26 Qualities of Srila Prabhupada - A Pure devotee

Association of Pure devotee

"The value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death."

Srimad Bhagavatam

"The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment's association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success."

Sri caitanya Caritamrta.

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Goal of Human Life

In this material world, according to the Vedic scriptures, there are 84,00,000 species of life. Among them there are 4,00,000 species of human begins. All the living beings are busy, working to fulfill their bodily demands – eating, sleeping, mating and defending.

Human beings have developed intelligence. They can solve the problems of life: birth, death, old age and diseases. But due to ignorance of the self, the modern civilization is trying to satisfy the bodily demands and is neglecting the primary goal of life – devotional service to the Lord.  In order to understand the goal of life and get a permanent solution to all problems, one has to approach a bonafide spiritual master. Read more...

Milestones in the life of Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was born on September 1,1896, in Calcutta. His father Gour Mohan De and mother Rajani Devi were Vaishnavas. They belonged to one of the very respectable aaristocratic families of gold merchants in Calcutta. His father Gour Mohan De named him Abhay Charan. His father's only wish was that Abhay should become a devotee of Srimati Radharani. Read more...

Srila Prabhupada on Brahmacharya

So the tapasya life begins from celibacy, brahmacaryena. Sukadeva Gosvami recommends. Brahmacarya is described in the sastras that:
smaranam krrtanaṁ kelih prekṣanam guhyam asanam [sankalpo adhyavasaya].
1. smaraṇam [remembering], thinking of sex life, that is against brahmacarya. Complete celibacy means one should not think of even sex life.
2. kirtanam [chanting], talk of sex life. Our modern literature, newspaper and everything, simply full with talks of sex life. But this is against brahmacarya life.
3. kelih [performing], actually indulging in sex life.
4. Prekṣanam [looking], overlooking a nice boy or nice girl. That is also against brahmacarya. Read more...

Srila Prabhupada Uvacha

“Only a pure devotee of the Lord can show one the right way of progressive life”

 “Only in the association of such devotees are the transcendental glories of Lord Krsna properly discussed”

 “Only one who is fortunate can have the opportunity to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam in the association of pure devotees of the Lord” Read more...

Who is Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhpada was a scholar, a philosopher, a cultural ambassador, a prolific author, a religious leader, a spiritual teacher, a social critic, and a holy man. And truthfully, he was all these things and more. Certainly no one could ever have confused him with the modern entrepreneurial "gurus" who come to the West with slickly packaged, watered-down versions of Eastern spirituality. Srila Prabhupada was, rather, a true holy man of deep intellectual and spiritual sensitivity. Read more...