Vamana Gaura Saptami

If Srila Prabhupada is a perfected soul, an associate of Radha-Krsna and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he can see past, present and future. He went to visit the gurukula, which was perhaps in Dallas at the time, and there were many bad things being done. There were teachers who were unqualified, and they were abusing the children. Just before Prabhupada would go to visit, the children were instructed to behave in a certain way, otherwise they would be punished...

If one wants to advance in bhakti, he should try to understand these topics. Simply thinking, "Not this, not this, not this, will not suffice." If positive understanding and moods are there, then you will be successful. Along with absorption in the positive there must also be negation of the negative, otherwise, you cannot advance. At the same time, absorption in negation will not help you very much...

Mahat-sanga is the most favorable activity for advancement in devotion to the Lord. Controlling the mind and senses – along with mahat-sanga it is ok, otherwise not. If anyone has taken sannyasa but has no devotion or strong faith in the self-realized guru, the above-mentioned pious activities are all performed in vain. External activities alone cannot help you...

Now we will return to the point. Sri Krsna and Srimati Radhika never go out of Vrndavana, so why are They feeling separation? Who did Uddhava see with his own eyes in Nandagaon? She is Viyogini Sri Radha. Who met with Lord Krsna in Kuruksetra and was weeping and wanted to bring Him from Kuruksetra to Vraja? She is Samyogini Radhika...

Newcomers who do not have faith yet, will pose a question - “What is the use of performing ‘nagar-sankirtana’ (loud congregational chanting of the holy names outdoors)? It is sheerly useless! Why put so much effort in this? Hardly anyone listens anyway, so what effect it is going to have?!”

Please ask this to Sriman Mahaprabhu, to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, to our Goswamis- why have you performed this activity? If you are not able to understand, then don’t ask this question. Since they [our previous acaryas] have performed this, we will also do so. This is called following (in the footsteps).