Present time, everyone is fallen -- but truth is always the same, not [only] at present time. So the real truth is that ideal man of character there must be. "Because at the present moment there is no character, there is no moral education; therefore we have to adapt according to them." No. The pakka moralist, he must be moralist. It doesn't matter that "People at the present time, they do all immoral activities; therefore we have to adjust." No....

Wherever you may go to perform your devotional service, you should always be very careful to observe very strictly the rules and regulations. Rise early, attend mangala arati and class, chant 16 rounds, and follow the four regulative principles without deviation. This will guarantee your spiritual perfection.

Wherever you may go to perform your devotional service, you should always be very careful to observe very strictly the rules and regulations. Rise early, attend mangala arati and class, chant 16 rounds, and follow the four regulative principles without deviation. This will guarantee your spiritual perfection

...please decorate Jagannatha with very attractive nice clothing and ornaments, helmets, as brightly and magnificently as possible... There shall be sufficient flower garlands for them daily also.

Sadhu, they are generally on the renounced order of life, but there are other sadhus also, they may be not in renounced order, as grhastha, grhe tisthati, with wife and children. They are also sometimes mahatmas. That their symptoms is now being described: ye va mayise krta-sauhrdartha. Their life is not for material enjoyment. Their life is dedicated to make friendship with the Supreme Lord.

Regarding your proposed festivals, yes, that is a good idea. Please do it very nicely. These public festivals have proven very effective in spreading knowledge about Krishna Consciousness to all the citizens. In fact, I have directed the GBC to organize such festivals and travelling sankirtana throughout their zones. The festival we are holding at present in Delhi has been extremely successful, and by Krishna's grace everyone is appreciating this Movement by seeing the beautiful deity worship, by hearing...

Yes, reading my books will help you. Philosophy must be there. But if you do not also apply the philosophy by participating in all temple affairs like rising early, attending mangala-arati, performing devotional service, then simply learning the philosophy will have no effect.

Any householder, regardless of his position, can perform this sankirtana-yajna without expenditure. All the family members can sit down together and simply clap their hands and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Somehow or other, everyone can manage to perform such a yajna and distribute prasada to the people in general. That is quite sufficient for this age of Kali. The Krsna consciousness movement is based on this principle: chant the Hare Krsna mantra at every moment, as much as...

Gopala Krsna: I was thinking, Srila Prabhupada, we should get this gurukula accepted by the government also so... Prabhupada: No, no, no. Never do that. Gopala Krsna: No, when our gurukula children apply for entry visas, they should give them visas right away, because these kids from abroad will come to India for gurukula... Prabhupada: Our program is open. Brahmacari gurukule vasan dantah [SB 7.12.1]. We are training like this, according to the Bhagavata. That's all. Never mind government.

Please do not neglect to engage yourself in the prescribed duties for maintaining your spiritual strength. Without keeping spiritual strength there is no question of any accomplishment like painting or anything else. So Krishna Consciousness is first in all circumstances. Everything should be regulated in devotional service. Just like eating. Eating is necessary to remain fit, but too much eating means disease and too little eating means starving. One must adjust things properly, that is the program of Krishna...

Ramesvara: Devotees once told me you said that the demigods like this movement very much so that they're standing in line to take their birth in the Krsna consciousness movement. Prabhupada: Yes. They like to come here on this planet.