Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
SRILA PRABHUPADABeginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThe 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIf 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIt’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThe highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
SRILA PRABHUPADAA spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
SRILA PRABHUPADAHumility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThis 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIn 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADABy 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAA 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADABe very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
SRILA PRABHUPADASince 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAReligion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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