Mike Robinson, an interviewer for the London Broadcasting Company, inquires about the science of the soul: Have we been here before? Will we be back again, or…? Śrīla Prabhupāda calls upon the age-old Vedic literature for some striking answers. Mike Robinson: Can you tell me what you believe – what the philosophy of the Hare Krishna […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for kindly participating in this Krishna consciousness movement. When this society was registered in 1966 in New York, a friend suggested that it be named the Society for God Consciousness. He thought that the name Krishna was sectarian. The dictionary also says that Krishna is a Hindu
This very important Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant to save human society from spiritual death. At present human society is being misled by leaders who are blind, for they do not know the aim and objective of human life, which is self-realization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāni bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi “O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature.” (Gītā 2.30) The very first step in self-realization is realizing one’s identity as separate
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The Sanskrit verbal root of veda can be interpreted variously, but the purport is finally one. Veda means knowledge. Any knowledge you accept is veda, for the teachings of the Vedas are the original knowledge. In the conditioned state, our knowledge is subjected to many deficiencies. The difference between a conditioned soul and a liberated
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“Your original consciousness is Krishna consciousness,” Śrīla Prabhupāda tells freelance reporter Sandy Nixon. “Now your consciousness is covered with so much rubbish. You have to cleanse it, and then – Krishna consciousness. Our consciousness is like water. Water is by nature clear and transparent, but sometimes it becomes muddy. If you filter all the mud out
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