7 WAYS TO PLEASE GOD

Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'

There are 7 transcendental means to obtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: 

(1) by sacrificing valuable things or eatables, 
(2) by acting in terms of place, 
(3) by acting in terms of time, 
(4) by offering hymns, 
(5) by going through the priest, 
(6) by offering gifts to the priests and 
(7) by observing the regulative principles.* 


However, one cannot always obtain the Supreme Lord through this paraphernalia. Nonetheless, the Lord is affectionate to His devotee;
- Srimad Bhagavatam - 5.3.2


*According to Srila Prabhupada there are 4 regulative principles to be followed along with chanting the holy names of the Supreme Lord especially chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra a minimum of 16 rounds on the japa-mala. They are
1. No meat eating
2. No intoxication
3. No gmabling
4. No illicit-sex.

 Jagadguru Srila Prabhupada - The Real Soul Doctor

Prabhupada Dasa

RadhaKrishna Sevak

TWO PHASES OF EXISTENCE

Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'

As fallible living entities, we have two phases of existence. One is called material existence, which is full of the miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease, and the other is called spiritual existence, in which there is an incessant spiritual life of eternity, bliss, and knowledge.

In material existence we are ruled by the material conception of the body and the mind, but in spiritual existence we can always relish the happy, transcendental contact of the Personality of Godhead. In spiritual existence, the Lord is never lost to us.


The Krishna consciousness movement is trying to bring that spiritual existence to humanity at large. In our present material consciousness, we are attached to the sensual material conception of life, but this conception can be removed at once by devotional service to Krishna, or Krishna consciousness. If we adopt the principles of devotional service, we can become transcendental to the material conceptions of life and be liberated from the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance, even in the midst of various material engagements.

Everyone who is engaged in material affairs can derive the highest benefit from the pages of Back to Godhead and the other literatures of this Krishna consciousness movement. These literatures help all people sever the roots of the indefatigable banyan tree of material existence. These literatures are authorized to train us to renounce everything related to the material conception of life and to relish spiritual nectar in every object. This stage is obtainable only by devotional service and nothing else. By rendering such service, one can at once get liberation (mukti) even during this present life.

Most spiritual endeavors are tinged with the colors of materialism, but pure devotional service is transcendental to all material pollution. Those who desire to go back to Godhead need only adopt the principles of this Krishna consciousness movement and simply aim their consciousness at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, Krishna

Jagadguru Srila Prabhupada - the real Soul Doctor

Prabhupada Dasa

RadhaKrishna Sevak

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