If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
SRILA PRABHUPADAYou should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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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When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.
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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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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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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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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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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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Living entity is food for another living entity, it does not mean that I shall eat my children also. There is discretion.
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A bona fide spiritual master, under the guidance of authorities, can turn anyone to the Vaisnava cult so that naturally he may come to the topmost position of a brahmana.
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Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Krishna himself.
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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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In spiritual life, one must conduct one’s whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Krishna.
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