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Have no fear! Krsna consciousness is very simple, it almost happens automatically if the process is followed sincerely. Mahaprabhu wants us delivered, Lord Nityananda is giving all Mercy, Srila Prabhupada gave everything to free us, how can we NOT get full results if we sincerely take?

No big brain required. Just as one naturally develops affection for one's family members, one who takes Gopal Krsna into one's home, also He becomes Family with time ! Time I Am ! Sayeth the Lord. But He is Godhead, so the relationship is very magickal and superior ! Krsna consciousness is hardly even a rational or logical process, those are not bhakti.

Chant Hare Krsna honestly, offer nice food as one can to Krsna, read about Krsna's pastimes and philosophy, share Harinam with others, take initiation and serve Srila Prabhupada's real mission; these little things are all that is required for easy advancement into eternal loving service in spiritual bliss !

Prabhupada: We Vaiṣṇavas do not say that there is no need of fighting. We never say. When there is need of fighting we must fight. Rather, somebody in New York, some Goldsmith, he was that, 'Why Krishna is advising Arjuna to fight, to become violent?'
So somebody protests like that. But there is no meaning of protesting against the action of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is our view. So we Vaiṣṇavas, we are chanting.
It does not mean that when there is need of fighting with avaiṣṇava (non-vaishnava) we shall lack in strength. We can fight. One gentleman inquired from me that 'Vaiṣṇavism makes one dull. He cannot act.' And, 'No. You have not seen a Vaiṣṇava.' In the two fightings, great fighting, the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, the hero was Hanuman and Arjuna, and they fought.
Guest: They fought.
Prabhupada: Yes. And who can be better Vaiṣṇava than them?
Guest: Nobody.
Prabhupada: So Vaiṣṇava does not mean he is dull. No.
Guest: No, that is well proved. If there is need...
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TRANSLATION: The loud sound of the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra certainly made the Kazi very much afraid, and he hid himself within his room. Hearing the people thus protesting, murmuring in great anger, the Kazi would not come out of his home.

PURPORT: The Kazi’s order not to perform sankirtana could stand only as long as there was no CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Under the leadership of the Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the chanters, increasing in number, disobeyed the order of the Kazi. Thousands assembled together and formed parties, CHANTING THE HARE KRSNA MAHA-MANTRA and MAKING A TUMULTUOUS SOUND OF PROTEST. Thus the Kazi was very much afraid, as naturally one should be under such circumstances.
In the present day also, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD MAY JOIN TOGETHER IN THE KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT and PROTEST AGAINST THE PRESENT DEGRADED GOVERNMENTS of the world’s godless societies, which are based on all kinds of sinful activities. Srimad-Bhagavatam states that in the Age

Today we are very proud to welcome Advaita Acarya Dasa into the family of disciples of Srila Prabhupada! Congratulations, Prabhu !! Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna ! He has pledged his eternal service to his beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, and will be saying his gayatris with us daily, now. 

Prabhupāda: (laughs) Krodha bhakta-dveṣi-jane. That is Narottama Ṭhākura's instruction. You must be very angry, those who are against God and devotee, very angry. Utilize your anger for them. Krodha bhakta-dveṣi-jane. That anger is service. Kṛṣṇa-sebā kāmārpaṇe. For Kṛṣṇa's service one should be mad. Kāma-krodha should be given up, but a bhakta does not give up. Utilize it. A bhakta should be very much for kamut(?) serving Kṛṣṇa. And he must utilize his anger for the bhakta-dveṣi, those who are not devotee.

Those of us who are priests and brahmanas, and have taken vows of poverty; it is these very times when our true riches become manifest. The temporary earthly things do not hold a candle to the inner light and the joys of spiritual life, made accessible by renouncing excess material consumption. We lived to grow, and now relish the ripened fruits of our cultivations. Picking those fruits, we can freely distribute them to others, as much as they wish to take, as there is no limit or shortage.

Certain very higher beings can control and occupy the thoughts of many lower ones. Maya, a very powerful energetic and intelligent such a person, beyond mundane time restrictions, unseen even by most humans, dictates almost the every move of non-self-realized humans, who are so under her delusions that they think themselves free and the lords of all they survey. Her energy is not of the gross elements, a situation not currently understood by mundane science, as they are all under Maya's spell. This is the real horror story! Another such great female, Yogamaya, rather captures one in spiritual pastimes of great ecstasy, eternally, and that is the destination of the spirit soul when fully liberated. "Intelligent" beings of this galaxy have access to this knowledge. There is infinite variety, but also symmetry and organization, as there is Divine Purpose , orchestrated with the cooperators, and hence an organizing narrative is set in each galaxy/universe. Rebels against Godhead als

The appreciation of His Divine Grace if one simply follows His instructions. heart emoticon

"I am very pleased that you have gone to that place simply on my order, alone, to preach the message of Lord Caitanya. I like this kind of spirit in you very much. You know I went to your country also alone, in old age, because of the order given to me by my spiritual master. So I get great pleasure when I see my own disciples from America going to far off places leaving their rich nation with all facilities and their families, to preach. The secret of success in spiritual life is to satisfy one's spiritual master. This is the essence. You have captured this. So now go on in this way and do not falter. Follow the regulative principles and devotional practices I have given you. This will keep you fit. Be patient and determined, and ask everyone you meet to please chant Hare Krsna."

"I CAME HERE TO TAKE THEIR SUFFERING", SAID PRABHUPADA

It was the beginning of 1977. Prabhupada was in Bombay temple. He was very sick. He had stopped all food intake – he was taking 1/4 a cup of orange juice per day. His body had only bones left – there was no flesh. And yet, he was insisting that he wanted to go to London. The doctors had given up responsibility. But as always, he was adamant

At this time, one Pancaratrika Pandit from Bangalore named Sampat Kumar Bhattacarya came to know about Srila Prabhupada’s situation. So, he took a flight from Bangalore to Bombay – which in those days was a huge thing for a Brahmin priest – and met Prabhupada, and asked for a private meeting. Generally, nobody was allowed a private meeting, but when he said that he specially came by flight from Bangalore to meet Srila Prabhupada, he was allowed a private meeting. So, everybody was asked to go out, and they talked.

The conversation was like this: Sampat Kumar: ‘Swamiji, I am feeling very pained