It’s all just illusory and temporary. The only position that will make us happy is when we are in a natural purified condition of love of God.

According to what we tune into we access that frequency. Meditation, kirtan, these spiritual practices help us to tune in to grace.

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto, always remember me. Lord Chaitanya embraced him. He said, “You are the true knower of the Bhagavad Gita.” Because its purpose is to remember Krishna with love in whatever we do. He had that hunger in his heart, that hunger to please the Lord.

During these festivals, it brings devotees together to develop deeper friendships and deeper commitment to one another to serve the Lord and our spiritual masters. So, these festivals are very, very important.

So, there's a huge overpopulation. It's time for people to start graduating, graduating from this material world of birth and death and going back to this spiritual world where we belong.

Human life is not meant for these attributes that you are discussing, A real hero is one who conquers his urge for selfish enjoyment, and it works for the upliftment of all humanity, that is a real hero.

If you want an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge you surrender to the supreme lord. If you want some temporary fruits of material life and you worship those persons who can give you that. But at least you should know what the purpose and the opportunity is that you have in this human life.

Bhakti means simply to surrender to Krishna, does it not? I shall relieve you from all sinful reactions do not fear.” It is the simplest most direct process. And in this age of Kali Yuga where everything is so difficult anyway, we should take the simplest and most direct process.

It is said that they attacked him with sharp fangs of philosophical arguments, and he broke their fangs to pieces and totally established that the principle of the bhakti was the supreme conclusion the siddhanta of the Vedas. And the result was all the mayavadi sannyasis began to chant in kirtana and as soon as they tasted the sweetness of the holy name, they completely gave up the conception of happiness that they were experiencing in the Brahman platform. Because they experienced the anand feature of the lord.

Are we doing it in a complete state of dependence and devotion? No. Therefore, we must train and practice and cultivate this quality through our life so that we can do like that. By the association with sadhus and by the chanting of the holy names this quality of genuine devotion is awakened from within our heart.