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Quotes of Srila Prabhupada.
Krishna is the root of everything. If He is pleased, everyone will be pleased.
If you pour water on the root, the water will be distributed all over the tree.
This is the best service to humanity.Letter to Mr. Karsan, December 2, 1976.
Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune, is called chanchala. She does not remain at one place. Today one man is very rich; next generation is no longer rich. If you are actually religious, then don’t spoil your money for sense gratification.
Use it for service of Krishna. If you have got some money,
try to construct a very nice temple for Krishna’s situation.
That is proper use.
Bombay, December 26, 1972.
As soon as one man sees the breast and this armpit of young woman,
then he is finished. And so long he will be charmed with these things,
he has to take birth again and again.
- Washington D.C., July 2, 1976.
Originally Krishna’s energy is one: spiritual energy. But according to different functions, Maya is represented differently. In the material world, the energy is called Bhadra, and in the spiritual world the same Maya is called Subhadra. Su means auspicious.
So in the spiritual world,
the same Maya works auspiciously,
and in the material world the same Maya works inauspiciously.
- Letter to Upendra, July 5, 1969
Although the Goddess of Fortune is very restless and does not like to stay in one place for very long time, she is always finding new wonderful things in serving Krishna’s Lotus Feet so that she never thinks of leaving Him.
This is actually the position of Krishna consciousness,
when we get some taste of rendering sublime loving service to the Lord;
no more do we have any taste for any other engagements.
Letter to Laxmimoni, July 10, 1969.
Every student should be very much careful not to commit any offense
that will be detrimental to this promotion to the spiritual kingdom,
and thereby the spiritual master has to incarnate again to deliver him.
This sort of mentality will be a kind of offense to the spiritual master.
Any one who defies and therefore disconnects the relationship with the spiritual master
can hardly expect the assistance of the spiritual master life after life.
- Letter to Jayapataka, July 11, 1969.
If by the tongue you chant Hare Krishna mantra,
and by the tongue you taste prasadam,
you will be perfect, simply by executing these two things.
London, July 12, 1973.
When we keep our association with Krishna, every activity is proper and liberating,
but if we should dissociate ourselves from the Lord’s Mercy then like a hand,
which is severed from the body, we become ugly and useless.
- Letter to Hrisikesa, November 26, 1968.
By chance if one forgets Krishna, Krishna does not forget him.
- Philadelphia, July 13, 1976.