Performing Kirtana
Generally kirtana is performed with mrdanga and karatalas, but if somebody is expert instrument player, he can be admitted to join Sankirtana.
Letter to Jadurani — New Vrindaban 26 May, 1969.
Paramatma
The Paramatma is always the caitya-guru, the spiritual master within. He comes before one externally as the instructor and initiator (Siksa and Diksa Guru).
Frustration
A materialistic person, thinking himself very advanced in intelligence, continuously acts for economic development. But again and again, as enunciated in the Vedas, he is frustrated by material activities, either in this life or in the next. Indeed, the results one obtains are inevitably the opposite of those one desires.
Making Progress
A person acting for Krishna or in Krishna Consciousness, under proper guidance and without attachment to the result of the work, is certainly making progress.