Real Independence
“Real independence means complete faith in the mercy of the Lord without dependence on the conditions of matter…”
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Take My Picture!
Someone may donate one rupee and say, “Brother, take my picture!” While garlanding someone, a person may say, “O brother, take my photograph when I garland him.” Krishna is not like mundane donors. He bestows mercy on everyone while remaining concealed from everyone’s eyes…
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A Very Sacred Day
In this world a person’s disappearance day is considered somewhat of a bad thing, so why do I call this a sacred day? If anyone dies in this world, there is suffering and lamentation; a feeling of separation. We are also feeling separation today, but actually, today is the day that Srivasa Pandita joined the maha-rasa of Krsna..
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Hogs and Dogs
Human life should be very peaceful. It is for cultivating spiritual knowledge, not for working hard like hogs and dogs all day just to find some stool…
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A Devotee Should Think
A devotee should think, “Anyone who serves Gurudeva, even if a dog serves him, I am indebted to him. I will try to serve these servants of my Gurudeva in all respects…”
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Chanting vs. Meetings
This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions, revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting. – Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Quoting from Scripture
“Acharya means one who knows shastra. He will not speak anything which is not in the shastra. He will never say, “In my opinion you can do like this.” No. He must give evidence from the shastra. Therefore our practice is, whenever we speak something, immediately we quote from authoritative shastra…”
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Become Perfectly Successful
One can become perfectly successful in the mission of his life if he acts exactly according to the words he hears from the mouth of his spiritual master.” This acceptance of the words of the spiritual master is called srauta-vakya…
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At the Beginning of Every
If at the beginning of every year, every month, every day and every moment, I do not remember my gurudeva, who saves me from absorption in that which has no connection to my constitutional nature or are separate from kṛṣṇa-bhakti, then I will definitely fall into greater and greater difficulty…