By the power of your obedience to your father and spiritual master, you have literally extricated this mantra from me which even the greatest of the devatas could not learn.
"But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not follow them are to be considered bereft of all knowledge, befooled, and ruined in their endeavors for perfection."
The obedience of children to parents was prevalent atleast to some extent few decades ago, but as Kali yuga progressed, it has become a misnormer to the society.
"A knowledgeable person meets another knowledgeable person and they nicely talk with each other. A donkey meets another donkey and they kick with their legs."
In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.
"Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination."
Lord Hanuman prays to Lord Rama. He says, "Lord Rama, You are so very kind that I don't have any qualifications and then even then You have accepted me as Your servant."
M-E-F-T, what does it stand for? [Mercy, Equality, Friendly to all living entities and Tolerant] and practise it then Jaya! - Completely satisfy Krishna. Smile and you’ll be happy. Study the scriptures, you will be very successful.
"The name of Krishna is shakti-dharah and He enters in our tongue and forces us to become lively. Otherwise our tongue is completely sleeping always, many times talking non-sense. So this should stop immediately, and we should pray to Krishna that 'Somehow or other, You please sit on my tongue'."
"As freshly prepared food is very tasteful but if kept for three or four hours becomes stale and tasteless, so the existence of material enjoyment can endure as long as life is fresh, but at the fag end of life everything becomes tasteless, and everything appears to be vain and painful.
Foolish man spends more time trying to solve the problems of life, thinking that he can solve it. But in solving, instead of being renounced, he becomes more attached to the problems. It is a very funny world we live in.
A great leader knows when he has to stop being a leader. That is the sign of greatness. We see that many politicians they want to keep going on and on. We see that Srila Prabhupada did not hold on to the throne and once a temple was constructed, he handed over everything to the young disciples who were properly trained and he just moved on to preach.
definitely He becomes very helpful to us and does our job. We don't see Him but definitely He does our job. If we have the faith, we can come to this stage of devotion and our life will become completely perfect.
Many times we make the mistake that we may get guidance for one situation and then when an almost similar situation arises, we thinking ourselves as intelligent enough, try to apply the same solution without getting the guidance from the spiritual master
When we are completely helpless, He is there! Many times in our lives we have to jump into the dark. When we jump into the darkness, exactly He is there. Exactly He is there!
In order for us to cope with the material activities in life, we have to do them immaculately well. Leaving things for someone else to do, or for later, equals procrastination