Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
SRILA PRABHUPADAOne should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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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If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.
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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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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.
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A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.
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A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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