Krsna Kathamrita

So one who wants this special benediction of love of God, who wants to taste this, he goes after the relationship with Caitanya Mahaprabhu . And when he hears about Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s inner desire , he is anxious for this to happen. Then that devotee who is serious about getting love of God and who knows he must go through Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he simply focuses his life, his mind, his whole heart on this inner desire, this anxiousness of the Lord, the mission of the Lord to get people all over the world to hear about Krishna, to hear Krishna’s message and to chant Krishna’s names and his whole life becomes simply dedicated to this . This is the essence of the Krishna consciousness movement. To take up the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and spread it all over the world. By dedicating ourselves in this way, we can know for certain that we will be benefited with love of Krishna and thus we will be able, without a doubt, to return back to home, back to Godhead. That is the process fo

The Lord can be pleased only by a humble attitude in the service spirit. The more we render service unto the Lord under the direction of the spiritual master, the more we make advancement on the path approaching the Lord. We cannot demand any grace or mercy from the Lord because of our service rendered to Him. He may accept or not accept our service, but the only means to satisfy the Lord is through the service attitude, and nothing else. - Krsna, Chapter 58

How to get out of the cozy zone? Radhanath Swami Answers: In order to make progress in any field, you should have faith in where you are going and you must be willing to take a certain amount of risk. A mother is gladly willing to go through so many changes, and she is gladly willing to come out of her cosy zone because she wants a child. She goes though the changes with gratitude because she is so happy that she has a child that will grow up.  It is much cosier to sit on your couch, eat potato chips and watch television than get up and run. But if you want to be healthy you have to run and work on health. On every level, to progress, tapasya or austerity is required.  We have to come out of the cosy zone for achieving anything. If you do not do it willingly for a higher cause – and the highest cause is to reconnect with God – material nature is going to tear you out anyways. Disease tears you out of cosy zone; old age tears you out of cosy zone. Nobody can remain in cosy

Jāmbavān was actually a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but because he was angry he could not recognize his master and thought Him to be an ordinary man. This brings to mind the statement of the Bhagavad-gītā in which the Lord advises Arjuna to get free from anger, greed and lust in order to rise to the spiritual platform. Lust, anger and greed run parallel in the heart and check one’s progress on the spiritual path.... ......In the beginning, Jāmbavān could not understand Kṛṣṇa because his vision was obscured by material attachment. He was attached to his boy and to the greatly valuable Syamantaka jewel, which he did not want to spare for Kṛṣṇa. In fact, when Kṛṣṇa came there he was angry, thinking that Kṛṣṇa had come to take away the jewel. This is the material position: although one is very strong in body, that cannot help him understand Kṛṣṇa.... ......In a sporting attitude, Kṛṣṇa wanted to engage in a mock fight with His devotee. As we have experienced from the pages of

Practical devotion is the secret to understanding the Sastras. My Guru Maharaja used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar. One who thinks the books are the thing is content in this way. But we should learn the secret to open the jar and taste the honey. In this way, if we can simply understand one book, or one sloka, the perfection is there.- Letter to:  Pradyumna, Los Angeles, February 17, 1968

Hari Vilas Das - I asked several questions, but one specific question was, "Srila Prabhupada, what does it mean to be humble?" And his answer was really incredible. He said, "Humility means that you are convinced beyond any doubt that there is nothing in this world, absolutely nothing in this world, not your money, not your family, not your fame, not your gun, not your education, nothing that will save you except the mercy of Krishna. When you are convinced like this, then you are humble." 

"In my Krishna conscious life, I have seen that a moment to moment awareness of what Krishna gives for our upliftment has supplied me with a consciousness of deep gratitude. And in that consciousness of gratitude it is much easier to meet Krishna than in the consciousness of feeling unjustly treated and becoming resentful towards the Lord. There is a famous saying in Germany: Even from the stones which are put in my path as stumbling blocks, I can build a beautiful house."  H.H. Sacinandana Swami Maharaj (From a letter, July 2015)

The best way to deal with temptation is to not deal with it Temptation is unavoidable as long as we exist in material existence, just as salespeople are unavoidable when we live in a commercialized economy. When we get an unsolicited sales offer, we don’t spend our time convincing the salesperson why we don’t need that product, nor do we spend time letting that person persuade us. If they have called us, we simply politely but firmly end the call. The best way to deal with such people is to not deal with them. Similarly, the best way to deal with temptation is to not deal with it. If we try to deal with temptation, we end up becoming deluded and entangled. The nature of temptation is that it expertly withers away our arguments, leaving us with nothing to do except give in, often against our will and against our conscience and against our intelligence. Just as a soluble object when exposed to water will dissolve sooner or later, so too does our will to resist dissolve whe

7 Success points for Grhasthas 1. Wake up early and chant your rounds 2. Keep the altar in a prominent place at home 3. Offer a small puja as an offering of your heart and not as a ritual 4. Read Srimad Bhagavatam every morning for 15mins and Bhagavad Gita every evening for 15mins 5. Cook clean pure food and offer to Krsna. By honoring this on daily basis our family will also be purified 6. Work hard to perform your job responsilities well and try to dovetail its results  7. Follow the 4 regulative principles and the success is guranteed - His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj