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)