Category:Our Credit (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The instructions compiled in this category reveal the profound spiritual definition of success and recognition. While the material world measures credit through temporary wealth, power, and prestige, Śrīla Prabhupāda taught that true, everlasting credit is earned solely through pure devotional service. By emphasizing sincere endeavor over mere material returns, he trained his followers to value honesty, purity, and practical hard work above artificial renunciation. Furthermore, he demonstrated the absolute humility of a pure Vaiṣṇava by consistently attributing the massive success of the global preaching mission to the mercy of his spiritual master and the dedicated labor of his disciples, ensuring that the movement remained completely free from false pride.
- The Eternal Nature of Spiritual Credit: Unlike material achievements that vanish at death, any action performed for the Supreme Lord—such as chanting, honoring prasādam, or seeing the Deity—becomes a permanent asset in the soul's eternal account.
- Sincerity Above Material Results: A devotee is judged by the purity and dedication of their effort, not merely by the financial or numerical returns they produce; working sincerely all day without any collection is still considered a complete success.
- The Glory of Expanding the Mission: Translating, publishing, and widely distributing transcendental literature to leaders and ordinary citizens alike is the highest welfare work, bringing immense spiritual credit to the preachers involved.
- Practical Management and Accountability: Maintaining spotless financial accounts, securing temple properties, and establishing practical projects like cow protection are tangible proofs of devotion that earn the deep trust of the spiritual master.
- The Humility of the Preacher: True spiritual success comes from faithfully repeating the instructions of the previous ācāryas without concoction; recognizing this, the pure devotee attributes all credit to the Supreme Lord and the sincere assistants who help push the movement forward.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Directs His Disciples to Gain Credit Through Sincere Service.
Pages in category "Our Credit (Disciples of SP)"
The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
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- A man comes and joins this Krsna consciousness movement, and in the middle he falls down, he does not make further progress because he falls down. But whatever he has done, that is permanent credit
- All our processes of seeing the Deity, taking caranamrta, playing instruments, taking prasadam all go to the credit of devotional service
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- For one who is not in a transcendental position, to take sannyasa artificially is not a very great credit
- From my personal instance I can explain to you it is my duty, that I am not very wonderful man, but I have tried to execute the order of my spiritual master. Whatever little success you can credit, that is my only qualification
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- I am so much encouraged to learn that you have come to Kathmandu, Nepal. Please try and organize a center there nicely. It will be a great credit for you. Nepalese are mostly Hindus and they will take to this Krishna Consciousness movement very easily
- I have come here for the first time, but before me, Bhagavan dasa, he has organized. But what is his credit? He has presented the thing as I have told him. That's all. This is wonderful
- I have received all our new publications & I am very much pleased with them. I can see from "Purusa-sukta Confirmed" that our printing has very much improved, especially the color cover, and if it continues to improve in this way it will be a great credit
- I have to thank you. It is all due to you. It is not my credit, but it is your credit that you are helping me in executing the order of my Guru Maharaja
- I understand that you have become a debtor to Dai Nippon for $52,000. This is not good. We must keep our credit. They have given us all facilities
- I want that our books and magazines in German language be printed profusely and distributed all over Germany, so if you cooperate with Hamsaduta and Krishna das to do this very nicely, I think that will be your great credit
- I was very pleased to see how you are getting top-ranking men to read my books. That is real preaching. If all the government officers at least purchase some of our books, it will be a great credit so do it very nicely
- If there is possibility to lay down the corner-stone there I can also do that before leaving from India. This will please me very much and give me great relief to know that we have done something solid in Vrindaban before I leave, and the credit is yours
- If we are there so many months and we cannot do anything, simply eat and sleep and fight amongst ourselves, then where is our credit?
- If you can help to organize our cow program in Mayapur, it will be a great credit for you. We must be able to grow our own fodder for the cows. We don't want to have to purchase food for the cows outside from some other party
- If you can succeed in spreading this movement to every town and village throughout the world that will be your great credit. Kindly do this and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be pleased
- If you continue with enthusiasm like this within three or four months you can liquidate the amount. This will be a great credit for you
- If you go on Sankirtana to the big steel-making city in India and you do not take donation of steel from the citizens, only some letters, then where is your credit? Chanting and dancing, that's all right, but there must be some tangible results
- In the Krsna consciousness movement, everything is happening according to the predictions of Lord Caitanya, but the credit goes to Lord Caitanya's sincere servants
- It is a great credit for you and all the German devotees and Lord Caitanya will bless you with devotion to His lotus feet. I am very anxious to see our Bhagavad-gita in German so as soon as it is completed, kindly send me a copy
- It is a great credit that you have met with the Chief Minister and now he will give us all help
- It is good credit for you that since you have gone there the San Francisco branch is going to purchase one house. You nicely arrange for that
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- The accounts must be kept very clearly. Then everyone will be pleased with us. Not a single farthing should be wasted. That will be our credit
- The credit of opening our London branch will go to the San Francisco boys, headed by you. Of course, the girls also share the credit undoubtedly
- This German Bhagavad gita is a very important achievement and the credit goes to you for your dedicated efforts. Thank you very much
- This is our credit. We shall be judged by the quality of our work and not by the material return
- This Sankirtana Movement of Lord Caitanya is most practical and authorized, so such incidents (demonstrations) are to be expected, but this is a great credit for our propaganda efforts
- To become sannyasi is not very great credit, according to our Vaisnava philosophy. To become perfect house-holder, that is credit
- Transcendental writing one must be an authorized Vaisnava and should write to purify oneself, not for credit
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- We do not act on mental speculation. It may be our credit or discredit. That is different thing. We simply follow the standard policy. That is Krsna consciousness
- Without your good help I could not have done anything, so practically you can take all the credit for spreading this Krsna Consciousness movement and fulfilling the prophecy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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- Yoga club and programs in general is very impressive, particularly that you have a regular four credit college course at Fordham University wherein the students are required to read some of my books
- You are a experienced preacher and this is to your eternal credit. If we can do something even a little thing, in the service of Krishna in this life, then it is considered that this life is a success
- You especially are to take the credit. From the very beginning you wanted that place, and you got the land, got money from me, and now you have built the place by your concentration of energy. That is wanted
- You have organized N.Y. very nicely; I give you all credit for this. But if you are insisting and require some change, then the best thing to do is to go to Mayapur and manage the building construction there
- You please help me to spread this information all over this earth planet, especially by helping to distribute my books and literatures, as many as possible. Then you will get the credit, and know it for certain that very soon you will go back to Home
- You surely must be a great devotee. Tulasi devi is growing so profusely there and that is surely to your credit. So continue with this valuable service and become fixed up in Krishna consciousness
- You write to say that these are some nice typical examples of your binding work, so it is a great credit because these books any man would be proud to have
- Your Zone's book distribution is most commendable. It is to your credit as a good manager that there are now no longer any debts to the Book Fund from the Western USA Temples