One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.
SRILA PRABHUPADAReligion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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The genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
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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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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
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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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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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The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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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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To kill nothing, that is love.
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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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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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A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
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