Initiation Into Spiritual Life
June 28th, 2026 | 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
Browsing the "Spiritual Master / Guru" Tag
A Spiritual Master Should Not Be Accepted As A Matter Of Fashion
June 23rd, 2026 | 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.
We don’t care if anyone agrees with us. We push on.
June 4th, 2026 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We don't care for anyone agrees or not. We push on. Do you think in India they agree Krishna is the Supreme Person? We don't care for them. We go forward
Saints, Swindlers, Cheaters–Who is a real guru?
May 31st, 2026 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
If you want a cheap guru or if you want to be cheated then you will find many cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru
Does Initiation Make The Maha-Mantra Work?
May 30th, 2026 | by Gadadhara das
One does not have to undergo initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class candala] can be delivered
Correcting ISKCON’s Guru System
March 31st, 2026 | by Bhakti Charu Swami
In ISKCON we have to be absolutely clear that Srila Prabhupada is the head of the institution and will continue to be that as long as the institution lasts
The Power of the Disciplic Succession, Guru Parampara
March 30th, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything
Prabhupada Desires His Disciples to Become Qualified Like Him
March 9th, 2026 | 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…
March 1st, 2026 | 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
A first-class devotee does NOT fall down!
February 23rd, 2026 | 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
Srila Prabhupada: The Prominent Link
February 16th, 2026 | by Dhira Govinda dasa (David B. Wolf, Ph.D.)
The Prominent Link is Dhira Govinda's paper on ISKCON guru tattva. It was a presentation to the GBC in an attempt to harmonize the different camps in
The Future of ISKCON is in Prabhupada’s Disciple’s Hands
February 13th, 2026 | 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?
January 23rd, 2026 | by
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.
Serving Srila Prabhupada Across the Generations
January 21st, 2026 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa
We cannot limit Prabhupada by describing him as guru for one generation of followers. Prabhupada is jagat-guru, the spiritual master of the entire world.
Your Business is to Bring Your Followers to Me–Prabhupada
December 29th, 2025 | by
They may worship you if they like you. But your business is to bring them to me. If your preaching does not bring them to this point then it is useless
Better to Die in Vrindavan — Srila Prabhupada
November 5th, 2025 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa
Things were ecstatic in Hrisikesh until Prabhupada said: "Tomorrow we will go to Vrindavan; better to die in Vrindavan." All of the sudden there was a storm.
With All the Humility at My Command — Srila Prabhupada in 1936
October 15th, 2025 | 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.
The Beatles: George Harrison, John Lennon and Yoko Ono and Krishna
October 9th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In 1969 Prabhupada was a house guest at Tittenhurst Park, John Lennon's estate. He gave lectures a hundred yards from the house in which John and Yoko lived
Does the Spiritual Master Have A Material Body? Is He Omniscient?
October 1st, 2025 | 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
In my absence you read the Books — Prabhupada
September 28th, 2025 | by Prahlad-Nrsimha dasa
My Guru Maharaja passed in 1936 and I started this movement in 1965. Even guru is not physically present, if you follow the vani, then you are getting help
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