We are all being trained to be independent. July 5, 2015. Miami.

My dear devotees.
A big hug from Miami Mandir.

Today we are celebrating the true meaning of our independence and our independence is both our problem and our solution.We have to become independent of our material attachments. From all that clings us to lust. When you focus on Krishna and try to make Him happy, that's prema; therefore, you have to see how to get away from an attachment and adhere to the other. This is the story of our material attachment, while it exists, bhakti will not manifest fully. So we need sadhu sanga which is very rare in this world. It is something beyond what one can understand rationally and it manifests in the form of Gurukripa.

When you have faith in the spiritual master then all the realizations of scripture manifest within your heart.The association with a devotee is the essence of the transaction. It is something that arises, blooms. My theory is that because Srila Prabhupada injected the seeds of bhakti with his great power, faith will flourish even in people who are not born yet. Then we as followers of Srila Prabhupada are seeing the birth of bhakti in important places where this faith is manifesting. For example, in my visit to Cuba I saw so many people who have faith in Srila Prabhupada and for service We have witnessed how this seed of Bhakti is really flowing and the desire to serve Krishna manifests. There you can understand that there really is a seed of bhakti when in the hearts of people arises a strong desire to serve Krishna.So for me it was a very pleasant experience to go to an island where only Prabhu Esvarara Desavaha had gone. The others had only heard about it.

The movement of Swami Yoganandana movement was all that came, and then with the evolution of theism a very nice atmosphere of wanting to serve Krishna was created. For me it was really unforgettable to stay in this place watching the seeds that Srila Prabhupada had spread there. So much joy, so much desire, devotion that one could actually conceive that there was a great future, as in all situations where Srila Prabhupada is present. Also in the particular case of this visit to Cuba, obviously the pioneering work of Srila Prabhupada is continuing, because he did not accept  any place that Krishna could not reach, he was always leading his disciples to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Beirut, Morocco, Northern Ireland during the war, completely difficult places, he was always concerned about sending people to continue sowing the seeds of Bhakti.

When one has traveled the bramandas up, down,and has gone through the different circumstances of this material world, there will come a time when you say enough is enough, no more, and even though Maya is seductive you no longer want to engage in it. You understand and say 'no more' and then you begin to take spiritual life seriously.While one is intoxicated in the material world with material things like fame, scholarship and beauty then one can not take seriously the call of Krishna and one does not hear the inner call of Krishna, coming under Maya once more. Maya is like that, when you are down she does not entice you with anything, but when you want to come out of maya she gives you everything. It is easy to renounce, because in reality you do not possess anything and that is why we say "better you renounce the world before the world renounces you."

Renouncing means separation, no excuse, no exception, the pretty car you bought three days ago- bye car, bye home, bye children. Especially when a child is born, one is debuting as a parent. It is something spectacular until they grow, grow and go. Sure, some parents today say better that they leave. Sometimes they go bad, disappearing and ignoring their father or mother. Then it is important to realize that in this material world everything is passing just to prepare us.

viṣayā vinivartante

nirāhārasya dehinaḥ

rasa-varjaḿ raso 'py asya

paraḿ dṛṣṭvā nivartate

(BG 2.59)

One has to have a superior taste, even though you may have desires for material things one renounces and engages in something spiritual, that is to develop a higher taste. If you accept everything they offer you to gratify you then you will never emerge with a superior desire. There are many warnings in scripture, they really are the ones that always come to remind us of the essence, "Leave the illusion of Phantasmagoria".

Oh yes, there is much santeria in Cuba. Pure business, there is no speaking about loving God. There is only talk about asking God: to give the strength to overcome problems, overcome that or the other tamasic ceremonies. Krishna says: "those who worship ghosts become ghosts in their next life." If you ask a barvabalao leader if he loves God, he tells you "no, that is not included in the program"; the truth is that it is not even included in their vocabulary, it is sad that people just want to bargain with God.

In India the same occured with karma kanda; I should negotiate there so I can get blessings, and the flowery words of the Vedas excited that. If you want health, wealth, beautiful wife, adores this and do that, but the Bhagavad Gita says that only fools worship the demigods, and it is like a maze, a very difficult path to find the pure way to God. It is not easy, if you want business God will offer you business. The material world teaches you strongly with things like detachment or separation and I think that today people are suffering more and more than ever before because the conception of family is over.

After all, the family is the nicest thing: wife, husband, children who grow, grandchildren, all this beauty working together for a cause, it's so nice to have harmony between father, mother, grandparents, although today it is almost nonexistent. Modern man barely greets one another, women often feel mistreated. Considering that it is better that children do not see us fight and not suffer seeing us, the modern man has lost marriage. It is the largest loss and excuse to think, "oh ... I can now have sex with multiple partners or change." In that sense the declaration of marriages today is 'she is my temporary travel companion'. It is not uncommon to fall in love with one or more woman or a man, because there are so many nice people, so you think, "why can't I have sex with other couples? The fact is that one has to decide whether or not he wants beautiful children and see them grow up with parents, in an atmosphere of love, discipline and unity.

Without the foundation of family our children do not have much hope of forming a character of faith in authority, and we are never safe. We always feel helpless. Modern man is more resigned because he lost all his family and what is he left with? Sex, fun, buying a house, only then to fight with their partner to separate. How do we become divided? The car or the children? Children are the ones in the end that pay for the drama. For example, men are not very smart and they speak ill to the children, they speak ill of the mother and then they no longer have a father.

Even in Krishna Consciousness we hear "detach yourself from your partner and the family," but do not misunderstand this because detachment should be there once the children are grown. Some fools have taken it as justification, I have to detach and in that sense we see that the world is wrong. Once family is lost then comes drugs, degradation, disappointment, when they do not understand that the most beautiful thing is being a member of a spiritual family. It is something so special to serve a ishtadev, creating farms, festivals, and temples.

Alongside proper worship our life grows because in the material world there is nothing equivalent or special. In the material world there is only one political party, social groups, but this does not replace spiritual life. The deity links us with the most important part of our lives, the Supreme Lord who alone can take us forward and lead us to higher dimensions. Abandon all other concepts, fruitive activities, social/religious concepts which are only based on personal interest and surrender to my instruction, says the Lord. The whole structure of the world, the various institutions that we consider are all secondary to the importance of Krishna in our lives. It is not enough to be a good dad, you have to do many more things, and fully take refuge in Krishna's devotees. That sounds very nice. In the Bhakti yoga there are many stages of confidentiality, but if you have no spiritual family then you do not know where to practice. Practicing alone you get lost, that is why association is so important. It's like a father who can not even say for an hour: I'm not the father. It is a betrayal. A commitment of a sannyasi, a bramana, a temple president is equal. It is  an important consecration and that is why a group of devotees can maintain a temple.

Thanks to that, we want to create an ashram in Cuba. The first will be called Vrinda Kunja Ashram. It is a very humble home for about six devotees, lead by a mature yogi of many years, Radhanatha Prabhu. He already has grandchildren but has a youthful spirit. The place is small but the Cuban devotees are good  and have potential and are mature. It was only a few days.We had a big puja in a well known and important theater in the city and we also had lectures at the Charles Chaplin, in the center, where we had a very nice space. Then we also met a group called "Om meditation" whose leader was fond of Srila Prabhupada, and we developed a beautiful connection. Therefore, I feel good and I think the Lord Chaitanya has to take me to many places and the beginning stages have already been sewn, so if any of you are going to Cuba allow yourself to be trained here on how to help.

In Cuba there is a saying, that you can't do anything without faith, better said, Oida therapy in Cuba is well known, and do you know what faith means (Fe)? Relatives abroad (Familiares en el Exterior). Thus we are also the extended Vaishnava family and friends. So I think with a little help over there things can begin to develop more, so everyone is welcome to participate in supporting Cuba. Miami is the halfway point of Cuba, so some senior devotees there can arrange a visit given the possibility. I will organize this on my next return as we have now very little time in Miami, just a few hours were shortened by technical difficulties that delayed my flight several hours.So many thanks, today we celebrate independence day which means becoming independent from Maya and becoming dependent upon Krishna, that's true independence. To once again have the independence to assume responsibility for it and so one can not think for himself outside from the Vaishnava ideal which is the ability to be truly independent.

So in that sense we are all being trained to be independent and able to realize any service but the heart must be dependent on the essence of the unity of the Infinite. I wanted to greet all of you thanks for waiting so long.

Srila Prabhupada ki jay!

Your always well-wisher
Srila B. A. Paramadvaiti

Ten Years in Chat via Hotline 11/10/13 From India

Topic : Ten Years of Chat via Hotline . From India. 10/11/13

                                 Conference from Yamuna Kunja .

Sri Vrindavan Parikrama , ki jay !

Vrindavan is very beautiful , very wonderful . If you knew a little more of the story, you could feel a bit of what I feel . The temple that we recently visited ( Chaitanya Mission) looks like a replica of a real temple of Jagannath Puri. I was doing service there a few weeks before, and then I realized that Srila Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada 's spiritual brother, was in town wanted to buy that building. At that time I was a little sad because the temple had been there for 8 years, even had bought it ... It was a simple temple at that time and now it has become one of the most beautiful temples in Vrindavan thanks to the wonderful work of the sadhus who have made this temple so astonishing. Now it is a cultural wonder what has happened in Vrindavan .

Today is our traditional Sunday Chat from Yamuna Kunja . I remember many years ago when we first had our first Chat Sunday from this place, which was coordinated by Gour Kesava and I was very impressed that from the place of the 6 goswamis I could sit and give a lecture to all the devotees of South America. We are celebrating the 10 years of Chat via hotline . First of all we must say a big " All glories to Pancatattwa prabhu " and here we are giving a big hand to him for creating this platform chat . And yet we continue to use the same software, which is still wonderful.

My message today to all of you is this ...

Ten years of chat via hotline is an incredible achievement, which allowed me to keep in touch with my spiritual family around the world for ten years continuously . So, for 10 years we have been able to send messages to all of you. I am very grateful to you for having read these messages and more grateful to implement those messages.

Thank you very much for helping me create a family that has no limits, where each country welcomes us ... where each friend who wants to become a guardian of Mother Nature can enjoy the company of you Many thanks to all of you for giving this message of love to others. Thank you very much for being brahmacaris, vishnupriyas, grihastas, vanaprasthas, maharanis or sannyasis . Thank you very much for chanting Hare Krishna, I know that you yourselves are the biggest beneficiaries of them, but still I thank you, because thanks to your chanting you make it possible for us today to have a spiritual family .

This is really a center of the Gaudiya Math in Vrindavan ( Yamuna Kunja ) because one can hear the divine songs coming from every corner. I thank also those who distribute books everywhere, I thank Pancatattwa for creating this communication system, because thanks to him I can share my heart with all the devotees. I also thank all the chefs who have cooked both prasadam to all the devotees.

Thanks to all the devotees living in the Eco Villages and work for them. Thank you very much to all who serve as pujaris with faith in the deities. Our kind of worship is so simple and humble compared to other types of worship, but if I think of people like Prem Kishor in Berlin , my dear Radha Tulasi  en Varsana, we could continue to worship Krishna in many places and, by the mercy of Radharani, we can continue worshiping .

Thank you very much to all those who make the dresses for the deities, to all who make websites and keep them alive to so that we can all know what everyone is doing for Krishna and learn from them and gain more inspiration.

Thank you very much to all those who work hard at their jobs and do not forget Krishna and rather give donations to expand Krishna Consciousness . Your contribution is very important and greatly appreciated. Thank you very much to all children who give us their wonderful company. They have had a special fortune to be born in Krishna Consciousness and now, they are growing, they must decide what kind of responsibilities take in Krishna Consciousness.

All these children have given us their very beautiful company. The other day I spoke with Nimai , the son of prabhu Kanka and mother Vrindavanesvari, who has been with me since birth and is now he is a father and is working to take care of his family, his mother, his sister and expand Krishna Consciousness ... who is always near and dear to my heart. What else I can say , there are many people so talented and great artists ...

These children have given us many joys ... to see them grow around us is a joy .

I also ask forgiveness from our children, because in this movement have not taken the time for you and we have not been able to establish the education that you deserve ...Even you have grown and can see how much we love you though and everything I've done in my life has been for you. So you can understand that we have not forgotten you. I pray to Krishna that future generations can devote time to children.

I want to start organizing soon good schools, under the House of Wisdom, not only Krishna schools , but schools that preach the love of God, that can not be destroyed by sectarian people . For that we need highly qualified people in the Vrinda Mission to run it. Thank you very much to all sannyasis, that even with a few years old, have accepted the renounced order to support the Vrinda family within their capabilities .

You have given me what I am trying to give my Guru, beautiful years of existence in the form of devotional service to establish the glories of Lord Caitanya in this world. That's a big sacrifice, especially when everyone is running after money , sense gratification , etc. . You have given the valuable years of your life to establish the Vedic culture in different cities. I am grateful to all of you on behalf of Srila Prabhupada.

Just as Srila Prabhupada took sannyasa from Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaj, who took sannyas from Srila Sridhar Maharaj and I also took sannyas from Srila Sridhar Maharaja and you have taken sannyas from me, it has become a very intense relationship. Of course, I must thank all our previous acaryas and all the writers of beautiful songs .

I also thank Srila Harijan Maharaj who gave me so much love and Atulananda Acharya, such a wonderful devotee as well as a great writer and poet . What more can I say about someone who accompanied me on this journey of love.

I can not think of a single time I had been displeased with Srila Harijan Maharaj and neither Atulananda I can say that . Instead, whenever I found them my heart felt the same joy as though I was coming in contact with Srila Prabhupada again. Srila Prabhupada gave us so much, it is unimaginable how such a man can give so much to everyone. He gave us Vrindavan ... and now we are here in Vrindavan, there is no place like Vrindavan worldwide. You know, we want to clean Vrindavan and offer to unveil even more of its beauty, but beyond that, there is no other place in the world as Vrindavan .

Srila Prabhupada gave us the task of going through the world as Krishna's representatives. He gave us such incredible faith, even if we do not understand much, yet we speak and preach to others. What can I say, Srila Prabhupada knew what he was doing and he made ​​a deal with Krishna... He told Krishna 'Krishna , if you do not help me in this mission , I'm going to complain to Srimati Radharani.'

I believe that Krishna was scared of it and said : Ok, Ok , I'll help you to do the impossible.

Srila Prabhupada gave us Vrindavan and gave the world . ... and then gave us the task of bringing Vrindavan to the world , and then gave us the task of bringing everyone to Vrindavan.

Jay , Jay , Jay

He gave us the Maha Mantra .

He gave us the purification of our existence.

He gave us an over abundance of prasadam.

He gave us our best friends.

We got the most beautiful architecture .

He gave us the wonderful dancers for Krishna .

Many forms of worship of Krishna, all from the Srimad Bhagavatam.

Someone who has been so generous to us, how can we forget it ?

I do not think that I can repay my debt to Prabhupada in this life, it will continue for life. Well without him I could not have known Krishna.

Therefore I  want to do something for Srila Prabhupada with blessings from you.

With the blessings of the Vaishnavas . I want to push any good idea that comes to us for the service of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna . And to all those who help me in the offices that are doing the work that I could not do for myself, you have become essential for this. I know that sometimes I have tired you with my insistence, but still, you continue helping me with this, now all I can give at this time is a small piece of dokla (Indian pie ) to celebrate this wonderful meeting at Yamuna kunja in celebration of  the 10 years of the Hotline Chat .

I pray for many years to come , where we share the news of the progress of the conditioned souls who are trying to become pure bhaktas .

Appreciativeness is not a  Vaishnava act, it is an incomplete thank ... instead of thanking one should say, I belong to you, do with me what you want ... so I put myself in service to you so that I may serve my Gurudeva :)

Haribol !

Hare Krishna , Hare Krishna , Krishna Krishna , Hare Hare

Hare Rama , Hare Rama , Rama Rama , Hare Hare

I want to remind all the family members Vrinda we decided to close all personal facebooks not have anything to do with a special service with a program.

Well that only 20 people are present in the Chat is very little, if they are on Facebook and are so in Maya , that they prefer to listen to the instructions of their spiritual master and that seems to be a very dangerous symptom. That is a decision we make and if anyone has any desire to use a facebook, it should represent a project. As the theme must be really in devotional service.

Before closing one's facebook  one should explain to all readers who are transforming their facebook to a Facebook dedicated to service and they do not want to lose their life in this game of "likes " and " do not like" .

With these words we close the chat's session today from Yamuna Kunja .

                                                                                                                                 

Your always well wisher,
Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti .

Aggression & How to Protect Ourselves from It. 9/8/13 From Puerto Rico

                                               Conference.

My dearest devotees
All my love from Puerto Rico .
We had a few quiet days with devotees . Yesterday we went to preach to a university .

Today I want to talk about aggression and how we can protect ourselves from it. When your relationships are based on aggressiveness , you lose the ability of conviction , reasoning, and power to handle the beauty of the intellect .

People who practice aggression differ in various aspects , some of them are : raising their voice excessively and intimidating, blackmailing others, deceiving and reaching points of  physical violence threats or violence itself . This indicates that these people do not practice the fine art of thinking and reflecting , much less do they come to spirituality. Guided only by their selfish ends , they turn to different types of violence: physical , verbal and even worse. An example is the case of the military , another case is that of criminals .

The current military forces , which have no basis in love or respect of for other beings, only achieve their objectives by creating fear in others . Criminals base their actions only in violence. Another example that seems to pass unnoticed , but it is completely aggressive is the contemporary agricultural industry . This is a very popular topic these days , as people in camps are starting to realize that they are being deceived .
Where do you see the aggression in the farming industry ?

In creating suicide seeds that do not reproduce well and in patenting them, penalizing the common seed propagation that had been used since ancient times for millions of generations by creating laws that prevent rural people in claiming what it is just,  they have gotten to the point of confiscating such seeds and destroying them. It's so unjust and an aggressive act by those multinational companies that seek to control seeds and food production, and they are also pushing laws that penalize people with GM seeds in their fields, even if they got there due to wind or pollination. This creates the most diverse terrors . The famous company Monsanto recently hired a company called "black water" which is a private military organization of the planet's most feared mercenaries . Among them there is already a contract for half a million dollars to create terror of international organizations fighting against GMOs , creating discrepancies between them and using who knows what other tricks for this.

Industrial agriculture and the supposed "green revolution " has been nothing but a big lie through which they want to invade agricultural fields with chemicals that have previously been used to manufacture bombs,such as urea, for example. Thus, they have tried to control the food market of the entire planet using fertilizers that are put into to crops, in addition to imposing an unnatural monoculture system they land acquisition by dirty political deals .

At first no one realized what was happening , people thought that these multinational companies were working against world hunger, but at this point , up to the last farmer has realized the aggression against freedom behind this . The only result behind it is hunger and misery for farmers and for the rest of society. Imagine how serious the situation really is : a few people behind some international companies are trying to take over agriculture in all countries, worldwide, keeping governments bribed or threatened to keep their selfish interests . That's not healthy . That is aggressive and even demonic . Without exaggeration, we can describe these people as heartless and even having a lack of brains, with their very actions going against the interests of their own children. They are in a state of profound ignorance and need to be enlightened to save the planet from a worse disaster than what already exists. Because the current situation is bad ... only if we want to go from bad to worse we leave everything as is and keep silent. Of course not, we must do something . In the Bhagavad Gita , Krishna tells Arjuna : " Stand up and fight with the sword of knowledge " also He adds that one must act with love. That is the key to solving all these problems : to become activists against this mess, but activists backed by nonviolence and love . Because without love there is never any solution. How to become activists to all this ?

One of the things we have to learn, which is perhaps the most difficult , is to control our senses and stop using any product that has GM ingredients . There are many foods that fall into this category , we must identify and eliminate them completely, for almost all products containing grains and oils are of transgenic origin . It takes work to become an activist, but it's time to do it , to save our lives and the future of the planet. You may have certain consumerist habits and comfort and do not want change or become a radical in this respect, but the price you pay if you keep feeding yourself with transgenic then disease is assured. Simply observe just how many people are dying of cancer, who have tumors or cysts , etc. . We are surrounded and infected by all these diseases that are caused by foods full of chemicals . People lose fertility because of it and whether you want to accept it or not, this is a mess created by man.

We're totally excited about products that we believe are essential but only damage our health . Fluoride is another example of this , we were told that toothpaste should have fluoride to maintain healthy teeth, but that is another chemical that harms the body only and does not guarantee anything . Antibiotics are another example. These are only lies established by companies seeking to control people . I argue this on behalf of the Global Awareness Compact - IKWASHENDWNA and confirm that the control of the senses is the only way to run a global boycott blockade and produce real change. For just as Mahatma Gandhi proved , only through the boycott is it possible to remove a rule, it is not achieved with aggressive confrontations, but by not buying what the empire wants to sell .

Those who behave aggressively yearn to be answered by aggression and not by love or wisdom, because when they are fought with aggression, they have the excuse to become even worse. In those moments they take more terrible weapons to fight, and position themselves as victims and then they end up raising taxes to the town . It's just a windfall of the same aggressive nature they use to try to control us.

Wars are just heartless business . So we must make a commitment to inform , to become aware and act with love unconditionally. That is the goal of the Global Awareness Compact. The only defense on our part will be not buy anything from that empire that wants to crush humanity; do not invest a penny on GMOs, in dyes, monosodium glutamate and other chemicals that are in food . Only by working together and organization we can accomplish this. Celebrating always peasants and ancient cultures as they are those who maintain our healthy life. And now comes the deeper issue ...

How do we, the devotees of Lord Krishna, face the reality of Kali Yuga ?

As aspiring devotees , we must stand firm spiritually for not participating in the multinational empires aggression and encourage others in this boycott.
A devotee looking for a Higher Taste , a pleasure beyond what can be offered by the material world and a Superior Taste which is only achieved by chanting the holy name , protected by meditation on the best environmentalist in history, called Srila Prabhupada , who is surpassed only by Krishna Himself in environmental activism . As we sing the Holy Names of the Lord we will be protected , and we remain enthusiastic even in the fight against all evil of Kali Yuga.

Another important point is that we should eat only prasadam , only God's mercy in the form of food , only food offered to Krishna and this offering must be healthy, organic, clean, chemical free, GMO free and free of dirty products. Dairy that is cruelty free and no maltreatment. No chemical creams, no pasteurized cheese, no refined sugars. Krishna is not going to please with such a gift . Even I have the solution for those who have problems giving up ice cream, for them I recommend my personal recipe best ice cream in the world:
- Take some grapes , place them in the freezer and leave them there until they are hard . When fully frozen, take them out and wait a few minutes. Then put them in your mouth and let them melt smoothly :) and you'll have the best ice cream you have ever eaten before. Without any chemicals, no refined sugar, or anything like that. A true delight for children to the elderly. They have to try it and realize they no longer need to spend money on ice cream with chemical ingredients which are full of refined sugar. At first they look like a sweet nectar, but it is not more than poison to your body . Sure, frozen grapes must be offered to Sri Krishna first :) .

So my dear, hands-on, hands to nectar in spreading active awareness and environmentalist awareness to all souls. Only in this way can we be free from the pressure of rogues and demons that want to take over the entire planet and thus enslave everyone.

With these words I say goodbye for today.
It makes me happy to know that we move forward, together in heart in this fight. Guided by the love of Srila Prabhupada.
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always wisher,

Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti .

The Importance of Education 8/4/13 From Mallorca

* From Mallorca, a lecture on the importance of education that His Divine Grace gave in Imbabura, Ecuador, some weeks ago. *

All of us are looking for an alliance that provides us the guidance to become true guardians of Mother Earth and all its beings. By searching for answers to the questions of how to improve education, we can realize the reality in today's society is: Plagued by consumerism and materialism that only causes suffering in the people. That's where the proposal for a conscious and holistic education based on people's faith arises; for faith is the basic mechanism for consciousness to function properly. If a person's faith is misguided, so is his conscience and his actions, an example:

-For the body to live you need air, water. If the air and water are polluted, the person can not have good health, in the same way, if a person's faith is contaminated, it is impossible to have a good conscience. The air and water must be pure, must be kept protected in its natural state. Likewise faith must be protected and kept pure. We're not talking about fundamentalist impositions of religious belief, but to appreciate the glorious and beautiful lessons that we have received, for it is only through appreciation that we feel the natural enthusiasm to become good citizens, responsible persons, guardians of those who surround us.

All this must be considered in the basics of education of the people. And when the system fails at some level we must stop and analyze what these failures correspond to and  cleanse or "purge" these failures. For this, the Oida therapy has worked in "purging of ill consciousness" which are tests that people can do in order to decontaminate faith or remove the distortions of faith. Such distortions of faith also physically manifest themselves in stress, which is the result of a unhealthy competitive mind. That competitive mindset is not healthy nor does it promote the welfare of all. But if we apply universal values ​​seeking the benefit of all beings, one can begin to correct all errors that the neo-colonialist system has permeated into society.

Here is a very important issue. Someone might ask:
 How can we measure faith?

-It's very simple, you just have to assess your happiness and that of those around you. The happiness of the people in your environment means: The happiness that you produce for the people who are around you. The basis of our analysis is an essential way to improve education now and in the future. Personally, I'm just a humble pilgrim, but I've been linked to education in different ways over the past 40 years.

Speaking of education does not only refer to young children in schools. While that is the basis for being responsible in the future, we must think about educating children today. Education also applies to the different stages of life, especially in a society like ours where we can see the lack of education in fundamental and universal values.

The term "educator" is therefore not only the profile of a school teacher, history, geography, etc.. But a teacher who is able to guide others in learning to be complete. The educator is someone very important. Teachers should be of the highest level of spiritual and emotional balance, being harmonious and consistent people.

The term "spirituality" is very broad and it is important to clarify. It refers to an understanding of the environment and the interaction of the environment, which is free of materialism and where a spiritual model applicably meets life in a harmonious, conscious, creative and constructive manner, which is carried by the appreciation one has for everything in their life.

The term "appreciate" is based on the principle of having the capacity to see and appreciate all that is surrounding oneself and receive the beauty that pervades everything: The river, the waterfall, the mountains, all that nourishes us with inner values.

A "guardian" is a spiritual being away from the materialistic concept of life, who is interested in everything around him and appreciates all and not just that, but who works to protect it all: protecting people from the lack of awareness and to educate them about protecting the planet from the impact of all the damages that are caused to Mother Earth today: Chemicals, GMO, exploitation, trash, ruthless killing of animals, etc..

Education in this profound educational model is based on the observation of the great and generous phenomenon that we have received and it is through having a connection in faith with the Infinite.

We have a connection through the physical realm through the air, as we discussed in the beginning, how important is air? It allows us to have a connection with life, just as the same happens with water, the earth ... basic elements of physical life. Just as the air is essential for physical life, faith is essential to the development of consciousness.

-Without faith it is impossible to walk, without faith a baby cannot be fed from the mother's breast., I can not learn without faith, without faith I can not accept responsibility ...
Even people who say they do not have faith, they have faith that they have none. It's just a mental mechanism nothing more, faith is the tool that allows you to connect both the relative, the rational, and that which is essential.

The rational consciousness, emotional, and spiritual, corresponds to the three areas that makes a person complete and become aware. A teacher or teachers who do not develop these three aspects can not fully educate others. A teacher who does not have a good moral conduct, which goes hand in hand with the universal values ​​can not be called an educator. Someone who only focuses on material achievements, in selfishness, money, etc.. can not encourage others in the joy, the hope, the confidence, the spirit of sacrifice, etc..

Education is a new paradigm which proposes to deal with faith in the same way that we deal with air and water ... What does this mean? -That water and air are vital, and must be kept pure, for contaminated water and air can kill a person. Therefore we use water purifiers or air purifiers. Do we not? Then, in the same way that we ensure that the air and water remain clean, we must work so that our faith is pure, clean of the materialistic influences.

There are many variations in contaminated faith: Faith distorted, misdirected faith, etc.. but nevertheless we cannot say that faith is bad. Just as we cannot say that air is bad because in a city it has been contaminated. The air is pure in nature, but man has been responsible for its contamination. Faith by nature is also pure.

The possibility of making a quantum leap from matter to spirit is through faith. We're talking about basic faith: in the male or female divinity, on Mother Earth (or Pachamama, Mother Bhumi), in the wisdom of our ancestors, the Faith education is a response to three streams:

1. - A secular education which was born in submission to the materialistic and consumerist system.

2. - At fascist fundamentalism that imposed an ideology of fear, where people are not able to think or create because they must adapt to a specific model.

3. - The educational sectarianism and the religiousness posed: My concept of God is the best of all and those who follow him are saved or go to heaven and those who do not go to hell.

This is an approach that divides all to such an extent that people have decided to live without religion, to the point of denying even faith, regardless of how essential it is for the development of consciousness, beyond any religion .

Humanity needs to find this new paradigm of purification of faith, so it is not fanatical, not sectarian, a non-institutionalized concept of power ... a faith that brings appreciativeness of the results. As Jesus said, "The tree is known by its fruits", in the same way we must think:
 What fruits do we want to bring and teach to humanity?
 What should be the goals of a healthy education, a healthy faith?

-The basic purpose of a person's interaction with others and their environment are: Act in the same way that you want others to act with you. Do not do to others what you would not like done to you. The educator must be able to deliver to others all the wisdom he has received in the same way that someone would teach them. This is a point that does not exist in the interests of a fascist education, as an educator or teacher in a fascist line should refer only to teaching a curriculum that has been received in advance which is full of faults and critical errors.

A single employee is not an educator. A true teacher is a servant of truth, love, law, spirituality, free from contamination. For this, we have the right to question, analyze, understand ... if we do not have that right, then we are only part of a system that is unable to satisfy ourselves as a human society  and who have to follow paradigms that are not fulfilling but are required (consciously or unconsciously) to be practiced, and now comes the errors:

'People are intoxicated, they become indifferent, lazy, criminals ... etc. We need to educate people in happiness, to realize that all members can be valuable to the world so that our children can leave school full of positive expectations, so they are cheerful, enthusiastic, grateful, motivated to help those who have been fallen, to support the afflicted ... to make everyone feel real and useful as members of society. There, the Education opens a new subject: Appreciation of Universal Love, or rather: Appreciation of all the beauty that exists. Educate them with love and not fear, so that people can appreciate the incredible gift we have received with this human life.

The Indian sages say brahma athāto jijnasa. "That this human form of life should be led to inquire about the knowledge of the Infinite and thus, love for everyone else." In the theistic concept is said because of the love of God, the person loves everything that is inseparably a part of God's creation ... however, on the contrary, people try to appreciate and love each person individually, and this can only generate exclusivity and limiting concepts, competence and separation. There is no appreciation that we are a great universal family, let alone is there talk about identification with the problems of others.

Faith education promotes growth and advancement, but never harms others.
The growth and advancement of a person based on the suffering of others (whether they be human, animal or the environment) is part of a selfish concept where nothing matters more than material achievements of a few. We deeply understand the main point of education: The responsibility of each one of the people for the welfare of humanity. How can we educate others on this responsibility? On based teachings such as the "natural law of action and reaction": That every action of a person has an equal and opposite reaction.

The accountability to our actions and reactions is critical. If someone commits a bad action, naturally there is a reaction coming from that very action which will have similar characteristics.

So when a person is educated on the concepts of unfair competition, who is opportunistic and ignorant of the law of action and reaction, the result is loss of common values ​​and happiness of oneself. The goal of each competition is increasing the positive virtues of the people. Vying for the cleanest, the kindest, the protection of animals, that which promote healthy values the most ​​...

The children are so enthusiastic and capable that automatically they can be involved in healthy competitions where they feel like a responsible party in benefiting society. Today's society is in great danger from all the chemicals that are poured into the mother earth after unfair competition, materialistic and selfish needs. Only education and the development of consciousness on these issues can save us from the reactions that are coming for the damage to our Mother Nature.

it is never too late to start changing the future, the base is in education which allows us to reclaim faith in its pure state. Everything is in our hands.
I appreciate the participation of all of you today, I hope you feel a part of this great task of promoting education in faith for the people.
Jay Srila Prabhupada.

Your always well wisher,

Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti