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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
- 15:2415:24, 27 February 2024 diff hist +30 The upakurvana-brahmacari, is a brahmacari who takes the vow of celibacy up to a certain age. For example, he may take the vow to remain celibate up to twenty-five years of age; then, with the permission of his spiritual master, he enters married life No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 There is a story Savitri-Satyavan. It is not a story. It is historical fact that one gentleman, he was a king's son, prince. His name was Satyavan. But he was to die at a certain age his horoscope said. But one girl Savitri, she fell in love with that boy No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 Sannyasi should be always preaching. Parivrajakacarya. Four stages of sannyasa: kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajaka, and paramahamsa. In the beginning... Because according to Vedic civilization everyone has to take sannyasa at a certain age No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 If one is at all interested in being freed from the bondage of repeated birth, death, old age and disease, after a certain age one must go to the forest. pancasordhvam vanam vrajet No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 Forced separation cannot make anyone happy, but by mutual consent or by the Vedic arrangement one must separate from his family affairs at a certain age and fully depend on Krsna. This makes one's life successful No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 Everyone should give up family connection at a certain age, after the age of 50. One should not remain in family life. That is Vedic culture No edit summary
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 Because of this (if in the household life the husband becomes subordinate to the wife, involvement in materialistic life again becomes prominent), according to the Vedic system, after a certain age a man is recommended to abandon his family life No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 Affection is the very hard knot for being bound up in this material world, this affection. Therefore the Vedic civilization is that the affection is to be cut off compulsory at a certain age, not that the affection should continue No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 February 2024 diff hist +9 According to the Vedic system, after a certain age a man is recommended to abandon his family life for the stages of vanaprastha and sannyasa No edit summary current
21 February 2024
- 15:4815:48, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 Many great kings left their princely standard of living and went to the forest to practice austerity according to Vedic culture, just to become purified No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 Without being married, according to Vedic culture, no man or woman can mix very intimately. That is even in the ordinary dealings No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 We offer them the sacred thread although they are born, according to Vedic culture, in the families of other than Brahmanas or even than the Sudras No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 21 February 2024 diff hist +13 We don’t accept any source of knowledge which is not authorized. So according to Vedic culture the Vedas are the authorities. Therefore among the learned circle even at the present age, if you can give evidence from the Vedas, then the truth is accepted No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 The poverty-stricken condition is a kind of austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, the brahmanas, as a matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken condition to save themselves from the false prestige of material opulence No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 The first principle of austerity is brahmacarya, restricted sex life. The real meaning of brahmacarya is complete celibacy, and according to Vedic culture in the beginning of life one should strictly follow the regulations of brahmacarya No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 So according to Vedic culture, if one woman has got son, she is not considered to be widow. Widow means one who hasn't got husband or husband is dead. So if the husband's representative is there, so, strictly speaking, she is not widow No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 21 February 2024 diff hist +1 According to Vedic culture, although polygamy is allowed, none of one’s wives should be ill-treated. In other words, one may take many wives only if he is able to satisfy all of them equally as an ideal householder; otherwise it is not allowed No edit summary
- 15:4215:42, 21 February 2024 diff hist +39 According to Vedic culture, although polygamy is allowed, none of one’s wives should be ill-treated. In other words, one may take many wives only if he is able to satisfy all of them equally as an ideal householder; otherwise it is not allowed No edit summary
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 It is quite clear that according to Vedic culture a woman who accepts a paramour or second husband in the presence of the husband she has married is certainly responsible for the degradation of her father's family and the family of her husband No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist +17 For spiritual advancement, according to Vedic culture, sex indulgence is always restricted No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 For a young girl to leave the care of husband, father, and go to another young boy, according to Vedic culture, it is the most abominable. So still, because, it was, the center was Krsna, it is accepted as the highest type of worship No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 Every person is actually Brahman, spirit soul. We are not actually the body. Awareness of aham brahmasmi ("I am Brahman") is actual self-realization. According to Vedic culture, one must understand that he is Brahman, not the body No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 Everyone has the propensity for sex life, but in demoniac civilization sex is enjoyed without restriction. According to Vedic culture, sex is enjoyed under Vedic instructions No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 Dharma means occupational duty. Just like according to Vedic culture, we are supposed to follow the varnasrama-dharma. It has become very ambiguous at the present moment, Hindu dharma. There is no such thing as Hindu dharma mentioned No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 A Brahmin, according to Vedic culture, a Brahmin is considered . . . Brahmin means vidya-vinaya-sampanne. He is very gentle and very learned. That is the first qualification of Brahmin. Not by birth but by qualification No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture one must give up association of woman which is known as renunciation or sannyasa No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture one has to take leave of his family members just after his fiftieth year so that the balance of his life may be completely devoted in search of Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, white teeth are very much appreciated. Devahuti's white teeth increased the beauty of her face and made it look like a lotus flower No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, we are interested in sex only for begetting children, that's all. Not to study the psychology of sex life. There is already natural psychology for that No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, the king is honored as the Supreme Personality of Godhead because he represents Narayana, who also gives protection to the citizens. He is therefore natha, or the proprietor No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist +13 According to Vedic culture, the higher class, in every home there is narayana-sila for worship, especially of the brahmins No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, there are four stages of life: brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa. Brahmacari is student life devoted to training in spiritual understanding No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist +13 According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, one has to judge by the result. Not by if you simply talk nonsense, one has to accept No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, learned men consider all natural products, such as food grains, fruits, flowers, and milk, to be God-sent. Spiritually cultured men feel obliged to the Lord when they get sufficient natural foodstuffs by the grace of the Lord No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, learned men consider all natural products, such as food grains, fruits, flowers, and milk, to be God-sent. No one can manufacture these things in man-made factories, however scientifically advanced people may be No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 21 February 2024 diff hist +17 According to Vedic culture, Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, first protection: to the cows, to the women, to the brahmanas, to the children and to the old man. This is the first business of the government, to give protection No edit summary
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, every respectable family has an acarya, or spiritual master No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist −10 According to Vedic culture, even if a young woman is given an old husband, she must respectfully serve him. This is chastity. It is not that because she dislikes her husband she may give him up and accept another. This is against Vedic culture No edit summary
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, destroying the undeveloped embryo of the soul in the womb is as sinful as killing a cow or a brahmana No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, a woman must accept the husband given to her by her parents and remain chaste and faithful to him. Therefore King Saryati was surprised to see a young man by the side of Sukanya No edit summary
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, a wife is considered the property of her husband, and a son born by illicit sex is called dvaja. The common word still current in Hindu society for such a son is dogla No edit summary
- 15:3915:39, 21 February 2024 diff hist +40 According to Vedic culture, anyone who does not follow the regulative principles observed by the higher castes (the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas) or even those observed by the laborer class (the sudras) is called a mleccha or yavana No edit summary current
14 February 2024
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If it is accepted by the great acaryas that He's God then there is no doubt. If Krsna is accepted God, by all the acaryas, bona fide acaryas, authorities No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If we accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and worship Him, all the parts and expansions of the Lord are automatically worshiped No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If vedo narayanah saksat, if Vedas are to be considered as Narayana directly, then Krsna is accepted by the acaryas as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is a conclusion of the Vedas also No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If you are real follower of Sankaracarya, you accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If you simply accept it without any hypocrisy that, "Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He'll protect me. Let me serve His lotus feet as far as possible," this much qualification is sufficient No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 In his commentation on the Bhagavad-gita, Sripada Sankaracarya accepted Lord Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but later on he commented from the impersonalist's view No edit summary current
- 16:0816:08, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If one does not accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he should be rejected immediately. It is not sectarian. It is test tube No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 It was an emergency (Mayavada philosophy was necessary to defeat the Buddhist philosophy of the nonexistence of the spirit soul). Thus Lord Krsna was accepted by Sankaracarya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in his commentation on Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 He (Lord Krsna) is further explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is considered the explanation of the Vedanta-sutra. Lord Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by these authentic scriptures, not simply by vox populi No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 God is Krsna, the Supreme. Isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah (Bs. 5.1), accepted by all acaryas, by all Vedic sastra. And when He was present Himself, He proved Himself that He's God No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance, every one of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead will accept Krsna as the SP of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 From Vedic knowledge, you get all knowledge. So if you don't accept Krsna as God, that is also your mistake. You do not know God, but here Krsna presents Himself as God, and He is accepted by authorities No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 For them (the demons who do not like the idea that Krsna should be accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead) only Arjuna inquires on this point (BG 4.4), as if he were himself not aware of the Personality of Godhead, or Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Formerly the acaryas like Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami, Narada . . .; later, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So all accept Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Formerly, during Krsna's time, there were authorities like Vyasadeva, like Narada. They also accepted that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Everyone claims that "We are also following Vyasadeva." But not superficially. Actually following Vyasadeva. Just like Vyasadeva accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Even if one does not accept Lord Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His instructions are so exalted and beneficial for humanity that if one follows His instructions one will be saved No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 If a Godbrother is more enlightened and advanced in Krsna consciousness, one should accept him as almost equal to the spiritual master, and one should be happy to see such Godbrothers advance in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 15:4915:49, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Devotees who accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead will enjoy the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 15:4915:49, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 Bhagavan ultimately means Lord Krsna because the Srimad-Bhagavatam has already accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Krsna. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28) No edit summary current
- 15:4915:49, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 Bhagavad-gita should be explained to persons who are ready to accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is a subject matter for the devotees only and not for philosophical speculators. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 We are accepting Krsna as God not blindly, but by testing. By testing. His character is mentioned in the books. Therefore, we accept God, not by blind faith, but by testing. Although we cannot test, but sastra gives us the chance of testing No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 You may also accept iron as gold. That is your ignorance: you do not know what gold is. But if you actually know what God is, you will accept Krsna as God. There is no doubt about it No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 We accept Krsna as God. Even by His activities He is not ordinary. He had to meet so many dangers before He was accepted God. From childhood, when He was baby, just three months old, He had to struggle. He had to struggle with His position as God No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Mayavadi philosophy means they accept Krsna as God, but He has assumed a body which is given by this material nature, as it is given to us. That is their policy. They count Krsna an ordinary man, on the same level. But that is not a fact No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Love is something tangible. It is not merely fantasy or imagination. So we Krsna conscious people accept Krsna as God, and we are worshiping Krsna, and we are making progress No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 From Vedic knowledge, you get all knowledge. So if you don't accept Krsna as God, that is also your mistake. You do not know God, but here Krsna presents Himself as God, and He is accepted by authorities No edit summary
- 14:4514:45, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 A learned man who has thoroughly studied the scriptures cannot hesitate to accept Sri Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If such a man argues about this matter, certainly he must be doing so to agitate the minds of his opponents No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 At least in India there are many great acaryas - Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, and even Sankaracarya and Guru Nanak. All of these have accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Why, then, should we reject Him No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 As Arjuna, we should accept Krsna as the SP of Godhead and do as He says (BG 9.27): O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Associate with sadhus means those who are actually on the platform. So if he associates with the sadhu - the sadhus accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead - he will get the understanding that Krsna is the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Arjuna says that Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead not only by himself but by authorities like the sage Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasadeva & so on. These are great personalities who distribute the Vedic knowledge. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 Arjuna is not inquiring for himself but for those who do not believe in the Supreme Personality of Godhead or for the demons who do not like the idea that Krsna should be accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Arjuna has accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme abode of all living entities, not only because of his personal experience but also because of the evidences of great authorities like Narada, Asita, Devala & Vyasa. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Arjuna accepts Sri Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and any commentary on the Gita following in the footsteps of Arjuna is real devotional service to the cause of this great science. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Arjuna accepted Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, param brahma param dhama (BG 10.12). So if we follow Arjuna then we can understand Bhagavad-gita very easily. So we should not waste No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 Arjuna, after hearing the essential four verses of Bhagavad-gita in this chapter, became completely free from all doubts and accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 Although they (the four sampradayas) are four in number, their conclusion is the same. And another sect is Sankarite sampradaya. So all these five different section of the Hindus, they accept Sri Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Acaryopasanam: this information (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam) is not concocted, but is accepted by the acaryas in the disciplic succession. Although an impersonalist, Sankaracarya has accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 Acaryopasanam. The Sankaracarya even, although he is impersonalist, he has accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and what to speak of others No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +36 All other acaryas have also confirmed this statement (Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead), and thus there is no chance of not accepting Lord Sri Krsna as the original Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 After hearing Bhagavad-gita from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Arjuna accepted Krsna as Param Brahma, the Supreme Brahman. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 14:4214:42, 14 February 2024 diff hist +7 According to Vedic culture, Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 14:2814:28, 14 February 2024 diff hist +25 This godless civilization is so acute that it is very difficult to make them understand God consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. But still, as a matter of duty, we have to present, submit, these teachings of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 14:2814:28, 14 February 2024 diff hist +48 The great sage Maitreya, therefore, recommends that to enlighten people about the Absolute Truth (tattva), devotees should preach the teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam throughout the entire world No edit summary current
- 14:2814:28, 14 February 2024 diff hist +25 They (six Gosvamis) have chalked out ways for all classes of men in terms of the different castes and orders of life in pursuance of the teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam and similar other authoritative scriptures No edit summary current
12 February 2024
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 Why this ordinary question to be repeatedly made and I answer? A waste of time. This is a serious movement. One should be responsible men, leaders of the society. If you want to take some benefit out of this movement, they should question No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 We have to spoil hundreds of gallons' blood before one comes to the point. It is very simple thing. Only our leaders of the society, they are sleeping. They are misguided themselves and misguiding others. That is the difficulty No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 Unfortunately the modern leaders of the society have made the common man forget God somehow or other. Our humble attempt is to revive the forgotten consciousness of the human society No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 The world is feeling so much disturbed by the misarrangement of the leaders of the society. They have forgotten Krsna or God. They are thinking that by material advancement they will be happy, but that is never possible No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 The leaders of the society, they should take very serious attention how you can improve the social condition of this world. Not only here; everywhere No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 The leaders of the society, if they are serious about advancement of human civilization, they must take to Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness; otherwise, they'll be baffled No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 The leaders of the society, if it is serious, will adopt this, in the educational system, in their private life. In that way they shall ask some question, then it will benefit. Otherwise it will be simply a show No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist +11 The Godless leaders of the society are blind themselves and their followers are also blind. So blind men leading blind men has no meaning No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 They are poor because they have no spiritual conception of life. So that situation is always existing; therefore it is the duty of the leaders of the society, especially of the brahmanas and ksatriyas, to take sannyasa and preach KC to the mass of people No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist +11 That will be very nice propaganda, to select real leaders of the society. The . . . we are misled by rascal leaders. That is the difficulty - all rascals No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist +32 Let us not revive this old matter, but I want to know from you what is your opinion of the matter, and how is it that Hamsaduta and Atreya Rsi were able to persuade you all senior leaders of the Society to follow their foolish activities? Kindly inform No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 If the leaders of the society lead the people in the proper channel on the basic principle of spiritual life, then everything will be solved. Everyone will be happy No edit summary current
- 12:5112:51, 12 February 2024 diff hist −10 Cats and dogs are passing on as religionists. Some hogs and pigs are going on as philosopher. And other animals is going as scientist, Darwin. They're animals only, cats and dogs. They are the leaders of the society No edit summary current
- 12:5112:51, 12 February 2024 diff hist +32 At least the brahmanas, the priestly heads of religion, the king and the public leader, they should stop these four sinful activities. The leaders of the society, they must be sinless. Then the human society will make nice progress No edit summary current
- 12:4812:48, 12 February 2024 diff hist +11 We are not poor-feeding. That is not our philosophy. Like Vivekananda. Daridra-narayana-seva. No, we are not after that. We are giving you prasadam. And that is fact, that by eating, eating, eating, eating, you one day will become Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 12:4812:48, 12 February 2024 diff hist +40 Our philosophy is not like that, that we give protection to the human being and send the cows to the slaughterhouse. No, that is not our philosophy No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 12 February 2024 diff hist +15 Don't think that we are after vegetarian, nonvegetarian. No. That is not our philosophy. Because either you take vegetable or you take meat, you are killing. And you have to kill, otherwise you cannot live. That is nature's way No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 12 February 2024 diff hist +11 It is nice that we are feeding 200 daily, but gradually try to increase. But do not advertise, we shall be self-advertising. And do not go to poor areas, this is not our philosophy No edit summary current
- 12:4412:44, 12 February 2024 diff hist +28 As a man must follow great personalities like Brahma and Narada, a woman must follow the path of such ideal women as Sita, Mandodari and Draupadi. By staying chaste and faithful to her husband, a woman enriches herself with supernatural power No edit summary
11 February 2024
- 10:3710:37, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 When there is sufficient food, the government should not allow the eating of cow's flesh just to satisfy the fastidious tongue No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist +6 Those who are meat-eaters, they have been recommended to eat the flesh of goats or other lower animals - sometimes dogs also they eat, or the hogs - you can eat. But never the flesh of cows. So, innocent animal, the most important animal No edit summary
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 Only the cobbler class, the muci class, they eat this cow's flesh after taking the dead animal. So after killing, everyone eats, so why not wait for the natural death and eat it? But because they are asuras, raksasas, they do not wait for that No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 Meat-eaters, according to their different positions and the directions of the sastra, are allowed to eat flesh, but never the flesh of cows No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist +23 It is not forbidding meat-eating, but don't eat cows' flesh. That is loss. It is a great loss to the human society No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist +23 In the Vedic culture those who are meat-eaters are recommended to eat the flesh of goats, dogs, hogs, or other lower animals, but never the flesh of cows, the most important animals No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 In that very room he cooked the flesh of a cow for three consecutive days. Then the next day he left, accompanied by his followers No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist +6 In our Krsna consciousness movement, our first provision is that no one should be allowed to eat any kind of flesh. It does not matter whether it is cows' flesh or goats' flesh, but we especially stress the prohibition against cows' flesh No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 11 February 2024 diff hist +6 If you are at all meat-eater, you can eat pigs, goats, but don't eat cow's flesh. That is very sinful. Why it is sinful? Because it's a very, very important animal in the human society No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 11 February 2024 diff hist +23 Instead of killing the cow to eat flesh, civilized men must prepare various milk products that will enhance the condition of society. If one follows the brahminical culture, he will become competent in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 11 February 2024 diff hist +4 I am glad also that you have a new gosala. Let other farms see what is our behavior for the cows and how we derive benefit from them and that will be the living example to persons who are using cow flesh rather than cow milk No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 In India, cow flesh is strictly forbidden. But it doesn't mean that they are vegetarian. They eat fish and goat, lamb, sometimes buffalo. But not to touch the cow. No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 11 February 2024 diff hist +6 If Krsna says that, "Give Me dog" or "Give Me cow flesh," we shall give and eat. But not before that. So we have no quarrel with these fish-eaters or cow-eaters. We are concerned Krsna says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 11 February 2024 diff hist −13 Here (SB 4.17.25) we find some indication of how the government can arrange for the eating of cow flesh. It is here indicated that in a rare circumstance when there is no supply of grains, the government may sanction the eating of meat No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 We know that there are four ages (yugas), namely Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. These four together constitute one divya-yuga No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 We have information of Lord Brahma's duration of life from the BG: 1,000 times the duration of the four ages, or 1,000 x 4,320,000 years, constitute Brahma's 12 hours. Similarly, one moment of Brahma's time is equal to one year of our solar calculation No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 The four ages of earth (Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali) last only twelve thousand years according to the time scale of the upper planets. Such a length of time multiplied by one thousand constitutes one day of Brahma, and one night of Brahma is the same No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 Such days and nights (four ages of earth) accumulate into months and years, and Brahma lives for one hundred such years. At the end of Brahma's life, the complete universal manifestation is vanquished No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 He passed his time, which lasted seventy-one cycles of the four ages (71 x 4,320,000 years), always thinking of Vasudeva and always engaged in matters regarding Vasudeva. Thus he transcended the three destinations No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 February 2024 diff hist +5 Your body, my body, in youthhood it is very beautiful, and in due course of time it will be ugly like me. So this is the work of the time. Similarly, nature's way, there are four ages: Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga, Kali-yuga. Seasonal changes No edit summary current
10 February 2024
- 14:4114:41, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 People think that this is idol worship and imagination, but this method is prescribed in all the sastras for developing God consciousness. It is an actual science No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 Ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham (BG 4.11). If one wants the body of a king, Krsna will give it; if one follows the prescribed method, one will get the body of a king No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 10 February 2024 diff hist +8 We can begin to experience this bliss by following the prescribed methods of devotional service. When we see the Deity, we can gradually realize how Krsna is smiling, playing on His flute and enjoying the company of Srimati Radharani No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 10 February 2024 diff hist +6 The sahajiya's illicit connection and their imitation of the dress of Rupa Gosvami, as well as their avoidance of the prescribed methods of revealed scriptures, will lead them to the lowest regions of hell No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 10 February 2024 diff hist −18 The real purpose of controlling the mind by the prescribed method of clearing the passage of the life air is achieved immediately if one fixes his mind directly on the lotus feet of Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, it is imperative that the living entities be engaged in Krsna consciousness, always rendering devotional service by such prescribed methods as hearing and chanting and executing Your orders" No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 10 February 2024 diff hist −18 The expert yogi who has thoroughly practiced the control of the life air by the prescribed method of the yoga system is advised to quit the body as follows No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 There are ten prescribed methods on the path to liberation - to remain silent, not to speak to anyone, to observe vows, to amass all kinds of Vedic knowledge, to undergo austerities, to study the Vedas and other Vedic literatures No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 There are ten prescribed methods on the path to liberation - to execute the duties of varnasrama-dharma, to explain the sastras, to stay in a solitary place, to chant mantras silently, and to be absorbed in trance No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 There are certain prescribed methods for employing our senses and mind in such a way that our dormant consciousness for loving Krsna will be invoked, as much as the child, with a little practice, can begin to walk No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 Prahlada Maharaja also (like Caitanya Mahaprabhu) prayed to Lord Nrsimhadeva that he might be engaged as the servant of the Lord's servant. This is the prescribed method of devotional service No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 Our greatest success of life is how to love God, Krsna. Now you can do it. But there is prescribed method, given by great acaryas. Just like in this temple we are doing No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 10 February 2024 diff hist +8 Medicine is not the remedial measures for our bodily troubles unless we are helped by Krishna. Therefore, whenever there is bodily trouble we may adopt the prescribed methods of medical science and depend upon Krishna for His Mercy No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 10 February 2024 diff hist −18 Materialistic life is full of thorns, and so one should live only by the prescribed method of Vedic regulations just to make the best use of a bad bargain No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 Maintaining one's family is certainly the duty of a householder, but one should be eager to earn his livelihood by the prescribed method, as stated in the scriptures No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 I am very glad that you are trying to live Krishna Conscious lifestyle. If you simply try to follow very carefully the prescribed method that has been chalked out for us in the vedas No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 In this age, the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the prescribed method for waking up No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 In Kali-yuga people have lost all their stamina. They are so sinful that there is no question of becoming pious through all these prescribed methods. The only means is hearing about Krsna and chanting His names No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist +6 If the mode of passion, instead of being degraded into the mode of ignorance, is elevated to the mode of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 If the modes of passion are elevated to the modes of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 If one maintains his family by prescribed methods and honest means, there is no objection to one's being a family man No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 Even though we may produce many good children, our desire for sex that is beyond the prescribed method is to be considered sinful No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 Because the senses are material, it is not at all possible to realize the Transcendence by them. Therefore the senses have to be spiritualized by the prescribed method under the direction of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 Among the ways of executing devotional service, the nine prescribed methods are the best, for these processes have great potency to deliver Krsna and ecstatic love for Him No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 10 February 2024 diff hist −12 Although the subject matter is durvijneyam, extremely difficult to understand, it becomes easy if one follows the prescribed method No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 10 February 2024 diff hist +1 According to Vedic civilization, one has to give up family life at a certain age (the age of fifty), take vanaprastha and eventually remain alone as a sannyasi. That is the prescribed method of Vedic civilization known as varnasrama-dharma No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 10 February 2024 diff hist +7 According to Vedic civilization, one has to give up family life at a certain age (the age of fifty), take vanaprastha and eventually remain alone as a sannyasi. That is the prescribed method of Vedic civilization known as varnasrama-dharma No edit summary
- 14:2314:23, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 You must find out a suitable person where you can question and get the proper answer, a spiritual master. That means surrender. Then question. Question is not a challenge. Question is to understand No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 Sometimes great demons and atheists like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu and many others become very famous due to advancing material civilization by the help of material science and other activities with a spirit of challenging the established order of the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 10 February 2024 diff hist −11 You should not question any person by challenging spirit. You should simply question, being inquisitive to know. That is bona fide. Otherwise, if you question just to examine his strength, that will create only fighting spirit. That is not good No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 You must approach to a person who knows by surrender, not by challenge. You cannot know about soul and God by this challenging spirit. You have to become a submissive, submissive. You have to accept a spiritual master who knows No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 10 February 2024 diff hist −11 This sort of fight was very common, especially during marriage ceremonies, when everyone was in a challenging spirit. In that challenging spirit, a fight was sure to occur, and in such fights there was commonly killing and misfortune No edit summary
- 14:1714:17, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 This is the proper way to ask for knowledge. One does not approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit. One should also be inquisitive to understand the spiritual science. It is not that one considers himself superior to the guru No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 10 February 2024 diff hist +32 This challenging spirit of Krsna's is not contradictory to His sublime character because, as the Supreme Being, everything is possible in His character No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 10 February 2024 diff hist +9 He (God) reserves the right of not being exposed to such a challenging spirit of an insignificant spark of the whole, a spark subjected to the control of illusory energy No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 By going to a spiritual master and asking for his instructions and then not following them, one simply wastes his time. Nor should one approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit, but should go with the aim of rendering service No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 10 February 2024 diff hist +12 A challenging spirit before the spiritual master should be avoided if one is at all interested in learning the Vedic instructions in depth No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 10 February 2024 diff hist +9 Argument is allowed but not in a challenging spirit. With a spirit to rightly understand No edit summary current
7 February 2024
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 When an actual fact is unknown to a certain person, this is called ignorance or lack of knowledge. This is not applicable to God, however, because He knows Himself perfectly No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 We are imperfect. How we can speculate on Krsna? That is not . . . because there are certain persons, jnanis, they want to know. Just like theosophists, they want to know the Absolute Truth by speculation. But that is not possible No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 The spiritual master is the representative of Krsna, and the duty allotted by him to a certain person, that should be his execution of spiritual duties No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −13 There are certain persons who are above this mistake, illusory energy. Who are those? The devotees No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 So our business is to stop slaughter. Meat-eating we cannot stop. Certain persons, they must eat. They are fourth-class, and then fifth-class men. There are four classifications - brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra and candala No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −13 One's faith is considered good, passionate or ignorant according to the nature he has acquired. Thus, according to his particular type of faith, one associates with certain persons. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 Krsna has no obligation to take His birth in a particular family or country, but He takes birth to glorify a certain person or a certain family because of their devotion. Therefore His birth is called divyam, transcendental No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +8 Krsna has no obligation that He has to take His birth in a particular family or particular country. He has no such obligation. But to glorify a certain family or certain person because he is devotee, therefore He has taken birth No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist +8 If you believe in certain personality . . . of course, not blind believing; he must be authority. Therefore in the Srimad-Bhagavatam they have indicated twelve authorities No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 If a boy is whiling away his time by playing, you can understand, "This boy is being spoiled." Similarly, by the direction of the scripture, you can understand what is the destination of a certain person No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 Generally these dramas are sentimentalism. Those who are devotees of Chaitanya, they do not discuss much about His renouncing the householder life, but there are certain persons who floodlight the renouncement of Chaitanya in a materialistic way No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 Everyone has a particular type of faith, regardless of what he is. But his faith is considered good, passionate or ignorant according to the nature he has acquired. Thus, according to his particular type of faith, one associates with certain persons No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist −12 By force I cannot say that "You think of this thing or this man." That is not possible. If I have got attachment for a certain thing or a certain person, then we can think of that person or that thing. That is called yoga, connecting always No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 By the grace of the Supersoul, he (Yamaraja) can see the past, present and future of a living being from within No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 Brahma could show some extraordinary opulence to the mayarbhakah (boys manifested by Krsna's maya); but he could not show any extraordinary potency to Krsna's associates. That he would see in the very near future No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Both in this material world and in the transcendental world, You see all the deeds of all living beings, in the past, present and future. Since You are the witness of all such deeds, You know the essence of everything No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Although Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and can see all that is past, present and future, to teach the people in general He used to always refer to the scriptures No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 We have to understand through sastra. We cannot see our past, present and future, but if we see through the sastras . . . Sastra-caksusa: "You should try to see from the sastra." Actually, we understand everything through sastra, not directly No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 To pacify the mourning Yudhisthira, Narada first of all spoke from the philosophical point of view, and then he began to describe the future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing powers, and thus began to describe as follows No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Those who have reached the highest perfectional stage of mystic power and can see everything in the past, present and future are called tri-kala-jnas No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +11 To pacify King Indra, Brhaspati assured him that the time would certainly come, for Brhaspati could see that in the future Bali Maharaja would defy the orders of Sukracarya in order to pacify Lord Visnu, Vamanadeva No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 The personified Vedas continued, "Although You have no eyes, You can see whatever happens in the past, present and future. Although You have no ears, You can hear everything that is said" No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 The pastimes of the Lord are known to the experts who are able to see past, present and future, and Brahmaji, being one of them, foretold what would happen in the future No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 The liberated souls are above these flaws (mistake, illusion, cheating and imperfection); therefore they can see and foretell things which are to take place on distant future dates No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Sukadeva Gosvami was a perfect yogi, nothing was hidden from his power of insight. A perfect yogi like Sukadeva Gosvami can see past, present and future in all details. Therefore, from such yogis or mystics nothing can be concealed No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Since he (Siva) is almost like Lord Visnu, Siva can see past, present and future No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 Sastra-caksusa: you have to see through the sastra. Otherwise, we have no eyes to see past, present, future No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 O Arjuna, whatever you wish to see, behold at once in this body of Mine! This universal form can show you whatever you now desire to see and whatever you may want to see in the future No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 February 2024 diff hist +31 Nanda Maharaja was trying to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by Garga Muni's presence, for Garga Muni was a great authority in this knowledge of astrology, by which one can see the unseen events of past, present and future No edit summary current
- 07:3707:37, 7 February 2024 diff hist +14 Krsna gives him the power to see anything he wants to see, past, present and future. Thus by the mercy of Krsna, Arjuna is able to see everything. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
6 February 2024
- 04:4304:43, 6 February 2024 diff hist 0 I wish that it will be noted down in history that this Krishna Consciousness Movement is responsible for saving the world. Practically, our Movement is the only hope for saving the world from complete disaster No edit summary current
- 04:4304:43, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 I wish that it will be noted down in history that this Krishna Consciousness Movement is responsible for saving the world. Practically, our Movement is the only hope for saving the world from complete disaster No edit summary
- 04:3604:36, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 You have the strength and capacity to save the world by presenting the Brahminical culture once again for consummation of the distressed world. In such acts of your broadness of mind, I am always at your service No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 We invite all learned scholars, priests, philosophers to combine together and save the world from this falldown, without God consciousness. That is our request. So I think you all respectable priests and Fathers will kindly help me in this mission No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 We have to save the world from the misconception of voidism and impersonalism. "The absolute is sentient Thou hast proved all impersonal calamity Thou hast moved." These lines were presented by me to my spiritual master and He was highly pleased with me No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 The Vedic system of autocracy or monarchy in good training of God consciousness can save the world though less political thieves have failed with Marxism No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +11 The Lord appears in each incarnation to save the world from irreligious principles and especially to protect His devotees (paritranaya sadhunam (BG 4.8)). Vamanadeva, for example, appeared to save the devotee Bali Maharaja No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 The Krsna consciousness movement is the only hope to save the world from such devastation. It is the most scientific and authorized movement for the actual welfare of the whole human society No edit summary
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requests every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from disastrous confusion No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 Spiritually inclined people will have to forsake their homes because they will be too harassed by drought, taxation and famine. The Krsna consciousness movement is the only hope to save the world from such devastation No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +28 So with full faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master, push on this work with full force. We have got a great mission to fulfill, and these books and magazines are the torchbearers of Truth which can save the world No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2024 diff hist +2 So with full faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master, push on this work with full force. We have got a great mission to fulfill, and these books and magazines are the torchbearers of Truth which can save the world No edit summary
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 People must know that our Krishna philosophy will save the world from all kinds of dangerous conditions. We prove that when we compare our philosophy with any kind of ordinary so-called philosophy--we can defeat them all very easily No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 I have explained many times, the Vedic system of autocracy or monarchy in good training of God consciousness can save the world No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist −7 In order to save the world to become hellish, the king was so alert. That is . . . that is also bhakti. Because the whole natural plan is to come back to home, back to Godhead. This is nature's plan No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist +11 If we can simply convince a good majority of persons then they will automatically want a KC leader. If there are KC leaders in the government they will act as Krsna's representative and will be able to save the world from the disastrous condition of life No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 If the intelligent men of the world like yourself cooperate with this all-important mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we can save the world from the state of misery and chaos that now prevails No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 At the present moment practically the entire world is afraid of rogues and nondevotees; therefore this Krsna consciousness movement is started to save the world from irreligious principles No edit summary current
- 04:3104:31, 6 February 2024 diff hist +30 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requests every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from disastrous confusion No edit summary
3 February 2024
- 13:3113:31, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 You should very seriously and with a cool head apply yourself to getting that place or some other place as soon as possible. Otherwise Krsna may take away this golden opportunity, being disappointed by our lack of enthusiasm and labor No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 You should remain in Vrndavana for only a short time and then return here as soon as possible. Also, do not climb Govardhana Hill to see the Gopala Deity No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 You have got a new house very suitable for our purpose; it is very nice. So try to purchase some land as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 You begin the work, and money will come to you by the grace of God. Don't worry, just finish the buildings as soon as possible and somehow or other money will come No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 You are devoid of all auspicious qualities because you are thus maintaining a nondevotee of Krsna. Relieve yourself of this ill fortune as soon as possible and do good to the whole family No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 While residing at the house of Sacimata, Paramananda Puri heard the news of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's return to Jagannatha Puri. He therefore decided to go there as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 When I get some opportunity I shall take the advantage of constructing a temple and Varna-ashrama College as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Vrtrasura requested Indra to release his thunderbolt against him as soon as possible so that both he and Indra would benefit according to their proportionate advancement in devotional service No edit summary
- 13:3013:30, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Vrtrasura not only assured King Indra that the thunderbolt was invincible, but also encouraged Indra to use it against him as soon as possible No edit summary
- 13:3013:30, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Vidura advised Dhrtarastra to get rid of such an unworthy son as Duryodhana as soon as possible if he was at all anxious to see to the good of his family No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The Supreme Personality of Godhead wanted to bring Citraketu to Vaikunthaloka as soon as possible. The Lord's plan was that Citraketu be cursed by Parvati to become Vrtrasura so that in his next life he could quickly return home, back to Godhead No edit summary
- 13:2913:29, 3 February 2024 diff hist +33 The suggestion of Mr. Kallman of Krishna Consciousness Kit is very nice. Please try to fructify this idea as soon as possible. As there is still time to get Bhagavad-gita ready published by MacMillan Co., Mr. Kallman may not come to S.F. so quickly No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The Lord wanted Citraketu to return to Godhead as soon as possible, and therefore he terminated all the reactions of his past deeds No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The Lord is so kind to His devotees that He took all the responsibility for the doormen's offense and requested the sages to give them facilities to return to Vaikuntha as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The Lord is always anxious to get such devotees back again to the Vaikuntha planets as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist +11 The London party is going to New York today, and from there they will start for London, as soon as possible. That center is immediately necessary, because we have no center in Europe No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The example of Kardama Muni should be understood very clearly; a person whose main concern is Krsna consciousness, even if he is entrapped in household life, should always be ready to leave household enticement as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The English boys are able to stay 3 years in India because they are citizens of the Commonwealth so we should take advantage of this. Hence they should go as soon as possible, especially those who are fixed up and steady No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 The best thing will be therefore to transfer the land in the Society's name as soon as possible and you also be completely free from internal management. Dedicate your life for reading and writing in this Movement of Krsna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Their only business was to create enmity with saintly persons. Such activities can only reduce one’s duration of life. The demons accelerated the process and invited their deaths as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 So far as controlling "kam" or lust, best thing is don't eat any highly spiced food stuffs and always think of Krishna. Chant regularly and get yourself married as soon as possible, and live a peaceful householder's life in Krishna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Saints are very rarely seen in the houses of householders, and Maharaja Pariksit prayed to him (Sukadeva) to instruct him as soon as possible. The householders also should be intelligent enough to get some transcendental information from visiting sages No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Regarding the World Sankirtana Party, that is my long-cherished idea, and I wish to see it fulfilled as soon as possible. But do not count on others No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Regarding press starting, I have already given you necessary instructions, and again I say that you complete it as soon as possible. I wish to see the press is started when I go back to USA after my European tour No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Rati continued, "Before he (Demon Sambara) again attempts to kill you (Pradyumna), please kill him as soon as possible with your divine power" No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Prahlada Maharaja said that one should retire from family life as soon as possible, and he described family life as the darkest well - hitvatma-patam grham andha-kupam No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Prahlada Maharaja has advised that one give up this blind well of home life as soon as possible and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Please see that the French and German editions of BTG are published as soon as possible, that is one of my dreams No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Pariksit Maharaja, he did not go to the temple. He sat on the bank of the Ganges, and he was very serious because he knew that "I am going to die within seven days. Let me finish as soon as possible simply hearing of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 13:2413:24, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Narada was very eager to accelerate the descent of Krsna as soon as possible. He therefore informed Kamsa that in Vrndavana personalities like Nanda Maharaja and all the other cowherd men and their wives No edit summary
- 13:2413:24, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 Let them pray to Jagannatha for my cure immediately, or as soon as possible, I shall do that No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 I think there is good prospect for this Society being a World organisation and you must try to have a centre at Montreal as soon as possible No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 3 February 2024 diff hist −13 I think that if there is a chance for opening a center in Toronto, then Jagadisa and Kanupriya may go there as soon as possible. You have written that you would like Murari to go there, but he has already left for Boston No edit summary current