AUGUST 7
In this age,it is more important to create devotees then to construct temples.
Hawaii,7,1969
Srila Prabhupada

"Among all the living entities wandering throughout the universe, one who is most fortunate comes in contact with a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus gets the opportunity to execute devotional service. Those who are sincerely seeking the favor of Kṛṣṇa come in contact with a guru, a bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa. The Māyāvādīs indulging in mental speculation and the karmīs desiring the results of their actions cannot become gurus. A guru must be a direct representative of Kṛṣṇa who distributes the instructions of Kṛṣṇa without any change. Thus only the most fortunate persons come in contact with the guru." (Prabhupada purport SB 5.17.11)

Prabhupada: The modern theory is struggle for Existence

CHAPTER 5

Fifth Shower of Nectar

When the devotee takes in his heart the golden medallion of bhakti, shining

effulgently by the fire of steady practice (nishtha) and propelled by its own energy,

ruci appears in that bhakti.

When a person develops a taste for the activities of bhakti such as hearing and

chanting, vastly greater than attraction for anything else, that is called ruci.

Unlike in the previous stages, at the stage of ruci, constant performance of

devotional activities like hearing and chanting does not result in even the least

fatigue.

Ruci quickly produces an intense addiction to the activities of bhakti. This is similar

to the brahmana boy who, after diligently studying the scriptures daily, in time

grasps the meaning, and then finds no difficulty at all in applying himself to study.

Moreover, he develops a pleasure in the performance his task.

The actual conclusion can be understood by the following example. Due to a defect in

the liver, the ability to taste becomes aff