A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Quotes
When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.
You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.
If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.
Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.
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.
There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ is derived from Kristos.
Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
Christ means Krishna, love of Godhead, Who has His face annointed with tilak.
Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
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.
Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Since 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.
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.
A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.
Krishna 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.
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.
It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.
The genuine Guru is God's representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
Living entity is food for another living entity, it does not mean that I shall eat my children also. There is discretion.
To become free from sinful life, there is only simple method: if you surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That is the beginning of bhakti.
If by studying Bhagavad-gītā one decides to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately freed from all sinful reactions.