Inspiration comes from hearing. It comes from Vaishnava relationships that are free from envy, free from pride, and filled with compassion. Compassion means wanting to see others advance even if they have to step on your head to go forward. That is compassion; that is Vaishnava mentality.
September 5, 2010, Kazakhstan
Although the Lord is particularly inclined toward His devotees, still, the right to become a devotee is open to everyone, and that is exactly what Lord Caitanya appeared to establish by distributing the Holy Name of the Lord.
September 4, 1993, Minsk
It is my desire to always act according to Your desire. Please then penetrate the internal region of my heart and allow me some day fully realize the deepest meaning spoken by You.
September 3, 2010, Almaty Vyasa Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada
If one actually wants to be effective in distribution of this knowledge, his motivation has to be to please the Lord. If the Lord is pleased by his presentation, then the message can clearly be presented in such a way that the audience will be able to achieve contact with the Lord.
September 2, 1998, Riga
So we should always recite these offenses and always be very careful to avoid them and continue chanting the Holy Name of the Lord with firm faith and confidence that one can be delivered by this process.
September 1, 1991, Riga
I cannot be peaceful when I see others suffering, especially those who are depending upon their association with me to help relieve them from their suffering. So every time I see a disciple in less anxiety and more happy and positive about their progress in Krishna consciousness, it makes me happy.
August 31, 2002, Letter
So therefore Prabhupada is explaining that the vision has to be changed by hearing and unless we hear regularly, the heart will not become cleaned and we will never be able to see Krishna.
August 30, 2005, Mogiliov
Love can only exist when Krishna is at the center. Love can only exist when we serve others, when we see that by serving others we are serving Krishna. When we associate with each other in a loving way, it helps us to remember Krishna. That is what actually attracts one devotee to another devotee. That is because Krishna is at the center.
August 29, 2005, Moscow
So this svarupa shakti, the Lord's internal potency, is coming from the Lord and is manifest in the Holy Name and also manifest in the hearts of the Vaishnavas and therefore if we can serve Vaishnavas, we can actually become proper recipients for this svarup shakti to enter into our hearts. Then we get nourishment, we get strength, we get knowledge and we experience some bliss. This is the most blissful engagement. There is nothing more satisfying to the self than to serve the Supreme Lord and to serve the Vaishnavas.
August 28, 2003, Odessa
Balarama means spiritual strength. So this spiritual strength is coming from the Supreme Lord. The strength to withstand the disturbances of material world, the strength to continue to serve Krishna despite whatever impediment comes, it is bestowed upon that devotee who always take shelter of the Lord in all circumstances. Krishna provides him unlimited strength because a devotee knows that it is not his own. Those who receive strength, but do not understand that it is coming from God, they use it in defiance of the Lord, and ultimately whatever achievements or strength they have gained will be taken away.
August 27, 1992, Lvov