Each individual has to burn out his own karma and escape from the chains of maya (illusion), reincarnation, and all that.

One of the main differences between silent meditation and chanting is that silent meditation is rather dependent on concentration, but when you chant, it's more of a direct connection with God.

Chanting doesn't stop you from being creative or productive. It actually helps you concentrate. I think this would make a great sketch for television: imagine all the workers on the Ford assembly line in Detroit, all of them chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna while bolting on the wheels. Now that would be wonderful. It might help out the auto industry, and probably there would be more decent cars too.

If there is a God, I want to see him. I don't want to just hear some holy roller shouting about him.

Hare Krishna, Peace and Love

Throughout much of our lives, our association with the temporary has risen. This transitory body, a sack of bones and flesh, is considered erroneously as our true body and we have accepted this temporary condition as conclusive.

I don't feel the need for unusual or glamorous foods like caviar, and I tend more towards ordinary, satisfying food.