Bona Fide Spiritual Master

This world is just like a forest fire and a spiritual master is just like the cloud on the sky. As the forest fire can be extinguished only by water from the sky, one can be peaceful and elevated in spiritual consciousness or Krishna Consciousness only by the mercy of a bona fide Spiritual Master.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Upendra, (New York, May 4, 1967)

Chant Hare Krishna

If you always chant Hare Krishna, read my books, and preach this philosophy sincerely, then Krishna will provide you with all facility, and you will not fall down into material entanglement.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Devotees, (San Francisco, March 30, 1967)

Lord Eternal Servitor

A person, who is always anxious to render service unto the Supreme Lord Hari, as His eternal servitor, in all conditions of life, he is considered to be liberated even though within the material body.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Kirtanananda, (New York, April  13, 1967)

Service for Krishna

Be happy and execute more and more service for Krishna and Krishna will accept you in His association.
  

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Kirtanananda, (San Francisco, April 7, 1967)

Chant Holy Name of Lord Constantly

All our ailments are due to the external body. Although we have to suffer some time from bodily inconveniences specially in the old age, still if we are God conscious, we shall not feel the pangs. The best thing is therefore to chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Mr. Senior Dambergs, (New York, April  12, 1967)

Become Slave of Krishna

Instead of being a slave of the senses, if one voluntarily becomes the slave of Krishna, or His representative, that is good for him. This is maya, thinking that we are independent. We are slaves—every moment we are serving our senses. We are slaves to so many abominable things, to drugs, intoxication, sex, doing the most abominable things in the service of the senses. So it is not slavish when one agrees to become slave of Krishna and His representative, then this is liberated position, liberated from being slave to the senses.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Sivananda, (Los Angeles, November 11, 1968)

Our Business is to Try Our Best

Our business is to try our best. Result we leave it for consideration of Krishna, and we shall not be disappointed whether the result is favorable or unfavorable. Actually there cannot be any unfavorable result, because we are serving Krishna.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Rupanuga, (Seattle, October 15, 1968)

The Devotee Prays

The devotee prays: "My Lord, when shall I be freed from all material desires and be completely engaged in your transcendental loving service. At the present moment I am forlorn and nobody is my master. When shall I have You as my Supreme Master; then shall I joyfully wander over the whole universe knowing that You are my master.'' Please therefore try to be in Krishna Consciousness and there will be no distress. Gradually as you realize this, you will experience it also; but the process is the same, both at the beginning and at the end.
  

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Mr Taber, (New York, June 9,  1967)

Krishna is the ultimate Person

Krishna is the ultimate Person. We are just trying to serve Him.Your conviction that we have to supply the demands of Krishna and not to demand anything from Him is the pure devotional philosophy.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Kirtanananda, (New York, April  13, 1967)

Spirit Soul

A spirit soul is not impersonal, and because he is a person he has the latent desire for sense gratification; but in the material condition he does not know how to enjoy; therefore one should purify the senses being free of all material designation. In conditioned stage we are designated souls like "American,'' "Indian,'' "dog,'' "demigod,'' etc., but in pure consciousness or Krishna Consciousness, we are part and parcel of the Supreme Brahman.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Mr Taber, (New York, June 9,  1967)

Foolish Human Society

Human society under the spell of illusion is doing things, each on his own responsibility and they are becoming entangled in material existence.This is the greatest blunder in human society. They have not only forgotten God but they've declared openly that God is dead. This declaration of the foolish human society is the greatest blunder in life.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, (New Jersey, June  14, 1967)

Immutable Instructions

Never think that I am absent from you. Physical presence is not essential; presence by message (or hearing) is real touch. Lord Krishna is present by His message which was delivered 5,000 years ago. We feel always the presence of our past Acharyas simply by their immutable instructions.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Students, (Vrindavan, August 2, 1967)

Ocean of Krishna Consciousness

Lord Chaitanya said that the ocean of Krishna consciousness increases daily and it is never experienced in the case of mundane ocean. In other words, nobody is static in Krishna consciousness and everyone becomes a dynamic force for spreading the movement.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Blanche, Calcutta, November 5, 1967

Paramatma or Super Soul

Purusa means God or Krishna. Atma, there is Paramatma and jivatma. Both are atma because they are spiritual, but the living entities are called jivatma. Jivatma means the small particle of atma which has tendency to fall down in the material atmosphere. He is called jivatma. And Atma or Super soul, Who never falls in material contamination, is called Paramatma or Super soul. And because He does not fall under material illusion, His another name is Achyuta — Achyuta means never fallen.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Malati, (Los Angeles, November 12, 1968)

Service of the Supreme

The human form of life although temporary, it has a great value for utilizing for the service of the Supreme. The Supreme is everything but everything is not the Supreme. The stomach can digest foodstuff for all the sense organs but all the parts of the body is not the stomach. This philosophy of achintya bhedabheda tattva was preached by Lord Chaitanya for world welfare.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Ved Prakash, (Bombay, July 28, 1958)

The Super Soul

The Super soul and soul both are unchanged. The difference is that in material contact, the soul appears to be changed. But the Super soul is not affected by material contamination; therefore there is no sign of change. The change of soul is like that water becomes ice in contact with refrigerator. And as soon as there is temperature the ice again becomes water. Similarly the changing nature of the soul is just like change of water to ice. The tendency of ice is to melt and become water again. So due to contamination of matter, the soul by illusion identifies with material existence. But the tendency is to melt again to Krishna Consciousness. So when there is sufficient temperature in contact with bona fide Spiritual Master and devotees, the soul again becomes Krishna Conscious, like the water.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Malati, (Los Angeles, November 12, 1968)