HARE KRSNA

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
It is emphatically stated in Brihad Naradiya Puran thrice— there is certainly no other way, certainly no other way, certainly no other way except only `Harinam' in Kaliyuga.
Nikhila-sruti-mauli-ratna-mala-dyuti-nirajita-pada-pankajanta
ayi mukta-kulair upasyamanamparitas tvam hari-nama samsrayami
— Namastaka written by Srila Rupa Goswami
O Harinam! (Holy Name of Supreme Lord— Hari) The Upanishads— the summit philosophical portion of the entire Vedas— the effulgence of jewels is incessantly worshiping your Holy Lotus Feet by the radiation of waving lamps. You are always worshipped also by renowned realized souls— Sree Narad and Sree Sukdev. The transcendental glory of the Holy Spiritual Name is revealed in the tongues of the realized souls who are inclined to serve Him. Therefore, O Harinam! I take absolute shelter to Thy Lotus Feet whole-heartedly.
--- His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

"sravanam kirtanam dhyanam."

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
"sravanam kirtanam dhyanam." Dhyanam means to engage your mind in meditation for thinking about and remembering the glories of the name, form, attributes and pastimes of Sri Krishna. So now you have engaged your ears (sravanam), you have engaged your tongue (kirtanam) and you have engaged your mind (dhyanam). All the sense organs should be engaged in the service of Sri krishna. He is the only master of all the senses. So He is called Hrshikesha. Hrishik means sense organs and isa means the enjoyer of those sense organs. If there should be any sense organ not engaged in His service, then the world might enter through that loophole. You should prevent worldly views from entering into the heart to spoil one's consciousness of Sri Krishna.
I am trying to practice this by praying for the grace of Sri Krishna and you are all helping me in this matter. You are my best friends, my spiritual friends.
--- His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama    Hare Rama    Rama    Rama    Hare Hare

Birth in a royal family? Never again.

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!

All are connected with the same reality, the Supreme Lord. We have come from the Supreme Lord. We are in the Supreme Lord. We are by the Supreme Lord. As we have come from the same source, we should have love for all creatures. If we can see that reality, then we can understand the purpose of the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Sri Natha Cakravarti has summed this up in one verse:
aradhyo bhagavan vrajeaa-tanayastad-dhama vrndavanam
ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita
srimad-bhagvatam pramanam amalam prema pumartho mahan
sri caitanya-mahaprabhur matam idam tatradaro nah parah
(from Caitanya-manjusa, a commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam)