Srila Prabhupada Swamy
SriPrabhupada (20th Century AD) was a Universal Spiritual Guru and he was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also called as the “Hare Krishna movement”, and this movement was started in order to promote the “KRISHNA BHAKTI” in the minds of all the people, irrespective of their caste, creed, community and religion. His birth name was AbhayCharan De, and his followers consider him to be a divine messenger of Lord Krishna.
Due to his good spiritual speech, he has got lot of followers throughout the world. His mission was to spread the significance of Lord Krishna throughout the masses. His Spiritual Guru was Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, and through his spiritual guidance, Krishna Bhakti was cultivated deeply in his mind, and he had learnt the Holy Scriptures of Hinduism. He also wrote various spiritual books, and still those books are available in all ISKCON Centres, and also in the internet Platform.
His commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, which is titled as ‘The Holy Bhagavad Gita’, is still considered popular by the devotees of Lord Krishna, for its good writing style and also for its rich meaningful contents.
Some of the Spiritual Quotes of Sri Prabhupada are as follows:-
Anyone who wants to reach advanced spiritual realization must take full efforts in doing that.
All the Religions preach only good things.
Treat Lord Krishna like your best friend and keep your entire attention on him.
Similar to the Ma Radharani who developed a deep love on Krishna, we must also love him sincerely.
Our happiness lies on our soul, and by filling good thoughts on our soul, we would always live cheerfully.
Don’t keep telling your troubles to the Lord, since he knows everything, and he would make wonders in your life.
Those who show their selfless devotion on Lord Krishna would be considered as Divine people, and they would be merged with Lord Krishna.
Out of the several creations of the god, only few people are realising him properly and they are only attaining salvation.
If we concentrate our attention only on physical things,then it is not possible to get the full grace of Lord Krishna.
Mind control is a must.
Don’t consider yourself as the biggest person, consider yourself as the obedient servant of Lord Krishna, and serve him in a pleasing manner.
A noble saint would be having true knowledge, and he considers all the creations of the god as equal.
Do lot of spiritual service in order to get more and more spiritual energy.
Don’t feel lonely, since the sweet boy Krishna is always living with you.
In order to live a sin free life, completely surrender yourself before Lord Krishna.
Without the help of a proper Spiritual Guru, we cannot acquire good knowledge in spirituality.
Leave the bad habits like lust, anger and greed, and live the life of a pious person.
Chanting the names of Lord Krishna is like drinking the divine nectar from the heaven.
If you show your sincerity with Krishna, he would act as your best companion, he would make playful acts, and he would give you permanent happiness in your life.
During the times of mental stress and tensions, imagine that you are playing with Child
Krishna by the way of kissing him, hugging him, and showering your true love on him, and by doing that, all of your mental worries would fly away from your mind.
I don’t know how the people are living in this world, without thinking about the great Lord Krishna.
Without offering our prayers to Lord Krishna, our life would become waste, hence, keep offering your prayers to him in any manner, like singing, dancing and rejoicing.
Krishna consciousness must be practised by everyone, and by realising him, we would become pure and pious.
Remember that Lord Krishna is always good and great, and he must be remembered by us in our each and every moment of life.
“JAI SRI KRISHNA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR