Hare Krsna Maharaj.

Ram Navmi lecture going on Sri Sri Radha Parth Sarthi temple.

there are four lines by Srila Prabhupada

a. Books are the basis b. Purity Is the force c. Utility is the principle d. Preaching is the essence.

can you elaborate on the last two statements. Esp the words principle and essence.

what could be deviations for the last two lines .. What can replace utility as principle and pricing as essence.

horse trying to be human

harsh

HpS - ASA ---  In the NOI we remember Srila Prabhupada saying that Devotional service is not a matter of imaginative ecstacy nor sentimental speculation, rather it is preactical activity in the forefront.  So, we see whether our service please Krsna. He is a humble person. He is pleased in a very natural simple way. So we see if we are pleasing Him by having a Sunday Love Feast when we come to the West in 1960s.

Preaching, Teaching, Sankirtan is the essence.  This is of course true for Kali-yuga. In your life if you try to give people Krsna then you feel essential satisfaction. Of course, they may not be able to take more than pantheistic ideras eg. He is the taste in water, but the more we know the Bhagavata, the more we can preach, teach, them!    Congregational singing of the glories of the Lord is the essence of all sprititual bliss (CC).

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