1. Training must be there

    Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacari, living under the care of the guru, whose place is known as the gurukula. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitam (Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.12.1). From the very beginning, a brahmacari is trained to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the guru. A brahmacari is advised to […]
  2. Read Bhagavad-gita daily

    In addition to our chanting our 16 rounds daily, we must all read at least one chapter of the Bhagavad-gita. Read one chapter one day then go on to the next chapter the next day and in this way, after 18 days, we will have completed one reading. After four or five such complete reading […]
  3. Uncivilized civilization

    At the present moment, the killing of cows and the killing of children is going on unrestrictedly, and therefore this civilization is not at all human, and those who are conducting this condemned civilization are uncivilized asuras. Such uncivilized men are not in favor of the Krsna consciousness movement. As public officers, they declare without […]
  4. What we were; then and now

    Those engaged in broadcasting the holy name of Narayana, Krsna, through the Krsna consciousness movement should always consider what our position was before we came and what it is now. We had fallen into abominable lives as meat-eaters, drunkards and woman hunters who performed all kinds of sinful activities, but now we have been given […]
  5. Actual human civilization

    The people were good citizens because they accepted the institution of varna and asrama, which arranges society in the varna divisions of brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, and sudra and the asrama divisions of brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. This is actual human civilization. Srila Prabhupada; SB 9.10.50, purport
  6. Brahmacari must consult guru

    I must inform you that Vamanadeva’s advice that first you should make a move and then consult your spiritual master is most unauthorized. A disciple should not do anything without asking first his Spiritual Master. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam that a brahmacari should beg and collect things and then deliver them to his Spiritual […]
  7. Who is Krsna?

    The name Krsna means “all-attractive.” God attracts everyone; that is the definition of “God.” We have seen many pictures of Krsna, and we see that He attracts the cows, calves, birds, beasts, trees, plants, and even the water in Vrndavana. He is attractive to the cowherd boys, to the gopis, to Nanda Maharaja, to the […]
  8. When remaining silent is a fault

    One should not at any time tolerate blasphemy and insults against Lord Visnu or His devotees. A devotee is generally very humble and meek, and he is reluctant to pick a quarrel with anyone. Nor does he envy anyone. However, a pure devotee immediately becomes fiery with anger when he sees that Lord Visnu or […]