"The King of the elephants was so very eager to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead that when he saw the Lord coming in the sky, with great pain and in a feeble voice he offered respect to the Lord."

"If when falling, slipping, feeling pain or sneezing one involuntarily cries out in a loud voice, "Obeisances to Lord Hari!" one will be automatically freed from all his sinful reactions."

Obeisances (namah) to that Supreme Lord who is ever shining who shines for the sake of all the gods, who benefits the gods from time immemorial, who is the foremost of the gods.

This is indicated by the word namah, "I offer my respectful obeisances unto You."

Everyday when you take shower, it takes at least 10 to 15 minutes. So 2 chapters you can easily recite. Please try to do at least 12th chapter and 15th chapter. Because we are doing bhakti yoga and bhakti yoga is in Chapter 12. And we are doing bhakti to Krishna and Krishna's chapter is 15. The secret of chanting these chapters is that, we are always in difficulty. And whenever we are in difficulty or some problem comes in our life, you just chant these two chapters and the difficulty will disappear

This sound vibration itself is Krishna. It is non-different from Krishna. The more you are with Bhagavad Gita, the more you are with the Lord. Please always be with Bhagavad Gita.

Get ready yourself to face the outside world. You have to go to the world. You are not going to be children all the time. And world is very nasty. You behave in any way and you are accused.

We should always tolerate. There will be some good times, bad times. Many things we don't like. Many things we cannot get adjusted. But don't worry. Just go on with your life.

The more humble you are, the more you will be liked by everybody. And if you are liked by everybody, your health will improve. If somebody dislikes us, then we lose our health. If everybody likes us, then we improve our health. And we are very happy. So we should behave in such a way, that everybody should like us. Don't do some mischief. If you do that, you will lose your health.

If you take cold shower, then cold shower will make your blood to flow very normal in your body and as soon as the blood is circulated in your body in a normal way, then you will feel fresh.

Krishna knows what we wants and He supplies. This is the secret of bhakti. You people go daily to the temple and have darshan of the Lord and recite the verses nicely. Krishna will be very pleased and you will be very peaceful.

Bhagavad Gita being non-different from the Lord, will make us realise that Lord is always present with us and then we will be able to see Krishna's hands both in success and failures

This doer mentality remains in us either in a gross or at least in subtle manner until we are hit by some reverses

Again Srimad Bhagavatam tells us the way how to make the best out of the bad bargain of this kali yuga by stating that although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age, "Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom."

"As soon as you get up in the morning, you take a shoe and beat your mind. And again in the evening, the mind will freak out. So you take a broom stick and hit it again 100 times and force him to see that the Lord is standing in the altar."

If a dead body can give you protein, then why do you bury or burn a dead body? As soon as someone dies, just eat them

sthaane sthitaah - you be situated in your own position.

This mangala-arati, chanting our rounds, kirtan in the morning, Deity greeting, Guru-pooja, Bhagavatam class is our protective clothing.

Because we people are interested in singing the glories of the Supreme Lord Krishna, we are completely careless for any other material inebrieties.

"O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras. I am the sound in ether and ability in man."

sanchinna means completely cut off and dvaita samshaya means doubts of duality.

"If happiness is the ultimate goal of life, one must be satisfied with the position in which he is placed by providence."

Real wealth is devotional service and satisfaction becomes a concomitant factor

The words sauhaardena and atigaadhena in the above verse means by deep friendship and great intimacy.

There is no need to check the growth of population if the children are born as human beings with all precautions regarding their birth

"The sound incarnation of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Soul [i.e. Srimad-Bhagavatam], enters into the heart of a self-realized devotee, sits on the lotus flower of his loving relationship, and thus cleanses the dust of material association, such as lust, anger and hankering. Thus it acts like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water."

Samskaaras marks important stages of time in one's life.

So when Krishna is imparting the instructions to Arjuna or our spiritual master is imparting the instructions in our hearts, then those instructions become a 'part' of us.

"The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them."

The Lord personally sought forgiveness on behalf of His servants and took the responsibility for this hostile conduct. What more opulence can we possess than having such a magnanimous master.