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.
SRILA PRABHUPADALiving entity is food for another living entity, it does not mean that I shall eat my children also. There is discretion.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
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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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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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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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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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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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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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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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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 genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
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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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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 holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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