On The Origin and Fall of Jīva – Part I
Excerpts from various lectures of His Holiness Bhaktividyā Pūrṇa Svāmī on the origin and fall of jīva.
How Much Involvement Should a Guru Have in Disciples’ Lives?
Everybody is following Prabhupada as the Founder-acharya, so if we’re involved in something that’s useful within that mission, then taking the instruction of guru to see that you’re doing that, that’s following the instruction of the guru.
Songs of Vaiṣṇava Ācāryas Part 3 Full Lecture Transcription
THE THREE PARTS OF THE SANKIRTANA MISSION
You are attracting others to Krishna. But once that is done you still have to inspire that attraction, Krishna is unlimited. So that Sankirtana mission is going on.
Vedic Leadership and Management Seminar Winter 2021 Part 2 Full Lecture Transcription
As ISKCON movement is established by Śrīla Prabhupāda for the purpose of educating people about spiritual life, our strategic planning model should concur with that of an educational institution, not the political or corporate institutions.
Vedic Leadership and Management Seminar Winter 2021 Part 1 Full Lecture Transcription
As ISKCON movement is established by Śrīla Prabhupāda for the purpose of educating people about spiritual life, our strategic planning model should concur with that of an educational institution, not the political or corporate institutions.
On the Application of Varnashrama in Mayapur
We think simple means no opulence. But in the Vedic the opulence is designed for the mode of goodness. We say marble is very expensive, but from the Vedic perspective it’s very pure. It’s more pure the gold. So it’s simpler because a floor of gold would be quite expensive.
THE INFLUENCE OF VEDIC CULTURE
We forget that there are 14 planetary systems, 13 of them, all they do is following Vedic culture, and on this planetary system, the 14th, there are 9 islands and 8 of them are following Vedic culture. All it leaves is this part of one of the islands where people are given the opportunity that if they don’t want to follow it, that is their option.
THE PEACOCK FEATHER CONTROVERSY
The rules that do matter are where we don’t care, and the ones that don’t really matter, that becomes the ‘make it or break it’ deal. So these things, peacock feather, the fall of the soul, these things, these are not actually important issues. But they make them into it, they become [important].