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Happy New Year

We are giving a message by which everyone can be happy in this life and next life also.

Srila Prabhupada – July 20, 1972, Paris

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Dictatorship is good, provided…

Prabhupada: Dictatorship is good, provided the dictator is highly qualified spiritually.

Press Conference at Airport, July 28, 1975, Dallas

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Devotees’ accounts are kept by Krsna personally

Whatever you have done sincerely, that is recorded in the book. In the Krsna’s book. Krsna has got accountant. He keeps nice account of the activities of His devotees. That’s a fact. Just like the nondevotees’ accounts are kept by Yamaraja for punishment. Similarly, devotees’ accounts are kept by Krsna, personally”

Srila Prabhupada; October 20, 1972

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People will become man-eaters

Therefore, womanly connection, man and woman living together without marital connection, that is papa, sinful life. That is the injunction of the sastra. Similarly, striyah suna. Suna means unnecessarily killing the animals. Just like slaughterhouse. You cannot maintain slaughterhouse in the human society and at the same time you want peace. It is not possible. Every living entity is son of God. You cannot kill even an ant, then you dissatisfy God. Take for example just like a gentleman has got five sons, one of them is useless, doing nothing. But if the expert son says, “My dear father, your this son is useless. Let us kill him and eat,” cannibal. Will the father agree, “Oh, yes, yes, this son is useless. You can kill and eat”? Time will come in this Kali-yuga when actually people will become what is called man-eater. Still there are existence man-eaters in Africa.

Srila Prabhupada, Pandal Lecture — Delhi, November 20, 1971

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There cannot be equality

Haihaya: The communists, they kicked us from the university in Mexico, because we would always defeat them in the philosophy. It is very easy to defeat communists with this philosophy.

Prabhupada: Yes. We have to do. There may be opposition, but what can be done? We have to speak that “There cannot be equality sir. You are talking nonsense.” Challenge them, and let them prove that “Here is equality.” Where is equality? Where is equality? You are human being. You are trying to live very comfortably. Why don’t you make comfortable life for other living entities? Why you are sending them to the slaughterhouse? Where is equality?

Morning Walk — May 29, 1974, Rome

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Democracy and obedience to guru

If the majority votes is in favor of something, even if I do not like it, I’ll have to accept it. That is, of course, the so-called democracy. That…, we do not accept that. Our obedience is to the spiritual master.

Morning Walk, March 8, 1976, Mayapur — Srila Prabhupada

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Do not associate with apasampradayas

One who is in the line of disciplic succession cannot manufacture his own way of behavior. There are many so-called followers of the Vaisnava cult in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu who do not scrupulously follow the conclusions of the sastras, and therefore they are considered to be apa-sampradaya, which means “outside of the sampradaya.” Some of these groups are known as aula, baula, kartabhaja, neda, daravesa, sani, sahajiya, sakhibheki, smarta, jata-gosani, ativadi, cudadhari and gauranga-nagari. In order to follow strictly the disciplic succession of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, one should not associate with these apasampradaya communities.

From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Cc Adi 7.48

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The strength is Vedic knowledge

Just like we sometimes challenge these big, big scientists and others, and what is our strength? I am not a scientist, but how I can challenge? The Veda gaya. We have got evidence from the Vedas. Just like so many people are thinking that the moon planet is first. We are challenging, “No, moon planet is second.” What is the strength? The strength is Vedic knowledge. We cannot accept it. So vede gaya yanhara carita. Vedic knowledge is so perfect that you can challenge so many scientists. Yes. If it is not in accordance to the Vedic knowledge, then it isi We do not accept.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Cc Madhya-lila 20.105, New York, July 11, 1976

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A very nice prayer given by Christ

Pusta Krsna: One devotee, he asked to Christ, “How should I pray?” He said, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever.”

Prabhupada: Very nice prayer. Very nice prayer.

(Morning Walk – June 11, 1974, Paris)

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Srila Prabhupada writes about his Guru Maharaja

Yes, if it is any credit for me, that is what you have written that I tried to give aural reception to the words of my Spiritual Master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja, and thus I tried to engage my tongue in repeating the same words without any change. Actually I am the most unworthy servant of His Divine Grace because I delayed to execute His order by so many years. But it was better I began late than never, and therefore He has kindly sent to me so many young hearts to cooperate with me in this great Movement.

From a letter by Srila Prabhupada to Kirtanananda — Los Angeles 6 May, 1970

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