If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
SRILA PRABHUPADAAnyone 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.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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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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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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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It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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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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The genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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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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Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
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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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Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
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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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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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