Category:Must Be Sincere
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while we may lack material qualifications or struggle with past conditioning, a genuine, sincere desire to serve Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate key to spiritual success. Sincerity attracts the divine mercy of the Lord, who is seated within the heart as the Supersoul, and prompts Him to provide the necessary intelligence and guidance for the devotee's advancement. It is through this pure, unalloyed sincerity that one can overcome the insurmountable forces of māyā, perfect the processes of śravaṇam and kīrtanam, and become an empowered instrument in the preaching mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
- Attracting Divine Guidance: Regardless of one's flaws or inexperience, a deeply sincere attitude in devotional service immediately attracts the mercy and inner direction of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master.
- Conquering Material Illusion: The illusory energy, māyā, is impossible to overcome by personal endeavor alone, but a sincerely surrendered soul is easily liberated from her grip by the Lord's grace.
- Eagerness in Hearing and Chanting: Mechanical spiritual practice is ineffective; for chanting and hearing to actually transform the heart, the practitioner must be a highly sincere and eager receiver of the transcendental vibration.
- Serving the Preaching Mission: To effectively spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness and open centers worldwide, devotees must be thoroughly sincere servitors of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which naturally guarantees success.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: To Attract Kṛṣṇa's Mercy One Must Be Sincere.
Pages in category "Must Be Sincere"
The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
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- A devotee must be very sincere in his devotional service; then, although there may be many things wrong on the devotee's part, Krsna will guide him and gradually elevate him to the highest position of devotional service
- Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is personally the Supreme Lord, Krsna, He comes as a devotee to preach the Krsna consciousness movement. Yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa. One must therefore become a sincere servant of Krsna
- Anyone who comes to join us, of course, must be sincere and serious regarding spiritual advancement in life
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- Be sincere and hard-working. Then the success is sure. Not to be bewildered, misled by the so-called avatara, incarnation. You see? The so-called avataras, they are simply rascals. Especially in Bengal
- But who is chanting, he must be a sincere devotee. Then his chanting will be effective. A gramophone machine will not do. He must be realized, then his chanting will be effective
- By the mercy of guru, by the mercy of Krsna, one can make advancement in spiritual understanding. So one must be sincere. Then every direction is there
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- First of all faith, the next step is to associate with devotees. But devotees must be sincere devotee, otherwise what will be the effect of such asociation? Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sango. Then, gradually he will be inclined to become one of the devotees
- Fortunate person means he must be sincere, serious to know about Krsna. That is fortunate. Because our misfortune has begun by forgetting Krsna
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- If one is not very much sophisticated and overburdened by material contamination, then he must respond to our call. The only thing is that we as preachers must be very, very pure, sincere and serious
- If there is scarcity of such qualified Brahmins which I honestly think there is, we should combine to evolve such Brahminical culture not by blind faith but by sound reasoning & questioning. But all the same we must be sincere and thorough in our attempt
- If we propagate sincerely and seriously, as Caitanya Mahaprabhu has ordered, yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna' upadesa . . . (CC Madhya 7.128). We must be sincere. Then, if we canvass, "Please chant Hare Krsna," it will be effective
- If you keep your heart in that attitude, that you want to become a pure and sincere devotee, you must be a sincere devotee. And Krishna will help you. You have to keep your heart in that way, that is your business
- Impossible thing can be made possible by the grace of Krsna. That is possible - Krsna is all powerful - provided we are serious and sincere. That is the main business. We must be very serious and sincere. Then Krsna will give you intelligence
- In the beginning we must be sincere, very sincere, to follow the rules and regulation. But due to our past habits, if there is some flaw, that is excused. Not intentionally
- It is coming not for my credit or another, anyone credit, Krsna's credit, He is giving. As soon as He sees that "They are working for Me," He'll supply everything, whatever you need. Simply we must be sincere
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- Karmany evadhikaras te ma phalesu kadacana: "You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of actions." One must act sincerely, according to his position. Victory or defeat depends on the Lord
- Karyam means "It is my duty. Doesn't matter what is the result. I must do it sincerely to my best capacity. Then I don't care for the result. Result is in Krsna's hand"
- Krishna is everywhere. He is even between the atoms. So therefore wherever you are He will accept your prayers, and therefore I automatically accept. But the most important part again, the prayer must be sincere
- Krsna says, mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te. If you take to Krsna consciousness, immediately... Of course, we must take sincerely, not a show. Everything is seriously. Then immediately we become on the path of mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh
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- One must simply be a sincere and serious servant of Nityananda Prabhu and preach this cult (of Caitanya) door to door
- One who is desiring to have the eternal bliss of association of Lord Krsna by devotional service must be the sincere servant of Nityananda Prabhu, and in that way win His grace. Therefore your name is Nityananda Das, servant of Lord Nityananda
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- Should you desire to argue with me, then my only request to you will be that for all such arguments we must be always very sincere and serious
- Simply one must be sincere, not sinful. But a sinful man cannot understand Him. The sinful man, he will say: Oh, Krsna is also man. I am also man. Why I am not God? He is simply God? No, I am also. I am God
- Simply we, the workers, the servitors, must be very sincere. Then Caitanya Mahaprabhu will give us more and more facilities so that we can work very well. So keep this mission always in view and do your best. That is my only request
- Since the spiritual master is the captain (to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience), one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord
- Sravanam kirtanam. This is the beginning of. Sraddadhanasya. And one must be very eager or sincere to hear, sraddadhanasya. Sraddha. Then it will be successful
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- The conditions for hearing the transcendental message of the Absolute Truth are set forth herein. The first condition is that the audience must be very sincere and eager to hear
- The first condition is that the audience must be very sincere and eager to hear. And the speaker must be in the line of disciplic succession from the recognized acarya
- The Indians there are now coming to realize that they have been simply cheated by all the rascal swamis and yogis. So you must be sincere, always strictly following the principles and work with determination and patience
- The man must be sincere and experienced
- The more fallen one is, the greater one’s claim to the favor of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One must only be very sincere and serious
- To keep oneself free from material contamination and attain the Lord’s favor, one must be sincerely eager to render service to the Lord. This is the only qualification necessary
- To open a center for us is not very difficult job. Simply the devotees who volunteer their service must be very serious and sincere
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- We must be very sincere in surrendering ourselves unto the lotus feet of the Lord. Then we can immediately be liberated from all the bondage of conditioned life. This is clearly expressed in the next verse - SB 9.19.25
- We must sincerely serve the Lord and not be deterred by so-called enemies
- We want to see good result. Even there is no good result, we don't mind. We must be sincere to Krsna that "We have done our best." That's all. Without cheating Krsna
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- You take to this movement very seriously, and all of you will be very happy. That is our request. We are presenting this movement all over the world, and anyone who has taken, he is happy. But one must be sincere and serious. Then it will act
- You will also be able to understand. It is not very difficult subject. But you must be sincere to understand. That is the only qualification required. That's all
- Your sincerity will be accepted by Krishna and He will give you intelligence from within. Simply we must be sincere, then everything else will follow automatically