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April 11, 2023
Successful life
Krsna has given everyone something extraordinary and to serve Krsna with one’s extraordinary talent means successful life.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Sukadeva – Calcutta, 4 March, 1973
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April 10, 2023
What to do if people insist on touching your feet
If they want to insist on touching your feet and there is no other way to avoid it, you can simply remember your predecessor Acaryas and Spiritual Masters and accept them and return namaskara with folded hands. That is the Vaisnava etiquette.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Acyutananda — Los Angeles 11 April, 1970
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God knows everyone’s business
God is also an individual person as you are individual person, I am individual person, but the difference between God and you and me is this, that you know your business, I know my business, but God knows everyone’s business. That is the difference.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.5 — Melbourne, April 3, 1972, Lecture at Christian Monastery
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April 8, 2023
We should not be puffed up
A pure devotee always thinks himself as not-devotee. If one thinks he is big devotee that is not good, thinking that he is first degree. We should not be puffed up. A devotee avoids it, remaining always in the second degree.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Sukadeva — Calcutta, 4 March, 1973
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April 7, 2023
Depend on Krishna
Depend on Krishna, because after all, He is the ultimate Master of all situations. It is not the doctor, or the medicine, or the place, but it is ultimately Krishna Who is the Master to do everything.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Rayarama — Hawaii 20 March, 1969
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No rest in the spiritual world
In the material world we want to minimize our activities and take rest more but in the spiritual world, there is no rest and there is no limit of activities. Krishna is unlimited, His service is unlimited, and the energy of His servants is unlimited. Although we are in the midst of ignorance, still if we keep ourselves alert there is no place of ignorance.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Tamala Krsna — Hawaii 18 March, 1969
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April 6, 2023
Better than sannyasa
So far as your working engagement is concerned, certainly you are not a karmi. Any person whose constant occupation is Krishna Consciousness, he is not a karmi; he is a devotee in all circumstances. So you should accept the best source of monetary income and use it for Krishna. And that is better than sannyasa. So stick to your job and use it for Krishna Consciousness. You are not a karmi.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Gopala Krsna — Bombay 4 April, 1971
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April 5, 2023
Beware of the epidemic
We act according to our whims, and the resultant action is there immediately. The nature’s law, God’s law, is there. We have got experience that if we infect some disease, contaminous disease, then we must suffer from that disease. So it is not God’s creation that somebody is suffering from some painful condition and somebody is enjoying. No. We infect ourself with some contamination because this world, this material world, is full of contamination, full of contamination. Just like when there is epidemic, the whole situation is contaminous. Therefore one has to take vaccine injection to protect himself. So anyone who has come to this material world must know that he has come in a place which is a place of epidemic. So you must have to remain very cautious. Otherwise you will have to suffer.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.41 — Mayapura, March 19, 1976
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April 4, 2023
Krsna’s position
Everyone is being controlled by God, but a devotee is so exalted that Krsna says that “I wish to be controlled by you.” This is Krsna’s position.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.1 — Vrndavana, March 16, 1974
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April 3, 2023
Our motto of life
Keep your health in good condition and work very hard for Krishna. That is our motto of life.
From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Rayarama — Hawaii 6 March, 1969
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