A first-class devotee does NOT fall down!
September 17th, 2017 | by mahesh-das
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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The Future of ISKCON is in Prabhupada’s Disciple’s Hands
September 7th, 2017 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
My Guru Maharaja is tenth from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge
What is Initiation?
August 17th, 2017 | by roy-barrios
It seems a simple question since so many devotees are initiated. But I have asked a few devotees and they seem not to understand what is initiation is.
With All the Humility at My Command — Srila Prabhupada in 1936
May 15th, 2017 | 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.
Gurudrohi, Offences and Rectifying Them
March 23rd, 2017 | by patita-uddharana-das-adhikary
To the devotee his guru is all and all, more important than God. There is no God without guru, no Krishna without HDG AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Sri Shrinivas Acarya–The First Book Distributor
February 9th, 2017 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa
Shrinivas Acarya is one of the most important acaryas following Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He led the first book distribution party in Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s Disappearance Day
October 16th, 2016 | 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.
Spiritually There is No Difference Between Appearance and Disappearance
September 18th, 2016 | 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
Questions About Initiation and Preaching
September 12th, 2016 | 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
Knowledge is the solution–First Find A Bona Fide Guru (MP3 Audio)
September 10th, 2016 | 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
Prabhupada on his Disciples Becoming Gurus
July 27th, 2016 | 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.
The Guru Is A Pure Devotee!
July 4th, 2016 | 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.
The Life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada
May 5th, 2016 | 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
Initiation Into Spiritual Life
April 11th, 2016 | by srila-bhaktisiddhanta-sarasvati-thakur
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
Prabhupada Desires His Disciples to Become Qualified Like Him
December 14th, 2015 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
To become a spiritual master under the order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not very difficult. Unless we adulterate, mix in something nonsense in His teachings
Very Difficult times for new Bhaktas…
December 9th, 2015 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Krishna consciousness is a lifestyle very different from the one we have been trained up to lead in the West. To make the transition training is required
Sri Vaisnava Acharya Rules with Love
July 26th, 2013 | by visoka-dasa
The Vaisnava acharya is always situated in his original spiritual nature. He is situated in permanent liberation
The “Acharyadeva” has no Bhakti… ISKCON’s False “Acharyadevas”
August 25th, 2010 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Your acharayadeva is a great disaster because he is presenting a completely different message to the one we get from the real Acharyadeva, Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Guru Tattva
June 12th, 2006 | by harinam-das
Srila Prabhupada instituted a ritvik initiation system in ISKCON as early as 1971 and he intended this to continue after his physical disappearance.
Ritvik–Representative of the Acharya
February 16th, 2003 | by mahesh-das
His Divine Grace has so far given a list of eleven disciples who will act in that capacity
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