If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIt’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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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Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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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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The genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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