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So it is very difficult; still, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's order to distribute this knowledge all over the world. So let us try. Even the people do not take our instruction, that is not our disqualification. Our qualification is let us try our best. The maya is very strong. To take the living entities out of the clutches of maya is not very easy thing. My Guru Maharaja used to say... He had so many temples all over India, and he used to say some time that "If by selling all these properties, temples, if I could turn one man to Krsna consciousness, then my mission will be successful." He used to say that. (More...)

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So these things are very restricted in order to reach that transcendental platform. But in this age, in this Age of Kali, where everything is disturbed, always full of anxieties, and the life is very short... That is also explained in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: prayena kalau asmin yuge janaḥ. Life is very short, and they are not interested for any transcendental subject matter. They are interested only with the bodily concept of life. Mandaḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutaḥ . And always disturbed by so many anxieties. How he can ascend to the platform of transcendental realization? It is very difficult in this age. (More...)

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