A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
SRILA PRABHUPADABooks are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness – namely sensual, mental and intellectual.
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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.
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A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.
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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
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To kill nothing, that is love.
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The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.
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Christ means Krishna, love of Godhead, Who has His face annointed with tilak.
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Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
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One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.
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By the grace of the spiritual master the cloud of the mercy of the Personality of Godhead is brought in, and then only, when the rains of Krishna consciousness fall, can the fire of material existence be extinguished.
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