Checking the progress of Kali...

Verse 1.17.42 (Yugal Kishore Prji):

* Here Srila Prabhupada is explaining the way to prevent Kali to enter the society.
* Today Kali has infiltrated all over the world. People of Kaliyuga are actually experiencing the ill effects of kaliyuga coupled with the illusion of Maya. - Like fire mixed with air devastates everything.
* So here SP is making a point here (most probably from NOI). You don't want Kali to enter into your house, then: one's accumulated wealth may be divided into three parts for distribution, namely fifty percent for the service of the Lord, twenty-five percent for the family members and twenty-five percent for personal necessities. Spending fifty percent for the service of the Lord or for propagation of spiritual knowledge in society by way of the sankirtana-yajna is the maximum display of human mercy.
* Srila Rupa Goswami wrote this same thing in NOI, but also set an example by following it too.
* Happiness is within. When we identify with body, fear comes, then we look for happiness through accumulating money.
* Where there is illicit money, there is kalah, fights, quarrel. They are not happy, fights etc.
* To the best of our ability possible, we should practice these above mentioned principles are followed - austerity, mercy, cleanliness and truthfulness.
* If we don't want our children to be confused, then we should strictly practice devotional service, as mentioned above.
* Problems come, but if we are fully Krishna Conscious, we will learn quick lessons what Krishna is giving to us to help us get rid of our material conceptions. Then we will be able to fight with the onslaught of Kali and Maya.
* We have to check the advance of Kali, at least in our personal life.