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14 May 2024
- 08:3808:38, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 You (Prahlada's teachers) may think that I (Prahlada) have taken the side of your enemy, but factually He (Visnu) has bestowed a great favor upon me No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 With great attention they (the teachers Sanda and Amarka) wanted to hear from Prahlada Maharaja about Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 When the teachers went home to attend to their household affairs, the students of the same age as Prahlada Maharaja would call him to take the opportunity of leisure hours for play No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Prahlada Maharaja was a five-year-old boy, he was sent to school. As soon as there was a recreation period, when the teacher was away, he would say to his friends - My dear friends, come on. We shall speak about Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 14 May 2024 diff hist −10 When Prahlada Maharaja's teachers and demoniac father asked him how his intelligence had been polluted, Prahlada Maharaja said, "As far as I am concerned, my intelligence has not been polluted No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlada. Hiranyakasipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it? No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu asked Prahlada Maharaja, "What is the best thing you have learned from your teachers?" Prahlada replied, - O best of the asuras, as far as I can understand, because we have accepted this material body, we have to accept death No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu, the father of prahlada Maharaja, asked his son, - My dear boy, what is the best thing you have learned from your teachers No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Whenever he (Prahlada Maharaja) found an opportunity, when the teacher was out of the classroom, he used to say - My dear friends, let's chant Hare Krsna; this is the time to begin Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 What he (Prahlada) had learned about diplomacy from his material teachers, Sanda and Amarka, was useless. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). This is the symptom of pure devotional service No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The teacher explained that he had not taught devotional service to Prahlada but that the boy was naturally inclined that way No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The teachers Sanda and Amarka tried to induce Prahlada Maharaja to accept the materialistic way of life, but actually their attempt was a failure No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The teachers Sanda and Amarka instructed Prahlada Maharaja in the three kinds of material advancement called religion, economic development and sense gratification No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The teachers appointed by Hiranyakasipu taught Prahlada Maharaja how to be a diplomat so that he could rule over the citizens very nicely No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The sons of the demons replied: Dear Prahlada, neither you nor we know any teacher or spiritual master other than Sanda and Amarka, the sons of Sukracarya. After all, we are children and they our controllers No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading all over the world, following in the footsteps of Prahlada Maharaja, who did not like any of the materialistic education he received from his teachers No edit summary current
- 08:2808:28, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 The great saint Narada Muni continued: The great soul Prahlada Maharaja became silent after saying this to his teachers, Sanda and Amarka, the seminal sons of Sukracarya No edit summary current
- 08:2808:28, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 The fact is that anyone who associates with a pure devotee and follows his instructions becomes fixed in Krsna consciousness and is not disturbed by materialistic consciousness. The teachers (of Prahlada) particularly observed this in their students No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 They (Prahlada's classmates) did not like hearing from their so-called teachers Sanda and Amarka, who were interested only in teaching them about diplomacy, politics, economic development and similar topics meant exclusively for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 14 May 2024 diff hist −10 Since Hiranyakasipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlada Maharaja's teachers with harsh words No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Sanda and Amarka, the teachers of Prahlada Maharaja, chastised and threatened their disciple in various ways and began teaching him about the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification. This is the way they educated him No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada was always joyful in worshiping the Lord, but in accordance with the instructions of Hiranyakasipu, the teachers were interested in teaching him about material things No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja was surprised when his teacher was teaching him how to deal with enemies. He was surprised: "Who is enemy?" So a Vaisnava has no enemy. Vaisnava is friend. Patitanam pavanebhyo No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja was still a boy, and therefore his teachers thought that if they pacified the little boy he would immediately speak the truth, revealing the secret of how the Vaisnavas came there to teach him lessons in devotional service No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja preached bhagavata-dharma among his classmates as soon as an opportunity was afforded by the absence of his teachers from the classroom No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja admitted frankly, "My dear teachers, you wrongly think that Lord Visnu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja, who is such a devotee (who does not care about so-called public opinion and Vedic or philosophical literatures), always defied the false instructions of his father and the so-called teachers who were appointed to teach him No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja, what he did do, as soon as there is tiffin hour, all the teachers gone, he would immediately call all the class friend and stand up on the bench and speak on bhagavad-bhakti No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 14 May 2024 diff hist −10 Prahlada Maharaja's teachers were astonished that a small boy could speak such exalted Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada certainly heard and recited the topics of politics and economics taught by the teachers, but he understood that political philosophy involves considering someone a friend and someone else an enemy, and thus he did not like it No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Narada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahlada Maharaja and took them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic instructions given by their teachers, Sanda and Amarka No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 My dear Yudhisthira, once upon a time Hiranyakasipu, took his son Prahlada on his lap & very affectionately inquired: My dear son, please let me know what you think is the best of all the subjects you have studied from your teachers No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 My dear King Yudhisthira, all the children were very much affectionate and respectful to Prahlada Maharaja, and because of their tender age they were not so polluted by the instructions and actions of their teachers No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 In tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from the classroom, the students called Prahlada Maharaja, wanting to play with him No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 In the tiffin hour, when the teachers are gone, he (Prahlada Maharaja) would immediately stand up and preach to his friends - My dear friend, begin Krsna consciousness from this point. Although you are very small boys, still we have to begin here No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 In a society or family in which everyone is a demon, for someone to become a Vaisnava is certainly folly. Prahlada Maharaja was charged with bad intelligence because he was among demons, including his teachers, who were supposedly brahmanas No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu said: My dear Prahlada, my dear son, O long - lived one, for so much time you have heard many things from your teachers. Now please repeat to me whatever you think is the best of that knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu chastised the teachers for having wrongly trained Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist −10 Hiranyakasipu, however, did not like his son to talk about devotional service; therefore he immediately called Prahlada’s teacher, Sanda No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 He (Prahlada Maharaja) was very afraid of his father at home. But in the school, as soon as the teachers were away, tiffin hour, he would take the opportunity and preach something about God No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 He (Prahlada) considered his teachers, spiritual masters and older Godbrothers to be as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlada, Hiranyakasipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlada began teaching about devotional service, Hiranyakasipu immediately regarded the teachers as his enemies in the garb of friends No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 14 May 2024 diff hist +12 Because the teachers were very much cautious that, "This Prahlada has got tendency to become a devotee," so they were very careful No edit summary current
- 08:2108:21, 14 May 2024 diff hist +1 After some time, the teachers Sanda and Amarka thought that Prahlada Maharaja was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them No edit summary current
- 08:2108:21, 14 May 2024 diff hist +11 After some time, the teachers Sanda and Amarka thought that Prahlada Maharaja was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them No edit summary
- 08:0308:03, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 When Prahlada Maharaja chants om namo bhagavate narasimhaya, he prays for a benediction from the Lord, but because he is also an exalted Vaisnava, he wants nothing for his personal sense gratification No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, whenever I chant I immediately merge in an ocean of transcendental bliss. I only lament to see others bereft of Your love No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, I have no problems and want no benediction from You because I am quite satisfied to chant Your holy name. This is sufficient for me No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 Whenever he (Prahlada Maharaja) found an opportunity, when the teacher was out of the classroom, he used to say - My dear friends, let's chant Hare Krsna; this is the time to begin Krsna consciousness No edit summary
- 08:0308:03, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 This demonic nature of opposition to the sankirtana movement existed even in the time of Prahlada Maharaja. He used to chant in sankirtana although his father did not like it, and that was the reason for the misunderstanding between the father and son No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +11 The only fault is that little boy (Prahlada Maharaja), he was chanting Hare Krsna. That is his fault. The father could not. Therefore they are called sura-dvisam, always envious of the devotees. Demon means always envious of the devotee No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 The boy (Prahlada Maharaja) would not give up. So the father was even prepared to kill a five-year-old boy. The fault was that he was chanting Hare Krsna. He was given poison. He was thrown into the fire. He was pulled from the hill No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 Prahlada loudly chanted the holy name of Lord Nrsimhadeva. May Nrsimhadeva, roaring for His devotee Prahlada Maharaja, protect us from all fear of dangers created by stalwart leaders in all directions through poison, weapons, water, fire, air and so on No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 Prahlada, while instructing his childhood friends at school, stated that hearing of the Lord, chanting, remembering, worshiping, praying, serving, making friends with Krsna, and offering everything to Him constituted the highest spiritual knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 Lord Nrsimhadeva is very dear to this exalted personality. Thus Prahlada Maharaja, along with his servants and all the denizens of Hari-varsa, worships Lord Nrsimhadeva by chanting the following mantra No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 It was Prahlada Maharaja who said: "My Lord, I am not suffering, for I know the art of being happy." How is this? - Simply by hearing about You and chanting about You I am happy No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +33 Just like Prahlada Maharaja, a five-years-old boy, his only fault was that he was chanting Hare Krsna, and the father was aggressor, giving him trouble so many ways. So we must be prepared No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 May 2024 diff hist +11 Even one's father may turn into an enemy like Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada was only five years old and was chanting Hare Krsna, but his father was prepared to kill him because he was a devotee No edit summary current
10 May 2024
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 When Prahlada Maharaj was within the womb of his mother, she was being sympathetically instructed by Narada about the science of devotional service No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist −11 When Prahlada's mother, Hiranyakasipu's wife, Kayadhu, was under the protection of Narada, she prayed for the protection of her son from the enemy, and Narada Muni gave assurance that Prahlada Maharaja would always be saved from the enemy's hands No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 When he was in the womb of his mother, Prahlada listened to the words of Narada Muni. One cannot imagine how the baby in embryo could hear Narada, but this is spiritual life; progress in spiritual life cannot be obstructed by any material condition No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 The Lord can be worshiped in all stages of life. For instance, even in the wombs of their mothers Maharaja Prahlada and Maharaja Pariksit worshiped the Lord; even in his very childhood, at the age of only five years, Dhruva Maharaja worshiped the Lord No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 The instance is Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada Maharaja, when he was in his womb of his mother, one saintly sage taught his mother about Krsna consciousness, and the child became Krsna conscious from the womb of his mother No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 Sanda and Amarka, the sons of Sukracarya in the seminal disciplic succession, were the gurus appointed by his father, but his other guru was the exalted Narada Muni, who had instructed Prahlada when Prahlada was within the womb of his mother No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 Prahlada Maharaja continued: The great saint Narada Muni brought my mother to his asrama and assured her of all protection, saying, "My dear child, please remain at my asrama until the arrival of your husband" No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 10 May 2024 diff hist −11 Prahlada Maharaja's mother was more concerned with protecting the child in the womb and was very anxious to see her husband return. Therefore she could not consider very seriously the sublime instructions of Narada Muni No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 10 May 2024 diff hist −11 One day, after Prahlada's mother had personally washed the boy and dressed him nicely with sufficient ornaments, they presented him before his father No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 10 May 2024 diff hist +9 Naradaji has instructed many kings from time immemorial. In the Bhagavatam we can see that he instructed Prahlada Maharaja while he was in the womb of his mother, and he instructed Vasudeva, father of Krsna, as well as Maharaja Yudhisthira No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 10 May 2024 diff hist +9 Kayadhu, The mother of Prahlada Maharaja, stayed under the protection of Narada Muni without fear from any direction. Similarly, Narada Muni, in his transcendental position, stayed with the young woman without fear of deviation No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 10 May 2024 diff hist +31 Indra, the King of heaven, decided to arrest Prahlada mother because he thought that another demon, another Hiranyakasipu, was within her womb. The best course, he thought, was to kill the child when the child was born, then the woman could be released No edit summary current
- 04:4504:45, 10 May 2024 diff hist +9 He (Prahlada Maharaja) was the first son of Hiranyakasipu, and his mother's name was Kayadhu No edit summary current
- 04:4504:45, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 He (Prahlada Maharaja) was born by a demon father, but his quality changed. When his mother was instructed by Narada Muni, everything was changed. If the demons cannot be changed, then where is the meaning of preaching No edit summary current
- 04:4404:44, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 Even when Prahlada Maharaja was a baby within the womb of his mother, he became fully convinced of the existence of the supreme power because of hearing the powerful instructions of Narada and understood how to attain perfection in life by bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 04:4404:44, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 Does this (Narada Muni giving shelter to Prahlada's young mother) mean that Narada Muni transgressed the Vedic injunctions? Certainly he did not. Such injunctions are intended for mundane creatures, but Narada Muni is transcendental to mundane categories No edit summary current
- 04:4404:44, 10 May 2024 diff hist +11 Although one is strictly prohibited from staying with a woman in a secluded place, Narada Muni gave shelter to Prahlada Maharaja's young mother, who rendered service to him with great devotion and faith No edit summary current
9 May 2024
- 07:2307:23, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 While Pariksit Maharaja was hearing these transcendental pastimes, he considered himself to be very fortunate because not only was he hearing Krsna's pastimes but he was doing so from Sukadeva Gosvami, the greatest authority on Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 9 May 2024 diff hist +8 The sublime form of religious performances to free oneself from all reactions of sins is suggested herein (SB 2.4.15) by the greatest authority, Sri Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 9 May 2024 diff hist +37 The perfect process for achieving this (freedom from all kinds of fear and the fullest extent of happiness in life), here and now, is recommended in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is uttered by such a great authority as Srila Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 The great authority Sukadeva Gosvami remarks that Krsna almost always passed His time with Rukmini, and Rukmini was a bit proud to be so fortunate that Krsna never left her even for a moment. Krsna, however, does not like any of His devotees to be proud No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 There are twelve authorities mentioned in the sastras. Brahma is one authority, Lord Siva is one authority, and Narada is one authority. Then Manu is one authority, Prahlada Maharaja is authority, Bali Maharaja is authority, Sukadeva Gosvami is authority No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Out of twelve authorities, Sukadeva Gosvami is authority. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah (CC Madhya 17.186). We have to follow the authority No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Maharaja Pariksit knew perfectly well that Lord Visnu, being transcendental, has nothing to do with material qualities, but to confirm his conviction he wanted to hear from the authority Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +15 It may be argued that Sukadeva Gosvami is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are many other sages and their followers No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 In pure Krsna consciousness, without knowledge of the Lord's opulences, a devotee considers Krsna his friend or son. Therefore this devotional attitude is praised even by Sukadeva Gosvami and Vyasadeva, the supreme authority No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Had Maharaja Pariksit not been fatigued, hungry and thirsty at this time, Srimad-Bhagavatam would not have been spoken by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, the prime authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As far as we are concerned, we follow the authority of Vyasadeva and Sukadeva Gosvami, who have described the universal situation according to the Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As I described the other day that there are twelve authorities. Out of them, Sukadeva Gosvami himself is one of the authorities. But still, he is citing the authority of Krsna. That is the way of presenting things No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 As will be explained in this book by the greatest authority, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, there is no religion save and except the devotional service of the Lord, though this may be presented in different forms No edit summary
- 07:2107:21, 9 May 2024 diff hist +38 Emperor Pariksit attained the spiritual platform simply by hearing from such an authority as Sri Sukadeva Gosvami No edit summary
- 06:5506:55, 9 May 2024 diff hist +36 Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: (CC Madhya 17.186) our duty is to follow the instructions of the mahajanas. There are twelve mahajanas, and Sukadeva Gosvami is one of them No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 When Prahlada Maharaja chants om namo bhagavate narasimhaya, he prays for a benediction from the Lord, but because he is also an exalted Vaisnava, he wants nothing for his personal sense gratification No edit summary
- 05:5905:59, 9 May 2024 diff hist +10 When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, I have no problems and want no benediction from You because I am quite satisfied to chant Your holy name. This is sufficient for me No edit summary
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 The grace of the Lord is not at all difficult for the Lord to bestow, and thus Prahlada Maharaja wants to save the whole world by spreading Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja was offered all the blessings of an opulent position in the material world and even the liberation of merging into Brahman, but he refused all this. He simply wanted to engage in the service of the servant of the servant of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to utilize every moment for advancing in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to reply that an attitude favorable toward Visnu can develop only when the Lord is favorable (sa yadanuvratah). As stated in Bhagavad-gita, Krsna is the friend of everyone No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to impress upon the sons of the demons that although such knowledge can be understood only by a saintly person like Narada, they should not be disappointed No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to become a rajarsi, whereas Hiranyakasipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enjoyment - grha-medhinam No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +10 Prahlada Maharaja replied, "Please engage me in the service of Your servant. This is all I want. I do not want anything else." In this way a devotee never asks for anything material from the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja rejected bhukti, mukti and siddhi; he simply wanted to engage as an apprentice under the guidance of a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja refused direct service but he wanted blessing that he may be engaged in the service of his spiritual master. This is Vasnava conclusion No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada Maharaja did not want to enjoy the estate left by his father; rather, he wanted to become a servant of the servant of the Lord - CC Madhya 13.80 No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Nrsimhadeva offered Prahlada Maharaja all kinds of benedictions, but Prahlada Maharaja did not accept any of them, for he simply wanted to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Nonetheless, although allured by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offered him (Prahlada) all benedictions for material happiness, because of his unalloyed Krsna consciousness he did not want to take any material benefit for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada Maharaja) did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wanted to deliver all fallen souls, who are bereft of knowledge of bhakti and who misuse their intelligence for the temporary benefit of the material body No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada) refused to go into the kingdom of God without taking all the fallen souls with him. This is a Vaisnava. Nanyam tvad asya saranam bhramato 'nupasye: "I simply want to teach them how to surrender unto You (God). That's all. That is my goal No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 He (Prahlada) refused direct service but he wanted blessing that he may be engaged in the service of his spiritual master. This is Vaisnava conclusion No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Because the bright-faced saintly person was lying down and not working and yet was quite fat, Prahlada Maharaja was puzzled and wanted to question him about this No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Another significant point in this verse (SB 7.9.42) is that by devotional service Prahlada Maharaja does not want to benefit alone No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +28 Although Hiranyakasipu was purified as soon as he came in contact with the Lord's lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlada Maharaja still wanted to hear from the Lord's own mouth that his father had been purified by the Lord's causeless mercy No edit summary current
- 05:5605:56, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada wants to engage in the service of a devotee, and therefore he prays to Krsna, "My dear Lord, kindly give me the shelter of Your very dear devotee so that I may engage in his service and You may then be pleased" No edit summary current
- 05:5605:56, 9 May 2024 diff hist +6 Prahlada wanted to assert that his father and his other family members were all unfortunate because they were demoniac, whereas the devotees of the Lord are always fortunate because they are always ready to follow the orders of the Lord No edit summary current
7 May 2024
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu was threatening to kill Prahlada, he certainly saw the column standing before him & his father, and he saw that the Lord was present in the pillar to encourage him not to fear his demoniac father's words. God was present to protect him No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist −10 When Hiranyakasipu was going to kill Prahlada Maharaja, the Lord saved Prahlada to fulfill His promise in Bhagavad-gita (kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati (BG 9.31)) and to prove true the words of Narada No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 When Hiranyakasipu understood the entire situation, he was extremely angry, so much so that his body trembled. Thus he finally decided to kill his son Prahlada No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The Lord, the Supersoul of all living entities, is sober, peaceful and equal to everyone. Since the great devotee Prahlada was protected by the Lord's potency, Hiranyakasipu was unable to kill him, in spite of endeavoring to do so in various ways No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The boy (Prahlada Maharaja) would not give up. So the father was even prepared to kill a five-year-old boy. The fault was that he was chanting Hare Krsna. He was given poison. He was thrown into the fire. He was pulled from the hill No edit summary
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 The demon father employed all his weapons to kill the devotee son, Prahlada, but by the grace of the Lord he was saved from all sorts of dangerous actions by his father No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Prahlada Maharaja's demoniac father (Hiranyakasipu) had repeatedly threatened to kill Prahlada, but Prahlada was confident that he could not be killed, since he was protected by the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 7 May 2024 diff hist −10 My dear King Yudhisthira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlada Maharaja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu tried to kill his five-year-old boy Prahlada Maharaja because his son was talking about Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu tried to kill him in so many ways, but Prahlada tolerated him. So there may be many impediments to making advancement in spiritual knowledge, but we should be tolerant and continue our progress with determination No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu thought: I have used many ill names in chastising this boy Prahlada and have devised many means of killing him, but despite all my endeavors, he could not be killed. Indeed, he saved himself by his own powers No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlada Maharaja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an elephant while he was lying down No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu being a nondevotee, was so polluted that he was even prepared to kill his own son (Prahlada Maharaj). He justified this by putting forward the logic of amputation No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada, always denied the existence of the Lord, and he tried to kill his five-year-old boy due to the boy's unflinching faith in God No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 7 May 2024 diff hist +30 Every action taken by Hiranyakasipu against his son Prahlada Maharaja was taken very seriously by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus when Hiranyakasipu was on the verge of killing Prahlada, the Lord personally appeared and killed Hiranyakasipu No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Even Prahlada, who, only 5 years old, was engaged in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, was endangered when his father became antagonistic to his devotion. The father tried to kill him in so many ways, but Prahlada tolerated him. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Even one's father may turn into an enemy like Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada was only five years old and was chanting Hare Krsna, but his father was prepared to kill him because he was a devotee No edit summary
- 09:2409:24, 7 May 2024 diff hist +12 Desiring to kill his son Prahlada, who was a great devotee of Lord Visnu, Hiranyakasipu tortured him in many ways No edit summary current
6 May 2024
- 07:5707:57, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 You must treat your father as respectful as myself; even if you are sometimes ill-treated, you should tolerate. You should follow the example of Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 This Hiranyakasipu father tortured Prahlada Maharaja in so many ways, but he tolerated. There are many other examples. Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified. The only fault was that he was preaching God consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 These (Lord Jesus Christ, Thakura Haridasa and Prahlada Maharaja) are some examples of renowned devotees of the Lord, and we should simply try to understand how dear such devotees are to Him No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 There are many examples, such as Prahlada Maharaja. He was only five years old, a pet child, but because he was a devotee of the Lord, his father became his enemy. This is the way of the world No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +15 Prahlada was an authority in the devotional service of the Lord because he had his father killed by Lord Nrsimhadeva, setting the example that even a father should be removed from the path of devotional service if such a father happens to be an obstacle No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja was typical example of this Caitanya Mahaprabhu's siksa. This Hiranyakasipu father tortured Prahlada Maharaja in so many ways, but he tolerated No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja is the vivid example of a great person fully absorbed in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja is the topmost example of a Vaisnava, who is always compassionate toward sinful persons suffering a hellish life within this material world No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja is the practical example, and our duty is to follow the footprints of such person like Prahlada Maharaja. So Prahlada Maharaja, such an exalted personality, the authority, he is so humble No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja had his father killed by Lord Nrsimha-deva, setting the example that even a father should be removed from the path of devotional service if such a father happens to be an obstacle No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Prahlada Maharaja, by his living example, requested his friends to engage in devotional service No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 Prahlada Maharaja's example was that in spite of continuous torturing by his father, he never forgot Krsna. This we have to follow. In spite of all kinds of inconveniences and torture by the atheist class of men, we shall never forget Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +15 One who is not satisfied simply to become perfect himself but wants to see others also take advantage of the holy name of the Lord and advance in spiritual life. The outstanding example is Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 Lord Jesus is a living example how one has to suffer in this material world simply for the matter of preaching the message of God. In Bhagavatam also there is another example like Lord Jesus. He is Prahlada Maharaja a boy of five years old No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 Krsna promises in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.31), kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati. This is a declaration by the SP of Godhead that His devotee cannot be killed by demons. Prahlada Maharaja is the vivid example of the truth of this promise No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 In spite of coming to this material world, the nitya-siddha devotee is never attracted by the allurements of material enjoyment. A perfect example is Prahlada Maharaja, who was a nitya-siddha, a maha-bhagavata devotee No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 In India there are examples like Haridasa Thakura, Prahlada Maharaja. And the Western countries also, Lord Jesus Christ, he is saktyavesa-avatara, God's son. And he tolerated so much. These are the examples of mahatma No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist −10 In any assembly where there are discourses about saints and devotees, O King Yudhisthira, even the enemies of the demons, namely the demigods, what to speak of you, would cite Prahlada Maharaja as an example of a great devotee No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 His (the devotee of the Lord, or one who is in Krsna consciousness) fathers and ancestors who might have been in difficulty are automatically relieved. The vivid example is Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 6 May 2024 diff hist +15 Gosthy-anandi is one who is not satisfied simply to become perfect himself but wants to see others also take advantage of the holy name of the Lord and advance in spiritual life. The outstanding example is Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 Following the examples of Ambarisa Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja, a devotee should learn how to tolerate all such awkward positions in this world No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 Even the father is sometimes violent, the child or the son tolerates. A typical example is Prahlada Maharaja. Innocent child, Krsna consciousness child, but father torturing. He never says anything No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 Desiring to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee, the Lord tried to induce Prahlada Maharaja to take material benedictions, but Prahlada Maharaja did not accept them. On the contrary, by his personal example he showed the symptoms of a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 A pure devotee of Narayana is never afraid of any material danger. There are many examples of devotees such as Prahlada Maharaja, who was tortured by his father but was not at all afraid, although he was only a five-year-old boy No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +36 A pure devotee never complains against the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A vivid example is Prahlada Maharaja No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +14 A person who is equipoised in all circumstances is never bewildered. Prahlada Maharaja is a perfect example of a dhira No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist +12 Anyone can become a fully qualified brahmana under the direction of a spiritual master. Prahlada Maharaja provided a vivid example of how to think of the spiritual master and accept his directions calmly No edit summary current
5 April 2024
- 12:3012:30, 5 April 2024 diff hist −13 When the black-eyed, beautiful Rukmini heard of the settlement, she immediately became very morose. However, being a king's daughter, she understood political diplomacy and decided that there was no use in simply being morose No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 5 April 2024 diff hist +5 When He was caught, Krsna was almost on the point of crying. He smeared His hands over His eyes, which were anointed with black eye cosmetics. The child saw His mother’s face while she stood over Him, and His eyes became restless from fear No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 5 April 2024 diff hist −13 King Malayadhvaja fathered one daughter, who had very black eyes. He also had seven sons, who later became rulers of that tract of land known as Dravida. Thus there were seven kings in that land No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 5 April 2024 diff hist +5 Bilvamangala said, "I am eagerly waiting to see that boy of Vrndavana whose bodily beauty is captivating the whole universe, whose eyes are always bounded by black eyebrows and expanded like lotus petals" No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 5 April 2024 diff hist +6 Because of his great affection for Krsna, King Iksvaku became greatly attached to the black cloud, the black deer, the deer's black eyes and the lotus flower, which is always compared to the eyes of the Lord No edit summary current
30 March 2024
- 08:1708:17, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 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 No edit summary current
- 08:1708:17, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 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 No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 Ksatriya's fight, it is not ordinary fight like cats and dogs. The cats and dogs also fight and the ksatriyas in the battlefield of Kuruksetra, under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are not the same No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 One should also consider that those who engage in the missionary activities of the Krsna consciousness movement are under the guidance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They are not actually beggars; their real business is to deliver fallen souls No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 There is immense potency of preaching the philosophy of KC under the guidance of Lord Caitanya, and I wish that all my Godbrothers should go to different parts of the world and preach this sublime message everywhere, because that is the His desire No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 They (human being) are trying now to approach distant planetary systems by electronic mechanical power. But the highest goal of human civilization is to work hard under the guidance of the Lord (Krsna) and become completely dependent on Him No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist +20 The fruitive actor enjoys only the fruits of his own activities, but a devotee, being under the guidance of the Supreme Lord, simply advances in devotional service to achieve the ultimate goal of life - to go back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist +20 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.1) the Lord recommends, mayy asakta-manah partha yogam yunjan mad-asrayah. This indicates that one must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 He (Maharaja Yudhisthira) fought for the right cause under the guidance of Lord Sri Krsna, but he could not enjoy the results of his victory because his cousins were all killed in the fight No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist −2 As one can understand the presence of the air by the aromas it carries, so, under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can understand the living soul by these three divisions of intelligence No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 30 March 2024 diff hist +39 All these airs are generated from the center of the heart, which is one only. This central energy is superior energy of the Lord, who is seated within the heart with the soul of the body, who acts under the guidance of the Lord No edit summary current
28 March 2024
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 He said, "My Lord, You are the protector of brahminical culture, and You are also very merciful. Therefore, kindly show Your great mercy by protecting the religious principles of us two brahmanas" No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 From Karusa, another son of Manu, came the Karusa dynasty, a family of ksatriyas. The Karusa ksatriyas were the kings of the northern direction. They were celebrated protectors of brahminical culture and were all firmly religious No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 For protecting the cows and brahminical culture, the Lord, who is very kind to the cow and the brahmanas (go-brahmana-hitaya), will be pleased with us and will bestow upon us real peace No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 A society devoid of cow protection and brahminical culture is not under the direct protection of the Lord, just as the prisoners in the jails are not under the protection of the king but under the protection of a severe agent of the king No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 A king should protect brahminical culture and should be very alert to the welfare of his citizens; he should not be greedy due to attachment to material enjoyment No edit summary
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 At the present, especially on this planet earth, there is no protection of brahminical culture and cows, which are the basic prerequisites for all kinds of good fortune. This age is very dangerous because society is being managed by demons and Raksasas No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 Although the inhabitants of Gokula were mostly cowherd men and cultivators, they knew how to defend themselves from danger and how to give protection to the women, the old men, the cows and the children, as well as to the brahminical purohitas No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist 0 If human society wants to be exalted, the leaders of society must follow the instructions of Bhagavad-gita and give protection to the cows, the brahmanas and brahminical culture No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 Without the spread of brahminical culture and without proper protection from the government, no social standard can be maintained properly No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 Without protection of cows, brahminical culture cannot be maintained; and without brahminical culture, the aim of life cannot be fulfilled No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 To remain under the jurisdiction or administration of such a king or leader (like Maharaja Prthu) is the perfect status for human society. The primary responsibility of such a king or leader is to protect the brahminical culture and the cows in his state No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 This (the need for brahminical culture and protection from the government) is admitted in this verse (SB 4.21.52) by the citizens of Maharaja Prthu, who could maintain the wonderful situation of his government due to his position in pure goodness No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 The Supreme Personality of Godhead respects and protects the brahmanas and brahminical culture, as well as the cows; in other words, wherever there are brahmanas and brahminical culture, there are cows and cow protection No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 The perfection of human life is attained by following three principles of civilization: protecting the cows, maintaining the brahminical culture and, above all, becoming a pure devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 The Lord is the protector of cows and the brahminical culture No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 The Lord is described as go-brahmana-hitaya because His incarnation is only for the protection of the cows & brahmanas. Unfortunately, because in Kali-yuga there is no protection of the cows and brahminical culture, everything is in a precarious position No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 One cannot become spiritually advanced without acquiring the brahminical qualifications and giving protection to cows No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 Lord Krsna is the prime protector of brahminical culture and the cow. Without knowing and respecting these, one cannot realize the science of God, and without this knowledge, any welfare activities or humanitarian propaganda cannot be successful No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the prime protector of brahminical culture and the cow No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 It is the duty of the ksatriya kings to maintain the brahminical culture and protect the qualified brahmanas, and all these kings discharged their duties rightly No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 In Vedic culture, the welfare of the cows and the welfare of the brahmanas are essential. Without a proper arrangement for developing brahminical culture and protecting cows, all the affairs of administration will go to hell No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 If human society wants to be exalted, the leaders of society must follow the instructions of Bhagavad-gita and give protection to the cows, the brahmanas and brahminical culture No edit summary
- 06:1606:16, 28 March 2024 diff hist +44 In flattering a woman, in joking, in a marriage ceremony, in earning one's livelihood, when one's life is in danger, in protecting cows and brahminical culture, or in protecting a person from an enemy's hand, falsity is never condemned No edit summary
9 March 2024
- 05:4205:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 Without brahminical qualification one cannot understand Vedic knowledge. Therefore it is stated that a sudra is prohibited from reading Vedas. That does not mean that reading of Vedic culture or Vedic knowledge is monopolized by a certain class of men No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 What is the meaning of vrsalaih? Hmm? Unlawful meat-eaters. Unlawful meat-eaters. Just like at the modern age everyone is unlawful meat-eaters. There is a certain class of men always who are meat-eaters. Not the higher class No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 We know sanatana-dharma. We have heard it only. But sanatana-dharma is not limited to a certain class of men or certain class of society or certain kind of country No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 University is not restricted to a certain class. It is open for everyone. Everyone can go, take the knowledge. And similarly, prison house is open for everyone. Now you make your choice whether you go to university or prison house No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 The society requires to train a certain class of men to become brahmanas. Just like we are training the Krsna conscious. The Krsna consciousness is meant for the brahmanas No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 The propaganda by a certain class of impersonalists that spiritual life is void of all varieties is dangerous propaganda to mislead the living beings into becoming more and more attracted by material enjoyments No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 There are certain class of men who are simply philosophizing and there are certain class of men who are simply blindly following religious ritualistic process. So Bhagavad-gita is combination of both. That is scientific No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhu, therefore, affirms that recommendations in the scriptures for a certain class of men are never to be considered adharma, or irreligious. But such activities are factually adharma, and they are never to be encouraged No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 One who does not follow all these rules and regulations (according to the Vedic principles) is called a yavana or mleccha. One should not mistakenly think that these words refer to certain classes of men in other countries No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 Nature can give you anything. After all, it is the nature that supplies your necessities, not the industry. Industry simply transformed in a different way, and a certain class make profit out of it. Industry does not mean really economic improvement No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 It is the nature that supplies your necessities, not the industry. Industry simply transformed in a different way, and a certain class make profit out of it No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 9 March 2024 diff hist +12 It is not a sectarian movement meant for a certain class of men, but it is a necessary movement for all humanity irrespective of caste, creed, or color No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 In the modern age a certain class of fools think that they can vote anyone into the position of God, as they can vote a man into the position of a political executive head. But the transcendental SPG is perfectly described in the authentic scriptures No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 We should try to understand that this place is full of miseries. It takes a certain amount of developed consciousness to understand this. Cats and dogs and hogs cannot understand that they are suffering No edit summary current
- 05:3105:31, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 We are already destined to have a certain amount of happiness and a certain amount of distress, and we cannot change that. The change we should make, therefore, is to get free from this material condition of life. That should be our only business No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 The whole Vedic civilization is based on the understanding that destiny allows only a certain amount of material happiness in this world, and that our efforts should therefore be directed toward self-realization No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 The Vedic system is this: The human being has a certain amount of energy - better energy than the animals', better consciousness - and that energy should be utilized for spiritual advancement No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 There are regulative directions for satisfaction of such senses because the body is made of senses, which also require a certain amount of satisfaction. But the senses are not meant for unrestricted enjoyment No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 Sense enjoyment is also allowed to the lower animals by the law of nature, and thus a human being is also destined to a certain amount of sense enjoyment according to his past or present life No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 Real happiness can be achieved in the spiritual world. Not in the material world. So certain amount of happiness and certain amount of distress we have to enjoy and suffer. You cannot change it. This is the law of nature in this material world No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 One can cultivate a garden. Anyone who has land-in India, at least, any poor man has a certain amount of land-can utilize that for Krsna by growing flowers to offer Him. He can sow tulasi plants. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 Nobody is enjoying uninterrupted material happiness. That is not possible. A certain amount of material happiness and a certain amount of material distress - these both must be present always No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 In a prohibited area a habituated drunkard puts forward his application to the director of drinking, and the director, considering his case, sanctions only a certain amount of liquor for drinking No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 If I say that heat is the energy of Krsna, you cannot deny it, because it is not your energy. In your body there is some certain amount of heat. Similarly, heat is someone's energy. And who is that person? That is Krsna No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 For those who are hesitant and have no faith, Krsna consciousness is very difficult. Even in our daily affairs a certain amount of faith is required No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 Everyone of us has got a certain amount of good energy derived from Krishna, and when that energy is employed under the expert direction of Spiritual Master, one's life becomes successful. That is the secret of Krishna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 By material means, one cannot avoid the happiness and distress unique to his particular body. There are 8,400,000 bodily forms, each destined to enjoy and suffer a certain amount of happiness and distress No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 9 March 2024 diff hist −7 A man in perfect knowledge knows that one cannot be happier than he is destined to be. In this material world, everyone is destined to suffer a certain amount of distress and enjoy a certain amount of happiness No edit summary current
5 March 2024
- 04:2104:21, 5 March 2024 diff hist +5 Method of one acarya may be different from that of another No edit summary current
- 04:2104:21, 5 March 2024 diff hist +11 In other words, there is a qualitative difference between the different kinds of worshiping methods as well as the respective results derived from the predominating deities, namely Brahma, Visnu and Hara No edit summary current
- 04:2104:21, 5 March 2024 diff hist +5 Every acarya has a specific means of propagating his spiritual movement with the aim of bringing men to Krsna consciousness. Therefore, the method of one acarya may be different from that of another, but the ultimate goal is never neglected No edit summary current
- 04:2104:21, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 Bhakti Yoga is the process for all the ages, but the method is different in each age. The rascal people have got some idea of Bhakti according to their whims. Some meditate on light, but real meditation means to concentrate on Krishna No edit summary current
- 04:1904:19, 5 March 2024 diff hist +5 Two different methods for controlling the material senses are recommended in the Vedic scriptural wisdom No edit summary current
- 04:1904:19, 5 March 2024 diff hist −18 The followers of the Vedas have a different method of acquiring knowledge. They accept the statements of the Vedic literatures as authority in toto, as we have already discussed in Canto One No edit summary current
- 04:1904:19, 5 March 2024 diff hist +8 The bhakti-yoga process is practiced by the devotees in different methods like hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, worshiping, praying, rendering service in love, becoming friendly, and offering all that one may possess No edit summary current
- 04:1904:19, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 These different methods for liberation are generally only a professional practice and means of livelihood for those who have not conquered their senses. Because such persons are falsely proud, these procedures may not be successful No edit summary current
- 04:1904:19, 5 March 2024 diff hist −18 These (the ten different methods of liberation) may be very attractive, but by following such methods, one cannot actually understand the real cause and effect and the original cause of everything (janmady asya yatah) - SB 1.1.1 No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist +8 There are nine different methods of cultivating devotional service such as hearing, chanting, remembering, etc, and all these processes are employed in the first stage of devotional service No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 There are many different methods for people who want this, but cultivation of Krsna consciousness is different. The particular word used by Srila Rupa Gosvami in this connection is anusilana, or cultivation by following the predecessor teachers (acaryas) No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −18 There are different methods of self-realization. But here (in SB 3.25.29) Devahuti especially refers to the bhakti-yoga system, which has already been primarily explained by the Lord No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 There are different methods how to get out of the suffering condition, karmi, jnani, yogi. But ultimate, very easy process is, if you become a devotee, if you become engaged in KC, then it is very easy. Then your prosperity, your auspicity, is guaranteed No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 There are different methods and prescribed duties recommended in these innumerable number of revealed scriptures No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist +8 Out of all the nine different methods, the first one, namely hearing, is the most important function in the process of bhakti-yoga. Without hearing sufficiently and properly, no one can make any progress by any of the methods of practice No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist +8 My dear Parvati, there are different methods of worship, and out of all such methods the worship of the Supreme Person is considered to be the highest. But even higher than the worship of the Lord is the worship of the Lord's devotees No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 Many so-called students of spiritual understanding follow the ten different methods known as mauna-vrata-sruta-tapo-'dhyayana-sva-dharma-vyakhya-raho japa-samadhayah No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 It is true that whatever relationship a particular devotee has with the Lord is the best for him; still, when we study all the different methods from a neutral position, we can understand that there are higher and lower degrees of love No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −18 In politics there are different methods of achieving success: first repression (dama), then compromise (sama), and then asking for a gift - dana No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 In other Puranas there are different methods set forth by which one can worship the demigods. But in the Bhagavatam only the Supreme Lord is mentioned No edit summary current
- 04:1704:17, 5 March 2024 diff hist −18 How the living entity comes into contact with material nature, how he is delivered by the Supreme Lord through the different methods of fruitive activities, cultivation of knowledge, and the discharge of devotional service are explained. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:1704:17, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 Devotional service to Krsna is the chief function of the living entity. There are different methods for the liberation of the conditioned soul - karma, jnana, yoga and bhakti - but all are dependent on bhakti No edit summary current
- 04:1704:17, 5 March 2024 diff hist +31 Devotional service of the Lord begins by hearing about Him (Krsna). There are nine different methods in devotional service, of which hearing is the chief No edit summary current
- 04:1704:17, 5 March 2024 diff hist −12 Caitanya also described different methods for worshiping the Lord, which are the methods of the fivefold paraphernalia and fifty-fold paraphernalia No edit summary current
27 February 2024
- 15:2415:24, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 You have to live within this body certain age. So if you change the body, new, that doesn't mean you prolong your life. That is not possible. It is the duration of life, that is considered No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 The Vedic civilization enjoins that after a certain age, following in the footsteps of Maharaja Bharata, one should cease to enjoy material opulences and should take the order of vanaprastha No edit summary current