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The aim of life is to go back to home, back to Godhead. That is the aim of life. We …

So Kṛṣṇa comes here again... Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata [Bg. 4.7]. Dharmasya glāniḥ. Glāniḥ means when it …

One who does not know what is God, one who does not know how to surrender to Him, he's not …

harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā

[Cc. Ādi 17.21]

There is no other way. You chant. Then any, any scripture you will find. Śabdād anāvṛtti, in the Vedānta-sūtra. Śabdāt, …

That is our aim. The human form of life is meant for finishing all these problems, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi [Bg. 13.9], and …

This is Bhagavad-gītā. Nobody wants to know this. They manufacture their own commentary. In that way you'll never understand. You'll …

So these are the instruction of the śāstras. And this is very scientific and very important thing. But unfortunately, we …

We should be very serious about the problems of life, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi [Bg. 13.9]. That is spiritual advancement. Unless we come …

Therefore Kṛṣṇa has said... This is old. It is not new type of religion. It is the..., it is the …

anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu- śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā

[Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11]

This is the definition given by Rūpa Gosvāmī. Similarly, in Nārada Pañcarātra, the bhakti is defined:

sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa- sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate

[Cc. Madhya 19.170]

These are the definition of bhakti. Bhakti..., without bhakti, nobody can become bhakta. Bhakta means one who is executing bhakti. …

So those who are engaged in this process of bhakti, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ... [SB 7.5.23]. Viṣṇu means Bhagavān, or Kṛṣṇa. …

So Kṛṣṇa can be seen always, provided you want to see God. But we don't want to see God. That …

premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi