Daily Quote

“It is recommended that one, first of all, develop the proper mood and mentality. There is a mood and a mentality that one should have in asking questions. That is the first point explained by Lord Krishna. hmm..praṇipāt humble. Then secondly, praśna…one be, one should be asking in that submissive mentality. Questions. And then numbers…

“Thus the material world is becoming more and more godless, and consequently everything is in a disturbed condition. If this continues, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will certainly take action, as He did in the case of Hiranyakasipu. Within a second, Hiranyakasipu and his followers were destroyed, and similarly if this godless civilization continues, it…

“As we were, in the last 2 years, going from village to village, asking different questions to both leaders and the farmers, so one of the questions was in relation to how many cows they have in the village and what is, how many cows they have personally. And again and again, so many people…

“And one does not have to… Or one does not become a great devotee of the lord simply by being in the temple. There are many gardens around. There are many cows around. Krishna becomes more happy, more pleased, when we are serving the cows and making Krishna Balaram’s garden more and more beautiful. He…

“But this whole development[of the golden age of Krishna Consciousness as predicted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu] will continue to be delayed as long as we delay establishing gurukulas, as long as we delay establishing varnasrama colleges, as long as we delay establishing, organizing original natural vedic villages.” — His Holiness R.P. Bhakti Raghava Swami, Bhagavatam Class,…

“The three modes, sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa, have no entrance into the temple. It is said, therefore, that to live in the forest is in the mode of goodness, to live in the city is in the mode of passion, and to live in a brothel, liquor shop or slaughterhouse is in the mode of ignorance. But to live in…

“Srila Prabhupada, as the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, has chalked out Seven Purposes for developing his spiritual organization. The sixth of these seven purposes, deals directly with the need “to bring the members closer together for the purpose of teaching a simpler, more natural way of life.” For most members of ISKCON this clearly means establishing…

“So, we are actually committing suicide by allowing the slaughtering of cows, we are allowing both material suicide and spiritual suicide, both” — His Holiness R.P. Bhakti Raghava Swami. Bhagavatam Class, ISKCON Nizambad, February, 12, 2020.

Sometimes I become very eager to start a varṇāśrama college. We have nothing to do with varṇāśrama, we Kṛṣṇa…, But we want to see that the whole human society is peaceful. That is our mission. Sarve sukhino bhavantu. This is the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and those who are servants of the…