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“Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself

In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin.

“O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress and their disappearance in due course are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being

Kāma and lobha are the symptoms of material existence. When one becomes free from this contamination, his mind and consciousness also become freed and attain Mind, consciousness and the living entity exist. Whenever we speak of the living entity, this includes the mind and consciousness. The difference between conditional life and liberated life occurs when we purify the mind and the consciousness

“In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.25)

“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, and producing all moving and unmoving By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” There is thunder and rain, and from rain comes the food we enjoy.

Rains are produced by performance of yajña [sacrifice], and yajña is born of prescribed duties.” Through yajña, sacrifice, we have to satisfy the Supreme Person, and yajñas can be executed when human There are four varṇas (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra) and four āśramas (brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa). These varṇas and āśramas have their respective duties, and unless human society is divided according

Kṛṣṇa’s name, form, qualities, pastimes, paraphernalia and abode are all part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. However, understanding Kṛṣṇa begins with hearing and chanting His name. Then there is His form. Generally, for the neophyte, these items are essential – to hear His name and qualities and see and worship

“I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yogamāyā]; and so the deluded world knows Me not , who am unborn and infallible.”

“There is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested It is supreme and is never annihilated. That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination.

Mṛta means “birth and death,” and amṛta means “the cessation of birth and death.” Spiritual life means putting an end to birth, old age, disease and death. Getting amṛta, nectar, means getting relief from birth and death, and that is the real aim of spiritual

“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” “Everything” includes living entities and inert matter. Both matter and the living entities come from Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, the whole world is a combination of matter and spirit, prakṛti and the living entity.

The bona fide spiritual master is a true Vedāntist, for he actually knows Vedānta and the Vedas and understands The word veda means “knowledge,” and anta means “last phase.” One may study to be an electrician and earn his livelihood by repairing electric lines. Real knowledge, however, is Vedic knowledge, knowing oneself, what one is and what God is and understanding one’s relationship with God, and one’s duty.

“The knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various Vedic writings – especially in the Vedānta-sūtra – and is presented with all reasoning as to cause and effect.”

“Hearing, chanting and remembering the holy name, form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of the Lord , offering service according to the time, place and performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers , always considering oneself the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, making friends with Him and dedicating everything

There is no alternative and no duplicate. There is no one equal to Him or greater than Him. Human life is meant for inquiring about Para-brahman and one’s relationship with Him. Everyone is asking about the news and the morning paper, and everyone is concerned with going to the market and purchasing so many goods for cheaper prices. All this is going on in human society and in cat and dog society also.

“Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.”

There are nine basic processes of devotional service – hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord, remembering lotus feet, worshiping Him, offering prayers to the Lord, acting as His servant, becoming His friend, and The beginning is śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, hearing and chanting. One must be very eager to hear and chant.