March 10th, 2025 | 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
March 8th, 2025 | 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
March 7th, 2025 | 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.
February 28th, 2025 | 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.
February 20th, 2025 | 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.
February 3rd, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
So anyone of you can become guru. It is not that I am an extraordinary man, an extraordinary god coming from some mysterious place. it is very simple thing.
February 2nd, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
If you want to become recognized by Krishna quickly, take up this process of becoming spiritual master present Bhagavad-gita as it is. Your life is perfect
January 27th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
If everyone initiates there will be a contradictory result. O shame! Aren't you embarrassed? In the manner of businessmen you increase your disciples
January 23rd, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
This is the disappearance day of Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, there is no difference between appearance and disappearance
January 17th, 2025 | by Madhudvisa dasa
When someone is initiated they have received transcendental knowledge and their past karma is burned up, they must be a bit like a new born baby
January 15th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Unless we find a person who has seen the Absolute Truth or who has experienced what is Absolute Truth, there is very little chance of spiritual advancement
January 11th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
This is the Vedic system, to receive knowledge through the transparent medium guru and to receive Guru means the honor goes to Krishna. So this is necessary
December 1st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
It is not that you have become a student and you'll remain student. No. One day you shall become also guru and make more students, more students, more.
November 27th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction
November 26th, 2024 | by
Among the naïve, of course, one may pass for a spiritual master by wearing robes and a beard but intelligent people won't settle for these outer trappings
November 8th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
During Srila Prabhupada's physical presence there was no confusion in ISKCON over the qualifications and qualities of a bona fide guru.
October 29th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
The ISKCON gurus tell their disciples: You can't understand Prabhupada's books or classes, you have to hear from me. You can't understand Prabhupada
September 9th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami appeared in this world as the son of Bhaktivinode Thakur and from his boyhood lived a strict pious and religious life
August 16th, 2024 | by
It is inexplicable how gurus who live in open sin contrive never-the-less to retain the unquestioning allegiance of the cultured portion of their disciples
August 11th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
If you want to know who is a spiritual master, then you have to test him whether he is speaking exactly like the bona fide spiritual master.