“There are three stages of transcendental development in devotional service, which are technically called sthāyi-bhāva, anubhāva and mahābhāva. Continual perfect love of Godhead is called sthāyi-bhāva, and when it is performed in a particular type of transcendental relationship it is… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“In Vaikuṇṭhaloka there is no occupation but the service of the Lord, and this service is not rendered with a purpose. Although every service… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“The Lord and His devotees reside in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and they are of the same transcendental quality, namely śuddha-sattva, the mode of pure… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment,… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“The four sages were impersonalists in the beginning of their spiritual life, but afterwards, by the grace of their father and spiritual master, Brahmā, they understood the eternal, spiritual form of the Lord and felt completely satisfied. In other words, the transcendentalists who aspire to the impersonal Brahman or localized Paramātmā are not fully satisfied and still hanker for more.… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“There are five kinds of liberation, the least important of which is called sāyujya, to become one with the Supreme. Devotees don’t care for such liberation because they are actually intelligent. Nor are they inclined to accept any of the other four kinds of liberation, namely to live on the same planet as the Lord, to live with Him side… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest yoga performance by trained devotional yogīs. Despite all the allurement of yoga practice, the eight kinds of yogic perfections are hardly achievable by the common man. But here it is described that the Lord, who appeared before the four sages, is Himself full of all eight of those perfections. The highest yoga-mārga process is to… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“Senses are called spiritually purified when they are not involved in sense gratification. Senses require engagements, and when the senses are engaged totally in… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“This Age of Kali is called the fallen age. In this age, people in general are short-living and very slow to understand self-realization or spiritual life; they are mostly unfortunate, and therefore if someone is a little bit interested in self-realization he is likely to be misguided by so many frauds. The only way to realize the perfect stage of… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“It is indicated herein that a yogī who has control over the mind and senses has the actual benediction of the Lord, and he has no fear. In other words, one cannot attain the mercy and benediction of the Supreme Lord until one is able to control the mind and the senses. This is actually possible when one fully engages… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“As far as the mode of ignorance is concerned, the performer is without knowledge, and therefore all his activities result in present misery, and afterwards he will go on toward animal life. Animal life is always miserable, although, under the spell of the illusory energy, māyā, the animals do not understand this. Slaughtering poor animals is also due to the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
“The transcendental loving service of the Lord is performed in three ways – with the body, with the mind and with words. Here the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“It is said that one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead when one is even slightly favored by Him; otherwise, without His mercy, a man may speculate for thousands of years and not understand what is actually the Absolute Truth. This mercy can be perceived by the devotee when he is completely freed from contamination. It is stated, therefore,… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share
