Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

23 Nov 2023 04:27

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

22 Nov 2023 04:23

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

21 Nov 2023 00:15

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

17 Nov 2023 15:55

नोद्विग्नचित्तो व्यसनेषु नि:स्पृह:
श्रुतेषु द‍ृष्टेषु गुणेष्ववस्तुद‍ृक् ।
दान्तेन्द्रियप्राणशरीरधी: सदा
प्रशान्तकामो रहितासुरोऽसुर: ॥ ३३ ॥

Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of asuras, he himself was not an asura but a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu. Unlike the other asuras, he was never envious of Vaiṣṇavas. He was not agitated when put into danger, and he was neither directly nor indirectly interested in the fruitive activities described in the Vedas. Indeed, he considered everything material to be useless, and therefore he was completely devoid of material desires. He always controlled his senses and life air, and being of steady intelligence and determination, he subdued all lusty desires.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.33

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

13 Nov 2023 05:10

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

11 Nov 2023 12:34

etāḥ saṁsṛtayaḥ puṁso
guṇa-karma-nibandhanāḥ
yeneme nirjitāḥ saumya
guṇā jīvena citta-jāḥ
bhakti-yogena man-niṣṭho
mad-bhāvāya prapadyate

O gentle Uddhava, all these different phases of conditioned life arise from work born of the modes of material nature. The living entity who conquers these modes, manifested from the mind, can dedicate himself to Me by the process of devotional service and thus attain pure love for Me.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.32

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

10 Nov 2023 00:33

tulayāma lavenāpi
na svargaṁ nāpunar-bhavam
bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya
martyānāṁ kim utāśiṣaḥ

The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.18.13

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

08 Nov 2023 00:50

ye kaivalyam asamprāptā
ye cātītāś ca mūḍhatām
trai-vargikā hy akṣaṇikā
ātmānaṁ ghātayanti te

Those who have not achieved knowledge of the Absolute Truth, yet who are still beyond the darkness of complete ignorance, generally follow the threefold path of pious material life, namely religiosity, economic development and sense gratification. Not having time to reflect on any higher purpose, they become the killers of their own soul.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.5.16

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

04 Nov 2023 10:51

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā
mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
yajeta puruṣaṁ param

A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.10

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

01 Nov 2023 01:10

After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Kṛṣṇa consciousness is possible only for a human being.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.9.29

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

30 Oct 2023 10:52

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

28 Oct 2023 02:31

During the rainy season the swollen rivers rush into the ocean, and during the dry summer the rivers, now shallow, severely reduce their supply of water; yet the ocean does not swell up during the rainy season, nor does it dry up in the hot summer. In the same way, a saintly devotee who has accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the goal of his life sometimes will receive by providence great material opulence, and sometimes he will find himself materially destitute. However, such a devotee of the Lord does not rejoice in a flourishing condition, nor is he morose when poverty-stricken.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.8.6

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

26 Oct 2023 05:28

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

22 Oct 2023 12:02

A civilization which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is certainly not a human civilization. The present human civilization is, of course, grossly misled by the modes of passion and ignorance. It is a very dangerous age, and all nations should take care to provide the easiest process, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to save humanity from the greatest danger.
- BG 14.16, Purport by Śrīla Prabhupāda

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

17 Oct 2023 06:11

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

22 Nov 2023 04:23

You Contact Him Immediately By Hearing
Simply Kṛṣṇa is presented in the form of His transcendental name, and you contact Him immediately by hearing. You have got natural instrument, hearing. You simply hear "Kṛṣṇa" and you become uncontaminated immediately.

BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ LECTURE - LOS ANGELES, FEBruary 20, 1969

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

21 Nov 2023 18:15

karmaṇāṁ pariṇāmitvād
ā-viriñcyād amaṅgalam
vipaścin naśvaraṁ paśyed
adṛṣṭam api dṛṣṭa-vat

An intelligent person should see that any material activity is subject to constant transformation and that even on the planet of Lord Brahmā there is thus simply unhappiness. Indeed, a wise man can understand that just as all that he has seen is temporary, similarly, all things within the universe have a beginning and an end.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.19.18

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

19 Nov 2023 17:42

neha yat karma dharmāya
na virāgāya kalpate
na tīrtha-pada-sevāyai
jīvann api mṛto hi saḥ

Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, and anyone situated in renunciation that does not lead him to devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, must be considered dead, although he is breathing.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.56

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

14 Nov 2023 04:20

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

12 Nov 2023 07:46

tasmād deham imaṁ labdhvā
jñāna-vijñāna-sambhavam
guṇa-saṅgaṁ vinirdhūya
māṁ bhajantu vicakṣaṇāḥ

Therefore, having achieved this human form of life, which allows one to develop full knowledge, those who are intelligent should free themselves from all contamination of the modes of nature and engage exclusively in loving service to Me.

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.33

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

10 Nov 2023 04:01

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

09 Nov 2023 00:31

yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā
sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ
harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā
manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ

All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord’s external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.12

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

07 Nov 2023 01:20

jñānaṁ yad āpratinivṛtta-guṇormi-cakram
ātma-prasāda uta yatra guṇeṣv asaṅgaḥ
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogaḥ
ko nirvṛto hari-kathāsu ratiṁ na kuryāt

Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the material modes. Such knowledge is self-satisfying due to its being free from material attachment, and being transcendental it is approved by authorities. Who could fail to be attracted?

- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.12

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

01 Nov 2023 03:39

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

31 Oct 2023 00:37

O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek friendship in the association of Your pious and enlightened devotees. My attachment to my body, wife, children and home is continuing by the spell of Your external energy, but I wish to be attached to them no longer. Let my mind, my consciousness and everything I have be attached only to You.

- ŚB 6.11.27, Śrī Vṛtrāsura to Indradeva

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29 Oct 2023 04:24

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

27 Oct 2023 10:49

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

25 Oct 2023 04:43

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Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

17 Oct 2023 06:12

*He Is Sure To Become Fearless*

If one can chant and hear Hare Kṛṣṇa and always remember Lord Kṛṣṇa, then he is sure to become fearless at death, which may come at any moment.

THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION, CHAPTER 2

Srila Prabhupada's Teachings

16 Oct 2023 01:37

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