"All the good qualities of the world still have no meaning unless they touch Krishna, because where does the quality come from? It comes from Krishna, that's the point. Compassion itself, that quality is Krishna. The forms that can manifest compassion are manifest through his internal potency, then you have
- March 7, 2007
HH BVPS Maharaja: All the Dharma Shastra does is go through the practical day-to-day life of an aspiring sadhaka and then what he can do to bring his life fully in line with God consciousness. Does that make some sense? So that's the principle that's going on. So it's not
- January 26, 2004
Secondary creation, that's where you are actually dealing with the material world, that's where things are actually functioning. So this is where you have to make the connection. Means, the origin is always on the other side of the Viraja river, but the connection is always on this side. Philosophy,
- January 9, 2004
So, whatever may be the situation, whatever anyone may say, I simply pray that I may be known as one of your insignificant followers and that in this way I may know that Krishna that you know. Any other Krishna, we are not worried about, the Krishna in all His
- September 1, 2002
Beautiful mantra chanting and address at an Upanayanam (Vedic initiation) ceremony at Sridham Mayapur, May 2002
- May 30, 2002
We don't want to scare anybody, but people should be conscious that these are serious things. Material world is a serious place. You do an activity, you get a reaction. In the same way is, you do spiritual activities, you can get great spiritual benefit, or you can get some
- January 14, 2002
Reading from Jaiva Dharma: Then the saintly sannyasi respectfully said, 'Oh, master, my heart is filled with conviction that the Mayavada theory is shallow and unimportant. Any doubt I had about that is now thrown far away by your mercy. Still, I myself wear the garments of a Mayavada sannyasi.
- December 28, 2001
"The experience of the mind situated in goodness is far greater than what is experienced in passion and ignorance. In comparison it may not look as great, just like if you run water through some rocks there is a lot of movement, a lot of waves. But if you run
- August 17, 2001
The whole problem of the Mahabharata is all based on passion, that sets the whole scene for the Mahabharata. So we see that this attachment of the senses, attachment to name, fame, they just make trouble. Whatever trouble we have in our life, it’s because of these things, because of
- August 16, 2001