Driven by the false sense of being the body in which they reside, conditioned beings foolishly surround themselves with countless attachments, all illusory. They thus believe they can live perpetually in this material environment.

This gross misunderstanding exerts such a hold over them that they suffer continually, life after life, imprisoned by the external energy of the Lord, in its aspect of illusory energy, which thus seeks to compel beings to turn towards the Supreme Lord, so that they will eventually obey Him and do His divine will.

Only the fortunate person who comes into contact with a spiritual master, a true servant of God, and who is willing to read the books that transmit the Lord's teachings, is able to escape the material labyrinth.

Surrendering to God, loving Him, and serving Him with love and devotion allows us to put an end to the misfortunes and sufferings we undergo in this world, to approach the Supreme Lord, and to enter His eternal kingdom.

Let us all realize that all bodily conceptions of existence centered on sense pleasures are nothing but products of illusory energy, and let us realize that everything in this world is nothing but the creation of material energy in its aspect of illusory energy. Therefore, if we somehow become conscious of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, regardless of our initial motives, we will eventually realize the Truth as it is, by the grace of the Lord. We will then lose all interest in material pleasures. All we need to do is surrender ourselves completely to Krishna, love Him, obey Him, do His divine will, renew the bond of love with Him, unite our desires, interests, and plans with His, chant the hymn of His Holy Names, and serve Him with love and devotion, to see Maya, or Satan, release its grip and influence over us, for if it had plunged us into illusion, it was simply because it wanted us to turn to Lord Krishna.

Only holy beings, devotees of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are granted access to the perfection of existence. As for one who takes only the first steps on the path of devotional service and, without yet being mature, falls from his position, he is nevertheless superior to the person who devotes himself entirely to the self-interested activities of this world.

Why must we constantly chant the hymn of the Holy Names of God, “Hare Krishna”?

By chanting or reciting the hymn Hare Krishna, the Holy Names of God, we will be delivered from all the difficulties of this material world.

The chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord is the universal religious principle par excellence, perfectly suited to the present age, the dark age, the age of discord, quarrels, hypocrisy, indifference, decadence, and sin. It is also the age of forgetfulness of God.

No more sublime religion can be found for this age than this hymn of the Holy Names, Hare Krishna.