You have to make distinction that you specifically like Kṛṣṇa and His devotees in Vraja better than anything else.
"We have to learn from the Founder what it means by 'We chant Hare Krishna, we don't care for the rules.' Because the point is is all the rules that we don't care about Prabhupada has already removed. [Laughter] So what's left is what he expects us to follow. And
"In dealing with the Lord, the mode of goodness is the recommended element that the time factor is establishing because that's the present, that's acting in an appropriate way in the present moment. So that's what's going to get results done. Why the present? Why not past and future? Because
"It's taken that, oh, we are down on women, but no, it's actually the opposite. It's that because of the value they have to be dealt with in a different way. But unscrupulous men who don't understand the culture, but they've been raised by women who don't understand the culture
"In the contemporary environment, due to the neophyte mentality, there isn’t a proper respect for siksa-guru. Because to have respect for siksa-guru, means, you have to have respect for the principle of authority and that knowledge is the highest. (..) If siksa-guru is respected, that means all senior Vaishnavas, and
"In the contemporary environment, due to the neophyte mentality, there isn’t a proper respect for siksa-guru. Because to have respect for siksa-guru, means, you have to have respect for the principle of authority and that knowledge is the highest. (..) If siksa-guru is respected, that means all senior Vaishnavas, and
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-08-NOI-7.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Prayasa is disturbing to devotional service, but devotees still accept the duties of varnashrama. Varnashrama on
"To do some other's duty means you don't understand yours. We will use the thing, "Oh, we are not this body," but the point is what are you going to do the work with? The body. So if you are not the body, why are you using it? The rules
"Why does it say 'self-help'? Because you've got to apply it, they are not going to apply it for you. They helped themselves when you paid for their book. That helped them. Now, you can read it, but applying it, you have to do it yourself. So it still comes
"Let's say you have a bunch of really bad kids, and they go out and for fun they like to be destructive, do vandalism and all that. But what do they get from it? They go out and throw brick to someone's window, what do they get from it? There