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Bhakti Vriksha - Krishna Sevak
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Sri Sri Gurvashtaka 01
Narasimha Pranam 03
Sri Tulasi-Aarti 04
Noteworthy Quotations on Vegetarianism 06
Setting Up An Altar 07
Recommended Books 09
Slokas For Memorisation 10
Lesson 1 - Reincarnation 13
Lesson 2 - Sinful and Pious Activities - Karma 17
Lesson 3 - Karma Free Activities 21
Lesson 4 - Offering To The Lord 25
Lesson 5 - Ante Narayana Smriti 30
Lesson 6 - Eternity of Bhakti 33
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Lesson 7 - Bhakti Yoga 36
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Lesson 8 - Rules And Regulations 40
Lesson 9 - Importance of Prayers 43
Lesson 10 - Service To Tulasi 46
Lesson 11 - Importance of Decorating The Body 48

With Tilaka
Glories of The Sacred Gopi Chandan 51

How To Apply Tilaka? 56
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Bhakti Vriksha - Krishna Sevak 01
Sri Sri Gurvashtaka

(Glories of the Spiritual Master by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura)
(1)
(5)
saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
śrī-rādhikā-mādhavayor apāra-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya
prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
(2) (6)
mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gīta- nikuñja-yūno rati-keli-siddhyai
vāditra-mādyan-manaso rasena yā yālibhir yuktir apekṣaṇīyā
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(3) (7)
śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā- sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
śṛńgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
yuktasya bhaktāḿś ca niyuñjato 'pi kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
(4) (8)
catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda- yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
svādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-sańghān yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
kṛtvaiva tṛptiḿ bhajataḥ sadaiva dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ
Translation

(1) The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.

(2) Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual
master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is
relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels
quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(3) The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Shri Shri Radha and Krishna. He also
engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean
Their temple, and perform other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
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lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(4) The spiritual master is always offering Krishna four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is
licked, chewed, drunk, and sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by
eating bhagavat-prasada, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master.

(5) The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal pastimes of
Radhika and Madhava, and Their qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these
at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(6) The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopis, who at different times
make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Radha and Krishna's conjugal loving affairs
within the
groves of Vrindavana. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(7) The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most
confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all
authorities. Therefore I offer my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is
a bona fide representative of Shri Hari [Krishna].

(8) By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise
the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet
of my a spiritual master.
Narasimha Pranam
(1)
namas te narasiḿhāya
prahlādāhlāda-dāyine
hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-
śilā-ṭańka-nakhālaye
(2)
ito nṛsiḿhaḥ parato nṛsiḿho
yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiḿhaḥ
bahir nṛsiḿho hṛdaye nṛsiḿho
nṛsiḿham ādiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapadye
(3)
tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛńgaḿ
dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛńgam
keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare

TRANSLATION
1) I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha, who gives joy to Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels on
the stone like chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.
2) Lord Nrsimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrsimha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well.
I surrender to Lord Nrsimha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.
3) O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lionl All glories to
You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp like
demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.

Sri Tulasi-Aarti
(introductory verse)
vṛndāyai tulasī-devyai priyāyai keśavasya ca
viṣṇu-bhakti-prade devī satya vatyai namo namaḥ
(1)
namo namaḥ tulasī kṛṣṇa-preyasi namo namaḥ
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-sevā pābo ei abilāṣī
(2)
ye tomāra śaraṇa loy, tara vāñchā pūrṇa hoy
kṛpā kori' koro tāre vṛndāvana-vāsi
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(3)
mora ei abhilāṣa, vilāsa kuñje dio vāsa
nayana heribo sadā yugala-rūpa-rāśi
(4)
ei nivedana dhara, sakhīra anugata koro
sevā-adhikāra diye koro nīja dāsī
(5)
dīna kṛṣṇa-dāse koy, ei yena mora hoy
śrī-rādhā-govinda-preme sadā yena bhāsi
(circumambulation Mantra)
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahma-hatyādikāni ca
tāni tāni praṇaśyanti pradakṣiṇaḥ pade pade
Sri Tulasi-Aarti
Translation:
(1) O Tulasi, beloved of Krishna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to
obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
(2) Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on
him, you make him a resident of Vrindavana.
(3) My desire is that you will also give me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri
Vrindavana-dhama. Thus within my vision I will always behold the beautiful
pastimes of Radha and Krishna.
(4) I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give
me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.
(5) This very fallen and lowly servant of Krsna prays, "May I always swim in the love
of Sri Radha and Govinda.
Noteworthy Quotations on Vegetarianism
“Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts
vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind.”
- Albert Einstein
“There is just no reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there
are so many substitutes. Man can live without meat.”
-The Dalai Lama
“If man wants freedom why keep birds and animals in cages? Truly man is the king of beasts,
for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places! I have
since an early age abjured the use of meat.”
-Leonardo-da-Vinci
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“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our
fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.”
-Gandhi
“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”

-Benjamin Franklin
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. He shall eat
butter and honey, so that he may know the evil from the good.”
-Isaiah 7:14-15
“The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion”

-Mahaparinirvana (Mahayana Version)
The 13th Century Zen Master Doyen, while visiting China, asked this question: “What must the
mental attitude and daily activities of a student be when he is engaged in Buddhist meditation
and practice? JuChing answered that one of the things he should avoid is eating meat.
“Thou shalt not kill.”

-Exodus 20:13
I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain.
They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could
not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.
-Vaslav Nijinsky
Setting Up An Altar
It is best to have an altar with steps, specially made from wood or other materials;
it should be large enough so you can arrange all the pictures nicely on it. You
should also keep a small table about three feet high, to hold the arati plate, in
front and to the left of the altar(on the left side of someone facing the altar.)
Another table, about one foot high, is required for offering food, and a mat is also
necessary for standing or sitting while performing the worship.
A standard home altar should have the following pictures:

1) Radha- Krishna on the topmost step of your altar.
2) The Panca Tattva(Lord Chaitanya and His four principal associates) and Lord
Narasimhadeva on the second step.
3) The Sampradaya acharyas : a)Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta swami Prabhupada,
b)Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura, c) Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji, d)
Bhaktivinoda Thankura, and e) Jagannatha Dasa Babaji and the six Goswamis of
Vrindavana.
4)After taking initiation, or from the time one has formally accepted shelter of an
ISKCON Guru, a picture of one's Guru is placed on the altar.
You should not place the pictures of those who are superior in the spiritual
hierarchy below those who worship them. For example, never keep the photo of
the guru above that of Krishna. The Panca Tattva worship Radha- Krishna and are
worshipped by the Sampradaya acharyas
Alter Setup Example
Spiritual Master
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Recommended Reading of Srila Prabhupada Books
1. Perfect Questions and Perfect Answers

2. Raja-Vidya
3. Krsna Consciousness, The Topmost Yoga System
4. Easy Journey To Other Planets
5. Matchless Gift
6. Hare Krishna Challenge
7. Krishna, Reservoir of Pleasure
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Slokas For Memorisation
Bg. 1.1
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
kim akurvata sañjaya
Translation
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place of
pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?
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dehino ’smin yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati
Translation
As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the
soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a
change.
Bg. 2.14
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino ’nityās
tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata
Translation
O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their
disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer
seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate
them without being disturbed.
Bg. 3.27
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate
Translation
The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that
are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.
Bg. 4.2
evaṁ paramparā-prāptam
imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ
sa kāleneha mahatā
yogo naṣṭaḥ paran-tapa
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This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly
kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore
the science as it is appears to be lost.
Bg. 4.34
tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
Translation
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and
render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they
have seen the truth.
Bg. 8.5
anta-kāle ca mām eva
smaran muktvā kalevaram
yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ
yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ
Translation
And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My
nature. Of this there is no doubt.
Bg. 9.26
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
Translation
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.
Bg. 9.27
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
Translation
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you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
Bg. 15.15
sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo
mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca
vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham
Translation
I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and
forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am
the knower of the Vedas.
Bg. 18.66
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
Translation
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful
reactions. Do not fear.
LESSON 1
Reincarnation
Śrīla Prabhupāda: One must first understand that he is a soul, or something other than his body.
Mike Robinson: And when will we understand that?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: You can understand at any moment, but it requires a little intelligence. For
example, as a child grows, he becomes a boy, the boy becomes a young man, the young man
becomes an adult, and the adult becomes an old man. Throughout all this time, although his
body is changing from a child to an old man, he still feels himself to be the same person, with the
same identity. Just see: the body is changing, but the occupier of the body, the soul, is remaining
the same. So we should logically conclude that when our present body dies, we get another
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Mike Robinson: So when people die it is just the physical body that dies?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. That is explained very elaborately in the Bhagavad-gītā [2.20]: na jāyate
mriyate vā kadācin … na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre.
Mike Robinson: Thank you very much for reading that. So can you explain to me just a bit more?
If the soul is undying, does everybody’s soul go to be with God when they die?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Not necessarily. If one is qualified – if he qualifies himself in this life to go back
home, back to Godhead – then he can go. If he does not qualify himself, then he gets another
material body. And there are 8,400,000 different bodily forms. According to his desires and
karma, the laws of nature give him a suitable body. It is just like when a man contracts some
disease and then develops that disease. Suppose somebody has contracted smallpox. So, after
seven days he develops the symptoms. What is that period called?
Mike Robinson: Incubation?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Incubation. So you cannot avoid it. If you have contracted some disease it will
develop, by nature’s law. Similarly, during this life you associate with various modes of material
nature, and that association will decide what kind of body you are going to get in the next life.
That is strictly under the laws of nature. Everyone is controlled by the laws of nature – they’re
completely dependent – but out of ignorance people think that they are free. They’re not free;
they’re imagining that they’re free, but they are completely under the laws of nature. So, your
next birth will be decided according to your activities – sinful or pious, as the case may be.
Mike Robinson: And what difference would it make to someone – being taught how to be a Hare
Kṛṣṇa person?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: His real education would begin. The first thing is to understand that you are a
spirit soul. And because you are a spirit soul, you are changing your body. This is the ABC of
spiritual understanding. So, when your body is finished, annihilated, you are not finished. You
get another body, just as you may change your coat and shirt. If you come to see me tomorrow
wearing a different shirt and a different coat, does that mean you are a different person? No.
Similarly, each time you die you change bodies, but you, the spirit soul within the body, remain
the same. This point has to be understood; then one can make further progress in the science of
Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Mike Robinson: Yes, I think I’ve got that now. If we could go on from there – you said that how
you lived made a difference in your life after death, that there are natural laws that determine
your next life. How does the process of transmigration work?
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Śrīla Prabhupāda: The process is very subtle. The spirit soul is invisible to our material eyes. It is
atomic in size. After the destruction of the gross body, which is made up of the senses, blood,
bone, fat, and so forth, the subtle body of mind, intelligence, and ego goes on working. So at the
time of death this subtle body carries the small spirit soul to another gross body.
The process is just like air carrying a fragrance. Nobody can see where this rose fragrance is
coming from, but we know that it is being carried by the air. You cannot see how, but it is being
done. Similarly, the process of transmigration of the soul is very subtle. According to the
condition of the mind at the time of death, the minute spirit soul enters into the womb of a
particular mother through the semen of a father, and then the soul develops a particular type of
body given by the mother. It may be a human being, it may be a cat, a dog, or anything.
Mike Robinson: Are you saying that we were something else before this life?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes.
Mike Robinson: And we keep coming back as something else the next time?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, because you are eternal. According to your work, you are simply changing
bodies. Therefore, you should want to know how to stop this business, how you can remain in
your original, spiritual body. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Mike Robinson: I see. So if I become Kṛṣṇa conscious, I wouldn’t risk coming back as a dog?
Śrīla Prabhupāda: No. [To a devotee:] Find this verse: janma karma ca me divyam …
Disciple:
janma karma ca me divyam
evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti so ’rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon
leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O
Arjuna.” [Bhagavad-gītā 4.9]
Śrīla Prabhupāda: God is saying, “Anyone who understands Me is free from birth and death.” But
one cannot understand God by materialistic speculation. That is not possible. One must first
come to the spiritual platform. Then he gets the intelligence required to understand God. And
when he understands God, he does not get any more material bodies. He goes back home, back
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of body.
(Adapted from Science of Self Realization-Chapter 1)
Discovery
1. Do you think we have undergone physical changes in this lifetime ?
2. What does the body we will get in the next life, depend on?
Understanding
1. How does the process of transmigrating work?
2. Is it possible to get out of the cycle of birth and death?
Application
Will this knowledge of reincarnation make any difference to you in your life? If yes, what
steps/commitment you plan to take personally?
Sri Namamrita
As long as one continues to be subject to polluted desires, he has to accept one material body
after another.
By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra constantly, one can fix the mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa (sa
vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ) and in this way achieve the perfection of yoga. Otherwise, the
flickering mind will hover on the platform of mental speculation for sense enjoyment, and one
will have to transmigrate from one type of body to another
(Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.42)
Preaching Is The Essence

The duty of sane men is to save the people in general :
Parīkṣit Mahārāja, therefore, anxiously wanted to know from Śukadeva Gosvāmī how humanity
can be saved from gliding down to hell.
Intelligent men must take advantage of these instructions. Unfortunately, however, the entire
world is lacking Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and therefore people are suffering from the grossest
ignorance and do not even believe in a life after this one. To convince them of their next life is
very difficult because they have become almost mad in their pursuit of material enjoyment.
Nevertheless, our duty, the duty of all sane men, is to save them.
(Adapted from Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.6)
LESSON 2
Sinful and Pious Activities - Karma
In conditioned life we are committing sins at every step, even without knowing it. The reason we
are sinning unknowingly is that we have been in ignorance from our very birth. This ignorance is
prominent despite so many educational institutions. Why? Because despite so many big, big
universities, none of them is teaching atma-tattva, the science of the soul. Therefore people
remain in ignorance, and they continue to sin and suffer the reactions. That is stated in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.5.3): parabhavas tavad abodha-jato yavan na jijnasata atma-tattvam. This
foolishness will continue until one comes to the platform of understanding self-realization.
Otherwise, all these universities and institutions for imparting knowledge are a continuation of
that same ignorance and foolishness. Unless one comes to the point of asking "What am I? What
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God and this world?" and finds proper
answers, one continues to be foolish like an animal and is subjected to transmigration from one
body to another in different species of life. This is the result of ignorance.
So, the modern civilization is very risky. One may feel comfortable as a successful businessman
or politician, or one may think oneself comfortable because of being born in a rich nation like
America, but these statuses of life are temporary. They will have to change, and we do not know
what kind of miseries we will have to suffer in our next life because of our sinful activities. So if
one does not begin cultivating transcendental knowledge, then one's life is very risky. Suppose a
healthy man is living in a contaminated place. Is his life not at risk? He may become infected by
disease at any moment. Therefore we should work to dissipate our ignorance through cultivation
of transcendental knowledge.
A good example of how we commit sins unknowingly is cooking. In the Bhagavadgita (3.13)
Krsna says that His devotees are freed from sin because they eat only the remnants of food that
has been offered to Him. But, He says, those who cook for themselves eat only sin. The
difference between cooking here in this temple and cooking in some ordinary house is that our
cooking and eating are relieving us from sin, while the cooking and eating of a nondevotee are
simply entangling him more and more in sin. The cooking appears to be the same, but this
cooking and that cooking are different. Here there is no sin because the food is being cooked for
Krsna.
Anything you do outside the field of Krsna conscious activities entangles you in the modes of
nature. Generally, you are being implicated in sinful activities. Those who are a little more
cautious avoid sinful activities and perform pious activities. But one who performs pious
activities is also entangled. If a man is pious, he may take birth in a family that is very rich or
aristocratic, or he may be very beautiful or get the opportunity to become very learned. These
are the results of pious activities. But whether you are pious or impious, you have to enter into
the womb of some mother. And that tribulation is very severe. That we have forgotten. Whether
you take birth in a very rich and aristocratic family or from an animal womb, the pangs of birth,
old age, disease, and death continue.
The Krsna consciousness movement is meant to give you an opportunity to solve these four
problems--birth, old age, disease, and death. But if you continue to act sinfully and eat sinfully,
then these miseries will continue. Otherwise, you can nullify your sinful reactions by
surrendering to Krsna, as He states in the Bhagavad-gita (18.66): "Just give up all your so-called
religious practices and surrender unto Me. I shall protect you from all your sinful reactions." Part
of surrendering to Krsna is being careful not to eat anything that has not been offered to Him.
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That should be our determination. Even if we have committed some sin, by eating prasadam,
food offered to Krsna, we will counteract it. If we surrender to Krsna in this way, He will protect
us from sinful reactions. That is His promise.
And where does a surrendered devotee go at the time of death? Is he finished, as the voidists
say? No. Krsna says, mam eti: "He comes to Me." And what is the benefit of going there? Mam
upetya punar janma duhkhalayam asasvatam napnuvanti: "One who comes back to Me does not
have to return to this miserable material world." That is the highest perfection.
This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (3.9): yajnarthat karmano 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-
bandhanah. "Except work for Krsna, any work, whether good or bad, will bind you to this
material world." If you do good work, you will have so-called enjoyment in your next life--but
you will still remain bound up in the cycle of birth and death. And if you do bad work, then you
will have to suffer the sinful reactions and also remain bound up in birth and death. But if you
work for Krsna, there are no such reactions, good or bad, and at the time of death you will return
to Krsna. This is the only way to break the bonds of karma.
(Adapted from Laws of Nature - Chapter 1)
Discovery
1. What is the result of ignorance?
2. How is the modern civilization risky?
Understanding
1. What are the results of pious and impious activities?
2. Is it good to incur good karma or can the bonds of karma be broken?
Application
What are the different devotional services you do? Share your experience.
Sri Namamrita
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Crime can be eradicated by mass sankirtana, which changes the heart
Lieutenant Mozee: I understand you have some ideas that could help us in our efforts to prevent
crime. I’d be very interested to hear them.
Śrīla Prabhupāda: The difference between a pious man and a criminal is that one is pure in heart
and the other is dirty. This dirt is like a disease in the form of uncontrollable lust and greed in the
heart of the criminal. Today people in general are in this diseased condition, and thus crime is
very widespread. When the people become purified of these dirty things, crime will disappear.
The simplest process of purification is to assemble in congregation and chant the holy names of
God. This is called saṅkīrtana and is the basis of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. So, if you
want to stop crime, then you must gather as many people as possible for mass saṅkīrtana. This
congregational chanting of the holy name of God will dissipate all the dirty things in everyone’s
heart. Then there will be no more crime.
The age we live in is called Kali-yuga, the age of forgetting God. It is an age of misunderstanding
and quarrel, and the people’s hearts are filled with dirty things. But God is so powerful that if we
chant His holy name we become purified, just as my disciples have become purified of their bad
habits. Our movement is based on this principle of chanting the holy name of God. We give
everyone the opportunity, without any distinction. They can come to our temple, chant the Hare
Kṛṣṇa mantra, take a little prasāda* as refreshment, and gradually become purified. So if the
governmental authorities give us some facilities, then we can hold mass saṅkīrtana. Then,
without a doubt, the whole society will change.
(Science of self realization - chapter 6)

The Krishna consciousness movement can change the world:
Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races
and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the
Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.
The above-mentioned historical names are different nations of the world. Even those who are
constantly engaged in sinful acts are all corrigible to the standard of perfect human beings if
they take shelter of the devotees of the Lord. Jesus Christ and Muhammad, two powerful
devotees of the Lord, have done tremendous service on behalf of the Lord on the surface of the
globe. And from the version of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī it appears that instead of running a
godless civilization in the present context of the world situation, if the leadership of world affairs
is entrusted to the devotees of the Lord, for which a worldwide organization under the name
and style of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has already been started, then
by the grace of the Almighty Lord there can be a thorough change of heart in human beings all
over the world because the devotees of the Lord are able authorities to effect such a change by
purifying the dust-worn minds of the people in general. The politicians of the world may remain
in their respective positions because the pure devotees of the Lord are not interested in political
leadership or diplomatic implications. The devotees are interested only in seeing that the people
in general are not misguided by political propaganda and that the valuable life of a human being
is not spoiled in following a type of civilization which is ultimately doomed. If the politicians,
therefore, would be guided by the good counsel of the devotees, then certainly there would be a
great change in the world situation by the purifying propaganda of the devotees, as shown by
Lord Caitanya.
Though a person be even the most sinful man, he can at once be purified by systematic contact
with a pure Vaiṣṇava. So by the order of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the cult of Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam or the Bhagavad-gītā can be preached all over the world, reclaiming all persons
willing to accept the transcendental cult. Such cultural propaganda by the devotees will certainly
be accepted by all persons who are reasonable and inquisitive, without any particular bias for
the custom of the country.
(SB. 2.4.18)
LESSON 3
Karma Free Activities
na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api

jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt
kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma
sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ (BG 3.5)
Translation
Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of
material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.
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It is not a question of embodied life, but it is the nature of the soul to be always active. Without
the presence of the spirit soul, the material body cannot move. The body is only a dead vehicle
to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. As
such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, otherwise it will
be engaged in occupations dictated by the illusory energy. In contact with material energy, the
spirit soul acquires material modes, and to purify the soul from such affinities it is necessary to
engage in the prescribed duties enjoined in the śāstras. But if the soul is engaged in his natural
function of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. The Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam (1.5.17) affirms this:
tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer

bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ
“If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties
in the śāstras or execute the devotional service properly, and even though he may fall down
from the standard, there is no loss or evil for him. But if he carries out all the injunctions for
purification in the śāstras, what does it avail him if he is not Kṛṣṇa conscious?” So the purificatory
process is necessary for reaching this point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, sannyāsa, or any
purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, without
which everything is considered a failure.
yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra

loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ
tad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya
mukta-saṅgaḥ samācara (BG 3.9)
Translation
Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed; otherwise work causes bondage in this
material world. Therefore, O son of Kuntī, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction,
and in that way you will always remain free from bondage.
Purport
Since one has to work even for the simple maintenance of the body, the prescribed duties for a
particular social position and quality are so made that that purpose can be fulfilled. Yajña means
Lord Viṣṇu, or sacrificial performances. All sacrificial performances also are meant for the
satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu. The Vedas enjoin: yajño vai viṣṇuḥ. In other words, the same purpose
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consciousness is therefore performance of yajña as it is prescribed in this verse. The varṇāśrama
institution also aims at satisfying Lord Viṣṇu. Varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān/ viṣṇur
ārādhyate (Viṣṇu Purāṇa 3.8.8).
Therefore one has to work for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu. Any other work done in this material
world will be a cause of bondage, for both good and evil work have their reactions, and any
reaction binds the performer. Therefore, one has to work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to satisfy Kṛṣṇa
(or Viṣṇu); and while performing such activities one is in a liberated stage. This is the great art of
doing work, and in the beginning this process requires very expert guidance. One should
therefore act very diligently, under the expert guidance of a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, or under the
direct instruction of Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself (under whom Arjuna had the opportunity to work).
Nothing should be performed for sense gratification, but everything should be done for the
satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. This practice will not only save one from the reaction of work, but also
gradually elevate one to transcendental loving service of the Lord, which alone can raise one to
the kingdom of God.
This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-Gita (3.9): yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-
bandhanaḥ. "Except work for Krsna, any work, whether good or bad, will bind you to this
material world." If you do good work, you will have so called enjoyment in your next life - but
you will still remain bound up in the cycle of birth and death. And if you do bad work, then you
will have to suffer the sinful reactions and also remain bound up in birth and death. But if you
work for Krsna, there are no such reactions, good or bad, and at the time of death you will return
to Krsna. This is the only way to break the bonds of Karma.
Discovery
1. What is the nature of the soul?
2. Whom are we serving? What do we get in return?
3. What is the cause of bondage?
4. For whose satisfaction should work be performed?
Understanding
1. What happens if you do work for Krsna's satisfaction?
2. Who should ultimately be satisfied by our service?
3. Why should we offer everything for the satisfaction of Krsna?
Application
What activities in your life would you like to offer to the Lord?
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Sri Namamrita
The results derived by great sacrifices in the past can be derived by performing sankirtana-
yajna
Unless we are prepared to perform the prescribed sacrifices, our supply of the necessities of life
will be checked. Bhagavad-gītā confirms that Lord Brahmā created human society along with
yajña, the performance of sacrifice. Yajña means Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and sacrifice means working for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. In this age, however, it is very difficult to find qualified brāhmaṇas who can perform
sacrifices as prescribed in the Vedas. Therefore it is recommended in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
(yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyaiḥ) that by performing saṅkīrtana-yajña and by satisfying the yajña-
puruṣa, Lord Caitanya, one can derive all the results derived by great sacrifices in the past. King
Pṛthu and others derived all the necessities of life from the earthly planet by performing great
sacrifices. Now this saṅkīrtana movement has already been started by the International Society
for Krishna Consciousness. People should take advantage of this great sacrifice and join in the
Society’s activities; then there will be no scarcity. If saṅkīrtana-yajña is performed, there will be
no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. Therefore this system should be introduced in all
spheres of life — social, political, industrial, commercial, etc. Then everything will run very
peacefully and smoothly. (SB 4.19.7)
In the material world one may become very tired if he works all the time, but if one works in
Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and engage in devotional service twenty-four
hours a day and never get tired. But if we vibrate some mundane vibration, then we soon
become exhausted. There is no question of becoming tired on the spiritual platform. The
spiritual platform is absolute. (The Perfection of Yoga - Chapter 2)

Pure devotees preach and deliver conditioned souls
The Ganges water is celebrated as being able to eradicate all kinds of sinful reactions. In other
words, when a person takes his bath in the Ganges, he becomes freed from all life’s
contaminations. The Ganges water is celebrated in this way because it emanates from the lotus
feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, those who are directly in touch with the
lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who are absorbed in the chanting of His
glories are freed from all material contamination. Such unalloyed devotees are able to show
mercy to the common conditioned soul. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has sung that the
devotees of Lord Caitanya are so powerful that each one of them can deliver a universe. In other
words, it is the business of devotees to preach the glories of the Lord and deliver all conditioned
souls to the platform of śuddha-sattva, pure goodness.
LESSON 4
Offering To The Lord
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ

yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ (BG 9.26)
Translation
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness, engaged in the
transcendental loving service of the Lord, in order to achieve a permanent, blissful abode for
eternal happiness. The process of achieving such a marvelous result is very easy and can be
attempted even by the poorest of the poor, without any kind of qualification. The only
qualification required in this connection is to be a pure devotee of the Lord. It does not matter
what one is or where one is situated. The process is so easy that even a leaf or a little water or
fruit can be offered to the Supreme Lord in genuine love and the Lord will be pleased to accept
it. No one, therefore, can be barred from Kṛṣṇa consciousness, because it is so easy and
universal. Who is such a fool that he does not want to be Kṛṣṇa conscious by this simple method
and thus attain the highest perfectional life of eternity, bliss and knowledge? Kṛṣṇa wants only
loving service and nothing more. Kṛṣṇa accepts even a little flower from His pure devotee. He
does not want any kind of offering from a nondevotee. He is not in need of anything from
anyone, because He is self-sufficient, and yet He accepts the offering of His devotee in an
exchange of love and affection. To develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest perfection of life.
Bhakti is mentioned twice in this verse in order to declare more emphatically that bhakti, or
devotional service, is the only means to approach Kṛṣṇa. No other condition, such as becoming a
brāhmaṇa, a learned scholar, a very rich man or a great philosopher, can induce Kṛṣṇa to accept
some offering. Without the basic principle of bhakti, nothing can induce the Lord to agree to
accept anything from anyone. Bhakti is never causal. The process is eternal. It is direct action in
service to the absolute whole.
Here Lord Kṛṣṇa, having established that He is the only enjoyer, the primeval Lord and the real
object of all sacrificial offerings, reveals what types of sacrifices He desires to be offered. If one
wishes to engage in devotional service to the Supreme in order to be purified and to reach the
goal of life – the transcendental loving service of God – then one should find out what the Lord
desires of him. One who loves Kṛṣṇa will give Him whatever He wants, and he avoids offering
anything which is undesirable or unasked. Thus meat, fish and eggs should not be offered to
Kṛṣṇa. If He desired such things as offerings, He would have said so. Instead He clearly requests
that a leaf, fruit, flowers and water be given to Him, and He says of this offering, “I will accept it.”
Therefore, we should understand that He will not accept meat, fish and eggs. Vegetables, grains,
fruits, milk and water are the proper foods for human beings and are prescribed by Lord Kṛṣṇa
Himself. Whatever else we eat cannot be offered to Him, since He will not accept it. Thus we
cannot be acting on the level of loving devotion if we offer such foods.
In the Third Chapter, verse 13, Śrī Kṛṣṇa explains that only the remains of sacrifice are purified
and fit for consumption by those who are seeking advancement in life and release from the
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do not make an offering of their food, He says
in the same verse, are eating only sin. In other words, their every mouthful is simply deepening
their involvement in the complexities of material nature. But preparing nice, simple vegetable
dishes, offering them before the picture or Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa and bowing down and praying for
Him to accept such a humble offering enable one to advance steadily in life, to purify the body,
and to create fine brain tissues which will lead to clear thinking. Above all, the offering should be
made with an attitude of love. Kṛṣṇa has no need of food, since He already possesses everything
that be, yet He will accept the offering of one who desires to please Him in that way. The
important element, in preparation, in serving and in offering, is to act with love for Kṛṣṇa.
Discovery
1. What is the simple method mentioned to please the Lord which can be practiced by all?
2. What does the Lord want from us?
Understanding
1. What are the foodstuff that can be offered to the Lord?
2. Why do we have to offer everything to The Lord?
3. What will happen if we don't offer to The Lord?
Application
How do you plan to apply this practically in your life?
Sri Namamrita
Even if one is not wealthy, he can act for the highest welfare of human welfare of human
society and please the supreme Lord by preaching the Hare Krsna mantra to everyone
“I am merely a gardener. I have neither a kingdom nor very great riches. I simply have some
fruits and flowers that I wish to utilize to achieve piety in My life."
In performing welfare activities for human society, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presents Himself as
being not very rich, thus indicating that a man need not be rich or opulent to act for the welfare
of humanity. Sometimes rich men are very proud that they can perform beneficial activities for
human society whereas others cannot. A practical example is that when there is a scarcity of
food in India on account of meager rainfall, some members of the richer class very proudly
distribute foodstuffs, making huge arrangements with the help of the government, as if merely
by such activities people will be benefited. Suppose there were no food grain. How would the
rich men distribute food? Production of grain is completely in the hands of God. If there were no
rain, there would be no grain, and these so-called rich men would be unable to distribute grain
to the people.
The real purpose of life, therefore, is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Rūpa
Gosvāmī describes in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu that devotional service is so exalted that it is
beneficial and auspicious for every man. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also declared that to
propagate the bhakti cult of devotional service in human society, one does not need to be very
rich. Anyone who knows the art can do it and thus render the highest benefit to humanity. Lord
Caitanya Mahāprabhu takes the part of a gardener because although a gardener is naturally not
a very rich man, he has some fruits and flowers. Any man can collect some fruits and flowers and
satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service, as the Lord recommends in
the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26):
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
One cannot satisfy the Supreme Lord by his riches, wealth or opulent position, but anyone can
collect a little fruit or a flower and offer it to the Lord. The Lord says that if one brings such an
offering in devotion, He will accept it and eat it. When Kṛṣṇa eats, the entire world becomes
satisfied. There is a story in the Mahābhārata illustrating how by Kṛṣṇa’s eating, the sixty
thousand disciples of Durvāsā Muni were all satisfied. Therefore it is a fact that if by our life
(prāṇaiḥ), by our wealth (arthaiḥ), by our intelligence (dhiyā) or by our words (vācā) we can
satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, naturally the entire world will become happy.
Therefore our main duty is to satisfy the Supreme Godhead by our actions, our money and our
words. This is very simple. Even if one does not have money, he can preach the Hare Kṛṣṇa
mantra to everyone. One can go everywhere, to every home, and request everyone to chant the
Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Thus the entire world situation will become very happy and peaceful.
(CC Adi Lila 9.44)

Distribution of transcendental literature benefits human society:
There are so many unwanted literatures full of materialistic ideas of sense gratification. In many
countries there are bodies appointed by the state to detect and censor obscene literature. This
means that neither the government nor the responsible leaders of the public want such
literature, yet it is in the marketplace because the people want it for sense gratification. The
people in general want to read (that is a natural instinct), but because their minds are polluted
they want such literatures. Under the circumstances, transcendental literature like Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam will not only diminish the activities of the corrupt mind of the people in general, but
also it will supply food for their hankering after reading some interesting literature. In the
beginning they may not like it because one suffering from jaundice is reluctant to take sugar
candy, but we should know that sugar candy is the only remedy for jaundice. Similarly, let there
be systematic propaganda for popularizing reading of the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam, which will act like sugar candy for the jaundicelike condition of sense gratification.
When men have a taste for this literature, the other literatures, which are catering poison to
society, will then automatically cease.
Mantras To Be Chanted For Offering Bhoga
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet. Our respectful obeisances
are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. You are kindly
preaching the message of Lord Chaitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are
filled with impersonalism and voidism.
namo maha-vadanyaya
krishna-prema-pradaya te
krishnaya krishna-chaitanya-
namne gaura-tvishe namah

O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely
distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hitaya ca
jagad-dhitaya krishnaya
govindaya namo namah

My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of
the entire human society and world.
LESSON 5
Ante Narayana Smriti
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ

tyajaty ante kalevaram
taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya
sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (BG 8.6)
Translation
Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he
will attain without fail.
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moment of death is here explained. A person
who at the end of his life quits his body thinking of Kṛṣṇa attains the transcendental nature of
the Supreme Lord, but it is not true that a person who thinks of something other than Kṛṣṇa
attains the same transcendental state. This is a point we should note very carefully. How can one
die in the proper state of mind? Mahārāja Bharata, although a great personality, thought of a
deer at the end of his life, and so in his next life he was transferred into the body of a deer.
Although as a deer he remembered his past activities, he had to accept that animal body. Of
course, one’s thoughts during the course of one’s life accumulate to influence one’s thoughts at
the moment of death, so this life creates one’s next life. If in one’s present life one lives in the
mode of goodness and always thinks of Kṛṣṇa, it is possible for one to remember Kṛṣṇa at the
end of one’s life. That will help one be transferred to the transcendental nature of Kṛṣṇa. If one
is transcendentally absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s service, then his next body will be transcendental
(spiritual), not material. Therefore the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare
Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare is the best process for successfully
changing one’s state of being at the end of one’s life.
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu

mām anusmara yudhya ca
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
mām evaiṣyasy asaṁśayaḥ (BG 8.7)
Translation
Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa and at the same time
carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind
and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.
Purport
This instruction to Arjuna is very important for all men engaged in material activities. The Lord
does not say that one should give up his prescribed duties or engagements. One can continue
them and at the same time think of Kṛṣṇa by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. This will free one from
material contamination and engage the mind and intelligence in Kṛṣṇa. By chanting Kṛṣṇa’s
names, one will be transferred to the supreme planet, Kṛṣṇaloka, without a doubt.
Discovery
1. Can we predict our life span? Or how many years do you think we will live?
2. What happens at the time of death?
3. Where do we need to fix our mind?
Understanding
1. Does The Lord expect us to cease all material activities?
2. How do you think we can fix our mind on The Lord?
Application
How do you plan to remember Krsna at every moment of your life?
Sri Namamrita
One who chants the holy name of The Lord constantly during one's life can, at the time of
death, return home, back to Godhead
While suffering at the time of death, Ajāmila chanted the holy name of the Lord, and although
the chanting was directed toward his son, he nevertheless returned home, back to Godhead.
Therefore if one faithfully and inoffensively chants the holy name of the Lord, where is the doubt
that he will return to Godhead?
At the time of death one is certainly bewildered because his bodily functions are in disorder. At
that time, even one who throughout his life has practiced chanting the holy name of the Lord
may not be able to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra very distinctly. Nevertheless, such a person
receives all the benefits of chanting the holy name. While the body is fit therefore, why should
we not chant the holy name of the Lord loudly and distinctly? If one does so, it is quite possible
that even at the time of death he will be properly able to chant the holy name of the Lord with
love and faith. In conclusion, one who chants the holy name of the Lord constantly is guaranteed
to return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.

Krsna takes the preacher back home, back to Godhead
For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is
guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear
to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.
Anyone, however, who tries sincerely to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is will advance in devotional
activities and reach the pure devotional state of life. As a result of such pure devotion, he is sure
to go back home, back to Godhead.
(Bhagavad Gita 18.68-69)
LESSON 6
Eternity of Bhakti
nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti
pratyavāyo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trāyate mahato bhayāt (BG 2.40)
Translation
In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect
one from the most dangerous type of fear.
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benefit of Kṛṣṇa without expectation of sense
gratification, is the highest transcendental quality of work. Even a small beginning of such
activity finds no impediment, nor can that small beginning be lost at any stage. Any work begun
on the material plane has to be completed, otherwise the whole attempt becomes a failure. But
any work begun in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has a permanent effect, even though not finished. The
performer of such work is therefore not at a loss even if his work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is
incomplete. One percent done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness bears permanent results, so that the next
beginning is from the point of two percent, whereas in material activity without a hundred
percent success there is no profit. Ajāmila performed his duty in some percentage of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, but the result he enjoyed at the end was a hundred percent, by the grace of the
Lord. There is a nice verse in this connection in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.17):
tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer

bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ
“If someone gives up his occupational duties and works in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and then falls
down on account of not completing his work, what loss is there on his part? And what can one
gain if one performs his material activities perfectly?” Or, as the Christians say, “What profiteth a
man if he gain the whole world yet suffer the loss of his eternal soul?”
Material activities and their results end with the body. But work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness carries a
person again to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even after the loss of the body. At least one is sure to have
a chance in the next life of being born again as a human being, either in the family of a great
cultured brāhmaṇa or in a rich aristocratic family that will give one a further chance for
elevation. That is the unique quality of work done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān

uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe
yoga-bhraṣṭo ’bhijāyate (BG 6.41)
Translation
The unsuccessful yogī, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living
entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.
Purport
The unsuccessful yogīs are divided into two classes: one is fallen after very little progress, and
one is fallen after long practice of yoga. The yogī who falls after a short period of practice goes to
the higher planets, where pious living entities are allowed to enter. After prolonged life there,
one is sent back again to this planet, to take birth in the family of a righteous brāhmaṇa Vaiṣṇava
or of aristocratic merchants.
The real purpose of yoga practice is to achieve the highest perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as
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do not persevere to such an extent and
who fail because of material allurements are allowed, by the grace of the Lord, to make full
utilization of their material propensities. And after that, they are given opportunities to live
prosperous lives in righteous or aristocratic families. Those who are born in such families may
take advantage of the facilities and try to elevate themselves to full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Discovery
1. What is the difference between a spiritual activity and material activity?
2. What is the greatest danger?
3. Why activities in Krsna Consciousness have a permanent effect? How?
4. What activity will save us from the greatest danger?
5. What is the result obtained by an unsuccessful yogi in the next birth?
Understanding
1. Who can take up devotional service?
2. How does devotional service help?
Application
1. Do you think you have accumulated any spiritual credit? If yes, how are you planning to
increase the credits? If no, how you are planning to accumulate it?
Sri Namamrita
The Holy Name Protects One From Danger and Fear.
To be free from danger, one should chant the Hare Krsna mantra:
[Sukadeva Gosvami to King Pariksit]: My dear King, wherever people in any position perform
their occupational duties of devotional service by chanting and hearing [śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ
viṣṇoḥ], there cannot be any danger from bad elements. Therefore there was no need for
anxiety about Gokula while the Supreme Personality of Godhead was personally present.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung: nāmāśraya kari’ yatane tumi, thākaha āpana kāje. Everyone
is thus advised to seek shelter in the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remain
engaged in his own occupational duty. There is no loss in this, and the gain is tremendous. Even
from a material point of view, everyone should take to chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to be
saved from all kinds of danger. This world is full of danger (padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadām).
Therefore we should be encouraged to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra so that in our family,
society, neighborhood and nation, everything will be smooth and free from danger.(SB 10.6.3)

One must constantly pray to the Lord for protection and blessings to preach:
Unless one is sufficiently protected by the Lord, he may fall down from his spiritual position;
therefore one has to pray constantly to the Lord for protection and the blessing to carry out
one’s duty. Lord Caitanya also entrusted His missionary work to His devotees and assured them
of His protection against the onslaught of material affection. The path of spiritual life is stated in
the Vedas to be like the edge of a sharpened razor. A little inattentiveness may at once create
havoc and bloodshed, but one who is a completely surrendered soul, always seeking protection
from the Lord in the discharge of his entrusted duties, has no fear of falling into material
contamination. (SB 3.9.24)
LESSON 7
Bhakti Yoga
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ
sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
iti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau
bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā
kriyeta bhagavaty addhā
tan manye ’dhītam uttamam
(SB 7.5.23-24)
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Translation
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form,
qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of
the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering
prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and
surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)
— these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life
to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most
learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge.
Purport
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following explanation in his Tathya. The word
śravaṇa refers to giving aural reception to the holy name and descriptions of the Lord’s form,
qualities, entourage and pastimes as explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā and similar
authorized scriptures. After aurally receiving such messages, one should memorize these
vibrations and repeat them (kīrtanam). Smaraṇam means trying to understand more and more
about the Supreme Lord, and pāda-sevanam means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of
the Lord according to the time and circumstances. Arcanam means worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as one
does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-manā bhava mad-
bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru. Vandanam means namaskuru — offering obeisances or
offering prayers. Thinking oneself to be nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa, everlastingly a servant of Kṛṣṇa, is
called dāsyam, and sakhyam means being a well-wisher of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa wants everyone to
surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant. Therefore, as a sincere
friend of Kṛṣṇa, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa.
Ātma-nivedanam means offering Kṛṣṇa everything, including one’s body, mind, intelligence and
whatever one may possess.
One’s sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically
called bhakti. The word addhā means “directly.” One should not be like the karmīs, who perform
pious activities and then formally offer the results to Kṛṣṇa. That is karma-kāṇḍa. One should not
aspire for the results of his pious activities, but should dedicate oneself fully and then act
piously. In other words, one should act for the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu, not for the satisfaction
of his own senses. That is the meaning of the word addhā, “directly.”
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā
“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and
without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation.
That is called pure devotional service.” One should simply satisfy Kṛṣṇa, without being influenced
by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity.
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The Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad says that the word bhakti means engagement in the devotional
service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not of anyone else. This Upaniṣad describes that
bhakti is the offering of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To
perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and
aspirations to be happy through elevation to the higher planetary systems. In other words, work
performed simply for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, without any desire for material
benefits, is called bhakti. Bhakti is also called niṣkarma, or freedom from the results of fruitive
activity. Bhakti and niṣkarma are on the same platform, although devotional service and fruitive
activity appear almost the same.
The nine different processes enunciated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, who learned them from Nārada
Muni, may not all be required for the execution of devotional service; if a devotee performs only
one of these nine without deviation, he can attain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Sometimes it is found that when one performs one of the processes, other processes
are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee executes any one of the
nine processes (nava-lakṣaṇā), this is sufficient; the other eight processes are included.
Discovery
1. What are the processes involved in bhakti yoga?
2. Is there a need to follow these processes? Why?
3. Who is eligible to perform bhakti yoga?
4. Name the devotees who have achieved perfection simply by following each process of
bhakti yoga.
Understanding
1. Do you think it is difficult to perform bhakti yoga as compared to other yoga processes?
Application
1. Which process of bhakti yoga would you like to apply in your life? And how?
Sri Namamrita
The bhakti-yoga process should be completed in this life, because in this life we have all the
instruments necessary to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. We have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals and
tongues with which to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Even if we don’t have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals, we have
a tongue. No one has to purchase a tongue. We also have ears with which to hear the sound that
the tongue vibrates. Therefore we have all the instruments we need with us – a tongue and ears.
We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and use our ears to hear this vibration, and all perfection will
be there. We don’t have to become highly educated scientists or philosophers. We have only to
chant and hear.
At a public kīrtana one person can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare
Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, while a group listens, and at the end of the mantra,
the group can respond, and in this way there is a reciprocation of hearing and chanting. This can
easily be performed in one’s own home, with a small group of friends or with many people in a
large public place. One may attempt to practice meditational yoga in a large city or in a society,
but one must understand that this is one’s own concoction and is not the method recommended
in Bhagavad-gītā.
(The Path of Perfection: Chapter 8)

The devotee's interest is to actively preach Krsna Consciousness
He is not interested in so-called meditation in the Himālayas or the forest. Rather, his interest is
in the busiest part of the world, where he teaches people Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa
consciousness movement was started for this purpose. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement are not at all interested in so-called meditation in the Himālayas or the forest, where
one will only make a show of meditation, nor are they interested in opening many schools for
yoga and meditation in the cities. Rather, every member of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
is interested in going door to door to try to convince people about the teachings of Bhagavad-
gītā As It Is, the teachings of Lord Caitanya. That is the purpose of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement.
The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must be fully convinced that without Kṛṣṇa
one cannot be happy.
(SB 7.9.44)
LESSON 8
Rules And Regulations
śatha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ

na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena tato
mām icchāptuṁ dhanañ-jaya
(BG 12.9)
Translation
My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation,
then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.
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In this verse, two different processes of bhakti-yoga are indicated. The first applies to one who
has actually developed an attachment for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by
transcendental love. And the other is for one who has not developed an attachment for the
Supreme Person by transcendental love. For this second class there are different prescribed
rules and regulations one can follow to be ultimately elevated to the stage of attachment to
Kṛṣṇa.
Bhakti-yoga is the purification of the senses. At the present moment in material existence the
senses are always impure, being engaged in sense gratification. But by the practice of bhakti-
yoga these senses can become purified, and in the purified state they come directly in contact
with the Supreme Lord. In this material existence, I may be engaged in some service to some
master, but I don’t really lovingly serve my master. I simply serve to get some money. And the
master also is not in love; he takes service from me and pays me. So there is no question of love.
But for spiritual life, one must be elevated to the pure stage of love. That stage of love can be
achieved by practice of devotional service, performed with the present senses.
This love of God is now in a dormant state in everyone’s heart. And, there, love of God is
manifested in different ways, but it is contaminated by material association. Now the heart has
to be purified of the material association, and that dormant, natural love for Kṛṣṇa has to be
revived. That is the whole process.
To practice the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga one should, under the guidance of an expert
spiritual master, follow certain principles: one should rise early in the morning, take bath, enter
the temple and offer prayers and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then collect flowers to offer to the Deity,
cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasādam, and so on. There are various rules and
regulations which one should follow. And one should constantly hear Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam from pure devotees. This practice can help anyone rise to the level of love of God,
and then he is sure of his progress into the spiritual kingdom of God. This practice of bhakti-
yoga, under the rules and regulations, with the direction of a spiritual master, will surely bring
one to the stage of love of God.
There are so many rules and regulations, and if one at all wants to understand Kṛṣṇa, he must
follow the regulative principles described in the authoritative literature. One can perform
penance in accordance with those principles. For example, to undergo serious penances one
may observe fasting on Janmāṣṭamī, the day on which Kṛṣṇa appeared, and on the two days of
Ekādaśī (the eleventh day after the new moon and the eleventh day after the full moon).
(BG 11.54)
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One has to perform devotional service in full tapasya, austerity. One should fast on the two
Ekādaśī days, which fall on the eleventh day of the waxing and waning moon, and on the
birthdays of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Rāma and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There are many such fasting
days. Yogena means “by controlling the senses and mind.” Yoga indriya-saṁyamaḥ. Yogena
implies that one is seriously absorbed in the self and is able, by development of knowledge, to
understand his constitutional position in relationship with the Superself. In this way one
becomes fixed in devotional service, and his faith cannot be shaken by any material allurement.
(SB 3.27.22)
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa it is said that one who observes fasting on Ekādaśī is freed from
all kinds of reactions to sinful activities and advances in pious life. The basic principle is not just
to fast but to increase one’s faith and love for Govinda, or Kṛṣṇa. The real reason for observing
fasting on Ekādaśī is to minimize the demands of the body and to engage our time in the service
of the Lord by chanting or performing similar service. The best thing to do on fasting days is to
remember the pastimes of Govinda and to hear His holy name constantly.
(Nector of Devotion - Chapter 7)
Discovery
1. Which are the two different processes of bhakti yoga indicated here?
2. What are our senses generally engaged in?
Understanding
1. What is the difference between serving in the material world and the spiritual world?
2. What are the principles guiding the rules and regulations of Bhakti Yoga?
Application
1. How can we practically do something for the satisfaction of the Lord by using our mind,
body etc?
Sri Namamrita
On Ekadasi day, one should increase one's chanting of Hare Krsna
One should generally accept the following principles to properly execute devotional service:
Observe fasting on Ekādaśī day (this occurs on the eleventh day after the full moon and the
eleventh day after the new moon. On such days no grains, cereals or beans are eaten; simply
vegetables and milk are moderately taken, and the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa and reading of
scriptures are increased.)
(Teachings of Lord Chaitanya: Chapter 12)

If we follow the rules and regulations (of devotional service), we can elevate others:
When a person is advanced in spiritual consciousness or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he naturally

becomes very sympathetic toward all living entities suffering in the material world. Naturally
such an advanced person thinks of the suffering of the people in general. If one is actually
sympathetic to fallen, suffering humanity, he should try to elevate people from material
consciousness to spiritual consciousness. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, we may raise a person to
spiritual consciousness if we ourselves follow the rules and regulations. If we give up our own
spiritual activities and simply become concerned with the bodily comforts of others, we will fall
into a dangerous position.
(SB 5.8.9)
LESSON 9
Importance of Prayers
"Arcanam means worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means
offering respectful obeisances. Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru.
Vandanam means namaskuru — offering obeisances or offering prayers. "
Vandanam: Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like
the other items, such as hearing and chanting, and therefore separate statements are given
herewith. The Lord has unlimited transcendental qualities and opulences, and one who feels
influenced by the Lord’s qualities in various activities offers prayers to the Lord. In this way he
becomes successful. In this connection, the following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (a)
to offer obeisances on one hand, (b) to offer obeisances with one’s body covered, (c) to show
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obeisances the left side of the Deity, (e) to offer
obeisances very near the Deity.
(Adapted from SB 7.5.23-24 Purport)
"Prayer means vandanam. So this is also service. Either you take all the nine different items, or
you take some of them, or at least one of them, then you will make progress in spiritual life. So
some of them offer prayers, just like Christians, Muhammadans, they offer prayers. So it is as
good as the Hindus give service in the temple, decorates the deity, cleanses the temple and
offers food. In this way they are engaged. This is called arcanam. Arcanam is also devotional
service as well as offering prayer. So by this devotional service, one makes progress in spiritual
life, and when he is sincere in his service, then God is within him, He takes charge of him and
gives him instruction how quickly and swiftly he can approach god. So this is fact. He is not
hankering after our service. He is complete in Himself. He doesn't require anyone's service. But if
we offer service to Him, then we become purified, and...(break)...complete purification. We can
talk with God, we can see God, we can take His instruction, as Arjuna is talking with God,
personally taking His instruction and acting according to His instruction. "
(Adapted from Audio transcripts 1966-1977 - Philosophy discussions - Discussions with
Hayagriva Dasa)
We should always speak of Kṛṣṇa in a pleasing way; then we will be benefited. Another name for
Kṛṣṇa is Uttamaśloka, which indicates that He is worshiped by the best selected words. It is not
that we should use any words we choose. There are many prayers in the Vedic scriptures and
also in the Bible and Koran. Although the Christians and Muhammadans do not worship the
Deity, they offer prayers to the Lord, and that is also bhakti. Arcanaṁ vandanam.
(Adapted from Teachings of Lord Kapila, son of Devahuti - Chapter 15)
According to great learned scholars, the whole Bhagavad-gītā contains many authorized prayers,
especially in the eleventh chapter, where Arjuna prays to the universal form of the Lord.
Similarly, in the Gautamīya-tantra all the verses are called prayers. Again, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
there are hundreds of prayers to the Lord. So a devotee should select some of these prayers for
his recitation. In the Skanda Purāṇa the glories of these prayers are stated as follows: “Devotees
whose tongues are decorated always with prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa are always given respect even
by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the
demigods.”
Those who are less intelligent want to worship different demigods for some material gain rather
than worship Kṛṣṇa. But here it is stated that a devotee who is always engaged in offering
prayers to the Lord is worshipable even by the demigods themselves. The pure devotees have
nothing to ask from any demigod; rather, the demigods are anxious to offer prayers to the pure
devotees.
In the Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa it is stated, “Any person who comes before the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa and
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begins to chant different prayers is immediately relieved from all the reactions of sinful activities
and becomes eligible, without any doubt, to enter into the Vaikuṇṭha-loka.”
(Adapted from NoD - Chapter 9 Reciting Notable Prayers)
Discovery
1. What is vandanam?
2. Does the Lord require anyone's service? Why do we offer our services to the Lord?
3. What are the offences to be avoided while offering obeisances?
Understanding
1. How can one become successful?
2. How does one make progress in spiritual life?
Application
1. What do you usually pray to the Lord for?
Sri Namamrita
The Hare Krsna maha-mantra addresses the Lord and His spiritual potency and is a prayer
requesting engagement in their transcendental loving service:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches us that we should only beg God for His service life after life. This
is the actual meaning of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. When we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare
Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma, Rāma, Hare Hare, we are actually
addressing God and His energy, Harā. Harā is Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī or
Lakṣmī. Jaya rādhe! This is daivī prakṛti, and the devotees take shelter of the daivī prakṛti, Śrīmatī
Rādhārāṇī. Thus the Vaiṣṇavas worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa and Sītā-Rāma. In the
beginning of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra we first address the internal energy of Kṛṣṇa, Hare.
Thus we say, “O Rādhārāṇī! O Hare! O energy of the Lord!” When we address someone in this
way, he usually says, “Yes, what do you want?” The answer is, “Please engage me in Your
service.” This should be our prayer. We should not say, “O energy of the Lord, O Kṛṣṇa, please
give me money. Please give me a beautiful wife. Please give me many followers. Please give me
some prestigious position. Please give me the presidency.” These are all material hankerings,
which should be avoided.
(Teachings of Lord Kapila, The Son of Devahuti - Chapter 14)

Prahalada's prayer for delivering all conditioned souls:
O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I
am fully absorbed in thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and
rascals who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families,
societies and countries. I am simply concerned with love for them. My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I
see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own
deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himālayas or the forest to
meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for
me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I
know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be
happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.
(SB 7.9.43-44)
LESSON 10
Service To Tulasi
"Every home with a Tulasi plant is a place of pilgrimage, and no diseases, messengers of Yama,
the God of Death, can enter it." Skandapurana 2, 4, 8, 13 Padmapurana Uttarakhanda
Wherever the aroma of Tulasi is carried by the wind, it purifies the atmosphere and frees all
animals from all baser tendencies." Padmapurana, Uttarakhanda
"Vishnu, the Lord of the Three Worlds, takes up abode in the village or the house where Tulasi is
grown. In such a house no one suffers calamities like poverty, illness or separation from dear
ones." Padmapurana, Uttarakhanda, 6-24-31-32
Although we can never fully describe the glories of Tulasi Devi, an eternal associate of Lord
Krsna, the scriptures give us a hint of the value of worshiping her. The following list comes from
the Padma Purana.
Tulasi is the essence of all devotional activities.
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The leaves, flowers, roots, bark, branches, trunk, and shade of Tulasi Devi are all spiritual.
One who with devotion applies the paste of Tulasi wood to the Deity of Krsna will always live
close to Krsna.
One who puts mud from the base of the Tulasi tree on his body and worships the Deity of
Lord Krsna gets the results of one hundred days' worship each day.
One who offers a Tulasi manjari to Lord Krsna gets the benefit of offering all other varieties
of flowers, and he goes to the abode of Krsna.
One who sees or comes near a house or garden where the Tulasi plant is present gets rid of
all his sinful reactions, including that of killing a brahmana.
Lord Krsna happily lives in the house, town, or forest where Tulasi Devi is present.
A house where Tulasi Devi is present never falls on bad times, and it becomes purer than all
holy places.
The fragrance of Tulasi Devi purifies all who smell it.
Lord Krsna and all the demigods live in a house where mud from the base of the Tulasi tree
is found.
Without Tulasi leaves, Lord Krsna does not like to accept flowers, food, or sandalwood paste.
One who worships Lord Krsna daily with Tulasi leaves attains the results of all kinds of
austerity, charity, and sacrifice. In fact, he has no other duties to perform, and he has
realized the essence of the scriptures.
One who puts into his mouth or on his head Tulasi leaves that have been offered to Lord
Krsna attains Lord Krsna's abode.
In Kali-yuga, one who worships, remembers, plants, keeps, or performs kirtana before Tulasi
burns up all sinful reactions and quickly attains Lord Krsna's abode.
One who worships Lord Krsna with Tulasi leaves releases all his ancestors from the realm of
birth and death.
One who remembers the glories of Tulasi or tells others about them will never take birth
again.
Discovery
1. Why should one worship Tulasi Plant?
2. How should one take care of Tulasi?
3. What is the benefit of circumambulating Srimati Tulasi Devi?
Understanding
1. Do you think Tulasi is just a plant of this material world? Why or why not?
2. How can we worship Tulasi Maharani?
Application
1. How would you like to serve Tulasi Maharani to get her blessings everyday?
Sri Namamrita
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has immense spiritual potency:
Haridasa thakura constructed a cottage in a solitary forest. There he planted a tulasi plant,and in
front of the tulasi he would chant theholy name of theLord 300,000 times daily. He chanted
throughout the entire day and night.
Without difficulty one can sit down anywhere, especially on the bank of the Ganges, Yamuna or
any sacred river, devise a sitting place or cottage, plant a tulasi, and before the tulasi chant the
Hare Krsna maha-mantra undisturbed... the process of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
with a vow before the tulasi plant has such great spiritual potency that simply by doing this one
can become spiritually strong. Therefore we request the members of the Hare Krsna movement
to follow Haridasa thakura's example rigidly. Chanting sixteen rounds does not take much time,
nor is offering respects to the tulasi plant difficult. The process has immense spiritual potency.
One should not miss this opportunity.
(CC Antyalila 3.100)

The Lord descended as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to deliver the entire world:
Advaita Acarya was always absorbed in thoughts of how to deliver the fallen souls of the entire
world. "The entire world is full of non devotees," He thought. "How will they be delivered?"
Determined to deliver all the fallen souls, Advaita Acarya decided to cause Krsna to descend.
With this vow, He began to offer Ganges water and tulasi leaves to worship the Lord. Similarly,
Haridasa Thakura chanted in his cave on the bank of the Ganges with the intention to cause
Krsna's descent. Because of the devotional service of these two persons; Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu descended as an incarnation. Thus He preached the holy name of the Lord and
ecstatic love of Krsna to deliver the entire world.
(CC Antyalila3.223-226)
LESSON 11
Importance of Decorating The Body With Tilaka
Tilaka is sometimes called the ornamentation of the spirit soul. The decoration, made by
applying wet clay mixture, marks the body as a temple of Visnu, the Supreme Lord. The Vaisnava
devotee marks his body in twelve places for sanctification and protection, and one who is
wearing tilaka can at once be identified as a devotee of the Lord. Just as one can recognize that
the strength of the government is behind a uniformed policeman, one can understand that the
strength of God is behind a devotee marked with tilaka. (Adapted from the Hare Krsna
Handbook,ISKCON 1970 - Chapter 7)
According to Vaishnava tradition, gopi-chandana, or the sacred soil from Dwaraka or Vrnadavan,
is applied on the body in twelve places while reciting mantras to Lord Vishnu. This process
purifies one's body, designating it as a temple of the Lord. Besides purification, the tilaka also
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offers the wearer protection from ghosts, evil influences, bad dreams, accidents and many other
things. It keeps one's mind calm and allows one to constantly remember Lord Krsna. The sacred
dust of vrndavan is said to have touched the lotus feet of Sri Krsna's exclusive devotees and is
worship able even by Sri Krsna himself.
In the Padma Purana there is a statement describing how a Vaisnava should decorate his body
with tilaka and beads: "Persons who put tulasi beads on the neck, who mark twelve places of
their bodies as Visnu temples with Visnu's symbolic representations [the four items held in the
four hands of Lord Visnu-conch, mace, disc and lotus], and who have visnu-tilaka on their
foreheads, are to be understood as the devotees of Lord Visnu in this world. Their presence
makes the world purified, and anywhere they remain, they make that place as good as
Vaikuntha."
A similar statement is in the Skanda Purana, which says, "Persons who are decorated with tilaka
or gopi candana [a kind of clay resembling fuller's earth which is produced in certain quarters of
Vrndavana], and who mark their bodies all over with the holy names of the Lord, and on whose
necks and breasts there are tulasi beads, are never approached by the Yamadutas." The
Yamadutas are the constables of King Yama (the lord of death), who punishes all sinful men.
Vaisnavas are never called for by such constables of Yamaraja. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, in the
narration of Ajamila's deliverance, it is said that Yamaraja gave clear instructions to his assistants
not to approach the Vaisnavas. Vaisnavas are beyond the jurisdiction of Yamaraja's activities.
The Padma Purana also mentions, "A person whose body is decorated with the pulp of
sandalwood, with paintings of the holy name of the Lord, is delivered from all sinful reactions,
and after his death he goes directly to Krsna-loka to live in association with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead."
(Adapted from NoD - Chapter 9 - Tilaka & tulasi beads)
Anyone who wishes to acknowledge the simple truth that "I am Lord Krsna's servant" can wear
tilaka, the clay mark devotees wear on the forehead and other places on their body. You may not
feel you have much devotion to Ksna, but you're not prohibited from wearing tilaka, because it's
a sign that you're trying to be His devotee. What's more, the qualifications for being Krsna's
devotee soon develop in a person who learns the art of wearing tilaka.
Why Decorate the Body?
A devotee of Krsna decorates the body because it's a temple of God. Instead of decorating our
body as if it were the self, or destroying it, or despising it for its filthy emissions, we can respect
and care for it as a residence of the Supreme Lord. The soul lives within the body, and so too
does the Supersoul, the Lord. As a house is built and maintained for the pleasure of its owner, so
"our" body is meant for the pleasure of its real owner, Lord Krsna.Decorating the body with
tilaka pleases Him.
Putting on tilaka helps remind us we belong to Krsna. And when others see a person wearing
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tilaka they are not only reminded of Krsna but relieved of sinful reactions.
When we wear tilaka on our bodies, the Lord protects us from all sides. When Srila Prabhupada
gave a disciple the name Tilaka Dasi, he told her that Tilaka meant "victory personified."
(Adapted from BTG # 26 4, 1992 - Bhakti yoga at home - Tilaka, the mark of God)
Discovery
1. What is tilaka sometimes called?
2. How does a vaisnava decorate his body?
Understanding
1. Why should we put tilaka?
2. What is the wearer of tilaka protected from?
3. How are others benefited by seeing a person wearing a tilaka?
Application
1. What is your takeaway from today's discussion? What is your action plan?
Sri Namamrita
One should stamp the holy names of the Lord on his body:
[Lord Caitanya to Sanatana Gosvami]: "In the morning, one should regularly brush his teeth,
take his bath, offer prayers to the Lord and offer obeisances to the spiritual master. One should
render service to the spiritual master and paint one's body in twelve places with Urdhva-Pundra
[tilaka]. One should stamp the holy names of the Lord on his body, or one should stamp the
symbols of the Lord, such as the disc and club."
(CCMadhya 24.332)
While decorating the body with tilaka, we give protection to the body by chanting twelve names
of Visnu.
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As servants of society, devotees of the Lord travel everywhere to preach:
The servants of the Lord are actually the servants of society. They have no interest in human
society other than to enlighten it in transcendental knowledge; they are interested in imparting
knowledge of the relationship of the living being with the Supreme Lord, the activities in that
transcendental relationship, and the ultimate goal of human life.... Without this knowledge, the
human life is baffled. The servants of the Lord, Visnu, are entrusted with this responsible work,
and so they wander over the earth and to all other planets in the universe.
(SB 3.4.25)
Glories of The Sacred Gopi Chandan

The following story from the Garga Samhita describes the wonderful glories of the sacred mud
known as gopichandana.
(From Garga Samhita, Canto Six, Chapter Fifteen )
Text 15 yasya sravana-matrena / karma-bandhat pramucyate gopinamyatra vaso 'bhut / tena

gopi-bhuvah smrtah
Simply by hearing about Gopi-bhumi, which is so named because the gopis resided there, one
become free from the bondage of karma.
Text 16 gopy-angaraga-sambhutam / gopi-chandanam uttamam gopi-chandana-liptango /

ganga-snana-phalam labhet
In Gopi-bhumi gopi-chandana was manifested from the gopis' cosmetics. A person who marks
his limbs with gopi-chandana tilaka attains the result of bathing in the Ganga.
Text 17 maha-nadinam snanasya / punyam tasya dine dine ngopi-chandana-mudrabhir /

mudrito yah sada bhavet
A person who daily wears gopi-chandana tilaha attains the pious result of daily bathing in all
sacred rivers.
Text 18 asvamedha-sahasrani / rajasuya-satani ca sarvani tirtha-danani / vratani ca tathaiva ca

krtani tena nityam vai / sa krtartho na samsayah
A person who daily wears gopi-chandana tilaka attains the result of performing a thousand
asvamedha-yagnas and a hundred rajasuya-yagnas. He attains the result of giving charity and
following vows at all holy places. He attains the goal of life. Of this there is no doubt.
Text 19 ganga-mrd-dvi-gunam punyam / citrakuta-rajah smrtam tasmad dasa-gunam punyam

/ rajah pancavati-bhavam
Twice as sacred as the mud of the Ganga is the dust of Chitrakuta. Ten times more sacred than
that is the dust of Panchavati-tirtha.
Text 20 tasmac chata-gunam punyam / gopi-chandanakam rajah gopi-chandanakam viddhi /

vrndavana-rajah-samam
A hundred times more sacred is the dust of gopi-chandana. Please know that gopi-chandana is
equal to the dust of Vrindavana.
Text 21 gopi-chandana-liptangam / yadi papa-satair yutam tam netum na yamah sakto /

yama-dutah kutah punah
Even if in the past he has committed hundreds of sins, if a person wears gopi-chandana tilaka,
then Yamaraja cannot take him away. How, then, can Yamaraja's messengers touch him?
Text 22 nityam karoti yah papi / gopi-chandana-dharanam sa prayati harer dhama / golokam
prakrteh param
A sinner who daily wears gopi-chandana tilaka goes to Lord Krsna supreme abode, Goloka,
which is beyond the world of matter.
Text 23 sindhu-desasya rajabhud / dirghabahur iti srutah anyaya-varti dustatma / vesya-sanga-

ratah sada
In Sindhu-desa there was a king named Dirghabahu. He was cruel and sinful and he was
addicted to visiting prostitutes.
Text 24 tena vai bharate varse / brahma-hatya-satam krtam dasa garbhavati-hatyah / krtas
tena duratmana
While he was on the earth this cruel sinner murdereda hundred brahmanas and ten pregnant
women.
Text 25 mrigayayam tu banaughaih / kapila-go-vadhah krtah saindhavam hayam aruhya /

mrgayarthi gato 'bhavat
One day he mounted a sindhu horse and went hunting. With a flood of arrows, he accidentally
killed with a brown cow in that hunt.
Text 26 ekada rajya-lobhena / mantri kruddho maha-khalam jaghanaranya-dese tam / tiksna-

dharena casina
One day, greedy to get his kingdom, with a sharp sword his angry minister killed him in the
forest.
Text 27 bhu-talepatitam mrtyu- / gatam viksya yamanugah baddhva yama-purim ninyur /

harsayantah parasparam
Seeing him fallen to the ground and dead, the Yamadutas came, bound him, and, joking as
they went, took him to the city of Yamaraja
Text 28 sammukhe 'vasthitam viksya / papinam yama-rad bali citraguptam praha tumam / ka
yog_ya yanatasya vai
Seeing this sinner brought before him, powerful Yamaraja said to his scribe Chitragupta,
"What is the proper punishment for him?"
Text 29 sri-chitragupta uvaca catur-asiti-laksesu / narakesu nipatyatam nihsandeham maha-

raja / yavac candra-divakarau
Sri Chitragupta said: 0 great king, he should be thrown into eight million four hundred
thousand hells for as long as the sun and the moon shine in the sky.
Text 30 anena bharate varse / ksanam na su-krtam krtam dasa-garbhavati-ghatah / kapila-go-

vadhah krtah
On the earth he did not perform a single pious deed. He killed ten pregnant women. He killed
a brown cow.
Text 31 tatha vana-mriganam ca / krtva hatyah sahasrasah tasmad ayam maha-papi / devata-
dvija-nindakah
He killed thousands of deer in the forest. He offended the demigods and the brahmanas. He is
a great sinner.
Texts 32 and 33 sri-narada uvaca:tada yamajnaya duta / nitva tam papa-rnpinam sahasra-
yojanayame / tapta-taile maha-khale
sphurad aty-ucchalat-phene / kumbhipake nyapatayan pralayagni-samo vahnih / sadyah
sitalatam gatah
Sri Narada said: Then, by Yamaraja's order, the Yamadutas took that sinner and threw him
into a terrible, eight thousand mile wide cauldron of bubbling boiling oil in the hell of
Kumbhipaka. The moment that sinner came to it, the boiling oil, which was as hot as the great
fires at the time of cosmic devastation, suddenly became cool.
Text 34 vaideha tan-nipatanat / prahlada-ksepanad yatha tadaiva citram acakhyur / yama-

duta mahatmane
0 king of Videha, as Prahlada was unhurt in the same situation, that sinner was not hurt by the
boiling oil. Then the Yamadutas described that great wonder to noble-hearted Yamaraja.
Text 35 anena su-krtam bhumau / ksanavan na krtam kvacit citraguptena satatam / dharma-
rajo vyacintayat
Yamaraja and Chitragupta carefully reviewed the sinner's case and concluded that while he
was on the earth the sinner had not for a moment performed even a single pious deed.
Text 36 sabhayam agatam vyasam / sampujya vidhivan nrpa natva papraccha dharmatma /
dharma-rajo maha-matih
Then Vyasadeva arrived in that assembly. Bowing down before Him, and carefully worshiping
Him, saintly and noble-hearted Yamaraja asked Vyasadeva the following question.
Text 37 sri-yama uvaca: anena papina purvam / na krtam su-krtam kvacit sphurad-agny-
ucchalat-phene / kumbhipake maha-khale
asya ksepanato vahnih / sadyah sitalatam gatah iti sandehatas cetah / khidyate me na
samsayah
Sri Yamaraja said: When a certain sinner, who had never performed even a single pious deed,
was thrown into the terrible boiling oil of Kumbhipaka, the oil suddenly became cool. Because
of this my mind is now tortured with doubts.
Text 39 sri-vyasa uvaca: suksma gatir maha-raja / vidita papa-punyayoh tatha brahma-gatih
prajnaih / sarva-sastra-vidam varaih
Sri Vyasadeva said: 0 great king, the intelligent sages, who have studied all the scriptures,
know that the ways of piety, sin, and spiritual progress are very subtle and difficult to
understand.
Text 40 daiva-yogad asya punyam / praptam vai svayam arthavat yena punyenasuddho 'sau I
tac chrnu tvam maha-mate
Somehow or other, by destiny, this sinner did perform a pious deed, and by that deed he
became purified. 0 noble-hearted one, please hear the story of this.
Text 41 kasyapi hastato yatra / patita dvaraka-mrdah tatraivayam mrtah papi / suddho 'bhut
tat-prabhavatah
That sinner died in a place where from someone's hand some gopi-chandana from Dvaraka
had accidentally fallen. Dying in gopi-chandana, that sinner became purified.
Text 42 gopi-chandana-liptango / naro narayano bhavet etasya darsanat sadyo / brahma-

hatya pramucyate
A person who wears gopi-chandana tilaka attains a spiritual form like that of Lord Narayana.
Simply by seeing him one becomes free of the sin of killing a brahmana.
Texts 43 and 44 sri-narada uvaca: iti srntva dharma-rajas / tam aniya visesatah vimane kama-
ge sthapya / vaikunthamprakrteh param
presayam asa sahasa / gopi-chandana-kirti-vit evam te kathitam rajan / gopi-chandanakam
yasah
Sri Narada said: Hearing this, Yamaraja, who understands the glories of gopi-chandana, took
the sinner, placed him on an airplane that goes anywhere one wishes, and sent him to
Vaikuntha, which is above the worlds of matter.0 king, thus I have described to you the glories
of gopi-chandana.
Text 45 gopi-chandana-mahatmyam / yah smoti narottamah sa yati paramam dhama / sri-

Krsnasya mahatmanah
One who hears this account of gopi-chandana's glories becomes exalted. He goes to the
supreme abode of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
How To Apply Tilaka?

One should pour a little water into the palm of his/her left hand and rub gopi-candana (mud
from Dvaraka) into it. When making tilaka the following mantra from the Uttara Khanda of the
Padma Purana should be chanted:
lalate kesavam dhyayen narayanam athodare

vaksah -sthale madhavam tu govindam kantha-kupake
visnum ca daksine kuksau bahau ca madhusudanam
trivikramam kandhare tu vamanam vama-parsvake
sridharam vama-bahau tu hrsikesam tu kandhare
prsthe ca padmanabham ca katyam damodaram nyaset
In Accordance with the above-mentioned mantra one should now apply gopi-candana with the
ball of the finger tip of the right ring finger, to make the tilaka markings on the twelve parts of
the body. According to the brahmanda Purana one should not use the fingernail to make the
space in the middle of the tilaka. One should place a damp cloth over the finger and make the
space with that.
When one marks the forehead with tilaka, he must remember Kesava. When one marks the
lower abdomen, he must remember Narayana. For the chest, one should remember Madhava,
and when marking the hollow of the neck one should remember Govinda. Lord Visnu should be
remembered while marking the right side of the belly, and Madhusudana should be
remembered when marking the right arm. Trivikrama should be remembered when marking the
right shoulder, and Vamana should be remembered when marking the left side of the belly.
Sridhara should be remembered while marking the left arm, and Hrsikesa should be
remembered when marking the left shoulder. Padmanabha and Damodara should be
remembered when marking the back. [Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 20.202, purport]
The sikha area is not marked with tilaka; rather, after washing the right hand, wipe the
remaining water on your sikha while chanting om vasudevaya nama .
Tilaka Marking List
om kesavaya namah – forehead

om narayanaya namah – navel
om madhavaya namah – chest
om govindaya namah – hollow of the neck
om visnave namah – right abdomen
om madhusudanaya namah – right arm
om trivikramaya namah – right shoulder
om vamanaya namah – left abdomen
om sridharaya namah – left arm
om hrsikesaya namah – left shoulder
om padmanabhaya namah – upper back
om damodaraya namah – lower back
Different Services One Can Offer To Do For

Devotees
Offering to do services for the devotees and Deities’ worship is the best way to
advance in Krishna consciousness. You will find your enthusiasm and taste for
Krishna consciousness grow. It is also a wonderful way to build relationships with
devotees and through that, with Krishna.
So, do look out for opportunities to offer your services. You can choose from a list
of services that are generally available.
1) Bring flowers for the altar.

2) Make flower garlands for the altar.
3) Wash Arati plates .
4) Bring fruits, nuts, vegetables, and other raw materials for cooking prasadam
5) Help in cutting vegetables, fruits, etc
6) Help in cleaning vessels and in cleaning up the kitchen.
7) Help to arrange the room for the group meeting.
8) Help to transport devotees if you have the facility of having a car/van.
9) Offer to call up devotees to give reminders about the program.
10) Help in cleaning up after the program.
11) Offer help in any of the services required by your leader for the festivals and
other programs.
12) If you have some special talent like painting, creating posters you can offer to
use it in Krishna’s services.
13) Offer help in any of the other miscellaneous services required by the leader for
the Bhakti Vriksha group or for the Temple or other senior devotees.
Glories of The Holy Name

• Krishna and His name are non-different. (1)
• The Lord’s name has descended from Goloka. (2)
• Krishna’s name is iInvested with the Lord’s spiritual potency. (3)
• Krishna’s name purifies the heart and mind. (4)
• The chanting process is simple, sublime, and all-auspicious; even a child can take
part.
• It frees one from sinful reaction and material bondage. (5)
• Chanting “Rama” gives the same result as chanting the 1000 names of Visnu. (6)
• Chanting “Krishna” once has the same potency as 3,000 names of Visnu.
• The Lord’s holy names are even effective for someone not even aware of their
potency.
• Chanting contains the benefits of all other Vedic rites; to chant is the same as
having performed all
the Vedic processes of purification. (7)
• Chanting is the means for attaining pure love of God (Krishna-prema) in this age.
• It protects you from maya and falldown.
• It purifies the atmosphere.
• It yields the same results as the processes of previous yugas
• It elevates one even from a low background.
• Chanters are the most attractive to Krishna.
• All the Vedic knowledge is contained within the maha-mantra, the essence of the
Vedas is to chant,
and by chanting one realises the meaning of the Vedas.
• Chanting is the ultimate means to attain the ultimate success
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Sri Sri Gurvashtaka 01

Noteworthy Quotations on Vegetarianism 06

Slokas For Memorisation 10

Lesson 2 - Sinful and Pious Activities - Karma 17

Lesson 3 - Karma Free Activities 21

Lesson 4 - Offering To The Lord 25

Lesson 5 - Ante Narayana Smriti 30

Lesson 6 - Eternity of Bhakti 33

Lesson 7 - Bhakti Yoga 36

Lesson 8 - Rules And Regulations 40

Lesson 9 - Importance of Prayers 43

Lesson 10 - Service To Tulasi 46

Lesson 11 - Importance of Decorating The Body 48

Glories of The Sacred Gopi Chandan 51

Sri Sri Gurvashtaka

Bhakti Vriksha - Krishna Sevak 04

Noteworthy Quotations on Vegetarianism

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“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”

“The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion”

“Thou shalt not kill.”

A standard home altar should have the following pictures:

Alter Setup Example

Recommended Reading of Srila Prabhupada Books

1. Perfect Questions and Perfect Answers

Slokas For Memorisation

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Mike Robinson: And when will we understand that?

Mike Robinson: Incubation?

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes.

Preaching Is The Essence

Preaching Is The Essence

na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api

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tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer

yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra

Preaching Is The Essence

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ

Preaching Is The Essence

Mantras To Be Chanted For Offering Bhoga

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale

yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ

tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu

Preaching Is The Essence

tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer

prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān

Preaching Is The Essence

Preaching Is The Essence

śatha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ

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Preaching Is The Essence

When a person is advanced in spiritual consciousness or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he naturally

Preaching Is The Essence

Preaching Is The Essence

Why Decorate the Body?

Preaching Is The Essence

Glories of The Sacred Gopi Chandan

Text 15 yasya sravana-matrena / karma-bandhat pramucyate gopinamyatra vaso 'bhut / tena

Text 16 gopy-angaraga-sambhutam / gopi-chandanam uttamam gopi-chandana-liptango /

Text 17 maha-nadinam snanasya / punyam tasya dine dine ngopi-chandana-mudrabhir /

Text 18 asvamedha-sahasrani / rajasuya-satani ca sarvani tirtha-danani / vratani ca tathaiva ca

Text 19 ganga-mrd-dvi-gunam punyam / citrakuta-rajah smrtam tasmad dasa-gunam punyam