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Why Don't You Take This Simple Formula? How nice it is (August 24):
"We are living in Vaikuṇṭha in this temple. Anyone can practically see how they came from hellish life; now they are living in Vaikuṇṭha."

Prabhupada's Mission To give information of highest happiness (August 24):
"Yes. I want to see the youngsters in your country to be happy. Everyone wants that, but not only in your country, I want to see everywhere."

Gain for the Whole World Krishna consciousness is so nice (August 24):
"When one is chanting or speaking of Krishna or working for Krishna then so many living entities hear him or help him in some way and thus find benefit..."

All the Great Acharyas Glorify the Lord Always and everywhere (August 23):
"The Lord is the master of all time and all space, and therefore the Lord’s holy name must be heard, glorified and remembered everywhere in the world."

Confidential Associate of the Lord No one is dearer to Krishna (August 23):
"The servants of God come to propagate God consciousness, and intelligent people should cooperate with them in every respect."

A Humble God-Centered Life More valuable than a hoax of a life (August 23):
"In the Bhagavad-gītā (2.40) Lord Kṛṣṇa states that God-centered activities are so valuable that just a few of them can save a person from the greatest danger."

A Spiritual Master Never Lets Go of a Disciple An eternal bond (August 22):
"Any good soul who approaches me once for spiritual enlightenment is supposed to be depending on my responsibility to get him back to Krishna..."

Anyone Who Has Come to Me Prabhupada's causeless mercy (August 22):
"Anyone who has once come to me has become my beloved son; temporarily one may display some Mayic affliction, but that can not prolong."

Dragging Him by the Hair What if a devotee leaves? (August 22):
"As far as the Lord Himself is concerned, if the devotee chooses to leave, the Lord brings him back again, dragging him by the hair."

A Pure Devotee Is Most Dear to the Lord He is fully surrendered (August 21):
"They abandon affection for all these material possessions and are always happy in possessing the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord."

Dependent on the Lotus Feet of the Lord No material desires (August 21):
"When the mind is completely free from material desire, the devotee can think of the Lord constantly."

The Lotus Feet of a Great Devotee Guaranteed path of liberation (August 21):
"Without worshiping the lotus feet of a great devotee, one cannot be freed from māyā's influence."

A Pure Devotee Is Protected by the Lord Plies the ocean easily (August 20):
"Living the conditional life is just like plying a boat in the middle of the ocean. One is completely at the mercy of the ocean..."

The Science of Transcendental Bliss Known to the pure devotee (August 20):
"Such pure devotees, who can increase the pleasure potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are certainly most dear to Him."

A Vaishnava Knows His Own Business He is guided by Krishna (August 20):
"Even the most learned or experienced person cannot understand the movements of a Vaiṣṇava, a pure devotee."

A Pure Devotee's Association Is Necessary sādhu-saṅga (August 19):
"If one is serious about escaping māyā's influence and returning home, back to Godhead, one must associate with a sādhu (devotee)."

He Associates with Krishna Face to Face Only by devotion (August 19):
"Devotional service is such a powerful transcendental method that it surpasses all other methods of transcendental realization."

Dragged to Success There is no loss or diminution (August 19):
"Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success."

A Devotee Is Always Peaceful Peace of mind is necessary (August 18):
"He should be satisfied with his natural income, eat only as much as he needs to keep his health, live in a secluded place and always remain peaceful."

A Devotee Is Free from All Pains He is unattached (August 18):
"A devotee never takes the part of a particular party; therefore he is carefree. He is never pained because he is free from all designations."

A Devotee Is Always Transcendental Nothing can woo him (August 18):
"It is by the grace of the Lord that he is so practiced that he is not disturbed by any outward disturbance."

We Must Simply Persevere There is very little time (August 17):
"We are so fortunate to be in this human form of life, and to have the opportunity and the capacity to serve Krishna..."

Whatever You Know, Try to Satisfy Krishna That is expert (August 17):
"You find out what is your occupation, what you can very nicely and easily perform, and do it for Kṛṣṇa. That's all."

We Should Be Very Much Careful Even if there is suffering (August 17):
"We should be very much careful. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be diverted. Then you are gone to hell."

I Cannot Forget About My Publications Prabhupada's priority (August 16):
"Although I am practically on the path of death, still I cannot forget about my publications."

Bhaktivedanta Reading Room For everyone's spiritual benefit (August 16):
"Along with the restaurants there can be 'Bhaktivedanta Reading Room' where all my books can be kept and people can come and sit comfortably and read."

Even in Broken Language The power of Krishna-katha (August 16):
"So similarly, even if we present our Back to Godhead or any other literature in broken languages, it does not matter..."

Our Literatures Are Unique in the World They're transcendental (August 15):
"Our literatures are unique in the world and we want to introduce our philosophy in learned circles..."

Introduce Our Small Books to Students They're easy to read (August 15):
"If the students purchase these cheaper, smaller books, they will get a permanent impression of Krishna Consciousness."

This Movement Will Sweep Across the World Sankirtan ki jaya! (August 15):
"I am very, very pleased with your program to infiltrate the schools and colleges, especially by introducing our books and classes in Krishna Yoga."

Krishna Will Certainly Save You Always increase your efforts (August 14):
"Actually the Krishna Consciousness is already there, but it is now covered up so we must wipe away the dirt of maya from our consciousness..."

The Sound Vibrated by Great Devotees Nectarean rivers (August 14):
"In this age it is very difficult to follow thoroughly the regulative principles and studies of the Vedas which were formerly recommended."

Castle in the Air Existing only in one's imagination (August 14):
"In the material forest, the conditioned soul sometimes contemplates great castles and skyscrapers, and he wastes his energy for such things..."

Crossing the Sea of Dangers The material world is full of dangers (August 13):
"So you should not be disturbed by the sea waves. Just try to cross over the sea. Go to the other side. That is your business."

Love Not Fear Conversation with Dr. Ware of the Mensa Society (August 13):
"The teacher should be offered the due respect. That is not fear. That is not out of fear; it's out of love."

The World Is on Fire Then how to extinguish it? (August 13):
"The whole world is blazing, and just like in the blazing fire of the forest, the animals are going here and there, and some of them are dying..."

Always Take to Krishna Krishna protects His devotees (August 12):
"My dear Arjuna, you can declare it to the public that My devotees are never vanquished."

Just See the Mercy of Krishna Receiving Krishna's benediction (August 12):
"So even if you think that Kṛṣṇa is far, far, His name is there. You chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa becomes immediately available."

Protection from the Demons The world is full of demons (August 12):
"So to become Kṛṣṇa conscious means there will be so many enemies. Even father, what to speak of others? They will criticize, they will attack."

How to Utilize the Fighting Spirit Everything has to be utilized (August 11):
"We have to understand that fighting spirit is there in everyone. You cannot check it; you cannot stop it. We do not say stop,"

You Must Fight Here is injustice, so you should fight (August 11):
"God never says that 'I am God, Kṛṣṇa. I am your friend. You sit down idly and I shall do everything.' He never said that."

I Have Come Here to Fight God is a person, and He is not dead (August 11):
"They say, 'There is no God. God is dead. I am God. You are God.' We are fighting against these principles."

All Problems Will Be Solved It takes one second (August 10):
"All problems. Whatever problems you have got. Social, political, religious, cultural, everything."

There Is No Difficulty Simply become sincere (August 10):
"If you accept, there is no difficulty. They are accepting. There is no difficulty. They have also belonged to Western country. They are happy."

My Success Is Always There Gold is gold (August 10):
"Just like the sun is there always. It may come before your vision or not—the sun is there. But if you are fortunate, you come before the sun."

You Have Seen Krishna? Interview with BBC One Radio (August 9):
"Journalist: What do you mean by being pure? Does it mean that you have seen Kṛṣṇa?"

The Guru of All of Us Not the guru of a sectarian institution (August 9):
"There is only one guru, who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me and all others."

We Have to Obey Somebody That is the natural instinct (August 9):
"You have to obey some person, and I have to obey some person. So you are obeying Lenin, and I am obeying Kṛṣṇa."

His Business Cannot Be Stopped Despite so many hindrances (August 8):
"Pure devotion means it should be without any motive and it cannot be checked. It cannot be checked."

Don't Manufacture an Incarnation of God Follow the sastra (August 8):
"Try to understand with reference to the śāstras, with reference to the authority. Then it will be all right. Otherwise, it will be misleading."

How God Is Great We have to approach the authorities (August 8):
"Everything, information, is there, and still you say, 'Can you show me God?' 'Who is God?' 'There is no God,' 'God is dead.' Why do you talk like that?"

Krishna As He Is Don't invent some imaginary meaning (August 7):
"If Kṛṣṇa says, if God says, 'I am like this,' why you are manufacturing ways and means to understand God, uselessly wasting time?"

A Clear Conception of God Not imagined by some poet (August 7):
"So here is the form of the Lord. Here is the name of the Lord. Here is the activities of the Lord. This is clear conception."

We Can Give God's Address Why you are searching? (August 7):
"You do not know what is the name of God. Here is the name: Kṛṣṇa. You do not know what is the address of God.' We say, 'Here is: Vaikuṇṭha, Goloka.'"

Krishna Advises All Living Entities Return back to Godhead (August 6):
"Unfortunately the living entity is so greatly attached to material enjoyment that he does not take the instructions of Kṛṣṇa or His representative very seriously."

I Shall Give You All Protection But we are not agreeable (August 6):
"We think, 'We are quite all right. Why should we surrender unto Kṛṣṇa and go back to His kingdom?' This is called illusion, or māyā."

Krishna Is Canvassing Just surrender unto Me (August 6):
"Just see. It is practical. If you don't become servant of Kṛṣṇa, then you have to become servant of the dog. This is nature's way."

It Is Up to You to Decide Krishna fulfills all desires (August 5):
"Now, it is up to you to decide whether you are going to get a body which will be able to dance with Kṛṣṇa, to talk with Kṛṣṇa, to play with Kṛṣṇa. You can get it."

Dancing with Krishna Come with us and chant (August 5):
"Ultimately, stop of all sufferings. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt. Simply ānanda. Dancing with Kṛṣṇa, rāsa dance."

Enjoy with Krishna Don't remain in the dark (August 5):
"Enjoy with Kṛṣṇa, that is your real enjoyment. But without Kṛṣṇa, when you want to enjoy, that is māyā. That is māyā."

The City Will Be More Dangerous Deterioration of civilization (August 4):
"The modern civilization is so corrupt and as sinful activities are more and more committed, the people will be forced to face more troubles, by nature's order."

Don't Be Implicated Save time for Krishna consciousness (August 4):
"Modern civilization is implicated in ugra-karma—vast machinery, everything complicated: the government complicated, the society complicated..."

We Are Becoming Deviated from God Living a sinful life (August 4):
"So we are becoming deviated from God. The more we are advancing in so-called material civilization, we are more becoming far away from God."

Don't Be Allured by the Machine Civilization Is that clear? (August 3):
"So produce your own food and produce your own cloth. Don't waste time for luxury, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is success of life."

The Motto of Human Life That is the Vrindavan scheme (August 3):
"We should be satisfied just to maintain the body and soul together, and balance time we should save for enhancing our Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

Plain Living and High Thinking Living a natural healthy life (August 3):
"For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops and pasturing grounds for the cows."

Brahminical Culture and Cow Protection Pleasing Lord Krishna (August 2):
"Lord Kṛṣṇa as Govinda is more inclined to the brāhmaṇas and the cows, indicating thereby that human prosperity depends more on these two items..."

Cows and Bulls Must Be Happy For happiness in human society (August 2):
"Foolish people do not know how one earns happiness by making the cows and bulls happy, but it is a fact by the law of nature."

Protecting the Bull and Cow Peace and prosperity are attained (August 2):
"When the bull and the cow are in a joyful mood, it is to be understood that the people of the world are also in a joyful mood."

Pure Devotion Attracts Even Krishna Attracting the all-attractive (August 1):
"This means that pure devotional service is even transcendentally stronger than Kṛṣṇa Himself, because it is Kṛṣṇa's internal potency."

Doesn't Care a Fig for Material Happiness A higher happiness (August 1):
"Any kind of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, liberation or sense gratification cannot even dare to enter into the heart..."

Rains of Mercy The mercy representative of the Lord (August 1):
"The spiritual master, by his words, can penetrate into the heart of the suffering person and inject knowledge transcendental, which alone can extinguish..."

By the Banks of the Yamuna River Transcendental beauty and bliss (July 31):
"I remember the Lord standing by the banks of the Yamunā River, so beautiful amidst the kadamba trees, where many birds are chirping in the gardens."

Surcharged with Devotional Service You'll become spiritualized (July 31):
"In Vrindavan you see now, every temple, as soon as there is four o'clock, the ding-dong bell immediately begins."

Search Out the Pure Devotees Take lessons from them (July 31):
"To go to some holy place of pilgrimage does not mean only to take a bath in the Ganges or Yamunā or to visit the temples situated in those places."

Holy Place Personified Krishna is always with the pure devotee (July 30):
"Because you carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage."

Prabhupada's Invitation to Vrindavan He struggled for us all (July 30):
"In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we therefore invite all the elderly persons of the world to come to Vṛndāvana and stay there in retired life..."

My Residence Is in Vrindavan Even in a New York apartment (July 30):
"Although I am presently living in America, my residence is in Vṛndāvana because I am always thinking of Kṛṣṇa."

If I Did Not Leave Vrindavan Prabhupada sacrificed for others (July 30):
"It is better that you give Vrindavan to others. If I did not leave Vrindavan, you would not know Vrindavan."

One Must Always Think About Vraja-dhama Wherever he may be (July 29):
"If it is not possible, however, to be physically present at Vṛndāvana, one can meditate anywhere upon living in that situation."

The Hare Krishna Rural Life Website Inviting your participation (July 28):
"It is our hope that many devotees will contribute to this web page since it is beyond the ability of any one individual."

Hearing from a Pure Devotee The saffron-mercy particles (July 28):
"The process of hearing from a pure devotee is recommended in all Vedic scriptures, especially by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu."

One Has to Become Very Humble One should be prepared to learn (July 28):
"One has to become very humble. Christ also says, 'The kingdom of God is for the humble and the meek.'"

Don't Be Afraid Krishna will appear as Nrsimhadeva and protect us (July 27):
"Don't be afraid if somebody tortures us, somebody teases us. We must go on with Kṛṣṇa consciousness without any hesitation..."

Chant Hare Krishna During the Eclipse Lunar eclipse (July 27):
"All strict followers of the Vedic religion stand up in the water throughout the whole period of the eclipse and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra."

A Guru's Business He is kind upon the suffering humanity (July 26):
"A guru's business is to deliver the same message as Kṛṣṇa said. Then he's dīna-vatsala. Otherwise, if he says something else, he's a cheater."

Always Sorry for the Rascals Unhappy to see others unhappy (July 26):
"So Vaiṣṇava is always sorry for the rascals in the world. Otherwise he has nothing to be unhappy. He can sit down anywhere; he can sleep anywhere..."

He Is Going to Die for Krishna Therefore he is recognized (July 26):
"You have to spend or waste gallons of blood before you can convert a person to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is so difficult task."

All Impediments Will be Vanquished We should have faith (July 25):
"You just remain fixed up in devotional service, and all impediments that may come will be vanquished by the unlimited potency of the Lord."

The Devotee Lives in Krishna He is completely protected (July 25):
"A kṛṣṇa-bhakta knows that his friend and protector in all respects is Kṛṣṇa, who is able to do anything for His devotee."

Why Are We Fearful? Just like a forlorn child (July 25):
"We are always fearful. And why we are fearful? Because we have taken it that there is no God. There is no God; therefore we are fearful."

Krishna Attracts Everyone He contains all types of beauties (July 24);
"The Lord's beauty is compared to rainfall because when the rain falls in the rainy season, it becomes more and more pleasing to the people."

Krishna Is the Master of Them All Lord Brahma prays to Krishna (July 24):
"My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Lord of all creation, although I sometimes falsely think that I am the master of this universe."

Devotional Service Is Never Lost That is a permanent credit (July 24):
"So the temple means to give chance to everyone, even to the child, to advance one step to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One step."

Our Main Goal in Life Fulfilling the desire of our predecessors (July 23):
"If you can succeed in spreading this movement to every town and village throughout the world that will be your great credit."

Vrindavan Is Not Localized Krishna is present in His Holy Name (July 22):
"We should always know that Vrindavan is not localized in a particular area, but that wherever Krishna is there, Vrindavan is automatically there."

You Can Create Vrindavan Anywhere By Krishna consciousness (July 22):
"Vṛndāvana means the central attachment is Kṛṣṇa. That is Vṛndāvana. So if you can create that central attachment for Kṛṣṇa..."

Krishna Is Giving Us a Chance Let us utilize it (July 22):
"Kṛṣṇa wants to see that how much you are spending your valuable life and energy for Kṛṣṇa. That's all."

Come to the Platform of Eternity Material nature will not stand (July 22):
"This body we have got at a certain date, and it will continue up to certain date, then it will vanish. You will get never again this body. Finished."

Take Prasada and Chant Hare Krishna This is my success (July 21):
"Take prasāda and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, that's all. And we have now nice buildings. Live there peacefully, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Bas."

One Can Chant Hare Krishna Anywhere Imperceptible auspicity (July 21):
"One can sit down anywhere and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare."

Chant Hare Krishna Even Jokingly Without knowing the value (July 21):
"So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so nice that even people joke with us, 'Hare Kṛṣṇa,' it goes to his credit, even joking."

A Devotee Will Starve If Krishna Wants He never complains (July 20):
"It doesn't matter if he starves. It doesn't matter. He thinks, 'Oh, Kṛṣṇa has put me in this position, to starve.'"

The Highest of All Human Beings He works for the Supreme (July 20):
"A devotee who is a most confidential servant of the Lord never does anything for his personal account..."

I Shall Go to Hell and Chant Hare Krishna This is devotee (July 20):
"'All right, I shall go to hell and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Finished. I want to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So I can do it anywhere."

Krishna Takes Away All Inauspicious Things He is so attractive (July 19):
"The name Hari indicates that Kṛṣṇa takes away all inauspicious things from the devotee’s life..."

Krishna's Protection Begins Immediately Do not fear (July 19):
"If one simply begins devotional service, he is immediately protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

What Can We Offer Krishna? Our service is always imperfect (July 19):
"Everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Now we have offered these fruits. Do the fruits belong to us? Who has produced these fruits? Have I produced?"

Why Shall I Take from Krishna? I should give (July 18):
"When a devotee is in difficulty, he is not disturbed. He thinks, 'It is Kṛṣṇa's wish that I should suffer like this. It is not suffering; it is my pleasure.'"

Those Who Are Open-Hearted Will Accept Very simple thing (July 18):
"If you have taken up this formula very nicely, then you will go on preaching, and it may be spread all over the world."

The Whole Philosophy Is So Simple The simple truth (July 18):
"There is God, and He is great and you are small. Then what is your position? You have to serve Kṛṣṇa. This is simple truth."

There Will Be Nothing Unknown Your immediate necessity (July 17):
"If you understand Kṛṣṇa, if you understand the Supreme Absolute Truth, then there will be nothing unknown."

Krishna Consciousness Is Already There It is not artificial (July 17):
"Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source."

We Must Preserve Our Spiritual Status Do not be disturbed (July 15):
"You are doing your best to serve Krishna, that is very much appreciated, so do not lose enthusiasm out of frustration, that will spoil everything."

The Mental Culture of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Always think of Kṛṣṇa (July 15):
"Those who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity."

Boiling the Milk It becomes thicker and sweeter (July 15):
"Now I want that we shall concentrate on making our devotees Krishna conscious and ourselves becoming Krishna conscious..."

Spots on the Full Moon Who criticizes the moon? (July 14):
"On the full moon there are some spots which may appear to be pockmarks. Still, the illumination spread by the full moon cannot be checked."

The Prime Factor of Success This is the secret (July 14):
"Not any other things, no qualification, no education, only staunch faith in guru. Yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau."

There Is No Problem Only the demons are creating problems (July 14):
"Actually there is no problem, even in the material condition of life. Krsna has provided everything sufficiently and there is no question of scarcity or poverty."

It Is Really Astounding Faith can move mountains (July 14):
"I am simply trying to repeat the words of Sri Krsna without any adulteration or twisting and I have full faith that by doing so His message will become..."

By Serving Krishna We Are the Gainer This is real enjoyment (July 12):
"Krsna is Self-sufficient, He does not require anyone's service, but still the more we render service unto Him the more we become happy."

The Perfect Culture of Peace and Happiness Given by Krishna (July 12):
"Our mission is to spread the instructions of Krishna so that people may become happy, hopeful, and peaceful."

Their Lives Are Becoming Happy Applicable to everyone (July 12):
"Our movement actually has been predicted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He said that in every town and village all over the world His name would be heard."

My Only Desire Prabhupada's desire is an open secret (July 11):
"I simply want all over the Western countries people may take this simple formula of chanting, dancing and eating Krishna Prasadam, and being happy."

Never Mind the Doubts Gradually we will get a taste (July 11):
"Maya may put so many doubts and worthless arguments into our minds, but if we continue the chanting, the curing process will go on..."

The Real Perfection of Life There is simply happiness (July 11):
"The real perfection of life is whether by your actions, Krishna is satisfied. That is perfection."

Happy in Any Condition of Life Wherever we may be (July 10):
"The conclusion is that in any condition of life we can become happy if we are engaged in devotional service."

The Standard of Happiness It is so pure and exalted (July 10):
"You can simply become happy when you are a pure devotee of the Lord, without any reason. Pure devotee."

The Only Remedy How to achieve the real aim of life (July 10):
"If you want to be happy, free from all cares and anxieties, then you have to engage yourself in devotional service of the Lord."

Even If You Fall Down Devotional service is so nice (July 9):
"As soon as there is opportunity, again you shall begin from that point where you left off."

A Drop of Service Will Never Go in Vain There is no loss (July 9):
"Krsna is so kind that anyone who does some service for Him, Krsna immediately captures him."

Failure Is the Pillar of Success A devotee is never vanquished (July 9):
"As we have sometimes the proverb, that 'Failure is the pillar of success,' so especially in the spiritual life, this failure is not discouraging."

Serving Krishna Is Our Success This is bhakti (July 8):
"On the Absolute world there is no such relativities as a success and failure. The one thing in the Absolute world is to serve Krishna."

We Are Trying to Please Krishna That is all (July 8):
"This is the transcendental position. Success or failure, this is not our business. We leave that up to Krishna."

Krishna Consciousness Is All Successful It never goes in vain (July 8):
"Krishna is absolute, so there is no such thing as success or failure in Krishna Consciousness, or in other words, there is no question of failure..."

Be a Servant of God and Live Peacefully The simple formula (July 7):
"In the Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that one can serve the Lord by offering the result of one's own work; it does not matter what one does."

This Is Not Ordinary Hearing Questions and answers about Krishna (July 7):
"We have seen in your country, and nowadays in our country so many nice news magazines, but they see one or two pages and they throw away."

The Valuable Jewel of Spiritual Love Use the power of discernment (July 6):
"Devotees should protect their valuable jewel of spiritual love from the clutches of thieves and burglars."

Nothing Can Stop the Sankirtan Movement The will of God Himself (July 6):
"You have asked about whether nuclear devastation on this planet would effect the Sankirtan Movement. No..."

Nothing Can Stop Love of God Like the flow of a river (July 6):
"Nobody can say that 'For this reason I could not love Kṛṣṇa.' There is no reason. There is no impediment for anyone. Any circumstances."

No Impediment for Becoming a Devotee One must be sincere (July 5):
"To prosecute Krishna Consciousness there is no limitation, no material impediment can stop progress of Krishna Consciousness."

Kindly Forgive My Beloved Disciples They are learning gradually (July 5):
"As you will say, 'To err is human', so in the neophyte stage we may always expect some discrepancies are there."

In God We Trust On teaching the science of God (July 4):
"It is a great fortune for the American people that they 'Trust in God.' Why shouldn't this spiritual education be given to the American people..."

Letter to President of the United States Towards a godly nation (July 4):
"In this age of unrest and quarrel, your strength, as well as the strength of your nation, will be lasting if it is built upon the pillars of spiritual knowledge..."

By the Mercy of My Guru Maharaj The impossible becomes possible (July 3):
"So my mission has come out a success by the mercy of my guru maharaj who sent me on this mission."

How to Get the Power of Attorney We must be qualified (July 2):
"Sometimes we speak that 'I'll preach.' What you will preach? First of all get the power of attorney; then preach."

The Vedic Process Catch the hand of the father (July 2):
"Suppose I am a fool number one. That doesn't matter. I may be fool, but if I follow the previous authorized ācāryas, then I am all right."

An Acarya Is Above Criticism He is on the transcendental platform (July 1):
"A neophyte devotee should not consider himself to be on the same plane as the ācārya."

We Have to Follow the Acarya Keeping the authority intact (July 1):
"So if you want real religious system, this is the scripture spoken directly by God and accepted by all the ācāryas, so take it."

Canada Is Temporary Nothing is permanent in this material world (July 1):
"Say some five hundred years ago, this was not Canada. It was something else. Similarly, in some other time, it will be different."

Krishna's Message As It Is Purity is the force (June 30):
"If personally I have any credit in this matter, it is only that I have tried to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is, without adulteration."

The Acarya Presents Krishna's Message Transparent via media (June 30):
"The religion is originally spoken by Krsna Himself and that message or science is coming down directly through the chain of disciplic succession..."

The Genuine Thing Without any rival (June 30):
"I am presenting the genuine thing as it was given by Lord Krishna Himself, or Lord Caitanya Himself, approved by the Great Acaryas..."

A Spiritual Master Must Have Seen Krishna He is seen by love (June 29):
"A spiritual master must have seen Kṛṣṇa. Without seeing, he cannot be spiritual master. But how Kṛṣṇa can be seen?"

Find a Person Worthy of Faith He must be authorized (June 29):
"Why we are putting our money in the bank? Because we have got faith. We have confidence that 'This bank will not fail.'"

Go to the Right Person If you want spiritual knowledge (June 28):
"You should find out a person who is self-realized, who has experience in the Absolute Truth..."

I Am Krishna's Eternal Servant Break the dream (June 28):
"'It was illusion. I was dreaming. I am Kṛṣṇa's,' finished. All gone. 'I am Kṛṣṇa's. I am Kṛṣṇa's eternal servant. These are all nonsense.'"

I Had Faith By the mercy of guru it is possible (June 27):
"I had faith in their program, and I thought, 'I shall try my best, whatever capacity I have got.' That's all."

How Not to Get Cheated Follow the previous great ācāryas (June 27):
"So knowledge means without any mistake. Anything without any mistake, that is perpetually right. And anything based on mistaken idea, that will change.'

We Can Guarantee You Will Be Happy Happiness is our birthright (June 26):
"We can guarantee you will be happy. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Our Vedic mission is sarve sukhino bhavantu: everyone be happy. This is our mission."

Here Is Life Let anyone come and compare (June 25):
"Don't be allured by big, big highways and skyscraper building with full advertisement of wine and cigarette. This is not life."

Who Is Successful? The definition of real success (June 25):
"Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated..."

Let Me Try Whether I am going to hell or going back to home (June 24):
"That is real life of devotional service, to take some responsibility for working and execute it to your best capacity."

Imitation Creates Chaos One must be genuinely advanced (June 22):
"Actual blissful life, manifested in genuine spiritual laughing, crying and dancing, is the symptom of real advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

Symptoms of Ecstasy When one is situated in love of Godhead (June 22):
"Advanced devotees manifest many bodily transformations, which are symptoms of ecstasy..."

Transcendental Bliss Purely spiritual in nature (June 21):
"One who attains the perfection of existence is completely averse to material enjoyment and engrossed in transcendental love of Godhead."

When Our Friends Are Taken Away There is no loss for a devotee (June 21):
"So let us pray for the departed souls that they may be engaged again in Krishna's service."

What Makes the Spiritual Master Happy He wants a true disciple (June 20):
"According to the revealed scriptures, if a spiritual master can convert even one soul into a perfectly pure devotee, his mission in life is fulfilled."

The Most Fortunate Souls Out of millions of living entities (June 20):
"One who is actually very fortunate can begin Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as stated by Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī."

Krishna Has Got Agents Everywhere He will provide everything (June 19):
"So Kṛṣṇa is so kind. If you are actually sincere to the service of Kṛṣṇa, then He has got agents everywhere."

Krishna Is Always Dancing He is always jolly (June 19):
"You have seen the picture of Kṛṣṇa, He is fighting with the Kāliya serpent. He is dancing. He is not afraid of the serpent. He is dancing."

Krishna Is Wonderful Hearing about Krishna is also Krishna (June 18):
"So you should be very attentive and worship this hearing. Unless we come to this point, there is lack of realization what is Kṛṣṇa."

Don't Be Lost to Krishna That is perfection of life (June 18):
"Simply don't be lost to Kṛṣṇa. You can forget all things, but don't forget Kṛṣṇa. Then you are richest."

You Cannot Imitate Krishna He supplies the necessities of life (June 16):
"If you play rascaldom, simply if you imitate Kṛṣṇa, and you think that you have become Kṛṣṇa, that is rascaldom."

Whatever Krishna Does Is Good He is absolute (June 16):
"That is the difference between Kṛṣṇa and ourself. When we are thief, we are beaten by shoes. And when Kṛṣṇa is thief, He is worshiped by devotees."

Staying Aloof from Material Contamination A simple formula (June 15):
"If you always be engaged in the service of the Kṛṣṇa, then you are above this material world, uncontaminated."

If We Forget Krishna Things Will Deteriorate We must be careful (June 15):
"We should not utilize this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement for any material purpose. Then it will fall down. Either the man will fall down or the status will fall down..."

Please Come and Eat with Us If you cannot do anything (June 14):
"Śrīla Prabhupāda, if someone takes prasādam even once, is it true that they're guaranteed at least a human body in their next life?"

Don't Accept Guru Whimsically If there is no surrender it is false (June 14):
"If you have got any duplicity in your mind, then you'll never be successful in any field of activities."

How to Conquer the Mind Beat your mind with shoes (June 14):
"The mind is always telling us to do this or that; therefore we should be very expert in disobeying the mind's orders."

Krishna Reveals Himself to the Devotee Attracted by devotion (June 13):
"The Lord has stated that He is beyond the range of mental speculation and the speed of thought, yet He can be approached easily by His causeless mercy."

The Beauty of Transcendental Literatures They never become old (June 13):
"A human being is inclined to hear good narrations and stories, and therefore there are so many books, magazines and newspapers on the market..."

Go to the Realized Soul You will be benefited (June 12):
"Try to understand from the Supreme Personality of Godhead or the real servant of Godhead who will present simply what Kṛṣṇa has said."

Prabhupada: World's Greatest Philosopher Vastly learned (June 12):
"All the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas were vastly learned scholars who understood Vedānta philosophy fully..."

Prabhupada: Hero of Heroes He set the best example (June 12):
"Hero means someone who others want to follow as example of the best type of person."

Twice Born A civilized man must be twice-born (June 11):
"The father and mother of the material body are so only in one birth, and in the next birth the father and mother may be a different couple."

One Who Is to Be Followed He is qualified to lead us (June 10):
"One who is to be followed, that is called ācārya. So who is following the ācārya?"

There Is Only One Guru The jagad-guru, the guru of all of us (June 10):
"There is only one guru, who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me and all others."

Faith in the Acarya If you want to learn the transcendental science (June 10):
"He knows the purport of the scriptures, and he behaves in his life and he teaches his student in that way. He is called ācārya."

Protected by the Vishnudutas How to be safe in the material world (June 9):
"So the devotees are protected by the Viṣṇudūtas always, constantly. They are invisibly wandering all over the universe. We may see or not see..."

You Must Be Faithful Come hell or high water (June 9):
"You must be faithful that 'I am engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. I may go to hell or heaven, it doesn't matter. I am going to serve Him.'"

I Am Simply an Instrument This is parampara system (June 8):
"Whatever is being done it is not on account of my intelligence or endeavor because I am simply an instrument in the hands of my Spiritual Master."

A Lover of the Supreme Truth The only way to understand Krishna (June 8):
"The pure devotee always has Kṛṣṇa within his heart; therefore he is just like the sun that dissipates the darkness of ignorance."

More Intelligent Than the Boys Prabhupada encourages everyone (June 8):
"Now I see that in our society the girls are more intelligent than the boys."

Don't Be a Miser One should be liberal (June 7):
"You have to give up this body. Why don't you give it up for the highest cause? Highest cause. This is the highest cause, spiritual realization."

How to Solve the Problems of Life There is a solution (June 7):
"A young man cannot understand, but one who is old, he can understand, there is suffering: suffering of old age, suffering of birth, suffering of death..."

A Sincere Sweeper in the Street tṛṇād api sunīcena (June 5):
"A sincere person who follows this method is far better situated than the false pretender who adopts show-bottle spiritualism to cheat the innocent public."

Bonds of Love by Saradiya Devi Dasi Prabhupada memories (June 3):
"His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada very kindly accepted me as his disciple in the beginning of January 1968..."

A Vaisnava's Only Mission Always feeling for others' distress (June 1):
"Because he is Vaiṣṇava, he is thinking, 'Oh, so many living entities are suffering. How they can be saved?'"

Only the Bhaktas Can Be Peaceful They have no desire (May 31):
"They are simply happy by serving Kṛṣṇa. They do not want to know Kṛṣṇa even. Whether Kṛṣṇa is God or not, they don't bother."

People Will Not Accept the Simple Thing They want hodgepodge (May 30):
"So things are very easy, and one can achieve very easily, but they are reluctant to take the easiest process given by Kṛṣṇa, given by Caitanya Mahāprabhu."

Serving Krishna Is Natural Service you have to give (May 30):
"So by natural way, if we serve God, then we are happy, and by unnatural way, if we serve our senses, then we are unhappy."

Ocean of Love Srila Prabhupada is holding the key (May 30):
"In conclusion to your letter you have asked as to where is the ocean of love? And I think that you may know that it is in your heart."

Don't Spoil Your Time and Energy It is not a trifle thing (May 29):
"So if we take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is the proper utilization of our energy given by God."

Unimpeded for Ten Thousand Years? What will the future bring? (May 29):
"Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said yesterday, or a few days ago, that this movement will go on unimpeded for ten thousand years, so..."

Constantly Submerged in Krishna Symptoms of the pure devotees (May 28):
"Their minds cannot be diverted from the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Their talks are solely on the transcendental subjects."

Ending Moroseness Forever Attaining transcendental bliss (May 27):
"Every living entity is morose in the material world because he is always in want."

Spiritual Master of the Entire World Jagad-guru (May 27):
"The true ācārya, the spiritual master of the entire world, must be considered an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy."

Prabhupada's Testimonial to Sumati Moraji Showing gratitude (May 26):
"I feel obliged to this benevolent lady in so many ways for her helping this Krishna Consciousness Movement."

His Mind Is Absorbed in Greater Things Not like the crows (May 25);
"So when one becomes completely separated from all these material desires, even if you offer him some profit, he'll not accept."

Young Innocent Hearts of America Prabhupada's future hope (May 25):
"I am so happy that the Krishna Consciousness movement is attracting young innocent hearts of America."

Don't Be Disturbed by the Dream There is no tiger (May 24):
"Try to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and then you'll not be disturbed with all these external, ephemeral changes of the material world."

All Obstacles Will Be Overcome Everything will be all right (May 23):
"If you are determined in this way to be His devotee, Krishna will provide some happy solution."

There Is No Real Difficulty So long as we remember Krishna (May 23):
"Never mind there may be some inconvenience. Krishna always appreciates when his devotee makes some sacrifice on His behalf..."

Decorated with Love Krishna will make all suitable arrangements (May 23):
"Anyone, anywhere in the world can worship Krishna following this simple formula."

The Importance of Prabhupada's Books (Compilation) (May 22):
"The original potency of the sastra remains in these books because I have not added or opinionated anything of my own."

When Krishna Becomes the Only Wealth The greatest gain (May 22):
"When we do not depend on anything material, simply depend on Kṛṣṇa, that is first-class position of Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

Krishna's Favor In the beginning it appears to be very bitter (May 21):
"So don't be afraid of tribulations. You see? Go forward. Kṛṣṇa will give you protection. That is Kṛṣṇa's promise in the Bhagavad-gītā."

Children Should Not Be Forced Educating children with love (May 19):
"Regarding your question should force be used on children, no, there shall be no forcing the children to do anything."

What's the Final End? Understanding the goal of human life (May 18):
"Somehow or other we are in contact with this material atmosphere. So our final aim is to go back to home, back to Godhead."

It Is Not a Bluffing Thing To love God is the highest achievement (May 16):
"To spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the best service to the humanity. Please try to understand this."

Try to Save Them Srila Prabhupada's mission in a nutshell (May 15):
"You should take care of this. The flower of your country, they are becoming hopeless, confused. Try to save them."

Life on Krishna's Farm in the '70s New Gokula, Bridesville, B.C. (May 14):
"I am very glad to hear about your new farm-ashram existing there. We want to develop many such farms all over the world."

Before the Advent of Kali-yuga In the glorious days (May 12):
"In the glorious days, or before the advent of the age of Kali, the brāhmaṇas, the cows, the women, the children and the old men were properly given protection."

No More Milk and Butter in Kali-yuga Due to sinful activities (May 12):
"You are killing cows, the source of butter. Now, time will come, there will be no more cows. Misusing. And then where you will get butter?"

Dog Is Protected and Cow Is Killed What kind of civilization is this (May 11):
"Vedic civilization gives protection to all the living creatures, especially the cows, because they render such valuable service to the human society."

Well-wisher of the Cows and Brahmanas go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca (May 11):
"My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brāhmaṇas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world."

Krishna Has Given You Everything Be satisfied with nature's gift (May 10):
"Kṛṣṇa has given you food grains, fruits, milk. You don't require to eat meat and open slaughterhouses."

The Civilization of the Demons The way of phantasmagoria (May 10):
"The materialistic advancement of civilization is called 'the civilization of the demons,' which ultimately ends in wars and scarcity."

Wandering Within the Material World Covered by ignorance (May 9):
"Sometimes he is a demigod, and sometimes he is a demon. Sometimes he is a servant, and sometimes he is a master."

Free from Formidable Time A devotee's achievement is never lost (May 8):
"When Yamarāja, the superintendent of death, was instructing his assistants, he told them not to approach the devotees."

Krishna, the Reservoir of Pleasure The shelter of all great souls (May 7):
"Whatever is attractive within the cosmic manifestation is due to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is therefore the reservoir of all pleasure."

Swans Take Shelter of the Lord By the wings of Vedic wisdom (May 6):
"The paramahaṁsas are compared to royal swans who make their nests on the petals of the lotus flower."

Become Obedient to Krishna It's a very simple thing (May 4):
"If we obey Kṛṣṇa, then we are happy. If we don't obey, then you are unhappy. Is there any difficulty to understand?"

Don't Give Trouble to Krishna Simply accept His plan (May 4):
"So except the devotee of Kṛṣṇa, everyone is simply giving Kṛṣṇa trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble."

Kindly Accept Me The science of accepting a spiritual master (May 3):
"One has to accept a bona fide spiritual master and work according to his direction. Then it is possible to cross over the nescience of material conditions."

The Friend of Everyone He tries to distribute the knowledge (May 2):
"In other words, a devotee of the Lord always looks to the welfare of all living entities, and in this way he is factually the friend of everyone."

Krishna Will Give You Direction From within and without (May 2):
"First of all, if I am sincere and if I want to serve the Supreme Lord... The Supreme Lord is within you. He'll give you direction."

Krishna Can Change Our Destiny Our duration of life is destined (May 1):
"Nature's law will work. We cannot change that, but Krishna, the Supreme Controller, He can change it."

The Acarya Knows How to Adjust Things Seeing the ultimate goal (April 30):
"The ācārya knows how to adjust things. The real purpose is how one will take to spiritual consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

How to Become Immortal This is the process (April 29):
"So we have to vibrate the transcendental sound. Then we shall be saved from the plundering business of the sun."

Achieving Clarity in Krishna Consciousness Cleansing the dust (April 26):
"Krishna Consciousness is not a hackneyed thing but it is something which is our natural and original consciousness."

These Literatures Are Not Appreciated People prefer newspapers (April 26):
"That is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from spiritual world. But there is no customer. That is the difficulty."

Everything Will Be Beautiful They'll again come to life (April 25):
"So if you actually feel for your country, for your community, for your people, just spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They're dying."

Sees Everyone on the Spiritual Platform paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ (April 25):
"He can comprehend the happiness and distress of all living entities."

Devotees of My Devotee The secret to pleasing the Lord (April 25):
"What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me."

Philosophical Thoughts of a Vaisnava This is a simple method (April 24):
"If one simply learns this technique and sincerely surrenders himself to the Lord, his path is immediately open."

Spiritual Master Is Not a Show Bottle You must hear (April 24):
"'Oh, so many people, they have got a spiritual master. Let me have also some spiritual master.' It is not like that."

Krishna Is Prepared to Help You He is not far away (April 23):
"God is everywhere. He is prepared to guide you. He is prepared to help you. Because He is father, He is always prepared."

It Is Not a Cheap Thing Gradually you learn the science (April 22):
"It is not a cheap thing that immediately you learn God. But if you are submissive—if you are really inquisitive—then God reveals unto you."

The Spiritual Master Should Be Tested Sādhu śāstra guru (April 21):
"A spiritual master is to be tested whether he is holy man, and whether there is corroboration in the statement of the scripture."

Never Forgetful of Krishna The gold standard of KC (April 19):
"So far my present life is concerned, I do not remember any part of my life when I was forgetful of Krsna."

Krishna Consciousness Includes Everything (Akshaya Tritiya, April 18):
"Any principles of religion current in the world, they are all included in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, any principle."

The Highest Benediction of Our Life KC is all-auspicious (April 17):
"Our program is that no matter what our engagement may be, we shall perform it in Krishna Consciousness..."

Krishna Helps His Devotee There is no question of hopelessness (April 17):
"Devotee generally remembers Kṛṣṇa. But even if he cannot, Kṛṣṇa will help him."

No Question of Separation He is my lord birth after birth (April 16):
"Even the guru is not physically present, if you follow the vāṇī, then you are getting help."

Why You Are Loitering in the Street? Krishna wants us home (April 14):
"My dear boy, why you are suffering so much? You are the son of such and such very rich man. Your father has got so much property."

Live Peacefully Simple living and high thinking (April 14):
"Live peacefully, chant Hare Krishna and try to serve the cause as best as possible."

Struggle Against the Difficulties This world is full of difficulties (April 13):
"So difficulties may be there, but you have to struggle against the difficulties and you have to adopt the process. Then your difficulties will be over."

Don't Squander This Opportunity One should be grateful (April 13):
"Kṛṣṇa's grace is always there, but we spoil Kṛṣṇa's grace. That is our business."

Let the Whole World Come Krishna-prasadam for everyone (April 12):
"Our philosophy is, if anyone comes, let him take prasada, chant Hare Krsna and be happy."

You Don't Spoil It I am still present; I will give you direction (April 11):
"So much hard labor. I started with very humble condition. Now it has come to this, such exalted position. You don't spoil it. That is my request."

I Started This Movement with 40 Rupees Humble beginnings (April 11):
"So they gave me a free ticket, and the government allowed me to take with me forty rupees. In this state, condition, I started for New York."

I Have Tried Sincerely Whatever capacity I have got (April 11):
"I am not qualified, but only qualification is that I tried to do the best, that's all. That much qualification."

Beautiful and Successful This is the secret of success (April 10):
"As I have repeatedly said, that Krishna Consciousness is developed by following two parallel lines..."

The Most Intelligent Way Take shelter of a pure devotee (April 10):
"Somehow or other if one can please a pure devotee of the Lord, such action means immediate satisfaction of the Lord..."

The Supreme Swan The topmost transcendentalist (April 9):
"The word paramahaṁsa mentioned here means 'the supreme swan.' It is said that the swan can draw milk from a mixture of milk and water..."

The Beauty and Mystery of Bhakti-yoga The chance to understand (April 9):
"Factually, the spiritually developed person is able to have the television of the kingdom of God always reflected within his heart."

Depends on the Good Will of the Lord Satisfied in heaven or hell (April 7):
"A pure devotee is never very anxious to go back to the kingdom of God. He entirely depends on the good will of the Lord."

Does Not Exhibit His Mystic Powers More interested in serving (April 7):
"Communion with the Lord by transmission of the transcendental sound is nondifferent from the whole spirit Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa."

Directly Advised by the Lord A liberated soul acts flawlessly (April 7):
"To be instrumental to the direct will of the Lord is the natural constitutional position of the living entity."

Soon to Be Pure Devotees Hope for the future (April 6):
"But by the Grace of Krishna, practically all the devotees and disciples who have kindly joined me, they are, their symptoms are pure devotees."

Are You Going to Be a Pure Devotee? Trying to be (April 6):
"You said in your lecture that everybody... I think that's what you said, that everybody in the material world is...in māyā. But you can't be in māyā."

Maya Cannot Touch a Pure Devotee We cannot always understand (April 6):
"When you find a devotee is supposed in difficulty it is not the work of Maya but it is the work of the Lord by His Personal internal energy."

How to Become a Pure Devotee Become receptive to the mercy (April 5):
"Krishna instructs Arjuna that the mahatma, the pure devotee, is he who has fully surrendered himself unto the spiritual nature."

Completely on the Spiritual Platform Receiving Krishna's grace (April 5):
"We are working neither on the sensual platform, nor on the mental platform, nor on the intellectual platform."

The Pure Devotee Is Sac-Cid-Ananda-Vigraha Transcendental (April 5):
"Devotee: So the pure devotee is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. Prabhupāda: Yes."

The Blessing of a Pure Devotee Our highest aspiration (April 4):
"Without being blessed by a pure devotee, no one can be fully satisfied, nor can anyone understand the transcendental position of the Supreme Personality..."

Things Will Become Automatically Revealed Secret of success (April 4):
"Perhaps you remember the verse in the tenth chapter of Bhagavad-gita that the Lord Himself supplies the light and intelligence from within the heart..."

Tribulations Offered by the Lord Delivering the devotee from illusion (April 4):
"Tribulations imposed upon the devotees by the Lord constitute another exchange of transcendental bhāva between the Lord and the devotees."

How I Came to Krishna Consciousness Mission of mercy (April 3):
"Srila Prabhupada is certainly one of Mahaprabhu's most amazingly successful instruments of salvation."

Preaching in Far Off Places Getting and spreading the mercy (April 3):
"So I get great pleasure when I see my own disciples from America going to far off places leaving their rich nation with all facilities and their families, to preach."

No Politics A Vaisnava will undergo all tribulation for others (April 2):
"Politics means planning for one's own happiness. That is politics. So in our society there should be no diplomacy, no politics."

There Is No Other Alternative Offer your best to Krishna (April 1):
"The secret of success in Krishna Consciousness is to render service to Krishna to the best of our capacity."

Let the Trouble Come Again and Again Just pray to Krishna (March 31):
"In the material world, all these situations are meant for tribulation, but in Krishna consciousness, they are meant for advancement."

Krishna Will Accept Any Small Service Do your best (March 31):
"Krishna does not require anyone's help or service, but if we serve Him, even in a very small capacity, He will accept it. So that is our only hope."

Prabhupada's Radiant Smile As bright as the sunshine (March 30):
"The smile of such a Kṛṣṇa conscious person is so attractive that simply by smiling he wins so many admirers, disciples and followers."

Devotional Service Is Joyful Executed in a happy mood (March 29):
"In every state devotional service is joyful. One can execute devotional service even in the most poverty-stricken condition."

Fight Must Be There Krishna's whole life is fighting (March 27):
"Fight... Without fight where is life? If there is no fighting, then what is that life? That is dead stone."

Mature Understanding No consideration of personal happiness (March 26):
"Mature understanding of Krsna consciousness means that whatever condition of life I am in at present, that is Krsna's special mercy upon me..."

Respecting Srila Prabhupada (Editorial) Not an ordinary man (March 26):
"Over the years I've come across various articles, statements and websites which have been critical or even downright offensive towards Srila Prabhupada."

Only Scarcity Is Krishna Consciousness Everything is full (March 21):
"My Guru Mahārāja used to say that the whole world is full of everything. Only scarcity is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Only scarcity."

Bowed Down like the Fruitful Trees Humbler than the grass (March 20):
"When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up."

The Mad Elephant Offense One should be extremely careful (March 19):
"The Lord's feelings are like those of a father, who feels pain when his child is in pain. Therefore, offenses at the lotus feet of a devotee are serious."

Escaping Samsara saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka (March 18):
"You take your birth once in some form of body. You live for some time. Then you have to give up this body. Then you have to accept another body."

We Can Turn Debauch into Mahatma They have been delivered (March 18):
"The pāpīs, the sinful men, they never enjoy. Just like in New York you have seen in Bowery Street, the drunkard... What is called?"

Whatever You Do, Do It for Krishna That is your freedom (March 17):
"Whatever you do, it doesn't matter. You have to test it, whether you are doing it for Kṛṣṇa. That is your perfection."

We Are So Fortunate We must simply persevere (March 17):
"We are so fortunate to be in this human form of life, and to have the opportunity and the capacity to serve Krishna..."

Become a Friend to Krishna He will reveal Himself (March 17):
"So if we become friends like Arjuna to Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will reveal Himself, as He is revealing Himself, 'I am this, I am that, I am this, I am that.'"

Krishna Is Always Your Friend He is sitting within your heart (March 16):
"You haven't got to search out any other friend. The friend is already there. Either you are a boy or a girl, you will find a nice friend within yourself."

No More Hankering I have got everything complete (March 16):
"You are searching after something. If you find Kṛṣṇa then you'll see yes, your goal is attained. Therefore His name is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa means 'all-attractive.'"

Give Them Prasada First of all we must attract people (March 14):
"Prasādam is so nice, if there are few grains of prasāda, even the crows will come. The condemned bird, he will also come."

There Will Be Victory With God on our side (March 14):
"Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory..."

No Happiness for the Doubting Soul They make no progress (March 13):
"Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next. For them there is no happiness whatsoever."

You Must Have Faith Beginning is faith (March 13):
"So without faith, you cannot make advance. The skeptics, they have no faith. Therefore they are lost."

Krishna, Please Force Me You can pray like that (March 13):
"It is Krishna's special favor and mercy that He sometimes forces a devotee to surrender fully to Him."

Everything Will Be Revealed The secret of advancement (March 12):
"The Lord is the original spiritual master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is to his sincere disciple."

We Should Try to Understand Krishna You get that immortality (March 11):
"There is no difficulty in understanding Kṛṣṇa and to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But we'll not do that; that is our disease."

Prabhupada Is Nondifferent from His Picture The absolute stage (March 10):
"There is no difference between me and my picture. Therefore we should honor and keep pictures in that spirit."

The Acarya Knows One has to approach ācārya (March 9):
"Ācārya means knows. One who knows the purpose of Vedic literature, he practices in his life, and he teaches his disciple, he is called ācārya."

Our Process Is to Go Through the Acarya The authorized way (March 9):
"We have to first receive the merciful benediction from the ācārya, and then Kṛṣṇa will be pleased and He'll also give His blessings."

I Am Simply the Via Media My Dear Sons and Daughters (March 9):
"You are all helping me in pushing forward this mission of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu coming down by disciplic succession to my Guru Maharaj."

As Fog Is Vanquished by Sunlight No separate endeavor required (March 8):
"As fog is vanquished at the first glimpse of sunlight, one's sinful reactions are automatically vanquished as soon as one begins serving a pure devotee..."

The Devotee Is Always Protected The Lord never fails His devotee (March 8):
"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.2.5) there is a very nice verse stating that a devotee should always remain dependent on the mercy of the Supreme Lord..."

Servant of the Servant of the Servant dāsa-dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ (March 8):
"A Krishna Conscious person is never falsely puffed-up; he is satisfied with his humble position as the servant of the servant of the servant of Krishna."

To Your Best Capacity All the people of the world may be benefited (March 7):
"Try to execute this mission wholeheartedly and faithfully and all of you try to broadcast the message to your best capacity."

The Background Is Good Will Love and service are voluntary (March 7):
"All our men have volunteered good service, so the background is good will. So everything should be done on the basis of good will."

Preaching in Egypt Prabhupada gives a simple formula (March 5):
"Give them prasādam and let them chant. That is preaching. And if they're educated, let them read books."

We Are Not Going to Stop Never mind if we are defeated (March 4):
"In any condition, your devotional service should not be stopped. That should be the principle, that we are not going to stop, any circumstance."

There Is No Fear Follow the footsteps of great ācāryas (February 28):
"If you do not follow any bona fide sampradāya, then your path of spiritual advancement will be baffled."

Don't Follow Rascals and Fools Mahājano yena gataḥ (February 28):
"Don't follow rascals and fools. Then it will be useless waste of time. Follow the great ācāryas."

Follow the Footprints of Great Acaryas A question of faith (February 28):
"You have to approach an ācārya. That is the way of learning transcendental knowledge in all Vedic scriptures."

You Have to Approach a Pure Devotee Kindly accept me (February 27):
"If you want Kṛṣṇa, then you have to approach a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa. He can give you, deliver you."

Surcharged with the Spiritual Current He's in the spiritual sky (February 27):
"A pure devotee of the Lord does not live on any planet of the material sky, nor does he feel any contact with material elements."

A Diffusion of Ecstatic Love Purified like the sun (February 27):
"The sun is far above the planetary systems, and there is no possibility of its being covered by any kind of cloud..."

A Happy Life Every problem will be solved immediately (February 26):
"To execute this business of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so easy and happy, and whatever you do, a little, it is your permanent asset."

The Test Is in Your Hand No taste for material engagement (February 26):
"How far you are advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness you test yourself—how far you have become detached from material consciousness."

My Physical Presence Is Not Required Available to all (February 24):
"As far as my blessing is concerned it does not require my physical presence. If you are chanting Hare Krishna there and following my instructions..."

The Mercy of a Pure Devotee There is no other way (February 24):
"'By the mercy of the spiritual master who is a pure devotee and by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa one can achieve the platform of devotional service."

The Most Exalted Well-Wisher Ask for his causeless mercy (February 23):
"Whatever one may be, one must take shelter at the lotus feet of a devotee mahātmā and treat him as the most exalted well-wisher of all human society."

Krishna Wants Everyone to Go Back Home A gift of God (February 23):
"If your father agrees to this process, he also can be taken back to Home, back to Godhead, with my other disciples."

Turning Misfortune into Fortune By Krishna consciousness (February 22):
"Pleasure is only a misconception. Do not be sorry if you are in an 'unfortunate' situation."

Original Potency of the Shastra The scriptures as they are (February 21):
"The original potency of the sastra remains in these books because I have not added or opinionated anything of my own."

Every Line Is Perfect Srila Prabhupada's beloved books (February 21):
"Such vivid description. Where is such literature throughout the whole world? It is all Kṛṣṇa's mercy."

Although in Broken Language Glorification of the Lord is there (February 21):
"So similarly, even if we present our Back to Godhead or any other literature in broken languages, it does not matter..."

Practical Devotion Is the Secret Taste the honey (February 20):
"My Guru Maharaj used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar."

Always Remain Humble Servant That is Vaisnava (February 18):
"I am very pleased that you are doing nicely. But don't be proud. Always remain humble, meek, that 'I am nothing. I cannot...' That will be nice."

My Only Concern Serve Krishna and not personal ambition (February 17):
"We have worked very hard and established a great institution, but if we think for our personal benefit then it will become ruined."

My Dear Boys and Girls Try to save your country and the world (February 17):
"So, my dear boys and girls, about six years ago I came to your country single-handed, with these pair of cymbal. Now you are so many chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa."

Krishna's Miracle Srila Prabhupada's unparalleled devotion (February 16):
"When I was alone in your New York, I was thinking, who will listen to me in this horrible, sinful place?"

My Dear Sons and Daughters A loving message from Prabhupada (Feb. 16):
"So you have now got the golden opportunity of this human form of life, and it is not by chance that you have met your spiritual master..."

Krishna Has Got Some Plan for You Rest assured (February 14):
"Krishna does not like to see His sincere devotee suffer or become frustrated or depressed."

Krishna Kindly Sent You to Me Srila Prabhupada's love (February 13):
"I know that you poor girl have been frustrated by the so called society and you deeply needed the shelter of Krishna Consciousness."

Real Devotee Means Pure Devotee No material desire (February 12):
"A devotee means, real devotee means, he has no purpose for material gain. That is real devotee."

One Cannot Call Himself a Devotee Keeping it real (February 12):
"One cannot call himself a devotee, but servant he can call himself always."

No Distinctions of Higher and Lower The Lord is equal (February 9):
"The important thing is that we are engaging our time and energy in the service of the Lord. After all, we are so tiny, what can we do?"

Krishna Is Never Ungrateful We are so fortunate (February 9):
"Krishna is very kind, and He is never ungrateful, and will give you more and more opportunity to serve Him. That is His Mercy."

Everything Krishna This is Krishna consciousness (February 8):
"Type for Kṛṣṇa, write for Kṛṣṇa, go outside for Kṛṣṇa, saṅkīrtana party, sell book for Kṛṣṇa, bring money for Kṛṣṇa, spend for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa. That's all."

Simply Be Determined Krishna will give you help (February 3):
"There are many examples in history of persons who have been very much disabled physically, but still have executed Krishna Consciousness."

Devotional Service Must Continue Don't become discouraged (February 3):
"This material body is actually a bad bargain because it is prone to suffer, but we must make the best use of this bad bargain."

Love of Krishna Cannot Be Stopped There is no impediment (February 1):
"There is no impediment in this world which can stop the flow of the river. Or the waves of the Pacific Ocean."

There Is Nothing to Fear By Prabhupada's grace (January 25):
"A devotee’s path to the spiritual kingdom, back home, back to Godhead, is guaranteed."

Putting Things in Perspective Time is eternal (January 16):
"If there is some catastrophe in ant society, the ants may be very much concerned, but human society does not take any notice of it."

Humanity Is Completely Bewildered (January 12):
"Because the entire world is now following the imperfect directions of conditioned souls, humanity is completely bewildered."

Krishna Consciousness Is Not for Livelihood (January 10):
"You should not take Kṛṣṇa's activities, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, professionally, for livelihood. That is dangerous. Your life should be sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa."

Krishna Will Supply Everything Have faith in God (January 10):
"Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa will supply everything. Be confident. This is brāhmaṇa."

How to Nullify the Bad Effects of Kali-yuga A simple solution (January 9):
"So love and devotion to Krishna is the purifying agent and nullifies all the bad effects of this age of Kali yuga."

This Is the Opportunity Make your life successful (January 8):
"So why we should waste our time thinking so many nonsense things? Why not think of Kṛṣṇa, how beautiful He is, standing here with Rādhārāṇī?"

Krishna Gives Us a Chance It's up to you (January 7):
"If you want Kṛṣṇa, then He will give you full chance how to have Kṛṣṇa. And if you don't want Kṛṣṇa, then He'll give you full chance how to forget Kṛṣṇa."

Guru Is Not a Fashion Guru means one who is serious (January 7):
"Guru's business is how to give you Kṛṣṇa, not any material things. For material things, there are so many institution."

Genuine Love for Guru It is not an artificial thing (January 6):
"This can be possible when one is very thickly related with the guru. Otherwise, ordinary relationship will not do."

A Reciprocal Relationship of Love The sweetest of all (January 1):
"The spiritual master is always instructing his disciples and they in turn are always trying to serve their spiritual master."

The Essence The highest aspiration of a devotee (January 1):
"The secret of success in spiritual life is to satisfy one’s spiritual master. This is the essence."

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