Hare Krishna Experience

In this world man is not meant to toil like hogs. He must be intelligent to realize the importance of human life and refuse to act like an ordinary animal. A human being should realize the aim of his life, and this direction is given in all Vedic literatures, and the essence is given in Bhagavad-gītā. Vedic literature is meant for human beings, not for animals. Animals can kill other living animals, and there is no question of sin on their part, but if a man kills an animal for the satisfaction of his uncontrolled taste, he must be responsible for breaking the laws of nature. Bg Intro Gita 2 TEXT 38 sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi sukha — happiness;  duḥkhe — in distress;  same— in equanimity;  kṛtvā — doing so;  lābhālābhau — both in loss and profit;  jayājayau — both in defeat and victory;  tataḥ — thereafter;  yuddhāya — for the sake of fighting;  yujyasva ...

Letter to:  Tusta   Krsna — New Delhi 2 December, 1975 75-12-02 My Dear  Tusta  Krishna Swami, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 November, 1975. Every student is expected to become  Acarya .  Acarya  means one who knows the scriptural injunctions and follows them practically in life, and teaches them to his disciples. I have given you  sannyasa  with the great hope that in my absence you will preach the cult thruout the world and thus become recognized by Krishna as the most sincere servant of the Lord. So I'm very pleased that you have not deviated from the principles I have taught, and thus with power of attorney go on preaching Krishna consciousness, that will make me very happy as it is confirmed in the  Guru  vastakam  yasya   prasadat   bhagavata   prasadah  just by satisfying your Spiritual Master who is accepted as the bona fide ...