Sunday, 1 November 2009

Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"My books are the ultimate source of knowledge. If you simply reproduce what I have explained surely you will come out victorious, even in the midst of so many great scholars."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1973.

"The mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu is now transferred from Indian hands to the hands of the Americans and Europeans. I have given the initiation, but the rest of the work will depend on you."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"Dress has to be accepted according to the taste of others and foodstuffs accepted according to the eater's taste. So if you think this kind of dress will attract more people, you can dress yourself in that manner. But our real dress is the tilaka and sikha."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"Caitanya Mahaprabhu sent His most confidential disciples out on the street and house to house. Even the magistrate would object, Caitanya Mahaprabhu would still send. He exhibited a great civil disobedience movement."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"Preach, sell books, you will feel yourself becoming perfectly happy. There is immense field for preaching. Do not hesitate to take the bold step forward and invite everyone to become a devotee of Krsna."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

"Here we are having great success chanting Hare Krishna on the streets. It is all Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Mercy that this is happening all around the world and we should pray to Him that he may benedict us with even greater opportunity to spread His Sankirtan Movement."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1967.

"One who reads Brahma Samhita very scrutinizingly can understand everything of Krishna without any fault. I recommend all my students read Brahma Samhita very carefully."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"I shall never leave you, you are my disciple and I am your spiritual master, so you do not require to worry. I shall never leave you. Follow my instructions and do all of the things which you already know. These things will protect you."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"When the Spiritual Master accepts a disciple and the disciple surrenders unto Him, He has got the responsibility of absorbing the sinful reaction of His disciples life. This is a great responsibility of the Spiritual Master."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"The Vedas gives specific instruction how to swim over this material ocean, but if the rascal does not take the instruction through the bona fide representative, the Spiritual Master, then he becomes drowned."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"The so-called democratic government means some sudras, rascals. Without coming to Varnasrama dharma there is no question of human society. So our Krishna Conscious movement is supposed to be representative of Krishna."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1974.

"If they do not like the noise of our kirtana there, we shall make it more noisy. They shall get out, not us. So go on performing Hari kirtana. Simply by the noise of kirtana demons go away."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"This Krishna Consciousness movement is not a sentimental fanaticism of so-called religion. It is the perfect culture - perfect social order, perfect economic development, perfect philosophy, and perfect religion."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1974.

"Why there should be any misunderstanding between a Krishna conscious husband and wife? So whether you are alone or with husband you must continue to follow the regulative principles. And wherever you get place, you should always remember Krishna and never forget Him for a moment."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"It is my duty to open your eyes, so I am trying my best to do my duty, and if you cooperate with me, fully, certainly both yourself and myself, will be successful in our missionary work."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"Simply by understanding Krishna, one understands everything. Therefore, Krishna being the Supreme Spirit, one who tries to understand Krishna, he can understand everything else."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"The soul is the same passing through different bodies by the process of transmigration, exactly like gold passing through business transaction. Somebody thinks 'my gold' and when it is passed to another, he thinks 'my gold.'"


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"We shall take all necessary steps for self-protection, depending the result on Krishna. Arjuna had to fight in the battlefield, but at the same time he heard Bhagavad-gita. Our motto shall be like that."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1974.

"People have become demoniac, Krsna is not realized, He is not exposed to the non devotee. Our mission is to turn the people to become devotees so that they can see Krsna. So we have got a great mission. Krsna is asking you to do this job."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"So our movement is Krishna. The Krishna Consciousness Movement is non-different from Krishna. If we present Krishna Consciousness in right earnestness, then all the so-called yogis, swamis, mayavadis, scientists, philosophers, and political leaders will have no more importance."


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