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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 faults is found within this Vaniquotes category '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Our Faults (Disciples of SP)| - Our Faults (Disciples of SP)]]'''. | |||
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== Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings == | == Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings == | ||
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{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is not pushing something forcibly to anyone. There is complete judgement. But unfortunately, if one cannot understand, that is not our fault. One must have the intelligence to understand|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not a, I mean to say, force, that we are pushing something forcibly to anyone. There is complete judgement. But unfortunately, if one cannot understand, that is not our fault. One must have the intelligence to understand. Otherwise, logically, philosophically, it is perfect. Go on. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 17 June 1972, Los Angeles)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|One quality of a devotee is that he is always very much tolerant of other people, so I request you simply to tolerate the faults of others and always think that I am myself the most faulty. In this way your humble attitude will qualify you to advance|Even sometimes amongst the gopis there is envy, but that enviousness is transcendental and should not be accepted in the mundane sense. Anyway one quality of a devotee is that he is always very much tolerant of other people, so I request you simply to tolerate the faults of others and always think that I am myself the most faulty. In this way your humble attitude will qualify you to advance very quickly in Krishna Consciousness. '''(Letter, 25 May 1972, Los Angeles)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|The Vaisnava devotee must think like this. We should not find fault with others and criticize and go away, that is not the Vaisnava way|If there is some incident and I claim that no one is cooperating with me or no one will work with me, that is my defect, not theirs. The Vaisnava devotee must think like this. We should not find fault with others and criticize and go away, that is not the Vaisnava way. Better we should always be willing to offer all respects to others and consider them as our superiors always. '''(Letter, 26 August 1972, Los Angeles)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|You should understand that Krishna Consciousness is a purificatory process. One may not be purified immediately, but since he is on the right path for purification, one should not criticize him for some faults that he may still have|You should understand that Krishna Consciousness is a purificatory process. One may not be purified immediately, but since he is on the right path for purification, one should not criticize him for some faults that he may still have. Just because some body has made some mistakes does that mean that you should give up your whole career in Krishna Consciousness? '''(Letter, 14 March 1975, Tehran)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|We should not criticize each other, as Vaisnavas, because there is fault in everyone and we may be ourselves subject to criticism|We should not criticize each other, as Vaisnavas, because there is fault in everyone and we may be ourselves subject to criticism. Best thing is to be above suspicion ourselves, then if we see discrepancies and make suggestion the others will automatically respect and take action to rectify the matters. '''(Letter, 18 November 1972, Hyderabad)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|In our dealings, there are so many faulty dealings between ourselves. So if we take everything very seriously, then it is very difficult to live. So ksama means forgiveness - will reduce|In our dealings, there are so many faulty dealings between ourselves. So if we take everything very seriously, then it is very difficult to live. So kṣamā. But that kṣamā—kṣamā means forgiveness—will reduce. Nobody will forgive. Retaliation, vengeance, that will increase. So four items: religiosity, truthfulness, cleanliness, and forgiveness. Four. Then dayā. Dayā means mercy. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 18 March 1968, San Francisco)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|If you are incapable of raising yourself to the standard of becoming spiritual master, that is not your spiritual master's fault, that is your fault|If you are incapable of raising yourself to the standard of becoming spiritual master, that is not your spiritual master's fault, that is your fault. He wants, just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, āmāra ājñāya guru hañā (CC Madhya 7.128), By My order, every one of you become a guru. '''(Letter, 29 June 1972, San Diego)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|All of you are coming from backgrounds of bad habits, so to make progress in Krishna Consciousness we must overlook the faults of others. You must be patient with your husband|All of you are coming from backgrounds of bad habits, so to make progress in Krishna Consciousness we must overlook the faults of others. You must be patient with your husband. Chanting offenselessly is the remedy for all of these diseases. '''(Letter, 19 August 1974, Vrndavana)'''}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:01, 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 faults is found within this Vaniquotes category - Our Faults (Disciples of SP).
An introduction is given below in the following 8 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings
Srila Prabhupada's instructions on our faults - 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.