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One can choose his own time and place of death, and take rebirth wherever he may desire.

This is practical and authorized, and one can also test himself to see how he is advancing simply by It is authorized by the Vedic principles, authorized by ācāryas like Caitanya Mahāprabhu and others. And the method is very simple; there is no loss. We are not charging anything; we are not asking for fees and giving the people some secret mantra and This is open for everyone – children, women, girls, boys, old people – everyone can chant and see the

So an avatāra must conform to the descriptions in the Upaniṣads, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Mahābhārata, and And on the authority of Vedic literature and the commentary of great, stalwart gosvāmīs like Jīva Gosvāmī , who was the greatest scholar and philosopher in the world, we can accept Lord Caitanya as an incarnation

Meditation and the Self Within

Then one of the devotees who did not like the remarks of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī came back and informed So the devotee arranged a meeting of all the sannyāsīs, and there was a philosophical discussion on the Vedānta between Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. These accounts and philosophical discussions are given in our Teachings of Lord Caitanya. It is remarkable that Prakāśānanda himself and all his disciples became Vaiṣṇavas.

Śravaṇa means “hearing,” and kīrtana means “describing.” One should describe, and another should hear. Or the same man himself can both describe and hear. When we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, we chant and hear. This is complete. This is a complete method. But what is that chanting and hearing? One must chant and hear about Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa.

The word Harā is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words Kṛṣṇa and Rāma are forms Both Kṛṣṇa and Rāma mean “the supreme pleasure,” and Harā is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord,

Material life means eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, and spiritual life means something more This is also the difference between animal life and human life. A man sleeps, and a dog also sleeps. A man has sex, and the dog also has sex. These four principles are common to human beings and animals, and advancement of these four principles age, and disease.

We are attracting many students simply by chanting, and they are understanding the entire philosophy and becoming purified. This Society was started only four years ago, in 1966, and we have so many branches already. The American boys and girls are taking it very seriously, and they are happy. Ask any one of them.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: And what is the center?

When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was there, He was chanting and dancing. Some of the people very much appreciated this, and so He quickly became famous. He is so nicely chanting and dancing.” Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī was a great Vedāntist, and he did not like the idea. He is chanting and dancing, and this is not the business of a sannyāsī.

One has to be acquainted with God from within and without and thus act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the highest perfectional stage for the human form of life, and the topmost stage in all yoga

And I understand that You are a great Sanskrit scholar, and that especially in logic You are a very learned How is it that You are chanting and dancing and not reading the Vedānta?” In each and every word there are volumes of meanings, and there are many commentaries by Śaṅkarācārya and Rāmānujācārya, huge volumes in Sanskrit. There is no expenditure and there is no loss.

We have already stated that yoga practice means controlling the senses, and the beginning of controlling You cannot allow the tongue to take all kinds of forbidden food and drink, and at the same time improve It is a very regrettable fact that many stray, unauthorized so-called yogis now come to the West and Such unauthorized yogis even dare to say publicly that one can indulge in drinking and at the same time

I was chanting there for three hours with a small mṛdaṅga [drum], and these American boys assembled and gradually joined, and so it is increasing. In London they are all American boys and girls, and they are preaching. All my disciples, at least in this country, are Americans and Europeans. We have the highest philosophical and theosophical background.

There will be three cars, for Jagannātha, Subhadrā, and Balarāma, and they will be taken to the river And America has imported New England and New York, so why not New Vrindavan? The Western boys and girls are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and they should have a place like Vṛndāvana Our program is to live in New Vrindavan, depend on agriculture and cows as an economic solution, and We should be satisfied just to maintain the body and soul together, and the rest of the time we should

concentration of the mind, one has to sit down in a secluded place sanctified by a sacred atmosphere, and the yogi should observe the rules and regulations of brahmacarya – to live a life of strict self-restraint and celibacy. practice yoga in a congested city, living a life of extravagance, including unrestricted sex indulgence and

simply by chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, as they are mentioned in the Vedānta, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and The largest number of Indians follow this yoga practice, and in the United States and other countries It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are serious about success in yoga

Real yoga practice means to control the senses and, after such control is established, to concentrate Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original Absolute Personality, the Godhead, and all the other Viṣṇu forms – with four hands, decorated with conch, lotus, club, and wheel – are plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa.

When one is sufficiently trained and acts with submissive faith and love for Kṛṣṇa, under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, the dovetailing process becomes more firm and accurate. From without, the devotee is helped by the spiritual master, the bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa, and