Our Spiritual Master
Our Spiritual Master had shed tons of sweat and tears to connect one soul to devotion of Lord.
Our Spiritual Master had shed tons of sweat and tears to connect one soul to devotion of Lord.
Devotional Service is just like a seed sown in the heart of a living entity and if he goes on hearing & chanting, that seed fructifies, just as the seed of a tree fructifies with regular watering. Thus the spirtitual plant of devotional Service grows gradually.
Cow protection is not just to not slaughter the cows, but to make them happy from the moment they are born till they naturally leave their bodies.
This is the symptom of a pure devotee. One should serve the spiritual master first. It is not that one should bypass the spiritual master and desire to serve the Supreme Lord.This is not the Principle for a Vaishnava. — Srimad Bhagavatam, 07.09.28.
The spirit soul is ever fresh. He is always different from the material body & mind is always subject to disturbances.
Surrender fully unto the lotus feet of the Lord. That is the only business of the perfect human being.
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.20,
Srila Prabhupada
The chanting itself purifies us and as the heart becomes purified, the Holy name is revealed to us as being non-different than Lord Krishna.
A grateful heart is not the one that is very choosy about what to be grateful for.
Total absorption in hearing Sankirtana Music develops faith in Lord Krishna.