1. How to learn to do anything

    Srila Prabhupada said, "A devotee can learn to do anything if they repeat this prayer before they begin any service." And then he spoke this wonderful prayer:

    om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
    caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
    sri-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthapitam yena bhu-tale
    svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam

    (Recalled by Yamuna D.D.; quoted in "Yamuna Devi" by Dinatarini D.D., vol. 1 p. 101)