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28 January 2021
- 15:3215:32, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,401 Sarvarhanam acyutejya. If Acyuta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is worshiped, then everyone is worshiped Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2915:29, 28 January 2021 diff hist −28 Prahlada Maharaja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional service by preaching the science of Krsna consciousness to everyone Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 15:2815:28, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 Performing yajna involves worshiping the Supreme Lord. Here (in SB 9.11.1) the Supreme Lord (Ramacandra) worshiped the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is said, bhagavan atmanatmanam ije: the Lord worshiped Himself by Himself Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 15:2815:28, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 Pada-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pada-sevanam. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2715:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvami or svami, master of the senses. Unless one is master of the senses, he should not accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2615:26, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 One should simply satisfy Krsna, without being influenced by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2615:26, 28 January 2021 diff hist −7 One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2515:25, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 One should adhere seriously to the chanting of the holy name as recommended in the scriptures: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2415:24, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 One cannot understand the principles of religion while staying on the material platform. Therefore one must follow these great personalities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2215:22, 28 January 2021 diff hist −49 My dear friends born of demoniac families, the happiness perceived with reference to the sense objects by contact with the body can be obtained in any form of life, according to one's past fruitive activities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 14:5314:53, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 Krsna says: "I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku." This is the process of disciplic succession Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 14:5014:50, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 In this verse, the words dharmah and sanatanah are very important. Sanatana means "eternal," and dharma means "occupational duties." From Satya-yuga to Kali-yuga, the principles of religion and occupational duty gradually deteriorate Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
27 January 2021
- 17:4617:46, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In this Kali-yuga we have passed through only five thousand years, yet the decline of sanatana-dharma is very prominent Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4617:46, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 In the spiritually joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4517:45, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (g) to go to the toilet during the time of worshiping the Deity, (h) to offer incense without offering flowers, (i) to worship the Deity with forbidden flowers Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4417:44, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (q) to refuse flowers offered to the Deity, (r) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (o) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuntha deities like Ganesa, (p) to worship the Deity while perspiring Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (n) to worship the Deity and offer bhoga to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaisnava Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (h) to worship the Deity with a stale or used flower, (i) to spit while worshiping the Deity, (j) to advertise one's glory while worshiping the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In modern civilization there is no such education (where people are taught how to be satisfied with only what they need); everyone tries to possess more and more, and everyone is dissatisfied and unhappy Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In human society, the brahminical culture, ksatriya culture and vaisya culture must be maintained, and people must be taught how to be satisfied with only what they need Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In Dvapara-yuga only half of the religious principles continue, and in Kali-yuga only one fourth of the religious principles, which gradually disappear Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4117:41, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4017:40, 27 January 2021 diff hist −28 If one sincerely tries his best to spread Krsna consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is bhakti Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3917:39, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 If he (the living entity) comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can understand God, the origin of Brahman and Paramatma without difficulty Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3917:39, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 If happiness is the ultimate goal of life, one must be satisfied with the position in which he is placed by providence Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3717:37, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargapavarga) or for degradation - tirascam punar asya ca Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3717:37, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Here Lord Vamanadeva, as an ideal brahmacari, refuses Bali Maharaja's offer to give Him anything He might want. He says that without contentment one could not be happy even if he possessed the property of the entire world or the entire universe Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3417:34, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Grhastha devotees must adopt the arcana-vidhi, or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given by the spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:3217:32, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Following the same process (disciplic succession), the Krsna consciousness movement is teaching the principles of Bhagavad-gita as it is, without deviation, all over the world Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3117:31, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Everything exists on the basis of Krsna's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Krsna. The advanced devotee of Krsna can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Even if one is able to perform other processes of devotional service, one must adopt the chanting of the holy name as the principal method of advancing in spiritual life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Even if a devotee remains in grhastha life and does not renounce material possessions, he should still be understood to be prasanta, sober, because of his pure devotion to the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Especially for spiritual advancement, one should carry out the bona fide order of the spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2717:27, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Dharma, or occupational duty, can be established in its full four parts as explained in Bhagavad-gita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2617:26, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Deity worship has two divisions, namely pure and mixed with fruitive activities. For one who is steady, Deity worship is compulsory Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2417:24, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted everyone, at least in India, to become a preacher of this mission. In other words, one should become a guru and preach the Lord's instructions all over the world for the peace and prosperity of humanity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2317:23, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 By the parampara system, one can thus be endowed with the original spiritual power coming from the Supreme Personality of Godhead (evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh (BG 4.2)) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2217:22, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Krsna - mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram - BG 9.10 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 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
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