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Therefore, if we actually want to improve the world situation, we have to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness would rather read all kinds of books by all kinds of rascals, but the result of such books is to kill Kṛṣṇa

Therefore, in the practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness we do not allow any illicit sex.

Therefore He gave the mahā-mantra – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma But anyone may take to this process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

In illusion a person may think he can get rid of unwanted habits and be saved by some artificial, mystic And in fact at one time it was possible to attain liberation by practicing aṣṭāṅga-yoga, or eightfold But at present almost no one can follow this process, and artificial attempts at yoga will not help us

Therefore we first advise all the disciples in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to avoid illicit sex, Of course, restraint is difficult, but it is quite possible if one fully surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, since all abominable habits gradually become distasteful for a Kṛṣṇa conscious person.

Kanauj in present-day India] there lived a brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila who married a prostitute maidservant and Ajāmila gave trouble to others by arresting them, by cheating them in gambling, or by directly plundering This was the way he earned his livelihood and maintained his wife and children.

Although Ajāmila was born of a brāhmaṇa father and strictly followed the regulative principles – no meat-eating , no illicit sex, no intoxication, and no gambling – he fell in love with a prostitute, and therefore But if we abandon them, we fall down into illusory life, or māyā.

To understand the bona fide science of God, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master and hear the We should not speculate and make up our own statements. One must approach a bona fide spiritual master and inquire from him submissively. The Absolute Truth is explained in the scriptures, and the scriptures are explained by the spiritual master or a saintly person.

He became a cheater and a thief. One who acts dishonestly will be punished. He may escape the king’s or government’s law, but he can never escape God’s law. The materialists think, “I am cheating God, and I can continue to gratify my senses by all nefarious are cheating their own happiness in the end, because they will have to accept a material body again and

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that Kṛṣṇa lifted Govardhana Hill just as a child lifts a mushroom

If we want to advance in spiritual life, we must follow the regulative principles and rectify the mistakes of our past lives and this present life. Only those who have become free from all kinds of sinful reactions and are now engaged in pious activities Persons who commit sinful activities and who are overly attached to bodily comforts and mundane friendship , society, and family affection cannot be spiritually self-realized.

Ajāmila became attracted to a prostitute, and with her he begot ten children. He became so degraded that he could not execute honest business to support his large family, and he was forced to beg, borrow, and steal to maintain them. If a person indulges in illicit sex, intoxication and gambling automatically follow. and stealing.

A man who is born in a brāhmaṇa family is expected to be truthful and self-controlled, to be fully cognizant of spiritual life and its practical application, and to have complete faith in the statements of the

The great sages and ṛṣis throughout the world have given guidance, and their words are recorded in the But rascals and fools misinterpret the scriptures and misguide the people. At present, the Bhagavad-gītā is interpreted in so many different ways, and these so-called explanations One interpreter explains that the battlefield of Kurukṣetra refers to the material body and that the

And to guarantee offenseless chanting, some austerity is required. so it is sanctioned in the śāstras to some degree: one is allowed to live peacefully with one’s wife and One who does not take the responsibility of family life but remains a bachelor and engages in illicit sex is considered irresponsible, and he will have to suffer the consequences.

By interpretation, so-called scholars and theologians have played havoc with the Vedic literature. ācārya has ever interpreted the śāstras according to his own whims, but many so-called modern scholars and leaders have done so, and therefore people are gliding down into the most abominable conditions of material

Here the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says that the brāhmaṇa Ajāmila became attached to a prostitute and thus lost illicit association with the prostitute, Ajāmila was forced to live by begging, borrowing, stealing, and

To maintain a woman who is nothing more than a prostitute and engage in illicit sex with her for producing Such children are unwanted (varṇa-saṅkara), and in this way society becomes degraded.

to increase, the entire society will be condemned, for it will be full of rogues, thieves, cheaters, and

Of course, one who thinks that family life is too big a responsibility can forgo it and thus avoid a