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"I'm writing to let you know that the time has come for me to move on to another service after working on The Prabhupada Connection for the past 20 years."
"People are so degraded. So unless one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no possibility of being saved."
"That is our real mission, to deliver the world by preaching Krsna's message to others, but even higher realization..."
"Prabhupada ignited a spiritual revolution that swept across the globe at lightning speed."
"This is the position of Vaiṣṇava. Vaiṣṇavas, they do not care for all these yogic power. They depend on Kṛṣṇa."
"I had some experience in my childhood, in 1911. I was thirteen years old. There was a riot."
"He is very pleased, 'Now my labor is finished. I am going to Kṛṣṇa.' That is his feeling. And others, they are crying..."
"The foolish people, they are thinking that 'We are very happy and we are very safe.' But nobody is safe."
"Devotee generally remembers Kṛṣṇa. But even if he cannot, Kṛṣṇa will help him."
"He may be attacked with severe type of diseases and so many things. But he will be protected."
"Not only can a pure devotee easily surpass death, but by his grace his followers can also do so without difficulty."
"You will die today or tomorrow. That's all. If you want to save yourself, then go to Kṛṣṇa."
"So long you are on the sea, you are on the dangerous position, however strong your ship may be."
"So the guru is there. He is the chief man, giving direction, or the captain. And others are plying..."
"Don't be afraid if somebody tortures us, somebody teases us. We must go on with Kṛṣṇa consciousness..."
"When Prahlad Maharaj saw Lord Nrsimhadev, he was not at all afraid of the fierceful feature of the Lord."
"Regarding your request for your deliverance from the clutches of Maya, please rest assured of being delivered..."
"Temporarily one may display some Mayic affliction, but that can not prolong."
"It doesn't matter if things are going a little slow; but make everything slow but sure. That is a good principle."
"You just remain fixed up in devotional service, and all impediments that may come will be vanquished..."
"You mentioned that your pathway has become filled with stumbling blocks, but there are no stumbling blocks."
"Guru, guru means one who has got perfect knowledge. One who hasn't got perfect knowledge, he cannot become guru."
"A devotee of the Lord cannot tolerate blasphemy of the Lord or His other devotees, and the Lord also cannot tolerate blasphemy..."
"Now, because it is my duty. I have brought some message for you people. Because I am ordered by superior, my spiritual master..."
"We have to fight with all these so-called leaders, scientists, and philosophers, just like Krsna came to kill all the demons..."
"Always remember that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a sort of declaration of war with this illusory material nature."
"Nobody will give you protection. You have to protect yourself. Everyone is responsible for his own work."
"So if you have got faith in spiritual master, then you will advance. If you have no faith, then it will be lost."
"Everywhere, the footprints of ācāryas are followed. Just like in your country you are following the footprints of Lord Jesus Christ."
"Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk..."
"Prabhupāda? Does Lord Jesus Christ appear in the spiritual sky with the body he manifested on the earth?"
"Regarding your question about sufferings of master, you can simply ponder over Lord Christ's crucification."
"So a blind man leading other blind men, what is the result? The result is catastrophic."
"So this opportunity is offered. Take Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is no tax, there is no loss, but everything is gained. Try it."
"Do not waste any time, but work always to please Krishna within your heart. He is witnessing everything."
"If Kṛṣṇa does not give him protection, despite all supply of good medical treatment and medicine, he'll die. This is a fact."
"We must always think like this, that I do not know how to serve Radha and Krishna, but my Spiritual Master knows so I am assisting him."
"As the latest headlines and news reports from around the world become increasingly disturbing for us all, it's quite natural to wonder..."
"By the grace of the Lord, a devotee can achieve wonderful success simply by willing, but a real devotee does not like that."
"In the material world a servant works when money is paid, wages. A devotee is not like that. A devotee serves Kṛṣṇa out of duty."
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon."
"Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the tiger, 'Why you are sleeping? Just stand up. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.' And the tiger began to dance."
"This Movement means taking mercy from the ocean of mercy of Kṛṣṇa and distribute it all over the world..."
"In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Kṛṣṇa."
"Being very satisfied, Lord Caitanya smiled and showed Rāmānanda His real form as the combination of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa."
"Although Lord Caitanya was widely renowned as a scholar in His youth, He left only eight verses, called Śikṣāṣṭaka."
"My dear Lord Caitanya, please have mercy upon me. There is no one who is as merciful as You. My plea is most urgent..."
"It is a fact that the whole human civilization is a society of cheaters and cheated. That's all. Any field."
"Don’t be disturbed. Everyone has to die. Let us die peacefully, without doctor. All this medicine, injections and prohibitions, this, that."
"When there is no other alternative, of course we have to take shelter of such demonic treatment, but as far as possible try to avoid that..."
"Such men at the post of a king are sure to first hurt the cow and the brahminical culture, thereby pushing all society towards hell."
"A businessman, he cannot become strictly truthful. That is not possible. A politician, he cannot become actually truthful."
"You are killing cows, the source of butter. Now, time will come, there will be no more cows. Misusing. And then where you will get butter?"
"You have to give up this body. Why don't you give it up for the highest cause? Highest cause."
"A young man cannot understand, but one who is old, he can understand, there is suffering."
"After all, we commit so many mistakes. That is human nature. To err is human. That is not fault. But try to rectify with cool head. That is required."
"Yes. One should be very cautious, and if it happens so, then he should ask to be excused. That's all."
"Even by mistake you have come to a rascal who does not know how to become guru, you can reject him. Why should you stick to him?"
"If we want to associate with a sādhu, we cannot expect him to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition."
"So you can invent so many means of curing the danger. But as soon as the sun is there, immediately all mist is over."
"It is my duty to help you always in the matter of understanding Krishna Consciousness and whatever I am trying to bestow upon you all..."
"We don't require any huge building. You see? Temple means wherever there is God, that is temple."
"To practice personally, that is our main business. Not that everyone will be preacher, but at least his own life be perfect."
"If you are free, then why you are dying? If you are free, then do not die. Nobody wants to die. What is the answer?"
"Illusioned by the external energy, everyone thinks that he is free, but actually he is bound up by the laws of nature."
"My Guru Mahārāja, my spiritual master, used to say that you have to select a spiritual master not by seeing but by your ear, but by hearing."
"All the swamis and yogis who came here, they do not belong to this paramparā system, so therefore they are not bona fide guru."
"So who is following the ācārya? Nobody is following. Ācārya is there, but nobody is following ācārya."
"By the Grace of Guru one gets Krishna and by the Grace of Krishna one gets a bonafide Guru."
"The Lord is the original spiritual master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is to his sincere disciple."
"I am not bribing them. They are not fools. They have got very nice brain to act. So they accept me as the spiritual master brain..."
"Those who are neophyte, they are always in danger. Therefore their duty is to be guided by sādhu-śāstra-guru. That's all."
"Kṛṣṇa is there; guru is there. Why should you manufacture your own way? If you are sincere, Kṛṣṇa will dictate from within."
"Our Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is standing on three principal things: chanting, dancing and eating prasādam. It is not very difficult."
"If one is fixed in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there is unlimited transcendental bliss..."
"Srila Prabhupada sat regally upon the huge Vyasasana, like a lion king sits atop a mountain. From there he could see all the world..."
"My plea is most urgent because Your mission is to deliver fallen souls, and no one is more fallen than I. I beg priority."
"Don't neglect me because I am so sinful, my past life is so black. Don't neglect me. Please accept me. Don't kick me away."
"Only out of His immense compassion does the Personality of Godhead reveal Himself as the spiritual master."
"Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities..."
"Although anyone living in Vṛndāvana somehow or other is benefited, the real Vṛndāvana is appreciated only by a pure devotee."
"So today, the appearance day of Nityānanda Prabhu. Nityānanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva."
"The lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda are a shelter where one will get the soothing moonlight not only of one, but of millions of moons."
"In all the ancient scriptures of devotional service and in the more recent songs of Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and other..."
"Don't consider what will happen to this world. The nature will take care of it. You don't puzzle your brain with these thoughts."
"Lord Caitanya made it a principle that we must teach by personal example. This is what I have tried to do."
"The brāhmaṇas, as a matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken condition to save themselves from the false prestige of material opulence."
"Please try to understand this point that everyone is servant. Even your president is servant of the nation."
"When one voluntarily agrees to serve the dictation of the spiritual master... means to follow the dictation of Kṛṣṇa."
"I request all my spiritual sons and daughters to help me in this great adventure, and if you all help me, I am sure I shall be successful."
"If one wants the uncontaminated pleasure of blissful life, he must engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord."
"So long you have got this body in the material world, you’ll have these two processes. Somebody will be your friend, and somebody will be your enemy."
"Nothing belongs to you. Everything belongs to God. Everyone has got right to live on God's property. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"Real Kṛṣṇa consciousness, when one achieves, he becomes prasannātmā, joyful. That is the first symptom of becoming full, Kṛṣṇa conscious."
"If I am trained in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then I am a sane man. I am not a madman because I know what is my position, what is God..."
"Lord Caitanya is described as follows: He is the only shelter for the forlorn, for the most fallen, and He is the only hope for those..."
"In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates did not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not..."
"As preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by chanting this Pañca-tattva mantra..."
"All glories to Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead! He induced Kṛṣṇa to descend and thus delivered the entire world."
"Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu and śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda, they are all carriers of orders of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu."
"So we should receive knowledge of God, message of God, from a person who is not a devil. Then it will be effective. Otherwise, it will act as poison."
God Is Joyful Krishna doesn't require a hammer and a saw (February 17):
"Anywhere you see, Kṛṣṇa is joyful. He is not engaged in some industrial work or in some heavy machine making. He is simply playing on His flute."
"This process of realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead is open for everyone, but still it is the choice of the particular living entity..."
"God is never under the influence of Satan. Is there any statement in the Bible that 'God has become under the influence of Satan'? "
"Successfully living does not mean that you work hard just like cats and dogs, and eat something and have sex life at night. That is not successful life."
"I am very grateful to you for your kind words about me, but I do not think that I have done anything, but I am only delivering the best message as it is."
"Krishna inspired My Guru Maharaj, and He inspired Me, and I am trying to inspire you all because Krishna wants it."
"A citizen expected to render service to the state, but if he refuses, then he's considered a traitor or a criminal and is put into punishment."
"In Bhagavad-gītā there is no such statement that you take care of the eyes of the people. There is no such statement. That is your manufactured."
"Everyone, we are attached to the love of this material world, but we are all disappointed. From everyone's experience, you will find."
"If one is fortunate enough to take shelter of a pure devotee, hear from him about self-realization and follow in his footsteps, he will be gradually elevated..."
"Out of many millions of living entities, one may be fortunate enough to receive the seed of the bhakti-latā, the creeper of devotional service."
"Nobody can say that 'For this reason I could not love Kṛṣṇa.' There is no reason. There is no impediment for anyone. Any circumstances."
"Without much bother, if one simply keeps a picture of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at home and chants Hare Krishna, then one will realize God."
"This Transcendental Sound Vibration is called Bhaktiyoga, or the Yoga of Ecstacy. It is easy and can be practiced by anyone."
"As you are always thinking of me, I am always thinking of you also. Although physically we are not together, we are not separated spiritually."
"You have got now the golden opportunity of this human form of life, and it is not accident that you have got your spiritual master, so take advantage..."
"Kṛṣṇa's grace is always there, but we spoil Kṛṣṇa's grace. That is our business. 'But Kṛṣṇa is giving us so much grace. Let us spoil it.' "
"Krishna consciousness is so nice. So find out some business for Krishna. Don't waste time. That is the perfection of Krishna consciousness."
"So we have to be very careful. The age is very bad, the Kali-yuga. You are experiencing. We have to simply take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and always cry..."
Hari Bol Lord Caitanya raised His hands and chanted Hari bol (January 25):
"There are two slogans. One Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. And another, short, is Hari bol, Hari bol. You can practice also that. Hari bol."
"Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra... That is our only request. Then, in spite of this contaminated age of Kali, you'll be saved. You'll be saved."
"It is not that if a child is in danger, because the father and mother is very strong, very rich, he will be able to give protection to the child. No."
"A devotee never accuses Kṛṣṇa that 'Kṛṣṇa, I am serving You so nicely, and You are giving me so much suffering?' No. This is not devotee's view."
"We have no difficulty. What we are requesting you? 'You think of Kṛṣṇa. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.' That's all. Where is the difficulty?"
"If Kṛṣṇa desires to kill somebody, nobody can give him protection—no power. And if He wants to save somebody, nobody can kill him."
"Even ten percent you have done, that goes with you. So there is no loss. Then again you begin from 11%. From the eleven point, you begin."
"Finish this business of birth, death, old age and disease in this life. You can do that. This is our main business, not to make arrangement for eating..."
"To my father, Gour Mohan De, 1849–1930, pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, who raised me as a Kṛṣṇa conscious child from the beginning of my life."
"So in my childhood, when I was five or six years old, I requested my father that 'Father, give me this Deity. I shall worship.' So father purchased for me..."
"By the grace of Krsna I got these two opportunities in the present life to be born of a pious father and brought up in one of the richest, aristocratic families..."
"So far your thinking about things and making so many plans, that is all right, but our first business is Krishna's plan. That is the only plan..."
"We had the opportunity of seeing this Rādhā-Govinda from very childhood. When I was three or four years old I used to visit this Rādhā-Govinda daily."
"The life history of many such devotees is almost the same because there is always symmetry between the early lives of all great devotees of the Lord."
"Because devotees are learned and know that every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, they preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everyone..."
"So you have to surrender in any circumstance. Either you become Communist or this 'ist' or that 'ist,' you have to surrender."
"That is called Indian cultural mission. We should learn to look upon every living being as our own brother and treat him in that love."
"To become devotee is not so cheap thing. You don't think that because you have got a tilaka you have become devotee. Why do you think like that?"
"The first grade devotee, of course, sees everyone in relationship with Krishna and as such, he makes no distinction between a devotee or non-devotee."
"One who knows everything is Kṛṣṇa, why he should be afraid? If bomb is coming, he will see, 'Oh, Kṛṣṇa is coming.' Yes. That is the vision of the devotee."
"You should be religious, but should understand everything philosophically. Otherwise one becomes fanatic, religious fanatic."
Human Sheep Cheat one sheep, and all others will be followers (January 17):
"Veri means lamb or sheep. If you can push one of them in the slaughterhouse, all of them enter. This is called veriya dāsan."
"The so-called leaders, they are just like shepherd, and we are like sheep. But that does not mean the shepherd is an important man."
"So we have to follow. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ. Don't follow rascals and fools. Then it will be useless waste of time."
"So Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī became a great scholar in grammar and then he studied all Vedic literatures, and after that he approached his uncle Rūpa Gosvāmī..."
"They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone."
"My mission is develop the glories of Srila Jiva Goswami all over the world and I think you should cooperate with my honest endeavour."
"It was the summer of '75, and we were hustling like anything, getting ready for Ratha-yatra and the coming of Srila Prabhupada."
"The atomic bomb is already there, and as soon as the next war breaks out, all their skyscrapers and everything else will be finished."
"Death is there. You cannot save yourself. Either you are on the land or on the plane, death will be there. You must be prepared..."
"That is devotee's sincerity, that he does not go to Kṛṣṇa for some material profit. Any condition, he is Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is his humbleness."
"Manīṣiṇaḥ means those who are thoughtful philosopher, those who can take up things by philosophical conclusion that, 'I am consciousness...' "
"You cannot make even compromise: 'All right, it is a place of suffering, but we have got our radio and television. We shall live here.' No."
"Now, in order to approach a bona fide spiritual master, one must be very much disgusted with this material way of life. That is very nice qualification."
"In this age there is no need of fighting with rifles because the population is so poor that they are already killed by so many disturbances."
"If you persistently simply adhere to the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, there will be no more strength of this illusory nature to drag you."
"This book distribution is the most important task in our Society. Therefore I am giving so much stress and I am working so hard on this."
"My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, although I have forgotten You for so many long years in the material world, today I am surrendering unto You."
"Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success."
"So bodily, mental, by enemies, so many impediments will come. What can be done? We have to tolerate. That is material world."
"It is important to keep the body fit and healthy so that we will not meet the obstacle of ill health while serving Krishna."
"Krishna and Krishna's name nondifferent. As soon as you chant Hare Krishna, that means Krishna is dancing on your tongue."
"Even a child can take part in the chanting, or even a dog can take part in it. The chanting should be heard, however, from the lips of a pure devotee..."
"No More Coming Down/ Practice Krishna Consciousness/ Expand your consciousness by practicing the TRANSCENDENTAL SOUND VIBRATION..."
"This material nature is a machine and the operator is God. Even though you cannot see God, by logic you can know He exists."
"The qualification is that a person always engage himself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services."
"It is not you have to purchase one machine, or television set. It is there, and God is also there. You can see, you can hear, you can talk..."
"It doesn't matter if things are going a little slow; but make everything slow but sure. That is a good principle."
"You have to work for Kṛṣṇa sincerely, intelligently, and victory or defeat, it doesn't matter. Just like Jaṭāyu was defeated fighting with Rāvaṇa."
"To remain strong is not difficult, but we don't want to remain strong. That is our decision. Otherwise it is not difficult."
"There will be catastrophe, waiting. Many times it has happened, and it will happen because transgressing the law of nature, or laws of God..."
"This is the relative world, and we should know that what has happened in this world is not worthy of consideration in terms of universal affairs."
"Faith means that you are meant for giving some service to Kṛṣṇa. You should stick to that service, that path, in spite of all impediments."
"Whenever a devotee is in distress or has fallen into difficulty, he thinks that it is the Lord’s mercy upon him."
"Out of 26 qualifications of a perfect devotee, one is poetic sense. So we can write so many poetries in praise of the Lord, or about His pastimes."
"Simply follow this. Give them prasādam and let them chant. That is preaching. And if they're educated, let them read books."
"My Guru Maharaja repeatedly requested his disciples to go out into far-off lands for spreading the message of Lord Caitanya."
"First thing is they are all imperfect speculators. So what is the value of their sport? We don't take any value of it."
"Such stories are in Mahābhārata also. The demons were engaged, giants and demons, for construction. Yes."
"Yes, it is just like samādhi. Samādhi, when you become samādhi, then if you're, I mean to say, put within the earth, you do not die."
"Roman Empire, the Carthagian Empire, Greece Empire, Egyptian Empire and Mogul Empire, British Empire—all frustrated. It will never be successful."
"Devotees should protect their valuable jewel of spiritual love from the clutches of thieves and burglars."
"The spiritual master is described in every scripture as the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
"I understand, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that the pure devotee can be as pervasive as Supersoul?"
"Just as Krishna can be present simultaneously in millions of places. Similarly, the spiritual master can be present wherever the disciple wants."
"Śrīla Prabhupāda, when you are not present with us, how is it possible to receive instructions, for example, on questions that may arise?"
"I want that all the hippies should come to me and I shall solve their problems. Actually all these hippies should join us."
"So you can advertise that 'We are not hippies, but we are converting many hippies to the sane condition of life.' That's a fact."
"Srila Prabhupada and his early band of disciples played an intrinsic part in the spiritual and cultural revolution of America in the 1960s."
"Kṛṣṇa says, 'Those who are absorbed too much in material consciousness, don't disturb them.' But devotees take the risks, even at the cost of life."
"So a Kṛṣṇa conscious person should not be disturbed whether his preaching work is being accepted by the people or not. It doesn't matter."
"If the leader is a sinful man and doing all impious activities, then how you can expect the citizens to be all good and pious? It is not possible."
"Those who are coming from spiritual kingdom or kingdom of... they have no want. They haven't got to do anything. They are all perfect
"By reading daily the knowledge will be revealed to you and by this process your spiritual life will develop."
"You have taken the right view of the importance of my books. Books will always remain. That was the view of my Guru Maharaja..."
"The entire world is suffering because of spiritual thirst. Every living being is Brahman, or spirit soul, and needs spiritual food to satisfy his hunger and thirst."
"The country is less disturbing, less taxing on the brain. Just work a little for your food, and the rest of the time engage yourself in Krishna consciousness."
"Rogues and thieves in the guise of protectors arrange for a voting system, and in the name of democracy they come to power by hook or crook and exploit..."
"When Sarvajna saw the horoscope of the poor man, he was at once astonished that the man was so poor."
"I have narrated several times the story of a brāhmaṇa in South India. He was illiterate, and he was reading Bhagavad-gītā."
"You know the story, punar mūṣiko bhava? Anyone knows? Punar mūṣiko bhava means 'Again you become a mouse.' (laughter) "
"We shall take regular bath, we shall, regular nice food, Kṛṣṇa prasāda, keep our mind and body healthy. That is required."
"I am an old man, yet I am traveling all over the world, thrice in a year. Who else would take such a responsibility?"
"You have to keep your body clean, you have to keep your apartment clean, everything clean, and there will be no more disturbance."
"Any happiness which is ended at a certain point, that is not happiness. That is, rather, source of distress."
"One has to be qualified to preach. It is a gradual process that one becomes sense controlled and a personal example."
"Our process is to chant and that process will gradually clear everything in due course. There is nothing to be disrupted..."
"Suppose I have begun immediately. So if there are so many impediments, I am not immediately successful, oh, that does not matter."
"My dear father, it was my misunderstanding that I went away from your protection, but I have suffered. Now I come to you."
"You may be very strong and stout in your health and go on exercising on the beach daily, but you can die any moment."
"How can they prevent death? That they do not know how to prevent death. They can accelerate it, that’s all."
"O my Lord, I am Your unmotivated servant, and You are my eternal master. There is no need of our being anything other than master and servant."
"All the rascals are fighting with one another, and the one who is a little mightier becomes prominent. That’s all."
"Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ, is... He is son of God, the best son of God, so we have all respect for him. Yes."
Swami Jesus And a little child shall lead them (December 25):
"Some time the Lord speaks through innocent child and I take this honour as sent by Lord Jesus through an innocent child..."
"If you fight for Kṛṣṇa, work for Kṛṣṇa, if you eat for Kṛṣṇa, if you sleep for Kṛṣṇa, if you do everything for Kṛṣṇa, then you are the yogi..."
"We don't manufacture any ideas. That is not our business. Therefore we present this Bhagavad-gītā as it is. As it is. We don't change it."
"In His amazing way of innocence and childlike excitement, He took it and held it to His head, saying 'Jai! Jai!' It was awesome to be present..."
"That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Sarve sukhino bhavantu. That is Vedic idea. Everyone be happy. That is the benediction."
"If you cannot do something which is hard for you, you do anything for Kṛṣṇa under the direction of spiritual master, you'll get perfection."
"Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has forecast that this Hare Krsna Mantra will be heard in every nook and cranny of the globe. He is God, so it will happen..."
Follow the Plan Life should move according to Krishna's plan (December 22):
"The plans of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are understood by His mercy, and the plans of the devotees are as good as His plans."
"Practically speaking, our Krishna philosophy will save the whole world from the most dangerous condition, that is a fact."
"For our parts we should just be determined to carry out our mission against all opposition, demons, nuclear war, whatever."
"These rulers are so powerful that by hook or by crook they capture the highest posts in government and harass countless numbers of people..."
"European and American civilization will be finished on account of this sinful activity of killing the cows."
"Cows are innocent; they give us milk. You take their milk—and then you kill them in the slaughterhouse. This is sinful."
"In the conditioned stage there is every possibility of being mistaken; but Krishna will always protect us if we are sincere..."
"Water from the sky falling down on the ground looks muddy, but water is not muddy, it is clear. When the water is again filtered..."
"So this is our business, to submit to Krishna’s desire to have us back with Him in the eternal sky of Krishna Loka."
"Whenever you feel some difficulty, chant Hare Krishna. Pray to Krishna to help you, and there will be no difficulty."
"Nobody can say that 'For this reason I could not love Kṛṣṇa.' There is no reason. There is no impediment for anyone."
"Godhead is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience."
"If you love Krishna, then your life will be successful. You haven't got to search out any other friend. The friend is already there."
"vrndayai tulasi-devyai/ priyayai kesavasya ca/ krsna-bhakti-prade devi/ satyavatyai namo namah."
"In our Krishna Consciousness Movement, anyone who has got full blessings and confidence of the Spiritual Master, and therefore Krishna, his success is sure."
"Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya, by the mercy of guru, by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. It is a question of mercy."
"Actually the mercy of the bona fide spiritual master is there equally for everyone. Just like the sun is shining equally everywhere..."
"We can remember Krishna as soon as we see the sunlight in the morning, because the sunlight is a reflection of Krishna's Bodily Effulgence."
"The more you make advancement in Krishna Consciousness, the more you will see Krishna everywhere."
"A person in Krishna consciousness certainly sees Lord Krishna everywhere, and he sees everything in Krishna."
"Ordinary persons cannot understand how the Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, but a devotee can actually see Him."
"So where is the difficulty to make yourself perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness? There is no difficulty at all. Provided you are serious."
"So every time, if you drink water and remember Kṛṣṇa, then you are on the devotional service. Where is the difficulty? But the rascals will not take it."
"So better to leave this place as soon as possible. Not to come again. That should be our serious attention."
"Surely it is material advancement, admitted. But this advancement is advancement of the illusory energy."
"So this material world is temporary, we can know it is. But it is useless, that we do not know. Therefore we struggle."
"Nobody can repay. Therefore it is better to remain always obliged. That's all. That's all right?"
"Take prasāda and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, that's all. And we have now nice buildings. Live there peacefully, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Bas."
"So this life of material existence is just like hard wood and if we can carve Krsna out of it, that is the success of our life."
"Krishna says, svakarmana: 'Whatever talent you have got, you can serve Me and be perfect.' That is the program."
"A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is fully electrified spiritually, and therefore anyone who touches or takes shelter of such a pure devotee..."
"A common man cannot rise to the topmost stage of spiritual perfection simply by following the rituals and religious principles."
"You have asked me how many hours you should work. Our life is dedicated to Krishna, and you should work for Him 24 hours."
"On September 22, 1965, only five days after his arrival in America, Srila Prabhupada lectured at the YMCA in Butler, Pennsylvania."
"I did not go to your country taking Vṛndāvana with me. I had to stay in places where in the refrigerator there is meat. And I was cooking."
"Upon his arrival in America in the fall of 1965, Srila Prabhupada was hosted by Gopal and Sally Agarwal in Butler, Pennsylvania for nearly a month."
"Kṛṣṇa is within your heart. So if you think of Kṛṣṇa, then gradually you become Kṛṣṇa-ized. Just like you put the iron rod in the fire."
"One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, Who is the oldest, Who is the controller..."
"And to answer your last question, where will I go at the time of death if I am thinking of my spiritual master?"
"The Vedic hymn which is known as Kamagayatri describes the Face of Krishna as the king of all moons."
"Our material conditional life is simply due to ignorance, and when you come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the full moonlight of Kṛṣṇa consciousness..."
"In this age it is very difficult to follow thoroughly the regulative principles and studies of the Vedas which were formerly recommended."
"On the full moon there are some spots which may appear to be pockmarks. Still, the illumination spread by the full moon cannot be checked."
"The more you make advancement in Krishna Consciousness you will see Krishna everywhere. Not only on the bank of the river, but also on streets..."
"What is the value of your skyscraper building and billions of dollars in the bank? You cannot take it with you."
"A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness certainly sees Lord Kṛṣṇa everywhere, and he sees everything in Kṛṣṇa."
"Sense gratification is there, but through Kṛṣṇa. Then you feel complete sense gratification. Just like the gopīs, perfect."
"There is a plan, God's plan. It will go on. You don't have to bother yourself, that without you, everything will be topsy-turvied. No."
"In the beginning there may be some failures. That is quite natural. Just a child is trying to stand, he may fall down."
"In one life if we execute our Kṛṣṇa consciousness attitude, even there is suffering little, don't mind. Go on with Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"Result we leave it for consideration of Krishna, and we shall not be disappointed whether the result is favorable or unfavorable."
"There is no cause of feeling so forlorn. As long as we are chanting Hare Krishna Mantra we are always under Krishna's protection."
"Devotional service must be without any material ambition and there is no material impediment which can check advancement in devotional service."
"It was over 40 years ago in Jaipur India that a set of Radha Krishna 12 inch marble murtis stood undressed in the shop window of the Panday brothers."
"Devotional service must be without any material ambition and there is no material impediment which can check advancement in devotional service."
"You simply acquire this qualification that, 'From this day I fully surrender to Kṛṣṇa.' That everyone can do. Is there any difficulty?"
"So people will be very much embarrassed by two things: one thing is taxation, and another thing will be scarcity of food."
"Whether you look or not look, He's there. If you have got some eye disease, you cannot see. But He is there."
"God is not dead. God cannot be dead. This is all foolishness. God is there. How you can conceive, how you can perceive that God is not dead?"
God Is Good Whatever qualities we possess originate in God (November 23):
"The evil qualities... what you call evil, that quality is also there in God. But God, being absolute, there is no evil; everything is good."
"Just coming here from Philadelphia we were talking with the aeroplane crews, the captain, the pilot. They were very patiently hearing us."
"In this very interesting verse, it is described that vipadaḥ—calamities or dangers—are very good if such dangers and calamities remind us of Kṛṣṇa."
"The secret of success in Krishna Consciousness is to render service to Krishna to the best of our capacity. There is no other alternative to this."
"Instead of getting out of this intoxicated life, if we more increase our intoxication—big, big signboard, 'Beefeaters' and this, 'Whiskey'..."
"One who takes āśraya, shelter of a devotee, Kṛṣṇa does not give him up. Kṛṣṇa accepts him."
"Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura was advanced in his previous life up to bhava-bhakti. Somehow or other, it was checked."
"The disciple is always thinking how he or she can better serve the spiritual master, and the spiritual master is always thinking how to help his disciple..."
"Perhaps you remember the verse in the tenth chapter of Bhagavad-gita that the Lord Himself supplies the light and intelligence..."
"The Lord is reciprocally respondent to His devotees. When He sees that a devotee is completely sincere..."
"There is an immediate need for a good government—a government by the people, with Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"Vaiṣṇava is always thinking himself helpless. Helpless. And begging help from the previous ācārya."
"Srila Prabhupada, being Sri Krishna's pure representative, you are the sun of our lives, and despite the darkness all around us now..."
"A disciple should serve the spiritual master as a menial servant, and whatever he has in his possession should be dedicated to the spiritual master."
"These excerpts from Srila Prabhupada’s last statements reveal the mind of the pure devotee and universal teacher."
"You have to approach an ācārya. That is the way of learning transcendental knowledge in all Vedic scriptures."
"It is the ācārya’s duty to spread a bona fide religious system and induce everyone to bow down before the Supreme Lord."
"I hope you will not misunderstand the position of the Acharya who is so important a figure in the matter of learning the transcendental science."
"The mercy of Krishna has come to this world through Srila Prabhupada and therefore so many souls are forever grateful..."
"We should always try to mold the activities of our lives in such a way that we will constantly remember Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"Always remember that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a sort of declaration of war with this illusory material nature. So there is war."
"We must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness in, at all circumstances, even it's the most dangerous position."
"If you don't serve Kṛṣṇa, then you will have to serve māyā. There are two things: God or Satan. So similarly, God is Kṛṣṇa, and Satan is māyā."
"That 'I want to be God.' Always thinking falsely, 'I am God,' or 'Independent,' 'I can do anything, everything...' "
"One should become an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and serve Him with rapt attention."
"Just like milk is very nourishing food, but if it is touched by the lips, by the tongue, of a serpent, it becomes poison."
"We should always remember that Maya and Krsna are side by side, just like light and darkness stand side by side."
"All you have to do is bow down before Krishna with faith and say, 'My Lord Krishna, I was forgetful of You for so long, for so many lives.' "
"Yes, you can pray to Krishna—Krishna may be prayed that I am unwilling to become Krishna Conscious, so you can force me to become so."
"Are the Spiritual Master and the Grand Spiritual Master consciously aware of the prayers of a sincere devotee who prays in love to Them?"
"If your prayers are sincere then Krishna will accept them and if Krishna accepts them then automatically I accept them..."
"The Lord is situated in every living entity’s heart, although the living entity may be very insignificant. The Lord knows everything about the living entity..."
"As soon as you become Kṛṣṇa conscious, you'll simply think, 'Kṛṣṇa is great; we are nothing, insignificant.' That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"And what is new? There is nothing new in the world. The sun was rising on the eastern side. Still it is rising on the eastern side."
"We should always remember that whatever Krishna gives us, that never becomes ours. It is Krishna's."
"Although an eternally liberated soul, Srila Narottama's songs were written as if he was a fallen conditioned soul..."
"When you find a devotee is supposed in difficulty it is not the work of Maya but it is the work of the Lord by His Personal internal energy."
"A pure devotee always thinks himself as not-devotee. That is a good attitude. If one thinks he is big devotee that is not good..."
"The main purpose of the society is to understand the nature of God and our relationship with Him."
Guru Bhakti Love and devotion for the spiritual master (November 3):
"Whether I will be successful or not successful, it doesn't matter. I must take the words of my Guru Mahārāja as my life and soul."
"A disciple who has actual love for his spiritual master is endowed, by the blessings of the spiritual master, with all confidential knowledge."
"We are giving him eternal life, eternal bliss. Unless we love them, why we are taking so much trouble? The preacher must love the people."
"Srila Prabhupada said that this song is a picture of Vrindavan. Everything is there—Srimati Radharani, Vrindavan, Govardhana, Yasoda..."
"To accept all varieties of creation and engage them in Kṛṣṇa's service, that is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
"So we should be very much angry. When? When there is anything against God and God's devotee."
"One has to receive Kṛṣṇa's mercy through the bona fide servant. Kṛṣṇa cannot be bluffed by so-called education and grammar."
"If you find out somebody where you can fully surrender, then accept guru. Don't make guru a fashion, just like you keep a dog..."
"So even in religious movement, if there is materialistic motive, then it will deteriorate. It will not stand."
"So this discussion of rasa-līlā is the summit of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is not ordinary thing. They're purely spiritual."
"The gopīs did not actually feel any pangs of material existence, but they felt the separation of Kṛṣṇa."
"Gopīs, they are not conditioned souls. They are liberated spirits. So first of all you have to come out from this conditioned life."
"So Krishna's pastimes in Vrindavana with the cowherds boy and with the gopis, they are all spiritual. They are not material."
"If one simply begins devotional service, he is immediately protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
"People always ask why Kṛṣṇa is blue. The color of the Lord has not been imagined by an artist. It is described in authoritative scripture."
"Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart, and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person..."
"Take prasāda and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, that's all. And we have now nice buildings. Live there peacefully, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa."
"If I find one or two boys or girls sincerely have learned how to love God, Kṛṣṇa, then my mission is successful."
"That is my Guru Mahārāja's blessings. He ordered me, I tried my best, so there is little success."
"In the transcendental loving service of the Lord, it doesn't matter whether we are working, cooking, painting, writing, chanting, or whatever..."
"This is very important business, Deity worship. The more the Deity is decorated, the more your heart will be decorated with Krishna consciousness."
"Everyone of you should be thoroughly convinced of the power of the Hare Krsna mantra to protect you in all circumstances..."
"So the devotees are protected by the Viṣṇudūtas always, constantly. They are invisibly wandering all over the universe."
"So those who are disturbed by the demons may take shelter of this form of God, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be saved."
"Śrīla Prabhupāda, is there any instance when you were chastised by your spiritual master?"
"So disciple should be always ready to be chastised. He should not think that he has become perfect. That is perfection."
"When I point out some discrepancy of my disciples, it is always with good will so you can become the best servant of Krishna."
"Actually every living being is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, but due to forgetfulness, a living entity engages himself as an eternal servant of māyā."
"A perfect paramahaṁsa, being completely given up to the service of the Lord, is perfectly nonenvious. He loves every living being..."
"Stool is very nice thing? But prakṛti has given this hog a certain type of body and he is relishing, 'Oh, stool is so nice.' This is going on."
"I had the great fortune to be a part of the Historic RDTSKP in the years 1975-1976. What great and extraordinary personalities did I encounter..."
"The whole world is going to hell and everyone is suffering. In light of this, how can we argue amongst one another and neglect our responsibility..."
"Relationship between Godbrothers must be very genuine and pleasing. Otherwise, the future of our institution will not be very hopeful."
"The ācāryadeva to whom we have assembled tonight to offer our humble homage is not the guru of a sectarian institution..."
"We have to engage all of our words, thoughts, and activities in Krishna Consciousness under the direction of the Spiritual Master."
"Nobody has ever gained anything by becoming a tool in the hands of Maya, but everyone has become eternally happy by serving Krishna."
"Bhakti is a sort of cultivation. As soon as we say 'cultivation,' we must refer to activity. Cultivation of spirituality does not mean sitting down idly..."
"He's perfect in Himself. He doesn't require any service also. But if you are anxious to serve Him, then He does not refuse. That is His mercy..."
"So don't be afraid of māyā. Simply enhance chanting and you'll be conqueror. That's all."
"Here in the material world you cannot be endowed with the peace of mind. It is not possible. Why? Because here everything is māyā."
"The Lord is more clever than any living entity; therefore He wants to see how painstaking the devotee is in devotional service."
"My dear Pārtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee."
"'Let me become a sincere servant of the devotees because by serving them one can achieve unalloyed devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord."
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said to the brāhmaṇa: I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent."
"A bona fide spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from time eternal, and he does not deviate at all..."
"Without seeing, he cannot be spiritual master. But how Kṛṣṇa can be seen? Kṛṣṇa can be seen by love."
"My Lord Kṛṣṇa, wherever I may be, it doesn't matter. Please keep me always engaged in Your consciousness."
"Sometimes he chants, sometimes he hears or reads books about Kṛṣṇa, or sometimes he cooks prasādam..."
"You should not take Kṛṣṇa's activities, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, professionally, for livelihood. That is danger. Your life should be sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa."
"To achieve Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfectly, this ecstatic eagerness or greediness, to serve Kṛṣṇa, that is the only price to achieve success."
"It doesn't matter the whole world is going to hell, but if Kṛṣṇa is satisfied, a devotee's prepared to do that. That is, that is called uttama bhakti."
"So, I am so pleased that these boys are kindly helping me in spreading this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, and Kṛṣṇa will bless them."
"Kṛṣṇa is so merciful, He's trying to educate from within, and outside He sends His representative to teach."
"So far as I am concerned, I have accepted you as my disciple and you have accepted me as your spiritual father. This relationship cannot be ended..."
"You take your birth once in some form of body. You live for some time. Then you have to give up this body. Then you have to accept another body."
"We don't manufacture things. What is the use of manufacturing things? We are imperfect; what we can manufacture?"
"The more we repeat means we learn to love. That is required. Anything which you do not love, you cannot repeat. It will be disgusting."
"Mature understanding of Krsna consciousness means that whatever condition of life I am in at present, that is Krsna's special mercy upon me..."
"I did not go to your country taking Vṛndāvana with me. I had to stay in places where in the refrigerator there is meat."
"My dear Lord, any person who is constantly awaiting Your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon him, and who goes on suffering the resultant actions..."
"When a devotee is in great danger, he sees that danger to be the great mercy of the Lord because it is an opportunity to think of the Lord very sincerely..."
"You give me some medicine. Does it mean that there will be no more disease? You heal that temporary disease. Again another disease."
"If you take some medicine, it is bitter, it is painful, but if it helps to cure disease, we must take it. That is tapasya."
"There are many examples in history of persons who have been very much disabled physically, but still have executed Krishna Consciousness."
"Enjoy with Kṛṣṇa, that is your real enjoyment. But without Kṛṣṇa, when you want to enjoy, that is māyā. That is māyā."
"I offer my respects unto the Lotus Feet of my Spiritual Master, Who is always herding cows In Goloka Vrindaban, with His Dearmost Friend, Krishna."
"We have now forgotten our eternal relationship with Krishna, exactly like a man who is mad forgets his family relationship and loiters in the street."
"The devotees, being always situated in the core of the Lord's heart, surely get all instructions directly from the Lord, as confirmed by the Lord Himself..."
"So people do not know that our only business is to take shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. That is the only business. We have no other business."
"He does not think himself that he is bigger devotee or greater devotee than others. He thinks himself as the lowest of all."
"Even the most learned man cannot understand the words, activities and symptoms of a person situated in love of Godhead."
"Don't take things very easily. Things are very serious. Therefore we have to go step by step."
"Of course, on behalf of Krishna I am accepting your sincere service, but on the whole, I am servant of the servant of Krishna."
"If we take it that 'Here is an institution where we can have free hotel, free living and free sense gratification,' then the whole institution will be spoiled."
"Although my Guru Mahārāja ordered me to accomplish this mission, I am not worthy or fit to do it. I am very fallen and insignificant."
"I am not the actual bestower of mercy, rather I am just a messenger for Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu."
"On this principle, at the age of seventy years, I took all the botheration—'All right.' The other friends were thinking that 'This man is going to die...' "
"Vaiṣṇava is the ocean of mercy. There is no end. As you cannot, I mean to say, draw all the waters from the ocean, it is not possible."
"Although physically we are not together, we are not separated spiritually. So we should be concerned only with this spiritual connection."
"The whole world is blazing, and just like in the blazing fire of the forest, the animals are going here and there, and some of them are dying..."
"Materialistic activities are always mixed with three kinds of miserable conditions—adhyātmika, adhidaivika and adhibautika."
"So if you actually feel for your country, for your community, for your people, just spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They're dying."
"I came to the U.S.A. just to try to give a chance to as many people as possible to take to Krishna Consciousness, because it is the only hope for humanity..."
"I came here alone in 1965 without any help practically. Where to live, where to sleep, there was no destination."
"Srila Prabhupada arrived in Boston on September 17, 1965. He carried within his heart the order of his spiritual master to spread the teachings..."
"I'm not a magician. I do not know how to create wonderful. I have simply Bhagavad-gītā, presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is, that's all."
"Within a second, Hiraṇyakaśipu and his followers were destroyed, and similarly if this godless civilization continues, it will be destroyed in a second..."
"That is the way of material civilization too much depending on machine. At any time the whole thing may collapse..."
"If one enters an unknown city without friend or shelter, living in that city is more difficult than living in a forest."
"Man-made laws cannot work any rupture in Krsna's plan. Better let us remain now under Krsna's shelter fully dependent..."
"So Krishna is very kind upon us, and His kindness will be more exhibited the more we expand this Krishna Consciousness Movement."
"We have to seek after our eternal life in Krishna Consciousness and be transferred to the spiritual world in the association of Krishna."
"One can achieve the ultimate success of going back to Godhead if he is favored by the Lord's sending His true representative."
"If we at all want to end the cause of our conditioned life, we must take to the worship of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is present in everyone's heart..."
"So-called comforts of life are not actually helpful for progressive civilization; rather, they are detrimental to such progressive life."
"The whole materialistic advancement of human civilization is like the decoration of a dead body. Everyone is a dead body flapping only for a few days..."
"If you are convinced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness that 'Kṛṣṇa will give me protection,' and if you are true to Kṛṣṇa, that is the standard of happiness."
"Kṛṣṇa says. Teṣāṁ satataṁ yuktānām. If you are actually engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa, all your necessities will be supplied by Kṛṣṇa."
"Generally devotee dies remembering Kṛṣṇa. Generally. But even if for material condition he cannot, then Kṛṣṇa is taken charge."
"Simply if you try to understand Bhagavad-gītā as Arjuna understood it, then you also become self-realized. So it is not a very difficult job."
"If you think that 'Oh, I have committed so many sinful activities. How Kṛṣṇa will save me?' No. Kṛṣṇa is all-powerful. He can save you."
"One has to hear from a devotee without speculation. One does not even need to change his worldly position; he simply has to hear Your message."
"Kṛṣṇa is situated as the Supersoul in everyone's heart. So if someone becomes a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he immediately becomes pleasing..."
"All along my godbrothers gave me only depression, repression, compression— but I continued strong in my duty."
"That is the disease. We won't do anything. We talk much of this, that, this, that. Do anything, but do it perfectly."
"Whatever allocation of duty there may be, if we try to execute such specific duty sincerely, that alone can make us much more advanced..."
"O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You."
"Among the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the foremost. She surpasses all in beauty, in good qualities, in good fortune and, above all, in love."
"Srimati Radharani is as fully spiritual as Krishna. No one should consider Her to be material. She is definitely not like the conditioned souls..."
"So this discussion of rasa-lila is the summit of Krishna consciousness. It is not ordinary thing. They're purely spiritual. There is nothing material."
"Otherwise in New York City, so opulent, so materially advanced, why we see so many men in the Central Park lying on the bench? Why?"
"When I came in America, I never expected any favorable situation. I wrote that poetry in disappointment, that 'Who will accept this?' That is the position."
"This human form of body is just like a very nice boat to cross over this ocean of ignorance, and the guru is the pilot, or the captain."
"The Christian also believe 'The day of judgment.' The judgment is given by Yamarāja. But who goes to his court for judgment?"
"So a devotee seemingly dying, he is not dying. He is going back to Kṛṣṇa. He is very pleased, 'Now my labor is finished. I am going to Kṛṣṇa.' "
"All right, it is very good proposal. By going back to Kṛṣṇa, everything is solved. Yes, I'll go. So what is the method?"
"Kṛṣṇa did not say, 'Call Vyāsadeva. I have to speak Bhagavad-gītā. He is learned scholar.' No. Arjuna was not a learned scholar..."
"When one becomes fixed-up in devotional service he never allows anyone else or any condition at all to hamper his service to Krishna..."
"When I cannot tolerate other increasing in opulence, I become envious. This is material life. The spiritual life is different."
"Lord Caitanya said that a teacher should behave properly even before he begins teaching. One who teaches in that way is called ācārya..."
"If you cannot rise early in the morning, then how can you ask others to rise early in the morning? What is the effect? There is no effect."
"When something is arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should not be disturbed by it, even if it appears to be a reverse..."
"If you follow Krishna's instruction, you'll always be happy. And if you create your own plans, then you'll be unhappy."
"The bona fide guru is he who advises his disciples exactly in accordance with the principles spoken by Kṛṣṇa."
"Just as Krishna can be present simultaneously in millions of places. Similarly, the spiritual master can be present wherever the disciple wants."
"When Kṛṣṇa was present on this planet, nobody could control Kṛṣṇa, but He controlled everyone. Nobody could control Kṛṣṇa."
"One who has received mercy of God, he can become spiritual master. He can deliver the mercy of God."
"Because the devotee always carries the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, wherever he goes becomes a place of pilgrimage..."
"A realized soul is always living in Vṛndāvana. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said. One who has realized Kṛṣṇa, then he's always living in Vṛndāvana."
"This material world is full of dangers at every step, but a devotee has no fear because devotional service is so auspicious that it automatically counteracts..."
"In spite of our superior qualities, we are always fool. You should know. Don't be puffed up with your superior qualities."
"Devotees, they do not want any opulence of this material world. They are, what is called, pessimistic. They do not give any value to the opulence..."
"Today at 9 a.m. embarked on M.V. Jaladuta. Came with me Bhagwati, the Dwarwan of Scindia Sansir Mr. Sen Gupta, Mr. Ali and Vrindaban."
"I was on the sea for one month and ten days continually, and that was a horrible account. Perhaps you have read it in my diary..."
"May Lord Balarama protect me from near and far. May Lord Balarama protect me everywhere."
"One should work hard and worship the Supreme Lord by the fruits of one's hard labor for existence."
"So those who are intelligent, they know that everything is supplied by Kṛṣṇa. So why not depend on Kṛṣṇa only?"
"If he does not get his food, then he will think that, 'This day Kṛṣṇa desired that I should not have my food. Oh, it is Kṛṣṇa's pleasure. It is Kṛṣṇa's mercy.' "
"I think it is good to remain financially poor because always we shall be able to pray Krishna, asking His help to execute His service."
"Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma exactly followed those principles with great devotion and underwent the regulations of brahmacarya."
"Just like there was Napoleon, there was this and that. So they will come and go. They will come and go, create some disturbances and go."
"They think, 'By increasing motorcars, we shall be happy.' This is called māyā. That will not help."
"What is this nonsense, keeping some paper and thinking that he has got money? How cheating it is going on..."
"So far these things are concerned, that how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex life and how to defend, this is already arranged."
"Don't worry. Everyone will die, today or tomorrow. I am also old man. There is nothing to be regrettable."
"Practically, I was sitting here in Vṛndāvana, in Rādhā-Dāmodara temple. So at the age of seventy years, nobody goes out."
"At the present moment it has become fashionable to disobey the unimpeachable directions given by the ācāryas..."
"You are all my children and I love my American boys and girls who are sent to me by my spiritual master..."
"Let anybody come before us and we shall be able to convince him that this is the only solution for all the problems of the world."
"Simply whenever there is māyā's attraction, just pray to Kṛṣṇa, 'Please save me. Please save me.' This is the only way. And He'll save you."
"Krishna is absolute, so there is no such thing as success or failure in Krishna Consciousness, or in other words, there is no question of failure..."
"You have to spend or waste gallons of blood before you can convert a person to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is so difficult task."
"When one is actually advanced in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, he does not try to advertise himself."
"I have not come to earn money from your country, but I have come to your country to give you something sublime..."
"Actually the mercy of the bona fide spiritual master is there equally for everyone. Just like the sun is shining equally everywhere..."
"Whatever we do here, it is for eternity because it is not on the material stages. It is all on the spiritual platform."
"Each and every one of these processes is so powerful that if anyone follows even one single one of them, he can achieve the desired perfection..."
"Krishna is always ready to help us for He is more eager to have us come back to Him than we are to go."
"This age is especially meant for dissension, therefore whenever there is such occasion we should simply call for the help of Krishna."
"Civilization will collapse very soon, all over the world. It will collapse. Either you may bring this ism or that ism, this civilization will collapse."
"Those who have reached the highest perfectional stage of mystic power and can see everything in the past, present and future are called tri-kāla-jñas."p
"So if we keep our movement pure, then you are as strong as Kṛṣṇa. And as soon as we deviate from it, immediately ordinary. This is the secret."
"Devotee: You said that if we are performing some activity, that activity must be tested to see if Lord Kṛṣṇa is pleased. But what is the test?"
"Spiritual master…, Kṛṣṇa is not limited. It is not material. You can associate with Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master in any circumstance..."
"Just like a rope comes down the well so that anyone who may catch the rope from any position is sure to be delivered..."
"Try to understand. Don't go very speedily. A guru can become guru when he's ordered by his guru. That's all."
"In the Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva says: 'Anyone who prays unto Me and takes shelter from Me becomes My ward, and I protect him always..."
"So those who are disturbed by the demons may take shelter of this form of God, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be saved."
"If you fight for Kṛṣṇa, work for Kṛṣṇa, if you eat for Kṛṣṇa, if you sleep for Kṛṣṇa, if you do everything for Kṛṣṇa, then you are the yogi..."
"Difficulty is there always. Even you go to a school there are so many difficulties. But if you practice with vow and rigidity, you become successful."
"If you think that 'We are very safe; we are very expert; we have made this world very happy,' then you are fool number one."
"Māyā cannot do anything. Simply you have to become strong. And what is that strength? Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare..."
"The same Paramātmā, when He comes before you, being very much merciful upon you, to teach you from outside, that is guru."
"A devotee is never afraid of death or of changing his body; his consciousness is transformed into Kṛṣṇa consciousness..."
"They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasācin, can be but an instrument in the fight."
"This material body is actually a bad bargain because it is prone to suffer, but we must make the best use of this bad bargain."
"These rascals, they are talking big, big words. First of all prove. Make one egg. Then talk of big, big brain. Make one egg."
"For me it is better to remain in Vṛndāvana or die. Hmm. Because they may be very envious, 'Here is the man who is behind all this.' "
"So you can perform bhakti-yoga by fighting, by cooking, by going to the office, everything, if that purpose is for Kṛṣṇa. That is bhakti-yoga."
"That is the secret of this movement. Every member & worker must learn to sacrifice for God's sake; that is the principle of this movement."
"So from the very beginning of my life I am subsisting by the foodstuff given by mother, cow, and when I am grown up, I kill. This is my gratitude."
