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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The basic principle is that this animate world is made up of jīvas, and the inanimate world is constituted of matter. Of these, the jīvas have been manifested by The Supreme Lord’s taṭasthā-śakti (intermediary potency), and this phenomenal world has been manifested by His bahiraṅgā-śakti (outward, material potency). He is consequently to be deemed the cause of all causes...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
...Simply by breaking the external frame we must not conclude that we will all of a sudden become immeasurable. We are decidedly always measurable things. This measurement, or the very platform of finitude, is quite sufficient for us not to consider ourselves to be the Oversoul...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Sri nama is Sri Krsna Himself. Not just Sri Krsna Himself, but indeed sri nama is directly the form of the supremely original Sri Krsna Himself (svayam-rupa Sri Krsna). There is no other means to dispel our misfortune than engaging in sri nama-bhajana. Only the ecstasy of chanting the holy names of Sri Krsna can...
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Our debt to sri guru and the Vai??avas for their unlimited compassion and supra-mundane affection can never be repaid. When a person performs hari-bhajana, he gets an understanding and appreciation of that debt, and his life becomes blessed...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
There are many obstacles in the way of the search for the Truth. Those obstacles serve to eclipse the real nature of the seer of the Truth, of the search, and of the object of the search. It is the enlightening potency of words that alone is able to destroy all those obstacles...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
...those who conceive of this subject matter while their consciousness is riddled with anarthas do not conceive what it truly is. All those esoteric truths that are revealed solely through one’s advancing practice of chanting the holy names are to be considered the introduction to one’s svarūpa, one’s true spiritual identity...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The outward feature is not to be trusted. Lime-water outwardly resembles milk. The apparent face is not identical with the immanence, the soul or the substratum. In determining the self, it is necessary to find our real position. Are we products of material things? Are we the Oversoul? This problem requires solution as we shall leave the external body after a time...
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Although we have no qualification for offering or remembering such an exalted personality as Srimad Trivikrama Maharaj, we pray fervently with our utmost sincerity, however meagre, that he please accept this dedication for our benefit and thereby bestow His Divine Shower of innumerable Maha-Bhagavata Blessings on us fallen souls...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
If we were to examine Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya using any one or the whole group of the above subjects, all our labour would be fruitless and take us not an inch nearer to the Supreme Lord. It is transcendental rasa which alone will enable our transcendental finite ego to approach the Transcendental Blissful Infinite...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The healthy soul’s single most prominent inclination is solely to satisfy the senses of the transcendental cupid, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Surrender to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and rendering service to Him is the only way to destroy the seed of mundane kāma and the only means to get rid of it for good...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The word ‘Kṛṣṇa’ points to the real Truth. The Truth Himself is not the same as the secondary meaning of His name. The word ‘Kṛṣṇa’ is not used to convey any allegorical sense. The word ‘Kṛṣṇa’, when uttered by a soul who desires the supreme goal, has no room for any meanings that lead to ignorance....
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
We know that this procedure also has its difficulties. The mixed aptitude is really opposed to the quest for the truth. It is opposed to absolute emancipation, to the supreme function, the supreme need and the supreme goal. Its nature as well as its language is equally opposed to the quest for the truth....
