…There was a devotee called Arjuna Misra. He would regularly read and explain the Bhagavad Gita. On one such perusal of the Bhagavad Gita, he came across the line, “Yoga-ksemam vahamy aham.” Thinking that Krishna Himself will not carry what His devotee needs, he cut the line…
Svamiji has never controlled or ordered anyone. They were controlled by his love and affection. We should control devotees with love and affection so they do not give up their holy master’s lotus feet. Those who have left should be brought again to their holy master’s feet and given energy to serve their holy master’s lotus feet with renewed vigor and confidence. By doing so they will break the chain of birth and death and will surely have…
He was a very, very renowned astrologer. That is why he was given the name, “Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati”. The prefix — bhakti was added later. Prabhupada made a calendar; we follow that calendar. He has done so many things. He has written so many books. So, you can follow what Prabhupada has said…
Ravana wanted to build a staircase to heaven; he proposed to build it on the same day he was going to fight with Ramacandra. The war between Ramacandra and Ravana was fought for many days, and only one day remained for the war to be finished. So Ravana wanted to build a stair-case to heaven, where anyone, regardless of any prior qualification or merit could climb the staircase and enter heaven…
The devotee may not know who a rupanuga is and what love and affection is. And, he will worship. But he will think Radha-Krsna to be Laksmi-Narayana or less than Narayana. He will think that Nrsimhadeva, Krsna, and Narayana are in the same category. He will think Varahadeva and all other incarnations are in the same category. But he is an ignorant person…
Aprakrta means a transcendental abode of Radha-Krsna, gopas, gopis, Nanda-Yasoda, and all the Vrajavasis. This is called aprakrta knowledge and the love and affection there is visuddha (immaculately pure). Caitanya Mahaprabhu has…
What is hypocrisy? We say that we are devotees, but still we take so much nice tasty mahā-prasāda. Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to give all tasty sweets and tasty mahā-prasāda to the devotees, but He didn’t take Himself. He only used to take boiled spinach with or without salt. Rūpa Gosvāmī used to take a little spinach without salt and nothing else…
The door is the human form of life. Gurudeva repeatedly tells you, “The door is right in front of you! Open it and get out.” But we don’t want to listen to him. You should know that if you miss the opportunity in this human form of life; then you will miss it forever. And you will have to undergo the rigors of repeated birth and death in many forms of lives…
He has said, “My office is in Bombay. My sadhana-bhumi is in Navadvipa-Mayapura. I will practice bhakti in Navadvipa Dhama because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu are so merciful. Unconditional mercy can come from Them to the fallen conditioned souls who have worldly ego and many desires to taste worldly things. So, I went to Navadvipa first and not to Vrndavana. My place of worship is Navadvipa Dhama. And my motherland is Vrndavana…”