Could all the vaisnavas please give us their favourite Prabhupada or Archarya quote?
Philosophy · asked by user [] · 2010-03-03 · 4 answers
Fight! Without fight,where is life?If there is no fighting,then what is that life?That is dead stone.Fight must be there.Krishnas whole life is fighting from the very birth....If Krishna is fighting,why not krishna conciousness the same thing?You cannot expect peaceful life.No ,there must be fighting;then think,That is Krishnas prescence,His fight.So this fighting means theyre feeling the prescence of Krishna conciousness movement.Otherwise why theyre making fight?Had it been an insignifigant thing,there was no question of fighting.NOVEMBER 2,1976....Srila Prabhupada encouraging visitors to join with him in countering the legal attacks on his movement in america by deprogramers and disgruntled parents.
user [459] · 2010-03-03
Love this quote because of its intrinsic aggressive Prabhupada mood and action now mentality !user [418] · 2010-03-03
All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna. Please acceot my humble obeisances.Thank you for good one, Sri Govinda das.
Favorite "Acarya" quote:
One Who is Embraced by Sri Krsna-(Krishna Lingita Vigraha)
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura then comments, '93Without being empowered by the direct potency of Lord Krsna to fulfill His desire and without being specifically favored by the Lord, no human being can become the spiritual master of the whole world. He certainly cannot succeed by mental concoction, which is not meant for devotees or religious people. Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord and enjoin all fallen souls to worship Krsna. By distributing the holy name of the Lord, he cleanses the hearts of the most fallen people; therefore he extinguishes the blazing fire of the material world. Not only that, he broadcasts the shining brightness of Krsna'92s effulgence throughout the world. Such an acarya, or spiritual master, should be considered nondifferent from Krsna'97that is, he should be considered the incarnation of Lord Krsna'92s potency. Such a personality is krsnalingita-vigraha'97that is, he is always embraced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. Such a person is above the considerations of the varnasrama institution. He is the guru, or spiritual master, for the entire world, a devotee on the topmost platform, the maha-bhagavata stage, and a paramahamsa-thakura, a spiritual form only fit to be addressed as paramahamsa or thakura.'94 (Cc. Madhya 25.9)
Hare Krishna.
user [38] · 2010-03-03
When one worships God, he is criticized, and when he worships dog, he is considered a gentleman. So it is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss. (SP Interview with the New York Times, September 2, 1972, New Vrindaban)"Compassion for the eternal soul is self-realization." (His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Bhagavad-gita As It Is 2.1, purport)
user [572] · 2010-06-04
At that very peak of degradation in Gaudiya Vaisnavaism Srila Saraswati Thakura appeared and recovered the principles of the Srimad-Bhagavatam from the hands of the rogues and resurrected the path of the Bhagavata-parampara.Unlike many so-called paramparas of his day the parampara of Saraswati Thakura was not simply the succession of bodies wherein dead mantras are passed on from guru to disciple despite their obvious disqualification. Nor was the parampara of Saraswati Thakura the disciplic succession of merchants who make a trade of mantras in exchange for money.
Nor was the parampara of Saraswati Thakura a disciplic succession of cheaters who compromise the regulative principles of purity by keeping illicit connection with women claiming that such is not a disturbance to the performance of ones bhajana. The parampara of Saraswati Thakura was however the descent of the highest principles of the Srimad-Bhagavatam exhibited in both deed and concept.