Spiritual improvement
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 7 - 12
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 4
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
Caitanya Mahāprabhu explains that,
- svābhāvika tina śakti yei brahme haya
- niḥśaktika kari' tāṅre karaha niścaya
Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Paramahaṁsa: Is there a stage after a person becomes completely purified...?
Prabhupāda: The students, they are going to school, college, and they are talking of sex. Where is tapasya? How it is possible? So therefore bhakti-yoga is the only way of spiritual improvement in this age—all age, especially in this age. No other method will help you-yoga, karma, jñāna, nothing. Bhakti-yoga is always strong, especially in this age, Kali-yuga. Therefore it is said, kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva, especially. Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam, kalau nāsty eva... [Cc. Ādi 17.21]. This is the simplest.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Madhudviṣa: So even if I want to perform some ajnata-sukrti, it is only by Kṛṣṇa's mercy that I will do it.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is stated by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. ei rūpe brahmāṇḍe bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti latā bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151] As soon as he gives to a saintly person, bhakta, he immediately acquires some asset of future development. Immediately.
Acyutānanda: If someone gives to a person for spiritual..., consciously for spiritual improvement...
Prabhupāda: There is no question of...
Acyutānanda: ...and the person misuses the money, does he benefit?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Acyutānanda: If a man says, "I am giving you this donation because it is a spiritual organization," but if the money is misused, does that man benefit?
Prabhupāda: If money is misused, then both of them become implicated. If it is not used for Kṛṣṇa, then both of them becomes under the laws of karma.
Acyutānanda: But that man is sincere.
Prabhupāda: Well, this word sincere, there is no meaning unless he is a devotee. Ei bala ei manda sab mano dharma: "These are all mental concoction." There is no meaning. "This man is good. This man is sincere. This man is bad. This man is..." They are all mental concoction. Only good is he who is Kṛṣṇa conscious. Others all rascals.Correspondence
1972 Correspondence
Page Title: | Spiritual improvement |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya, Jamuna Priya |
Created: | 14 of Jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 11 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=3, CC=0, OB=1, Lec=1, Con=2, Let=3 |