Spiritual life, like material life, means practical activity. The difference is that whereas we perform material activities for the benefit of ourselves or those we consider ours, we perform spiritual activities for the benefit of Lord Krishna, under the guidance of the scriptures and the spiritual master. The key is to accept the guidance of the scripture and the guru. Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-gita that a person can achieve neither happiness nor the supreme destination of life — going Back to Godhead, back to Lord Krishna—if he or she does not follow the injunctions of the scriptures.
How to follow scriptural rules by engaging in practical service to the Lord is explained by a bonafidc spiritual master. Without following the instructions of a spiritual master who is in an authorized chain of disciplic succession coming from Krishna Himself, we cannot make spiritual progress. The practices outlined here are the timeless practices of bhakti-yoga as given by the foremost spiritual master and exponent of Krishna consciousness in our time, His Divine Grace A.C.Bhagavad-gita Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
- Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra
- Ekadashi