Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "So now you have got the right spiritual master"

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "So now you have got the right spiritual master" His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    Wednesday, 16 August, 1972   Los Angeles Letter to Jayadeva     "Go on in this way, reading, chanting, worshiping the deity, and offering the fruits of your labor to Krishna, and attend Mangala Arati at the temple and classes as much as possible, and very soon you will feel yourself becoming perfectly happy. This spot life is meant for becoming God conscious and there is no other purpose or meaning to life outside of this. So now you have got the right spiritual master, the process I've given you, so now it is up to you. If you really want to achieve the goal of your life, then become very serious to always pursue it at every moment and not be distracted by anything false."    Unsubscribe NityanandaRam108.vedavyasa@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting with music."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting with music." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    Wednesday, August 14, 1968 Montreal, Quebec Letter to Upendra    "Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting with music. The chanting with music is specially attractive for the mass of people, but talking from philosophical point of view on Krishna Consciousness is also chanting. The whole Srimad-Bhagavatam is full of philosophical discussions and we are prepared to present our Krishna Consciousness movement both ways, whichever is suitable in special circumstances."    Unsubscribe NityanandaRam108.vedavyasa@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "GBC does not mean to control a center."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "GBc does not mean to control a center." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    12 August, 1971 London Letter to Giriraja   "GBC does not mean to control a center. GBC means to see that the activities of a center go on nicely. I do not know why Tamala is exercising his absolute authority. That is not the business of GBC. The president, treasurer and secretary are responsible for managing the center. GBC is to see that things are going nicely but not to exert absolute authority. That is not in the power of GBC. Tamala should not do like that. The GBC men cannot impose anything on the men of a center without consulting all of the GBC members first. A GBC member cannot go beyond the jurisdiction of his power. We are in the experimental stage but in the next meeting of the GBC members they should form a constitution how the GBC members manage the whole affair. But it is a fact that the local president is not under the control of the GBC. Yes, for improvement of situations such as this I must be informed of everything."     | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "A disciple means one who is always following the orders of the spiritual master."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "A disciple means one who is always following the orders of the spiritual master." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    11 August, 1972   London  Letter to Suresh Candra  "A disciple means one who is always following the orders of the spiritual master. So I instruct my disciples to refrain from four prohibitions, namely no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no illicit sex life, no taking of intoxication, including tea, coffee, cigarettes, etc., and no gambling. Besides that my students must chant sixteen rounds of japa-mala of Hare Krsna mantra daily. So if you are able to follow these principles without fail, then you are as good as my disciple. And after you have practiced these things for a few months' time, then we can see to your formal initiation. This chanting of sixteen rounds of japa-mala daily, chanting the full Hare Krsna mantra, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare/Hare Rama Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, on each bead 108 times in each round, this process will very quickly purify your existence, and you will come to your rightful spiritual understanding in very short order."   | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "whatever instruction you have received from me, just try to follow to your best"

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "whatever instruction you have received from me, just try to follow to your best" His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    Saturday, 10 August, 1974 Mathura Letter to Sudama Vipra Maharaja   "My advice to you is that whatever instruction you have received from me, just try to follow to your best. You must keep your sannyasa stage, because you have taken it from me. Wherever you go, try to follow the regulations, and Krsna will bless you. If Krsna blesses you, your life will be successful."   | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "This traveling sankirtana party is really Lord Caitanya's movement..."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "This traveling sankirtana party is really Lord Caitanya's movement..." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    9 August, 1972 London Letter to Yasodanandana and Gurukrpa "This traveling sankirtana party is really Lord Caitanya's movement, and when Krsna sees His men preaching in this way, He becomes very pleased. So you shall not lack for any facilities or inspiration to guide you at all times. Thank you very much for helping me in this way. May Krsna give you his all blessings more and more."    | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "...before the Spiritual Master a dullheaded fool is required..."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "...before the Spiritual Master a dullheaded fool is required..." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    8 August, 1973 Bhaktivedanta Manor  Letter to Satsvarupa "Yes, before the Spiritual Master a dullheaded fool is required, an over intelligent disciple is not a very good qualification. Even Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented himself as a dullheaded fool in front of his Spiritual Master and faithfully chanted Hare Krishna."  | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "Simply one has to tolerate."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "Simply one has to tolerate." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    4 August, 1971 London Letter to Satsvarupa "So far your question is concerned you should understand that a devotee is never under any karmic reaction. Whatever is happening is the mercy of Krishna. That should be the view point of the devotee. Once surrendered to Krishna, karmic reaction is immediately gone, but if he acts again independently, then he is again in the clutches of maya. That marginal state is always there but for a pure devotee who has actually surrendered to Krishna, he has no karmic reaction. The same example of the fan switched off; it is still running some rounds, but that will be stopped very soon. That is his position. Therefore a pure devotee who is having some adverse reaction, he doesn't take ill of it. He knows that the karmic reaction is already stopped but what is happening is the residual turning of the fan, even after the switch is off. A pure devotee therefore takes it as the mercy of the Lord because the Lord is finishing his karmic reaction by summary punishment. ___. To the devotee such adverse condition is seen as the benediction of the Lord and more enthusiastically he engages himself in the Lord's transcendental service. He is never hampered by such reaction, neither his Krishna Consciousness is hampered by the least degree. In the presence of such adverse conditions of karmic reaction, the Lord advises to tolerate; tams titiksasva bharata. My dear Arjuna, please tolerate these things without being perplexed. They come and go like seasonal changes of summer and winter. They have nothing to do with the pure soul engaged in devotional service. So the reaction is stopped, but the momentum is still there. Simply one has to tolerate."  | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: "As we make advancement..."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "As we make advancement..." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement    4 August, 1970 Los Angeles Letter to Upendra "As we make advancement, offenses should be gradually diminished; advanced devotees, in fact all devotees should study how to do this very carefully in the Nectar of Devotion. We can understand the Absolute Truth by hearing, that is how we can become perfect. Simply by hearing and chanting the Glories of the Supreme Lord from the Srimad-Bhagavatam one can become perfect, this example is shown by Sukadeva Goswami and Maharaja Pariksit." | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day: " utilize properly whatever qualifications..."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: " utilize properly whatever qualifications..." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement   Thursday, August 3, 1967 Vrindaban, India Letter to Murari Das      "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. Our life is short but any type of education is great and long; so the best part of valor is to utilize properly whatever qualifications we have got for the service of the Lord." | Forward to a friend | You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day:"Physical presence is not essential"

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "Physical presence is not essential" His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement   August 2, 1967 Vrindaban, India Letter to Students       "I am always thinking of you, and I am feeling separation. I wish to return at the earliest opportunity. I cannot stop my western world activities and I have taken leave from you for only six months; and it may be that on or before I will come to you again. So continue your activities with great vigor. I shall always pray to Krishna for your steady advance, but try to follow the principles which are necessary to strengthen oneself in the matter of spiritual advance. 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 Acaryas simply by their immutable instructions."   Unsubscribe NityanandaRam108.vedavyasa@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.

Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day:"Even a slight change will spoil it."

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Srila  Prabhupada  Quote  of  the  Day: "Even a slight change will spoil it." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement   Tuesday, August 1, 1967   Vrndavana, India Letter to Sriman Satsvarupa Brahmacari & Sriman Hamsaduta Adhikari      "Your appreciation of my Spiritual Master is very commendable. One who understands and appreciates the disciplic succession is certainly advanced, and we should always be very careful to give full respect to those who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge before us. Even a slight change will spoil it. That is why I have always been so careful to give you only those things which I have heard from my Guru Maharaja."    Unsubscribe NityanandaRam108.vedavyasa@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile You are receiving this nectar from Srila Prabhupada because at one point you requested to be on the mailing list Hari Bol, Your most humble servant Nityananda Rama dasa naradhama HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY, NEW JERSEY http://www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com/ "If you concoct, 'I am more intelligent than my Guru,' 'I can make additions and alterations,' then you are finished." -- Srila Prabhupada lecture July 12, 1975 Philadelphia Pa. Copyright (C) 2010 HARE KRISHNA SOCIETY All rights reserved.