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- By chanting the holy name of the Lord one can directly associate with the Supreme Lord by sound vibration - CC Preface + (15:27:02, 7 July 2021)
- As one practices chanting this sound vibration, one passes through three stages of development: the offensive stage, the clearing stage and the transcendental stage - CC Preface + (15:31:21, 7 July 2021)
- In the offensive stage of chanting one may desire all kinds of material happiness, but in the second stage one becomes clear of all material contamination - CC Preface + (15:35:59, 7 July 2021)
- Lord Caitanya taught that this (the stage of loving God) is the highest stage of perfection for human beings - CC Preface + (15:57:58, 7 July 2021)
- Yoga practice is essentially meant for controlling the senses. The central controlling factor of all the senses is the mind; therefore one first has to practice controlling the mind by engaging it in Krsna consciousness - CC Preface + (16:00:22, 7 July 2021)
- The dancing movement of Krsna's earrings, eyes and eyebrows is very attractive to the damsels of Vraja + (17:02:11, 7 July 2021)
- Activities in devotional service increase the sense of devotional service + (17:03:53, 7 July 2021)
- There is the moon of His (Krsna's) mouth, the moon of His cheeks, the moonspots of sandalwood pulp on His body, the moons of the fingertips of His hands and the moons of the tips of His toes + (17:14:42, 7 July 2021)
- There are twenty-four and a half moons, and Krsna is the central figure of all of them + (17:17:26, 7 July 2021)
- The gross activities of the mind are expressed through the external senses, either for the acquisition of knowledge or for the functioning of the senses in accordance with the will - CC Preface + (17:23:05, 7 July 2021)
- The subtle activities of the mind are thinking, feeling and willing, which are carried out according to one's consciousness, either polluted or clear - CC Preface + (17:24:27, 7 July 2021)
- What else is there for two eyes to see beyond the face of Krsna? Since one cannot adequately see Krsna with only two eyes, one feels incapable & becomes bereaved. Such bereavement is slightly reduced when one criticizes the creative power of the creator + (17:25:49, 7 July 2021)
- The Bhagavad-gita's process of purifying consciousness is the process of fixing one's mind on Krsna by talking of His transcendental activities, cleansing His temple, going to His temple - CC Preface + (17:32:33, 7 July 2021)
- If one's mind is fixed on Krsna (His name, qualities, form, pastimes, entourage and paraphernalia), all one's activities - both subtle and gross - become favorable - CC Preface + (17:34:46, 7 July 2021)
- Fixing one's mind on Krsna by seeing the beautiful transcendental form of the Lord nicely decorated, hearing His transcendental glories, tasting food offered to Him, associating with His devotees - CC Preface + (17:43:43, 7 July 2021)
- Fixing one's mind on Krsna by smelling the flowers and tulasi leaves offered to Him, engaging in activities for the Lord’s interest, becoming angry at those who are malicious toward devotees - CC Preface + (17:47:06, 7 July 2021)
- No one can bring the activities of the mind and senses to a stop, but one can purify these activities through a change in consciousness - CC Preface + (17:52:49, 7 July 2021)
- Krsna tells Arjuna of the knowledge of yoga whereby one can work without fruitive results: "O son of Prtha, when you act in such knowledge you can free yourself from the bondage of works" - CC Preface + (17:55:23, 7 July 2021)
- A human being is sometimes restricted in sense gratification due to certain circumstances, such as disease, but such proscriptions are for the less intelligent - CC Preface + (18:00:27, 7 July 2021)
- Without knowing the actual process by which the mind and senses can be controlled, less intelligent men may try to stop the mind and senses by force, but ultimately they give in to them and are carried away by the waves of sense gratification - CC Preface + (18:02:33, 7 July 2021)
- The intelligent man situated in Krsna consciousness does not try to forcibly stop his senses from acting. Rather, he engages his senses in the service of Krsna - CC Preface + (18:07:19, 7 July 2021)
- He (the creator of this body) is not conversant in the art of ecstasy but is simply a prosaic creator. He does not know how to arrange things properly so one can see only Krsna + (04:50:35, 8 July 2021)
- The gopis' minds are always engaged in relishing the sweetness of Krsna's body. He is the ocean of beauty, and His beautiful face and smile and the luster of His body are all-attractive to the minds of the gopis + (04:58:01, 8 July 2021)
- In krsna-karnamrta, His (Krsna's) face, smile and bodily luster have been described as sweet, sweeter and sweetest + (05:01:16, 8 July 2021)
- A perfect devotee of Krsna is overwhelmed by seeing the beauty of Krsna's bodily luster, His face and smile + (05:05:35, 8 July 2021)
- He (Krsna) bathes in the ocean of transcendental convulsions. Before Krsna's beauty, these convulsions often continue without treatment, just as ordinary convulsions which a physician will allow to continue, not even allowing a drink of water for relief + (07:23:32, 8 July 2021)
- The devotee increasingly feels the absence of Krsna, for without Him one cannot drink the nectar of His beauty + (07:27:44, 8 July 2021)
- The sound of Krsna's flute always resides within the ears of the gopis and increases their ecstasy. When it is heard, no other sound can enter into their ears, and amongst their family they are not able to reply to questions properly + (07:35:25, 8 July 2021)
- Caitanya explained the transcendental constitution of Krsna, His expansions, His bodily luster and everything connected with Him. In short, Lord Caitanya explained Krsna as He is, as well as the process by which one can approach Him + (07:41:54, 8 July 2021)
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu pointed out that devotional service to Krsna is the only process by which He can be approached. This is the verdict of Vedic literature + (07:44:29, 8 July 2021)
- If someone inquires into Vedic literature to determine the process of transcendental realization, or consults the Puranas, one will find that in all of them the conclusion is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna is the only object of worship + (08:12:48, 8 July 2021)
- Krsna is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is situated in His internal potency, which is known as svarupa-sakti or atma-sakti, as described in Bhagavad-gita + (09:26:43, 8 July 2021)
- He (Krsna) expands Himself in various multiple forms, and some of these are known as His personal forms and some as His separated forms. Thus He enjoys Himself in all the spiritual planets, as well as in the material universes + (09:38:01, 8 July 2021)
- The expansions of His (Krsna's) separated forms are called living entities, and these living entities are classified according to the energies of the Lord. They are divided into two classes-eternally liberated and eternally conditioned + (12:59:45, 8 July 2021)
- Eternally liberated living entities never come into contact with material nature, and therefore they do not have any experience of material life. They are eternally engaged in Krsna consciousness, or devotional service to the Lord + (13:03:53, 8 July 2021)
- They (eternally liberated living entities) are counted among the associates of Krsna. Their pleasure, the only enjoyment of their life, is derived from rendering transcendental loving service to Krsna + (13:06:23, 8 July 2021)
- Those who are eternally conditioned are always divorced from the transcendental loving service of Krsna and are thus subjected to the threefold miseries of material existence + (13:19:33, 8 July 2021)
- Due to the conditioned soul's eternal attitude of separation from Krsna, the spell of material energy awards him two kinds of bodily existence - the gross body consisting of five elements, and the subtle body consisting of mind, intelligence and ego + (13:22:29, 8 July 2021)
- The conditioned soul eternally suffers the pangs of material existence known as the threefold miseries. He is also subjected to six enemies (such as lust, anger, etc.). Such is the everlasting disease of the conditioned soul + (13:24:35, 8 July 2021)
- Diseased and conditioned, the living entity transmigrates throughout the universe. Sometimes he is situated in the upper planetary system and sometimes in the lower system. In this way he leads his diseased life + (13:33:48, 8 July 2021)
- His (the living entity's) disease can be cured only when he meets and follows the expert physician, the bona fide spiritual master + (13:35:55, 8 July 2021)
- When the conditioned soul faithfully follows the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, his material disease is cured, he is promoted to the liberated stage, and he again attains to the devotional service of Krsna and goes back home, back to Krsna + (14:01:21, 8 July 2021)
- A conditioned living entity should become aware of his real position and should pray to the Lord, How much longer will I be under the rule of all these bodily functions such as lust and anger? + (14:04:40, 8 July 2021)
- As masters of the conditioned soul, lust and anger are never merciful. Indeed the conditioned soul will never cease rendering service to such bad masters.when he comes to his real consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, he abandons these bad masters + (14:08:05, 8 July 2021)
- When the living entity comes to his real consciousness, he approaches Krsna with a frank and open heart to achieve His shelter. At such a time he prays to Krsna to be engaged in His transcendental loving service + (15:13:58, 8 July 2021)
- In Vedic literatures sometimes fruitive activities, mystic yoga and the speculative search for knowledge are praised as different ways to self-realization, despite such praise, in all literatures the path of devotional service is accepted as the foremost + (17:05:23, 8 July 2021)
- Devotional service to Lord Krsna is the highest perfectional path to self-realization, and it is recommended that it be performed directly + (17:07:18, 8 July 2021)
- Fruitive activity, mystic meditation and philosophical speculation are not direct methods of self-realization. They are indirect + (17:10:24, 8 July 2021)
- Without devotional service they (Fruitive activity, mystic meditation and philosophical speculation) cannot lead to the highest perfection of self-realization. Indeed, all paths to self-realization ultimately depend on the path of devotional service + (17:12:52, 8 July 2021)
- Vyasadeva was sitting by the banks of the River Sarasvati, and he was in a state of depression when Narada Muni arrived. Upon seeing Vyasa so dejected, Narada explained why the various books he compiled were deficient + (17:30:11, 8 July 2021)
- The forceful restraint of sense activities by the eight principles of yoga is recommended for inferior men; superior men, being engaged in the superior activities of KC, naturally retire from the inferior activities of material existence - CC Preface + (17:53:48, 8 July 2021)