Quotes from Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

And as the age of godlessness increases, all remnants of morality will disappear, until people will eat the flesh of their own family members and – as they are already doing – engage in sex acts with less discrimination then the hogs and dogs.

The definition of sin is clear: disobedience against the laws of God. But the age is so dark in ignorance that people defiantly deny that there is even such a thing as sin. Their defiant disobedience is itself the essence of sin.

But if the guru and s?dhus behave hypocritically, then their teaching cannot be accepted as a transparent via medium, and the whole epistemological system of receiving the truth breaks down.

Again, behavior is the criterion, and since the devotee is the standard for the most important part of life – spiritual advancement – his misbehavior is the greatest disservice to society.

Blind, materialistic leaders guide the blind masses, and everyone is falling into the ditch of repeated birth and death.

The urge for sin is the contamination of the false ego (aha?k?ra). Due to false ego a conditioned soul thinks that he is the center and enjoyer of existence; therefore, he is not inclined to be restrained by God's law.

The devotee does not cry out God's name while continuing to defy His laws. An honest devotee is not such a hypocrite or blasphemer of God's mercy.