Once having come to devotional service, you should make this your last birth in the material world. Srila Prabhupada would always speak very strongly on this point, that the human form of life is so rare and valuable, as soon as one understands the purpose of life, he should immediately use it for its full potential. So the purpose of human life is go back home back to Godhead and only by Krishna consciousness can it be accomplished.
September 22, 1992, Kaunas
It is Krishna's instructions that drive away all the inferior types of instructions that weak intelligence gives us. To be successful, replacement is always required because there is no void anywhere in the creation of the Lord.
September 21, 1992, Kaunas
What is actually in the heart of the sadhu? What does he actually want to reveal to the world? When Krishna is there within the heart of the sadhu, the sadhu wants to give Krishna to everyone.
What can I do to please the sadhu? How can I repay him? We have to become crazy. There is nothing that I can possibly do to repay this debt. It is impossible, but I have to try. I have to give this life and I have to try to repay him even though it is impossible. What can I possibly do, what does he want me to do? He wants us to love Krishna and he wants us to give Krishna to everyone.
September 20, 1995, Kaunas
Humility is a natural characteristic of the soul, yet it is very difficult to be humble in this material world because our existence in this material world is contrary to the principles of humility. So the way to develop humility is by always engaging in devotional service.
September 19, 1992, Vilnius
A devotee has to feel helpless, but never hopeless.
September 18, 2008, Ukraine festival
To the degree that we see things in connection with Krishna and remember Krishna, to the degree that we speak about Krishna and hear about Krishna in the association of vaishnavas, to that degree attachment and fever of illusion will gradually decrease and will come down and one will become healthy. So we have to learn how to see things properly according to the vision of liberated souls.
September 17, 2008, Ukraine festival
Yes, we must be dependent [upon the Lord], but we must seek the appropriate instructions to learn to become Krishna conscious ourselves. Nobody else is going to become Krishna conscious for us. This is also sometimes a misconception. They think that we simply go on struggling with this material nature and Krishna consciousness will some day manifest within our hearts. No, the real struggle is the struggle to remember Krishna. That should be our struggle in this world.
September 16, 2004, Almaty
That is the danger of the material world, that just a little inattentiveness can cause one to fall away and to deviate from the path of devotional service.
September 15, 1992, Riga
Those who are living in the temple, their first and foremost responsibility is to be an example of Krishna consciousness, so that those who are coming to that temple are reminded about what they really want to get from the temple. They should be coming to hear about Krishna. Why that’s Srila Prabhupada started these temples.
September 14, 1997, Moscow
Like a child in the womb is connected with the umbilical cord, his life is sustained, our life line which sustains us, connects us to our spiritual master and sustains our relationships with the Lord – our chanting Hare Krishna. This gives us our nourishment so that we continue to grow, take birth and will utilize this rare human form of life for achieving our eternal relationship with Krishna.
September 13, 2009, Evpatoria