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As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on Our Following the Principles is found within this Vaniquotes category '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)| - Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)]]'''. | As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on Our Following the Principles is found within this Vaniquotes category '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)| - Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)]]'''. | ||
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== Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings == | == Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings == | ||
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{{VaniQuotebox|Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Krsna - your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Krsna. If you follow these two principles, Krsna will be within your grip|Just engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, and He will be revealed. Very nice. Now what, what we do with the tongue? We talk: talk of Kṛṣṇa. We sing: chant of Kṛṣṇa. We eat: taste, eat Kṛṣṇa prasāda. You will understand Kṛṣṇa. Any foolish person, any uneducated or any position of life, you can use your tongue for Kṛṣṇa's service. Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Kṛṣṇa—your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Kṛṣṇa. If you follow these two principles, Kṛṣṇa will be within your grip. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 8 April 1973, New York)'''}} | {{VaniQuotebox|Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Krsna - your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Krsna. If you follow these two principles, Krsna will be within your grip|Just engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, and He will be revealed. Very nice. Now what, what we do with the tongue? We talk: talk of Kṛṣṇa. We sing: chant of Kṛṣṇa. We eat: taste, eat Kṛṣṇa prasāda. You will understand Kṛṣṇa. Any foolish person, any uneducated or any position of life, you can use your tongue for Kṛṣṇa's service. Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Kṛṣṇa—your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Kṛṣṇa. If you follow these two principles, Kṛṣṇa will be within your grip. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 8 April 1973, New York)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Even in full material opulence we can become a perfect devotee, provided you follow the principles. It doesn't matter|Even in full material opulence we can become a perfect devotee, provided you follow the principles. It doesn't matter. Gṛhe vā... It was sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura long ago. Gṛhe vā banete ṭhāke. Either you live in the forest or in the city, opulent city, the business is gaurāṅga bole rākhe: always thinking of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. '''(Conversation, 11 December 1973, Los Angeles)'''}} | ||
Even in full material opulence we can become a perfect devotee, provided you follow the principles. It doesn't matter|Even in full material opulence we can become a perfect devotee, provided you follow the principles. It doesn't matter. Gṛhe vā... It was sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura long ago. Gṛhe vā banete ṭhāke. Either you live in the forest or in the city, opulent city, the business is gaurāṅga bole rākhe: always thinking of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. '''(Conversation, 11 December 1973, Los Angeles)'''}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna. Two, intimately in friendly relationship with devotees trying to elevate conditioned living entities to Krishna Conciousness and rejecting the non-devotee class. '''(Letter, 24 February 1968, Los Angeles)'''}} | {{VaniQuotebox|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna. Two, intimately in friendly relationship with devotees trying to elevate conditioned living entities to Krishna Conciousness and rejecting the non-devotee class. '''(Letter, 24 February 1968, Los Angeles)'''}} | ||
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Srila Prabhupada's instructions on '''Our Following the Principles - [[Vaniquotes:Category:Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)|explore more within this category]]'''. | Srila Prabhupada's instructions on '''Our Following the Principles - [[Vaniquotes:Category:Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP)|explore more within this category]]'''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 22 November 2020
As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on Our Following the Principles is found within this Vaniquotes category - Our Following the Principles (Disciples of SP).
An introduction is given below in the following 10 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings
Srila Prabhupada's instructions on Our Following the Principles - explore more within this category.
Vanipedia has now over 458 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's teachings from the series Srila Prabhupada Training Disciples. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the many various kinds of instructions given by Srila Prabhupada to his disciples. - There is a subject for everyone.