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The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading like wildfire
- Posted on November 18, 2024 by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
- Sanga
In this age, at the present moment, there are inordinate discrepancies in the discharge of human duties. Human life is meant for God realization, but unfortunately the materialistic civilization is stressing only the senses of the body, not understanding the living force within the body. As clearly stated in Bhagavad-gita (dehino 'smin yatha dehe [Bg 2.13]), within the body is the body's proprietor, the living force, which is more important. But human society has become so fallen that instead of understanding the living force within the body, people have become busy with external things. This is a discrepancy in human duties. Therefore Krsna has taken birth or taken shelter within the womb of the Krsna consciousness movement. Men of Kamsa's class, therefore, are very much afraid and are busy trying to stop this movement, especially in the Western countries. One politician has remarked that the Krsna consciousness movement is spreading like an epidemic and that if not checked immediately, within ten years it may capture governmental power. There is, of course, such potency in the Krsna consciousness movement. As stated by authorities (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila 17.22), kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara: in this age, Krsna has appeared in the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading like wildfire all over the world, and it will go on doing so. Men who are like Kamsa are very much afraid of the movement's progress and acceptance by the younger generation, but as Krsna could not be killed by Kamsa, this movement cannot be checked by men of Kamsa's class. The movement will go on increasing more and more, provided the leaders of the movement remain firmly Krsna conscious by following the regulative principles and the primary activities of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra regularly.
Srila Prabhupada, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.2.20, purport
The first offense is disobeying the guru
- Posted on November 16, 2024 by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
- Sanga
Devotee: (translating) He wants to know if the greatest offense is to disobey the guru.
Prabhupada: Yes, that is the first offense. Guror avajna, sruti-sastra-nindanam. Sruti-sastra-nindanam guror avajna. If you accept guru and again disobey him, then what is your position? You are not a gentleman. You promise before guru, before Krsna, before fire, that "I shall obey your order; I shall execute this," and again you do not do this. Then you are not even a gentleman, what to speak about devotee. This is common sense.
From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Bhagavad-gita 2.11 — Mexico, February 11, 1975
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- August 24, 2020
Most dear Śrila Prabhupāda, you undertook your worldwide mission exactly according to the principles enshrined in Śrila Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Srī Upadeśāmr̥ta, which you rendered in English as The Nectar of Instruction.