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.
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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It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
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One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.
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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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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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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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Krishna was conceived in the womb of Devaki mysteriously as the sun setting in the West imparts his rays to the rising moon in the East.
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There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word “Krishna,” and Christ is derived from Kristos.
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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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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
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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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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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The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
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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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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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