Writings

Prabhupāda is not a title applicable only to Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda or even to only Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda.

Could giants have walked the Earth in bygone ages?

In ancient times there was indeed a shared culture and technology/knowledge that originated as part of Vedic culture.

Despite so many good qualities and capabilities, she remained quiet and humble in the shadow of her guru.

Such intimacies are better kept secret - not to be told here and there and certainly not to be forced upon others.

Uddhava said the gopis were the greatest devotees of Krsna. Similarly, in his adult life, Srila Puri Maharaja carried the message of krsna-bhakti to the world.

He is not in a class by himself – he is in the top class of the servants of the Lord, who live eternally in the Lord’s company

Just as Sri Krsna is the universal father, Sri Radha is the universal mother. Both of them are fundamentally the same.

From Prakrta-rasa Sata-dusini by Sarasvati Thakura, with commentary by Swami B.G. Narasingha.

Swami Sadananda was the first western adherent to Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy in the 20th century. He traveled to India and became an initiated disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.

If Srila Tirtha Maharaja had actually accepted our Guru Maharaja’s request back in 1965, then there would be no ISKCON!

“Who am I serving? Under who's asraya am I reading and hearing hari-katha?” Reading sastra without asraya of our guru is knowledge-seeking