Unless you inquire submissively and hear attentively, you cannot preach the message of Godhead. Lord Brahma humbling himself before Vishnu, “I do not know; please philosophically explain, who I am, who are You? What is this material world? And what is happiness?” Arjuna asked Krishna the same question, Sanatana Goswami asked Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu this same question, Lord Chaitanya asked Ishwar Puri the same question. This is Parampara; to inquire submissively, to serve. What we hear, Krishna consciousness is not a radical process, it is a practical process. We must inquire submissively, we must hear from proper authorities. Otherwise we do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. But then it is essential we must put those understandings into practice, in our life. Through that process, practicing in a spirit of humility and devotion, in a spirit of a servant of the servant, we get realization.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
