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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2>
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<div id="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 7 - 12"><h3>BG Chapters 7 - 12</h3>
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<div id="BG918_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="76" link="BG 9.18" link_text="BG 9.18">
<div class="heading">One who does not know Kṛṣṇa is misled, and his so-called progressive march is either partial or hallucinatory.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 9.18 (1972)|BG 9.18, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Gati means the destination where we want to go. But the ultimate goal is Kṛṣṇa, although people do not know it. One who does not know Kṛṣṇa is misled, and his so-called progressive march is either partial or hallucinatory. There are many who make as their destination different demigods, and by rigid performance of the strict respective methods they reach different planets known as Candraloka, Sūryaloka, Indraloka, Maharloka, etc. But all such lokas, or planets, being creations of Kṛṣṇa, are simultaneously Kṛṣṇa and not Kṛṣṇa.</p>
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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_1" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 1"><h3>SB Canto 1</h3>
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<div id="SB1224_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="47" link="SB 1.2.24" link_text="SB 1.2.24">
<div class="heading">Sincere candidates must, therefore, approach an expert spiritual master for such a progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.2.24|SB 1.2.24, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">As explained above, one can get release from the conditioned life of material existence by devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. It is further comprehended herein that one has to rise to the platform of the mode of goodness (sattva) so that one can be eligible for the devotional service of the Lord. But if there are impediments on the progressive path, anyone, even from the platform of tamas, can gradually rise to the sattva platform by the expert direction of the spiritual master. Sincere candidates must, therefore, approach an expert spiritual master for such a progressive march, and the bona fide, expert spiritual master is competent to direct a disciple from any stage of life: tamas, rajas or sattva.</p>
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<div id="SB1227_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="50" link="SB 1.2.27" link_text="SB 1.2.27">
<div class="heading">One should be careful to execute occupational service with faith in God in the proper way, and that will lead one gradually on the progressive march back to Godhead.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.2.27|SB 1.2.27, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">For material enjoyment there is no need to approach the demigods. The demigods are but servants of the Lord. As such, they are duty-bound to supply necessities of life in the form of water, light, air, etc. One should work hard and worship the Supreme Lord by the fruits of one's hard labor for existence, and that should be the motto of life. One should be careful to execute occupational service with faith in God in the proper way, and that will lead one gradually on the progressive march back to Godhead.</p>
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<div id="SB1537_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="168" link="SB 1.5.37" link_text="SB 1.5.37">
<div class="heading">Such a progressive march of transcendental devotion for the Lord culminates in the attainment of loving service of the Lord.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.5.37|SB 1.5.37, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Nāradajī has therefore explained the nature of unalloyed devotional service by his personal experience in the development of intimacy between the Lord and the living entity by a gradual process of progressive devotional activities. Such a progressive march of transcendental devotion for the Lord culminates in the attainment of loving service of the Lord, which is called premā in different transcendental variegatedness called rasas (tastes). Such devotional service is also executed in mixed forms, namely mixed with fruitive work or empiric philosophical speculations.</p>
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<div id="SB11223_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="458" link="SB 1.12.23" link_text="SB 1.12.23">
<div class="heading">All of them are provided with all necessities of life for the progressive march towards the end of self-realization, but on the path of sense gratification they are put into difficulty by the agency of māyā.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.12.23|SB 1.12.23, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Ramā means the goddess of fortune. And her shelter is Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu is the maintainer of all living beings. There are innumerable living beings, not only on the surface of this planet but also in all other hundreds of thousands of planets. All of them are provided with all necessities of life for the progressive march towards the end of self-realization, but on the path of sense gratification they are put into difficulty by the agency of māyā, the illusory energy, and so travel the path of a false plan of economic development. Such economic development is never successful because it is illusory.</p>
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<div id="SB1171011_4" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="658" link="SB 1.17.10-11" link_text="SB 1.17.10-11">
<div class="heading">The irresponsible king or state executive jeopardizes his good name, duration of life, power and strength and ultimately his progressive march towards a better life and salvation after death.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.17.10-11|SB 1.17.10-11, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The people's government, or government by the people, should not allow killing of innocent animals by the sweet will of foolish government men. They must know the codes of God, as mentioned in the revealed scriptures. Mahārāja Parīkṣit quotes here that according to the codes of God the irresponsible king or state executive jeopardizes his good name, duration of life, power and strength and ultimately his progressive march towards a better life and salvation after death. Such foolish men do not even believe in the existence of a next life.</p>
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<div id="SB11822_5" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="713" link="SB 1.18.22" link_text="SB 1.18.22">
<div class="heading">The Vedas, therefore, enjoin that one should not go on the path of darkness but should make a progressive march towards the path of light or liberation.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.18.22|SB 1.18.22, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Sense enjoyment leads one to the path of darkness. Those who are self-controlled can make progress on the path of liberation from the conditional life of material existence. The Vedas, therefore, enjoin that one should not go on the path of darkness but should make a progressive march towards the path of light or liberation. Self-control is actually achieved not by artificially stopping the senses from material enjoyment, but by becoming factually attached to the Supreme Lord by engaging one's unalloyed senses in the transcendental service of the Lord.</p>
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<div id="SB11845_6" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="735" link="SB 1.18.45" link_text="SB 1.18.45">
<div class="heading">He Vedic way of life is the progressive march of the civilization of the Āryans.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.18.45|SB 1.18.45, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedic way of life is the progressive march of the civilization of the Āryans. The Āryans are progressive in Vedic civilization. The Vedic civilization's destination is to go back to Godhead, back home, where there is no birth, no death, no old age and no disease. The Vedas direct everyone not to remain in the darkness of the material world but to go towards the light of the spiritual kingdom far beyond the material sky.</p>
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<div id="SB11913_7" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="752" link="SB 1.19.13" link_text="SB 1.19.13">
<div class="heading">Attached bathrooms, urinals, etc. may be very convenient amenities of modern civilization, but they are ordered to be situated at a distance from residential quarters. That very example is cited herein in relation to the kingly order for those who are progressively marching back to Godhead.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.19.13|SB 1.19.13, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">According to religious principles, stool, urine, wash water, etc., must be left at a long distance. Attached bathrooms, urinals, etc. may be very convenient amenities of modern civilization, but they are ordered to be situated at a distance from residential quarters. That very example is cited herein in relation to the kingly order for those who are progressively marching back to Godhead. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that to be in intimate touch with dollars-and-cents men, or the kingly order, is worse than suicide for one who desires to go back to Godhead. In other words, the transcendentalists do not generally associate with men who are too enamored by the external beauty of God's creation.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_2" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 2"><h3>SB Canto 2</h3>
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<div id="SB224_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_2" book="SB" index="44" link="SB 2.2.4" link_text="SB 2.2.4">
<div class="heading">Man should try to utilize his intelligence in arts and science, poetry and philosophy. In such a way he can further the progressive march of human civilization.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 2.2.4|SB 2.2.4, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">An intelligent human cannot live the life of an animal; rather, man should try to utilize his intelligence in arts and science, poetry and philosophy. In such a way he can further the progressive march of human civilization. But here the idea given by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī is that the reserve energy of human life, which is far superior to that of animals, should simply he utilized for self-realization. Advancement of human civilization must be towards the goal of establishing our lost relationship with God, which is not possible in any form of life other than the human.</p>
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<div id="SB2324_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_2" book="SB" index="96" link="SB 2.3.24" link_text="SB 2.3.24">
<div class="heading">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.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 2.3.24|SB 2.3.24, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The neophytes, due to their being in the lower stage of devotional service, are invariably envious, so much so that they invent their own ways and means of devotional regulations without following the ācāryas. As such, even if they make a show of constantly chanting the holy name of the Lord, they cannot relish the transcendental taste of the holy name. Therefore, the show of tears in the eyes, trembling, perspiration or unconsciousness, etc., is condemned. They can, however, get in touch with a pure devotee of the Lord and rectify their bad habits; otherwise they shall continue to be stonehearted and unfit for any treatment. 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.</p>
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<div id="SB2416_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_2" book="SB" index="112" link="SB 2.4.16" link_text="SB 2.4.16">
<div class="heading">This perfection of human life is called brahma-gati, or the progressive march in spiritual existence.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 2.4.16|SB 2.4.16, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the Bhagavad-gītā there are different instructions for such men of different categories, and there are various descriptions for varṇāśrama-dharma, sannyāsa-dharma, yati-dharma, the renounced order of life, controlling the senses, meditation, perfection of mystic powers, etc., but one who fully surrenders unto the Lord to render service unto Him, out of spontaneous love for Him, factually assimilates the essence of all knowledge described in the Vedas. One who adopts this method very skillfully attains perfection of life at once. And this perfection of human life is called brahma-gati, or the progressive march in spiritual existence.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_3" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3>
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<div id="SB332_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="81" link="SB 3.3.2" link_text="SB 3.3.2">
<div class="heading">The devotees of the Lord who always engage in His loving service are never to be disappointed in the progressive march of devotional service.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.3.2|SB 3.3.2, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord offered His services to His teacher, Sāndīpani Muni, and the muni, knowing the power of the Lord, asked something which was impossible to be done by anyone else. The teacher asked that his beloved son, who had died, be brought back to him, and the Lord fulfilled the request. The Lord is not, therefore, an ingrate to anyone who renders Him some sort of service. The devotees of the Lord who always engage in His loving service are never to be disappointed in the progressive march of devotional service.</p>
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<div id="SB3138_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="488" link="SB 3.13.8" link_text="SB 3.13.8">
<div class="heading">The line of disciplic succession from Brahmā is spiritual, whereas the genealogical succession from Manu is material, but both are on the progressive march towards the same goal of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.13.8|SB 3.13.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Brahmā is the direct recipient of Vedic knowledge from the Personality of Godhead, and anyone discharging his entrusted duties in disciplic succession from Brahmā is sure to gain fame in this life and salvation in the next. The disciplic succession from Brahmā is called the Brahma-sampradāya, and it descends as follows: Brahmā, Nārada, Vyāsa, Madhva Muni (Pūrṇaprajña), Padmanābha, Nṛhari, Mādhava, Akṣobhya, Jayatīrtha, Jñānasindhu, Dayānidhi, Vidyānidhi, Rājendra, Jayadharma, Puruṣottama, Brahmaṇyatīrtha, Vyāsatīrtha, Lakṣmīpati, Mādhavendra Purī, Īśvara Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and others, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Kṛṣṇadāsa Gosvāmī, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Gaurakiśora dāsa Bābājī, Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. This line of disciplic succession from Brahmā is spiritual, whereas the genealogical succession from Manu is material, but both are on the progressive march towards the same goal of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p>
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<div id="SB31515_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="595" link="SB 3.15.15" link_text="SB 3.15.15">
<div class="heading">For the progressive march of the Vaiṣṇavas toward the kingdom of God, the Lord Himself helps His devotees.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.15.15|SB 3.15.15, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the material world, even if a person is completely in goodness, he is sometimes subject to be polluted by tinges of the modes of ignorance and passion. But in the Vaikuṇṭha world, the spiritual sky, only the mode of goodness in its pure form exists. The Lord and His devotees reside in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and they are of the same transcendental quality, namely, śuddha-sattva, the mode of pure goodness. The Vaikuṇṭha planets are very dear to the Vaiṣṇavas, and for the progressive march of the Vaiṣṇavas toward the kingdom of God, the Lord Himself helps His devotees.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
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<div id="SB42537_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1094" link="SB 4.25.37" link_text="SB 4.25.37">
<div class="heading">When one accepts a wife, it is to be understood that he is being helped in his progressive march toward liberation.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.25.37|SB 4.25.37, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The wife is the cause of all kinds of success in religion, economic development, sense gratification and ultimately salvation. When one accepts a wife, it is to be understood that he is being helped in his progressive march toward liberation. In the beginning of life a person is trained as a brahmacārī and is then allowed to marry a suitable girl and become a householder. If one is thoroughly trained in household life, he finds all facilities for human life-eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Everything is there if it is executed according to regulative principles.</p>
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<div id="SB4271_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1140" link="SB 4.27.1" link_text="SB 4.27.1">
<div class="heading">The intelligence of the man and woman may then work very nicely together, and they can make a progressive march toward spiritual realization.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.27.1|SB 4.27.1, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">If a husband situated in the mode of goodness can control his wife, who is in passion and ignorance, the woman is benefited. Forgetting her natural inclination for passion and ignorance, the woman becomes obedient and faithful to her husband, who is situated in goodness. Such a life becomes very welcome. The intelligence of the man and woman may then work very nicely together, and they can make a progressive march toward spiritual realization. Otherwise, the husband, coming under the control of the wife, sacrifices his quality of goodness and becomes subservient to the qualities of passion and ignorance. In this way the whole situation becomes polluted.</p>
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<div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2>
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<div id="Krsna_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead"><h3>Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead</h3>
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<div id="KB60_0" class="quote" parent="Krsna,_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" book="OB" index="64" link="KB 60" link_text="Krsna Book 60">
<div class="heading">His own internal potency in order to reestablish the standard functions of human activities and simultaneously annihilate the disturbing elements in the progressive march of human civilization.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:KB 60|Krsna Book 60]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, whenever there are discrepancies in the discharge of human occupational duties, He descends. He is not forced to appear by any external agency, but He descends by His own internal potency in order to reestablish the standard functions of human activities and simultaneously annihilate the disturbing elements in the progressive march of human civilization. In accordance with this principle of the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He descended in His eternal form as Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the dynasty of the Yadus.</p>
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<div id="KB83_1" class="quote" parent="Krsna,_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" book="OB" index="87" link="KB 83" link_text="Krsna Book 83">
<div class="heading">Some of the princes, however, wanted to check our progress, and thus, equipped with proper weapons, they opposed us, just as dogs try to oppose the progressive march of a lion.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:KB 83|Krsna Book 83]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My dear Draupadī, when I accepted Lord Kṛṣṇa as my worshipable husband and He accepted me as His maidservant, there was a tumultuous roaring among the disappointed princes. All of them were very agitated because of their lusty desires, but without caring for them, my husband, in His form as the four-handed Nārāyaṇa, immediately took me on His chariot, which was drawn by four excellent horses. Expecting opposition from the princes, He armored Himself and took up His bow, named Śārṅga, and then our celebrated driver, Dāruka, drove the beautiful chariot, without a moment's delay, toward the city of Dvārakā. Thus, in the presence of all the princes, I was carried away very quickly, exactly as a deer is carried away from the flock by a lion. Some of the princes, however, wanted to check our progress, and thus, equipped with proper weapons, they opposed us, just as dogs try to oppose the progressive march of a lion. At that time, due to the arrows released by the Śārṅga bow of Lord Kṛṣṇa, some of the princes lost their hands, some of them lost their legs, some lost their heads and their lives, and others fled from the battlefield.</p>
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<div id="Mukunda-mala-stotra_mantras_1_to_6_only" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Mukunda-mala-stotra (mantras 1 to 6 only)"><h3>Mukunda-mala-stotra (mantras 1 to 6 only)</h3>
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<div id="MM3_0" class="quote" parent="Mukunda-mala-stotra_(mantras_1_to_6_only)" book="OB" index="4" link="MM 3" link_text="Mukunda-mala-stotra mantra 3">
<div class="heading">One should behave outwardly like a worldly man but remain inwardly faithful for spiritual realization. That will help one on the progressive march of life.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:MM 3|Mukunda-mala-stotra mantra 3, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">When he first met Lord Caitanya at Pāṇihāṭi, a village about forty miles from Calcutta, Raghunātha dāsa asked permission from the Lord to leave his material connections and accompany Him. The Lord refused to accept this proposal and instructed Raghunātha dāsa that it is useless to leave worldly connections out of sentimentality or artificial renunciation. One must have the real thing at heart. If one finds himself entangled in worldly connections, one should behave outwardly like a worldly man but remain inwardly faithful for spiritual realization. That will help one on the progressive march of life. Nobody can cross over the big ocean in a sudden jump. What was possible for Hanumān by the grace of Lord Rāma is not possible for an ordinary man. So to cross the ocean of illusion one should patiently cultivate devotion to the Lord, and in this way one can gradually reach the other side.</p>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonBG22LondonAugust31973_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="34" link="Lecture on BG 2.2 -- London, August 3, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.2 -- London, August 3, 1973">
<div class="heading">Because the aim of human life should be to make progress. That is called ārya, progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.2 -- London, August 3, 1973|Lecture on BG 2.2 -- London, August 3, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But it is not that because we accept not killing, therefore in every case, killing should be stopped. No. If there is necessity, killing should be accepted. Therefore Arjuna decided not to kill, not to fight. And Kṛṣṇa says that "This is anārya-juṣṭam. this kind of decision is made by the uncivilized rascal." Anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam akīrti-karam ([[Vanisource:BG 2.2 (1972)|BG 2.2]]). So many things, He says. Asvargyam. Because the aim of human life should be to make progress. That is called ārya, progressive march.</p>
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<div id="LectureonBGLectureExcerpts24445258NewYorkMarch251966_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="104" link="Lecture on BG Lecture Excerpts 2.44-45, 2.58 -- New York, March 25, 1966" link_text="Lecture on BG Lecture Excerpts 2.44-45, 2.58 -- New York, March 25, 1966">
<div class="heading">Without regulative principle, you cannot make the progressive march of the state or the people or the citizens.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG Lecture Excerpts 2.44-45, 2.58 -- New York, March 25, 1966|Lecture on BG Lecture Excerpts 2.44-45, 2.58 -- New York, March 25, 1966]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is made according to the time, condition and the mentality of the population. But there is the regulative control. Regulative control. A human society is not considered civilized unless, unless and until the members of the society are put into some regulative control. The whole state, your American state or any state, the citizens are controlled by regulative principle. Without regulative principle, you cannot make the progressive march of the state or the people or the citizens.</p>
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<div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3>
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<div id="SpeechatOlympiaTheaterParisJune261971withtranslator_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="87" link="Speech at Olympia Theater -- Paris, June 26, 1971, (with translator)" link_text="Speech at Olympia Theater -- Paris, June 26, 1971, (with translator)">
<div class="heading">According to Vedic civilization, the progressive march towards perfection of life is to realize one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Speech at Olympia Theater -- Paris, June 26, 1971, (with translator)|Speech at Olympia Theater -- Paris, June 26, 1971, (with translator)]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">According to Vedic civilization, the progressive march towards perfection of life is to realize one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa, or God. There is a book, perhaps you read or you know, Bhagavad-gītā. That Bhagavad-gītā is accepted by all ācāryas, or authorities in transcendental science, as the essence of all Vedic knowledge.</p>
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<div id="LecturewithTranslatorSanandDecember271975_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="166" link="Lecture with Translator -- Sanand, December 27, 1975" link_text="Lecture with Translator -- Sanand, December 27, 1975">
<div class="heading">Now it is the duty of a devotee of Kṛṣṇa to expand this progressive march toward devotional service.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture with Translator -- Sanand, December 27, 1975|Lecture with Translator -- Sanand, December 27, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Anyone, even if he is born in the pāpa-yoni, the pāpa-yoni, kirāta, hūṇa, if he takes shelter of Me, then he also gets the supreme perfection." Te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim. Now it is the duty of a devotee of Kṛṣṇa to expand this progressive march toward devotional service. Otherwise, how the pāpa-yoni will learn? This is para upakāra. This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission</p>
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<div id="Philosophy_Discussions" class="sub_section" sec_index="13" parent="Lectures" text="Philosophy Discussions"><h3>Philosophy Discussions</h3>
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<div id="PhilosophyDiscussiononCarlGustavJung_0" class="quote" parent="Philosophy_Discussions" book="Lec" index="18" link="Philosophy Discussion on Carl Gustav Jung" link_text="Philosophy Discussion on Carl Gustav Jung">
<div class="heading">The so-called advancement of material science, of material knowledge, is undoubtedly hindrance.  They are all hindrances to the progressive march of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Philosophy Discussion on Carl Gustav Jung|Philosophy Discussion on Carl Gustav Jung]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: So we are already in illusion, and therefore we practically see the so-called scientists, so-called philosophers, because they are materially advanced, they cannot understand even what is God and what is our relationship. So this is hindrance, the so-called advancement of material science, of material knowledge, is undoubtedly hindrance. Tomāra bhajane bādhā. They are all hindrances to the progressive march of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When we minimize our necessities, that is saintly life—the bare necessities of life. We are not after very luxurious way of life. We are satisfied only with the bare necessities of life. So it is not an attempt for material progress. It is simply an attempt to make spiritual progress, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p>
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<div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2>
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<div id="1967_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Correspondence" text="1967 Correspondence"><h3>1967 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoKrsnaDeviSubalaLilavatiYamunaJayanandaUpendraMalatiGurudasaSyamasundaraHaridasaMukundaJanakiAuntEdnaHowellNewYork5June1967_0" class="quote" parent="1967_Correspondence" book="Let" index="92" link="Letter to Krsna Devi, Subala, Lilavati, Yamuna, Jayananda, Upendra, Malati, Gurudasa, Syamasundara, Haridasa, Mukunda, Janaki, Aunt Edna Howell -- New York 5 June, 1967" link_text="Letter to Krsna Devi, Subala, Lilavati, Yamuna, Jayananda, Upendra, Malati, Gurudasa, Syamasundara, Haridasa, Mukunda, Janaki, Aunt Edna Howell -- New York 5 June, 1967">
<div class="heading">I am so glad to receive the report of your progressive march and I hope there will be no difficulty in your understanding Krishna Consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Krsna Devi, Subala, Lilavati, Yamuna, Jayananda, Upendra, Malati, Gurudasa, Syamasundara, Haridasa, Mukunda, Janaki, Aunt Edna Howell -- New York 5 June, 1967|Letter to Krsna Devi, Subala, Lilavati, Yamuna, Jayananda, Upendra, Malati, Gurudasa, Syamasundara, Haridasa, Mukunda, Janaki, Aunt Edna Howell -- New York 5 June, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My dear boys and girls I am so much obliged to you for your prayers to Krishna to save my life. Due to your sincere and ardent prayer, Krishna has saved my life. I was to die on Tuesday certainly but because you prayed sincerely I am saved. Now I am improving gradually and coming to original condition. Now I can hope to meet you again and chant with you, Hare Krishna. I am so glad to receive the report of your progressive march and I hope there will be no difficulty in your understanding Krishna Consciousness. My blessings are always with you and with confidence you go on with your chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.</p>
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<div id="LettertoDevanandaDelhi27September1967_1" class="quote" parent="1967_Correspondence" book="Let" index="153" link="Letter to Devananda -- Delhi 27 September, 1967" link_text="Letter to Devananda -- Delhi 27 September, 1967">
<div class="heading">Your faith in Guru and Krishna simultaneously will help you to become crowned with success in the progressive march in Krishna consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Devananda -- Delhi 27 September, 1967|Letter to Devananda -- Delhi 27 September, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Therefore Krishna consciousness means staunch faith both in Guru and Krishna. One minus the other is no good for the devotee. So your faith in the principles of devotion to Guru will certainly help you more and more Krishna. Do not ever try to approach Krishna directly. Anyone who talks of Krishna without service to Guru will not be successful. So your faith in Guru and Krishna simultaneously will help you to become crowned with success in the progressive march in Krishna consciousness. Do not be worried, be situated in the present aptitude and everything will be clear.</p>
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<div id="1968_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Correspondence" text="1968 Correspondence"><h3>1968 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoGargamuniLosAngeles11January1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="3" link="Letter to Gargamuni -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1968" link_text="Letter to Gargamuni -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1968">
<div class="heading">Krishna says that those who are engaged in My service, I give intelligence for his progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gargamuni -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1968|Letter to Gargamuni -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But of we are sincere to Krishna and the Spiritual Master, combinedly, then everything will be favorable settled. We should always remember that K. C. can only remain on two parallel lines of Krishna and Spiritual Master. Chant Hare Krishna sincerely and all good intelligence consultation shall come from within. Krishna says that those who are engaged in My service, I give intelligence for his progressive march.</p>
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<div id="LettertoSatsvarupaMontreal27June1968_1" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="217" link="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Montreal 27 June, 1968" link_text="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Montreal 27 June, 1968">
<div class="heading">There may be so many odds in the progressive march of Krishna Consciousness, but if we pin our faith in Krishna, everything will come out successful in due course.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Satsvarupa -- Montreal 27 June, 1968|Letter to Satsvarupa -- Montreal 27 June, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So, reading of the literature and hearing of the chanting is the medicine, and prasadam is the diet. So, if diet and medicine are properly administered the disease of maya will be cured. But the physician must be always healthy. People may not say, physician is ill thyself. That means the preachers must be of highly elevated character, following strictly the rules and regulations and chanting regularly in the temple. There may be so many odds in the progressive march of Krishna Consciousness, but if we pin our faith in Krishna, everything will come out successful in due course.</p>
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<div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaMontreal19August1968_2" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="269" link="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Montreal 19 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Montreal 19 August, 1968">
<div class="heading">We should always give respect to our pure devotees who are engaged, in devotional service, that will make us able to make a progressive march in the devotional line.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Montreal 19 August, 1968|Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Montreal 19 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Krishna is so kind and liberal that everyone's service, when it is sincerely offered to Krishna, He accepts. This is the statement in the Bhagavad-gita. That He accepts a little bit of flower, fruit, and water, offered to Him in devotion and love. He wants our love and devotion, otherwise, he is the Proprietor of everything, what can we give Him? This position of our subordination should always be maintained and we should always give respect to our pure devotees who are engaged, in devotional service, that will make us able to make a progressive march in the devotional line.</p>
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<div id="LettertoKirtananandaHayagrivaMontreal23August1968_3" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="280" link="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968">
<div class="heading">Our sincere endeavor in the service of the Lord, and the Lord's assistants, to make our progressive march successful, are two important things to be followed in spiritual advancement of life.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968|Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">People who came from Europe to this part of the world, they named so many new provinces, and countries, just like New England, New Amsterdam, New York, so I also came in this part of the world to preach Krishna Consciousness and by His Grace and by your endeavor, New Vrindaban is being constructed. That is my great happiness. Our sincere endeavor in the service of the Lord, and the Lord's assistants, to make our progressive march successful, are two important things to be followed in spiritual advancement of life. I think it was Krishna's desire that this New Vrindaban scheme should be taken up by us, and now He has given us a great opportunity to serve Him in this scheme. So let us do it sincerely and all other help will come automatically. I am very glad to notice in Kirtanananda's letter that he has realized more and more that the function of New Vrindaban is nothing physical or bodily, but purely spiritual and for the glorification of the Lord, Sri Hari. If we actually keep this view in our front, certainly we shall be successful in our progressive march.</p>
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<div id="LettertoHamsadutaSeattle10October1968_4" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="361" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Seattle 10 October, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Seattle 10 October, 1968">
<div class="heading">Unflinching faith in Krishna and in the Spiritual Master enlightens a devotee in the progressive march of Krishna Consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Seattle 10 October, 1968|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Seattle 10 October, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so glad that Krishna is enlivening you in your service attitude. This is the secret of success in Krishna Consciousness—unflinching faith in Krishna and in the Spiritual Master enlightens a devotee in the progressive march of Krishna Consciousness, and keep this attitude, and I am sure Krishna will give you sufficient intelligence to make your life successful.</p>
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<div id="1969_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Correspondence" text="1969 Correspondence"><h3>1969 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoArundhatiLosAngeles10July1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="430" link="Letter to Arundhati -- Los Angeles 10 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Arundhati -- Los Angeles 10 July, 1969">
<div class="heading">Maya is sometimes strong enough to put impediments on our progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Arundhati -- Los Angeles 10 July, 1969|Letter to Arundhati -- Los Angeles 10 July, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I see that you are chanting very nicely, you have good service attitude; so continue this attitude. You have a very nice husband also, so I shall be very glad if I see both of you advancing in Krishna Consciousness as you are doing it nicely at present. Maya is sometimes strong enough to put impediments on our progressive march. But if you stick to the principles of rules and regulations and chanting, keeping faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master, then Maya cannot touch you.</p>
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<div id="LettertoGopalaKrsnaLondon16November1969_1" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="681" link="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- London 16 November, 1969" link_text="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- London 16 November, 1969">
<div class="heading">The more you serve Krishna, the more you get better strength to serve Him. Please remember this valuable advice and you will find it very convenient for your progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gopala Krsna -- London 16 November, 1969|Letter to Gopala Krsna -- London 16 November, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Krishna is giving you gradually more and more strength to serve Him. Just like a wrestler, simply by practicing wrestling amongst friends, gradually becomes stronger and the body is built up very nicely, Krishna Consciousness is exactly like that: The more you serve Krishna, the more you get better strength to serve Him. Please remember this valuable advice and you will find it very convenient for your progressive march.</p>
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<div id="LettertoVamanadevaLondon23November1969_2" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="693" link="Letter to Vamanadeva -- London 23 November, 1969" link_text="Letter to Vamanadeva -- London 23 November, 1969">
<div class="heading">I am sure very soon your center will be one of the first class preaching places of our society. Please keep me informed about your progressive march in St. Louis.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Vamanadeva -- London 23 November, 1969|Letter to Vamanadeva -- London 23 November, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The beginning is sounding so hopeful that I am sure very soon your center will be one of the first class preaching places of our society. Of course not immediately, but you will have another responsibility to send me something for my maintenance as the others are sending. There is no pressure, but when you find convenient, you can also help in that way. Please keep me informed about your progressive march in St. Louis.</p>
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<div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles22April1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="261" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 22 April, 1970" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 22 April, 1970">
<div class="heading">To face difficulty in the course of preaching work is a kind of austerity. Such attempt gives us a lift on our progressive march in Krishna Consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 22 April, 1970|Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 22 April, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Do as you are doing now and Krsna will help you without fail. To face difficulty in the course of preaching work is a kind of austerity. These difficulties do not go in vain. The more we face difficulties, the more we draw the attention of Krsna. So in that way we shall be prepared to meet all kinds of difficulties in our preaching work. Such attempt gives us a lift on our progressive march in Krishna Consciousness.</p>
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<div id="LettertoVrndavanaCandraLosAngeles24June1970_1" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="379" link="Letter to Vrndavana Candra -- Los Angeles 24 June, 1970" link_text="Letter to Vrndavana Candra -- Los Angeles 24 June, 1970">
<div class="heading">Accepting always Krsna as the Supreme advisor and always begging for his mercy, go on with your progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Vrndavana Candra -- Los Angeles 24 June, 1970|Letter to Vrndavana Candra -- Los Angeles 24 June, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So accepting always Krsna as the Supreme advisor and always begging for his mercy, go on with your progressive march—and I am very satisfied with your activities. I am so glad to learn that your good wife is also helping you. That is the duty of a faithful companion of life. If the wife is helpful in the spiritual progress of life, she is the best friend and philosopher. So in Krsna Consciousness the wife is never a burden, but she is completely a counterpart. So set example to your countrymen how younger generation can live peacefully, husband and wife, being engaged in Krsna's service.</p>
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<div id="1971_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Correspondence" text="1971 Correspondence"><h3>1971 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoSatsvarupaBombay13March1971_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="95" link="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bombay 13 March, 1971" link_text="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bombay 13 March, 1971">
<div class="heading">So any membership will make the people sympathetic to our movement and it will be a stride toward our progressive march.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bombay 13 March, 1971|Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bombay 13 March, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In some newspaper clippings I have read, about our devotees. "These are good men and we want more men like this in our community." That is certainly good impression. They are sympathetic and so for them to become our life member is not difficult. There are four divisions of members; life member, donor member, subscriber member, and common member. So any membership will make the people sympathetic to our movement and it will be a stride toward our progressive march.</p>
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<div id="1973_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Correspondence" text="1973 Correspondence"><h3>1973 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoSatsvarupaBhaktivedantaManor28August1973_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Correspondence" book="Let" index="298" link="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 28 August, 1973" link_text="Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 28 August, 1973">
<div class="heading">If we maintain these principles rigidly there is no question of fall down and without any difficulty our progressive march will advance.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 28 August, 1973|Letter to Satsvarupa -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 28 August, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Kindly see that the principles are being followed, deity worship, sankirtana, chanting etc. If we maintain these principles rigidly there is no question of fall down and without any difficulty our progressive march will advance.</p>
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