By reading the history of Srila Prabhupada, the founder of ISKON, you will not only get inspired but you will know what a genius person was behind ISKON. He laid the foundation of Hindutva in foreign countries and spread Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta to every corner of the world. He was born on 1st September 1896 in Kolkata and breathes his last in the name of Krishna on November 14, 1977. Prabhupada tied knot with Radharani Devi in 1918. He studied at the “Scottish Church College”. He was a studious as well as he was a genius since childhood. It was not that he became a Hermit since childhood. If we talk about it, then his hold on the English language was very good. He had his own pharmacy business in Prayagraj. When he met his guru Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, he recognized him that he was not an ordinary person. Here is a collection of best A. C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada quotes about life, love, happiness, Krishna and Radha rani.
Srila Prabhupada Quotes
- Krishna may crush our ego, pulverize it, crush it to powder, make it into granules. Do we still continue to remain faithful to Krishna?
- “Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“Religion means to know God and to love Him.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “It has been stated, ‘although Srimati Radharani developed a deep loving affection for Krsna, She hid Her attitude in the core of Her heart so that others could not detect Her actual condition.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “One whose happiness is within, who is active within, who rejoices within and is illumined within, is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Our only business is to love God, not to ask God for our necessities.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business-not love.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
- “Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Because materialists cannot understand Krsna spiritually, they are advised to concentrate the mind on physical things and try to see how Krsna is manifested by physical representations.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “For man, mind is the cause of bondage and mind is the cause of liberation. Mind absorbed in sense objects is the cause of bondage, and mind detached from the sense objects is the cause of liberation.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “A yogī is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogī.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “Devotional service is more or less a declaration of war against the illusory energy.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Don’t Feel Yourself To Be Alone Because GOD is always with you.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “To become free from sinful life, there is only simple method: if you surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That is the beginning of bhakti.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- One cannot reach the real point of factual knowledge without being helped by the right person who is already established in that knowledge. There”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “The living being is in the state of forgetfulness of his relation with God due to his being overly attracted to material sense gratification from time immemorial.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “The art of focusing one’s attention on the Supreme and giving one’s love to Him is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically waters the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to the stomach through the mouth, he satisfies all the various parts of the body.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “All the Vedic literatures and the Purāṇas are meant for conquering the darkest region of material existence.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Ātmā, or self, is distinguished from matter and material elements. It is spiritual in constitution, and thus it is never satisfied by any amount of material planning.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, which is feared by fear personified.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “If by studying Bhagavad-gītā one decides to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately freed from all sinful reactions.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “So it is our request that you try to study Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Don’t try to distort it by your so-called education. Try to understand Kṛiṣṇa as He is saying. Then you will be benefited. Your life will be successful.”― A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- “The Lord is more anxious to take us back into His kingdom than we can desire. Most of us do not desire at all to go back to Godhead. Only a very few men want to go back to Godhead. But anyone who desires to go back to Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa helps in all respects.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
You may also like: Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Success, Education and Knowledge
- “bhakti-yoga means vairāgya-vidyā, the art that can help one develop a distaste for material enjoyment.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Sometimes the Lord arranges an unfortunate wife for His devotee so that gradually, due to family circumstances, the devotee becomes detached from his wife and home and makes progress in devotional life.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “actual devotees and saintly persons are always anxious to see how the people can be made happy both materially and spiritually.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “The transcendental loving service of the Lord is performed in three ways – with the body, with the mind and with words. Here the sages pray that their words may always be engaged in glorifying the Supreme Lord. One”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Even if the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is not chanted properly, it still has so much potency that the chanter gains the effect.” ― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto
- “Therefore the process of devotional service is always a success.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda“
- “Selfishness is either self-centered or self-extended.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “There is a proverb in Bengali that a bad king spoils the kingdom and a bad housewife spoils the family.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Their idea is that marriage is for legalized prostitution. They think like that, but that is not marriage”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “Modern man has struggled very hard to reach the moon, but he has not tried very hard to elevate himself spiritually.”― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
- “The big fish, shark, they do not come into the river. They constantly remain in the ocean. Similarly, those who are pure devotes always remains in the ocean of transcendental loving service to the lord.”
“Do not make your residence in this temporary material world.”
- “The life of material existence is just like hard wood, and if we carve Krishna out of it, that will be success of our life.”
“Material Qualifications are decorations on dead body.”
- “Never expect any good from the so called society, friendship and love, Only Krishna is the genuine friend of all living beings and it is He only who can give us all benedictions.”
- “If we are serious and sincere devotes, the lord will give us the intelligence to offer prayers properly.”
You may also like:
Best Humanity Quotes and Sayings
Dalai Lama Quotes on Life, Happiness, Humanity and Peace
Life Changing Hinduism Quotes about Love, Life and Karma
DALAI LAMA QUOTES ON LIFE, HAPPINESS, HUMANITY AND PEACE
