The Spiritual Master must be Bona Fide

Krishna Consciousness is developed by following two parallel lines, means service of Krishna, and service of the Spiritual Master. This is the secret of success. The Spiritual Master must be bona fide, that is, he must come down from a bona fide Spiritual Master and must act according to the directions of the Spiritual Master, and by doing so, he gives proper directions about Krishna and the devotees serve Krishna under the direction of such Spiritual Master, and Krishna accepts service, and in this way the whole thing becomes beautiful and successful.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, (Los Angeles, February 20, 1968)

Krishna's Grace

We should never sit idly and ask Krishna to do everything. That is the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. It is clearly said in the Gita: "Yuddhasya ca mam anusmara.'' So ordinarily, we have to try our best capacity to achieve something, and by Krishna's Grace, all of a sudden we shall see everything is there. This sort of help from Krishna is transcendental happiness.

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Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Himavati, (Montreal, June 14, 1968)

Pray to Krishna

The struggle for power

Getting out of Addictions

Godhead and His Potencies

Only Krishna can give us liberation

I think it is good to remain financially poor because always we shall be able to pray Krishna, asking His help to execute His service. If all of a sudden we become very strong financially, Maya may dictate us for sense enjoyment, and we may fall a prey to her tactics. Therefore to remain poor is one of the qualifications for advancing in Krishna Consciousness.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Himavati, (Montreal, June 14, 1968)

Afraid of our Mistakes

If we are always afraid of our mistakes, Krishna will save us from all such misgivings and even if we imperceptibly commit some mistake, He will forgive us. But we should be always very careful not to commit mistakes.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to (Satsvarupa, Montreal, June 16, 1968)

Everyone Should feel himself as Servant

SP Quotes 1

The less we are anxious for maintaining our body and soul together, the more we become favorable for advancing in Krishna Consciousness.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Hayagriva, (Montreal, June 14, 1968)

 

Sp Quotes2

To call one another prabhu is all right, but not to become prabhu. To accept others as prabhu, and remain as servant is the idea. But because somebody is calling you prabhu, one should not become a prabhu, and treat others as servants. In other words, everyone should feel himself as servant, and not to think himself prabhu because he is being called prabhu. This will make the relationship congenial.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Himavati, (Montreal, June 14, 1968)

Decorating our temple

Regarding beautifying the temple, we should always know that every place is temporary, but wherever we live we should decorate and beautify it for Krishna, so go on decorating our temple as nicely as possible.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, ( Calcutta, December 7, 1967 )

Confidential servitor of Krishna

We should always remember that Krishna is the only order giver. His order is received through the agency of the spiritual master. The bona fide spiritual master is the manifest representative of Krishna. The spiritual master is described in the scriptures as good as Krishna because he is the most confidential servitor of Krishna. To please the spiritual master is to please Krishna.

 

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

People in the Spell of Maya

People in the spell of maya are trying to squeeze out gross pleasure from the senses, which is not possible to derive to our heart's content. Therefore we are confused and baffled in our attempt to eschew eternal pleasure from gross matter. Actually, joyful life is on the spiritual platform, therefore we should try to save our valuable time from material activities and engage them for Krishna Consciousness.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Hayagriva, Montreal, June 14, 1968

Serve Krishna

On the Absolute world there is no such relativities as success and failure. The one thing in the Absolute world is to serve Krishna. Don't care for the result. Krishna must know that we are working very seriously and that is our success of life.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Subala, (San Francisco, December 16, 1967)

Krishna Consciousness is the Life of Eternity

Less intelligent persons are very much interested in dreaming life, but one who is intelligent enough he searches after eternal life. The modern civilization does not understand what is eternal life. They are busy with the spot life of 50 or 100 years. Fools cannot think that one is not for 50 or 100 years, but one is for eternity. Krishna consciousness is the life of eternity.  Krishna consciousness is the process of eternal life. The process is simple and the results are sublime. You follow it and you will be happy in this life as well as in the next.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Nanda Kisora, (San Francisco, December 24, 1967)

Maya and Krishna

The darkness has no existence in the presence of sunlight, similarly Maya cannot exist in the presence of Krishna. As darkness and light exist eternally, similarly, Maya and Krishna exist eternally, but Maya has no existence in the presence of Krishna. Try to understand this simile.

 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Balai, (Los Angeles, January 25, 1968)

Saving from all kinds of Sinful Reactions

If a man thinks that chanting will save him from all kinds of sinful reaction deliberately committed by him, then he becomes the greatest offender. By chanting Hare Krishna, certainly we become free from all sinful reactions, but that does not mean that we shall deliberately commit sins and counteract it by chanting.

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

Child is the Father of Man

Child is the father of man, so the basic principle of any type of life is to instruct to the children from the very beginning - Krishna Consciousness. Children grow to be the topmost leaders of the human society. 

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Hamsaduta, (Los Angeles, January 22, 1968)

Award Unlimited Transcendental Pleasure

The faith increases in Krishna Consciousness by our voluntary increase of serving Krishna. Serving Krishna is unlimited and he can accept our unlimited service, and award us unlimited transcendental pleasure in the unlimited service of the Lord. That is the meaning of unlimited.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Brahmananda, (Los Angeles, February 20, 1968)

Krishna Consciousness

Krishna Consciousness is so nice that if one takes part in it in either ways, like hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, praying, or even simply by eating prasadam, the transcendental effect will be visible.

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

Serving the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord

We are all conditioned souls so we are affected by Maya, but if we sincerely chant and serve, our attachment for Krishna will be revived and we will no more have to come under this Maya. Eternally we will be serving the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord.

Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Uddhava and Upendra, (Los Angeles, January 16, 1968)