The genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
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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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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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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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
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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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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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Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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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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Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
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Christ means Krishna, love of Godhead, Who has His face annointed with tilak.
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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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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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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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