Prabhupada Quotes

No need to be oblivious of news

Don’t provoke newcomers; teach them tactfully

Without sufficient food, people won’t receive spiritual instruction – distribute prasad

Follow Vedic principles without disturbing the state

How festivals such as birthdays are celebrated in Vedic culture

The holy name’s potency is not meant to justify perpetuating our sinful mentality

Sincerity is more important than procedure

Do not offend the holy name by knowingly committed sins

The difference between karma and bhakti is in intention

No sin in killing for self-defence

Violence has its utility, but it shouldn’t be abused

Don’t centralize – train for individual growth

Don’t blame others – accept responsibility

Krishna offers special mercy to those who seek him

Vasana cannot be annihilated, but it can be redirected

The Lord is not responsible for our bondage – we are

Place yourself in spiritual association to better become spiritual

Whatever belongs to us actually belongs to Krishna

Act to set an example for others

Follow the great – don’t imitate them

Don’t disturb people about their personal affairs

Leader teaches by example

Tactfully avoid confrontation

By giving to the Lord, we don’t lose – we gain

Don’t criticize others – invoke their devotion

Don’t spoil children by artificial standard of sense gratification

Avoid criticism that creates enmity

Transcend anxiety by avoiding partisanship

The ocean of mercy is eminently worthy of mastery

Even offenders should chant

Association is like a crystal stone

Simple process, supreme benefit

Practice yoga by bringing the mind on Krishna repeatedly

Devotion leads to virtue

Elevate one’s mode by intelligence and guidance

Doubting in the beginning is a sign of intelligence

Not all piety is fortunate – strive for spiritual piety

Faithful devotion attracts blessings

Different religions arise from varying faiths in the modes

Try to live naturally

Hearing is the way to spiritual learning

Seek a purpose beyond purposeless material existence

After devastation, the first life appears in water

To love means to serve

Service is unavoidable

Prabhupada approves Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary

Ethics is the basic principle of purification

How we are different from God

Let the body not distract you from success in life

Creatively offer food in goodness to Krishna

Krishna tests to increase our devotion

We need ethics to come to goodness

How to make the whole world peaceful and prosperous just by Eating and Dancing?

Serving God with one’s extraordinary talent means successful life

By simply attempting to realize God, one is guaranteed birth in a wealthy or aristocratic family

Human form of life not to work hard like asses, swine and dogs

Why is man given a better life than that of the Pig?

Human life means heavy responsibilities

Don’t be proud of being a strict Vegetarian

Long life is meaningful only if it is God-centered

Escape from the Greatest danger by doing a few God-centered activities

Just doing Good work is not enough, it will also bind one to this Material world like Bad work

Caution: Humanitarianism, if it is not God-centered can result in Karmic bondage

One liner definitions of Karma, Akarma and Vikarma

Work that breaks the laws of nature will result in further bondage

The root of sin is deliberate disobedience to God

Don’t just become a strict vegetarian but also become a devotee of the Lord

Animals don’t break the Laws of Nature, so no question of incurring Sin

Animals can kill without incurring Sin, Humans cannot

A laborer cannot claim ownership of a thing just because he manufactured it

Be satisfied with the quota that God has set aside for you

Vedic Knowledge is coming down to us from God

Due to four imperfections in us, we can never deliver perfect knowledge

The Padma Purana outlines evolution of a different kind

The body illustrates achintyabhedabheda tattva

Vani and vapuh are non-different

Everyone can be trained for preaching, irrespective of gender

A severed hand may appear like a hand but it has no Potency

“Hindu,” “Muslim,” or “Christian” is simply a rubber stamp

Incompleteness is due to incomplete Knowledge

Transmigration of Soul is Scientific, it is not just a Hindu belief

Satisfy God and You will automatically be Satisfied

Don’t concoct purpose in purposeless material existence

Vedic knowledge is infallible, it is given by infallible God himself

God cannot be formless, that would make him incomplete

Yajna Means Work for Vishnu

Aspire to get out of the Prison, not to get a better cell within the Prison

God is simultaneously identical with His creation and yet exists in His completeness

Want to become Deathless? Take the “Back to Godhead” treatment

Litmus test of a Religious person

Don’t avoid religion just because it has been misused

Preach about Krishna for Krishna

Another meaning of the word yoga is “plus”

How to quickly dry up an ocean of tears?

What is the most wonderful thing in this world?

A man without aim is ship without rudder

God helps those who help themselves

Mistaking the Maidservant as the Master

The definitive way to verify anyone who claims to be “God”

The Mathematics of Charity