Category:Instruction

A

• A complete progressive march on the return path home, back to Godhead, will depend on the instructions of the revealed scriptures directed by a realized devotee
• A kingdom, state or empire must be governed under the instructions of saintly persons and brahmanas like the Kumaras
• According to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's instructions, a devotee should never be puffed up by material power. He should know that material power is the result of one's past good activities (karma) and is consequently transient
• According to Vedic civilization, one is offered a sacred thread as a sign of second birth. One takes his second birth by dint of having received instructions in the sastra from a bona fide spiritual master. Therefore, sastra, scripture, is the real father
• According to the instructions given by Rsabhadeva to His sons, we should not create a so-called comfortable situation, but must prepare to undergo austerity. This is how a human being should actually live to fulfill life's ultimate goal
• Actually I cannot claim any credit for myself, but I say if any credit is due, it is due to the fact that I have not deviated from the original instructions
• Actually aware of God and His instructions
• All Vedic literatures, they are especially meant for instruction to the men. Woman is to follow the husband. That's all. The husband will give instruction to the wife. There is no such thing as the girl should go to school to take brahmacari-asrama
• All of human society is in such a dangerous position that to be rescued it must abide by the standard instructions of the Vedas. The cream of these instructions appears in the form of Bhagavad-gita
• Although Krsna is independent of everyone, out of His causeless mercy He is dependent upon Garga Rsi for religious instruction; for learning the military art He is dependent upon Satyaki; and for good counsel He is dependent upon His friend Uddhava
• Although the rituals of religion are confidential, meditation and cultivation of knowledge are still more confidential. And surrender unto Krsna in devotional service in full Krsna consciousness is the most confidential instruction
• Anyone who is bodily identified, there is no question of spiritual instruction. He is an ass
• As an eternal servitor of the Lord, he (Vidura) displayed his devotional activities very ardently and lived a life of a pious man, so much so that a materialistic man like Dhrtarastra also got salvation by his instruction
• As soon as we chant Hare Krsna or chant Bhagavad-gita or Bhagavata, so He is present immediately by His vibration. He's absolute. Therefore try to remember His words of instruction; you'll not feel separation. You'll feel that He is with you
• Authorized instructions

B

• Because of the instructions of a foolish guru one remains perpetually in material existence and suffers its tribulations
• Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you My supreme instruction, the most confidential knowledge of all. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit
• Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati personally told me that publishing books is more important than constructing temples. Of course, those same instructions remained within my mind for many years
• By His personal behavior and instructions, Lord Rsabhadeva enlightened the conditioned soul and showed him how to become self-sufficient in his spiritual identity
• By spiritual instruction a brahmacari is trained to ignite a fire and offer oblations

C

• Caitanya Mahaprabhu, recently advented in the Age of Kali to propagate this message. By the great fortune of all Bengalis, He appeared in Bengal and blessed the Bengali race. Thus Bengalis can preach His mission and instructions to the entire human race
• Chinese Communism will be perfect if they take little instruction from us. We are also Communist, Krsna Communist. We want that everyone should be happy

D

• Despite his life of failure, Dhrtarastra achieved the greatest of all success in self-realization by the forceful instructions of a pure devotee of the Lord
• Dhrtarastra did not act in accordance with the good instructions given by Bhisma and Vidura; instead, he was being conducted by the ill instructions of such persons as Karna and Sakuni
• Direct instruction

E

• Even though the Lord is equally well-wishing to everyone, the unfortunate living being, due to bad association only, is unable to accept His instructions in toto, and for this the Lord is never to be blamed
• Everyone is in ignorance due to long separation from God. And when he is given lesson, instruction how to become God conscious, how to love God, that is real life

F

• For material enjoyment He has prescribed so many ritualistic sacrificial performances in the Vedas, and thus people may take advantage of those instructions and enjoy material life in higher planets or in a noble aristocratic family

G

• Give instruction without citing authority
• Gurun is plural in number because anyone who gives spiritual instructions based on the revealed scriptures is accepted as a spiritual master

H

• Haridasa Thakura's instruction that the prostitute should distribute to the brahmanas all the property she had at home is very significant

I

• I have no objection to your taking Kirtanananda's instruction. There is no harm in going through Kirtanananda
• I have no particular instructions, save and except the instruction which I have also heard from my Spiritual Master. So all instructions in the disciplic succession directly comes from the Supreme Person
• I understand that the mrdanga instruction to our devotees is a failure. So retain the teachers and have them engage our students, but if the students are so dull what can be done?
• I very much approve of your traveling widely throughout South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand zone, now you give all of the temple presidents your expert instructions and train them
• I will speak twice or thrice in a week to as many students who will come, intelligent boys and girls, and they will get regular instruction in our Vedic knowledge as it is
• If one becomes a bookworm, reading many books and scriptures and hearing many commentaries and the instructions of many men, this will produce doubt within his heart. One cannot in this way ascertain the real goal of life
• If one is actually serious to attain mukti, he must worship Lord Krsna. That is Sripada Sankaracarya's last instruction
• If we can organize such an institution such as St. Xavier's college and we can give them instruction through the English medium and raise them in a Krishna Conscious culture, we shall get unlimited number of students from respectable families of India
• If we can take some money and give some literature, that is a good service. So far irritation is concerned, a child is also irritated when he is given instructions, but that does not mean that we should stop
• If we do not move according to the instructions of the Vedas but act according to our whimsical ideas, our lives will be spoiled by confusion and will end in despair
• If we want to associate with a sadhu, we cannot expect him to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition, but he will give us instructions on how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction
• If you want doctorate degree the system is that the theses should be guided by three expert Ph.D.'s. So similarly, if you want to be purely Krsna conscious person you must select a person who can give you instruction
• Instruction alone cannot make one an expert. Unless one is blessed by the spiritual master, or the acarya, such teachings cannot become fully manifest

I cont.

• Instruction of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
• Instruction of the guru
• Instruction of the sastra
• Instructions available in the scriptures
• Instructions of Srimad-Bhagavatam
• Instructions of a pure devotee
• Instructions of sadhu
• Instructions of the acaryas
• Instructions of the authorities
• Instructions received from

J

• Jains refer to Lord Rsabhadeva as their original preceptor. If such people are serious followers of Rsabhadeva, they must also take His instructions
• Just try to give shape to the instructions of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. "My name will be spread in every nook and corner of every town and village of the world." That is your duty, and you are one of the foremost workers

K

• Kasyapa Muni's first instruction to his wife was not to be envious
• King Yudhisthira, who was much aggrieved, could not be convinced, despite instructions by great sages headed by Vyasa and the Lord Krsna Himself
• Krsna consciousness means that you act according to the instruction given by Krsna

L

• Lord Buddha also emphasized ahimsa paramadharma "the highest religion is nonviolence.'' So these instructions are for the sinful men. When one is pious, instead of being sinful, he is promoted to the higher planetary systems
• Lord Caitanya's instruction to Tapana Misra is especially significant for persons who loiter here and there collecting books and reading none of them, thus becoming bewildered regarding the aim of life

M

• Moral instruction

N

• No instruction about Krsna consciousness, simply attached to the temple and belling, and now devotion is zero

O

• One has to receive the message of the spiritual master regarding how to act in one's capacity, for the spiritual master is expert in giving such instructions
• One must be a submissive student of the six Gosvamis, from Srila Rupa Gosvami to Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Not following their instructions but imagining how to worship Gaurasundara and Radha-Krsna is a great offense
• One should not be misled by a pseudodevotee. He himself must be plain and gentle to receive the instructions of such a pure devotee. A pure devotee is a completely surrendered soul unto the Personality of Godhead
• One who takes sex life to be supreme finds action in Krsna consciousness confusing. Either due to his own personal consideration or due to his having taken instructions from others or conferring with them
• One's guide must be a spiritual master who is actually an unalloyed devotee strictly following the instructions of the previous acarya without deviation
• Only attention engaged in the service of the Lord, especially in dressing and decorating the temple, accompanied by musical kirtana and spiritual instructions from scriptures, can save the common man from the hellish cinema attractions and sex-songs
• Only attention engaged in the service of the Lord, especially in dressing and decorating the temple, accompanied by musical kirtana and spiritual instructions from scriptures, can save the common man from the cinemas, songs etc
• Our instruction means...
• Our policy is not that to decry material advancement of civilization, but our instruction is that do not forget your real business, self-realization

P

• Perfect instruction
• Protect the citizens according to the instructions of the learned brahmana authorities

R

• Real instruction
• Regarding your question about instruction, spiritual life is different from material life. The instruction given in my books is supposed to be personal instruction
• Regarding your question about the husband becoming the Spiritual Master of the wife, anyone who can give instructing in spiritual life is treated as Spiritual Master. There are two kinds of Spiritual Master, initiator and instructor
• Religious instructions

S

• Scripture whose instructions should be especially accepted
• Sometimes a diksa-guru is not present always. Therefore one can take learning, instruction, from an advanced devotee. That is called the siksa-guru
• Special instruction
• Spiritual instructions from scriptures
• Spiritual instructions from scriptures can save the common man from the hellish cinema attractions and rubbish sex-songs broadcast everywhere by radios
• Sukadeva Gosvami has very clearly said that the isvara, or supreme controller, may sometimes violate His own instructions, but this is possible only for the controller Himself, not for the followers

T

• The Lord left only eight slokas of His instructions in writing, and they are known as the Siksastaka
• The Lord unwillingly creates this material world, but He descends in His personal form or sends one of His reliable sons or a servant or a reliable author like Vyasadeva to give instruction
• The Lord, out of His causeless mercy upon the devotee, gives direct instructions so that the devotee may make accurate progress on the path returning home, back to Godhead
• The Rakhi Bandhan ceremony observed by you under instruction of Prasad isn't approved by our Vaisnava rituals
• The Supersoul within everyone’s heart speaks not externally but from within. He instructs the devotees in all respects, and that is His way of instruction

T cont.

• The Supreme Personality of Godhead leaves behind scriptures like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, so that the living entities hovering in the darkness of nescience may take advantage of the instructions
• The atmosphere which was created by Vidura, his valuable instructions on the facts of life, would fade away due to the influence of the age of Kali which was fast approaching
• The best process is to accept the instructions of the previous acaryas and follow them. Then God realization and self-realization become extremely easy
• The best way of understanding is to accept such a divine instruction, and Brahma, the prime spiritual master of everyone, is the living example of this process of receiving transcendental knowledge
• The conclusion is that one who does not care for the instructions of saintly persons like Narada and his disciplic succession surely falls into the category of nasta-prajna and thus goes to hell
• The essence of all instruction in the matter of devotional service
• The first instruction is that one should understand that the soul is within the body and is transmigrating from one body to another. This is the beginning of spiritual knowledge
• The following moral instruction by the great politician Canakya Pandita is very meaningful
• The immediate spiritual master is the representative of Narada Muni; there is no difference between the instructions of Narada Muni and those of the present spiritual master
• The instruction means...
• The instructions of Lord Caitanya to Sanatana Gosvami are very important for people in general. The Lord taught him the process of devotional service, which is the constitutional occupation of every living entity
• The instructions which I impart are not dogmas. Our instructions are all based on sufficient logic and philosophy
• The isvara, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, being situated in everyone's heart, gives directions to everyone in terms of one's capabilities in taking the instructions
• The rule is that in the presence of a higher personality one should not be very eager to impart instructions, even if one is competent and well versed
• The spiritual master who initiates according to the regulations of the sastras is called the diksa-guru, and the spiritual master who gives instructions for elevation is called the siksa-guru
• The word papa-yoni refers to those who are less than sudras, but even though a woman may not be papa-yoni, because of being less intelligent she sometimes forgets devotional instructions
• The words are ambrosial because they are not my personal words, they are instructions of my predecessors and I am just trying to administer them to my best knowledge. That is the way of Parampara system
• There are many sastric injunctions which give instructions for carving forms of the Lord. These forms are not material. If God is all-pervading, then He is also in the material elements. There is no doubt about it. But the atheists think otherwise
• There are many sastric injunctions which give instructions for carving forms of the Lord. These forms are not material. If God is all-pervading, then He is also in the material elements. There is no doubt about it
• There is a short story about a snake who became a devotee upon instruction by Narada, who instructed him not to bite anymore
• There is a story about a hunter who was converted into a great devotee under the instruction of Narada Muni
• There is no need of taking instructions spoken in dream while the Spiritual Master is still present
• There was no need for Krsna and Balarama to accept a spiritual master, or acarya, yet for the instruction of ordinary men They also accepted a spiritual master for advancement in spiritual knowledge
• Those who are in Krsna consciousness and are engaged in devotional service under the instructions of Narada Muni are not subjected to the influence of Yamaraja and his sister Jara
• Those who are members of this society, they should be ideal. Simply by their association people will become good, very good responsibility. And if they become bad themselves, there is no possibility because we are giving instruction
• Those who are, therefore, on the path of salvation for going back home back to Godhead, are especially advised by all scriptural instruction to become free from such paraphernalia of material attraction
• Through training and instruction, one will become detached from worldly life

U

• Under the instructions of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja began preaching the Krsna consciousness movement in an organized way within the past hundred years

V

• Valuable instructions
• Vidura as an eternal servitor of the Lord, he displayed his devotional activities very ardently and lived a life of a pious man, so much so that a materialistic man like Dhrtarstha also got salvation by his instruction

W

• We cannot expect him (the sadhu) to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition, but he will give us instructions on how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction and how to elevate ourselves in devotional service
• We feel always the presence of our past Acaryas simply by their immutable instructions
• What is Bible? Scripture. Why the scripture? It is fully contains the instruction of sadhu, holy man, or spiritual master, Lord Jesus Christ, therefore is scripture. The scripture means the statement of liberated holy man. That is sadhu
• Whatever is to be learned of the teachings of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura can be learned from our books. There is no need whatsoever for any outside instruction
• When Maharaja Priyavrata went off for spiritual realization, his son Agnidhra became the ruler of Jambudvipa, in accordance with Maharaja Priyavrata's instructions, and maintained its residents with the same affection a father feels for his sons
• When a teacher speaks, he can speak the truth for the instruction of his students
• When one does not agree to the religious principle or to the moral principle or any instruction, he is adamant, then there must be fight
• Where have you got this idea to retire and simply translate books? That is not in our line. My Spiritual Master has given me the instruction to spread this movement all over the world and you are my good disciples, are helping me do this
• Without being angry, he should continue giving instructions, even if his disciple, son or citizen is sometimes unable to follow his order
• Women are generally attached to material enjoyment, and because of this tendency they sometimes forget devotional instructions

Y

• You are now serving Krishna under the instruction of your Spiritual Master, so there will be no scarcity of supply of strength unless there is some weakness on your part in the matter of absolute faith in these two shelters
• You read Prahlada Maharaja's instruction very nicely and utilize it in your life. Your life will be successful
• You shall never be happy - this is perfect instruction - unless you go back to home, back to Godhead. Just like a mad boy, he has forsaken his father

D

• [+] Destination (27)

E

• [+] Enjoined (17)

F

• [+] Follow The Instruction (47)

I

• [+] Inculcated (5)
• [+] Instruct (91)
• [+] Instruction From (11)

I cont.

• [+] Instruction of Bhagavad-gita (27)
• [+] Instructions of Krsna (26)
• [+] Instructions of the Lord (16)
• [+] Instructions of the Spiritual Master (63)
• [+] Instructive (9)
• [+] Instructor (21)

M

• [+] My Instructions (Prabhupada) (94)

Q

• [+] Questions on... Instructions (2)
• [+] Questions on... Krsna - His instructions (2)

R

• [+] Rules (52)

T

• [+] Teaching (133)

U

• [+] Upadesamrta - Nectar of Instruction (9)

V

• [+] Vani (20)
• [+] Vedic Instruction (11)