Vedic Thoughts

If one is not attracted by the transcendental nature of Krsna, one is sure to be attracted to material enjoyment, thus to become implicated in the clinging network of virtuous and sinful activities and to continue material existence by transmigrating from one material body to another. Only in Krsna consciousness can one achieve the highest perfection of life.

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Sri Caitanya-caritamta, Adi-lila 4.35, Purport

What the Upaniads describe as the impersonal Brahman is but the effulgence of His body, and the Lord known as the Supersoul is but His localized plenary portion. Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Himself, full with six opulences. He is the Absolute Truth, and no other truth is greater than or equal to Him.

Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami

Sri Caitanya-caritamta, Adi-lila 1.3

Devotional service is the propensity to give Krsna pleasure. The endeavor to make oneself happy is nondevotional service and is the source of misery.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Amta Vani: Nectar of Instructions for Immortality

Whatever a self-realized soul in India will speak, a self-realized soul in another part of the world will speak. A devotee in Vaikuha will also speak the same thing, because there are no material qualities in the conclusions of pure, liberated souls. Therefore the conclusions cannot be different.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Tattva-viveka, Chapter 1

Persons who seriously follow these methods of achieving Me, which I have personally taught, attain auspiciousness in the form of My personal abode, which authorities understand as the Supreme Absolute Truth.

Lord Sri Krsna

Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.37

Of all the eternal living entities, one [the Supreme Personality of Godhead] is the supreme eternal. Of all conscious entities one [the Supreme Personality of Godhead] is the supreme conscious entity who supplies the needs of everyone else. The wise souls who worship Him in His abode attain everlasting peace. Others cannot.

Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.13 and Katha Upanisad 2.2.13

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the source of genuine happiness. Nothing else can bring one actual happiness. Only the Supreme Personality of Godhead can bring one happiness. For this reason one should inquire about the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Chandogya Upanisad 7.25.1

Distress is caused by five things: nescience, false ego, material attachments, envy, and mundane engrossment, all of which essentially represent different aspects of the mode of ignorance.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

Madhurya-kadambini, Second Shower

A Pause for Prayer

O my merciful Lord Caitanya, may the nectarean Ganges waters of Your transcendental activities flow on the surface of my desertlike tongue. Beautifying these waters are the lotus flowers of singing, dancing ,and loud chanting of Krsna’s holy name, which are the pleasure abodes of unalloyed devotees. These devotees are compared to swans, ducks, and bees. The river’s flowing produces a melodious sound that gladdens their ears.

Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 2.2