• In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says satatam kirtayanto mam yatantas ca drdha vrtah namasyantas ca mam bhaktya, nitya yukta upasate. This is am description of the Mahatma. They are always glorifying Krishna, chanting and speaking about Krishna. Everyone has a tongue and we use it for something to speak.
  • There are so many topics about the temporary material world which hold no real importance. They are meaningless sounds which are sounds of no consequence like the sounds of sea waves which have no meaning.When the tongue is vibrating Hare Krishna, it is connecting us with Krishna. Krishna and everything pertaining to Krishna are identical.•So, the tongue has two functions – to taste and vibrate. It’s a very important issue because the tongue although very small determines our direction in life. According to the sounds we make, our life will go in one direction or another. For example, we see large ships which are guided by one small metal rudder. A rudder is a very small thing but determines the whole direction of the ship.
  • If we use the tongue to vibrate mundane sounds then we will remain in this world lifetime after lifetime. We will vibrate some mundane sound and someone will respond and the sun will rise and set and everyday itrises and sets, it will take days from our life and will bring death closer. This is because we are vibrating about something which has no substance.
  • The great souls are therefore always vibrating something about Krishna and with full determination because they know that this world is temporary and full of miseries.
  • Krsna Consciousness is the real aim of human life -- To get free from the cycle of birth and death in which we are trapped from time immemorial and be restored to our natural position. It needs some serious attention, determination and discipline.
  • For example the athletes when they focus on a sport, they give up everything the coach says.. "no this no that" and they give it upbecause they are serious. When a student is serious about his studies, he puts other things aside and focuses on his studies because he considers that important. A person serious about spiritual realizationtakes the things that are going to hold him back he puts it aside and takes those which will bring him forward in spiritual life.•Those who are serious about Krsna Consciousness live their life with determination and they engage in practical activities to please Krishna. It’s not just a sentiment but there is a practical activity.
  • The big obstacle to spiritual life is our unwillingness. We are habituated and conditioned since time immemorial to do something which will turn away from Krishna. So all we have to do is turn towards Krishna and that begins by chanting the Holy Name. This is the whole art of Krsna Consciousness which is just connecting everything withKrishna because ultimately everything comes from Krishna. The devotees and bonafide spiritual master guide us how to follow these instructions and with proper training we can achieve the goal of human life.
  • We have this human life and we will loose it. We won’t have it forever. The animals do not have an opportunity to read the transcendental literature but they will only bark and whine but humans have the higher intelligence to inquire.
  • One time Srila Prabhupada was asked: What will this chanting of Hare Krishna bring about? Srila Prabhupada said: Chanting will result in more Chanting. The more we chant the more we want to chant. The more we chant the more others will chant. The more they chant the more the people around them will chant and then the entire world will chant.