May 17th, 2022 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
"The absolute is sentient Thou hast proved all impersonal calamity Thou has moved." This was presented to my spiritual master and He was pleased with me
May 16th, 2022 | 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
May 8th, 2022 | 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
May 2nd, 2022 | 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
April 22nd, 2022 | 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
April 1st, 2022 | 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.
November 30th, 2021 | 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.
November 23rd, 2021 | by khan
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
October 30th, 2021 | by vyasasana-dasa
I am confussed by the state of affairs, today, when leading godbrothers are trying to replace the position of my only beloved spiritural master? Are we so quickly enlinghtened, that we can replace a great acharaya. It's Mayas illusion
October 27th, 2021 | by Madhudvisa dasa
I agree that there are so many bogus guru's out there. I am looking for a guru as well, but I still think that there must be a living guru to approach.
September 26th, 2021 | by mahesh-das
The spiritual master lives forever by his instruction and the disciple lives with him. I have always served my Guru so I am now never separated from him
September 19th, 2021 | by bbt
In the last ten years of his life Prabhupada circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours. In spite of such a vigorous schedule he wrote prolifically.
June 17th, 2021 | 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
May 29th, 2021 | 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.
May 13th, 2021 | 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
May 8th, 2021 | 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
May 7th, 2021 | 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
April 14th, 2021 | 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.
April 12th, 2021 | by back-to-godhead-magazine
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
April 3rd, 2021 | 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.