Religion
≻ "God" is Dead That is the misfortune of modern India. Yes. The standard instruction is there in the Bhagavad-gita. They do not care to know it. They want to know about the greatness of Bala Yogi, Sai Baba, this baba, that baba. That is their misfortune. They give up the real instruction, Bhagavad-gita... More
≻ Religion Free-For-All If somebody says, "I don't care for God. But my religion is simply to cut throat." Is that religion? More
≻ Not the way to honor a Saint or Son of God "For our sinful reaction Christ has taken contract, so let him suffer being killed." More
≻ When religion is a crime Inventing or introducing other teachings and practices, and promoting them as Krishna consciousness, using the name of Srila Prabhupada, is not different from what Christianity has done with the teachings of Lord Jesus Christ. Matt Taibbi has called it right: it’s criminal and should be dismantled with the full force of the law. More
≻ Establishing God's Eternal Form Our object is not to argue with the atheist, but to establish that the eternal spiritual form of the Deity is an essential element in the science of Theology. More
≻ No objections to using the name Krishna If you think that this Krishna name is not very suitable, you can accept any name. That doesn't matter. Our proposition is you chant God's name. That is our proposal. Therefore it is universal. If you like, you can chant Jehovah or you can chant Allah, but we request you that you chant God's name. More
≻ God, Allah, Krishna God cannot be Hindu God, cannot be Muslim God, cannot be Christian God. God is God, the great. Now, if you study how His greatness expands.... More
≻ Politics in the Guise of Religion They create some religion to derive some material benefit as they create political organization for mutual undisturbed sense gratification. More
≻ The Daily Kill What is the news value of a story of traditional ritual animal sacrifice in distant Nepal? "Sacrifice of 250,000 animals" grabs our attention momentarily, but it is scarcely noteworthy in comparision to the number of animals slaughtered day to day for tables around the world. Let's put things into perspective. More
≻ God Loves Meat? In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna advises go-rakshya, the protection of cows. More
≻ Idle Offerings to Deity I wish that the Balaji's estate, Balaji's money, should be spent for spreading Krishna consciousness, not for any other purpose. That is my request. More
≻ Turning to God The pure devotee, when he is distressed, says, "Dear Lord, this is Your kindness. You have put me into distress just to rectify me. I should be put in much greater distress, but out of Your mercy You have minimized this." More
≻ A clash that has nothing to do with real religion and everything to do with ignorance Religion means to accept God. So if you are Muslim, I am Hindu, if I accept God, if You accept God, then where is fight? If we accept that God is the proprietor, God is the father, then where is the question of fight? Because we are not religious, therefore fight. More
≻ Shame on Hindus, Shame on India Cows are sacred no more in India. I was shocked to learn yesterday from a godsister, Jahnavi devi dasi, that India has become the world's 3rd biggest beef exporter. More
≻ How Old is Our Universe? The modern historians of this earth cannot supply historical evidences of events that occurred before 5,000 years ago, and the anthropologists say that 40,000 years ago Homo sapiens had not appeared on this planet because evolution had not reached that point. But the Vedic histories, such as the Puranas and Mahabharata, relate human histories which extend millions and billions of years into the past. More
≻ Secular government oversees the suppression of spiritual culture Now, especially in our country, we say it is Hindustan, Bharatavarsha. So we are not giving the bharatiya or Hindu spiritual cultural education. So that's a great loss of the secular state. more
≻ A life of eating, sleeping, mating and defending Only when we reach the human form of life do we have the opportunity to ask the question, What am I? If we do not understand what we are, then we miss the opportunity of human life. We simply waste our time in the propensities of animal life—eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. More
≻ Dharma and Gold Just like they have made twenty-carat gold, fourteen-carat gold, sixteen-carat gold. That is mixture. That is not pure gold. We are preaching, "If you say it is religion, it is pure religion, not carat, fourteen-carat religion or twenty-carat religion." More
≻ More to Yoga than Exercise The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. More
≻ Religion that isn't Religious means to become devotee of God. That is religion, very simple thing. Religion does not mean the ritualistic ceremonies, that "My religion, the ritualistic is this. In your religion the ritualistic is this." More
≻ Ritualistic Religion As Lord Sri Krishna has said in Bhagavad-gita, performance of ritualistic ceremonies is not actually religion. The real path of religion is to surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord. More
≻ Everything's Under Control So the people do not understand it, and they are declaring, "I am God. I don't care for God. God is dead." How God is dead? You are under so much control, and how God is dead? You can say that there is no government, provided there is nobody to check you. But if you are in every step checked, how you can say that there is no government? More
≻ Christian group calls off boycott of McDonald's In these Commandments it is clearly said that "Thou shalt not kill." If they are violating themselves the laws, how they will punish the lawbreaker? "Physician, heal thyself." The physician himself is diseased, and he's going to treat other patients. More
≻ So-called Hinduism is not Vedic Dharma But India, they have given up the real religious system, sanatana-dharma, or varnashrama-dharma. Fictitiously, they have accepted a hodgepodge thing which is called Hinduism. Therefore there is trouble. More
≻ Prolife Politics The king represents all living beings, the aquatics, plants, trees, reptiles, birds, animals and man. Every one of them is a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord (Bhagavad-gita 14.4), and the king, being the representative of the Supreme Lord, is duty-bound to give proper protection to every one of them. This is not the case with the presidents and dictators of this demoralized system of administration, where the lower animals are given no protection while the higher animals are given so-called protection. More
≻ Godless Religiosity I say why there should be Hindu religion and Muslim religion or Christian religion? There cannot be. Just like gold is gold. And nobody can say, "This is Indian gold, this is American gold, this is Christian gold, and this is Muhammadan gold." More
≻ Liquid Beauty The spiritual spark is so beautiful that when it leaves the so-called beautiful body, which in fact is full of stool and vomit, no one wants to touch that body, even if it is decorated with a costly costume. More
≻ Neither Pakistani Nor Indian Next life, you can take birth in Russia, or you can take birth in India—there is no certainty. But according to Bhagavad-gita, you can understand at the time of death, if you are going on thinking, "Oh, Pakistan is my enemy," then you get a birth in Pakistan. More
≻ Jesus Christ Spoke Against Meat Eating Concerning a vegetarian diet, and Lord Jesus Christ, there is a most important and significant, Dead Sea Scroll, in this regard. It is known as "The Essene Gospel of Peace", by His disciple John. More
≻ An extreme proposition after Marx's heart: Disband religious communities for the good of the state HAYAGRIVA: [Carl Jung] says, "If the individual is not truly regenerated in spirit, society cannot be either, for society is the sum total of individuals in need of redemption." More
≻ What it means to be a Christian INTERVIEWER: Would you not say that Christians and other religious groups are trying to serve God? HANSADUTTA: A Christian is one who follows the order of Christ. INTERVIEWER: So my question is: Are they not following the order of Christ? HANSADUTTA: No, they are not. Christ said, "Thou shalt not kill." They kill animals and eat them, so they are not following. More
≻ Follow the Evidence or Superstition? Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, "In your religion there is killing of father and mother. What sort of religion this is?" The Kazi replied, "How do you say that we are killing our father and mother?" "Yes. You are killing your mother. Cow gives you milk, delivers milk. You drink the milk, and you kill the cow. Therefore you are killing your mother." More
≻ Something Rare Worth Finding Chanakya Pandit says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should take it. More
≻ Value of the Real Thing As soon as you try to sell a diamond, you cannot expect many customers. Nonetheless, a diamond is a diamond, even if there are no customers. The number of customers is not the test. The customer must pay the value of the item. More
≻ Vedas unlocked from Sanskrit The Vedic mantras are received not by learning Sanskrit, but by hearing from the authorized person. Therefore it is called shruti. It is in Sanskrit because there was no other language. Sanskrit was the only language. So now they're being translated into English. So it doesn't matter whether it is in Sanskrit or English, one has to learn it by hearing from the proper person. More
≻ In God's Name During the second world war, the Americans said, "God is on our side," the Germans said, "God is on our side," and the Brits said, "God is on our side." Everyone is fighting in the name of God. Poor God. He has to satisfy everyone. That is such a thankless task. More
≻ What is worth praying for? We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it. More
≻ Animal Welfare vs Sacred Cow We are drinking the milk of the cow, and in exchange, if we cut the throat of our mother, that is not civilization. More
≻ Violence at the Table According to Vedic scriptures, civilization begins with the cultivation of food. Barbarians are those who do not know how to cultivate the land and instead eat animals. More
≻ One Nation Under God BTG: In the United States there has traditionally been the separation of church and state. PRABHUPADA: I am not talking about the church. Church or no church—that is not the point. The main thing is that the leaders have to accept that there is a supreme controller. More
≻ God the Same by Any Name God is meant for everybody. Doesn't matter East or West. Just like Krishna appeared in India, but we are not Indians. We are all Americans and Europeans, so... Just like the sun. The sun may appear over London or England, but it's not English sun. Everyone's sun. More
≻ Krishna Not a Hindu God, Rathayatra Not Owned by Hindus The cult of bhagavata-dharma can be spread in all circumstances, among all people and in all countries. Many envious people accuse the Krishna consciousness movement of spoiling the rigidity of so-called Hinduism. That is not actually the fact. More
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≻ Religion Free-For-All If somebody says, "I don't care for God. But my religion is simply to cut throat." Is that religion? More
≻ Not the way to honor a Saint or Son of God "For our sinful reaction Christ has taken contract, so let him suffer being killed." More
≻ When religion is a crime Inventing or introducing other teachings and practices, and promoting them as Krishna consciousness, using the name of Srila Prabhupada, is not different from what Christianity has done with the teachings of Lord Jesus Christ. Matt Taibbi has called it right: it’s criminal and should be dismantled with the full force of the law. More
≻ Establishing God's Eternal Form Our object is not to argue with the atheist, but to establish that the eternal spiritual form of the Deity is an essential element in the science of Theology. More
≻ No objections to using the name Krishna If you think that this Krishna name is not very suitable, you can accept any name. That doesn't matter. Our proposition is you chant God's name. That is our proposal. Therefore it is universal. If you like, you can chant Jehovah or you can chant Allah, but we request you that you chant God's name. More
≻ God, Allah, Krishna God cannot be Hindu God, cannot be Muslim God, cannot be Christian God. God is God, the great. Now, if you study how His greatness expands.... More
≻ Politics in the Guise of Religion They create some religion to derive some material benefit as they create political organization for mutual undisturbed sense gratification. More
≻ The Daily Kill What is the news value of a story of traditional ritual animal sacrifice in distant Nepal? "Sacrifice of 250,000 animals" grabs our attention momentarily, but it is scarcely noteworthy in comparision to the number of animals slaughtered day to day for tables around the world. Let's put things into perspective. More
≻ God Loves Meat? In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna advises go-rakshya, the protection of cows. More
≻ Idle Offerings to Deity I wish that the Balaji's estate, Balaji's money, should be spent for spreading Krishna consciousness, not for any other purpose. That is my request. More
≻ Turning to God The pure devotee, when he is distressed, says, "Dear Lord, this is Your kindness. You have put me into distress just to rectify me. I should be put in much greater distress, but out of Your mercy You have minimized this." More
≻ A clash that has nothing to do with real religion and everything to do with ignorance Religion means to accept God. So if you are Muslim, I am Hindu, if I accept God, if You accept God, then where is fight? If we accept that God is the proprietor, God is the father, then where is the question of fight? Because we are not religious, therefore fight. More
≻ Shame on Hindus, Shame on India Cows are sacred no more in India. I was shocked to learn yesterday from a godsister, Jahnavi devi dasi, that India has become the world's 3rd biggest beef exporter. More
≻ How Old is Our Universe? The modern historians of this earth cannot supply historical evidences of events that occurred before 5,000 years ago, and the anthropologists say that 40,000 years ago Homo sapiens had not appeared on this planet because evolution had not reached that point. But the Vedic histories, such as the Puranas and Mahabharata, relate human histories which extend millions and billions of years into the past. More
≻ Secular government oversees the suppression of spiritual culture Now, especially in our country, we say it is Hindustan, Bharatavarsha. So we are not giving the bharatiya or Hindu spiritual cultural education. So that's a great loss of the secular state. more
≻ A life of eating, sleeping, mating and defending Only when we reach the human form of life do we have the opportunity to ask the question, What am I? If we do not understand what we are, then we miss the opportunity of human life. We simply waste our time in the propensities of animal life—eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. More
≻ Dharma and Gold Just like they have made twenty-carat gold, fourteen-carat gold, sixteen-carat gold. That is mixture. That is not pure gold. We are preaching, "If you say it is religion, it is pure religion, not carat, fourteen-carat religion or twenty-carat religion." More
≻ More to Yoga than Exercise The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. More
≻ Religion that isn't Religious means to become devotee of God. That is religion, very simple thing. Religion does not mean the ritualistic ceremonies, that "My religion, the ritualistic is this. In your religion the ritualistic is this." More
≻ Ritualistic Religion As Lord Sri Krishna has said in Bhagavad-gita, performance of ritualistic ceremonies is not actually religion. The real path of religion is to surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord. More
≻ Everything's Under Control So the people do not understand it, and they are declaring, "I am God. I don't care for God. God is dead." How God is dead? You are under so much control, and how God is dead? You can say that there is no government, provided there is nobody to check you. But if you are in every step checked, how you can say that there is no government? More
≻ Christian group calls off boycott of McDonald's In these Commandments it is clearly said that "Thou shalt not kill." If they are violating themselves the laws, how they will punish the lawbreaker? "Physician, heal thyself." The physician himself is diseased, and he's going to treat other patients. More
≻ So-called Hinduism is not Vedic Dharma But India, they have given up the real religious system, sanatana-dharma, or varnashrama-dharma. Fictitiously, they have accepted a hodgepodge thing which is called Hinduism. Therefore there is trouble. More
≻ Prolife Politics The king represents all living beings, the aquatics, plants, trees, reptiles, birds, animals and man. Every one of them is a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord (Bhagavad-gita 14.4), and the king, being the representative of the Supreme Lord, is duty-bound to give proper protection to every one of them. This is not the case with the presidents and dictators of this demoralized system of administration, where the lower animals are given no protection while the higher animals are given so-called protection. More
≻ Godless Religiosity I say why there should be Hindu religion and Muslim religion or Christian religion? There cannot be. Just like gold is gold. And nobody can say, "This is Indian gold, this is American gold, this is Christian gold, and this is Muhammadan gold." More
≻ Liquid Beauty The spiritual spark is so beautiful that when it leaves the so-called beautiful body, which in fact is full of stool and vomit, no one wants to touch that body, even if it is decorated with a costly costume. More
≻ Neither Pakistani Nor Indian Next life, you can take birth in Russia, or you can take birth in India—there is no certainty. But according to Bhagavad-gita, you can understand at the time of death, if you are going on thinking, "Oh, Pakistan is my enemy," then you get a birth in Pakistan. More
≻ Jesus Christ Spoke Against Meat Eating Concerning a vegetarian diet, and Lord Jesus Christ, there is a most important and significant, Dead Sea Scroll, in this regard. It is known as "The Essene Gospel of Peace", by His disciple John. More
≻ An extreme proposition after Marx's heart: Disband religious communities for the good of the state HAYAGRIVA: [Carl Jung] says, "If the individual is not truly regenerated in spirit, society cannot be either, for society is the sum total of individuals in need of redemption." More
≻ What it means to be a Christian INTERVIEWER: Would you not say that Christians and other religious groups are trying to serve God? HANSADUTTA: A Christian is one who follows the order of Christ. INTERVIEWER: So my question is: Are they not following the order of Christ? HANSADUTTA: No, they are not. Christ said, "Thou shalt not kill." They kill animals and eat them, so they are not following. More
≻ Follow the Evidence or Superstition? Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, "In your religion there is killing of father and mother. What sort of religion this is?" The Kazi replied, "How do you say that we are killing our father and mother?" "Yes. You are killing your mother. Cow gives you milk, delivers milk. You drink the milk, and you kill the cow. Therefore you are killing your mother." More
≻ Something Rare Worth Finding Chanakya Pandit says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should take it. More
≻ Value of the Real Thing As soon as you try to sell a diamond, you cannot expect many customers. Nonetheless, a diamond is a diamond, even if there are no customers. The number of customers is not the test. The customer must pay the value of the item. More
≻ Vedas unlocked from Sanskrit The Vedic mantras are received not by learning Sanskrit, but by hearing from the authorized person. Therefore it is called shruti. It is in Sanskrit because there was no other language. Sanskrit was the only language. So now they're being translated into English. So it doesn't matter whether it is in Sanskrit or English, one has to learn it by hearing from the proper person. More
≻ In God's Name During the second world war, the Americans said, "God is on our side," the Germans said, "God is on our side," and the Brits said, "God is on our side." Everyone is fighting in the name of God. Poor God. He has to satisfy everyone. That is such a thankless task. More
≻ What is worth praying for? We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it. More
≻ Animal Welfare vs Sacred Cow We are drinking the milk of the cow, and in exchange, if we cut the throat of our mother, that is not civilization. More
≻ Violence at the Table According to Vedic scriptures, civilization begins with the cultivation of food. Barbarians are those who do not know how to cultivate the land and instead eat animals. More
≻ One Nation Under God BTG: In the United States there has traditionally been the separation of church and state. PRABHUPADA: I am not talking about the church. Church or no church—that is not the point. The main thing is that the leaders have to accept that there is a supreme controller. More
≻ God the Same by Any Name God is meant for everybody. Doesn't matter East or West. Just like Krishna appeared in India, but we are not Indians. We are all Americans and Europeans, so... Just like the sun. The sun may appear over London or England, but it's not English sun. Everyone's sun. More
≻ Krishna Not a Hindu God, Rathayatra Not Owned by Hindus The cult of bhagavata-dharma can be spread in all circumstances, among all people and in all countries. Many envious people accuse the Krishna consciousness movement of spoiling the rigidity of so-called Hinduism. That is not actually the fact. More
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≻ My God
He's Lord of everyone. Therefore everyone can say "my Lord." That does not mean if somebody says "my Lord," He becomes monopolized. More
≻ How to Take Advantage of the Holy Man A 'Sadhu' has to be recognized by the ear and not by the eyes. Chemical-Sadhu, magician-Sadhu, astrologer-Sadhu, smoker-Sadhu, beggar-Sadhu, mystic-Sadhu, worker-Sadhu, nurse-Sadhu, physician-Sadhu, politician-Sadhu and many other types of Sadhus which are generally met with by persons who do not hear the Sadhu and see them only are not 'Sadhus' in terms of the revealed scriptures. More
≻ Why "God told me to do it" and "God speaks through me" doesn't fly That is not possible. That is simply bogus thing, that you keep your sinful life, at the same time you want to see God, you want to talk with God. That is not possible. More
≻ Separation of Church and State Doesn't Mean Abolishing God They've declared in the Constitution, "In God we trust." Now they must take it very seriously. What does it mean by "God"? What does it mean by "trust"? More
≻ Transcending Caste, Creed, Time and Place As far as different faiths are concerned, religions may be of different types, but on the spiritual platform, everyone has an equal right to execute devotional service. That is the platform of oneness and the basis for a classless society. More
≻ Fanaticism is Not Religion Religion does not mean that you stamp some stereotype religion, "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Buddhist," and then fight. That is not religion. That is fanaticism. Religion means how one has become devoted to God. More
≻ Football Ethics: Let them play by the rules that Christ set So if anyone follows this principle, "No, I shall not kill," then he becomes purified. But who is that Christian who is not killing? So where is follow? Amongst the Christians the more killing process is going on very strongly. More
≻ Science doesn't go there Creation means the Creator. Just like when I see the picture of so many sculptors. So who has done it? I come to David. To appreciate the creation means you have to come to the point, appreciating the Creator. More
≻ Religious books in prisons to be censored selected The principles of religion are truthfulness, cleanliness, mercy and self-control. Our leaders are neither truthful, merciful, nor self-controlled. More
≻ 'Nobody has proved that Ram did not exist' According to rationalists, anything that cannot be proven does not exist. Therefore, since God's existence has not been proven, he too does not exist. I want to ask them: "Has it been proven that God does not exist? So, why are you so eager to believe that God does not exist." To compare the history of Islam or Christianity to that of Hinduism is not fair. Those are products of fairly young civilizations, not like Hinduism, which is a product of the oldest living civilisation in the world. More
≻ Invitation to Experiment Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ God doesn't play by our rules Whether I shall show mercy or I shall be very strong and strict, that is my will, freedom. I may show you mercy, I may not show. You cannot force me, that "You must become merciful." More
≻ Misreading Religion and Religious Extremism It is not that "My God," "Your God," "This religion," "That religion." God is one and religion is one. What is that religion? Love of God. That's all. There is no other second religion. This is the religion. ...Don't be after so-called religion. You become a lover of God, you are first-class religionist. More
≻ Signs of Devotion: There's more to it than just a dot The test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamuna, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." More
≻ An Act of Love - On the Way to Sainthood You may follow Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam — it doesn't matter. But the test of your success is how far you have developed love of God. More
≻ God and Politics But that means they do not understand what is meant by religion. They are thinking religion means some fanatical faith. They are meaning that. That is the whole world conception of religion. More
≻ For the Love of God... Everyone is God's servant. And that is the meaning of religion. As soon as we agree to serve Him without any reservation, then we are actually religious. And then we become indifferent to being Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu or American or German or black or white. We become free from material designations. More
≻ Where Gandhi's Good Intentions Failed: a wrong interpretation of religious principles If we do not follow the right person, mahajana — mahajano yena gatah sa panthah — then however I may be great in the estimation of the innocent public, that is wrong path. More
≻ Your Next Body Determined by Higher Authorities You have to change your body. Next body you can get a cat's body or dog's body, a tree's body or a demigod's body or a Brahma's body or a Indra's body, Indian body, American body, serpent body, insect body, bird's body, aquatic, any, any... There is no guarantee. More
≻ Truth to Atheist's Claim that America's Religiosity is Exaggerated But even they do not follow the moral principles. Then what is the..., where is the religion? Just like Christian religion, it is said that "Thou shalt not kill.'' But everyone is killing. More
≻ Holy Cows, Sacred Bulls The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower-caste shudras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non-kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls... More
≻ First Ever Hindu Prayer Shouted Down in Senate HANSADUTTA: That's right. So who is introducing any other God? God is one. CALLER: True, true. But see, what you're saying to your people is that you can see eternal life through Him or whoever. True? HANSADUTTA: Krishna. Krishna means God. More
≻ Wrongly Taking Religion to Mean Faith - "I believe" Most religious people say, "We believe..." But what is the value of this belief? You may believe something which is not actually correct. For instance, some of the Christian people say, "We believe that animals have no soul." That is not correct. More
≻ Loss of Culture the Cause, Not Effect India was so rich. But now how that India has become so poor? The same land is there. Why? Because they have lost that old culture, God consciousness. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness is Not Hinduism One should clearly understand that the Krishna consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion. More
≻ Outcastes Cast Away Hindu Bondage The whole Vedic scheme is that from the lowest grade of existence, one can be elevated to the highest grade. More
≻ Press Conference - Zero Without God Religion means these four principles: What is God, what we are, what is our relationship with God, and act accordingly and achieve the goal of life. This is religion. So any religious system which does not consider all these things, that is not religion. More
≻ The Role of State in Freedom of Religion State duty is the freedom of religion, but the state must see that a person advocating particular type of religion, whether he is acting according to that religion. More
≻ Where is the Christian guided by Christ? Jesus Christ's guidance is open there, but nobody is caring for him. They have taken Jesus Christ as contractor to take up their sins. That is their philosophy. They commit all kinds of sins, and poor Jesus Christ will be responsible. More
≻ Beyond Hardwired Psychological means mental plane. How he will understand soul from the mental platform? That is not possible. More
≻ Thou Shalt Not Kill It is said in the Bhagavad-gita, samo 'ham sarva-bhuteshu: [Bg. 9.29] "I am equal to everyone." Otherwise how He is God? God is not partial, that somebody should be killed and somebody should be rewarded with ten thousand dollars. No. It is our own work, we create such situation. More
≻ God Is Not Your Order Supplier Krishna has come. Welcome Krishna. But if you noncooperate with Krishna, then how you'll get happiness? Krishna has already come by this Krishna consciousness movement. You receive Him. More
≻ Home-made lawyer You want to be religious, so you try to understand religious principles from God. Because if one is lawyer, if one wants to become a lawyer, he must learn laws which is given by the government. He cannot become a lawyer at home. More
≻ The Case for Teaching Krishna Consciousness in Schools This movement is giving opportunity to arouse that dormant Krishna consciousness which is already there in everyone. So if you take that process and allow this Krishna consciousness among the students, oh, it will be great service to the humanity. As a teacher, you will give the greatest service. More
≻ Take It or Leave It - No Compromise, No Argument Like a gold merchant. He has his shop, and if you want to buy gold, "This is the price. If you can go somewhere else and get it cheaper, let me know, and I'll buy some too." That's what Krishna consciousness is. More
≻ Put "God" to the Test There are ... unscrupulous persons who exploit the Lord's appearance by posing as incarnations to cheat the innocent public. An incarnation of God should pass the tests of the statements of the shastras and also perform uncommon activities. More
≻ The Beginning of Education: Don't Leave Religion Out The Krishna consciousness, or God consciousness, should be taught from the very beginning of education. This is the greatest drawback of modern education, that not only in your country or any country they have completely neglected what is meant by God. More
≻ Shelter from the Storm The wealth of the world actually belongs to Krishna, and every living entity, man and animal, has the birthright to use God's property for his maintenance. When one takes more than his maintenance requires—be he a capitalist or a communist—he is a thief, and as such he is liable to be punished by the laws of nature. More
≻ What to Look for in Holy Places If we take simply the advantage of the pious river... but we don't care for the persons who are living there, very experienced, spiritually advanced persons, then we remain animals. More
≻ Clothes Don't Make the Man "You are representing Dharmaraja. First of all, explain what is dharma. Then we shall understand that you are representative or order-carrier or servant of Dharmaraja." More
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≻ How to Take Advantage of the Holy Man A 'Sadhu' has to be recognized by the ear and not by the eyes. Chemical-Sadhu, magician-Sadhu, astrologer-Sadhu, smoker-Sadhu, beggar-Sadhu, mystic-Sadhu, worker-Sadhu, nurse-Sadhu, physician-Sadhu, politician-Sadhu and many other types of Sadhus which are generally met with by persons who do not hear the Sadhu and see them only are not 'Sadhus' in terms of the revealed scriptures. More
≻ Why "God told me to do it" and "God speaks through me" doesn't fly That is not possible. That is simply bogus thing, that you keep your sinful life, at the same time you want to see God, you want to talk with God. That is not possible. More
≻ Separation of Church and State Doesn't Mean Abolishing God They've declared in the Constitution, "In God we trust." Now they must take it very seriously. What does it mean by "God"? What does it mean by "trust"? More
≻ Transcending Caste, Creed, Time and Place As far as different faiths are concerned, religions may be of different types, but on the spiritual platform, everyone has an equal right to execute devotional service. That is the platform of oneness and the basis for a classless society. More
≻ Fanaticism is Not Religion Religion does not mean that you stamp some stereotype religion, "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Buddhist," and then fight. That is not religion. That is fanaticism. Religion means how one has become devoted to God. More
≻ Football Ethics: Let them play by the rules that Christ set So if anyone follows this principle, "No, I shall not kill," then he becomes purified. But who is that Christian who is not killing? So where is follow? Amongst the Christians the more killing process is going on very strongly. More
≻ Science doesn't go there Creation means the Creator. Just like when I see the picture of so many sculptors. So who has done it? I come to David. To appreciate the creation means you have to come to the point, appreciating the Creator. More
≻ Religious books in prisons to be censored selected The principles of religion are truthfulness, cleanliness, mercy and self-control. Our leaders are neither truthful, merciful, nor self-controlled. More
≻ 'Nobody has proved that Ram did not exist' According to rationalists, anything that cannot be proven does not exist. Therefore, since God's existence has not been proven, he too does not exist. I want to ask them: "Has it been proven that God does not exist? So, why are you so eager to believe that God does not exist." To compare the history of Islam or Christianity to that of Hinduism is not fair. Those are products of fairly young civilizations, not like Hinduism, which is a product of the oldest living civilisation in the world. More
≻ Invitation to Experiment Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ God doesn't play by our rules Whether I shall show mercy or I shall be very strong and strict, that is my will, freedom. I may show you mercy, I may not show. You cannot force me, that "You must become merciful." More
≻ Misreading Religion and Religious Extremism It is not that "My God," "Your God," "This religion," "That religion." God is one and religion is one. What is that religion? Love of God. That's all. There is no other second religion. This is the religion. ...Don't be after so-called religion. You become a lover of God, you are first-class religionist. More
≻ Signs of Devotion: There's more to it than just a dot The test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamuna, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." More
≻ An Act of Love - On the Way to Sainthood You may follow Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam — it doesn't matter. But the test of your success is how far you have developed love of God. More
≻ God and Politics But that means they do not understand what is meant by religion. They are thinking religion means some fanatical faith. They are meaning that. That is the whole world conception of religion. More
≻ For the Love of God... Everyone is God's servant. And that is the meaning of religion. As soon as we agree to serve Him without any reservation, then we are actually religious. And then we become indifferent to being Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu or American or German or black or white. We become free from material designations. More
≻ Where Gandhi's Good Intentions Failed: a wrong interpretation of religious principles If we do not follow the right person, mahajana — mahajano yena gatah sa panthah — then however I may be great in the estimation of the innocent public, that is wrong path. More
≻ Your Next Body Determined by Higher Authorities You have to change your body. Next body you can get a cat's body or dog's body, a tree's body or a demigod's body or a Brahma's body or a Indra's body, Indian body, American body, serpent body, insect body, bird's body, aquatic, any, any... There is no guarantee. More
≻ Truth to Atheist's Claim that America's Religiosity is Exaggerated But even they do not follow the moral principles. Then what is the..., where is the religion? Just like Christian religion, it is said that "Thou shalt not kill.'' But everyone is killing. More
≻ Holy Cows, Sacred Bulls The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower-caste shudras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non-kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls... More
≻ First Ever Hindu Prayer Shouted Down in Senate HANSADUTTA: That's right. So who is introducing any other God? God is one. CALLER: True, true. But see, what you're saying to your people is that you can see eternal life through Him or whoever. True? HANSADUTTA: Krishna. Krishna means God. More
≻ Wrongly Taking Religion to Mean Faith - "I believe" Most religious people say, "We believe..." But what is the value of this belief? You may believe something which is not actually correct. For instance, some of the Christian people say, "We believe that animals have no soul." That is not correct. More
≻ Loss of Culture the Cause, Not Effect India was so rich. But now how that India has become so poor? The same land is there. Why? Because they have lost that old culture, God consciousness. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness is Not Hinduism One should clearly understand that the Krishna consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion. More
≻ Outcastes Cast Away Hindu Bondage The whole Vedic scheme is that from the lowest grade of existence, one can be elevated to the highest grade. More
≻ Press Conference - Zero Without God Religion means these four principles: What is God, what we are, what is our relationship with God, and act accordingly and achieve the goal of life. This is religion. So any religious system which does not consider all these things, that is not religion. More
≻ The Role of State in Freedom of Religion State duty is the freedom of religion, but the state must see that a person advocating particular type of religion, whether he is acting according to that religion. More
≻ Where is the Christian guided by Christ? Jesus Christ's guidance is open there, but nobody is caring for him. They have taken Jesus Christ as contractor to take up their sins. That is their philosophy. They commit all kinds of sins, and poor Jesus Christ will be responsible. More
≻ Beyond Hardwired Psychological means mental plane. How he will understand soul from the mental platform? That is not possible. More
≻ Thou Shalt Not Kill It is said in the Bhagavad-gita, samo 'ham sarva-bhuteshu: [Bg. 9.29] "I am equal to everyone." Otherwise how He is God? God is not partial, that somebody should be killed and somebody should be rewarded with ten thousand dollars. No. It is our own work, we create such situation. More
≻ God Is Not Your Order Supplier Krishna has come. Welcome Krishna. But if you noncooperate with Krishna, then how you'll get happiness? Krishna has already come by this Krishna consciousness movement. You receive Him. More
≻ Home-made lawyer You want to be religious, so you try to understand religious principles from God. Because if one is lawyer, if one wants to become a lawyer, he must learn laws which is given by the government. He cannot become a lawyer at home. More
≻ The Case for Teaching Krishna Consciousness in Schools This movement is giving opportunity to arouse that dormant Krishna consciousness which is already there in everyone. So if you take that process and allow this Krishna consciousness among the students, oh, it will be great service to the humanity. As a teacher, you will give the greatest service. More
≻ Take It or Leave It - No Compromise, No Argument Like a gold merchant. He has his shop, and if you want to buy gold, "This is the price. If you can go somewhere else and get it cheaper, let me know, and I'll buy some too." That's what Krishna consciousness is. More
≻ Put "God" to the Test There are ... unscrupulous persons who exploit the Lord's appearance by posing as incarnations to cheat the innocent public. An incarnation of God should pass the tests of the statements of the shastras and also perform uncommon activities. More
≻ The Beginning of Education: Don't Leave Religion Out The Krishna consciousness, or God consciousness, should be taught from the very beginning of education. This is the greatest drawback of modern education, that not only in your country or any country they have completely neglected what is meant by God. More
≻ Shelter from the Storm The wealth of the world actually belongs to Krishna, and every living entity, man and animal, has the birthright to use God's property for his maintenance. When one takes more than his maintenance requires—be he a capitalist or a communist—he is a thief, and as such he is liable to be punished by the laws of nature. More
≻ What to Look for in Holy Places If we take simply the advantage of the pious river... but we don't care for the persons who are living there, very experienced, spiritually advanced persons, then we remain animals. More
≻ Clothes Don't Make the Man "You are representing Dharmaraja. First of all, explain what is dharma. Then we shall understand that you are representative or order-carrier or servant of Dharmaraja." More
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≻ Four Wheels Off Track
In
human society either you become Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu, or
Buddhist; it doesn't matter. There must be some system of religion.
Human society without religion is animal society. This is a plain fact.
Why are people so unhappy now? Because there is no religion. They are
neglecting religion. More
≻ Secular Government Freedom of Religion It doesn't matter whether one is Hindu or one is Christian, one is Mohammedan or Buddhist. It doesn't matter. But it is a government duty to see that one who is professing as Hindu whether he's executing the Hindu principles of religion properly. More
≻ Blessed Art Thou Without Soul? May, may I ask you one question? Jesus says: "Thou shalt not kill." So why Christian people are killing? More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 2 The more we hear from realized souls, the more we make advancement in our devotional life. More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 1 Persons interested in the path of devotional service, or in going back home, back to Godhead, must first practice ahimsa, or nonviolence. More
≻ Attached and Detached The Mayavadi philosophy is pluck out the eyes. Buddha philosophy is make it zero. That is also same thing, plucking out. Our philosophy is "No. Cure it." That is the difference. More
≻ More to Religion Than Stop-gap Measures Christ also taught, "You shall love God," but how can one love God by only "Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery"? Only don't, don't, don't. We, however, have so many DOs: "Do chant 16 rounds, do go out on sankirtan, do worship the Deity, do eat prasadam. Our religion is a DO religion; theirs is a DON'T religion. More
≻ Power Beyond Us If we do not believe in God, we must believe in some power beyond us which is controlling us at every step, call that power God or nature or whatever. There is a controlling power in the universe, and no sane man can deny it. More
≻ Atheism Dressed Up in Drag Thanks for the article on the Dalai Lama (Hare Rama). I happened to see an article on him in your Smithsonian Institute Magazine. I read it and made comments in the margin. The problem with Buddhist teachings is they are disguised ATHEISTS... More
≻ Sanskrit, Mother of All Human Speech and Thought All Western scholars who really apply their mind to the problem will find themselves concurring with Mr. Hallhead that Sanskrit is the oldest language, and that it was spoken all over the world. More
≻ My Muslim Brother I was hoping to read of the recent success the Sarajevo devotees had had in book distribution, but instead I learned with great sadness of the departure of a good friend of mine, Doctor Abdulah Nakas. More
≻ Dravids and Languages This disproves the fancied hostility between Aryans and Dravids. It must now be realized that Vedic culture is otherwise known as Aryan culture, and Dravids were the first generation seers and sages who spread Aryan culture throughout the world. More
≻ Transmigration of the Soul Spiritual adulteration increases till at last the truth is entirely lost sight of, and the religion becomes irreligious. More
≻ Nonviolence and Weisswurst on the Same Tongue But if we take the words he quoted from the Byzantine emperor— "I quote, 'Show me just what Muhamad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'" and substitute the name Muhamad with that of Pope Urban II, we have the history of the Crusades. More
≻ Religious Scriptures That generalizing argument is an excuse to hang all manner of scriptures from the Vedas to the Buddhist Tripitakas or Shatapitakas, the Christian Bible, the Islamic Koran and many others on a common washing line. More
≻ Nirvana and the Noble Path, Morality and Krishna The conclusion is that this material morality has no value. Spiritual morality. Spiritual morality means to abide by the order of Krishna. That is morality. More
≻ The 5000-Year Barrier All modern historical research in any direction seems to stumble into some mysterious, incognizable 5000-year barrier. More
≻ Fanaticism and the Death of Religion Of every religion the followers are divided into two classes, esoteric and exoteric. The esoteric section are sufficiently spiritualized to understand the prophet or the guru; and their number is very small. More
≻ Lord Macaulay's Address "I do not think we would ever conquer this country unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage..." More
≻ Stop the Killing, Stop the Cheating Ignorance is going as science. Irreligion is going as religion. So how long it will go? People are becoming intelligent. More
≻ The Not So Holy Wars It is not meant for such a one who thinks that "My Hinduism is better than your Muhammadanism," or he thinks, "My Muhammadanism is better than your Hinduism." More
≻ An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles of religious life. At the present, I am in the renounced order of Sannyas, aged 72 years, and am preaching God consciousness all over the world. More
≻ "Where was God?" Pope Benedict XVI doesn't know where God was at the time of the holocaust. Does he forget where he himself and the rest of us are? More
≻ Meat Eating, Animal Protection and Good Friday GUEST: I don't think God intended us to take "Thou shalt not kill" so literally. HANSADUTTA : What is the use of Jesus talking, if you are going to interpret everything he says? He must be intelligent enough to say what he means. Why should you assume that he did not mean what he said? More
≻ The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way With reference to your article in the Los Angeles Times dated Sunday, January 11, 1970, under the heading "Krishna Chant," I beg to point out that the Hindu religion is perfectly based on the personal conception of God, or Vishnu. More
≻ Who Follows the Principles of Religion? This Krishna consciousness movement is not a movement which is competing with other religious communities. No. But it is a movement which is simply reminding people all over the world to take the tenets of their religious teachers and leaders such as Jesus Christ or Mohammed or Krishna Chaitanya or Lord Buddha seriously and live peacefully and happily in Krishna consciousness. More
≻ Social Consciousness Does Not Lead to God Consciousness Social consciousness does not lead to God consciousness. From 1922 to 1941, Germany had the most intense social consciousness ever known on Earth, but it did not lead to God consciousness; it led to material, or demonic consciousness. More
≻ Invest in Krishna For all these people, the people of Kali-yuga, Lord Chaitanya introduced this emergency shortcut concession, that okay, you don't follow anything, and you are living just like cats and dogs, eating and sleeping, or you are pretending, making a show, ringing bells. Never mind. Everything is overlooked. Just chant this holy name of Krishna... More
≻ Cities and Regions Since Since during the last millennium it was the European Christians and West Asian Muslims who controlled world affairs, they confusedly referred to the various ancient communities mentioned above as indistinct, incoherent echoes of a deleted past which need not be taken seriously. More
≻ The historical perspective... We must not allow ourselves, this Krishna consciousness movement, to be equated with or drawn into the same arena with Islam, Judaism, Christianity, etc. as if all are on the same playing field. More
≻ Lord Buddha's Secret Mission His propaganda was to cheat the atheist class of men. Atheist class of men, they did not recognize existence of God, so He became one of them. More
≻ Zen, Christian Teachings and Krishna Consciousness "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name." So He has name. You find out what is His name and chant it. And if you do not know, then take it from us. More
≻ Allen Ginsberg with Srila Prabhupada Don't come to the ritualistic performances. Let them chant as far as possible and see the result. This is the easiest method of transcendental realization. More
≻ The Pilgrimage Has Come to You We have all these sentimental and traditional, pseudo-spiritual ideas: we should go to pilgrimage, we should get some holy water, and so many things. These are all useless in this day and age. More
≻ The Evolution of Spiritual Science If the reader carefully considers, it will be found that the spiritual science gradually evolved from ancient times and became more simple, more clear and more condensed. More
≻ Showbottle Spiritualists Exposed Besides that, the so-called religious leaders are not following even the most basic religious principles. For instance, in the Old Testament there are the Ten Commandments, and one commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." But killing is very prominent in the Christian world. More
≻ Putana The bonafide teacher of the religion is neither any product or the favorer of any mechanical system. In his hands no system has likewise the chance of degenerating into a lifeless arrangement. The mere pursuit of fixed doctrines and fixed liturgies cannot hold a person to the true spirit of doctrine or liturgy. The idea of an organized church in an intelligible form, indeed, marks the close of the living spiritual movement. More
≻ One Sun, One Religion: There is Only One Religion In spiritual life, we have also had some connection, or practice, or association with spiritual teachers, either in the Christian community or the Buddha community or the Muslim community or the Vedic community. A person finds himself naturally drawn to one or more of these. Therefore, it doesn't really matter which community one is drawn to. What does matter is that people actually follow the teachings of that person, and not simply become blind followers. More
≻ After Everything is Stripped Away
...The actual Sanskrit meaning of the word dharma is not to believe something, as in to be a Hindu, to be a Buddhist, to be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, etc. That is a religious belief, and it may be correct or it may be incorrect, but this is not the real meaning of dharma. Dharma really means characteristic, the characteristic of the living being. More
≻ Why Are There So Many Religions? Throughout time, as society becomes either progressive or regressive, various incarnations appear to give stress to one aspect of religious understanding or another. More
≻ Who is the Author? If you do not know the teachings of the Buddha, His original teachings, that means you do not know the teachings, and therefore it is pointless for me to discuss with you, since you have no authority. More
≻ Who Enjoys Indeed? Sense gratification is attained by performing religious or pious activities (dharma). Dharma brings us artha (economic development). We find that all the religions of the world, except the Vaishnava religion, are practicing religion or performing pious deeds with the aim of improving their economic condition. More
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≻ Secular Government Freedom of Religion It doesn't matter whether one is Hindu or one is Christian, one is Mohammedan or Buddhist. It doesn't matter. But it is a government duty to see that one who is professing as Hindu whether he's executing the Hindu principles of religion properly. More
≻ Blessed Art Thou Without Soul? May, may I ask you one question? Jesus says: "Thou shalt not kill." So why Christian people are killing? More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 2 The more we hear from realized souls, the more we make advancement in our devotional life. More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 1 Persons interested in the path of devotional service, or in going back home, back to Godhead, must first practice ahimsa, or nonviolence. More
≻ Attached and Detached The Mayavadi philosophy is pluck out the eyes. Buddha philosophy is make it zero. That is also same thing, plucking out. Our philosophy is "No. Cure it." That is the difference. More
≻ More to Religion Than Stop-gap Measures Christ also taught, "You shall love God," but how can one love God by only "Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery"? Only don't, don't, don't. We, however, have so many DOs: "Do chant 16 rounds, do go out on sankirtan, do worship the Deity, do eat prasadam. Our religion is a DO religion; theirs is a DON'T religion. More
≻ Power Beyond Us If we do not believe in God, we must believe in some power beyond us which is controlling us at every step, call that power God or nature or whatever. There is a controlling power in the universe, and no sane man can deny it. More
≻ Atheism Dressed Up in Drag Thanks for the article on the Dalai Lama (Hare Rama). I happened to see an article on him in your Smithsonian Institute Magazine. I read it and made comments in the margin. The problem with Buddhist teachings is they are disguised ATHEISTS... More
≻ Sanskrit, Mother of All Human Speech and Thought All Western scholars who really apply their mind to the problem will find themselves concurring with Mr. Hallhead that Sanskrit is the oldest language, and that it was spoken all over the world. More
≻ My Muslim Brother I was hoping to read of the recent success the Sarajevo devotees had had in book distribution, but instead I learned with great sadness of the departure of a good friend of mine, Doctor Abdulah Nakas. More
≻ Dravids and Languages This disproves the fancied hostility between Aryans and Dravids. It must now be realized that Vedic culture is otherwise known as Aryan culture, and Dravids were the first generation seers and sages who spread Aryan culture throughout the world. More
≻ Transmigration of the Soul Spiritual adulteration increases till at last the truth is entirely lost sight of, and the religion becomes irreligious. More
≻ Nonviolence and Weisswurst on the Same Tongue But if we take the words he quoted from the Byzantine emperor— "I quote, 'Show me just what Muhamad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'" and substitute the name Muhamad with that of Pope Urban II, we have the history of the Crusades. More
≻ Religious Scriptures That generalizing argument is an excuse to hang all manner of scriptures from the Vedas to the Buddhist Tripitakas or Shatapitakas, the Christian Bible, the Islamic Koran and many others on a common washing line. More
≻ Nirvana and the Noble Path, Morality and Krishna The conclusion is that this material morality has no value. Spiritual morality. Spiritual morality means to abide by the order of Krishna. That is morality. More
≻ The 5000-Year Barrier All modern historical research in any direction seems to stumble into some mysterious, incognizable 5000-year barrier. More
≻ Fanaticism and the Death of Religion Of every religion the followers are divided into two classes, esoteric and exoteric. The esoteric section are sufficiently spiritualized to understand the prophet or the guru; and their number is very small. More
≻ Lord Macaulay's Address "I do not think we would ever conquer this country unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage..." More
≻ Stop the Killing, Stop the Cheating Ignorance is going as science. Irreligion is going as religion. So how long it will go? People are becoming intelligent. More
≻ The Not So Holy Wars It is not meant for such a one who thinks that "My Hinduism is better than your Muhammadanism," or he thinks, "My Muhammadanism is better than your Hinduism." More
≻ An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles of religious life. At the present, I am in the renounced order of Sannyas, aged 72 years, and am preaching God consciousness all over the world. More
≻ "Where was God?" Pope Benedict XVI doesn't know where God was at the time of the holocaust. Does he forget where he himself and the rest of us are? More
≻ Meat Eating, Animal Protection and Good Friday GUEST: I don't think God intended us to take "Thou shalt not kill" so literally. HANSADUTTA : What is the use of Jesus talking, if you are going to interpret everything he says? He must be intelligent enough to say what he means. Why should you assume that he did not mean what he said? More
≻ The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way With reference to your article in the Los Angeles Times dated Sunday, January 11, 1970, under the heading "Krishna Chant," I beg to point out that the Hindu religion is perfectly based on the personal conception of God, or Vishnu. More
≻ Who Follows the Principles of Religion? This Krishna consciousness movement is not a movement which is competing with other religious communities. No. But it is a movement which is simply reminding people all over the world to take the tenets of their religious teachers and leaders such as Jesus Christ or Mohammed or Krishna Chaitanya or Lord Buddha seriously and live peacefully and happily in Krishna consciousness. More
≻ Social Consciousness Does Not Lead to God Consciousness Social consciousness does not lead to God consciousness. From 1922 to 1941, Germany had the most intense social consciousness ever known on Earth, but it did not lead to God consciousness; it led to material, or demonic consciousness. More
≻ Invest in Krishna For all these people, the people of Kali-yuga, Lord Chaitanya introduced this emergency shortcut concession, that okay, you don't follow anything, and you are living just like cats and dogs, eating and sleeping, or you are pretending, making a show, ringing bells. Never mind. Everything is overlooked. Just chant this holy name of Krishna... More
≻ Cities and Regions Since Since during the last millennium it was the European Christians and West Asian Muslims who controlled world affairs, they confusedly referred to the various ancient communities mentioned above as indistinct, incoherent echoes of a deleted past which need not be taken seriously. More
≻ The historical perspective... We must not allow ourselves, this Krishna consciousness movement, to be equated with or drawn into the same arena with Islam, Judaism, Christianity, etc. as if all are on the same playing field. More
≻ Lord Buddha's Secret Mission His propaganda was to cheat the atheist class of men. Atheist class of men, they did not recognize existence of God, so He became one of them. More
≻ Zen, Christian Teachings and Krishna Consciousness "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name." So He has name. You find out what is His name and chant it. And if you do not know, then take it from us. More
≻ Allen Ginsberg with Srila Prabhupada Don't come to the ritualistic performances. Let them chant as far as possible and see the result. This is the easiest method of transcendental realization. More
≻ The Pilgrimage Has Come to You We have all these sentimental and traditional, pseudo-spiritual ideas: we should go to pilgrimage, we should get some holy water, and so many things. These are all useless in this day and age. More
≻ The Evolution of Spiritual Science If the reader carefully considers, it will be found that the spiritual science gradually evolved from ancient times and became more simple, more clear and more condensed. More
≻ Showbottle Spiritualists Exposed Besides that, the so-called religious leaders are not following even the most basic religious principles. For instance, in the Old Testament there are the Ten Commandments, and one commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." But killing is very prominent in the Christian world. More
≻ Putana The bonafide teacher of the religion is neither any product or the favorer of any mechanical system. In his hands no system has likewise the chance of degenerating into a lifeless arrangement. The mere pursuit of fixed doctrines and fixed liturgies cannot hold a person to the true spirit of doctrine or liturgy. The idea of an organized church in an intelligible form, indeed, marks the close of the living spiritual movement. More
≻ One Sun, One Religion: There is Only One Religion In spiritual life, we have also had some connection, or practice, or association with spiritual teachers, either in the Christian community or the Buddha community or the Muslim community or the Vedic community. A person finds himself naturally drawn to one or more of these. Therefore, it doesn't really matter which community one is drawn to. What does matter is that people actually follow the teachings of that person, and not simply become blind followers. More
≻ After Everything is Stripped Away
...The actual Sanskrit meaning of the word dharma is not to believe something, as in to be a Hindu, to be a Buddhist, to be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, etc. That is a religious belief, and it may be correct or it may be incorrect, but this is not the real meaning of dharma. Dharma really means characteristic, the characteristic of the living being. More
≻ Why Are There So Many Religions? Throughout time, as society becomes either progressive or regressive, various incarnations appear to give stress to one aspect of religious understanding or another. More
≻ Who is the Author? If you do not know the teachings of the Buddha, His original teachings, that means you do not know the teachings, and therefore it is pointless for me to discuss with you, since you have no authority. More
≻ Who Enjoys Indeed? Sense gratification is attained by performing religious or pious activities (dharma). Dharma brings us artha (economic development). We find that all the religions of the world, except the Vaishnava religion, are practicing religion or performing pious deeds with the aim of improving their economic condition. More
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