August 26
We are all looking to be self satisfied, but we are so much dependent, that under illusion we think that the best way to be self satisfied is by attaching ourselves to material objects.
August 26, 2001, Simferopol
Niranjana Swami's Quote Of The Day
August 25
A devotee is one who is always anxiously hankering to associate with the Lord. That is the symptom of the advanced devotee.
August 25, 1997, Kiev
August 24
So we must always keep Krsna consciousness present and face the light and not turn our backs on Krsna. As long as we are always moving forward to Krsna and He sees that our desire is to go forward, then He pulls. That is Krsna. He is all attractive. That means He’s also pulling.
August 24, 1992, Donetsk
August 23
Discipline means that we do something that we may not necessarily want to do and when we accept that force and see it’s connection to Krsna, then we become Krsna conscious and in doing so we become inspired, knowing where it is coming from.
August 23, 2001, Odessa
August 22
So the substance should be there first and then the form will follow. And the substance is simply wanting to see others advancing in Krsna consciousness, assisting the spiritual master in taking care of devotees and in helping devotees increase their faith in the process of Krsna consciousness and in the Holy Names of the Lord.
August 22, 2008, New Vraja Dhama
August 21
What does it mean to be carefully chanting the Holy Name of the Lord? It means to understand the glories of the Holy Name of the Lord.
August 21, 2001, Odessa
August 20
So that which is inconceivable can be understood if one accepts that the Lord has inconceivable energies, because by the inconceivable energies of the Supreme Lord, that which is inconceivable can be conceived. But without surrendering to the Lord, they will always remain inconceivable.
August 20, 2008, Budapest
August 19
A devotee can understand that he can do anything if he depends on Krsna for the result, because it’s not that he is doing it, but that Krsna is using him as instrument.
August 19, 1989, Moscow
August 18
For one who is always dependent upon the Lord, then there is never any cause of fear, because fear only comes from seeing things separate from Krsna.
August 18, 1992, Kharkov
August 17
Unless one is submissive, very anxious to hear or willing to give up his false pride and prestige and prostrate himself before the bona fide spiritual master, then the seed of transcendental knowledge can never take root, grow properly or flourish and blossom to fruits of love of Godhead.
August 17, 1992, Dnepropetrovsk