Quotes of Srila Prabhupada

Krishna Consciousness is so nice that if one takes part in it in either ways, like hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, praying, or even simply by eating prasadam, the transcendental effect will be visible.
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This is the age of Kali which plunders away the spiritual sense of human beings and it is only the Divine Grace of Lord Chaitanya, Who can protect us from all these dangerous pitfalls.
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A person, who is always anxious to render service unto the Supreme Lord Hari, as His eternal servitor, in all conditions of life is considered to be liberated even though within the material body.

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Maya is very strong and as soon as there is opportunity Maya will attack. Therefore one should be very careful against the attack of Maya. And the only effective defense is to remain Krishna consciousness always.

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Difficulties of life may come as seasonal changes but we should not be disturbed by all those difficulties. Our process is to chant and that process will gradually clear everything in due course.
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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.
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A child is a rare gift given by Krishna, but at the same time a great responsibility; every parent has the responsibility to see that his child grows up Krishna consciousness.
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Always remember Krishna Who is your dear most friend and always serve Him just to please Him, and He will give you all intelligence how to be a first-class devotee.

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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.

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Krishna consciousness is the process of eternal life. The process is simple and the results are sublime. You follow it and you will be happy in this life as well as in the next.

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Chant Hare Krishna sincerely and all good intelligence consultation shall come from within. Krishna says that, ‘those who are engaged in My service, I give intelligence for his progressive march’.

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Vedanta means ultimate knowledge. Knowledge is never perfect unless one comes to the point of understanding Krishna. To remain in Krishna Consciousness is actual understanding of Vedanta.
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If we are always afraid of our mistakes, Krishna will save us from all such misgivings and even if we imperceptibly commit some mistake, He will forgive us. But we should be always very careful not to commit mistakes.
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Chanting of Hare Krishna is not meant for achieving any other better thing than Krishna. But when we chant Hare Krishna without any offense, we relish Krishna, the Reservoir of all pleasure.
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One should always remain active in Krishna's service; otherwise the strong
maya will catch him and engage him in her service.

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Without cleaning the mind, nobody can advance in spiritual understanding.
And the chanting of Hare Krishna is the cleansing process of the mind. That is
our motto.

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Your body is dedicated to Krishna; therefore you should not be neglectful about your body. You should always
think that your body is no more your body, but it is Krishna's body. Therefore you should take care of it.

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Our business is to try our best. Result we leave it for consideration of Krishna, and we shall not be disappointed whether the result is favorable or unfavorable. Actually there cannot be any unfavorable result, because we are serving Krishna.
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It is your good fortune that you can serve Krishna in so many ways—to work, to write, to speak, to paint, to build—all of these talents must be employed in Krishna's service. That will make you perfect.
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In humble submission the devotee finds such sweet transcendental pleasure that no more he is interested in the nonsense material world and no more he is affected by the influence of the inferior energy, the maya.
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Dedicate your life for Krishna. Even if there are some faults, dedicated life is noble life. Maybe, due to our past habits, we may commit some faulty action, but that dedicated life is sublime.
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When one becomes accustomed to inoffensive chanting, then his fruit is that he is promoted to the stage of pure Love of Godhead, or prema. This prema is the perfectional stage of consciousness and the most blissful by very far.

************************************************************************** There are four classes of men: lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool. First-class man is lazy intelligent. Busy fool is very dangerous.

************************************************************************** We should always remember that our body is not for sense gratification; it is for Krishna’s service only. And to render very good sound service to Krishna we should not neglect the upkeep of the body.

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This Krishna consciousness temple is the hospital for the diseased spirit soul. And everyone is diseased. Come to this hospital. We shall take care of you and cure your material disease.
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Cleanliness is next to Godliness. This point should be very carefully observed, and then you will advance very quickly to the perfectional stage of Krishna consciousness.
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The difficulty is sometimes Krishna’s ashirvad (blessing) may be just the opposite. Krishna will take away. So at that time they become atheist.
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If you want perfection in your business, then you must try to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise you are simply wasting your time.
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Krishna is Controller and we are controlled. When we simply remember to accept the control of Krishna and not to act independently then all fortune is automatically present.
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This chanting process is the only way of attaining full Krishna Consciousness in this age of kali yuga. Lord Chaitanya stressed upon this point, and we may take it from His authority that no other method will prove to be successful in this matter.
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Simply engage yourself in Krishna's service. That will protect you from any attack of maya. Maya can take Krishna's place in our heart as soon as there is a slackness on our part. Otherwise, if Krishna's seated always, maya has no opportunity to occupy the seat.
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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.
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"Money is the honey'' goes so far as it is employed for Krishna consciousness. The body is undoubtedly a material vehicle but when it acts for Krishna consciousness it becomes spiritualized. By the grace of Krishna, material energy can be transformed to spiritual energy & spiritual energy is never deteriorated. To be in Krishna consciousness means to be in spiritual energy.
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