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Spiritual Master / Guru

What is the value of a Guru if he can’t deliver you from Death?

April 14th, 2024 | by

Only out of His immense compassion does the Personality of Godhead reveal Himself as the spiritual master

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A first-class devotee does NOT fall down!

April 12th, 2024 | by

You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated

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With All the Humility at My Command — Srila Prabhupada in 1936

December 3rd, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The pure devotee who three decades later will become the world-renowned spiritual master of the Hare Krishna movement glorifies his own spiritual master.

Spiritual Master / Guru

First you must know what Guru is, otherwise you will be Cheated

December 2nd, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Suppose if you accept a wrong person as spiritual master, and if you, if he guides you wrongly, then your whole life is spoiled

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Does the Spiritual Master Have A Material Body? Is He Omniscient?

November 19th, 2023 | by

Some devotees have said to me that Srila Prabhupada's form is spiritual. Now with my physical senses I perceive that Srila Prabhupada has a physical body

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The Universal Teacher

November 2nd, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

This speech was given by Abhay Charan Das before the Gaudiya Matha in Bombay in 1936, on the appearance anniversary of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Letters

Initiation

October 6th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

I have never been told any thing about initiation. Is there any specific time that you can be initiated, I am already practicing the 4 renunciations

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Unless One is a Pure Devotee He Should Not Become A Preacher

September 14th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Unless one is situated as pure Vaisnava he should not become a preacher because it will not be effective, neither one should hear from such person

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Phalguna Krishna Pancami (Srila Prabhupada’s 1961 Vyasa-Puja Offering

September 9th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura

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Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Appearance Day Lecture, London, September 23, 1969

July 15th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Bhaktivinoda Thakura is an ideal guru. He was not a sannyasi; he was grhastha, householder, living with family, wife, children. So anyone can become guru.

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Bhakti Caru Swami’s Disappearance Day offering to Srila Prabhupada

June 21st, 2023 | by

Why do we hesitate to tell a new comer that Srila Prabhupada the best guru is still here and one can surrender unto him and go back to Godhead very easily

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Srila Prabhupada’s July 9th. Letter.

May 19th, 2023 | by

Many are not aware of the letter Prabhupada sent to all temples on July 9th 1977 clearly stating that henceforward all new devotees would be his disciples

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The Blind Man and the Cow’s Tail

May 16th, 2023 | by

A blind man was trying to get to his father-in-law's house. He asked a cowherd boy, Kindly lead me to the house of my father-in-law, I can't find it myself

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The Symptoms of a Self-Realized Person

April 28th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

A person who neither rejoices or laments, who is self-intelligent, unbewildered and who knows the science of God is to be understood to be in Transcendence

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The Absolute Necessity of a Bona Fide Spiritual Master

April 23rd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Render service and inquire submissively. The self-realized can give knowledge as he has seen the truth

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Prabhupada Speaks on Bona Fide and Bogus Gurus

March 25th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If the master is learned and the student is foolish, then it will not be pleasing or if the master is foolish and student is foolish that will also not be

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The Importance of Having a Qualified Guru

March 23rd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

It may sound strange but the biggest danger to your spiritual life is accepting as your guru someone who is unable to guide you back home, back to Godhead

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The Living Guru is Here–Are we Ready to Follow Him?

March 22nd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

As far as the living guru is concerned, the living guru is there, but it us up to us to recognize him and take advantage of his teachings.

Letters

Lord Vamanadeva, Bali Maharaja and His Non-Bona Fide Guru

March 15th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Bali Maharaja wanted to serve Visnu by disobeying his bogus spiritual master. One should be anxious to accept a spiritual master who is bona fide.

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s Disappearance Day

March 7th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

You have come to help me. I shall go away, but you shall live. Don't give up pushing on this movement, and you'll be blessed by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.