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27 January 2021
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. Bhutva bhutva praliyate - BG 8.19 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacari, living under the care of the guru, whose place is known as the guru-kula. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitam - SB 7.12.1 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:1917:19, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reestablishing the natural, intimate relationship between Narayana and the living entities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1917:19, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,452 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.55), bhaktya mam abhijanati: only through devotional service can one understand Krsna as He is. The so-called politicians and scholars think of Krsna as fictitious Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1717:17, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,245 As confirmed by Rsabhadeva, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Krsna by serving a devotee. The word mahat refers to a devotee Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1717:17, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 As Gaudiya Vaisnavas in the parampara system of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we must perform sankirtana-yajna all over the world (yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah (SB 11.5.32)) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1317:13, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 According to brahminical culture, one should be content with whatever he obtains without special endeavor and should cultivate spiritual consciousness. Then he will be happy Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1117:11, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,251 A mahatma is one who is constantly engaged in devotional service, twenty-four hours a day. Unless one adheres to such a great personality, one cannot understand Krsna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1117:11, 27 January 2021 diff hist +39,254 A devotee advances further and further toward complete understanding of the Lord as he awakens in realization of the Lord's holy name, transcendental form and qualities, His paraphernalia, and everything pertaining to Him Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 05:3005:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist +237 Category:A Spiritual Master is the Via Media Vanibot #0004: CategoryManager - Add this page to Vaniquotes umbrella category current
16 December 2020
- 17:1917:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,770 A devotee is transcendental to the actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature because he is situated on the Brahman platform Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
1 December 2020
- 13:2713:27, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,887 You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. According to one's position, one should perform his duties, but for the results one should fully depend upon Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:2513:25, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Yogesvara is the SP of Godhead, the master of all mystic yoga, who can do anything and everything He likes. This is the omnipotence of the Supreme Lord. For one who pleases the Supreme Lord, no achievement is wonderful. Everything is possible for him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1713:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Without the direction of the Supreme Lord, material nature cannot do anything; it cannot act independently Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1613:16, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,963 With devotion one should feel, "God is great, and I am very small. Therefore my duty is to offer my prayers to the Lord." Only on this basis can one understand and render service to the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1313:13, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one thinks himself protected by his parents, by the government, by some place or by some other cause, everything is due to the various potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1213:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one is in the heavenly or hellish planets or is a rich or a poor man's son, material conditions are everywhere. Therefore no condition of life is at all pleasing Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1113:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When there is a demoniac rule, everything concerning the Vedic principles is turned upside down, all the religious ceremonies of yajna are stopped, the resources meant to be spent for yajna are taken away by the demoniac government Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1013:10, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When the manifested creation of the airplane is ruined, the remaining debris is a problem for the so-called creators Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0713:07, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,150 When the Supreme Lord appears in this material world in His various incarnations, He performs two functions - saving the devotee and vanquishing the demon (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam) - BG 4.8 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0313:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one gives up materially designated positions and works directly under the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one's spiritual life is revived Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0313:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one considers his body - his head, his hands and so on - one can certainly understand the difference between the spirit soul and the body. No one says, "I head." Everyone says, "My head" Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0013:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,015 When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commits offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava, his entire spiritual career is halted Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0013:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,347 When a devotee is actually engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, his apparently material opulences are not material; they are all spiritual Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5812:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65) - "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me" - they (fools and rascals) comment that it is not Krsna to whom we must surrender Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5712:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Dhruva Maharaja saw Lord Visnu, he declined to take any benedictions from Him, for he was fully satisfied by seeing the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 12:5712:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whatever God orders constitutes religion Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5612:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We want to be happy in the material world, but this will never be possible; we shall simply increase the blazing fire of desires Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5612:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We should always remember that although we are equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in quality, we are never equal to Him in quantity Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5512:55, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We must study the atma and Paramatma - the individual soul and the Supersoul - upon whom the entire material cosmic manifestation rests. This is explained by the Vedic statement yato va imani bhutani jaya nte. yena jatani jivanti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5312:53, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is and kicking out all kinds of mental concoction. Fools and rascals interpret Bhagavad-gita in their own way Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4512:45, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Unless the soul enters the mixture (of the ovum and semen), there is no possibility of pregnancy, but when the soul takes shelter of the mixture the body takes birth, exists, grows, transforms and dwindles, and ultimately it is vanquished Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4412:44, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Unless the Lord is pleased by the service of a devotee, the Lord does not reveal Himself (naham prakasah sarvasya yoga-maya-samavrtah) - BG 7.25 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4312:43, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Understanding one's relationship with God and acting accordingly fulfills the highest mission of life, thus one returns home, back to Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4312:43, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Under the circumstances, one should know that his position is due to his contact with the material world Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4212:42, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Ultimately, when the cars are demolished, the so-called creators are faced with the problem of what to do with their ingredients Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:4112:41, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Udasina, neutral, does not mean that God takes no action. Rather, it means that He is not personally affected. For example, a court judge is neutral when two opposing parties appear before him, but he still takes action as the case warrants Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:3312:33, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 To protect His devotees, the Lord sometimes has to kill their enemies. For example, to protect Prahlada Maharaja, the Lord had to kill his enemy Hiranyakasipu, although Hiranyakasipu attained salvation because of being killed by the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:3212:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 To practice bhakti-yoga, one must first accept a bona fide spiritual master Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:1712:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,909 This is their excellence. Anukulyena krsnanusilanam: (CC Madhya 19.167) they (the devotees of God) are liberally engaged in the service of the Lord, and therefore they are excellent Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 12:1012:10, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 They (so-called scientists, philosophers, religionists and politicians) should make vigorous propaganda to awaken the populace and raise them to the platform of Krsna consciousness Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0912:09, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 They (modern scientists) are very busy trying to prove this in laboratories throughout the world, although no one in history has been able to produce the substance of life from material combinations. Such activities are called vikarma Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0512:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 They (Lord Brahma, King Indra and the other demigods) are sometimes troubled by demons, but a devotee, even if situated in the lower planets, enjoys life in Krsna consciousness under any circumstances Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 12:0412:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 These symptoms are called bhava. In The Nectar of Devotion, various bhavas, ecstatic conditions of a devotee, are fully described. These bhavas are visible in the activities of a perfect devotee Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0412:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 These persons (envious demons) are condemned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as indicated by the words tava kopah Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0412:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 These facilities offered by the Lord to the living entity constitute the sixteen kinds of perverted support in terms of the knowledge-gathering senses, the working senses, the mind and the five material elements Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0312:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 These (happiness and distress, or bondage and liberation) are due to the results of the fruitive activities of the living entities within this material world Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0112:01, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 There is oneness, but God is great whereas the living entities are extremely small. Anor aniyan mahato mahiyan - Katha Upanisad 1.2.20 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:0012:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,541 There is no possibility of maintaining the body permanently or eternally. Antavanta ime deha nityasyoktah saririnah. This is the statement of Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.18). The material body is antavat (perishable), but the soul within the body is eternal Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:5811:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 There are two kinds of soul - the Supreme Soul (the Personality of Godhead) and the individual soul (the living entity). As various bodily changes take place in the individual soul, different millenniums of creation take place in the Supreme Soul Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current