Radhanath Swami

Prabhupada’s example: material acquisition, whether it be wealth or fame or followers or knowledge or mystic powers, whatever it means, from a spiritual perspective its all zeroes. Some people have one zero, some people two, some people have ten million zeroes.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, how much he valued Vrindavan. When we see how the great personalities perceived Vrindavan, then we get some understanding of how we can enter into Vrindavan.

Akrura’s mission was to take Krishna out of Vrindavan for the first time. Everyone else in the whole Vrajbhumi was very disturbed with this Akrura, but Krishna understood his heart and was pleased.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told us that the only way to understand Vrindavan, the only way to understand Krishna, the only way to understand bhakti, the only way to understand kirtan is mahajano yena gatah sa panthah, which means to follow in the footsteps of the great souls.

According to the saints and according to the scriptures, one single grain of dust in Vrindavan is ‘chintamani,’ it is transcendental jewel. All the wealth in all this world, in all the heavenly planets, in all the creation is not enough to purchase a single grain of dust from Vrindavan, and you are thinking you just bought an acre of land.

Appreciation is of paramount importance in order to understand something’s value and if we do not understand it’s value, we will take the most precious thing to be something ordinary, take it for granted and not really benefit from what we have.

vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati Krishna never, for all eternity, takes a single step out of Vrindavan. This is his eternal abode. Even in his lila in this world when he appeared to go to Mathura or Dwarka, or when he left this universe at the end of his past times, govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami, that original Govinda, the king of madhurya-rasa, forever remains in Vrindavan, an...

If we approach the Supreme Lord for material benefits, we will get some material benefits in due course of time. If we approach for elevation to higher planets, if we want the mystical yogic siddhis, the actual capacity to perform supernatural miracles, by chanting a mantra we could produce things within our hands, prapti-siddhi.

Prabhupada travelled around the world thirteen times. We were speaking at Sri Sri Radha Gopijana Vallabha temple about selfless service. Srila Prabhupada when he was eighty years old, he was still circumambulating the world thirteen times

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And Srila Prabhupada uses Akrura as the example, how he came from Mathura to Brindavan. Kamsa had the intention of killing Krishna and Balarama. He ordered Akrura to come to Brindavan to bring them here.

During this yatra we should all try to assimilate the spirit of following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada. Vrindavan is the eternal home of Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar. It cannot be seen in its truth with our material eyes.

Sria Prabhupada gave the answer. He said “the service that pleases me most is when you love Krishna.” That's the essence of every service.

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The idea of yoga is, the idea of spirituality really is our actions are in harmony with what is favorable toward that connection within and our spiritual practice is to make that connection so that our actions and words will be in harmony.

On the first day ten thousand people came and in the evening over twenty thousand people attended. Srila Prabhupada ki jai! It was the first time that Srila Prabhupada was preaching to the masses of so many thousands at a time and this program was such a wonderful success over twenty thousand people appeared on that night.

“Because you are dear to me, the benediction that I have given you is not the power of learning to conquer others. The real benediction that I have given you is I have brought you before the supreme absolute truth, the Personality of Godhead, and the Lord of my heart."

Why do you waste your time fighting, having wars and abscessing your minds with such insignificance superficial foolish little attachments and pleasures in your insignificant little lifetime? All your wars, all your fighting, all your time wasted on what? Why not see the true eternal treasure of the soul?”

They didn’t care what anyone said about them. They didn’t care how many times they fell on their face. They were willing to get back up and keep trying.

Most of the people we are talking about, they never gave up. They didn’t care what anyone said about them.

A Goswami is one who restrains his senses in times of temptation and trial. He restrains his senses by force of his intelligence, and he fixes his consciousness on Krishna. So, the question is ‘will you be a Goswami or a Godasa?’ That is your choice.

That there has to be a renounced class of men who are giving a very high standard to influence the grihastas and then yes, they can be in a position that is very powerful in the service of the Lord.

To sacrifice his life, to sacrifice his body, mind, words and life, to properly direct his family on the path to Krishna consciousness. To create all facilities for the wife and children, so that they can be properly situated in devotion to God. That's a great service. Everyone is a servant. No one is a master.