Śrīla Prabhupāda said:

You haven’t got to change your situation. If you are a student, remain a student. If you are a businessman, remain a businessman. Woman, man, black, white–anyone can chant Hare Krsna. It is a simple process, and there is no charge. We are not saying, “Give me so many dollars, and I shall give you this Hare Krsna mantra.” No, we are distributing it publicly. You simply have to catch it up and try it. You’ll very quickly come to the transcendental platform. When you hear the chanting, that is transcendental meditation.

The Journey of Self-Discovery-His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Srila Haridas Thakur.. Disappearance 

credit to Balarama dasa

krishna1008: 21 Sept 2018 -Sri Vamana Dwadashi : Appearance of Sri Vamana Deva

Vamana lila in brief by Srila Prabhupada –

There is a nice story of a great devotee, Bali Maharaja. Bali Maharaja was a very powerful king, and he conquered over the heavenly planets. So the denizens of the heavenly planets, they appealed to the Supreme Lord to save them, that “We are now conquered by the demonic king, Bali Maharaja.” 

So Bali Maharaja… And Krsna, Krsna took the shape of a dwarf and went to Bali Maharaja for begging as a brahmana boy. And He approached him, Bali Maharaja, “I want something from you. You are a great king. You give in charity to the brahmanas. So I want something from you.” So Bali Maharaja said, “Yes, I shall give You. What You want?” 

Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur was INITIATED by Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaja confirmed in BACK TO GODHEAD – March 20, 1960

Śrīla Prabhupāda said:

This process is recommended in all the scriptures of the Vedic literature, it was taught by Lord Caitanya and followed by His disciplic succession for the last five hundred years, and people are achieving good results from it today, not only in India but here also. If you try to understand what this Krsna consciousness movement is, you’ll understand how transcendental meditation is possible. We are not sentimentalists; we have many books: Bhāgavad Gītā As It Is, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Śrī Īśopaniṣad. And we have our magazine, Back to Godhead. It is not that we are sentimentalists. We are backed up by high philosophical thought. But if you take up this simple process–chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare–you are immediately elevated to the transcendental platform, even without reading so much philosophical literature. This Hare Krsna mantra is Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s gift to the conditioned souls of the present age, in accordance with the Vedic sanction.

The Journey of Self-Discovery-His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda