Collection
God, philosophy and worldviews
177 lectures
Conversations and walks in which Śrīla Prabhupāda establishes the existence and personal nature of God, dismantles impersonalism and Māyāvāda, and — in living debate with atheists, philosophers and other faiths — shows the reasonableness of pure devotion.
Brahmā on the Unlimited Potencies of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
Brahmā's Pride and Material Conception
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
Impersonalism and the Reality of the Supreme
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
The Absolute Truth as Ultimate Goal
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Atheists and the Condition of Asuras
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Caitanya's Difficulty Delivering the Mayavadi
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the Vedanta Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Understanding Brahman and the Greatest Opulence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
The Absolute Truth as Supreme Person
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Lord Caitanya and the Nature of the Absolute Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
Caitanya Mahaprabhu Explains Vedanta to the Mayavadis
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1967
The Nature of Dharma and Vedic Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
Violence and Nonviolence in Absolute Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Montreal · 1968
Kṛṣṇa the Chief Brahman
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Columbus · 1969
Conception of God as the Supreme Person
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Indore · 1970
Spiritual Path and Bogus Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Indore · 1970
Vivekananda's Dangerous Philosophy of Monism
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Allahabad · 1971
God Consciousness and Modern Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1971
God as Child and Youth Simultaneously
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1971
Establishing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as Genuine Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Madras · 1972
Kṛṣṇa and Christ as Love of Godhead
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1972
Love Distributed in Many Ways
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Sydney · 1972
Individuality and Oneness in Krishna Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1972
Lord Buddha and Compassion for Animals
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tokyo · 1972
Chance, Necessity, and Divine Arrangement
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Kyoto · 1972
God's Laws Apply to Everyone
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Diego · 1972
Perceiving the Hands of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Diego · 1972
Man's Search for the Divine
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1972
Presenting Facts, Not Mythology
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1972
God Consciousness Beyond Religious Boundaries
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1972
God and the Individual Living Entities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Dallas · 1972
The Absolute and the Relative
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Relativity of Brain and God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
God as the Supreme Living Entity
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Sahajiyās Are Dogs and Hogs
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1972
Conversation with the Minister of Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Jakarta · 1973
Science and Religion Define Morality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
God's Property and Human Stewardship
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Mystic Power and the Supreme Controller
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Material and Spiritual Energy Explained
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
The Choice Between Light and Darkness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Krishna and Christ Etymology
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as World Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Origin of All Things
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Krishna Consciousness and God Realization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Faith Preserved in Soviet Monasteries
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Christianity and Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Britain
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Conversation with Mr. Belfiore about Rosicrucianism
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1973
Distinguishing True God From False Claimants
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1973
Missing First-Class Men Who Understand God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
God the Creator Behind Nature's Varieties
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Authority and Philosophical Consistency
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1973
Conversation on Experience and the Bhagavad-gītā
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1973
Refuting the Void Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Reason, Faith, and Relationship with God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
God is Person Ultimate Reality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
In God We Trust
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
God's Wrath and Divine Qualities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
The Necessity of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
In God We Trust Scientifically
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Energy, Creation, and Māyāvāda Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Modern Theologians and Changing Opinions
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Mental Speculation and Spiritual Platform
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Nature Under Krsna's Control
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Good Morning and God Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1974
Personalists Better Posted Than Impersonalists
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Grace and Piety in America
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Māyāvāda Philosophy and Spiritual Guidance
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1974
God Within the Atom and Service to Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1974
Worshiping the Stone and Other Misconceptions
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1974
Everything is Imitation of Kṛṣṇa
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
God's Transcendental Existence Beyond Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
God's Affection and the Nature of Māyā
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Envy of God and the Path of Devotion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Māyāvāda Philosophy and Demonic Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Religion and Science in European Understanding
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Forgotten Our Relationship with God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1974
Everything Born from the Absolute Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Medieval Philosophy and Eternal Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Rome · 1974
Conversation with Geneva Theology Professors
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Geneva · 1974
Conversation with a French Poet on Vedānta
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
The Force Is a Person
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
Understanding Maya Through Krishnas Eyes
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
Buddha and the Vedic Animal Sacrifice
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
Three Aspects of Absolute Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Berlin · 1974
Christ and Krishna the Same Name
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Berlin · 1974
Magic and the Nature of Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Christian Response to Ratha-yatra Growth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Divine Control in the Universe
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tokyo · 1975
Understanding Krishna's Plan for All
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Realization of Transcendence as Life's Aim
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Caracas · 1975
Conversation with Universal Brotherhood Leaders in Caracas
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Caracas · 1975
God's Multi-energies and Living Entities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Atlanta · 1975
Religion is Obedience to God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Atlanta · 1975
Skepticism and the Nature of Reality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Atlanta · 1975
God Consciousness Across Āryan Cultures
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1975
Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and Islamic Practice in Iran
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1975
Lord Caitanya and the Nature of Divinity
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
God Is Not Your Servant
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
God's Inconceivable Power and Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
Jesus Christ's Teaching on Animal Slaughter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1975
Misinterpretation of the Bhagavad-gita
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1975
Fruits and Flowers Invite the Birds
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1975
Ocean Life and Divine Arrangement
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
God is a Person, Not an Impersonal Force
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
The Common Platform of Spiritual Unity
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Buddha Philosophy and Spiritual Attraction
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Theology and the Science of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Knowing God versus Knowing About God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
God Realized Through Devotion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Māyāvāda Philosophy in Vrindavan
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Religion Beyond Labels and Cheating
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Christian Missionaries and Saṅkīrtana Entertainment
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mauritius · 1975
Religion and Ultimate Concern
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
The Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement and God Realization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
Ārya-samāj and the Search for Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
The Invisible Cause Behind All Events
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
God's Power Beyond Material Expectation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
Jesus Christ and Krishna Philology
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mauritius · 1975
Knowledge and Personal Conviction in Faith
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1975
Śāstra is Practical Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Kṛṣṇa the Cause of All Causes
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Philosophy Beyond the Waking Stage
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Modern Indian and Western Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Experiment with Truth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
No One Is Independent From God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nellore · 1976
Mental Speculation and the Imperfection of Dialectic
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nellore · 1976
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Madras · 1976
Scriptural Evidence and Differences of Opinion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Morning Walk in Vrindavan on Western Religion and Decline
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Truth and the Desire to be Cheated
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
Conversation with Mormon Missionaries
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1976
Personal versus Impersonal Conception of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
The Eternal Soul and Christian Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Kṛṣṇa the Father and Material Nature the Mother
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
The Purpose of Creation and Divine Design
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Discussing Western Philosophers in Honolulu
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
God as the Center of the Universe
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
The Creator Cannot Be Denied
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Conversation with Father Kern and Father Scheuerman
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
Exposing Fraudulent God-Men in India
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
God's Laws and Practical Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
The Supreme Source of All Energy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
The Personal Nature of Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Defeating the Māyāvādī Philosophers
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
The Position of False Scholars
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
Defeating a Demon with Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
Personal and Impersonal Nature of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
The Energies of the Supreme Personality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
Scholars Appreciating Bhakti in Indian Tradition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
God's Nature and the Purpose of Prayer
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Passing the Test of Divine Recognition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Drought, Diet, and Divine Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
God's Mission and True Dharma
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
Critiquing False Spiritual Claims in Vrindavan
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Why Accept a Rascal God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Etymology of Christ and Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Bhagavad-gita as It Is and World Peace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
Understanding Bhagavad-gītā According to Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Wardha · 1976
Krishna's Superior Position and Divine Activities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Poona · 1976
Bhakti as Genuine Truth in the West
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Sanatana-dharma and Surrender to God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Dealing With Demons Through Greater Cunning
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Understanding Krishna's Six Opulences
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Kṛṣṇa's Arrangement for Removing Demons
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Nature of Asura and Divine Qualities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1977
God as the Supreme Father
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1977
Religion and the Orders of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Jesus Christ and Christian Teachings Reconsidered
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Natural Law and the Existence of God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Religion Cannot Escape from Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Rishikesh · 1977
Krsna's Mercy Sustains All Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Spiritual and Material Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Māyāvādī Philosophy in the West
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Guarding Against Mayavadi Influence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977