Author: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

There is no difficulty to become a devotee. At once you can become a devotee, within a second. They ask sometimes, "How long will it take to become a devotee?" It will take one second. How? Vasudevokta-karinah. You simply accept that whatever Vasudeva says, you'll do. That's all. Vasudeva says so many things. Vasudeva says to Arjuna that "You fight." So if you accept

We are chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra, but if we become at least once in life in ecstasy in chanting Hare Krsna, then all our sinful reaction of life is finished. Unfortunately, we again commit sinful life. Otherwise, by chanting once Hare Krsna mantra, one becomes immediately free from the reaction. But maya is so powerful that it induces again to commit sinful

Mahendra: Sometimes, although a devotee understands that he must take birth again if he is not strict, he thinks, "Oh, it is so difficult to be strict. Maybe I'll just take it easy and remain engaged in devotional service, then I'll take another birth as a devotee and maybe next time I'll finish up my business." Prabhupada: Yes. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. He

Narayana-parayana means my life is now dedicated for Narayana. Narayana, Krsna, Visnu, they're the same. So that is qualification, if you simply take it as vow that "From this day my life is dedicated to Narayana, Krsna." Sarvopadhi vinirmuktam tat paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. As soon as we take this vow, that "From this day my life is dedicated to Krsna.

No monkey is a meat-eater. How have you changed your habits if you are actual descendant from monkey? So how you have changed your habits in the matter of eating? Put some humorous question. What is the answer, that you are improved than the monkey? Well, you have not improved. You cannot jump like a monkey from one branch to another, so how you have improved? Simply

Because there is no Krsna consciousness, now they are creating so many sinful life, killing the child openly. The doctors, the medical men, scientists, advise it, "If you like, you can kill your child." And to kill a child means how much sinful activities they do not know, but they are inducing. He has to become a child, and he will be killed by somebody else. And

Devotee (3): Srila Prabhupada, it's very difficult to control my mind when I chant. It wanders. Prabhupada: So what is the controlling of mind? You have to chant and hear, that's all. You have to chant with your tongue, and the sound you hear, that's all. What is the question of mind

Practicing yoga means working without thought of personal interest, but solely for the mission of Krishna. What is this mission? To tell people about Krishna-consciousness, or God-consciousness. Lord Chaitanya told His disciples, "Preach this gospel that I teach. Whomever you meet, just try to inform him about the message of the Bhagavad-Gita." We should inform the

We are called marginal energy. We may be dark side or in the light side. So Krsna consciousness means to keep always in the light side. If we always think of Krsna, by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, then we shall keep ourself on the light side. And as soon as we think of sense gratification, immediately we are on the dark side. We should be very cautious that we may

People want to be cheated. They come to a sadhu for some material benefit. Don't you see that people are so much anxious to touch the feet of a sadhu? What is the reason? Reason is that if he gets some favor of the sadhu, then "I shall be happy materially." That's all. They have no idea, becoming servant of Krsna. "Asirvada."

Prabhupada: Nothing happens accidentally. According to Vedic literature, there is no such word as "accident." The word is adrsta [unseen]: there is cause; I cannot see it. Adrsta. It is not in my vision, but there is cause. There is no question of accident. Harikesa: What about when somebody is born with three arms or eight toes? Prabhupada: There is karma, cause, but

Devotee: I'm curious about the destination of a neophyte devotee. If a neophyte devotee is with determination endeavoring for purification but he were to meet with death as he is still influenced by the lower modes, although he is seriously trying, then does he take another birth, or does he go to Krsna? Prabhupada: No, he has to take another birth. If he is not