Materialist And Spiritualist!

One who seeks pleasure externally, he is materialist, and one who seeks pleasure internally, he is spiritualist.

- From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Bhagavad-gita 5.17-25 -- Los Angeles, February 8, 1969

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*Krishna takes charge of the devotee ~ HDG Srila Prabhupada* 💫💫💫

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*Don't Compromise For Cheap Popularity!*

Lord Caitanya was eulogized by Rupa Goswami as the latter understood that Lord Caitanya was there to distribute Krishna Consciousness. The only gift for the humanity at large. Lord Caitanya wanted that the message should be distributed in every village and town of the globe. Let us do this service as far as possible in all seriousness. We can not make any compromise with anyone for cheap popularity.

_- From Srila Prabhupada's letter to Brahmananda, 21 December 67_

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Kali-yuga-- So Bad, But Opportunity Of Serving Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

Kali-yuga, people are suffering. They're all fallens, all meat-eaters, all drunkards, all fifth-grade, sixth-grade men. They are puffed-up, but actually they are fifth-, sixth- and tenth-grade men, not even gentlemen. Therefore my Guru Maharaja used to say that "No gentleman can live here. The society is so polluted."

But there is opportunity of serving Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because the society is so fallen, therefore there is good opportunity to serve Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's incarnation is to reclaim these fallen souls. So you have got the opportunity to serve Sri Caitanya, to please Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, because He wanted the fallen souls to be delivered.

- From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.23 -- August 4, 1974, Vrndavana

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*How To Control The Mind ~ HDG Srila Prabhupada* ⭐⭐⭐

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He (Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu) distributed very widely and without restriction the highest, most confidential, and otherwise exceedingly rarely achieved aspect of devotional service - conjugal love of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa - to the most fallen souls by the easiest and most joyful method of chanting the holy names.

Gaurāṅga is even more merciful than in His previous appearance as Lord Kṛṣṇa, who simply instructed that everyone should become His devotee, for Mahāprabhu personally taught the process for attaining such pure Krsna consciousness.

- Bhakti Vikāsa Swami
From the book 'Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu'

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श्री गौर पूर्णिमा स्वर्ण अवतार का आगमन । गौर पूर्णिमा श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु स्वर्ण अवतार के सबसे शुभ और मनमोहक आगमन का उत्सव है । परम भगवान श्रीकृष्ण संकीर्तन आंदोलन की स्थापना के लिए श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु के रूप में प्रकट हुए- कलि युग के लिए युग धर्म । वे 1486 ईस्वी में फाल्गुन के महीने में पूर्णिमा के दिन श्रीधाम मायापुर में श्री जगन्नाथ मिश्र और श्रीमती सचिदेवी के पुत्र के रूप में प्रकट हुए । प्रकट शास्त्रों में भगवान कृष्ण को श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु के रूप में स्वर्ण अवतार ( अवतार ) के रूप में प्रकट होने की भविष्यवाणी की गई थी , जो भगवान के पवित्र नाम " हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे / हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे " के सामूहिक जप का प्रचार और प्रचार करते हैं।

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Engaged In His Confidential Service
We should always pray to Lord Caitanya simply to be engaged in His confidential service by chanting Hare Krsna mantra always.
LETTER TO VAIKUNTHANATHA - ALLAHABAD, JANuary 12, 1971

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Parvati is perpetually asking her husband about spiritual matters, everything, and the husband is replying. That is the duty of husband, and that is also the duty of wife. Wife should get enlightenment from the husband, and she should give service. The husband is well situated; she is not discomforted, always looking to the comfort of the husband. And it is the duty of the husband to enlighten the wife always. Therefore husband is accepted as guru, pati-guru. In India, when a woman speaks of her husband, she says pati-guru, “my husband-master,”pati-guru. And it is not the system, Vedic system, to call the husband by name, as in the Western country the husband is called by his name. No. Out of respect, the wife does not call the husband by his real name.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture about Mayavada Philosophy — May 17, 1976, Honolulu

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Maintaining The Body!

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.

- From Srila Prabhupada's letter to Rayarama -- Los Angeles 9 February, 1969

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Spiritual Anxiety & Material Anxiety!

Spiritual anxiety means you are advancing in spiritual life, and material anxiety means you are going downhill. Maya is so strong that as soon as I am sitting in a solitary place, then I'll think of money and women. Therefore we should live always in assembly and chant Hare Krsna and save ourself from the danger of material falldown.

- From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Bhagavad -gita 16.11-12 -- Hawaii, February 7, 1975

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