TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.

TRANSLATION “In this universe there are limitless living entities in 8,400,000 species, and all are wandering within this universe. PURPORT This is a challenge

The conversation between Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the brāhmaṇa is proof that the Lord in His arcā-mūrti, or form made of material elements, is not material, for those elements, although

TRANSLATION   The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kāma [lust], but the desire to please the senses of Lord Kṛṣṇa is prema

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is the following statement regarding Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:   kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadamyajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyairyajanti hi su-medhasaḥ   “In the Age of Kali,

A person who cannot keep his faith in the words of his spiritual master but acts independently never receives the authority to chant the