Spiritual Wisdom & Insights

Source: How shall I serve you?

Once in a room with many disciples, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī was speaking and Abhay listening when an old man beside Abhay motioned to him. As Abhay leaned over to hear what the man wanted, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta suddenly spoke out in annoyance at the two apparently inattentive students. “Bābū,”...

Speaker: Radhanath Swami
Source: Power of Habits

Someone asked Srila Prabhupada, “Can you show me a miracle?” He wanted to see creating some ashes or creating some gold, or reading his mind or telling him who is mother was or when his mother died. These are miracles. Many mystics demonstrate...

Speaker: Radhanath Swami
Source: Power of Blessings

Srila Prabhupada was in Indian train and this one man just crash right into Prabhupada’s compartment and said, “Swamiji give me your blessing, please give me your blessing”. Prabhupada was busy doing other things so the person kept insisting, “give me your blessings”. Prabhupada got...

Speaker: Radhanath Swami
Source: Pure devotional service

One time Srila Prabhupada was asked, “what can we do to reciprocate with what you have given us?”. What Srila Prabhupada replied is simple and complete. He said “just receive what I have given you and share it with each other and others”. The first...

SB 1.2.8: The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead

The need of the spirit soul is that he wants to get out of the limited sphere of material...

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and Fight

As Prabhupāda sat in his hotel room that evening with a few disciples at his feet, he reminisced about how he had come to America in 1965 and had suffered two heart attacks at sea. “They say that anyone who gets a third heart attack,” said...