What benefit will we derive by coming to the temple and hearing the glories of the Supreme Lord from the lips of the devotees? Wherever we see the benefits we will attend it. Nobody needs to be taught to earn money. Everybody understands money is necessary. They are earning money day and night; whether in Singapore or America. They know that without money they cannot move. This is our necessity. Nobody has to be taught about this. Similarly, when you understand why one performs worship of Sri Krishna then you will give time to attend.

This human birth is very precious. After passing through many births in different species, trees, insects, aquatic animals and land animals you get a human birth. It is said that you must pass through 80 lakhs of different species before you attain a human birth. So, a human birth is very rare and valuable.

You can only perform worship of Sri Krishna in the human species. Even birth as a demigod is not congenial for harinam. No other creatures can perform harinam. Because you are human you can accept the Supreme Reality, you can perform bhajans and you can worship Sri Krishna. You have this human life and you should utilise it properly and not waste it.

How can you know about Krishna and Ramachandra? How can you know? You can know only through the ears but not through the eyes. You can see the real form of sadhus through the ears. You can see the real form of Krishna and Ram through the ears. But we have no time to listen.

Parikshit Maharaj heard from Sukadev Goswami continuously for seven days without taking any food, without sleeping and without taking water. Then he attained the ultimate purpose of life. But we have no time to hear. Even if you want material knowledge you have to go to the masters, teachers. You have to hear them to get the material knowledge. For transcendental knowledge there is no other way except this ear. Our Param Gurudev, Srila Saraswati Thakur, used to say “Transcendental Reality can only be known through the ears. There is no other way.”

You have attained this precious human birth but it will not last long. You have this golden opportunity but you could lose it at any moment.

King Bharat, relinquishing worldly life, went to the forest to worship Sri Krishna uninterruptedly. By chance he developed affection for a deer. In that forest maya entered and he started thinking of the deer. At the time of death he was thinking “who will maintain the deer? Who will take care of the deer?” In his next birth he became a deer.

anta-kale ca mam eva smaran muktva kalevaram

“You will take birth according to whatever you think of at the time of death.”

Although king Bharat performed great severe austerities, he was thinking of the deer at the time of death and took birth accordingly.