Don't Put The Cart Before The Horse | HG Vaisesika Dasa and HG Nirakula Dasi | UK | 28 June 2026

Everything begins with hearing and chanting. When devotees take to the practice and make vows, there is a feeling of exhilaration because we have unlimited potential. There may be times at which we feel waylaid by our own mind, senses, or other occupational obligations, and therefore it's helpful to come back to remember what the horse is and what the cart is, and always put the horse before the cart. For instance, there are ways of fading away from good chanting, there are ways of fading away from reading and hearing Prabhupāda's books because there are pressing matters in life, and they can then take precedence over time. And then we may put off our chanting, or we may put off hearing from the Śāstras for the sake of attending to some urgent matter. We might do it one day, and then two days, and then it becomes a habit, and then we wonder, "Why am I not feeling ecstasy?" and "What happened to my relationship with Kṛṣṇa?" and it could come to, "Why am I doing this anyway?" So, as a reminder, we have this saying: "Don't put the cart before the horse," because we should discriminate on a moment-to-moment basis and a day-to-day basis to remember what's most important. A practice which is most highly recommended is to study the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Bhagavad-gītā—all of these literatures that Prabhupāda left behind for us—in the association of devotees. And as Prabhupāda said, you should discuss them thoroughly, threadbare. If you have an old coat that you are attached to and you've worn it so many times, you might notice it becomes threadbare, meaning you'll start to see indentations where you have worn it, and maybe some of the parts wear out, and you put a little patch there—an old tweed jacket, sort of the professorial look of an old worn jacket. Prabhupāda wanted us to discuss what is in the literatures he left behind, share realizations, and to go on hearing regularly. When we feel our sense of enthusiasm flagging, then the remedy is to increase what is most important, and that's hearing and chanting. Someone might say, "Well, I don't have time for all that," but it's not time; it's taste. But how do you get the taste? You have to...(0:07:45) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose