Bhakti Vikasa Swami's Blog, page 195
April 10, 2020
Srila Prabhupada’s advice to a child
Always remember Krsna Who is your dearmost friend and always serve Him just to please Him, and He will give you all intelligence how to be a first-class devotee. Just try to learn all about Krsna, chant Hare Krsna, and you will be a great preacher of our Krsna Consciousness movement.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Mr. DDD — Los Angeles 3 March, 1970
A devotee is faultless
We must all become ideal in our character and then people will be very impressed with such purity. A devotee is faultless. He has no flaws.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Batu Gopala — Honolulu 1 February, 1975
April 9, 2020
Maya is illusion
You said that your job is maya, but you must know that maya is illusion. As soon as there is absence of Krishna Consciousness — that is maya. But you are working just to help and push Krishna’s interest; therefore, it is not maya. Anything dovetailed in Krishna Consciousness is real renouncement.
So do not forget Krishna in any circumstance of life and Krishna will save you from all pitfalls of material existence.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Jayagovinda — Los Angeles 3 February, 1970
You said that your job is maya, but you must know that ma...
You said that your job is maya, but you must know that maya is illusion. As soon as there is absence of Krishna Consciousness — that is maya. But you are working just to help and push Krishna’s interest; therefore, it is not maya. Anything dovetailed in Krishna Consciousness is real renouncement.
So do not forget Krishna in any circumstance of life and Krishna will save you from all pitfalls of material existence.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Jayagovinda — Los Angeles 3 February, 1970
April 8, 2020
Srila Prabhupada teaches SB 10.14.8
A devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by God’s Mercy, although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering. Anyone who accepts this philosophy of God’s Mercy in suffering conditions, and still makes progress in Krishna Consciousness, it is said that he is sure to go back to Home, Back to Godhead.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Gurudasa — Los Angeles 13 February, 1968
Interview – HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami Maharaja
Venue: Ekacakra, The Birthplace of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Interviewer: Padmamukha Nimai Das
An Old Photograph
Puṇḍarīka Dhāma, Bangladesh, circa 1985.Prabhaviṣṇu Swami Subhāga Swami Ilāpati Dāsa (Bhakti Vikāsa Swami) Niṣkiñcanānanda (Looks like) Śrī Hari Nistula Nitāi MantraRasikaSevānidhi
Others I do not recognize.
Nistula Prabhu spent many years developing Puṇḍarīka Dhāma, where he now lies in samādhi.
Śrī Hari and Sevānidhi have also passed away.
Niṣkiñcanānanda still lives at Puṇḍarīka Dhāma.
Many thanks to my old friend and godbrother Ātmavidyā Prabhu, who took this photo and recently shared it with me.
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April 7, 2020
Take full advantage of chanting
We are trapped souls in a state of forgetfulness of Krishna, and Krishna is giving you the chance now to re-establish your relationship with Him by this chanting process. So take full advantage of it and be happy.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Prahladananda — Los Angeles 14 February, 1969
April 6, 2020
Carving out Krsna
This life of material existence is just like hard wood and if we can carve Krsna out of it, that is the success of our life.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Krsna Devi — Los Angeles 26 January, 1968
