to give & take affection is a natural craving for every living entity"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"Humility does not mean to think yourself less, but to less think of yourself"
-H.H.Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaj
"Devotional service is so simple,
but devotees because of their material
inclinations make it complicated".
-H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
"If you want to be happy in this world,
then "stop" searching happiness in this world".
-Prahlad Maharaj
"Guru is heavy, because he carries Krishna in his heart".
- H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
- Sridhara Maharaj
"a disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him"
-Srila Prabhupada
"Yes! Krishna is so nice! but this thing to really go inside our heart we must understand how awakward & miserable is our condition in this material world"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"A good dancer does not blame the stage!
A good cook does not blame the utensils!
A good engineer does not blame the instruments,
so a good preacher does not blame the field of his preaching"
-H.H.Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
Four Arrows of Kamadev
1)Harshanam-boy & girl indulging in flowery thoughts for each other 2)Roshanam-endeavoring hard to get each other 3)Shoshanam-exploiting each other 4)Maranam-killing each other
-H.G.Gaurang Prabhu
"If we are proud we are already fallen, rest is just details"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"beware of anarthas! they are there to distract us from our unified purpose of serving God, and so bringing disunity among us"
-H.H. Niranjan Swami Maharaj
"there are many in this world, and specially in India,
who think wealth & power can make a person happy,
for them I say, I am comming right from that point, down the road, there is nothing!"
-H.G.Ambarish Prabhu(Albert Ford) (Owner of FORD company)
"A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of
1) the weight of the fruits
2) its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others"
-H.G. Madan Gopal Prabhu
The three final instructions
1) Do not try to be a hero, simply try to be a speck in the hands of the spiritual master.
2) Always take shelter of Hari Naam & Hari Katha.
3) Beware of disunity
-H.D.G.Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
"Krishna and pure devotees see through the substance, not the maya the world sees through"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"There is nothing lacking in Krishna consciousness, its only that we lack Krishna consciousness"
-H.H. Bhakti Marg Swami Maharaj
"Efforts to enjoy spiritual ecstacies -Discipline + Sense Gratification = Sahajiya
(imposter devotee)"
-H.H.Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaj
"to expect utopia in life is impersonalism"
-H.G.Braj Bihari Prabhu
once Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj was admitted at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai He had a dream He saw the spiritual world Where he saw all the previous acaryas They were asking Srila Prabhupada- "Whats the news from the material world?" Srila Prabhupada said, "there is no one who has the determination to do devotional service,including my followers" "only thing they have is, little attachment with me" "thats their hope"
Srila Tamal Krishna Maharaj told the dream to Srila Prabhupada Srila prabhupada replied, "Its true"
"a devotee doing sense gratification out of material conditionings, if keeps on listening to pure devotees, soon becomes disgusted of sense gratification and gives it up, and so attains the pure devotion to krishna"
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"Krishna does not remove those karmas from our lives,
reaction of whose are needed to install wonderful qualities in our lives "
-H.G.Gopi Paranadhana Prabhu
Mundane educational qualifications are no evidence of genuine intelligence. Rather they are a certificate of a person's stupidity or at least misfortune in having dedicated much time and energy in amassing information that has no intrinsic value.
-H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami Maharaj
The nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those suffering in this material world. These narrations, transmitted by learned sages, eradicate one's sinful reactions and bestow good fortune upon whoever hears them. These narrations are broadcast all over the world and are filled with spiritual power. Certainly those who spread the message of Godhead are most munificent.
-Vrindavan Gopies
"unless you are very very advanced in Krishna consciousness, you should be very very busy, else sense control is not possible"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"impurities in heart make it so complexed that simple spiritual truths do not appeal to the person"
-H.H.Candramauli Swami Maharaj
"early morning meditation of a devotee
1) I am eternal spirit soul
2) I am part & partial of Krishna so
3) I have to serve Krishna as per instructions of Guru & Krishna
All things else must pass"
-H.H.Saccinandan Swami Maharaj
"Lord Caitanya declares a war against Kali Yuga with "the bow""the six Goswamis", by pulling back "the string"" Bhakti Vinod Thakur" making a thunderous sound, puts "the long strong arrow""Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur", having "the direction giving feather back of the arrow""Sri Gaur Kishore Das Babaji Maharaj", and "the sharp penetrating arrow front""Srila A.C.Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada"
-H.G.Atma Tattva Prabhu
I have opened a crying school here in Bhubaneswar. Unless we cry for Krishna, we can not get His mercy.
-H.H.Gaur Gavind Swami Maharaj.
"Complaining is the pastime of the mind engrossed in petty selfishness"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"Devotional service means to give the best you have to Krishna "
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"April fool"
"its difficalt to say who is a bigger fool, one who things himself to be happy in this material world
or one who thinks he will become happy by his plans in the future"
-H.G.Tejas Prabhu
"the way Krishna katha brings a person to devotional service 'prajalpa(useless talking)' takes him away from devotional service"
-H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
" a proper leader works with
1) integrity ( does justified activities, does not justify after doing it)
2) maturity ( Couragiousness + Consideratness)
3) nonenviousness (towards the fellow devotees)"
-H.G.Radha Gopinath Prabhu
Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you
-H.G.Bihari Gopal Prabhu
Our quota is not sixteen rounds, but attentive sixteen rounds.
-H.H.Gopal krishna goswami maharaj
"fault of Eklavya"
'he wanted to be the greatest'
-H.D.G.Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
"Goal of life is not to become great but to become an instrument in the hands of great persons"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"you can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going back home back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"Details are sign of love"
-H.G.Radha Gopinath Prabhu
"because of anarthas, a person forgets the principle & gets stuck up with details"
-H.G.Gaurang Prabhu
"compromise with details may make a person deviate from the principles"
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"its not easy to give up blaspheming devotees through determination only, thinking that just determination can work is illusion, its trap of maya,you fail, you hide and live in shame,
because maya is more powerful than your determination"
-H.H.Kadaba Kanan Maharaj
".........by Krishna's help only you can overcome maya,so cultivate knowledge given by Krishna,consider sreyas & preyas like a brahmana,then make it the basis of your determination,not like a kshatrya make only a decision to be the basis of your determination.for whom passion about decision is every thing.so you can make determination to be less austere"
-H.H.Kadamba Kanan Maharaj
"most importent thing in a dicussion is
1) What is the adhikar of the speaker to discuss the topic
2) What is the adhikar of the inquirer about the topic"
-H.G.Gopi Paranadhana Prabhu
"Sensitive topics are supposed to be handled by compitent devotees"
-H.H.Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaj
"natural life is when power of love forces you always to do the right thing"
-H.G.Gopi Paranadhana Prabhu
"Krishna's karuna sakti (mercy) spontaneously flows to a sincere devotee, and devotee reciprocates it with love, and then Krishna becomes a prisoner in his heart".
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
" earlier I would pray to Krishna 'Please purify me' now I pray 'please purify me softly'."
-H.H.Hridayananda Maharaj
"Do not condemn a dirty man, who is standing below a shower"
-Srila Prabhupada
"Naimettik Kriyas are ment to give new life to Nitya Kriyas "
-H.H.Kadamba Kanan Maharaj
"If you cannot forgive your enemy then what is the difference
between you and a tax collector"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
Struggle with maya "a football match"
you may be winning by 20-0 till the end wistle blows,
but at the last moment maya becomes heavy
and match ends with 20-21.
you may be loosing by 0-20 till the end wistle blows,
but at the last moment Krishna's infallible mercy becomes heavy,
and the match ends with 21-20.
-H.G.Shyamanand Prabhu
Four 'R's of Krishna Consciousness
Recognition, (locating the weeds inside the heart)
Remorse, (feeling ashamed of them)
Rectification, (removing the weeds from the heart)
Reunion, (Krishna's awarding us His love)
-H.H.Satswaroop Das Goswami Maharaj
"a delayed decision is better than a wrong decision"
-H.G.Radha Gopinath Prabhu
"feed your faith, your doubts shall starve to death"
-H.G.Gaur Gopal Prabhu
"Devotional Service is so pure & perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success"
Srila Prabhupada (NOI pg 36)
"A humble servent of the spiritual master is the best preacher"
-H.G.Sankirtan Prabhu
"Aggressive intellectualism is atheism"
-H.D.G.Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
"You want to see God through your material eyes, so God manifests through matter in the form of a deity"
-H.G.Jananivas Prabhu
"I had Krishna, and I have lost Him." thats humility.
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"We are always fighting in one of the wings of the armed forces against maya
either in the navel wing in the ocean of material nescience with the tides of duality
or having been saved from this, fighting in the air wing with our inflated false ego
or getting the false ego crushed, fighting on the ground thinking,
how humble I am.!"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"we are supposed to dovetail our sentiments
as per love of Godhead
but for this we need so much philosophy"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"When a non envious devotee sees a better devotee than himself, he becomes very happy and at once makes friendship with him"
-H.G.Krishnananda Prabhu
"How many of us, while going through unfavourable situations, think "Why me ?"
How many of us, While being rewarded, think "Why me and not he?"
How many of us, While seeing others suffer, think "Why he and not me?" "
-H.H.Bhakti Tirth Swami Maharaj
"Material world is not ment for setleing down, but for getting out"
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"envy is indirect appreciation, just make it direct"
-H.H.Radhanath Maharaj
"If you want to develop a particular quality, then serve the devotee who has that quality"
-H.G.Shyamanand Prabhu
"In giving you receive! Krishna Consciousness teaches you, in giving you learn the art of giving more".
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"Collective unity is better than individual purity"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"Responsibilities does not mean some fancy dress compitition, your mental composure should match with the gravity of the situation around"
-H.G.Radha Gopinath Prabhu
"Guru is not on the way to Krishna, Guru is 'the way' to Krishna"
-H.H.Satswaroop Maharaj
" Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to Godhead, but to cultivate surrenderence you need Guru".
-H.H.Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj
"Heart seems to have just a few wishes, as the surface of a sea seems to have just a few fishes, but if you see the deep inside, it gives a mesmerizing view"
-H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj
" Democracy "
Where the pilot is not selected by the airways company,
but the passengers elect, who among themselves would be the pilot.
-H.G.Sankarshan Nitai Prabhu
" Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to Godhead, but to cultivate surrenderence you need Guru".
-H.H.Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj
" The nature of false ego is, that we think we have the right to judge anyone and every one."
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Every one should be friendly for the service of the Lord. Every one should praise another’s service to the Lord and not be proud of his own service. This is the way of Vaisnava thinking, Vaikuntha thinking.
- Bhagavatam 7.5.12 purport
"When you are chanting "Hare Krishna" the body may be breaking, the mind may be reeling but you should know for sure that the soul is in 'ecstacy' "
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Do your best to serve Krishna and He will give you required intelligence to cope with disturbing situations.
-Srila Prabhupada in his letter to Jayagovinda, September15, 1967.
To love to preach is one thing, & to love those whom we preach is quite different.
-H.G. Govind Prabhu
"A general instruction of the spiritual master becomes a personal and specific instruction for a sincere disciple"
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"Grudge for some one means you drink poison and expect the other person to die."
-H.G.Shyamanand Prabhu
"Gopis burnt the bridge behind while surrendering to Krishna"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
“No great thing is cheap and no cheap thing can be great”
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"Out of all the opulences of a living entity its humility which pleases Krishna,other opulences can also please Krishna if offered with humility."
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
"Surrenderence is the substance of devotional service"
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
As a kshatriya has no problems taking the wounds on his chaste, So a devotee has no problems taking wounds while serving Krishna
-H.G.Govind Prabhu
"The trascendental knowledge of devotional service is digested by the engyme of humility"
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Whichever ashram you may be in you should stand by the responsibilities, you should live a life of integrity, and you should be exemplary in your behavior
-H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
A devotee is one who has recovered his intelligence and sanity. Thus he avoids sin, just as an intelligent child or sane person avoids touching fire.
-H.H. Satswarupa Goswami Maharaj
If an ordinary man does not eat, he will grow weak and die. Similarly, if a devotee does not taste the transcendental pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Krishna, he will gradually weaken and die spiritually.
-H.H. Satswarupa Goswami Maharaj
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