Char Dham Yatra

Gangotri

Badrinath

Kedarnath

Preachers of Krishna consciousness go from door to door

The preachers of Kåñëa consciousness go from door to door to inform people how they can be relieved from the miserable conditions of material life

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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.39

"you cannot change the order of spiritual master."

But the process is that you cannot change the order of spiritual master. You cannot argue. You... Unless you are convinced that "I shall accept the order of this person without any argument," don't accept anybody as spiritual master. It is a false acceptance. 

 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 7.76-81 -- San Francisco, February 2, 1967

"I am seeing God every moment"

Guest (3): So, Srila Prabhupada, have you realized God? Prabhupada: What do you think? What is your opinion? Guest (3): I can't say. Prabhupada: Then if I say, "yes," then what you will understand? If you are not yourself expert, then even if I say, "Yes, I am God realized," how you will take it as truth? If you do not know what is God realization, then how you can ask this question and how you will be satisfied by the answer? You do not know. Guest (3): Well, what is God realization? Prabhupada: Then... Then you were asking, "Are you God realized?" If I say, "Yes," then how you'll believe it? You do not know what is God realization. Then why do you put this question? You do not know yourself. If I say,"Yes," how you'll understand that I am right? Therefore you should not put all these questions. It has no value. You do not know yourself what is God realization. Now, just like a medical man, if he asks another man, medical man, so if he says, "Yes," then medical man will understand him by technical terms whether he is medical man. So unless one is medical man, what is the use of asking another man, "Are you medical man?" Unless you are prepared to take the answer whatever I give. Are you prepared? Guest (3): Yes. Prabhupada: Then it is all right. I am. I am seeing God every moment. So unless we are prepared to take the answer, we should not put ourself... [Reporters Interview June 29, 1974, Melbourne]

"Disciple should always meditate on the order of the spiritual master"

Thus a disciple should always meditate on the order of the spiritual master, and that is perfectional meditation. Not only should he meditate upon that order, but he should find out the means by which he can perfectly worship and execute it.

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.15

24 Hour Sankirtan at Hare Krishna Community

 

Spiritual master-Representative of Narada Muni

Everyone is afraid of danger at every moment, but when one sees a devotee like Narada, all fear is relieved. Just as the sun disperses darkness, the appearance of a great sage like Narada disperses ignorance.

When one meets Narada or his representative,

a spiritual master, one is freed from all anxiety brought about by ignorance.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.31.5

"Just the opposite number"

In Kṛṣṇa consciousness we address our contemporaries as "prabhu." Prabhu means master. And the real idea is that "You are my master, I am your servant." Just the opposite number. Here, in the material world, everyone wants to place himself as the master. "I am your master, you are my servant." That is the mentality of material existence. And the spiritual existence means "I am the servant, you are the master." Just see. Just the opposite number.

Bhagavad-gītā 4.9 -- Montreal, June 19, 1968

"Better to give Vrindavan"

"It is better that you give Vrindavan to others.If I did not leave Vrindavan, you would not know Vrindavan." 

(Srila Prabhupada, Room conversation, Vrindavan, 1977)

"We avoid doctor's bill"

Prabhupāda: We have got so many nice vegetable preparations. We prepare from milk casein with nice preparations. If you want some of our assistants will teach you. So I think instead of eating meat, if you eat that preparation, it is tasting almost like meat, but it is strictly milk preparation. That is as much nutritious also, full of vitamins. (Japanese)

Dai Nippon representative: Even you catch cold, you don't go to, you don't consult with doctor, medical doctor.

Prabhupāda: Yes. We avoid doctor's bill. Yes. As far as possible. And we, because we are vegetarian, hardly we get sick. If you take strictly vegetarian food, you will avoid so many doctor's bills. Yes. Because our constitution is meant for eating vegetables. Just like this teeth. This is not meant for eating meat. It is meant for eating fruits, vegetables, grains. Our constitution is made like that. In India still 80% population [break] ...grains, milk products, vegetables, fruits, and sugar. You can make hundreds of nice palatable dishes. Sometimes we invite Mr. Tajima. You accept our invitation. You'll see. The other day I invited your assistant. (Japanese)

Room Conversation with Dai Nippon -- April 22, 1972, Tokyo

"It's not difficult at all"

So Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. He's teaching how to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. It's not difficult at all. He says... Everyone drinks water. Who can say that "I do not drink water"? Then, then why you have not seen Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa says, raso 'ham apsu kaunteya [Bg. 7.8]. So as soon as you taste, you understand what is Kṛṣṇa. What is the difficulty? If you try to understand Kṛṣṇa in this easy way, gradually Kṛṣṇa consciousness will develop.

nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-bhakti sādhya kabhu naya

śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is there in everyone's heart, because everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Just like part and parcel of gold is gold. There may be some dusty cover, but it has to be cleansed. That's all. Then it becomes gold. Similarly, everyone is Kṛṣṇa conscious. But on account of his association with matter, he, he's thinking that he's different from Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise every one of us... Mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ [Bg. 15.7]. Everyone is Kṛṣṇa's part and parcel. Part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa means part and parcel of gold. As you understand part... A little drop of sea water, it is also, contains the same ingredients. Similarly, we have also got the same ingredients, as Kṛṣṇa has got. The difference is He's big. Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān. We are small, particle.

 The Nectar of Devotion -Bombay, January 4, 1973

"I don't mind"

Prabhupāda: There is a version by Rāmānujācārya. Rāmānujācārya, he was a great ācārya of this Vaiṣṇava sampradāya. His spiritual master gave him mantra: "My dear boy, you chant this mantra silently. Nobody can hear. It is very..." So then he asked, "What is the effect of this mantra?" He said, "By chanting this mantra, by meditation, you'll get liberation." So he immediately went out and in a public, big meeting he said that "You chant this mantra. You'll be all liberated." (laughter) .

So he came back to his spiritual master, and his spiritual master was very angry that "I told you that you should chant silently." He said, "Yes, I have committed offense. So whatever punishment you like, you can give me. But because you told me that this mantra will liberate, I have given it publicly. Let everyone hear and be liberated. Let me go to hell. I don't mind. I have disobeyed your order. Let me go to hell. I am prepared. But by this chanting mantra, if anyone is liberated, let it be publicly distributed." His spiritual master embraced him: "You are greater than me." You see? So if a mantra has so power, why it should be secret? It should be distributed. People are suffering. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "Chant this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Anyone who will hear... Even the birds and beasts will hear and they will be liberated." That's all.

Room Conversation With John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison -- September 11, 1969, London, At Tittenhurst

SRILA PRABHUPADA ON BATHING AT RADHA KUNDA :

"So Radha Kunda, who will live Radha Kunda? One is topmost devotee, and if he mixes with third-class devotee, how he is fit for living in Radha Kunda? There is no difference between Radha Kunda and Radharani. So how you can jump over Radharani? Radha Kunda and Radharani, non-different. How you can enjoy Radha Kunda by swimming? You cannot touch with your feet even Radha Kunda. You can take little water and keep it on the head. That is respectful to Radha Kunda. Of course, things are going on like that, but strictly speaking, Radha Kunda should be respected as Radharani herself. That is Radha Kunda consciousness. Highest Radha Kunda consciousness." Room conversation in Vrindavan, September 5, 1976 "...they should understand what is Radhä-kunda and how to deal with Radha kunda. Raghunatha dasa Goswami showed how to live in Radha-kunda. Sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau. He was circumambulating Radha kunda, falling down, making a mark. That is Radha kunda vasi. Not only counted holy names, but offering obeisances so many hundred times in... That is Radha-kunda. He, so much vairagya he showed. He can take bath in the Radha kunda. First of all, do this like Raghunatha dasa Gosvämi. Sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau catyanta-dinau ca yau." Srila Prabhupada in a room conversation. August 16, 197

Lost by whimsical ways

"We have got practical experience how a great institution was lost by whimsical ways. Without carrying out the order of the spiritual master, they manufactured something and the whole thing was lost."

(Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad Bhagvatam 1.2.11 -- Vrndavana, October 22, 1972)

The only adjustment is Kṛṣṇa consciousness

'The other day, in television or radio, the man asked me, "Swamijī, whether it is possible to adjust the misadjustments of this material world?" I told him flatly that it is not possible. You can simply refer the history that the same thing is... "History repeats itself." When there was Roman Empire, Mogul Empire, the same strife, the same political dissension, the same fight. Everything was there two thousand years before, as history gives us evidence, and the same thing is happening also. So there is no adjustment. The only adjustment is Kṛṣṇa consciousness" 

Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.3 -- Montreal, June 16, 1968