Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Verse 7 offers a very profound insight as to how we can attain perfect peace of mind. Here is that verse with its translation and most enlightening purport by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhpada: jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ TRANSLATION For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same. PURPORT Actually, every living entity is intended to abide by the dictation of the Sup ..read more

Not only was the Vedic civilization more advance spiritually. It was also more advanced materially as well, far beyond the material advancement of our modern day so-called civilization. In this regard Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto, Chapter 21, Text 13 as follows: "...great personalities like Arjuna, Yudhisthira and many others used to visit higher planetary systems. Thus there was interplanetary communication via suitable airplanes and space vehicles." Sankarshan Das Adhikari. The USA is Very of Its Space Program But It's Nothing Compared to the ..read more

Srila Prabhupada taught us this: "My Guru Mahārāja used to say that 'Don't try to see God. You work in such a way that God will see you. God will take care of you. Don't try to see God.' This is the process. 'I want to see God. O God, please come and stand before me,' Oh, just like He's my servant. God is no one's servant. You have to oblige Him by your love, by your service. That is the process." So if we have to desire to see God, we must act in such a way that He will see. In this way, we get the opportunity to see God. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. We Are Unlimitedly Indebted to Srila Prab ..read more

We not accept the existence of God blindly. We understand that God must exist both on the basis of logic and argument and on the basis of scripture. In this regard Srila Prabhupada explains as follows in a class he gave on the Srimad Bhagavatam in Los Angeles on 20 April 1973: "The conclusion is that the matter cannot develop out of itself. No. That is not possible. The superior energy must touch it. Then it will be..., will active. There are so many machines. That is matter, inferior energy. Unless a operator comes to touch the machine, it will not act. First-class motorcar, very costly moto ..read more

Srila Prabhupada very much appreciated the hippie movement that was in America and Europe in the 60's and early 70's. In fact he said the hippie movement was Krishna's special arrangement to help him get this movement started. Here's some of the other things he said about the hippie movment: "Actually, the hippies are our best customers. Almost all of our important disciples are recruited from that group," (from a Letter to: Goursundar -- Los Angeles 13 July, 1969) "I want that all the hippies should come to me and I shall solve their problems. Actually all these hippies should join us." (f ..read more

Srila Prabhupada describes how merciful is Radhani. He says: "If anyone approaches Rādhārāṇī, She recommends to Kṛṣṇa, 'Here is the best devotee. He is better than Me,' and Kṛṣṇa cannot refuse him. That is the best devotee. But it is not to be imitated: 'I have become the best devotee.' "Just like Rādhārāṇī. She thinks always Herself as the lowest of the devotees. She thinks always. She sees always that the gopīs, other gopīs, they are better qualified to serve Kṛṣṇa, and She is not qualified, so much qualified. Therefore in Vṛndāvana, you'll find the devotees approach Rādhārāṇī: 'Jaya Rādhe ..read more

The choice is yours. You can remain caught up in the cycle birth of death suffering repeatly birth, death, old age, and disease within the 8,400,000 different species of life. Or you can fully surrender to Lord Krishna under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master and regain your eternal full of bliis and full of knowledge youthful identity in the spiritual world. I hope you make the right choice. I pity those who make the wrong choice. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Here is the Destination of Those Who Make the Right Choice Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Should I Kee ..read more

Krishna's devotees manifest the most astouding qualities. In his book, The Teaching of Lord Kapila, Srila Prabhupada gives two examples of this: "Prahlāda Mahārāja, a five-year-old boy, had to undergo a great deal of suffering at the hands of his father, who was torturing him for being a devotee. The boy was trampled by elephants, thrown from a mountain, placed in burning oil and thrown into a snake pit, yet he was silent during this whole ordeal. Similarly, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, a Muhammadan by birth, was a very great devotee and was always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. That was his only fault. However, t ..read more

Just consider that if your most intimate well-wishing friend is the most wealthy, compassionate, and powerful person in all of extistence, you would never have to be in any anxiety about anything in any situation. This is actually the position of all living beings because Lord Sri confirms in the Bhagavad-gita 5.29, "suhridam sarva-bhutanam--I am the most intimate well-wishing friend of all living beings." So the only reason that anyone finds themself to be in difficutly or anxiety is that they are forgetting that Krishna is their best friend. This is compared to a child who is the son of mul ..read more

Lord Brahma has clearly stated as follows in the Brahma-samhita, Chapter 5, Text 1: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam Here is the translation and purport for this verse by Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakur, the spiritual master of our beloved Srila Prabhupada: "Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes." PURPORT "Kṛṣṇa is the exalted Supreme entity having His eternal name, eternal form, eter ..read more