The purpose of saintly people is to teach society how to utilize their talents, their gifts and their particular position to become liberated rather than become entangled and how they can do great benefit for the world rather than add to the world’s problems.
When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System. — Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Antya Lila, 05.71.
In this material world there are only two representatives of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the transcendental sound vibration of the Holy Name and his eternally transcendental deity incarnation.
Book Distribution is our real business. If we give them a record, they simply hear some magical sounds and take it for sense gratification, but if they receive one of our books and read even one page, they get eternally benefited. – Letter to Ajita, 6 January, 1975
To associate with the holy name and chant the holy name is to associate with the Personality of Godhead directly.
Everything is done by the supervision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.1,
Srila Prabhupada
Everything can be used to the extent that it can be engaged in Krishna’s service.
Srimad Bhagavatam 9.4.27,
Srila Prabhupada
Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience.
Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.24,
Srila Prabhupada
The human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience.
