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• I therefore repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose glories are always auspicious  + (02:36:13, 22 June 2017)
• My Lord, devotional service unto You is the only auspicious path. If one gives it up simply for speculative knowledge or the understanding that these living beings are spirit souls and the material world is false, he undergoes a great deal of trouble  + (02:45:17, 22 June 2017)
• He only gains troublesome and inauspicious activities. His endeavors are like beating a husk that is already devoid of rice. His labor becomes fruitless  + (02:47:55, 22 June 2017)
• Due to bad association, the living entity desires material happiness, liberation or merging into the impersonal aspect of the Lord, or he engages in mystic yoga for material power  + (03:45:43, 22 June 2017)
• Whether one desires everything or nothing, or whether he desires to merge into the existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering transcendental loving service  + (03:52:32, 22 June 2017)
• If those who desire material enjoyment or merging into the existence of the Absolute Truth engage in the Lord's transcendental loving service, they will immediately attain shelter at Krsna's lotus feet, although they did not ask for it  + (03:56:16, 22 June 2017)
• Whenever Krsna is requested to fulfill one's desire, He undoubtedly does so, but He does not award anything which, after being enjoyed, will cause one to petition Him again and again to fulfill further desires  + (04:08:37, 22 June 2017)
• The duty of a person in the renounced order is to chant the Hare Krsna mantra always. He should satisfy his belly with whatever vegetables, leaves, fruits and roots are available  + (04:41:59, 22 June 2017)
• Raghunatha dasa never even spoke a word before the Lord. Instead, he informed the Lord of his desires through Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Govinda  + (04:57:36, 22 June 2017)
• When one has other desires but engages in the Lord's service, Krsna forcibly gives one shelter at His lotus feet, where one will forget all other desires  + (05:21:55, 22 June 2017)
• The conditioned souls are wandering throughout the different planets of the universe, entering various species of life  + (05:34:51, 22 June 2017)
• Although one is being carried away by the waves of the river of time, one may eventually reach the shore  + (05:45:08, 22 June 2017)
• You belong to our Sankara-sampradaya and live in our village, Varanasi. Why then do You not associate with us? Why is it that You avoid even seeing us?  + (06:03:23, 22 June 2017)
• Meditation and the study of Vedanta are the sole duties of a sannyasi. Why do You abandon these to dance with fanatics?  + (06:10:59, 22 June 2017)
• When He is kind to some fortunate conditioned soul, He personally gives him lessons so he can progress in devotional service, instructing the person as the Supersoul within and the spiritual master without  + (06:29:39, 22 June 2017)
• He said, "You are a fool" "You are not qualified to study Vedanta philosophy, and therefore You must always chant the holy name of Krsna. This is the essence of all mantras, or Vedic hymns"  + (06:35:46, 22 June 2017)
• After ten dandas (four hours) of the night have passed and Raghunatha dasa has seen the performance of puspanjali, he stands at the Simha-dvara gate to beg some alms to eat  + (06:43:37, 22 June 2017)
• Unless one is favored by a pure devotee, one cannot attain the platform of devotional service. To say nothing of krsna-bhakti, one cannot even be relieved from the bondage of material existence  + (07:14:20, 22 June 2017)
• O King Rahugana, without taking upon one's head the dust from the lotus feet of a pure devotee (a mahajana or mahatma), one cannot attain devotional service  + (07:18:20, 22 June 2017)
• Religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation are known as the four goals of life, but before love of Godhead, the fifth and highest goal, these appear as insignificant as straw in the street  + (07:25:55, 22 June 2017)
• Although Krsna previously explained the proficiency of executing Vedic rituals, performing fruitive activity as enjoined in the Vedas, practicing yoga and cultivating jnana, these last instructions are most powerful and stand above all the others  + (07:47:26, 22 June 2017)
• Being situated in that ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness to be like the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf  + (08:13:01, 22 June 2017)
• After hearing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the Mayavadi sannyasis were moved. Their minds changed, and thus they spoke with pleasing words  + (08:15:44, 22 June 2017)
• One whose faith is not very strong, who is just beginning, should be considered a neophyte devotee  + (08:31:51, 22 June 2017)
• An intermediate, second-class devotee shows love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is friendly to all devotees and is very merciful to neophytes and ignorant people. The intermediate devotee neglects those who are envious of devotional service  + (09:03:22, 22 June 2017)

• He (a prakrta-bhakta) may, however, follow the regulative principles learned from his spiritual master or from his family who worships the Deity. He is to be considered on the material platform, although he is trying to advance in devotional service  + (09:11:42, 22 June 2017)
• Dear Sir, by Your influence our minds are greatly satisfied, and we believe that Your words will never be unreasonable. Therefore You may speak on the Vedanta-sutra  + (09:14:41, 22 June 2017)
• In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Krsna, all the good qualities of Krsna and the demigods are consistently manifest - CC Madhya 22.76  + (09:17:58, 22 June 2017)
• The Absolute Truth is described in the Upanisads and Brahma-sutra, but one must understand the verses as they are. That is the supreme glory in understanding  + (09:23:14, 22 June 2017)
• All these transcendental qualities are the characteristics of pure Vaisnavas, and they cannot be fully explained, but I shall try to point out some of the important qualities  + (09:23:53, 22 June 2017)
• They are without material possessions, and they perform welfare work for everyone. They are peaceful, surrendered to Krsna and desireless. They are indifferent to material acquisitions and are fixed in devotional service  + (09:30:17, 22 June 2017)
• Devotees are always tolerant, forbearing and very merciful. They are the well-wishers of every living entity. They follow the scriptural injunctions, and because they have no enemies, they are very peaceful. These are the decorations of devotees  + (09:40:52, 22 June 2017)
• The Lord is like a great blazing fire, and the living entities are like small sparks of that fire  + (09:41:47, 22 June 2017)
• The living entities are energies, not the energetic. The energetic is Krsna. This is very vividly described in the Bhagavad-gita, the Visnu Purana and other Vedic literatures  + (09:44:27, 22 June 2017)
• It is the verdict of all sastras and great personalities that service to a pure devotee is the path of liberation. By contrast, association with materialistic people who are attached to material enjoyment and women is the path of darkness  + (09:45:05, 22 June 2017)
• Those who are actually devotees are broadminded, equal to everyone and very peaceful. They never become angry, and they are friendly to all living entities  + (09:48:07, 22 June 2017)
• O devotees! O you who are free from all sins! Let me inquire from you about that which is supremely auspicious for all living entities. Pure devotee's association for even half a moment in this material world is the greatest treasure for human society  + (10:01:36, 22 June 2017)
• A Vaisnava should always avoid the association of ordinary people. Common people are very much materially attached, especially to women. Vaisnavas should also avoid the company of those who are not devotees of Lord Krsna  + (10:08:26, 22 June 2017)
• It is better to accept the miseries of being encaged within bars and surrounded by burning flames than to associate with those bereft of Krsna consciousness. Such association is a very great hardship  + (10:24:07, 22 June 2017)
• Lord Krsna is very kind to His devotees. He is always very grateful and magnanimous, and He possesses all abilities. A learned man does not give up Krsna to worship anyone else  + (11:01:11, 22 June 2017)
• You fulfill all the desires of Your devotees, so much so that sometimes You even give Yourself to them. Still, You neither increase nor decrease by such activity  + (11:08:44, 22 June 2017)
• Their qualities are one and the same, but those who are fully surrendered to Krsna's lotus feet are qualified with another transcendental quality - atma-samarpana, full surrender without reservation  + (11:25:58, 22 June 2017)
• The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those things favorable to devotional service, the rejection of unfavorable things, the conviction that Krsna will give protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one's guardian or master  + (11:32:41, 22 June 2017)
• Here is a person coming near. He will give me something. This person gave me something last night. Now another person is coming near. He may give me something  + (12:16:21, 22 June 2017)
• Topics concerning his renunciation are wonderful. Throughout his life he never allowed his tongue sense gratification  + (13:34:18, 22 June 2017)
• He never touched anything to wear except a small torn cloth and a patchwork wrapper. Thus he very rigidly executed the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu  + (13:40:07, 22 June 2017)
• What nice things are you eating? Why don’t you give anything to Me? Saying this, He forcibly took a morsel and began to eat  + (14:23:36, 22 June 2017)
• The spiritual activities of hearing, chanting, remembering and so forth are the natural characteristics of devotional service. The marginal characteristic is that it awakens pure love for Krsna  + (14:25:43, 22 June 2017)
• According to the revealed scriptures, this kind of devotional service is called vaidhi bhakti  + (14:38:37, 22 June 2017)
• It is the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to present pranava (omkara) as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge. The words 'tat tvam asi' are only a partial explanation of the Vedic knowledge  + (14:42:55, 22 June 2017)