Guru Maharaj: Taking havisanna is not a great austerity. Doing such things are minimal austerities. So we can do some things, we fast on the Krsna Janamastami, on Gaura Purnima, on the day of our spiritual master, until noon, on the guru’s appearance day, and other...
Guru Maharaj: I was chanting 32 rounds a day. I thought this would be pleasing to Śrīla Prabhupāda, but he told me that I should chant 16 rounds and go and preach. If I don’t preach, stay in the temple all day chanting, who will preach? So Śrīla Prabhupāda put more...
Guru Maharaj: The thing that pleases Krishna most is pure devotional service. And the renunciation austerity is not so important. What is more important is pure bhakti. So, that is why in the gyana yoga, to get the impersonal liberation, one should be a sannyasi. But...