Honor and Dishonor "People will always speak of your infamy, and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death." — Bhagavad-gita 2.34 More
Let's get physical: gold coins stop prostitution of gold The price of commodities becomes artificially inflated because of bad money, or artificial currency notes. Bad money drives away good money. Instead of paper currency, actual gold coins should be used for exchange, and this will stop prostitution of gold. More
Economic Models and Cows If you have cows and if you have got land, then you till the land, get grains, and there is milk, there is fruit, there is flower. Anywhere, you can live peacefully. Whole economic question is solved. More
The cheating goes on as long as you accept to be cheated Money means gold. So instead of possessing gold, you are possessing some paper, written there, "hundred dollars." And you are such a fool, you are satisfied. You are being cheated. More
Best of times, worst of times: struggle for existence This Krishna consciousness movement has been started to give an opportunity to all the members of human society, who are misled by foolish leaders. More
Instead of protecting the meat industry, promote cow protection In rare circumstances, when people are suffering for want of grains, meat-eating or flesh-eating can be allowed, but not otherwise. The maintenance of slaughterhouses for the satisfaction of the tongue and the killing of animals unnecessarily should never be sanctioned by a government. More
They Voted for Change: yesterday's law scrapped today What is the result of their legislation? They enact something today just to whimsically repeal it tomorrow. More
Vote of Confidence I have got a particular lust within me, and when I find somebody corroborating with that particular lust, oh, I accept him, that leader. That is my position. Therefore I do not follow anyone's leadership, but I follow my own leadership. More
Made to Serve Despite becoming the highest executive in the land, one has to give service to the people. If that service is not given, one is likely to be usurped, fired, or killed. In the material world, service is very dangerous. If there is a little discrepancy in one's service, one is immediately fired. More
Ready for World War III? HANSADUTTA: So Prabhupada, is there something we should do to prepare ourselves for this disaster? PRABHUPADA: What? HANSADUTTA: This coming war. PRABHUPADA: You should simply prepare for chanting Hare Krishna. More
Guile, Gall and Gullibility Chanakya Pandit has advised, vishvaso naiva kartavyah strishu raja-kuleshu cha: "Never place your faith in a woman or a politician." More
India's culture given up to imitate the West Material advancement will never make us happy, that's a fact. People have not become happy. In India they say that we neglected this material side, therefore not developed. But actually that is not the fact. They have lost their own spiritual culture; therefore they are not... More
Electile Dysfunction They are electing a big animal as president. And when he begins to eat, animal, big animal, then they protest, "Oh, now he's not proper president. Get him down, get him down." But why you sent him? "Because we are pigs; we have no other knowledge. We appoint another big pig as our president." More
Consumed by avarice Materialists are inventing so many artificial necessities, and those who have money, being allured by such artificial necessities, try to accumulate money to possess more and more. This is the idea of modern economic development. More
Worth More: Gold; Worthless: Paper currency The price of commodities becomes artificially inflated because of bad money, or artificial currency notes. Bad money drives away good money. Instead of paper currency, actual gold coins should be used for exchange, and this will stop prostitution of gold. More
Taking Unnecessary Risks - from the top down In the material world one has to work for the maintenance of the body and soul, but how can one perform such work in a way that is favorable for the execution of Krishna consciousness? More
Overturning the Downturn of Kali-yuga The earth is "overpopulated"—not in terms of mere numbers of people—but in the numbers of demonic people, those intent upon the cultivation of ignorant atheism and its attendant nihilistic self aggrandizement at the expense of all others. More
Who really knows what to do? We see that in some countries the government changes from party to party, and therefore the men in charge of the government are more eager to protect their position than to see that the citizens are happy. More
Thrown Into the Wilderness The nature is made so, whatever you do, for the time being you relish that "I have done something, I am now very comfortably situated," and so on, so on, but time will come, you will be kicked off from your position. You will be again thrown into the wilderness. More
Vote of No Confidence This is going on, legalized cheating. You have to accept this paper money. That's all. Don't ask for gold. And there is no honesty at all. More
There's one right answer and a whole lot of wrong ones Forty years ago the Founder-Acharya of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, spoke of things we see happening today, and presented Krishna's socio-economic plan, as given in Bhagavad-gita... More
90-year-old woman a symbol of the times If a person is able to care for or give protection to old parents, a chaste wife, children, the spiritual master, brahmanas and other dependents but does not do so, he is considered already dead, although he is supposedly breathing. More
An Alternative Socio-Economic Model If you have got grain, then you are rich. And if you have got cows, then you are rich. This is the standard of Vedic richness. They don't say, "Keep some papers and you become rich." More
Taking More Than Our Quota "One may claim proprietorship to as much wealth as required to maintain body and soul together, but one who desires proprietorship over more than that must be considered a thief, and he deserves to be punished by the laws of nature." More
Messin Wi' De Tar Baby There was a fire in a house, and they came late, when the business was finished. And still they were insisting, "We shall pour some water." Everyone asked them, that "What is the use of?" "No, this is our system." More
Passing the Buck In the modern setup of democratic states the citizens can have no cause for grievances, because the whole administration is conducted by the people themselves. If the people themselves are dishonest, the administrative machinery must be corrupt. More
Plundered In Kali-yuga, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam, the ruling class will be no better than plunderers because the third-class and fourth-class men will monopolize the affairs of the government. Ignoring the religious principles and brahminical rules and regulations, they will certainly try to plunder the riches of the citizens without consideration. More
Prepare for Crash Landing When a fiat currency, such as what the Federal Reserve Notes are, collapses, it is often FAST and Furious — and devastating. When the German Mark collapsed, in just a matter of days the currency lost value by 1000 times. In DAYS. Say the value of the US dollar drops by 1000. Last week you went to the store to buy a gallon of milk, say at $4 a gallon. This week that same gallon will now cost $4,000!!!!!!! More
For the People, By the People So these rascals, the rascal guardians, you have to fight with them, but not with sword or any other weapon; the sankirtan movement. More
Sold out to debt and a false standard of living Chanakya Pandit asks, "Who is happy?" He answers, "The man who does not work away from home and who is not a debtor—he is happy." Very simple. Yet now we see that practically everyone works away from home and everyone is a great debtor. More
No Right to Tax If a king cannot give protection to citizens from thieves and rogues both in the government service and in public affairs, he has no right to exact taxes from them. More
Eaten Alive Srimad-Bhagavatam was compiled about five thousand years ago, yet government men are referred to as Rakshasas, or carnivorous demons. More
The Manipulators They are tireless in their efforts to illicitly amass great wealth merely to gratify their sensual urges. On the other hand, their competitors are no less expert in cheating them of their black wealth. How can such ruthless competition aimed at stealing one another's illegally-earned money bring about peace and prosperity? More
Soft Cow Dung Laughing We may think ourselves very safe because we have a big bank balance, but actually no one is safe. Eventually everyone will dry up and be thrown in the fire. More
Military Draft on the Agenda Human civilization means accepting this varna-ashram [organization of society according to occupations]. There must be classification. Not that everyone is the same, everyone on the same level. 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
Sticking it to the taxpayers who vote for them That is predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, that in Kali-yuga the mlecchas (means the rejected from human society), such persons, rogues and fools and rascals, they will take the post of king. They are unworthy to be kicked, but they will take the post of government. And what will be their business? They will eat the citizens. That's all. Vital force. Vital force, blood-sucking, tax. More
In the Guise of Protectors The various states of the world are preoccupied with arranging for military strength. Sometimes they spend sixty-five percent of the government's revenue for this purpose. But why should people's hard-earned money be spent in this way? More
Does your vote count? The thieves and rogues of modern democracy seek election by misrepresentation of votes, and the successful rogues and thieves devour the mass of population. More
Produce food grains, not beef Instead of cutting the throat of the cows, you can grow your food. Why you are cutting the throat of the cows? After all, you have to get from the land. So as they are—the animals which you are eating—they are getting their eatables from the land, why don't you get your eatables from the land? More
Riding on Scandal The public will understand that "I also eat meat, I also drink, do the same thing. Why the leader should be something, saintly person? After all, he is our leader. So we are of the same character. So why the leader should be something different?" More
Prepared to Lead? Somebody says that "You become vice-president." So why shall I become vice-president? Because I know I shall not be able to do anything. So why shall I waste my time? So another rascal, he will be ready. "Oh, offering vice-president?" But I know that if I want to manage the state, I have to make the people sinless. So if I propose that "Stop this slaughterhouse," so who will accept me? More
Bambi Obama's running mate a warmonger? Present fighting, the politicians, out of their whims, they declare war, that is not religious fighting; that is abominable. That is to serve their political ends. When the politicians cannot control the mass of people being dissatisfied, they make a clique to declare some war so that all their attention may be diverted. This is politics. More
This democracy is demon-crazy In Aprilish, a devotee blogger even compared Obama to Brahma. Yeah, Lord Brahma. There were other postings gushing about how super awesome Obama was and how Krishna is blessing us with him. Someone certainly drank the Kool-Aide on this one. More
Varnashram: progressive, cooperative society The whole Vedic civilization is meant for making people brahmana. Not to keep him in ignorance, not to keep him in the position of a shudra. The whole Vedic scheme is that from the lowest grade of existence one can be elevated to the highest grade. More
When spending millions on propaganda is justified In ordinary political rallies, millions of dollars are spent for propaganda to elect an unknown man as leader. We are also making propaganda, but for the real leader—God, or Krishna. The Vedas say that God is the leader of all living entities. To make this fact known, we are prepared to collect unlimited amounts of money and spend it to glorify Krishna. More
A Headless Society At the present moment there is no intelligent class of men. But kalau shudra-sambhavah. Therefore things are all in chaos. Everywhere you go, any part of the world, nobody is happy, either in family or community and society, nationwide, you take. Everywhere is distrust, unhappiness, godlessness. Because the intelligent class of men is finished. More
Indian Government Official: "Let them eat rats" People are now addicted to eating animals, in spite of having an ample supply of grains, fruits and milk. 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
Tigers are for Killing and Getting Killed This demonic civilization is simply meant for being shot down by the laws of nature. Therefore you'll find revolution, war, in the western part of the world. They are being shot down by the laws of nature. They are thinking, "If we become tigerlike, our life is successful." But they do not know that if you become tigerlike, demon, you are just become suitable for being shot down. More
Trespassers will be shot How much fighting is going on between nation to nation, person to person, community to community. ...The people go there, fight with one another. Then the United Nations... What is that United Nations? I have already explained many times, assembly of barking dogs. That's all. United Nations. They will never unite. More
Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil? GUEST: How does one find out that this act is pleasing Krishna or not? PRABHUPADA: Yes. GUEST: For example, a soldier fighting in a war... PRABHUPADA: Yes. Then you have got to talk with Krishna... GUEST: Or somebody... PRABHUPADA: Just like Arjuna talked. GUEST: No, I mean, for example, you know, somebody dropping bomb in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. How does he know...? More
End of a Lifetime of Unfinished Work So human life should be for determining where I am going when I finish this life. When this body is finished, am I going to take another body because I have so many plans and desires which I could not fulfill in this body? Or am I going to be liberated and not accept another body to repeat the struggle of existence? 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
Cows' milk: essential food and socio-economic component Anyone can live only on milk. If you have got the opportunity to drink one pound milk maximum, not very much—half-pound is sufficient; suppose one pound—then you don't require any other foodstuff. Only this cow's milk will help you. It is so nice. And it gives very nice brain... More
World War III Dead Ahead The world is headed for such a breakdown in the fever of war, and these atomic weapons will certainly be used. There is no precedent in history where men have created weapons and then put them aside and become peaceful. More
Poorest Billionaires First of all, the government is cheating. He is giving me paper in the name of money, and forcing me to accept it. More
Who Keeps His Promises? The politicians, they have made the minds of general people, general public, that they're very much interested what the politician says. Every day he's simply speaking all nonsense; still, they're interested. More
Transforming the Untouchables The shastras do not speak of untouchables. Everyone is eligible to practice Krishna consciousness and return to Godhead, provided the necessary spiritual qualifications are there. More
Reconstructing Civilization Now they are trying to destroy us. And we are trying to destroy them. The conflict is already there. And this is now psychological fight. And then there will be actual fight. And we must take part in that fight. More
Inflation Cheats Beggar Because I know that paying you a piece of paper, I can cheat you, therefore I am printing notes, to cheat so many people. Therefore inflation. But when there will be no possibility to cheat you, then there will be no inflation. Here I have got the opportunity, because I know that pushing forward a piece of paper, I can cheat so many people. So there must be inflation. More
Heroes and Good Government The relationship between the citizens and the government should be exactly like that between father and son. When the sons in a family are well trained, they are obedient to the father and mother, and when the father is well qualified, he takes good care of the children. More
Politics As Usual: that elusive thing called Truth A politician, he cannot become actually truthful. Then the whole business will be spoiled. 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
Electing a person like me This election, we are selecting another person. He is also like me. I am a pashu [animal]. How can I select a person who is not pashu? More
Feeding Industry's Insatiable Appetite A huge arrangement exists for the production of large-scale industrial and agricultural products, but all these products are meant for sense gratification. Therefore despite such productive capacities there is scarcity because the world's population is full of thieves. More
Change is nothing new in this game They enact something today just to whimsically repeal it tomorrow. One political party utilizes a country for one purpose, and the next moment another political party forms a different type of government and nullifies all the laws and regulations. More
Beef and the degradation of the human race Beef is forbidden in the scriptures, and the bulls and cows are offered special protection by followers of the Vedas. But in this age of Kali, people will exploit the body of the bull and the cow as they like, and thus they will invite sufferings of various types. More
Dangerous Times You can rise up to a very nice post, just like the President Kennedy. Oh, with great endeavor he rose up to that post, and all of a sudden he was shot down. So this material world is like that. You cannot have, I mean to say, undeterred, without any impediment, pleasure. More
Mantra War At the present moment this warfare is carried on gross weapons. But finer than that, there is mantra war. More
Back to the Land Our farm projects are an extremely important part of our movement. We must become self-sufficient by growing our own grains and producing our own milk, then there will be no question of poverty More
Give us a leader we can look up to Therefore leaders must be very ideal men. Then automatically the country or the society becomes nicely situated. More
America can save the world, but can America be saved? On April 4th 1975, in Sri Dhama Mayapur Srila Prabhupada made a very unique and amazing request to his American disciples. I was seated perhaps 10 feet away from His Divine Grace when he said the following and these words have haunted me ever since. More
Fit for duty: physical fitness is not the main criterion The American boys, who have simply been trained as shudras, are not at all fit to fight in battle. More
China: the Far West Human civilization began in the East, in India, with the Vedic civilization, and has moved westward ever since. More
How much food do you need? Material facilities, I think you American boys and girls, you have got material facilities better than any other nation. At least better than India, that I can say by my experience. And I have traveled in so many countries, in Japan also I have seen, but still you are better positioned. More
Promises, Promises Sometimes the washerman sits on his back and takes a bunch of grass and puts in front of the ass, and the ass wants to take the grass. But as he moving forward, the grass is also moving forward. More
India's spiritual culture One reason I came to the West is that modern India has rejected spiritual knowledge. Today Indians think that if they can imitate Western technology, they will be happy. More
Revolution The American Revolution has no special significance. The point is that when people become unhappy, they revolt. That was done in America, that was done in France, and that was done in Russia. More
Oil prices gone to hell and humanity likewise You require lamp. So you finish that lamping business as simply as possible. In the balance time you save you improve your self-realization. More
Farming Priority: grow foods locally for human consumption They are growing food grains for the animals, and the food grains are eaten by the animals, and the animal is eaten by man. They are producing food grains. More
Service and Servitude I join some political party because I am finding out the opportunity how I can become a minister or how I can capture some power by going through this political party. This is my real aim. I do not go to serve the country. Maybe one or two. But my real purpose is how to get some opportunity, some position. Therefore I am not serving that party but I am serving my ambition. 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
Revive Local Economies, Self-sufficiency They will see that it is possible to live locally without movement, and still highly cultured men, self-sufficient. More
Recipe for Gold Apart from this, if one takes a hint from this verse and learns how to mix mercury with bell metal by properly heating and melting them, one can get gold very cheaply. More
Overpopulation a Myth This theory of overpopulation is nonsense. It is also nonsense. There cannot be overpopulation. But there is restriction, by nature. Nature will restrict production of food if there are demons. More
Fiat currencies fail It is on trust only: "Yes, government will pay me." They'll never pay, but so long the government goes on, it will go on, that's all, cheating will go on. And as soon government fails, you throw in the street, no one will care for it. More
Extinct Species: the petrodollar What is your position? You have a bunch of paper and think, "I am a millionaire." What is the value of that paper? Is that not cheating? More
Food crisis is not the real problem Actually it is not a question of over population but of equal distribution of food. Just like America, they are producing enough food, and there is potency of producing more. But the Government prohibits the farmer to produce more. It is not a problem that the population has increase, but the distribution is mismanaged. Or by industrialization we have reduced the energy for producing food in favor of producing thing other than food. So on the whole it is not a question of overpopulation but of equal distribution of food, or producing food. For want of God consciousness this mistake is there. More
Overhaul the Society The vaishyas must be engaged in producing foodgrains, but they are not interested. They are interested for opening factories for bolts and nuts and tires... More
The War Against Evil If society creates animals, then how can it expect peace and prosperity? In spite of so many big universities and all educational facilities, this society is producing hippies and frustration amongst the youth because we are spirit soul and cannot become happy simply by amassing material comforts. We must have spiritual life. More
Who is controlling water and oil? Suppose you have got some water. How long it will be conserved? The water supply is stopped. Now suppose it's the ocean. There's enough water, but if Krishna desires, it will be dried up. Then, where you will get water? So what is the meaning of their such conserving? More
Worldwide shortage of food grains But people's attention has been diverted in the industrial activities. They are given allurement, "Come here. I shall give you twenty rupees per day. You give up your agricultural activities. You come in the factory. 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
Votes Without Value They themselves do not know the highest perfectional aim of life. Therefore, votes cast by them actually have no value, and thus persons elected by such irresponsible votes cannot be responsible representatives... More
Looking for Honesty in a Leader? ...If a man is honest, you can trust him. This is our experience. So similarly, if the leaders be good according to this standard, then the whole human society will be happy. More
The Old Man, McCain The greatest enemies of progressive spiritual culture in human society are the old fossils of political parties who are blind themselves and who try to lead other blind men. More
Out of Work, Out of Order If you want to pay to the worker, [you have to pay] a big, big salary. So they want to save. They are taking machine, and they think they will save money, so many workers. But the workers are becoming unemployed. The government has to give them welfare. The government will tax. More
The Great American Export: Faux Freedom A dog in the park is jumping very fast, walking. But as soon as the master, "Come one. Come one," immediately, "Yes, sir." "Give me your neck." "Yes, sir." Chain. More
"Banking, Fanking" - Banks will Collapse So this banking, "fanking," everything will collapse automatically. There is no money, who is going to keep money in the bank? More
Wheat Shortage: Grains Diverted to Feed Livestock According to the law of necessity, first of all human society must try to produce food grains and vegetables, but if they fail in this, they can indulge in flesh-eating. More
What Americans look for in a president If one is woman-hunter and drunkard and meat-eater, oh, his social position is very nice, up-to-date. Up-to-date. This is modern civilization. More
Itching for a Fight Simply they fight and loss of life and money, energy. War must be for the good. If there is some war, it must be for some good. But where is that goodness? More
Food Prices Soaring Human civilizations should depend on the production of material nature without artificially attempting economic development to turn the world into a chaos of artificial greed and power only for the purpose of artificial luxuries and sense gratification. This is but the life of dogs and hogs. More
Change You Can Forget About So this is our mental creation only—"This is good, this is bad." We are doing that. Just like in political field. "This party is nice. This party's bad." But any party goes in the power, your condition is the same. More
Guilt by Association: Choose Your Friends Carefully So this association is very, very important. By association... Sangat sañjayate kamah. If you associate with good association, then you become good. And if you associate with bad association, then you become bad. Therefore we are establishing Krishna conscious society. More
Metal Worth More Than the Money Things of value, they're disappearing. Just like formerly people used to have some dishes of valuable metals. Now it is plastic. This is the advancement. More
No Class Equals Low Class Government The shudra is not fit for government management. As such we find so many difficulties in the government because the head or the head man, they are all shudras. They have dressed like administrator, but they are shudras. This is the symptom of Kali-yuga. More
Conflicts of Interest Due to their greed for material position, they falsely present themselves as leaders before the people and collect their votes, although they are completely under the grip of the laws of material nature. More
Money Owns "Democracy" RAMESVARA: Just like one of their arguments is that these rich bankers, they can control how much money is being printed. PRABHUPADA: Yes, suppose I stand for presidency, and I take money from bank and bribe and get vote. RAMESVARA: So they can actually create, by their control, a depression. PRABHUPADA: Yes, money can buy. The real thing is money. That is stated in the Bhagavata. Money is the criterion in the Kali-yuga. More
Who is that Superior Person? Now it is up to you to select who is that superior. But the principle is there. Now so many political parties, they have selected one god. Somebody has selected Churchill. Somebody has selected Gandhi. Somebody has selected somebody, somebody. But they must have to select. Our proposition is: "If you are selecting somebody to worship, why not the perfect? More
Where is that most valuable thing? So that is very advanced stage, when one knows that everything is made of matter, so what is the value? Why you can't give more value to the stone, because originally everything is made of matter? There is one thing, panditah sama-darshinah [Bg. 5.18]. But that is when one has attained a very perfectional stage, not for the ordinary man. Ordinary man, you cannot say that "I treat a piece of stone and piece of gold the same way.' More
Artificial Dependence on Imports You must have sufficient food grain to feed the human being and the animal, and everything will be peaceful immediately. Because people, if one become hungry, he is disturbed. So give him food first of all. That is Krishna's injunction. Is that very impossible, impractical? No. You grow food more and distribute. So much land is there, but we are not growing food. 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
Carrying On Gandhi's Principles Gandhiji, minus his spiritual activities, is an ordinary politician. But actually he was a saint amongst the statesmen and his basic principle was to overhaul the very foundation of present civilization by the novel philosophy of satyagraha and nonviolence. More
Breaking out from conditional life This is called conditioned life. There are so many instances. Just like even on this planet if you want to go to other countries, say, America, you have to fulfill so many conditions. Passport, visa, then P-form and so many other forms. Not easily. This is called conditioned life. We have no freedom to move. More
What Economic Problem? Those who are not human beings, the animals, the birds, the beasts, and the worms, the trees, they have no economic problem. I see in India the sparrows, they were chanting and dancing and eating. Here also I see the same sparrows. They have no economic problem because they are depending completely on nature's law. And because we have violated nature's law, we have got economic problems. We have created our economic problem. More
Social Organization with a Spiritual Perspective Sometimes people boast, We have gone from the hut to the skyscraper. They think this is progress. But in the Vedic system of civilization, one thinks about how much he is advanced in self-realization. More

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Bankrupt Economy For the People, By the People The artificial way of living depending on factories and tools can render so-called happiness only to a limited number at the cost of millions. More
Chanakya Niti-shastra He who lays his trust in a wicked circle of companions is as foolish as that man from Kerala who died after a month in a cage with cobras while trying to get his name into the Guinness Book of World Records. More
Gold price skyrocketing, but it's time we can't afford So suppose today is 6th December. Now seven o'clock, morning, seven o'clock, 6th December, passed. Can you bring it again by paying one crores of gold coins? More
Prosperity Means Sufficient Food Grains Trade is meant only for transporting surplus produce to places where the produce is scanty. But when traders become too greedy and materialistic they take to large-scale commerce and industry and allure the poor agriculturalist to unsanitary industrial towns with a false hope of earning more money. More
Fixing the Blame on Worthless Leaders The age of Kali means mismanagement and quarrel. And the root cause of all mismanagement and quarrel is that worthless men with the modes of lower-class men, who have no higher ambition in life, come to the helm of the state management. More
Get to safety off the well-beaten track If you have got grain, then you are rich. And if you have got cows, then you are rich. This is the standard of Vedic richness. ... They don't say, "Keep some papers and you become rich." All rascal, one thousand dollar "I promise to pay", a piece of paper. Practical, we have got enough food grains. More
Not At All Safe and Secure You have created this material civilization, very advancement. That is all right. But whether you have made any security arrangement that you'll be able to enjoy them? Is there any arrangement? Eh? This requires little brain. Because at any moment we may be kicked out of the situation. There is no guarantee. More
Democratic Ways The thing to take note of is that no demon will compliment other demons' plans. Every demon will declare that since his plan is the most wonderful, all others must vote for him. Then an opponent will say that in actuality his plan is the best and hence he should rightfully be given all the votes. 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 Voting in the Dark They are simply changing some form of government, electing one rascal, again rejecting, another rascal, another rascal. Because they are all rascals, they have no other alternative than to elect more rascal. More
Gone in a Flash Sometimes politicians act most sinfully for their own sense gratification. It is not unusual for a politician to kill the opposing party. More
Votes - even a great quantity - do not qualify a leader Again election, as if election will change their quality. They remain... Let them remain as rascal, and simply by election, in place of one rascal, another rascal will improve it. This is the... Let them remain rascal, but get vote. More
Land of Plenty That is our mission that you produce food grains sufficiently and give protection to the cows so that food grains and milk will give you all benefits of economic question. More
Who Owns America? The land is there, and it is the property of God, but we are simply thinking, "I am the proprietor. I own this, and I own that." More
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
Calling for Government Accountability The government should not simply exact taxes for useless squandering; the tax collection should be utilized for the public welfare of the state. More
Back to the Fields After all, you will eat some bread and some fruit or some flower. Why you have invented so big, big factories? More
Rascal Currency But, they have lost all gold. There is no gold, simply paper. That's all. Simply blessing, "Yes, you'll get money." More
Rough Times In this age, if one man can maintain his wife and children, he will be considered a great man. More
The Mother of All Mistakes They are taking care of the shirt and coat, not the person who is putting on the shirt and coat. This is the mistake of the modern civilization. More
We've got a job for you Unemployment indicates that we are not serving Krishna. With Krishna, there is no unemployment. More
Don't Expect Justice Just like Gandhi refused to take justice from the British court. That was his one of the items. He said that "There is no justice. So we shall deny to take any judgement from the British Court." More
The Role of Truthful Men in Society Beginning from the president and down to the ordinary man in the street, nobody is truthful. Now the president in your country is being questioned so many ways because he has proved himself not truthful. So this is a forgotten story, truthfulness. More
Got Silver? Got Gold? The way of Vedic civilization is that whatever was used in household affairs had to be valuable. In case of need, such items of value could be exchanged immediately. More
Getting Value for Your Money So long the paper money you can exchange, there is value. Otherwise it is paper only. But if you have got actual commodity—grains and cows—then you can eat in any circumstances. More
Money is Not Wealth If people become enlightened, "No, we are not going to accept this piece of paper as one thousand dollars. We must have gold," so many things will be solved immediately. More
Economic Policy a Recipe for Quicksand No one has ever achieved the results he desired from material activities. On the contrary, everyone has been frustrated again and again. More
Averting the Downfall of an Empire Because of the poisonous effects of Kali-yuga, the Srimad-Bhagavatam says, dasyu-prayeshu rajasu: the government will adopt the policies of dasyus, or plunderers. More
Will they ban gold? Formerly in the currency, when you go to take some exchange, it was the etiquette of the teller to ask you, "What you want, silver money, gold money or paper money?" More
Dollar at Zero Value To determine what the value of the dollar is in relation to gold, or for that matter, what the value of anything might be to anything else, we must first establish what the goal or the "most valuable thing" is... More
Bringing the War Home They cannot make them sane and normal condition. They have no such policy, neither they do know it. So what to do? "Blow him. We cannot manage them." More
Arms Out of Control This is demonic. Kshatriyas' business is to see that the four orders of life are maintained properly, not increasing military strength only, overburdened. More
Package Deal: Food, Clothing and Shelter Included But to give food, clothing and shelter without giving knowledge of Krishna is useless, because the original cause of his suffering will remain; and it will continue to aggravate him in the future, not only in this life, but in the next life and the next, until he becomes enlightened as to why he is suffering. More
No Profit in Economic Development There is no profit in economic development, because even if we develop very nicely, as in America and Europe, the problems of life will remain the same. More
Bombs Over Baghdad Nothing more sobering than having to put some little child's brain matter back in their head while still trying to focus on speaking Krishna Katha to the dying child. More
"Reap what you sow" What does capitalism mean? If I can cheat you, that's very good. The more I can cheat–oh, a very good man, good businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist, investor. Even if someone has cheated all innocent people who have put their trust in him, he's regarded as a "good" man, "successful" man. More
War Karma The Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill," and they are simply engaged in killing business, and still they want to be happy. Just see the fun. Therefore Krishna says, "Yes, you be killed by occasional world war. You must be killed. You have created this situation. More
Get to the Root Cause Ultimate welfare, or ultimate charity, is to give the knowledge of Krishna. Christ called the fishermen and said, "Now you become fishers of men." He was concerned with missionary work, not with feeding and clothing people. He was concerned with enlightening people about their eternal relationship with God. More
When Karma Matures Nature's law is that every action has a resultant reaction. Governments have created many atomic weapons, and in due course of time, when the karma, or reactions mature, these weapons will be used, and the whole world will be enveloped in the fury of war. More
Serving the Wrong Masters You can go on giving service in this material world under so many designation, but you will never be happy, and the person to whom you are giving service, he will be not happy. More
That's not money; it's paper And what is this nonsense, keeping some paper and thinking he has got money? How cheating it is going on, from government's side. And therefore artificial inflation. You can print, so the price is increased. Because you haven't got to pay him real money, you print and pay him... More
Responsible Government Means Respond Rama-rajya means responsible government. Even during the time of Lord Ramachandra, one brahmana's son died. So he went to the king to challenge that "What kind of king you are that in the presence of the father the son is dying?" This is responsible government. More
Rally to Save America On April 4th 1975, in Sri Dhama Mayapur Srila Prabhupada made a very unique and amazing request to his American disciples. More
Intrinsic Value: Accept No Substitutes Like gold, whether we know the value or not (like a child may not know), the Holy Name has its own intrinsic value; whereas PAPER MONEY has NO NATURAL or intrinsic VALUE; it is simply a VIA MEDIUM to GOLD. More
Shifting the Burden Human society in the name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind of trouble. More
Restoring Money's Worth Everyone can understand this is pure cheating. I give you a hundred dollars, a piece of paper. That's all. And you accept it. You want to be cheated. You thought, that "I have got now daily, hundred dollars. So let me work very hard." He does not consider that "I am not getting a hundred dollars. I am getting a piece of paper." More
Bid to Escape Punishment Sometimes, however, a criminal may escape punishment by the state, but this is not the case with God's law. One can cheat others, commit theft and hide, thereby saving himself from the punishment of the state, but one cannot save himself from the superior law, the law of nature. More
Just One More Thing Everyone feels spiritual life is very nice, but "I have to do this, I have to do that." One Christian saint prayed, "O Lord, please save me, but not today." More
Spaced Out All of us are insignificant. Even this planet Earth is insignificant. It is just a speck on which we are sitting and floating in outer space. 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
Good War, Bad War and Collective Responsibility In war either the husband or the brother or even the father or sons go to fight. And when they are killed, a fresh enmity is created, and thus a chain of actions and reactions increases... More
To Vote or Not to Vote INTERVIEWER: Vote for this man or that, what spiritual difference would it make, is that the way you put that? BALI-MARDAN: Yes, as long as the candidate is not God conscious it wouldn't make any difference which way we vote, but if he's God conscious, then we'll vote. 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
The Truth is Out There BUT WHO WANTS IT? Today I came across a post by Peter Mehlman at The Huffington Post: "Just Give Me Some Truth". Mr. Mehlman notes that: "...no matter what crimes the Bush administration commits, nothing sticks. Approval ratings plummet but still: no big trials, no major special prosecutors, no impeachment hearings, no outrage, no one convinced." More
Democracy: the problem and the solution The youthful generation of the present day is very enthusiastic in trying to overthrow the government in different parts of the world. But unless people are Krishna conscious like Dhruva Maharaja, there will be no appreciable changes in government because people who hanker to attain political position by hook or by crook cannot think of the welfare of the people. They are only busy to keep their position of prestige and monetary gain. They have very little time to think of the welfare of the citizens. 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
Terror Alert: Living in Fear ... of Chillis? REPORTER: Sir, this is the real present ugly reality here. We are being threatened. PRABHUPADA: Huh? REPORTER: This siren is a, shall I say, a very ugly reality before us. PRABHUPADA: You are already in ugly reality always, twenty-four hours. [laughter] Suppose there is no blackout. Still, if you go in the street, is there guarantee that you will go home? More
Yet Another Lunatic Mission Hard-earned money is coming from the public and that they are spending it by shooting big rockets off to other planets. All they do is promise to bring back more dust. First they may get a handful of dust, then they promise to bring back tons of dust. More
Protest for the Right Cause Thousands assembled together and formed parties, chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra [Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare] and making a tumultuous sound of protest. 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
Where Does the Money Go? Unlawfully accumulated money is now being snatched from miserly citizens by various methods of state taxation for the future civil and international war fund, which is spending money in a wasteful and destructive manner. 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
Evidence or Mythology? Now, we have got evidence from the Vedic literature. But the other party, they have no evidence. They are simply speculationist. We can give some evidence. The Vedas are accepted by acharyas, and they are following, and they are getting the result. More
No Sir, You are Not Safe I am thinking, "Now I have got good home, good wife, nice children, nice bank balance. So I am safe now." More
Trading in Junk The central point is how to become advanced in Krishna consciousness by cooperation. This is India's civilization. There is no question of industry. Ugra-karma. It has been condemned in the Bhagavad-gita as ugra-karma, laboring very hard for livelihood. More
Dyeing to be President They are not leader; they are jackals. So jackals cannot anymore rule over. More
Aid that Doesn't Work Philanthropists and altruists do not realize that it is impossible to improve people's material conditions. More
Going Home However rich you may be, however prosperous you may be at your home or in your nation or in anyway as you think, but you have to think that "Actually these things are temporary. I am eternal. So what is my eternal function?" More
New Age Neo Conmen: Suck it Up, America It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam that in Kali-yuga the heads of government will be plunderers and thieves. These thieves and plunderers take the money and property of the public by force or connivance. More
Breaking History's Patterns: Change Yourself and the World will Change But you yourself can be Krishna conscious. You do not have to wait for the president. You can be Krishna conscious at once, so that at least your life will be successful. It does not depend on others. More
From Superpower, it's a long fall to the bottom - but is USA more than halfway there? From history we can see that there were many powerful empires on the surface of the globe that were constructed with great pain and great perseverance, but in due course of time they have all been destroyed. 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
Global Warning Once upon a time, a murderous thief assaulted a young woman with a huge machete. A crowd protested, "That huge blade will kill her with a single blow." The thief, moved a bit by the plea, took out a thin stiletto dagger and proceeded to kill her more slowly with multiple stab wounds. More
Natural Consequences Laws of nature means laws of God. It is executed through the machine of nature. More
Out of Order - State of the Nation Since the population is fallen in these democratic days, they can only elect a person in their category, but a government cannot run very well when it is run by shudras. More
War Without End ...The so-called king and president is sitting very comfortably and the poor soldiers, they are fighting unlimitedly, and the war is going on for many years. 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
Blind Leading the Blind 'What kind of leader I am? I do not know what is beneficial for me. I am such a leader. I am such a fool. I do not know my own benefit, and I want to become leader to lead others for benefit of life.' More
Cheaters and the Cheated We are worshiping the best nationalist, who is thinking in terms that "This place is mine," philanthropist or political leader. More
One Common Enemy And suppose war is stopped, nobody takes to war anymore. Now, how you'll stop the war of this material nature? More
No Tikee, No Shirtee It is very simple. Don't accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth. Just like one dollar, it must be worth one dollar metal. More
Blind man, lame man Our knowledge in spiritual life and your help, material opulence, combined together, there will be great change in the whole world. Cooperate with us. There is no loss on your part, but there is great benefit to the whole world. 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
Should be War against Demonism, Not Terror Your leaders do not see this sameness between their demonism and the communists' demonism. America has to stop demonism. Then your nation will be the real leader of the world. More
Playing One Side Against the Other: stone boats sink If society is guided by political diplomacy, with one nation maneuvering against another, it will certainly sink like a stone boat. More
Wet Stool, Dry Stool Stool is stool, but somebody is saying that wet stool is better than dry stool. What is this good and bad? More
Graduating to gut fish and sweep floorsTechnology, one is very expert in some particular line of technology, say, computer machine... You know how to operate. It is a big qualification. But unless he gets a job under some big establishment, he is useless. He cannot live independently. More
They've Sold Their Souls The grossly materialistic demons are so completely bereft of spiritual knowledge that although at every moment they perceive the transience of the material body, all their activities center on the body. 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
Bush, Nixon and the People: cow dung wet and dry President Nixon was thinking, "I am very fortunate. I have become the president of the United States." Then he soon realized that he was most unfortunate. More
Dying Every Day Disrupts Life - Duh? ...daily, every day, every moment. At least every day we see so many deaths listed. If you go to the crematorium ground, you can see. ...But those who are still alive, they think death will not take place. More
Electing Dogs, Pigs, Camels and Asses The public must be educated so that they may not elect another big dog or big camel or big ass to the exalted post. It is the public's fault. More
Utilize Cows - Don't Kill "Discrimination is the best part of valor." So you have to eat something, but if you have got grains, vegetables, milk, very nice preparation, why should you kill cow? More
Conflict Without Resolution They have got simply that barrel of gun. That's all. And that is very rude. And it will never come to perfection. For the temporary time, this party may win or that party may win. That will never... More
Caught Out by System Failure In Kali-yuga, if you have no money, then you will not be able to get justice. More
War for Oil America also must agree that this land of America is also Krishna's property. If you think that the Arabian oil is Krishna's property, God's property, "we shall take it, by force", then why the Arabians should not be allowed to come from the desert and live in America? More
First Ever Hindu Prayer Shouted Down in Senate HANSADUTTA: 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
High Stakes Confidence Game If you say, "No, I don't want paper. Give me gold dollar," then you are finished. Your currency will be finished. More
Demons at War This is demonic. Kshatriya's business is to see that the four orders of life are maintained properly, not increasing military strength only, overburdened. Everyone is spending 75% of the revenue for military. More
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