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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhoy Charonarobindo Bhoktibedanto Shwamy Probhupad; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was a Gaudiya Vaishnavism spiritual teacher (guru) and the founder preceptor (Acharya) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement". Adherents of the ISKCON movement view Prabhupada as a divine avatar and messenger of Krishna.

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Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Spiritual, Men, Feet, Arrange, Lord, Devotee

In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.

Hands, Master, Preaching, Spiritual, Take, Way

Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.

Creeper, Gets, Grace, Opportunity, Spiritual

Spiritual master is representative of God. Similarly, king is also representative of God. The father is also representative of God. These are the statements of the sastras. Because they will guide. The king will guide. The spiritual master will guide. The father will guide. What is that guidance? That guidance is how one can become Krishna Conscious by education, by culture.

Conscious, Father, Guide, Kings, Sastras, Spiritual

If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.

Diamond, Customers, Ifs, Expect

Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called pasu-ghna. Especially excluded from spiritual life are the animal hunters, who are not interested in hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord. Such hunters are always unhappy, both in this life and in the next. It is therefore said that a hunter should neither die nor live because for such persons both living and dying are troublesome.

Spiritual, Animal, Names, Die, Said, Persons

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

Philosophy, Sometimes, Speculation, Mental, Fanaticism

Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.

Beginning, Humility, Knowledge

The spiritual master and Krishna are two parallel lines. The train, on two tracks, moves forward. The spiritual Master and Krishna are like these two tracks. They must be served simultaneously. Krishna helps one to find bona fide Spiritual Master and bona fide Spiritual Master helps one to understand Krishna. If one does not get bona fide Spiritual Master, then how he can ever understand Krishna ? You cannot serve Krishna without Spiritual Master, or serve just Spiritual Master without serving Krishna. They must be served simultaneously.

Master, Moving, Serve, Spiritual, Tracks, Two

The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.

Character, Christ, Compassion, Jesus, Karuna, Qualities

Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.

Happy, Humble, Humility, Krishna

The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.

God, Holy, Krishna, Name, Names, Spiritual

A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.

Humility, Naturally, Ripened, Tree, Weight

A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.

Conscious, Fide, Krishna, Percent, Spiritual

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

Book, Essence, Principles, Force, Principle, Basis

Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed

Ants, Doe, Living, Son

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.

Spiritual, Intellectual, Sensual, Mantra, Lower, Chanting

It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Association, Consciousness, Master, Personality, Spiritual, Supreme

A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.

Instruction, Instructions, Purpose, Serves, Spiritual

One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.

Spiritual, Book, Path, Saintly, Books

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