopt the process of chanting and glorifying the name, fame, form and pastimes of the Supreme...
8th Offence
To Consider the Chanting of Hare krishna One of the Auspicious Ritualistic Activities Offered in the Vedas as Fruitive Activities. (karma-kanda) What is the difference between chanting the holy name and pious activities? The holy name is directly krishna; the way and the goal are identical. The holy name is the process and simultaneously the goal; it is full of spiritual bliss and bestows highest perfection. As for ordinary pious...
Krsna’s Blessings In the Chanting of His Name
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The Hare Krsna movement has just arrived in Great Britain. And a gathering of Londoners interested in the movement listens to this message recorded for them Ladies and gentlemen: Please accept my greetings for the happy new year of 1969. and please accept the blessings of Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for your kindly participating in this happy meeting of Krsna...
Suffering all around – only way out is Hare Krishna
So this age… Therefore sastra says, prayena alpa ayusah. Generally, almost everyone is short-living. Prayena alpa ayusah kalau asmin yuge janah. Asmin yuge, kalau, they are very short-living. Then again, mandah: all rascals. Mandah, third class; no first-class men. Practically no brahminical qualification. All sudra qualification. Therefore mandah. Sumanda-matayah. And if one comes forward to be spiritually enlightened, he...
How Chanting Helps us Defeat Maya
Hare Krsna to all devotees. Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Many of us who have listened to Prabhupada’s lectures are familiar with the analogy of the donkey chasing after a carrot on a stick placed by his master who wants the donkey to carry a burden. The foolish donkey, not being cognizant of the freely available grass around him continues chasing after the carrot while...
