Vaishnav ideology:
Vaishnav Ideology: Time is Kṛṣṇa If we are not utilizing time in endeavoring for Kṛṣṇa, to find Kṛṣṇa, then we are wasting time.
Vaishnava
To become a brahmana is not the goal of the human form. To become a Vaishnava is the goal.
HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Our Promise
When we take initiation we promise to the spiritual master, the fire, Paramatma, the Vaishnavas and other witnesses, to chant the holy name of the Lord, to follow the principles. We promise to practice Krishna consciousness or propagate Krishna consciousness, and kind of promise to stay in ISKCON for the rest of our life, to stay loyal and active within the Hare Krishna movement.
Attraction For Chanting
Once we were chanting, but now we are not chanting or we don’t have attraction for chanting. We may not realise, but a lot of time it is because we offended a Vaishnava, we offended some devotee. And now you got the punishment. What is your punishment? Now you don’t like the holy name anymore.
Sadhu-Sanga Is Essential
Sadhu-sanga is not just for the new devotees or sadhu-sanga is not only till the time you get initiation. No, sadhu-sanga is required, essential with all the levels. Even if you are advanced and you are a pure devotee, even at that time you would never give up sadhu-sanga.
It Is not Easy To Know a Vaishnava
It is not easy to know a Vaishnava. Just as it is difficult to know the Supreme Lord, it is equally difficult to know the devotee of the Lord. In fact, the more we understand a devotee of the Lord, the more we can understand Krishna. The more we understand devotee and our spiritual master, the more we understand Krishna.
Always Protected
A Vaishnava, one who has surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, is always protected by Lord Vishnu’s order carriers.
That Is A Vaisnava
One who knows how people are suffering, he is always concerned about everybody’s suffering and he wants to do something. That is a Vaishnava.
Like a Lotus
Like that, we must do ‘vichar manthan’, churning of thoughts; we must do planning so as to stay pure, clean, and above it. We want to be like a lotus in the mud but above the mud, not touched by mud. Even if the objects of senses are freely accessible out in the world, be prepared and plan about how to encounter them.
What is our goal?
The goal is to become vaishnav. Whether we are Brahmans or sudras this that there is not much time life is short and there is “miles to go before you sleep”