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The following statement was given by Dhristadyumna das, relating his remembrances of Srila Prahbupada. The circumstances at the time Srila Prabhupada made this statement were in 1976, when Madhudvisa had disappeared and given up sannyasa.

Srila Prabhupada said: "Actually I have not given any of you sannyasa. But I am in a war with Maya, the material energy, and I need leaders." He said, "It is called in wartime ‘battlefield commission.' There are no qualified leaders, but someone has to lead the charge. So you take every fifth man, ‘You are now lieutenant of the squad.' He is really a private, but we make him lieutenant for the day and he leads the charge." Then Prabhupada said, "It is to be understood that you are not sufficiently equipped for this fight and most of you will go down."

Because of the importance of the Krishna consciousness movement, people should be Krishna conscious and should not vote for anyone who is not Krishna conscious. Then there will be actual peace and prosperity in the state. When a vaisnava sees mismanagement in the government, he feels great compassion in his heart and tries his best to purify the situation by spreading the Hare Krishna movement. (Purport to Bhag. 6.2.3)

London, 15 November, 1969 Srila Prabhupada dit;
[...] “So far as I am concerned, in relationship with my disciples who are so kindly cooperating with me in the matter of my rendering service to my Spiritual Master, for them I am always ready to come back from Goloka Vrindaban, if they are not delivered along with me. So don’t be worried about the clutches of Maya. Be fixed up in your determination and go on serving the Supreme Lord, Krishna, with determination as you are already doing.”

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement
  

Srila Prabhupada; That is our victory ! That is victory because Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura said that viṣaya viṣānale, dibā-niśi hiyā jwale, taribare nā koinu upāy, golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma saṅkīrtana, rati nā janmilo kene tāy: “This material world is the burning fire of anxiety. So in order to get rid of it, we have to take shelter of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, which is imported from the spiritual sky.” That is a fact. So as soon as you take shelter of Hare Kṛṣṇa, naturally we are relieved from this blazing fire of material existence. Ceto-darpaṇa- mārjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12] Finished. Bhava-mahā-dāvāgni- nirvāpaṇam. Mahā-dāvāgni, this fire of material existence, finished. That’s a fact.

"So although a physical body is not present, the vibration should be accepted as the presence of the Spiritual Master, vibration. What we have heard from the Spiritual Master, that is living. " (-Srila Prabhupada, 13/1/1969)

"Just like my Spiritual Master is not physically present, but I am associating with him by his words." (-Srila Prabhupada, 8/18/1971)

HE REASONS ILL, WHO TELLS THAT VAISNAVAS DIE,
WHEN THOU ART LIVING STILL, IN SOUND.
THE VAISNAVAS DIE , TO LIVE !
AND LIVING, TRY TO SPREAD A HOLY LIFE AROUND.
.... SRILA BHAKTIVINODE THAKURA.

"I will never die. I shall live from my books, and you will utilize." His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada(Interview, July 16th, 1975, Berkeley, California

All glory to the FOUNDER ACARYA of all ISKCON, His Divine Grace Abhaya Caranaravinda Sri Srila Asttotara-sata Bhaktivedanta Goswami Maharajah Srila Prabhupada !

 

Srila Prabhupada; 1968; Here is reality, love of God. You take it. Don't expect that it will be taken by all the nations, all the people. You take it individually and see how much you are happy. Individual. That is our request..

Your humble servant!
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement


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Sri Vasudeva Krsna and Arjuna on the battlefields of Kuruksetra.

"But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering."

" Abandon all varieties of religion and dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall protect you, do not fear !" Lord Sri Krsna.

" In order to annihilate the misceants, and deliver the devotees,
I appear " Lord Sri Krsna (also applies to Lord Balarama)

Srila Prabhupada; There is two mission: not only to give protection to the devotees, but also to kill the demons. To kill the demons, that is one side. So the devotees of Krishna should be trained up both ways: not only to give protection to the devotees, to give them encouragement, but if need be, they should be prepared to kill the demons. That is Vaisnavism. It is not cowardism. It is not cowardism. When need be. [Bhagavad-Gita Lecture 1.7 July 11 1973]

 
 “...in His army, to win the war with Maya and establish Krishna Consciousness as the perfect way of life for every living entity.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, 15/11/1971)

“And as soon as he learns the Guru Maharaja is dead, “Now I am so advanced that I can kill my guru and I become guru.” Then he’s finished.”
(Srila Prabhupada Conversation, August 16th,1976)

Letter to Giriraja"The fact is that I am the only one in India who is openly criticizing, not only demigod worship and impersonalism, but everything that falls short of complete surrender to Krishna. My Guru Maharaja never compromised in His preaching, nor will I nor should any of my students. We are firmly convinced that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all other are His part and parcel servants.This we must declare boldly to the whole world, that they should not foolishly dream of world peace unless they are prepared to surrender fully to Krishna as Supreme Lord."

"To those who are constant in their devotion and worship me with Love , I give the understanding by which they may quickly come home to Me." Lord Shri Krishna

Gokulananda Prabhu: One devotee was telling Srila Prabhupada that many devotees, especially the big devotees, were coming where Prabhupada was for the Ratha-yatra. “Big devotees?” Srila Prabhupada replied, with surprise, “We are trying to become small devotees.”

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From the Poison Whispers Tape  (audio)
Segment 10. From various segments between November 8 and November 10, 1977. This is a replay of various whispers and conversation in Srila Prabhupada's room in Vrndavana shortly before his leaving the world.

Segment 11. Page 373, begin line 11.

Prabhupada: Hm. You make me ...

Whisper 1: "GOING DOWN...giggle...POISON's GOING DOWN", .

Segment 12. Page 373, begin line 20.

Prabhupada: No, no, he's sincere. I'll drink milk. Whatever strength is obtainable, there will be.

Jayapataka: Like the follow

the same treatment, only while travelling.

Whisper 2: “IS THERE POISION IN THE MILK?” followed by a reply

"UH HUH",

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Confirmation Of Arsenic Poisoning

Confirmation Of Arsenic Poison

USA, May 19 (VNN) — From the book "Someone Has Poisoned Me" Chapter 33 page 238

Then in mid-February 1999 this reporter received unofficial reports (rumors) that Balavanta's hair test at the University of Missouri had come in positive for arsenic at abnormal levels. Apparently Balavanta had received his report about two months ago and was maintaining strict secrecy.

Further rumors had it that Naveen Krishna was travelling to Mayapur to quietly present a partial report to some of the GBC with the recommendation that Balavanta's investigation be continued and expanded. This turned out not to be true. They were still both in Florida, and quiet as usual.



On February 19 this reporter telephoned Dr. Steve Morris and verbally obtained the detailed results of Balavanta's hair test. Dr. Morris received Srila Prabhupada's hair on June 15, 1998, and after six months had completed the neutron activation analysis. This reporter had originally arranged with Dr. Morris to perform a test on one or two hair samples pro bone (free), but decided to use Dr Chatt in Nova Scotia. Balavanta was told that he could use the free services of Dr. Morris, as Balavanta had made it clear that his GBC provided funds for investigative work were very limited.

Dr, Morris was suite knowledgeable on what constituted normal and abnormal levels of arsenic in human hair. He described that normally one would expect to find from less than 0.05 parts of arsenic per million up to perhaps 0.1 to 0.2 parts per million, depending on exposure to environmental contaminants and so on. His experience was that farmers who are regularly exposed over a long term basis to agricultural herbicides and pesticides containing arsenic compounds MIGHT temporarily attain a level of 1.0 parts per million, which is probably why so many farmers handling these kinds of chemicals have such high rates of serious diseases like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, etc. Dr. Morris then related that his testing revealed:

THE HAIR CONTAINED ALMOST 3.0 PARTS PER MILLION.

Dr. Morris conservatively summarized 'by saying that Srila Prabhupada, at the time represented by that particular half inch of hair, at a very minimum, had 5 to 10 times the normal amount of arsenic as would be normally found in a person. In his opinion, this could not be produced by typical environmental factors, but required the oral ingestion or skin absorption of unusually large amounts of arsenic.

Using Dr. Morris's range of normal hair levels, however, a simple calculation shows that, from 0.05 to 0.2 parts per million as being normal, to almost 3.0 parts as tested is 15 to 60 times over average. The presence of such high amounts of the world's deadliest poison in Srila Prabhupada's hair confirms: Srila Prabhupada was poisoned with arsenic.

It was heard that Balavanta was going to test the Vrindaban ground water to satisfy doubters that there was no way Srila Prabhupada's highly unusual arsenic contamination level was due to water impurities. Srila Prabhupada resided in Vrindaban from May 17 to August 26 (100 days) and from October 2 to November 14 (43 days). There was some news a few years back about health problems in Bengal due to arsenic contamination in deep well water. However, Srila Prabhupada left Mayapur, Bengal in March 1977 after a stay of six weeks only (2.7 - 3.22). If it was the water, then why hasn't any of the permanent residents in Vrindaban or Mayapur taken seriously ill by drinking the same water for the last twenty years? This anticipated argument of discounting the value of 3 ppm and attributing it to environmental factors and not to foul play is what Balavanta was wanting to debunk in advance. This is commendable but seems hardly necessary.

In a 1970 study by McCabe, et al., 99% of 18,000 community water systems in the USA provided an average of about 0.015 milligram of arsenic per person per day. Contamination of well water with arsenic has been a cause of serious health problems in a relatively few and isolated areas, such as New Zealand, Argentina, Taiwan, Chile. The manifestations of illnesses from well water contaminated with arsenic, however, involved permanent residents of that area, not constant world travelers like Srila Prabhupada.

The consistent and cumulative effect of localized contaminated well water over a period of years is what produced the negative health effects in those cases. Srila Prabhupada spent at most only a few months in each location, in effect regularly changing His water supply, while His health continued to steadily deteriorate. The source of the arsenic was not the Vrindaban water.

Dr. Morris explained that the test measures elements and not compounds. All arsenic compounds would be measured in terms of their component elements, such as arsenic, oxygen, sulfur, etc. Within 12 to 24 hours of ingestion, arsenic will begin to be deposited in the hair. Periodic ingestions of arsenic can be seen in a hair profile analysis and would show as changing amounts along the length of the hair. The graph below shows a hypothetical relationship of time, amount of arsenic ingested and the amount of arsenic deposited in hair. Gradually, with a half-life of residence in the body of 3 to 5 days, arsenic is eliminated by urine and other minor avenues or deposited in hair, skin, nails, teeth and other bodily organs and tissues. While present, arsenic does great damage, and those amounts which are not eliminated continue to destroy the body internally. Unfortunately, Balavanta's hair sample had insufficient length for this kind of profile study.

This hypothetical graph shows how hair levels of arsenic fluctuate greatly according to the timing and frequency of arsenic ingestions.

As this reporter has several times seen since the beginning of the poison investigation, some devotees working with the investigation, including the attorneys Gupta and Balavanta, may think secrecy is the best approach. However, any advantage there may be in surprising the suspects with a thick dossier of evidence and extracting dramatic confessions has already been spoiled by the rumor mill, and, although popular in television and Hollywood, may not be very practical in the reality of our situation.

This reporter is firmly convinced that this book is necessary to compel the followers of Srila Prabhupada to openly confront the fact that it is certain Srila Prabhupada was "assassinated," probably by His closest disciples for the sake of their material gain. To keep the evidence collected to date a secret seems unproductive, and a perpetuation of the most serious crime since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Pusta Krishna Prabhu strongly advised this author that to publish this book would be a defamation of Srila Prabhupada and constitute a horrible offense against Him personally. Such are the illogical and emotional responses that are to be expected. If the evidence was unsubstantial, then Pusta Krishna has a good point. But if it is the truth and verified by substantial evidence, as is the case, then the "defamation" of poisoning Srila Prabhupada should be established and dealt with. This is another area that we do not have space herein to digress into; the conclusion is that the truth, not false rumors, is worthy of present4ation and will always result in good. Hiding the truth is dishonesty and always reacts negatively.

Since the nature and circumstances of crimes of poisoning do not lend themselves to easy or smooth legal indictments or convictions, the next beat effective forum to obtain justice and historical truth is in the public domain.

Through the press and various other media, everyone who cares to know may be informed of the evidence, out in the open. The hope is that this will spur further participation and research into the investigation at hand, resulting in further verification and the ultimate identification and apprehension of the poisoners. Otherwise, are Srila Prabhupada's followers to be deliberately left in the dark? Suppose our parents had died under suspicious circumstance long ago. Is it wrong to try to discover the real story? And after finding it, we should leave it secret? This makes no sense. Silence means complicity. Let us not take this book as entertainment reading and then forget the matter.

There is already too much history in Srila Prabhupada's movement of keeping truths from its members and thus a privileged few then manipulate those kept in the dark. This reporter apologizes to Balavanta, Gupta, the GBC, and others if they cannot appreciate this approach, and trusts that time will show that this book was the right thing to produce.

This story URL: http://www.vnn.org/world/WD9905/WD19-3905.html

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"United Nations is trying to come to Oneness, ONENESS of all Nation, they have no ahceived it,  but instead they are increasing their plans..." Srila Prabhupada, Columbus, Ohio, May 12, 1969

In a July 9, 1971 letter to Umapati Das, Srila Prabhupada wrote:
"GBC members are simply to see that things are going on. Other centers have got president, secretary, etc. and they are managing separately. That is the formula. So how is it that the GBC are the final authority? They are simply to examine that things are going on nicely, that is all."

“GBC men should not dictate very much, simply supervise and see that the
standards are maintained.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, February 14th, 1972)

“What will happen when I am not here, shall everything be spoiled by GBC? So for the time being, let the GBC activities be suspended until I thoroughly revise the whole procedure.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, April 11th, 1972)

“I made the GBC to give me relief, but if you do like this, then where is the relief. It is anxiety for me. This is the difficulty, that as soon as one gets power, he becomes whimsical and spoils everything.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, September 12th, 1974 )

“I am training some of my experienced disciples how to manage after my departure. So if instead of taking the training, if in my lifetime you people say I am the Lord of all I survey, that is dangerous conspiracy.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, October 8th, 1974)

“But the difficulty is that our GBC men are falling victim to maya. Today I trust this GBC and tomorrow he will fall down. That is the difficulty. If the GBC men are so flickering then what to speak of the others. Unless this problem is solved whatever we may resolve it will not be very useful. “
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, December 16th, 1974)

“The GBC should all be the instructor (siksa) gurus. I am the initiator (diksa) guru, and you should be the instructor guru by teaching what I am teaching and doing what I am doing. This is not a title, but you must actually come to this platform. This I want.”(Srila Prabhupada Letter, August 4th, 1975)

“The GBC (Governing Body Commission) has been established by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to represent Him in carrying out the responsibility of managing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness of which He is the Founder-Acarya and supreme authority. The GBC accepts as its life and soul His divine instructions and recognizes that it is completely dependent on His mercy in all respects. The GBC has no other function or purpose other than to execute the instructions so kindly given by His Divine Grace and preserve and spread his Teachings to the world in their pure form.”;(GBC Resolution No.1, 1975)

“Now has the GBC become more than Guru Maharaja? As if simply GBC is meant for looking after pounds, shilling, pence. The GBC does not look after spiritual life. That is a defect.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, November 10th, 1975)

"It is now evident that some of our top men are very much ambitious and there has been so many fall-downs.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, January 27th, 1975)

"Our mission is to serve bhakta-visesa and live with devotees. Not that you take the place of the guru. That is nonsense, very dangerous. Then everything will be spoiled. As soon as you become ambitious to take the place of guru—gurusu nara-matih. That is the material disease.”( Srila Prabhupada Conversation, April 20th, 1977)

 

HDG Srila B.V. Puri Maharajah Thakura.

If one takes time to examine a little of the lives of the members of this sanga, one will find extremely rare and precious persons; revolutionary martyrs, living saints, sincere determined neophytes, truly learned sages, white-magicians, loving mothers, hard working devoted fathers, renunciants of great character, Rupanugas, Prabhupadanugas, self-realized spiritualists, Krsna's soldiers, ardent mystics, elevated yogis, artistic visionaries, liberated souls, Vaisnava sannyasis and vanaprasthas, brahmacaries and grhastas, pure religionists: Pure Vaisnava Devotees. I am very very fortunate to have your associations, and I beg a little dust from each and every one. Please forgive me for my offenses, kindly excercise your trnad api sunicena, tolerance, and mercifully please bless me, by wishing upon me purest chanting of the Holy Names. My obeisances to you all, the assembled Vaisnavas !

 H.G. Yashoda Nandana Prabhu discusses on Srila Prabhupada and the Ritvik system in ISKCON -- Part 15

Divine Yuga Avatara Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Srila Thakura Bhaktivinode, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami, told in Divine Prophesy, and sent us our Great General ! Senapati Bhakta ! HDG Jagad-Guru Srila Prabhupada , perfect servant of Srimati Radharani and Her Divine Associates of Sri Goloka, Sridhama Mayapura, and Sri Sri Jagannatha Puri / Bhubaneswara dhamas.

Caitanya Mangala, circa 1500 A.D. by Srila Locana dasa Thakura Goswami, contemporary and Gaudiya Vaisnava historian/biographer of Sri Krsna Caitanya. Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu bol :
"yadi papi cadi dharma dure dese yaya mora senapati bhakta yaibe tathaya"
"If some sinful people escape ( His sankirtana movement ) and giving up religious principles go to far off countries, then My Senapati Bhakta ( Great General amongst the devotees ),  will come at that time to give them Krsna consciousness.".

The temple is a place not for eating and sleeping, but as a base from which we send out our soldiers to fight with maya.”(Srila Prabhupada Letter, 3/8/1973)

  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the Hare Krsna Movement, Jagad Vaisnava Guru, prophesied by Lokanatha Goswami five hundred years ago, and reiterated by Sril Bhaktivinode Thakura 175 years ago, instructed in his mission by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharajah Thakura Prabhupada of Navadvipa and Jagannatha Puri, our Srila Prabhupada is the prophesied "Senapati Bhakta" of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Because you are very sincere and enthusiastic boy, and very intelligent also, Krishna has given you this position of leadership in His army, to win the war with Maya and establish Krishna Consciousness as the perfect way of life for every living entity.”(Srila Prabhupada Letter, 15/11/1971)

Syamasundara: ‘And by putting out this book, The Origin of Species, they at once did away with God to be able to… After that Nietzsche, another philosopher who said, “God is dead,” he made that statement first, right after Darwin’s book came out: “God is dead.”" Srila Prabhupada: “So we have to fight against all these nonsense philosophers.”(Discussions with Syamasundara Das)

And we have to fight them. We can not stay silent in the name of “peace” or “co-existence”. Srila Prabhupada: “So we have to fight against all this nonsense. Nonsense scientists, nonsense religionists. What do you think? It is not easy-going, sleeping business. We have to fight with so many demons. [...] As all our Godbrothers are doing. They have got a little temple, and a few devotees go and beg rice and cook it and eat and sleep, that’s all.” Pusta Krishna: “Like being dead almost.”
Srila Prabhupada: “No fighting spirit.”(Room Conversation, 2/7/1976Glories to Bhadrasena Maharajah!

"By the mercy of the Guru even a dumb man can become a great speaker, and even a lame man can cross mountains."

"All my disciples will take the legacy. If you want, you can also take it. Sacrifice everything. I, one, may soon pass away. But they are hundreds, and this movement will increase. It is not that I give an order, 'Here is the next leader.' Anyone who follows the previous leadership is the leader.... All of my disciples are leaders, as much as they follow purely. If you want to follow, you can also lead. But you don't want to follow. Leader means one who is a first class disciple. Evam param parapraptam. One who is following is perfect."
(Srila Prabhupada, Back to Godhead magazine, Vol. 13, No. 1-2)
courtesy RMdd

The Unlimited Glories of Srila Prabhupada January 4, 2011 by Gadadhara das Srila Prabhupada is the Founder Acharya for Hare Krishna Movement. He is the ONLY reason anyone knows the words “Hare Krishna” in main stream culture. He produced more literature (books, conversations, letters, records, and lectures) than any other Vaisnava that lived during his time or lived after His Vapu association. He opened more then one hundred temples all over the world. He wrote over 7,000 personal letters to his disciples, published in five volumes of books. He went around the world 12 times. He created a monthly magazine, “Back to Godhead,” which at one point was distributed in excess of one million copies per month. He gave lectures on Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita As It Is, compiled into 18 volumes of books. He authored over 140 books, all in the matter of 11 years time. His devotees appeared in over 75 major Hollywood feature films chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra. He began at the age of 69. He slept less than 4 yours a day. He was the only one ever recorded fainting while distributing His “Back To Godhead Magazine” before He came to America. His writing is absolutely perfect in every way and does not need any adjustments whatsoever. Srila Prabhupada never settled nor did His disciples. He constantly worked day and night in spreading Krishna consciousness and often moved His disciples around the world, managing everything perfectly, despite having disciples who wanted to succeed Him and who made many mistakes along the way. Srila Prabhupada never spoke anything different then what Lord Krishna spoke. He personally brought Krishna consciousness to the WORLD in its most pristine, accurate, and perfect form! Take out Srila Prabhupada and “Hare Krishnas” would cease to exist. Srila Prabhupada did the unthinkable, the unfathomable. He is the Acharya and the Master At Whose Feet All Other Masters Sit. He is the pure devotee. He is the prime example of the most realized soul ever to walk the face of this earth. His vani (instructions) continue to spread around the world and His presence can be felt by anyone who cares to read His books, to listen to His lectures, and to watch His films. Srila Prabhupada is now living with all vibrancy and all vigor in His instructions. Srila Prabhupada’s accomplishments are so far beyond any description or glorification that this article or any other article does no justice. Srila Prabhupada lives forever! Hare Krishna!!!

From a letter written by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati :

Bg. 9.16-22.

"But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering."

"I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also the Rig, the Sama and the Yajur Vedas."

"I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed."

"O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me."

"Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly. Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights."

"When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death."

"But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form—to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have."

His Divine Grace Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
 Founder~Acharya of the Krsna Consciousness Movement
 
  

Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja Prabhupada
Letter to his London disciples, July, 1969:

"Therefore having a bona fide spiritual master and serving him and pleasing him and getting his mercy is essential. Otherwise there can be no advancement in Krishna consciousness. And unless the spiritual master is a pure devotee of Krishna then he has no potency to give you Krishna. He is simply a cheating rascal.

So in fact above all the rules and regulations and offenses I have mentioned the most important thing, the essential thing, which is required if you want to come to the stage of purely chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is you must have a bona fide spiritual master who is a pure devotee of Krishna. Without having a bona fide spiritual master you can chant Hare Krishna forever but you will not be able to advance because Krishna does not reveal Himself in this way. He only reveals Himself to those devotees who surrender to and serve and please His pure devotees."

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