- By Kashish Rai
- Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:26 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj is a well-known ISKCON Guru and a spiritual advocate. H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj studied business management in France after graduating from Delhi University in 1964. He also attended the Sorbonne University in Paris for some time. Gopal Krishna Goswami Ji began contributing to ISKCON by financially aiding the Montreal temple while studying business management at McGill University in Montreal. In 1981, Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj received sannyasa initiation and started expanding his journeys to spread Krishna consciousness throughout the United States, Canada, and Africa. He currently serves as the GBC of over thirty temples worldwide and as an initiating spiritual master, having disciples in Russia, America, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. He continues to inspire people with his kind words, spiritual insights and transcendental wisdom. Let us check out the 10 best life-changing quotes from Gopal Krishna Maharaj for self-transformation.
10 Life-Changing Quotes By Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
1. A disciple should feel himself a fool in front of his guru. Guru never claims to be God himself but his disciples TREAT HIM LIKE GOD. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
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2. A spiritual master's instruction may be very shocking but the disciple should accept the instruction with faith. It should not be expected that the spiritual master would only say what the disciple wants to hear. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
3. The devotee is fearless like the wind because he knows that the mercy of Krishna will definitely protect him. He knows that the mercy of Krishna can be realized in proportion to the price that one is willing to pay. Also based on the service that one renders, one obtains Krishna's protection plan to the same degree. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
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4. Devotees of the Lord have Vidya: about the goal of human life, about the position of God, and so the devotee wants to live on the basis of that knowledge. And a Transcendentalist is also one who lives according to that knowledge. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
5. If in the human form of life, one utilizes his life correctly then the Parmatma makes sure that the next LIFE IS DEFINITELY IN A HIGHER FORM, maybe in the higher planets, or may be returned to the original home, the kingdom of God. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
6. THE UNCONTROLLED SENSES are the cause of a living entity being transmigrated from one body to another body. The same senses which are the cause of bondage need to be utilized therapeutically. The therapeutic manner here refers to the process of devotional service. So the same senses if they are utilized in the process of devotional service, they become the cure of the disease. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
7. This beautiful human form of life should be utilized for A BEAUTIFUL ENDING. Prabhupada used to say that something beautiful should not be utilized for an ugly ending. Everything is tested at the moment of death. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
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8. A devotee NEVER GETS PUFFED UP, the moment he begins to get puffed up he gets away from Krishna. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
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9. DETACHMENT to material things is only possible if you are ATTACHED to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
10. THE REAL TRANSCENDENTALIST is not just interested in his liberation, but he also shows his concern for those who are not trying to establish their relationship with the Lord. - Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
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