The mercy of Lord Gauranga

"O Gaura Raya, we bow down to Your wonderfully glorious lotus feet. You always overlook one's faults and offenses. In this way, any fortunate living entity who takes shelter of You, Lord Gauranga, will attain Goloka." -Srila Locana Dasa Thakura

Very well put

"Things have advanced so much, but the quality of life hasn't improved." It applies more now than ever. America is a prosperous country where the business class is favored. The working class is not exploited in terms of their salaries as much as they are exploited by a business community that creates artificial necessities and raises the prices on basic commodities like housing and health. Ironically, although the working class has more money than ever before, they are also less free from want than ever before. -H.H. Dhanurdhara Swami

The meaning of humility

Humility means not to think less of yourself, but to think of yourself less. -H.H. Varsana Swami

Building faith through sadhu-sanga

Despite occasional circumstances that make it difficult to complete one's spiritual practice, the main problem with regularizing our sadhana is not our situation, but our sraddha, or faith. If we had trust in the glories of the holy name, we would not neglect it under any circumstance. If we had unquestioned faith that chanting gave us long life and unlimited wealth, and we cherished those attainments, we would make time for it at all costs. The holy name of Krishna gives so much more, but because our faith and knowledge of the Bhagavat-which proclaims the glories of the holy name-is weak, our practices unforunately become slack.

Faith means faith in sastra. Faith comes from sadha-sanga. Sadhu-sanga means to hear sastra from advanced devotees. We must make every effort to get sadhu-sanga and increase our faith in devotional service. It is the basis of spiritual life. -H.H. Dhanurdhara Swami

Trying to collect some spiritual wealth

The advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within that ocean is certainly the poorest of the poor. -Srila Prabodhananda Saraswati Thakur

Keep chanting

Indeed, a life full of Krishna consciousness is noble, exalted, glorious, and magnificent-in short-superb. Anyone can attain such perfection in life and enjoy happiness, peace and prosperity by taking up this simple process. All one has to do is chant-Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare-and your life will be sublime. - H.H. Mahanidhi Swami

When will that day come?

"Detachment from maya is only possible if you have attachment to Krishna." -Srila Prabhupada