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Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers]

...cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ

Ladies and gentlemen, this Kṛṣṇa conscious movement is reviving our original consciousness. At the present moment, due to our long …

Similarly, originally, as spirit soul, our consciousness is uncontaminated, but due to our association with the matter at the present …

But originally, your consciousness and my consciousness were one. And what is that one? That conscious..., pure consciousness, is "God …

There is a Bengali verse in which it is stated that,

[Prema-vivarta]

The English translation is that "When an individual soul forgets his eternal relationship with God and tries to lord it …

So at the present moment, especially in this age, the forgetfulness of our eternal relationship with God is very strong. …

So what is this Hare Kṛṣṇa? Hare means the energy of the Lord, and Kṛṣṇa means the Supreme Personality of …

So anyone can take it by heart, these three words, and chant it. It is universal. And if you think …

Therefore it is universal. If you like, you can chant Jehovah or you can chant Allah, but we request you …

Just like in the material world, in the world of duality there is difference between the name "water" and the …

Therefore if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa... You may inquire why we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa, this name, was …

Just like immediately we began to chant. You were not prepared, but you joined with us, you clapped with us, …

So the benefit will be that gradually you shall understand what you are. The whole civilization, modern civilization, is going …

It is a very long verse. But actually we are not this body. So if we chant this mantra, Hare …

Because at the present moment I am acting on the concept of my life as this body. Because this body …

So if the body is falsely identified, then we can understand that our identification with this world is also false. …

This Bhagavad-gītā is the science of God. Just like in your Christian Bible or any other scriptures, Muhammadan or Christian …