Quotes by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

“ Faith is unflinching trust in something divine. “

-A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada-

Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.

To kill nothing, that is love.

Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.

If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness—namely sensual, mental and intellectual.

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.

Introducing A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977) was an Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement. He translated and commented on numerous Vedic texts, including the "Bhagavad Gita" and "Srimad Bhagavatam," making them accessible to a global audience. Prabhupada's teachings emphasized devotion to Krishna and the practice of bhakti-yoga.