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1. Tdasa ;  We consider ourselves simply the modern followers of HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, as he taught and set the perfect examples. There is no such thing as "ritvik philosophy", per se,  as we are simply following Prabhupada's philosophy.

Srila Prabhupada ;

" From now on unless I order you do something change or in addition, go on with the usual standard way. "

 "Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not meant to be one-sided. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement also should be all-perv

Prabhupada: We Vaiṣṇavas do not say that there is no need of fighting. We never say. When there is need of fighting we must fight. Rather, somebody in New York, some Goldsmith, he was that, 'Why Krishna is advising Arjuna to fight, to become violent?'
So somebody protests like that. But there is no meaning of protesting against the action of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is our view. So we Vaiṣṇavas, we are chanting.
It does not mean that when there is need of fighting with avaiṣṇava (non-vaishnava) we shall lack in strength. We can fight. One gentleman inquired from me that 'Vaiṣṇavism makes one dull. He cannot act.' And, 'No. You have not seen a Vaiṣṇava.' In the two fightings, great fighting, the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, the hero was Hanuman and Arjuna, and they fought.
Guest: They fought.
Prabhupada: Yes. And who can be better Vaiṣṇava than them?
Guest: Nobody.
Prabhupada: So Vaiṣṇava does not mean he is dull. No.
Guest: No, that is well proved. If there is need...
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“Yes, we must set up our society as a school as best we can—I have already sent you letter. Please formulate the whole curriculum because we have to immediately submit to the Draft department and if this is accepted that will be great gain for our society. “Bhakti-sastri” is awarded after extensive study of Bhagavad-gita, Easy Journey, and Nectar of Devotion. “Bhakti-vaibhava” is awarded after study of Vedanta-sutra and Srimad-Bhagavatam on a preliminary basis; and “Bhaktivedanta” the highest title, is awarded after extensive study of Caitanya-caritamrta.” (Letter to Brahmananda, Hawaii, March 23, 1969)

Today we are very proud to welcome Advaita Acarya Dasa into the family of disciples of Srila Prabhupada! Congratulations, Prabhu !! Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna ! He has pledged his eternal service to his beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, and will be saying his gayatris with us daily, now. 

Real bhakti… that is raganuga-bhakti. This raganuga-bhakti, we have to come after surpassing the vaidhi-bhakti [regulative process]. In the material world, if we do not try to make further and further progress in devotional service, if we are simply sticking to the shastric [scriptural] regulation process and do not try to go beyond that...
The shastric process is kanishtha-adhikara, lowest stage of devotional service… This is nice beginning, but one has to go above this… If I become satisfied only with these regulative principles for worshiping… but if I have no other idea, then sa bhaktah prakrtah smrtah. Prakrta means on the material platform.
…So any devotee can fall down if he remains prakrta-bhakta. So he has to raise himself above this in the madhyama-adhikara [intermediate stage]…
Therefore, if we do not associate with the advanced devotees, uttama-adhikari, if we simply want to remain in the lowest stage of devotional service, then we are not making progress. Then we shall si

"Now produce life. Where is that science? Simply talking. 'Yes, we shall do. We are trying.' Nonsense, trying. What is the use of trying? It is already there. God sent egg through the chicken; it will produce life.

“So why you are wasting your time in this way? Rather, try to understand the person who has got such a brain that within this chemical composition there is life.

“You cannot do it; therefore you are inferior. Somebody has done it. Even if you say, 'Nature has done it,' nature is then powerful. You are not even to the level of nature, what to speak of God.

“Nature is only one of the energies of God. You cannot understand even the energy. How you will understand the energetic?"

"It's difficult to understand how they could possibly say that there's no intelligence," I observed.

"Therefore we say these are all rascals," Prabhupāda said with finality. "Therefore genera

The following discussion is between Srila Prabhupada and Ramsevara in 1977 on train to the Kumbhamelamin festival.

Ramesvara - "Prabhupada I thought you once said that if we keep distributing books then the war can be stopped."

Prabhupada - "No. That will increase it. That will make it come faster. We want that. That is preparing the world for the fight against atheism. My books are preparing the world. This war is inevitable. If they are reluctant to fight we will force them to".

They are preparing the world, war is inevitable, if they are reluctant to fight we will force them to."

Krsna became famous by killing demons . He has two businesses. After we have secured America we will use everything in Krsna 's service, even atom bombs. 'Surrender to Krsna or else we will drop this atom bomb', the war is inevitable, there is no way it can be stopped"

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http://bookchanges.com/…/20…/05/Ramesvara-interview-1979.pdf