January 25
If we don’t appreciate the value, then there is no desire to reciprocate. We have to be very very careful not to become familiar to the process of bhakti.
January 25, 2001, Dnepropetrovsk
Niranjana Swami's Quote Of The Day
January 24
Hearing and chanting without inspiration can become simply another ritual. But when a devotee is genuinely inspired, he can have a positive influence on others.
January 24, 2007, Letter
January 23
The Lord always protects. He protects vows of His devotees. He protects the desires of His devotees. He protects the heart of the devotee.(…) We should always seek of that protection of the Lord, and then, one who actually is under that protection, one who sees the Lords participation in his life and sees His kindness and His mercy, however it manifests, he will always be protected by the Lord.
January 23, 2005, Pune yatra
January 22
Sraddha means to have complete faith, that without chanting the Holy Name, all one's subsidiary duties (work, family, society, body, pious activity, etc.) will always remain incomplete. Incomplete fulfillment of duties means incomplete fulfillment of the self.
January 22, 2002, Letter
January 20
The only way how we can learn, how to please the Lord, is by associating with the devotees, who are pleasing the Lord.
January 20, 2002, Moscow
January 19
Progress means feeling that we are unworthy of mercy, we are in need of more and more mercy, and that we are not doing enough service for Krishna's pleasure.
January 19, 2007, Letter
January 18
The point is that although our desires do need to be fulfilled, we should let Krsna fulfill them rather than attempting to artificially fulfill them ourselves. Therefore a person is best situated for purification who depends upon Krsna for the fulfillment of all of his needs.
January 18, 1997, Letter
January 15
So certainly, whatever obstacles are placed before the path of the devotees, individually and collectively, they can be overcome by the mercy of the Lord, and Krsna will remove all obstacles from the path of devotional service for one, who has full determination in the course of executing his duties in Krsna consciousness.
January 15, 1996, Kiev
January 14
This body exists. It’s real. But what is false? When I think: “it is me”.
January 14, 1998, Kiev
January 12
If one has a particular service to Krishna, but if his meditation is on rejection of that service for accepting another service - this is not favorable.
January 12, 1997, Moscow