Thus, one can please all the celestial beings by performing this sacrifice, which consists of inviting people and chanting Hare Krishna, followed by distributing a sacred meal. Peace and prosperity will then reign in the world. In this age, the performance of sacrifices has been simplified, since by chanting “Hare Krishna,” one can please Lord Krishna and, at the same time, please all the celestial beings.

By performing sacrifices, we can free ourselves from our obligations to the celestial beings, so that we can take complete refuge in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

But in the present dark age, the age of discord, hypocrisy, quarrels, indifference, and sin, it is difficult to gather the various objects required for offering such sacrifices. People have neither the means to gather them nor the knowledge necessary to conduct such ceremonies.

In fact, they are not even inclined to perform these sacrifices. This is why, in this era, when the masses of mankind find themselves overwhelmed by misfortune, consumed by anxiety, and disturbed by various disasters, the only recommended sacrifice is the “sankirtana-yajna,” also called “the chanting of the Holy Names of God.” This is the most important of all sacrifices, instituted by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar, through which we can spread the glories of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It consists of any activity aimed at spreading the glories of Godhead for the benefit of all beings. Its main manifestation is the public chanting of the Lord's Holy Names, “hare Krishna,” always accompanied by dancing and the distribution of consecrated food. Indeed, the worship of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through the sankirtana-yajna is the only practice recommended for the age in which we live.

The only sacrifice we can perform today, a sacrifice that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar, recommends to us, is the chanting of the holy names of Krishna, the Supreme, Primordial, Original, Infinite, and Absolute Personality of Godhead.

Hare Krishna, hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, hare hare

Hare Rama, hare Rama, Rama Rama, hare hare

This is the only truly pure sacrifice and the most important of all sacrifices, for God Himself is its original spiritual source.

Will those who live permanently in the spiritual realm while still in the material universe find and see God?

Must we absolutely reject the corporeal concept of existence and finally live as the immortal soul that each of us truly is?

Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says to each of us: Listen to My word, for I am instructing you for your own good.

Krishna confirms this point when He says: The first-class person is he who takes refuge in Me, in complete surrender, and who, renouncing all forms of material pursuits, lives according to My teachings.