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28 January 2021
- 17:4417:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 They (nondevotees) do not realize that they themselves, because of their practice of eating all kinds of nonsense in this life, will be destined to eat the most abominable things in their next life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,435 The word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship is better than servitude. In the stage above dasya-rasa, the devotee accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a friend Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,992 The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-purusa, the supreme person. This is the object of the human mission Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,226 The transcendental holy name of the Lord may be heard and chanted accordingly to the attraction of the devotee. One may chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, or one may chant the holy name of Lord Rama or Nrsimhadeva Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4117:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +1,811 The inhabitants of Vrajabhumi asked, "Where is this fragrance coming from?" Thus they went to the spot where Putana's body was being burnt - SB 10.6.41 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4117:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +9,064 The body is considered material, and the soul is considered spiritual. The origin of them both, is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4017:40, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 The advice of experienced transcendentalists is that the body be fully engaged for achieving the ultimate goal of life - svartha-gatim Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3817:38, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Sukadeva Gosvami said: To follow the orders of Lord Brahma, Drona, the best of the Vasus, along with his wife, Dhara, spoke to Lord Brahma - SB 10.8.48 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:3817:38, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Sukadeva Gosvami said: Deliberating in this way, Kamsa, although determined to continue in enmity toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead, refrained from the vicious killing of his sister - SB 10.2.23 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,455 Some devotees consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,166 Smaranam means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and pada-sevanam means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the time and circumstances Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Since Hiranyakasipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlada Maharaja's teachers with harsh words Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:3317:33, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,865 Pumsarpita visnau. The word pumsa means - by all living entities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3217:32, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja said, agunena ca kanksitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus feet of the Lord, he does not need anything in terms of dharma, artha, kama or moksa Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3017:30, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,738 One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the brahma-bhuta stage Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2917:29, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,100 One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addha means directly Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda enjoyed these (magnanimous childhood) pastimes (of Krsna) fully, and therefore their position is always better than that of Vasudeva and Devaki - SB 10.8.47 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Nanda Maharaja, of course, was very much obliged to Vasudeva, who had foreseen the incident (of Putana trying to kill Krsna), and simply thanked him, thinking how wonderful Vasudeva was - SB 10.6.42 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah (SB 7.5.31). The living entity tries to be happy within this material world, not understanding the target of his life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2317:23, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Krsna advises everyone to surrender to Him (sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja) - BG 18.66 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2017:20, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,802 In Srimad-Bhagavatam in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra (SB 1.1.2). Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are kaitava - false and unnecessary Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1917:19, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 If one is inclined to dictate that the Lord grant something, one receives benedictions according to his desires Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1817:18, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,927 Hearing of the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord is essential Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,902 Hearing from the text of Srimad-Bhagavatam is considered the most important process of hearing Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,288 He (Yamaraja) is the authority, and he says that the religious principles consist of the codes and laws given by God. No one can manufacture religion, and therefore manufactured religious systems are rejected by the followers of the Vedic principles Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,576 He (Prahlada Maharaja) asked the Lord to engage him in the service of His servant Narada Muni. This is the symptom of a pure devotee Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 He (Kamsa) decided to wait until the Lord was born and then do what was needed - SB 10.2.23 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1617:16, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. "Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes" - BS 5.1 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1317:13, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Even though Prahlada Maharaja was directly offered all the benedictions he might have desired, he refused to accept such offerings from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1317:13, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,203 Even if one is physically unfit, classified lower than others, devoid of material qualifications or not at all elevated in terms of pious activities, the chanting of the holy name is beneficial Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 By thinking of his all-pervading enemy, Kamsa became unfavorably Krsna conscious - SB 10.2.24 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 By exhibiting different pastimes in His (Krsna's) childhood, He increased the transcendental pleasure of Nanda and the other inhabitants of Vrndavana - SB 10.8.52 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Brahmany upasamasrayam: unless one is fully renounced, one cannot engage in devotional service or stay in Brahman Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Both matter and the living entities are manifestations of energy of the Supreme Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0617:06, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Bilvamangala Thakura said, muktih svayam mukulitanjali sevate 'sman dharmartha-kama-gatayah samaya-pratiksah. Liberation always stands at the door of a devotee, ready to carry out his orders Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0617:06, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,170 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 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:0517:05, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,864 Because Prahlada Maharaja was situated on the spiritual platform, he had nothing to do with his body, which had been born of the modes of passion and ignorance. The symptoms of passion and ignorance are described in SB (1.2.19) as lust and hankering Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0417:04, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa': (CC Madhya 20.108) every living being is an eternal servant of Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0317:03, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,395 Arcanam means worshiping Lord Visnu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru - offering obeisances or offering prayers Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:0117:01, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 According to one's position, whether as a devotee, a karmi or a jnani, whatever one wants one can get if one fully engages in the service of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0017:00, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,513 A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should always engage in hearing and chanting about Krsna, or Lord Visnu. The process of temple worship is called arcana Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 15:5615:56, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 When the dirt is cleansed from the core of one's heart, one can realize the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5615:56, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 When one performs one of the processes, other processes (of devotional service) are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee executes any one of the nine processes (nava-laksana), this is sufficient; the other eight are included Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5415:54, 28 January 2021 diff hist +6,136 We are advocating cow protection and encouraging people to drink more milk and eat palatable preparations made of milk, but the demons, just to protest such proposals, are claiming that they are advanced in scientific knowledge Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5215:52, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 To perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and aspirations to be happy through elevation to the higher planetary systems Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5115:51, 28 January 2021 diff hist −56 To end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5115:51, 28 January 2021 diff hist −42 Those who are grha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the material world, cannot understand Krsna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4915:49, 28 January 2021 diff hist −56 These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or politician Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4815:48, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 There are two systems of arcana - the bhagavata system and pancaratriki system Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4715:47, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,001 The words rogah patakinam iva refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life (janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi (BG 13.9)). Disease is the symptom of the body of a sinful person Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current