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So present crisis, food crisis... Everything is described in the Bhagavad-gītā. Bhagavad-gītā does not say that "You live by breathing …

If you want perfection of life... This is called tapasya. One has got the desire, but he should not desire …

Then it is said here, kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam. Kilbiṣam means resultant action of sinful life. Kilbiṣam. So if we don't …

Even one is... Just like a pig is living in a very filthy condition, eating stool, and still, he is …

So this illusion is there, but by knowledge, by good association, by taking instruction from the śāstra, from guru, from …

People have forgotten now. They do not know what is the austerities. But the human life is meant for that …

But the according to Vedic civilization, varṇāśrama-dharma. Vedic civilization means four varṇas and four āśramas = brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. …

Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaḥ. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has given definition how bhakti is killed:

atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ laulyaṁ jana-saṅgaś ca ṣaḍbhir bhaktir pranaśyati

[NoI 2]

If you want to advance in spiritual life, bhakti-yoga, then you should avoid all these things, six kinds of. Ṣaḍbhiḥ, …

Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś. Prayāsaḥ means things which are done with great endeavor. No, we shall accept things which are very easily …

And just the opposite number,

utsāhān dhairyāt niścayād tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt sato vṛtteḥ saṅga-tyāgāt ṣaḍbhir bhaktiḥ prasidhyati

[Upadeśāmṛta 3]

Prasidhyati means you increase. What is that? Utsāha, endeavor. "In this life I must fulfill my mission of Kṛṣṇa consciousness." …

But you must follow the rules and regulation, as it is enjoined in the śāstra. Not that "Kṛṣṇa will give …

Because spiritual life means tapasya. Formerly great, great saintly persons, they underwent very, very severe tapasya for thousands of years, …

Now, it is a fact because the soul is eternal, nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṁ na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre [Bg. 2.20]. The …

They think it is all utopian. But we don't think. We believe in the words of Kṛṣṇa, words of the …