Our constitutional nature is that we can choose either to serve Krishna, or we can choose to serve Krishna's illusory energy. That's our choice. But that is the limit. There is no other choice, there are no other options. We may look for other options, but they just do not exist.
November 15, 2009, Kiev
Nobody can be satisfied if they simply think how can I do just enough to maintain the body. It doesn’t work. It never did. It never will. It can’t satisfy the self. There has to be Krishna consciousness.
November 14, 1998, Perm
Simply by remembering the Lord and His devotees, all austerities are automatically completed. That is our austerity. Our austerity is to fix our mind on Krishna.
November 13, 2011, Kiev
Perfection of life is to satisfy the Supreme. How can one please the Supreme Lord? It doesn’t require a lot. It just requires that whatever we do, we do it with devotion or with the desire to please the Lord.
November 12, 2008, Boston
Between you and the sun there is no shadow. You have to turn around to see your shadow, right? Because it does not exist between you and the sun, it is behind you! So when you turn away from God, then you see darkness, you see evil, you see suffering, but it is because you are turning away. So an intelligent person who understands that will turn around. That is positive.
November 11, 2005, Greensboro
When a devotee's mind is peaceful, he is very strict with himself, but he is very liberal toward others. November 10, 2001, Kharkov
The residents of Goloka Vrindavana, they are so elevated, that they don't even know how great they are.
November 8, 2001 Lugansk
We are supposed to be attached to Krishna, but because of lust, we become attached to somebody else. So we have to purify that lust by increasing our attachment to Krishna, and then that lust comes back to its original form as love for Krishna.
November 8, 1994, Kaliningrad
By our endeavors alone we can never be successful in spiritual life. We must always be dependent, in all circumstances. That is a devotee.
November 7, 2001, Donetsk
Krishna removes obstacles for the devotee. We cannot remove the obstacles. In other words, the obstacles are the desires that are there within the heart. They are real obstacles. Whatever desires are there within the heart, we find ourselves being tested according to those desires. So there will be a particular test according to those desires, in proportion to the particular advancement in Krishna consciousness.
November 6, 1998, Vladivostok