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MAYA`S WEB

 When a living entity attempts to enjoy separatelyfrom the Lord, he enters maya`s web.Just as an insect flies into a spider`s web,and just as by struggling,the fly becomes increasingly entangled,so the living being becomes increasinglyimplicated in i

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PRIDE

Pride is cheating oneself and others.To practise devotional servicewe must give up false pride.In the practise of devotional service,we must be completely sincere andstraightforward and renounce false pride.We must surrender our mind to Krsna.

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OFFENSES

If the mind does become bewilderedand neglects the essentialprinciples of devotional service,it is considered the greatestmisfortune for a devotee.Once having tasted the essenceof pure devotional service,no one will give it up.The mind can lose appre

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ONENESS WITH GOD

A pure devotee is protected from illusion byremaining unattached to material sense gratification,seeing everything in relation to Krsna,and engaging everything in Krsna`s service accordingto the instructions of the spiritual master.He uses everything

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VAISNAVA ETIQUETTE


Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana,"Maintenance of the Vaiṣṇava etiquetteis the ornament of a devotee."A highly advanced Vaiṣṇava livesin such a way that no onecan understand what he is or what he was.A Vaisnava is always humble,and if a person do

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PURE DEVOTEE

A pure devotee of the Lordhas nothing to do withmundane religiosity,economic development,sense gratification, or salvation.A pure devotee is not concerned whetherhis standard of material existenceis the highest or the lowest.To him, heaven and hellar

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CONSCIOUSNESS

We all have consciousness,but what is this consciousness?It is Krsna consciousness.We have forgotten Krsna,and therefore we simplysay "consciousness,"but really "consciousness"means Krsna consciousness,because without Krsnawe cannot have consciousnes

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