Mahajans are empowered by the Lord and, being empowered by the Lord, their activities appear sometimes completely independent. The Lord gives them that choice. He gives them the facility to do as they desire, because their desire is always one with the Lord's desire.
April 30, 2000, Kiev
I belong to Krishna and therefore because I belong to the Supreme Lord, I am meant to serve the Lord. That is my connection with Him. All of the living beings also belong to the Supreme Lord and they are meant to serve the Supreme Lord. Therefore, the best service that one can render to the Lord, which is most pleasing to the Lord, is to help the forgetful living entities to establish their connection with the Lord. This is the service of the spiritual master.
April 29, 2000, Kiev
Krishna consciousness means we have to be conscious. We have to practice it. If we don't practice Krishna consciousness, we can't expect Krishna consciousness. It is not that we are going to wake up some morning and all the sudden we are just going to see Krishna face to face in the spiritual world. We have to practice Krishna consciousness.
April 28, 1999, Ulan-Ude SB
So when one gets a little taste, a hankering for Krishna consciousness, then it is meant to increase the hankering within the heart to taste more. And it is meant to awaken greed, because without a greed for Krishna consciousness it is very difficult to advance.
April 27, 2008, Moscow
It is not simply mercy alone that enables us to make the progress required for Krishna consciousness. We must actually make an effort to become good receptacles for that mercy. If we make an effort, then Krishna will help us. But if we don't make any effort to control the mind and senses, then how could we actually expect the mind and the senses to become controlled? April 26, 1996, Minsk
Initiation means when a disciple breaks his ties with a bodily concept of life. This is a pretty high standard for initiation. It means to break ones ties with identification with the material body. And from that point on to always be determined to see everything as connected to Krishna. This is what it means to be sufficiently trained by the spiritual master.
April 25, 1998, Moscow
One who actually appreciates the value of the Holy Name of the Lord will very attentively chant the Holy Name every day with a sincere desire: "I want to make advancement in Krishna consciousness, I want to become free from these anarthas, I want to give up this fault finding mentality, I want to become free from the deep root of attachments to sense gratification." This is how we can come out from the platform of nama aparadha and actually come to the platform of nama bhasa. If one at least has this desire to make advancement in Krishna consciousness and then, when chanting in association of devotees who have a similar mentality, then we can begin to experience advancement in Krishna consciousness.
April 24, 2001, Kishiniev
There is no greater danger in this world than forgetting Krishna. Therefore we have to be very, very careful, that we don't try to become too comfortable in this material world. Because if we become too comfortable, then we always have the risk that we are actually getting into that very dangerous position of forgetting Krishna.
April 23, 2008, Moscow
One who has faith gets one result. One who has no faith, gets a different result. Therefore it is required, it is essential, that one has to cultivate faith and take up this chanting every day. Then one gradually will begin to appreciate how much nectar there is in these two syllables: Krish-na.
April 22, 2007, Boston
Trust comes from association. We actually have to seek out association of other devotees and by associating in the ways that Srila Rupa Gosvami has given to us to associate, we begin to develop trusting relationships.
April 21, 2001, Kiev