Purnacandra Goswami:

(09.08.2006) Acarye objašnjavaju da iako su osobe i zabave stvarne, ipak osobe predstavljaju nešto. Kao što npr. Devaki predstavlja bhakti, jer se Krišna pojavljuje kroz bhakti. Krišna se pojavljuje kroz Devakinu maternicu, Krišna može doći kroz bhakti: bhaktya mam abhijanati ... Osoba može znati Krišnu kroz bhakti. Šest sinova koji su ubijeni prije nego što se Baladeva pojavio, predstavljaju zle stvari koji uznemiravaju bhaktu: požuda, gnjev itd. I te stvari se moraju očistiti prije nego što se Gospodin pojavi.

The acaryas explain that although the personalities are all real and factual, and although the pastime, the history is actually factual and real, that still all the personalities present or have some simbolic representation. Like Devaki represents bhakti, because Krishna appears from bhakti. Krishna appears from Devaki's womb. Krishna can come from bhakti: bhaktya mam abhijanati ... One can only know Krishna thru bhakti (...) The six sons that were killed before Baladeva appeared represent the evil things that harras the devotee: lust, anger, etc. And these things must be cleared away right before the Lord will appear.

Bhakta se mora plašiti ponovnog pada u materijalnu iluziju. Bhakta se mora plašiti maye, Prabhupada je rekao: "Moji učenici su dobri, ali ne boje se dovoljno maye." Jer maya je vrlo moćna, ako vas maya zgrabi, onda ste gotovi.

The devotee must become fearful of falling again in material illusion. The devotee must be afraid of maya. And Prabhupada said: "My disciples are nice, but they are not afraid enough of maya." Because maya is very powerful, and if maya can grab you, then you're finished.

Ne možete podjeliti knjigu ili ne možete dovesti nekoga u svjesnost Krišne ukoliko niste opunomoćeni od Gospodina. Baladev šakti u nekoj mjeri mora postojati u Vama. I ona samo raste kako napredujete.

You can't distribute a book, or you can not bring someone to Krishna conscioussness unless you have some empowerment by the Lord. Some of that Baladev shakti  has to be in you. And it just grows and grows as you advance.

Manidhar Prabhu:

(10.08.2006) Srila Prabhupada je izvorno vrlo inteligentno želio napraviti "mini ISKCON" u Indiji. Želio je istrenirati grupu bengalskih bhakta od kojih bi svaki bio stručnjak u nečemu ... Propovijedanje također, čak i mridanga, kuhanje, sve, svi ti odjeli. I onda je sa tom grupom planirao doći na zapad. I onda bi zapadnjaci odmah mogli vidjeti: "O, ovako izgleda bhakta".

Srila Prabhupada originally very intelligently wanted to create a "mini ISKCON" in India. By training a crew of bengali devotees who each single one would be the expert in some art ...  Preaching art also, even mridanga, cooking, everything, all these departments. And then, with that crew he was planning to arrive in west. So that western people can immediately see: "Oh, that's how a vaisnava looks like."

(10.08.2006) Cijeli sistem je bio da je Kali prvo napao zajednicu brahmana. Jer, ako je glava luda, svi drugi djelovi tijela će automatski biti ludi.

And the whole system, that's actually where Kali started, he attacked the brahmana community. Because when the head is crazy, all the parts of the body go crazy automatically. 

(10.08.2006) Rečeno je u Bhagavatamu da će Vas u Kali yugi smatrati intelektualcem ako možete lijepo slagati riječi. Ljudi misle: "O, ovo zvuči vrlo lijepo." Naravno, to nema nikakvog smisla, ali ljudi previše ne mare za to. Oni kažu: "Ovo je tako genijalno što je rekao, nitko čak ne može niti shvatiti." Znanstvenici su čak izmislili svoj vlastiti jezik tako da ljudi ne mogu ništa shvatiti. I oni misle: "Ovo je tako znanstveno, ne mogu shvatiti niti jednu riječ." Onda je došao Srila Prabhupada i razotkrio licemjere.

It is stated in Bhagavatam that in Kali yuga you'll be considered intelectual just because you can nicely put some words together. People think: "Oh, this sounds very nice." Of course, it doesn't make any sense, but people don't care for this very much. They say: "This is so genious what he says, nobody can even understand." The scientists even invented their own language, so know, so people can not understand anything. And they think: "This is so scientific, I can not understand one word." So Prabhupada came and he torn down all the hypocrites.

Bhakti Vikasa Swami:

(10.08.2006)  Između nivoa najviše bhakti, i nivoa zavisti na Krišnu, postoji nivo razumijevanja Krišninog obilja uslijed čega dolazi do uključivanja u predano služenje Njega.

In between the superlative level of bhakti, and the level of envy of Krishna, is the level of understanding Krishna's opulences and thus engaging in His devotional service.

(09.08.2006)  Tendencija da budemo privučeni mayom je skoro spontana u uvjetovanoj duši. To se mora regulirati pravilima i propisima.

The tendency to be attracted to maya seems almost sponteous in the conditioned soul. So that has to be regulated by rules and regulations.

(11.08.2006) Oni su napravili logičku rupu u svom načinu razmišljanja da je nasilje prema ljudskim bićima jako loše, ali nasilje prema životinjama je uredu, nema ništa loše u tome. To se ne broji ... Jer, prema kršćanstvu, životinje nemaju dušu. Tako da iako drže klaonice podalje od gradova, jako daleko, tako da ljudi ne mogu čuti krikove životinja, i da ne vide krv i teror životinja. Oni racionaliziraju, oni su samo životinje, tako da nema ništa loše u njihovom ubijanju. (...) Pošto su ljudi više zainteresirani za svoje vlastito čulno uživanje, zbog toga kažu: "Da, mi vjerujemo u nenasilje, ali samo prema ljudskim bićima".

They have made a logical hole in their way of thinking that violence to human being is very bad, but violence to animals is ok, nothing wrong with that. It doesn't count ... Because, according to christianity, animals don't have souls. So even though they keep slaughterhouses away from the cities, a long way, so that people can't hear the animals screaming, they don't see the blood and the terror of animals. They rationalize, that they are only animals, so there is no harm in killing them.(...) But because people are more interested in their own sense grafitication, therefore they say: "Yea, we believe in non-violence, but only to humans".
 
(11.08.2006)  Ovo je svijet nasilja. Pošto je svatko zavidan i svatko izrabljuje svakog drugog. Mi dolazimo u Liku vidjeti lijepu prirodu, ali lijepa priroda je: jivo jivasya jivanam ... Sva različita živa bića se bore, čak se i biljke bore za prostor i svjetlo. Dakle, to je nasilan svijet.

It's a world of violence. Because everyone is envious and everyone is exploiting everyone else. We come here in Lika to see the beautiful nature, but a beautiful nature is all the: jivo jivasya jivanam ... All different living beings are struggling, even the plants are fighting with each other for space and light. So, it's a violent world.