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.
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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.
Does the Spiritual Master Have A Material Body? Is He Omniscient?
May 1st, 2017 | 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
Replacing Srila Prabhupada?
March 23rd, 2017 | 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
The “Living Guru” Concept
March 17th, 2017 | 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.
Srila Prabhupada Our Jagad Diksa Guru: Living Still–In Sound
January 27th, 2017 | 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
Srila Prabhupada: A Brief Biography
January 13th, 2017 | 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.
The Absolute Necessity of a Bona Fide Spiritual Master
December 1st, 2016 | 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
Lord Vamanadeva, Bali Maharaja and His Non-Bona Fide Guru
October 24th, 2016 | 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.
Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja Offering–1961
September 22nd, 2016 | 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
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.
Who Is a Real Guru?
July 22nd, 2016 | 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
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
Paramahamsa Sree Sreemad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja.
December 14th, 2015 | 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
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
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