Category:Our Steadiness (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
To achieve ultimate success in spiritual life, a practitioner must develop unwavering steadiness (niṣṭhā) in their devotional service. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that this steadfastness is the foundational requirement for advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is achieved not through artificial mental exercises, but by strictly following the four regulative principles and faithfully chanting a minimum of sixteen rounds of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra daily. By maintaining this steady routine, a disciple becomes immune to the flickering attacks of māyā, remains unagitated by material opulence or distress, and gradually attains the supreme destination of going back to Godhead.
- The Requirement for Progress: Steady, determined execution of devotional duties is mandatory for making actual advancement; without it, spiritual life remains merely sentimental and flickering.
- The Foundation of Steadiness: The absolute bedrock of spiritual stability is strict adherence to the four regulative principles and the daily chanting of sixteen rounds on beads.
- Overcoming Material Agitation: A steady devotee is not disturbed by temporary material conveniences or distresses, recognizing that they are not the material body.
- The Role of Philosophical Understanding: True steadiness requires a sound philosophical understanding of the śāstra, preventing the mind from being swayed by atheistic propaganda or cheap alternatives.
- Divine Reciprocation: When a disciple remains serious and steady in their service, Kṛṣṇa reciprocates by providing unlimited intelligence, strength, and protection from within the heart.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Teaches His Disciples the Importance of Steadiness in Devotional Service.
Pages in category "Our Steadiness (Disciples of SP)"
The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total.
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- According to Bhagavad-gita we have simply to tolerate all these temporary appearances and disappearance, our main function being to make steady progress in Krsna consciousness
- Always follow the four principles, take prasadam, and above all chant your sixteen rounds a day, and thus you will make steady advancement in devotional service
- Anyway, I am so much relieved to hear from you, and I was sure that you could not actually be entrapped by Maya. I have always been confident of your steadiness in Krsna Consciousness
- As my initiated disciple you must chant regularly sixteen rounds & follow the four restrictions. If you stick to these principles & chant the Holy Name avoiding the ten offenses you will become steady and rapidly advanced in KC
- As we increase our life membership number, we must submit our audited accounts and that will convince the public of our stability
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- Be steady in Krsna Consciousness and do your duty so you may be blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Krsna and make your life successful
- By always following the principles, chanting, and performing regulated worship of the Deity, one can make steady advancement
- By remaining steady in chanting & studying our books carefully, along with chanting Sanskrit mantras in Srimad-Bhagavatam & Bhagavad-gita, automatically you will become freed from the modes of passion & ignorance, & gravity & steadiness will come
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- Do act on behalf of the Supreme Lord. And if you are steady in that position, then your working in spiritual platform is successful
- Don't be agitated by trifle things. Remain steady and go on with preaching work. Krishna will help you in every way
- Don't be allured by cheap disciples. Go on steadfastly to render service first. If you immediately become Guru, then the service activities will be stopped
- Don't be captivated by the material opulence, even you are put into great difficulties. Because you are not this material body. You are spirit soul. So your progress should be steady on the spiritual platform
- Don't be disturbed in mind. Whatever irregularities you have and with chanting your rounds or with Gayatri Mantra, that you to now and Krishna will forgive you. I am praying to Krishna for steadiness of your mind
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- He admits that the boy who is taking over, Devaprastha has been very unsteady in the past. So whether you want to send someone there who is more steady and will stay there and develop
- He should be in your charge, so you kindly guide him and keep him in our atmosphere and utilize him properly, but steadily and cautiously
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- I am also asking that they write a statement in all seriousness stating they have not broken promises of first initiation & they will go on steadfastly chanting the prescribed rounds. I am hoping to stop whimsical recommendations for second initiation
- I am always thinking of and appreciating the important work you are all doing there in our Krsna Conscious Gurukula. Please keep steadfast in the program as I have instructed
- I am glad that you have already started a center in small scale and please try to improve it as far as possible. There is no question of doing anything very hastily so please try to make steady, even if slow, progress
- I am glad to hear that in your temple no one misses mangala arati & everyone is becoming steady & peaceful in their service. It sounds as if you are taking care of your men very nicely. This is first class management
- I am glad to learn that you have now become steady in comparison with your flickering past life. The association of devotees is the most important element in learning Krishna Consciousness way of life
- I am happy to hear you are steadily studying Sanskrit and reading Srimad-Bhagavatam - that is very good
- I am pleased also that Bhavananda, Palika Dasi & Prabhavati Dasi are all working so sincerely & steadfastly to promote this Sankirtana Movement, & surely Caitanya Mahaprabhu will bestow His full blessings upon all of you
- I am pleased that, despite some difficulties, you are progressing steadily in pushing this Krishna Consciousness Movement in the Austin city
- I am pleased to note that the Boston temple is going on nicely and you are working very steadily at your painting work
- I am praying to Krishna for steadiness of your mind
- I am so glad to hear your program is steadily expanding in St. Louis and how you are regularly making university engagements and are being so well received
- I am so glad to note how ISKCON Houston is making steady progress for becoming a grand success. And Sankirtana is being well received, especially at the schools and university
- I am so glad to note how things are steadily improving there in Columbus center, with new devotees coming, and that you are about to acquire a new temple in the busiest quarter of town
- I am so happy to note your steady enthusiasm to work harder in Krsna's service
- I am so satisfied with your service for the cause of Krishna Consciousness, and I shall simply pray to Krishna for your good health, sound mind, and steady progress in the matter of K.C
- I am very glad that you are determined to go ahead in Krishna Consciousness and, if you remain serious and steady, certainly you will make infallible progress
- I am very glad that you are preaching steadily our Krishna Conscious philosophy and this should be done in defiance of all the atheistic propagandas which are so much current
- I am very glad to hear how the work is going on steadily. It is all very encouraging. Continue it and Krishna will surely bless you all
- I am very glad to hear that you are settling into some steady service. Krishna is sending us so many children and they must be nicely guided and educated so that they can grow up to become first-class Vaisnavas
- I am very glad to know that you are so much repentant even for this insignificant mistake, and that will push you forward further in Krsna Consciousness. Please be happy and work on with steady and firm determination
- I am very much hopeful of my movement. Please keep steady, follow all my instructions scrupulously, chant Hare Krishna and Krishna will give you all strength
- I am very much pleased to hear that our mail-order department for books and BTG's is increasing steadily
- I am very much pleased to note that you are making steady growth in all aspects of devotional service, especially in the department of selling so many books monthly
- I am very pleased with your activities, how you are leading householder life, Krishna conscious. This ideal I want to show your countrymen is only possible on the KC platform. You remain steady on this platform, and this will be your benefit
- I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily
- I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily. One thing is, you must be careful with the subscription books so that they are not counterfeit or used by cheaters
- I can assure you your steady progress in K. C.; as you are sincerely trying for the cause of K.C
- I expect every one of my students to come to your standard and remain steadfast in pushing on this movement of Krishna Consciousness
- I have met your son. His lovely features are very nice and he appears to be a first class brahmacari. Always be an example to him by being steadfast in Krsna Consciousness and your motherhood will be perfected
- I have not heard from you in some time, but I am sure that you are steadily advancing in Krsna's transcendental service
- I have seen your German devotees, they are very enthusiastic and steady workers. So if you get some good souls to join, then there will be no difficulty for selling the books
- I shall always pray to Krishna for your steady advance, but try to follow the principles which are necessary to strengthen oneself in the matter of spiritual advance
- I thank you once more for your progress, in the matter of KC, and I shall always pray to Krishna for your steady progress more and more, along with your nice wife
- I think therefore that in all circumstances you should steadfastly continue your Krishna Consciousness engagement, rather than joining any more universities
- I understand that Dinesh's present job is very tedious and hampering, but because you are now a family man, you must have some steady income
- If Kirtanananda has ever sincerely served Krishna, & his spiritual master, he will not fall down. The temporary systems will fall down without delay. We should all pray to Krishna for his steady recovery
- If they (devotees) hold firmly to this principle (following rules & chant daily at least 16 rounds of japa) there will not be any obstacle to their steady progress in Krishna Consciousness, and one can go back to home, back to Godhead in this lifetime
- If we steadfastly perform daily program of rising early, cleansing, chanting 16 rounds, holding kirtana wherever we are at least twice daily, reading, worshiping the deity, going on Sankirtana - then our all success is guaranteed in whatever we do
- If you continue to work in this writing and publishing of our literatures with steady enthusiasm and sincerity, your success in Krishna Consciousness is certain
- If you simply stick to the regulative principles & always keep yourself & your child 24 hours engaged in devotional service, so much that you will be too much busy serving Krishna to think about other things. In this way, your mind can become steady
- In order to remain steadily fixed in Krishna consciousness there must be a sound philosophical understanding. Otherwise it will become only sentiment
- In our movement, the guru-kula plays an extremely important part in our activities because right from childhood the boys at the guru-kula are instructed about Krsna consciousness. Thus they become steady within the cores of their hearts
- In your country there are so many confused young men and girls known as the hippies and if you work very steadfastly I am sure a tremendous advancement can be done in our missionary activities
- It is very much pleasing to me to hear that you are making such steady advancement in Krishna Consciousness
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- Krishna can help us immediately with all of His resources, but first of all He wants to see how much we can work seriously. So the more we become steady and serious, the more help we will have from Him, rest assured
- Krishna will certainly be pleased to give you more strength to preach this glorious movement of Krishna Consciousness. So please keep yourselves steadily in the manner you are now keeping yourselves
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- Never mind some temporary inconveniences, we must remain steady in our duty to Krsna
- Now in India we require very good men, men who are steady, who follow the rules and regulations and who are willing to work hard
- Now we have the GBC, the sannyasins, the presidents and so many qualified devotees. We have to give up the habit of placing everything on Prabhupada's shoulders. We must be responsible, mature, steadfast and convinced
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- Our immediate duty is that all our society members are strictly following the rules and regulations and chanting routine. That will make them steady and strong in their positions respectively
- Our main business is to be fixed up in Krsna Consciousness by keeping steady in the prescribed duties of devotional service
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- Please continue your Krishna Conscious program with great faith and steadiness
- Please keep steady, follow all my instructions scrupulously, chant Hare Krishna and Krishna will give you all strength
- Please try to be steadfast in your time of pregnancy and Krishna will be pleased. Yours will be the first baby born into a KC family in America, so we must be very careful for him while he is in the womb
- Please, therefore, chant regularly without the offenses and be steady in your situation without any tottering of the mind. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead without any question
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- Regarding the disturbance made by the women devotees, they are also living beings. They also come to Krishna. So consciously I cannot deny them. If our male members, the brahmacaris and the sannyasis, if they become steady in KC, there is no problem
- Regarding your unstable condition of mind, I beg to request you to always remember that you have all gone to London with a great mission and responsibility. I am so much pleased with you all six boys and girls who are doing so much for my missionary work
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- Thank you for serving steadily and taking responsibility in Krishna Consciousness. The spiritual master cannot be approached for solving marriage problems. That is not the business of the guru
- That is the sublime philosophy of Krishna Consciousness understanding; implicit faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master. This will make your steady progress towards the Ultimate Goal of back to Home, back to Godhead
- The ayurvedic system is to take ½ of what you can eat only, the fill ¼ with water and leave ¼ for air. That will make for proper digestion. Little rice, dahl, some vegetables, some chopaties, like that, but eat right to the point to keep health steady
- The English boys are able to stay 3 years in India because they are citizens of the Commonwealth so we should take advantage of this. Hence they should go as soon as possible, especially those who are fixed up and steady
- The first medicine which you should be concerned with is to chant Hare Krishna and to become increasingly steady in Krishna Consciousness
- The idea is that whoever is competent to manage affairs will accept the post of president by mutual consent. Our main business is to be fixed up in Krsna Consciousness by keeping steady in the prescribed duties of devotional service
- The only thing we require for this purpose is to remain in our spiritual strength by chanting regularly & following the rules & regulations. I am sure you are already strict on this point, & it is my duty to remind it for your steady strength
- The reason for the Japa beads is so that you can keep track of how many times you are chanting Hare Krishna mantra daily. It should be chanted a steady amount of times regularly
- There is much potential for selling these issues to the many people who are gradually taking more & more interest in our movement, & please organize your sales there to increase at a steady rate
- There will be in the beginning test by maya, and you will feel so much disturbances in making progress in Krsna consciousness. But if you remain steady...
- This obstacle by the Kazi is not new to our Krishna Consciousness Movement. It was there even during the time of Lord Caitanya, but we must steadily go on with our activities without caring for these so-called custodians of law
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- We Gaudiya Vaishnavas, under the guidance of Lord Chaitanya, want steady attention for Krishna, not flickering. Therefore, in our line of thoughts and action there is no scope for worshiping any other demigods
- We Gaudiya Vaisnavas, under the guidance of Lord Caitanya, want steady attention for Krishna, not flickering. Therefore, in our line of thoughts and action there is no scope for worshiping any other demigods
- We have got very serious mission. Don't be fickle. When you have come and sacrificed your life for the mission, don't be fickle. Be very steady and capture Krsna's lotus feet tightly. You'll never be attacked by maya
- We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi
- We should not be greedy and we should not mix with persons not interested in Krishna. In this way, we can make steady progress and maintain our membership in Krishna's family
- When one is in Krishna Consciousness, he no more feels any bodily pains and pleasures. After all, we are not this body. But we should make progress steadily by following the rules and regulations, not making experiment
- When the devotee is constantly engaged in Krsna Consciousness, at that time, Krsna will give all intelligence from within how to make steady progress in Krsna Consciousness
- Wherever you may go, our main business is service to Krsna & awkward circumstances may happen anywhere, & we should be able to hold up to all such circumstances, steadfastly we will go on with our business of service to Lord Krsna
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- You are the real representatives of Lord Caitanya. Without caring for any stable home, without any thought of personal gain, you are travelling distributing KC everywhere you go. I am very grateful to you both for assisting me so energetically
- You can have sannyasis chant on their beads, and give them their spiritual names and beads at the fire sacrifice. They must abide by the regulative principles and chanting minimum of 16 rounds daily. Then there will be steady and sure progress
- You should follow the four regulative principles without deviation. If you do these simple things, you will make steady advancement in Krishna Consciousness and there will be no fall downs
- Your reports are coming more regularly than any other GBC and from them I can understand that things are developing very steadily under your supervision
- Your sincerity and desire for doing some service for Krishna is very much encouraging to me. Please go on chanting nicely, and steadily