If you want to be happy in this world, then accept an exalted, transcendental Guru who knows Gita, Bhagavatam, the Puranas and Vedas, who can remove all doubts, and who chants harinama sankirtana purely, following trnad api sunicena taror iva sahisnuna. Such a Guru practices bhakti as received from…
I honor him because he has done so much service for Svamiji. But even now, when he meets me, it seems that he is my little boy; he is like my son. I think of all of them like this. Where is Bhavananda? Where are the others? But, I am still serving Svamiji. Do you need any more proof? They don’t understand me…
Seniority doesn’t depend on age and when the devotee got initiated. Devotion doesn’t depend on learning; devotion depends on the degree of one’s surrender to his guru. Devotion is directly proportional to the service rendered by the disciple to his guru. You cannot know what devotion is by worldly knowledge…
We offer puṣpāñjali at His lotus feet and pray for His mercy. His glories are unlimited. One who respects Nityānanda Prabhu will achieve nitya ānanda, eternal bliss. We pray for a place nearby His lotus feet. When we receive Nityānanda Prabhu’s mercy, we will become related to the Vaiṣṇavas, harināma, the dhāma,..
In sādhu-saṅga, one can realize that one is kṛṣṇa-dāsa, the servant of Kṛṣṇa; not māyā-dāsa, the servant of Māyā. By meeting with sādhus, one can get liberation from māyā. Then one will fully engage his mind, words, and actions in God’s service. This is possible for those with sukṛti.
Someone who serves Hari, Guru, Vaiṣṇavas, the temple, and the dhāma, and then takes a wage, will progress towards hell. This is the ignorant nature and material tendency of the conditioned soul, like an eagle flying in the sky looking down at a carcass on the ground…
Like an ant that becomes trapped in honey, the more the conditioned soul accepts māyā, the harder it is to escape. However, if we are engaged in vraja-rasa, then we will get strength, transcendental power, and the ability to easily cross over māyā. At that time, everything to do with māyā will appear to us like…
If there is no place for the Guru-varga in a certain temple, then Vaiṣṇavas will not go there. Such a place is not really a temple; it is like a hotel or a business center. Similarly, if your heart has no room for Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, svarūpa-śakti, or antaraṅga-śakti, you may be chanting harināma, but only other things will come, not the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Your harināma will result only in mundane affairs…
So, we should wait and look for a bona fide guru. By accepting him or a siksa guru, we will advance rapidly in our devotion. If we don’t have faith in anyone, then we should wait and pray to Krsna that He will arrange a bona fide guru for us. If you are not satisfied by the character of any guru, then you shouldn’t accept him as your diksa guru…