Krishna's Advent

Those who take Krishna's advent as that of an ordinary man are great fools, but if one can simply understand the transcendental nature of this event as well as His disappearance, he becomes immediately liberated.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, (Vrindavan, August 15, 1967)

Service of the Lord

Anyone's special talent should be engaged in the service of the Lord, and thereby become successful in life. We are not meant for learning something new for the service of the Lord; but we have to engage whatever talents we have already got.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Murari, (Vrindavan, August 3, 1967)

Stick to the Service of the Lord

In Krishna Consciousness there is variety but there is no discord.We may fight with one another on the point of serving but that is not a discord.We must stick to the service of the Lord very seriously & that will help us make progress.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Subala, (Calcutta, November 12, 1967)

Charity during an Eclipse of the Sun

Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna.”

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, adi 3.79, purport

Krishna forgives His Devotee

In the conditioned stage there is every possibility of being mistaken; but Krishna will always protect us if we are sincere; even if there is a gross mistake, Krishna forgives His devotee who is very sincere; so go on working sincerely and Krishna will protect you always.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Satsvarupa, (Vrindavan, August 29, 1967)

Spiritual Culture

Without spiritual culture a human society is another polished edition of the animals. There is no value of education in the animal society as the trained up lion in a circus is never to be trusted. The lion is not trusted because it cannot assimilate spiritual knowledge. But a man is able to take up this knowledge and his formation of the brain is meant for it. It is nothing extraordinary for him because he is prepared for this culture and is awaiting proper administration only.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

The first principle in devotional service is to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Sir, (New Delhi, April 15, 1961)

Krishna is the Purest

Everything in the Temple should be kept nice and clean. Everyone should wash hands before touching anything of Krishna's. We should always remember that Krishna is the purest & similarly only the pure can associate with Him. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Nandarani, Krishna Devi, Subala, Uddhava,  (Delhi, October 3, 1967)

Service Attitude

Krishna Consciousness is always dormant in everyone's heart & it can be awakened simply by service attitude.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jadurani, (Calcutta, October 13, 1967)

The Kingdom of Maya

Man's artificial civilization has created so many artificial laws that we, although God's men, have difficulties to travel in God's countries on God's business.The Kingdom of Maya is like that and still we have to execute our business in Krishna Consciousness.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, (New York, March 1967)

The Proportion Krishna Consciousness

The only means of protecting us from the attack of Maya is to be fully Krishna Conscious.The proportion in which we fall back in Krishna Consciousness is filled up by the influence of Maya. It is exactly like the proportion of negligence of our health is subsequently resulted in our falling ill.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jadurani, (Navadvipa, October 26, 1967)

Krishna Consciousness cannot be Defeated by Maya

A person who is very careful about his health does not generally fall ill. Similarly a person who is always fixed up in Krishna consciousness cannot be defeated by Maya. Sometimes in spite of our full Krishna consciousness we fall a victim to Maya but that is temporary just as seasonal changes, such calamities do come & pass away & we have to endure them.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jadurani, (Navadvipa, October 26, 1967)

Brahma Samhita

One who reads Brahma Samhita very carefully & scrutinizingly can understand everything of Krishna without any fault. I recommend, therefore that all my students read Brahma Samhita very carefully especially because it was translated personally by my spiritual master Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Pradyumna, (Calcutta, October 17, 1967)

Without Spiritual Culture

Without spiritual culture a human society is another polished edition of the animals. There is no value of education in the animal society as the trained up lion in a circus is never to be trusted. The lion is not trusted because it cannot assimilate spiritual knowledge. But a man is able to take up this knowledge and his formation of the brain is meant for it. It is nothing extraordinary for him because he is prepared for this culture and is awaiting proper administration only.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Sir, (New Delhi, April 15, 1961)

Money is the Honey

"Money is the honey'' goes so far as it is employed for Krishna consciousness. The body is undoubtedly a material vehicle but when it acts for Krishna consciousness it becomes spiritualized. By the grace of Krishna, material energy can be transformed to spiritual energy & spiritual energy is never deteriorated. To be in Krishna consciousness means to be in spiritual energy.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Hamsaduta, Calcutta, October 13, 1967

Rigid in Service of Krishna

Vedic system advises women to become very chaste & accept the husband as master. Your husband is especially good because he is progressing in Krishna Consciousness. Even if there is some misunderstanding between husband & wife that should be completely neglected & you should always remain rigid in service of Krishna.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to (Nandarani,  Delhi, October 8, 1967)