Sunday, 1 November 2009

Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"With prasadam and the Maha Mantra we shall conquer over the world. I thought like that. That was the beginning of my program in your country. It was my plan from the very beginning, before even coming here."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"Krishna appears for this purpose. He leaves behind His instructions so that in the future people could take His help and guidance. But, if you do not accept His instructions, then how can you be happy?"


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"It is like electricity: if one is in touch with a bonafide Spiritual Master, and that Spiritual Master is in touch with his bonafide Spiritual Master, in this way an offering is transferred to Krishna."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"When I initiated you, I accepted you on that very moment as my daughter. So you are eternally my daughter and I am your father. There is no doubt about it. So, spiritually there is no question of separation."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"Even Lord Krishna, Lord Caitanya, and what to speak of other acaryas, all of them accepted a bona fide Spiritual Master. Aroha means to try to understand God by one's own effort, and avaroha means to understand God by disciplic succession."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"You have got complete capacity to spread this Krishna Consciousness movement. That is a fact. Continue this door to door program. All of Lord Caitanya's close associates used to do that. So we must follow in their footprints."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1967.

"Physically I may be present or not; but the work must continue. Our Guru Maharaja injected his Spiritual Vision in some of us, and I hope, even in my absence, that the spirit of Krishna Consciousness will be spread."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1973.

"There is no question of giving anything up. Your talents can be utilized for Krsna and in due course of time how this is so Krsna will reveal to you more and more. Do not be worried, be jolly in the service of the Lord."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"Everyone should treat Godbrothers as Prabhu and nobody should try to claim any extra honor on account of an official position. Why he says his authority overrides yours? Everyone is working under my authority."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"Even from the lower modes, a human can come up to the higher stage. That is our Movement. Animal stage of life is very dangerous. There is no chance, only in the human form. Unfortunately modern education is to kill that chance."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"If you all continue to follow the rigid schedule with vow, going on Sankirtana and studying our literatures, it is sure and certain to increase your spiritual power to attract more and more sincere persons to Krsna Consciousness."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"We are not concerned with any other movement save and except Krishna Consciousness in its pure form. A little bit of a pure thing is much better than huge volumes of impure, adulterated things."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"Unless there is connection with a bona fide Spiritual Master there is no possibility of making progress in spiritual life. So I have established ISKCON centers for intimate connection with the bona fide Spiritual Master."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"Yes, that is the way of understanding the secret of Krsna Consciousness. That is the Vedic way. Unflinching faith in Krsna and similarly in the bona fide Spiritual Master. That is the best qualification for spreading the movement of Lord Caitanya."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"We shall have a unique position all over the world provided we stick to the principles, namely unflinching faith in Spiritual Master and following the regulative principles. Then our men will conquer the world."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"Without executing the regular routine work of spiritual life nobody can grow spiritual strength and without spiritual strength nobody can preach this Krsna Consciousness Movement."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"You get the seed of devotion through the mercy of the Spiritual Master and Krishna. And upon your surrender, They take responsibility for your sins. Therefore, it is the disciple's duty not to commit sin again."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1974.

"In teaching the children, you should refer very carefully to my books. You must teach by your personal example and automatically they will do as you are doing. Then they will become strong Vaisnavas."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1971.

"You can live strictly and make advancement in Krishna Consciousness by chanting and reading the books. There is no question of your fall down. Chant sixteen rounds regularly and no power in all three worlds will make you fall down."


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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"You are good for everything but your attitude to remain good for nothing is very nice. Even one has the highest qualities of the demigods, a Vaisnava is never puffed."


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