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Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Knot Between Matter And Spirit
As soon as you deviate from devotional service, immediately the maya is standing. She’ll capture you. You can see practically. There is sunshine, and just next to the sunshine, there is darkness or shadow. So little deviation from the sunshine there...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Knot Between Matter And Spirit
Therefore two things must go on in parallel lines. One side, a person should cultivate Krsna consciousness and, another side, he should try to give up all the unwanted things. That will help him. You cannot continue both the things. Just...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: The Material World – A chance
In the material nature, you cannot have anything permanent. That is material nature. It is just like the flashlight. When you pass through roads and avenue, there are three colors — red, blue and yellow. They’re passing through, always. Not...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: How To Derive The Ultimate Benefit
Just like earth, from the earth the tree grows. So tree grows means wood. Now, if you ignite the wood, first of all there is smoke, then there is fire. So my necessity is fire, neither the wood, nor the...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: The Material World – A Chance
Just like one is a prisoner. So if he pleases the superintendent of prison, he can get some little facilities. Now I have seen, practically, that one young boy, he was imprisoned for some criminal act. So he was typing...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: The Material World – A Chance
Just like, I’ll give you very nice example. Just there will be a great fair. Just like, we had in this Allahabad, Magha-mela. So because government knew that many people will come to take bath in the Ganges, confluence of...
