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If you talk, you must talk about Kṛṣṇa. That is tapasya.

It is not “I may do it or not do it.” These austerities must be done. And one must carry out the order of the spiritual master and the order of the śāstra, or scripture. When you follow without consideration of whether it is convenient or inconvenient, simply because it Therefore in our Vedic civilization we find so many rules and regulations.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: And so, Śrīla Prabhupāda, tapasya includes dietary regulations?

In Bhagavad-gītā [5.18] Kṛṣṇa also describes the paṇḍita:

On the road, animals may keep to the right or keep to the left; it doesn’t matter. But if a cat or dog transgresses – “Never mind the red light; I shall go” – he’s not punished.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: May I ask the next question, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Even Kṛṣṇa was ordered by His spiritual master to go and pick up some dry wood from the forest. Although His father was Nanda Mahārāja, a village vaiśya king, and although Kṛṣṇa was the Personality

Where is the school or college? The students are even smoking in front of their teacher, and it is tolerated. No offense. And this tapasya begins with brahmacārī life, learning to control the senses – that is the beginning Not “A-B-C-D” learning, and maybe your character is less than an animal’s, though you have a degree from

A degree-holder who has no tapasya and no character – Kṛṣṇa says he is māyayāpahṛta-jñānā, “his knowledge

The śāstra says, “You must have sex like this: once in a month and only for begetting children.”

Even in ordinary affairs – let us say you are driving your car on some urgent business and you see a

And that is human life.

The mother purchases powdered meat and mixes it with liquid and feeds it to the infant.

So one should practice tapasya in every way – in body, mind, words, personal behavior, and dealings with Tapo divyam: if you want to simply be a human being, and especially if you want to make progress in spiritual

And what is the aim of performing tapasya?

Even from the standpoint of basic moral instruction, we must ask: Who today is educated? The educated person is described …

mātṛ-vat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭra-vat ātma-vat sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitāḥ

“The educated man sees another’s wife as his mother and another’s property as untouchable garbage, and

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Certainly. For advancement in spiritual life, such tapasya is essential. Tapasya means voluntarily accepting something which may be …