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.
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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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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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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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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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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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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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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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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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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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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Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
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To kill nothing, that is love.
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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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A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
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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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A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
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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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Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
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There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word “Krishna,” and Christ is derived from Kristos.
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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 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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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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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
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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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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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