Spiritual Quotes

Krsna Himself,    endowed with  sixty four transcendental qualities, is the perfect embodiment of  continuous rasa.16  Of these  fifty qualities are present in small  amount in  the  jivas.   These  fifty  qualities and  an  additional five  qualities are  present in  Siva, Brahma,  Ganesa,  Surya  and  other  devatas.  For that  reason,  though they  are  not  God, they  are…

“Lord Caitanya did not advent Himself to liberate only a few men of India. Rather, His main objective was to emancipate all living entities of all countries throughout the entire universe and preach the Eternal Religion. Lord Caitanya says in the Caitanya-bhägavata: ‘In every town, country and village, My name will be sung.’ There is no…

“Not only the performer of the theft but also anyone who assists him, instigates the crime, or simply approves of it must also share the reaction in the next life. According to their degree of participation, they each must suffer a proportionate consequence” (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.27.55).

“The people of this world understand preventive systems. They have no idea of the unpreventive positive eternal life.” – Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura

“The idea of an organized church in an intelligible form indeed marks the close of the living spiritual movement. The great ecclesiastical establishments are the dykes and the dams to retain the current that cannot be held by any such contrivances. They, indeed, indicate a desire on the part of the masses to exploit a…

“The bona fide teacher of religion is neither any product nor the favorer of any mechanical system. In his hands no system has likewise the chance of degenerating into a lifeless arrangement. The mere pursuit of fixed doctrines and fixed liturgies cannot hold a person to the true spirit of doctrine or liturgy.

“The Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya in pursuance of the teachings of the scriptures enjoins all absence of conventionalism for the teachers of the eternal religion. It does not follow that the mechanical adoption of the unconventional life by any person will make him a fit teacher of religion. Regulation is necessary for controlling the…

“A sincere student should not neglect the discussion of such conclusions, considering them controversial, for such discussions strengthen the mind. Thus one’s mind becomes attached to Sri Krsna.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi 2.117)

 “Faith directed toward spiritual life is in the mode of goodness, faith rooted in fruitive work is in the mode of passion, faith residing in irreligious activities is in the mode of ignorance, but faith in My devotional service is purely transcendental.” Srimad Bhagavatam 11.25.27