Bad Effects of Being Attached
If we are attached, potentially there will be fear of losing whatever we have.
A Devotee Should Be Simple
A devotee should be simple and clean dressed, but more than dress, the mind should be clean.
Real Philosopher
Philosophy without proper behaviour is practically useless.
Appreciation
Why is appreciation so powerful? – It is an expression of love for Krishna.
Purity
When something is pure it is natural. When something is contaminated it is unnatural. So purity of the heart means to bring us back to our natural state of loving God.
The False Ego – Leads to Doom
The man who is puffed up with his material position and does not bow down before the Deity of the Lord, must know that his so-called turban or crown will only succeed in further drowning him in the water of the ocean of material existence.
Etiquette
Avoid material influence, degrading material influence. I pray to Srila Prabhupada that I can guide you properly.
Krishna
Krishna doesn't put you into anxiety. You put yourself into anxiety. Krishna simply makes you go through your course of karmic reaction.
Real Success
Real success is to go back to Godhead.
Lecture on Real Success Stories Are in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 8.4.15; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 Dec 1998)
Desire
The desire to gratify one's own senses is kama (lust), but the desire to please the senses of Lord Krishna is prema(love).