Bhakti Vikasa Swami's Blog, page 91
March 17, 2023
Idle brain, devil’s workshop
In India the practice was hand grind daily. The women will do that. That’s exercise for them, and they keep their body fit and beautiful. In the morning they chant Hare Krsna and grind. Whatever they require for the day, they grind fresh. And actually, by this exercise, they keep their body beautiful. Yasodamayi was doing that, even she is the queen of Nanda Maharaja, what to speak of other women. Churning milk, grinding the wheat, this is their household. Full engagement. Otherwise gossiping…”Idle brain, devil’s workshop.”
Srila Prabhupada – February 15, 1977, Mayapur
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March 15, 2023
Nobody can conquer God
God’s another name is ajita. A means “not,” and jita means “conquered.” Nobody can conquer God. That is God. God is never conquered by anyone. He conquers everyone. God is conquered by His devotee, not by the demons. The demons are conquered by God. But devotee can conquer. Ajito ‘pi, jito ‘pi. Although God is ajita, He becomes jita, means conquered, by His devotee.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.2.5 — New York, March 5, 1975
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March 14, 2023
Beating an empty husk
The unhulled rice and the empty husks of rice look very much the same. One who knows how to get the grain out of the unhulled rice is wise, but one who beats on the empty husk, thinking to get some result, is simply wasting his labor uselessly. Similarly, if one studies the Vedas without finding the goal of the Vedas, Krsna, he simply wastes his valuable time.
From Srila Prabhupada’s exchange with Dr. Staal
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Suffering is Krsna’s mercy
A devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by God’s Mercy, although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering. Any one 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
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March 13, 2023
Giving up bad habits
When we are children, innocent, we have no bad habits, but as we grow and associate with bad company, we also acquire all these bad habits. So to give up all these bad habits means we have to associate with sadhus or devotees, saintly persons. Then we can give it up. This is called anartha-nivrtti, means giving up all unwanted bad habits.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 2.11 (with Spanish translator) — Mexico, February 11, 1975
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March 11, 2023
Moondust
Regarding the “dust” supposedly brought from the Moon, that dust can be gotten anywhere. It has already been openly admitted that the same dust is available on this earth planet. These astronauts and scientists are all bluffing. But Srila Vyasadeva is the correct authority. Just study Srila Srimad-Bhagavatam carefully with full faith in Krishna and Guru and all knowledge will be revealed.
Srila Prabhupada; Letter to Trivikrama, Nellore 3 January, 1976
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February 22, 2023
The maturation of daily chores in devotional service
It is so nice to see how enthusiastic you are in executing this process of devotional service and how much you like your engagement there in New Vrindaban. So you continue in this way, always thinking of Krsna, chanting 16 rounds, reading the books, and doing your daily chores all on behalf of Krsna. As your devotional service becomes mature you shall see Krsna more and more, and more and more you shall realize the qualities of the holy land of Vraja.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Hladini — Calcutta 28 January, 1973
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February 21, 2023
No sex impulse in Vaikuntha
In God’s creation there is male and female even in the spiritual world and there is purpose for such creation. This purpose is so that male and female may join together, not for sex-life, but to glorify the Lord. In Vaikuntha the women are much more beautiful in their figure, smiling, dressing, etc., but the men and women there are so much attracted by the chanting of Hare Krsna that they do not get any sex impulse even by intimate mingling.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Uddhava — Los Angeles 18 February, 1969
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February 20, 2023
How to remain undisturbed
If one is situated in real Krsna consciousness, he can face the most severe type of adversity and remain completely undisturbed.
Srila Prabhupada; as quoted in Journey of Self-discovery 7.3: Psychoanalysis and the Soul
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February 19, 2023
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
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