Fruit of Chanting Hare Krishna

I am so glad to learn that you are now getting the fruit of chanting Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna is so nice that it clears the dirty things from the mind of the devotee and the more one is used to chant the Holy Name offenselessly, the more one develops love of God, forgetting the whole material nonsense. It is my duty to deliver you the right thing in right earnestness and it is the duty of the receiver to act in the standard spiritual regulation.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to (Umapati, Calcutta, November 23, 1967)

Advancement in Krishna Consciousness

Whatever allocation of duty there may be, if we try to execute such specific duty sincerely, that alone can make us much more advanced in Krishna Consciousness. In the Bhagavad-gita, it is stated that for the fixed up devotee there is one duty.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Madhusudhana, (San Francisco, December 30, 1967)

Devotees Transcendental Position

A fully Krishna Conscious person is always in transcendental position and he is not afraid of any place which is so called, unfit for human habitation. A Krishna Conscious person is always satisfied whether in Vaikuntha or in hell. His satisfaction is not the particular place but his sincere service attitude towards Krishna.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Gargamuni, Calcutta, November 13, 1967

Real Love with Krishna

Regarding love affairs in the material world: they are only shadows or reflections of the real love with Krishna. If you love Krishna in any capacity, you shall never be frustrated because everything in Krishna is perfect, eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Kanchanbala, (Los Angeles, January 14, 1968)

Chant Hare Krishna

We should learn to forget and forgive minor incidents because whenever there are two men in a place, there is always some misunderstanding. Such misunderstanding happens even between husband and wife—what to speak of others. But we have to adjust things on the basis of Krishna Consciousness. Chant Hare Krishna sincerely and all good intelligence consultation shall come from within. Krishna says that, ‘those who are engaged in My service, I give intelligence for his progressive march’.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Gargamuni, (Los Angeles, January 11,  1968)

Learn to Depend on Krishna

We should learn to depend on Krishna more and more. Actually, Krishna is always guiding us as Super soul, but due to our forgetfulness, we do not understand that Krishna is friend everlasting. With advance of Krishna Consciousness one is able to realize that Krishna is always with His devotees—not only with His devotees, also with the non-devotees, but the devotees can recognize His presence and the non-devotees cannot. The more you make advancement in Krishna Consciousness you will see Krishna everywhere.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Krishna Devi, (San Francisco, December 21,  1967)

Krishna Conscious Program

We should utilize our time for elevating ourselves in Krishna Consciousness than for so-called economic development. If we are satisfied with plain living, with minimum time and the balance time is engaged for elevating our Krishna Conscious program, then every man can be transferred to Goloka Vrindavana, just in this very life.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Hamsaduta, (Los Angeles, January 11, 1968)

Krishna Everywhere

Actually, there is nothing but Krishna all around us. This is explained in the Gita. He is the taste of water, light of the moon, the fragrance of the flower, light of the sun, sound of the sky, the power of the strong and so on. So one who is actually making progress in Krishna Consciousness, he can see Krishna everywhere. At every stage of life, who can avoid the sunlight, the moonlight, the fragrance of the flower, the taste of the water, the sound of the sky, and so on; but one has to learn it, that there is Krishna in all these varieties of existence. Without Krishna there is nothing. It is simply by the influence of Maya that we forget the relationship of Krishna with everything that be.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Krishna Devi, (San Francisco, December 21, 1967)

Bona Fide Spiritual Master

Our line of action is simultaneous service to the Spiritual Master and Krishna. Without being favored by Krishna, nobody can have the association of a bona fide Spiritual Master and nobody can have the mercy of Krishna without being favored by the Spiritual Master. It is so intimately connected.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Umapati, (Los Angeles, January 14, 1968)

Benefits of Strong attachment to Krishna Consciousness

Any one of us can be arrested by Maya at any moment if we are not strongly attached to Krishna Consciousness. So my request to you and all others is to follow the principles of Krishna Consciousness adherently and there is no danger however strong the Maya may be.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Umapati, (Los Angeles, January 14, 1968)

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)

Transcendental Abode of Lord

The Lord remains in the hearts of every living entity. He lives in the heart of a hog, and the hog lives in a filthy place. That does not mean that the Lord lives in a filthy place. The Lord lives always inconceivably in His transcendental abode. Similarly, a fully Krishna Conscious person lives always in the pastimes of Lord Krishna by such consciousness only. The material atmosphere is no impediment for continuing our Krishna Consciousness in any circumstance.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jadurani, (Vrindavan, September 9, 1967)

Divine Grace of Lord Chaitanya

This is the age of Kali which plunders away spiritual sense of the human being and it is only the Divine Grace of Lord Chaitanya, Who can protect us from all these dangerous pitfalls.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, San Francisco, March 14, 1967

Krishna is the Supreme Enjoyer

The Spirit Soul is certainly eternal and changeless; and the fall is superficial, just like the relation between father and son cannot be broken ever. Now we are simply in a phase of forgetfulness, and this forgetfulness is called Maya. There is a nice example in the waning of the moon. To us the moon appears to be changing, but in fact the moon is always the same. So as eternal servitors of Krishna—our constitutional position—we fall down when we try to become the enjoyer, imitating Krishna. That is our downfall. Krishna is the Supreme Enjoyer, and we are constitutionally to be enjoyed by Him, and when we revive this constitutional position there is no more Maya.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jananivasa, (Vrindavan, August 27, 1967)

Victim of Strong Material Energy

Any stage of life in Krishna consciousness may be a victim of strong material energy. Therefore we have to always take care and strictly follow the rules and regulations. It is very good to take all risks for Krishna but for our personal satisfaction we should not take the least risk. this act will enhance your glory in Krishna consciousness.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Rayarama (San Francisco, March 7, 1967)