Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
SRILA PRABHUPADABooks are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
SRILA PRABHUPADABe very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
SRILA PRABHUPADAFaith is unflinching trust in something divine.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIn 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThe highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
SRILA PRABHUPADAIt’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThe holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
SRILA PRABHUPADAThe genuine Guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
SRILA PRABHUPADAAnyone 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 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAKrishna 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAYou should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
SRILA PRABHUPADASince 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.
SRILA PRABHUPADAA spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
SRILA PRABHUPADATo kill nothing, that is love.
SRILA PRABHUPADABy 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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