Perfection without delay
Bg 4.39 sraddhaval labhate jnanaṁ tat-parah saṁyatendriyah jnanaṁ labdhva paraṁ santim acirenadhigacchati Word for word: sraddha-van — a faithful man; labhate — achieves; jnanam — knowledge; tat-parah — very much attached to it;saṁyata — controlled; indriyah — senses; jnanam — knowledge; labdhva — having achieved; param — transcendental; santim — peace; acirena...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Name and Form Identical
"The Name of Sri Krishna and the Transcendental Form of Sri Krishna are identical. The Name, Form, the Holy Image, all the three are exactly the same. All these three are Transcendental by nature and hence there is not the least difference between Them. Sri Krishna's Body is Sri Krishna Himself. There is no categorical difference between the Body and the Being in the Transcendental Plane. So also with respect to the Name and...