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 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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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 holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide 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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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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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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A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
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A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
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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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To kill nothing, that is love.
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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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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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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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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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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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