In Srimad Bhagavatam, we are given everything we need to attain pure devotional service. All we need to do is repeatedly study these valuable instructions and practice them.

Voluntary endeavor is the only qualification for spiritual perfection. Material acquisitions of wealth or education are not considered.

He gave his mercy to anyone and everyone without any consideration. And he eternally lives with those who sincerely follow him. As it is said, "The Acarya is not frozen in time." 

Srila Prabhupada's most famous catchword was "Always remember Krishna and Never forget Krishna".

Any opinion different from the opinion of the spiritual master is useless. One cannot infiltrate materially concocted ideas into spiritual advancement. That is deviation. There is no scope for adjusting spiritual advancement to material ideas." 

"No one can give rapt attention who is not pure in mind. No one can be pure in mind who is not pure in action. No one can be pure in action who is not pure in eating, sleeping, fearing and mating." 

So by a systematic understanding and realization of the above three points one can give up the three bad qualities (lust, anger and greed) and attain the supreme abode. This is possible by hearing about the Lord in the association of devotees and serving the Lord to the best of one's ability.

The following is a verse from Sri Brahma samhita which gives the preliminary process for attaining the highest devotion, which is the ultimate well-being for all the living entities.

to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead and perform devotional service, the bare minimum requirement is to be atleast in the mode of goodness. So how to build the bridge between the two sides ? The only solution is "Prasadam"

When the seed of ecstatic emotion for Krsna fructifies, the following nine symptoms manifest in one's behavior: 

"From these three one achieves the highest goal of life-ecstatic love of Krsna. This is the greatest mercy of Lord Krsna. The evidence is Kalidasa himself."

All the other scriptures in the world give only a vague description of who that Absolute Truth is...whereas Srimad Bhagavatam, in its very first verse, gives us the exact answer that "That Supreme Absolute Truth(param satyam) is Vaasudeva - Lord Sri Krishna! (om namo bhagavate vaasudevaaya...satyam param dhimahi"

These prayers of Srila Sukadev Goswami are so nice. We are eternally indebted to our spiritual master for revealing to us many treasures like these buried in Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavatam.

Today is the disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. It is auspicious to remember this great acarya in our disciplic succession on this important day. Srila Bhaktivinoda Takur's glories are unlimited. He was the father of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Takur, the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada. 

In Tompkins Square, I was sitting underneath a tree and chanting Hare Krsna mantra alone. And these young men, they used to assemble and dance also in the tune, for three hours from two to five. In this way, we got our followers, associates. And gradually it developed into organization." 

you may associate with the non-devotees, but don't give them your heart.

Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas and Vedas are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the all-pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice.

We may go to sleep with many alarm clocks surrounding us - but until He sanctions with His mercy, it is impossible to wake up for mangal-arati!

We have to sincerely pray to the Lord to help us improve our chanting and the Lord definitely answers our sincere prayers

O mind do NOT get tricked. Time waits for NONE ! Wake up ! Wake up ! WAKE UP ! With love in your heart wake up and remember Krishna!

Srila Prabhupada says in his purport that Morning is the best time to perform devotional activities. Therefore, preferably one should chant at least some of his rounds in the morning time.

y going to London depends on so many factors which are ultimately controlled by Krishna. But if I say, "Krishna willing, I will be going to London", then it is perfect, because if Krsna desires, I will go and if He does not desire, I will not go. Either way it is perfect. Similarly, even when we do any activity, if we have the same consciousness that "Krishna willing...", then we will become perfect and peaceful.

if we want to perform Real Devotional Service the question to ask is "am I serious about Krsna Consciousness?"

In the verses (5.5.10-13) Lord Rshabhadeva instructs his sons how they can be freed from the false identification arising from false ego and material conditional life.  He shows us 14 ways by which we can give up our false ego. They are : 

In Bhagavad Gita (8.5), Krishna says that those who think of Him at the end of life and quit the body, attain His nature.Even though Bharata Maharaj thought about Krishna in the last minute of his life in the deer body, he still took birth as Jada Bharata Maharaj. I was wondering as to how did this happen.

Krishna the seed-giver, Krishna who gives taste and juice, Krishna who gives sunlight an essential ingredient to grow a plant, and Krishna who is the taste of water, again Krishna who makes the same mud produce different types of grains, fruits and flowers.

The verse that H G Suhrt Krsna prabhu has quoted reveals the extraordinary power of devotional service as it says that bhakti can dissolve even the subtle body! Amazing power isn't it ?

Maharaj used the simple fact "We are all bound to die one day" as the vehicle to carry his transcendental messages. Maharaj explained that at the time of death our consciousness is lost from the feet upwards

Maharaj had actually listed the famous questions from Mahabharata that the Yaksharaja asked Yudhishtir Maharaj when the rest of the pandavas had fell down unconscious after drinking the water from the mystery pond during their exile.

How insignificant are we ? But still Krishna says we can live in Him. When we surrender to Him we realize that we are part of parcel of Krishna.