Philosophical Articles

Betting on God

by Satyaraja Dasa Pascal’s Wager and the Spoils of Faith I read a recent statistic that was mind-boggling: According to a series of Gallup surveys, ninety-four...

Intelligence and Example

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Lecture given in Hyderabad, December 17, 1976 The most learned members of society should show others by...

The Highest Quality of Surrender

by Srila B.R. Sridhara Deva Goswami Surrender should be considerate and must be durable. Surrendering today in one place and the next day in another...

Gaura-Visnupriya

Q & A with Swami Tripurari Q. It seems that later followers of Jesus, principally those who had never personally met him, deified him in...

Being Absorbed in God

By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) This is actually the goal of any saint, sadhu, holy man, or bhakta, to go through life and perform...

Everyone Has to Take Care of His Own Plane

by Sri Vrindavan das Srila Prabhupada...."When flying an airplane, one cannot take care of other planes. Everyone has to take care of his own plane,...

The Universal Teacher

By Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following lecture was originally published in The Harmonist in 1936, on the advent day of His...

Progress Means Quarrel

Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj: Generally we are to think that we are not in perfect condition, so our differences will be due to our...

The meaning of democracy

Srila Prabhupada, Evening Darsana - July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C. "How there can be, because the democracy? You are corrupt, therefore your government is corrupt....

Chanting the Holy Name purifies everyone

by Srila B.V. Puri Goswami Maharaja The trees are there. All the trees. They will perform sankirtan and they will be purified. And the sea...