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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
When we are engaged in śrī kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana, we entirely rid ourselves of the tendency to try to secure worldly aggrandizement. Under the influence of the moonlight of kṛṣṇa-kīrtana, the lotus of true welfare blooms...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Kīrtana is called saṅkīrtana when it is performed by many persons together. But will it be worthy of being called saṅkīrtana if some worthless people shout together without any ardour for serving God?...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
If a man desires to see God’s form, or beauty, he should know that it is not visible to the material eye. Form or beauty that can be perceived by the material sense of vision is an object of enjoyment. But it is God, Kṛṣṇa, who is the enjoyer and not an object of enjoyment...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The devotee says, “God may either accept my service or reject it, but I must serve Him.” This is bhakti...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Those who want to remove their desires by means of enjoyment hanker for emancipation. But the devotees of God hanker neither for enjoyment nor for emancipation. When, because of a lack of exact knowledge about the truth, we rely only on relative knowledge, our desires are not removed therewith, and all of our acts evaporate like camphor...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Men become confused about the spiritual deity they worship in the midst of their attempts to acquire the three main objects of human pursuit (tri-varga). These three are dharma, or virtue; artha, or wealth; and kāma, or desire...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The many neighbours of Śrī Advaita Ācārya were high class brāhmaṇas. But among them, he could not find one single brāhmaṇato whom he might offer the śrāddha-pātra – the oblation meant for his ancestors...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
When a brāhmaṇa is fortunate enough to be rid of the clutches of māyā through Viṣṇu’s grace, he is able to become a pure brāhmaṇa, or in other words, a Vaiṣṇava...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The grace of Śrī Caitanyadeva causes no evil. In His grace, there is no indulgence in karma-kāṇḍa. His endeavour was to induce people to remain aloof from worldly and heavenly enjoyments...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (Dahar section) there is a list of many desires and the special resolution one must make to attain each. As long as someone indulges in these desires, their demands will be fulfilled accordingly...
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by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Only the prema-dharma of Śrīman Mahāprabhu will bring peace, friendship and love to the whole world. No country as of yet has attained peace through political means...
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja
The influences of the nature of time and the nature of the material body [sickness, old age etc.] are unavoidable, but for someone who is engaged in bhajana without duplicity, they cannot create substantial impediment. Those who have accepted shelter at the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master (sad-guru) and have performed honest hari-bhajana, may appear, externally, to be suffering, in relation to their body or in relation to practical matters, but such suffering cannot cause any impediment in their bhajana. This is my utter conviction....
