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hearing the vibration. This was actually proved by Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself when He passed through the
forest of Jharikhanda. At that time the tigers, snakes, deer
und all other animals abandoned their natural animosity and
began chanting and dancing in sarikirtana. Of course, we
cannot imitate the activities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
hut we should follow in His footsteps. We are not powerful
enough to enchant the lower animals such as tigers, snakes,
cats and dogs or entice them to dance, but by chanting the
holy names of the Lord we can actually convert many people
throughout the world to Krsna consciousness. Contributing
or distributing the holy name of the Lord is a sublime exam-
ple of contributing or giving charity (the daddti principle).
By the same token, one must also follow the pratigrhnati
principle and be willing and ready to receive the transcen-
dental gift. One should inquite about the Krsna conscious-
ness movement and open his mind in order to understand
the situation of this material world. Thus the guhyam
akhyati prechati principles can be served.

The members of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness invite the Society’s members and supporters
to dine with them when they hold love feasts in all their
branches every Sunday. Many interested people come to
honor prasdda, and whenever possible they invite members
of the Society to their homes and feed them sumptuously
with prasdda. In this way both the members of the Society
and the general public are benefited. People should give up
the company of so-called yogis, jrianis, karmis and
philanthropists because their association can benefit no one.
If one really wants to attain the goal of human life, he
