# Qualities - Divine and Demoniac Instructions from Śrīla Prabhupāda's letters about divine and demoniac qualities, honesty, cleanliness, and proper conduct. --- ## Divine ![[letters/1967/670606_mukunda|the difficulties of life may come as seasonal changes but we should not be disturbed by all those difficulties]] —Mukunda, 6 June, 1967 ![[letters/1967/671003_nandarani_krsna_devi_subala_uddhava|Everything in the Temple should be kept nice and clean. Everyone should wash hands before touching anything of Krishna's. We should always remember that Krishna is the purest & similarly only the pure can associate with Him. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.]] —Nandarani, 3 October, 1967 --- ![[letters/1969/690319_satsvarupa|if we speak the naked truth to the people, sometimes they may get angry. Because unpalatable truth is not tolerated...So we have to present our case very carefully.]] —Satsvarupa, 19 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690608_hansadutta|if somebody is cunning, we must also become cunning. To a cunning person we must not be a simpleton. Krishna Conscious devotees are expected to be very intelligent]] —Hansadutta, 8 June, 1969 ![[letters/1969/691208_kulasekhara|So far as the difficulty with bathing, you can heat up some water in the morning and wash yourself over with a sponge or a cloth. That will be all right if there is no hot water for regular showers.]] —Kulasekhara, 8 December, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700423_sri_birlaji|one may be a perfect transcendentalist or spiritual man by possessing the whole world and one may be a gross materialist without possessing a farthing]] —Birlaji, 23 April, 1970 ![[letters/1970/700430_jayapataka|Regarding how to act when there is a choice of either attending arati ceremony without bathing first or bathing and thus missing attendance at the arati ceremony, the answer is that the rules should be followed as far as possible. If it becomes necessary, simply wash your feet]] —Jayapataka, 30 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/701117_stan|Ramananda Roy has explained that there is nothing so glorious or worth of fame in this world for a person who knows the true value of life other than to be famed as a devotee of Krsna.]] —Stan, 17 November, 1970 --- ![[letters/1972/720102_yajnesvara|your first question was should the devotee always speak the truth to everyone in all circumstances? The answer is yes, one should always speak the truth]] —Yajnesvara, 2 January, 1972 ![[letters/1972/721231_bali-mardana-mardana-mardana|we may take money for Krsna using any method of beg, borrow and steal, but more advanced understanding of Krsna consciousness process is that by telling the truth in a very palatable way]] —Bali-mardana, 31 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/731020_mukunda|I am glad to hear that your Sunday program is successful. One thing is that you should keep everything very clean. That is the first business. Every room should be as clean as a mirror.]] —Mukunda, 20 October, 1973 --- ![[letters/1975/750109_rupanuga|Our occupation must be honest. Everyone should adore our members as honest...These dishonest methods must be stopped. It is hampering our reputation all over the world.]] —Rupanuga, 9 January, 1975 ![[letters/1975/750112_kirtiraja|Regarding food-stamps and welfare, if we have to fabricate some lie, that is not good. It can be done only if it is completely honest.]] —Kirtiraja, 12 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760604_mr._raja_sajid_husain._raja_sajid_husain._raja_sajid_husain|All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge, and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva.]] —Mr. Raja Sajid Husain, 4 June, 1976 ![[letters/1977/770124_alex_bob_drdhavrata_gupta_rsabhadeva_stan|Krsna will give you intelligence how to engage in honest, brilliant, glorious work on His behalf. There is no need to engage in anything dishonest. Krsna has given enough money, now earn by honest means.]] —Prasadam Distributing International, 24 January, 1977 --- ## Demoniac ![[letters/1968/680122_pradyumna|so far as stealing is concerned, one should not steal except in the rarest circumstances. Moral principle is recommended in all scriptures as prerequisite for spiritual culture.]] —Pradyumna, 22 January, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680616_satsvarupa|In higher states of spiritual life, one can break even promises also, but they are devotees of comparative merit.]] —Satsvarupa, 16 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681017_rayarama|nobody can encroach upon the right of other living entities. Everyone is supplied by the Lord, the food, shelter, by natural arrangement, so nobody should encroach upon the right of living of others.]] —Rayarama, 17 October, 1968 ![[letters/1968/681228_madhavi_lata|you should know that such practices like stealing are against the principles of Krsna consciousness. I always want that my students should be very ideal in character and not discredit our Society.]] —Madhavi Lata, 28 December, 1968 ![[letters/1969/690220_satsvarupa|So far envy is concerned it can be used only upon the non-devotees. In the transcendental world a devotee is never envious of another devotee on account of his excellence]] —Satsvarupa, 20 February, 1969 ![[letters/1969/690314_rupanuga|Yes, think of Krsna, how He was angry on Hiranyakasipu and nobody could pacify Him, even Brahma with beautiful hymns. In anger also we can think of Krsna.]] —Rupanuga, 14 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1971/710104_upendra|we do not wish to create any unnecessary enemies and you should curb your anger by your advanced intelligence in Krsna consciousness]] —Upendra, 4 January, 1971 ![[letters/1971/711127_lalita_kumar_jambavati|we must avoid cheating them or falsely claiming something to get money. Then we are risking our very high reputation as pious people]] —Lalita Kumar and Jambavati, 27 November, 1971 ![[letters/1972/720502_bhakta_dasa|So far the meaning of the word 'cheating,' there are only three things to be known, that Krsna is the Supreme Enjoyer, the Supreme Proprietor of everything, and the Supreme Friend of everyone, and we say that honesty is acting upon the knowledge of these three facts.]] —Bhakta dasa, 2 May, 1972 ![[letters/1972/720829_niranjana|If you are always remembering Him by your activities and seeing Krsna everywhere, even in the heart of the demoniac persons, then anger will never overcome you, being purified of all false pride]] —Niranjana, 29 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720904_jadurani|Therefore simply by hating Krsna he gets salvation, like Kamsa. So if you want to hate, hate Krsna.]] —Jadurani, 4 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721225_sri_govinda|the brahmanas are always truthful, even to their enemies. There is sufficient merit in our books that if you simply describe them sincerely to anyone, they will buy. That art you must develop, not art of lying.]] —Sri Govinda, 25 December, 1972 ![[letters/1972/721231_sankarsana|we shall always be careful to avoid any kind of jeopardizing our high standing in the society by some foolish and small act of illegal stealing.]] —Sankarsana, 31 December, 1972 ![[letters/1973/730717_cintamani|You ask how you can become free of envy. Simply by chanting Hare Krsna, Lord Caitanya has said the heart will become cleansed of all the dirty things accumulated in the heart.]] —Cintamani, 17 July, 1973 ![[letters/1974/740830_bali-mardana-mardana-mardana|Regarding the illegal taking of the Japanese currency from the country, do not do these things. Also stop the pen stealing. This is not good, and should be stopped.]] —Bali-mardana, 30 August, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750101_ramesvara|Why should we adopt unfair means? We should not do anything which will create a bad impression or make us unpopular. People are after these books, they are hankering for them. We don't need to take cheating method.]] —Ramesvara, 1 January, 1975 ![[letters/1975/751109_trivikrama|What is this stealing and violence. This is not good...Stealing is not our business. Our business is to become Krsna conscious. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. This is our program.]] —Trivikrama, 9 November, 1975 --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**