Real Protection
The real protection you can have is to surround yourself with Sabda Brahman (transcendental knowledge).
The real protection you can have is to surround yourself with Sabda Brahman (transcendental knowledge).
There are two three-letter words that keep us away from progress – 'but' and 'too'.
As our heart is always silently beating and connecting us with the life in the material body, we should always be connected with Krsna's name and have life in our spiritual body. The holy name is the heart beat of the spiritual body, the soul beat.
The pursuit of Krishna consciousness itself is so joyful, imagine how much bliss one experiences on attaining the goal!
Only if one can penetrate through the floor of karma or ceiling of jnana, then one can enter the room of bhakti.
Home comfort means Vrindavana, where every soul can rest in peace forever, serving Radhe-Syama in pure love. But a soul separated from Sri Dhama Vrndavana can never be comfortable anywhere outside of Vrndavana.
In Vrndavana there is no duality. Everything is absolute reality.
You can try to be the master of your senses but only Krishna can master your mind. In this world, devotees alone are controlling their minds because they engage them always in the service of Krishna.
If a devotee is morose, that means he is meditating on sense gratification and not fully engaged in enthusiastically serving Sri Krishna.
All devotional expressions – be they japa, harinama sankirtana, preaching, studying, serving guru, cooking for Sri Krishna, or any seva should be done with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm and Joy is the key to bhava and prema.