Spiritual Quotes

Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

Why the devatas, though not God, are called ishvara

Lord Chaitanya’s world-inundating mercy

Everyone who participates in wrongdoing is culpable

Rise beyond prevention of material misery to liberation from it

Exploitative desires reduces a living spiritual movement to a stagnant organised church

The acharya takes liturgy from letter to spirit

The eternal religion of devotion doesn’t come by anything mechanical

How contemplating controversy can take us towards Krishna

Four kinds of faith

Experience confirms scripture, thus providing the highest pramana

The vibhavas, prabhavas and anubhavas of Krishna’s para shakti

How Maya can refer to both Krishna’s energy in general and to his inferior energy in specifice

Humility, not intellect, is the qualification for spiritual knowledge

The cause of the unfortunate position of science is overconfidence

How the less intelligence of impersonalists deprives them of krishna-prema

Strive for nirbandhini mati even during vaidhi bhakti

Don’t be discouraged by material desires

Internal steadiness is more important than external show of steadiness

Krishna’s unique mercy on the Vrajavasis

Krishna is most suitable form of God for developing pure love

Godless morality is no good

The different emphasis of the words “God”, “Lord” and “Krishna”

Even those who deny the form of God accept his form

Balance primary and secondary rules for healthy and happy life

Faith in God is man’s common and constant characteristic

Do not delay the practice of devotion

Why Caitanya Caritamrita is the authoritative source of Lord Chaitanya’s teachings

Bhagavatam is the most authoritative scripture

Go beyond the sensory and the mental to the spiritual

How etymology conveys the significance of pradakshina

Pray not for oneness

The scriptural basis for the translation of bhakti as ‘devotional service’ instead of ‘devotion’

Know about Krishna through vidvat partite, not avidvat-pratiti

The abhidha and lakshana potencies of sound

Why are there differences among different religions?

What is raga and who are raga worshippers?

Mercy is one of the limbs of devotional service

Debauchery is not devotion – harmonize morality with spirituality

Don’t divorce human kindness from spiritual devotion

Even the Upanishads glorify rasa

Sin redefined for devotees

The Lord’s manifestations correlate with the evolution of the serving mood of the jiva

Why Lord Chaitanya took initiation from the Madhva sampradaya

Acintya-bhedabheda is the Vedic conclusion

The Lord bewilders those who want to rationalize their beliefs through scripture

The transcendental is not meant to gratify the physical and the mental

How Vedanta makes the transcendental accessible

Don’t try to imprison the transcendental in the sensual

Reciprocate with transcendental sound with an openness to transcendence

The oneness of love between the Lord and the devotee

Riches bring misery both by absence and presence

A time for fury and a time for forgiveness

Choose between difficult happiness and impossible happiness

The Lord is the only rest for our heart

How life is filled with misery

The mind is ever changing and unreliable

The mind’s solutions are worse than the problems

Don’t mistake pseudo-devotion for real devotion

Beware of the delusions induced by the senses