Author Archives: Hansadutta das
Surrender is the process
If there’s no surrender, you can’t make any progress. Prabhupada says everything depends on surrender. At work on the job, you have to surrender to the boss. When you marry, you have to surrender. In the military you have to … more
Capturing the world leaders
People in power look at the direction of the popular opinion. Really they put themselves at the mercy of the population. Democracy means from the bottom up. Autocracy means from top down. If you can capture the interest of the … more
Eternally vibrating everywhere
The act of chanting the Holy Name and the result (cause and effect) are the same. Chanting is both the means and the result. One of the main problems we encounter with the process of chanting the Holy Name is … more
Parents and children
Hansadutta: All parents look to their children, hoping they will embrace or carry on their line of thought, but this is almost never the case, 80 to 90% of the time. We see that even Srila Prabhupada’s children did not … more
Self-destructive behaviors
Self-destructive behaviors take place under impulse, impelled by spirits. When we come to Krishna consciousness, we are asked to give them up, and the way we do that is by chanting Hare Krishna, replacing one habit with another, inviting the … more
The historical perspective
Related Articles Cities and Regions Since One Sun, One Religion: There is Only One Religion The Evolution of Spiritual Science Related Topics Religion History – Human Civilization We must not allow ourselves, this Krishna consciousness movement, to be equated with … more
Without the self-realized soul at its head…
The heart has reasons that reason fails to understand. (Blaise Pascal) When the Acharya comes, he gathers around him so many people, but they’re bringing their own baggage and cannot prevail. It seems to be the rule that a collection … more
Prayer and the answer to prayer
Unless one is completely disappointed in every relationship of love, friendship and society, it is impossible to be completely surrendered to the will of the Lord, without which it is impossible to chant His HOLY NAME, and without actually chanting … more
The disciple is expected to become a pure devotee
To worship Srila Prabhupada (Prabhupada in the center) as the only Acharya means to first of all be an obedient disciple (discipline of 4 regulative principles, 16 rounds). Simply to perform the ritual of guru-puja or mouth the appropriate prayers … more
What’s cooking?
The shastras are like cookbooks full of recipes—formulas, rituals and procedures. But unless one gets the guidance and association of a chef and actually cooks, he is never sure if what he is cooking is right or wrong.