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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIf you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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 grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
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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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Christ means Krishna, love of Godhead, Who has His face annointed with tilak.
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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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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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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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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
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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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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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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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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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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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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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