Monday, May 26, 2008

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
You shall be always feeling jolly. If I am not jolly, if I am not prasanna-manasa, that means maya [illusion] has attacked me. A bhagavad-bhakta [devotee of the Lord] shall never be aprasanna, not joyful. Always joyful. If he is actually in contact with Krishna, how he can become morose? No. If he is morose, if he is unhappy, that means maya has attacked him. This is the test." —Srila Prabhupada, in a lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.20, given on October 31, 1972, in Vrindavana.