Category Archives: Aim of Life – Dharma
The Goal of Life
Conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, ISKCON Founder-Acharya, Professor Dürckheim, German Spiritual Writer, Professor Pater Porsch and Dr. P.J. Saher, June 19, 1974, Schloss Rettershof, Germany
Wanted: First-class Man
excerpt from Room Conversation with author Judith Wax and her husband, Sheldon Wax [1], managing editor of Playboy Magazine, July 5, 1975, Chicago (Read complete conversation online at prabhupadabooks.com) If you train a boy to become first-class man, he can … more
Karma Yoga – Applying the Principles of Bhagavad-gita to Your Life
excerpt from lecture on Bhagavad-gita 3.13 – 16, New York, May 23, 1966 The arrangement is so nice in the administration of nature that we shall get all our necessities of life by the grace of God, and our duty … more
One Religion, Like One Sun
What we see in the world as different religions may be seen as higher or lower levels of spiritual evolution or spiritual realization, but that is not different religions; that is one religion being practiced on higher or lower levels, just as education has higher and lower levels.more
A Collection of Analogies
From the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The ass stands at the washerman’s door, eating the grass, while the washerman loads him up again. The ass has no sense to think, “If I get out of … more
In any case you are only servant
Lecture given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Seattle, September 27, 1968 So our program is to worship the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami [Brahma-samhita: “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord”]. In … more
The Premise is the Problem
California, 2001 The premise that the material world is a place of enjoyment for the living entity is the problem. Actually, the material world is a place of perpetual suffering, and material activities are a perpetual struggle to avoid or … more
The Premise is the Problem – Hansadutta presents the science of Krishna Consciousness
University of California at Berkeley, Professor Sherri Roush’s class on Epistemology Sep 24, 2010 (Part 4 of 9) Hansadutta das explains the false premise that “I am the body” is the beginning of all problems.
Leveled
The playing field has just been leveled for Haitians. Nature has turned the page — how will Haitians write their destiny? Amidst the rubble and rotting corpses, Haitians walk in procession, singing hymns, prayers to God. Those who had nothing … more
Not even fit for the trash can
Any man, try if you can Get out of ignorance of being some man Because at death you’ll be a dead man! Not even fit for the trash can!