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 PRABHUPADAThe genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
More Srila Prabhupada Quotes
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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 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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A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.
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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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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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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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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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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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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
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It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
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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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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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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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