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 PRABHUPADAThe 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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Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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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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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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To kill nothing, that is love.
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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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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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Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
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Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
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It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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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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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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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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