Tag: Preaching

Title Carriers and Other Anomalies

13 Aug 2024 | Śrīla Prabhupāda said

There are those who, being by the mercy of a pure devotee spiritually refreshed and attracted to devotees of the Lord, after a period of seemingly humbly performed devotional service, return to their ways to use and cultivate their material conditioning in the name of a movement Srila Prabhupada started as an “organised attempt” to save conditioned souls from the very same illusions they insist to maintain once being established as his followers. As they say, “opportunity makes a thief.”

Don't Criticise-Analyse!

16 Jul 2024 | Devotee Conduct

Already in his early days of preaching in the West, Srila Prabhupada, realising the obstinate nature of the western people, pointed out: “Ladies and gentlemen, I am not criticising; I am analysing!”

How to Stay Sane

16 Apr 2024 | Śrīla Prabhupāda said

As Kali, the predominant deity of this Kali yuga age, upgrades his modus operanti regime for a while before putting everybody to sleep again, the need to protect and maintain one's sanity becomes even more evident.

Message for the Youth

11 Apr 2024 | ISKCON & Leadership

This text is written by a seventy-year-old man, a beneficiary of Srila Prabhupadas mercy, who is spending the remaining days of his life travelling, visiting those who do the sameand who are still trying to be part of Srila Prabhupadas mission.

Do Something!

20 Mar 2024 | Śrīla Prabhupāda said

In his presentation of Krsna Consciousness, Srila Prabhupada was unique. Most of the acharyas in the line of our guru parampara exhibited amazing potency in terms of laying down the rules and regulations...

Feminism-Chauvinism-Body-ism

03 Feb 2024 | Grhastha & Family

This text is written by somebody who, in 1972, joined a movement where the struggle between feminist-minded and chauvinistic-minded "devotees" didn't exist. We all learned that we are not this body, and we also learned what kind of body we are not.

Pathos and Krsna Consciousness

23 Jan 2024 | Grhastha & Family

Having forgotten the Supreme Personality of Godhead for millions of lifetimes, our return to Krsna Consciousness must carry a certain amount of pathos.

Sankirtan is saving us!

29 Nov 2023 | Book distribution kī jaya!

All glories to Sankirtan, the congregational distribution of Srila Prabhupadas books! All glories to Sankirtan devotees!

The System

06 Oct 2023 | ISKCON & Leadership

"The system", a magic word for any demoniac totalitarian regime, is operated by system creators and system guardians...

To Forgive or Not Forgive

25 Aug 2023 | Devotee Conduct

As a hungry man sees the need to lecture about food, a cruel man writes volumes of books about love, and an asocial man may present himself as the ultimate social mediator, one may wonder why some among the ISKCON leaders stress the need for absolute forgiveness so rigidly as if seeking some amnesty for themselves.

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