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We’re not denying it.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: But if you don’t receive the mantra through the proper channel, it may not really be

Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, it’s not a waste of time. So, He was criticized by great sannyāsīs, who said, “You have become a sannyāsī, and yet You do not read But when Caitanya Mahāprabhu met such stalwart scholars, He did not remain silent.

And if one does not receive his mantra through one of these sampradāya channels, then it will not act ; it will not give fruit.

to understand the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra through philosophy, through study, through Vedānta, then we do not But it is not that the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is somehow insufficient and therefore we are recommending books So, we should not be dumb. It does not require any education, any reading, or anything else.

If your mantra does not come through the disciplic succession, it will not be effective. Niṣphalā means that it will not produce the desired result. So the mantra must be received through the proper channel, or it will not act.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: It is not that you can go to just any spiritual master.

Therefore, your attraction for a particular flower is not the solution to the question of which is actually In the same way, personal attraction is not the solution to choosing the best spiritual process. You may want a yellow flower, and that flower may not have any fragrance.

disciples or us or anybody else who goes to any spiritual master – how are we to tell if he’s for real or not

I mean, the mantra is not material.

John Lennon: But what if one of these masters who’s not in the line says exactly the same thing as one

One theory replaces another, and therefore philosophical speculation will not help us arrive at the Absolute

So chanting out loud, with musical instruments, is not a new thing.