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9 July 2022
- 15:1315:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +24,880 It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one gets an opportunity to serve a great soul - a mahatma - his path to liberation is open. However, those who are attached to materialistic persons are on the path of darkness No edit summary
- 15:1315:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist −5 One has to serve the mahiyan, one who is very spiritually advanced. Mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) by serving the mahat, the exalted devotee, one's path for liberation is open No edit summary
- 15:1215:12, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,600 When this perverted consciousness is gradually transformed into Krsna consciousness, then the path of liberation is opened. So it is not that one is unable to approach the Absolute Truth by the senses and the mind No edit summary current
- 15:1215:12, 9 July 2022 diff hist +10,050 You can open your path of liberation even without marriage, remaining brahmacari, but for girls brahmacari system is not recommended. Therefore girls are advised to get a husband No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,600 If you get the chance of getting such mahatma, then try to give him service. Become his servant. Then your path of liberation will be open. And tamo-dvaram yositam sangi-sangam No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,295 It is the order of Lord Caitanya that krsna-katha should be spread all over the world, because if the conditioned souls, suffering under the pangs of material existence, take to krsna-katha, then their path of liberation will be open and clear No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,684 If one associates with mahatmas, or devotees, his path of liberation is opened No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +13 From the beginning of devotional service the path of liberation immediately opens, just as the coconut taken from the tree immediately begins to dry; it simply takes some time for the shell and pulp to separate from one another No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,164 To understand the personal activities of the Lord, one has to seek the association of devotees, & by such association, when one contemplates and tries to understand the transcendental activities of the Lord, the path to liberation is open, & he is freed No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 9 July 2022 diff hist +8,003 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is giving such a chance to humanity at large. If by fortune one takes advantage of this opportunity to engage in devotional service, the path of liberation immediately opens No edit summary current
- 14:5314:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,806 To distinguish human society from the animals there is the performance of religious activities in terms of the social statuses and orders of life No edit summary
- 14:5314:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +11 The opposite type of religious performance, which is called nivrtti, is to act for the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,191 The four principles of material success are (1) religious performance, (2) economic development, (3) sense gratification and (4) liberation, or merging into the impersonal effulgence of Brahman. These things do not interest the devotee No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,735 So if we want to elevate the social condition, we shall teach people to become purified. Without being purified, simply so-called performance of religious system will not help No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,047 Real religion develops this spiritual consciousness and also attachment for the messages of God, without which all labor in the performance of religious rites is only a waste of energy No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,991 From all the evidence the conclusion is that without bhakti, devotional service, there is no question of religious principles. God is the central figure in the performance of religious principles No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +27,612 By performance of religious rituals one ultimately reaches the supreme goal of knowledge by understanding that Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of everything No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +1,700 When we keep a night-long vigil to observe religious performances for the worship of Mangalacandi and Visahari, playing on musical instruments, dancing and chanting are certainly fitting customs No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,747 The word mangalah is significant. Mangala means one who is elevated in every respect in the opulences of religious performances, ruling power, cleanliness and all other good qualities No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,165 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
- 14:5014:50, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,126 There are two kinds of religious performances. One is called pravrtti-dharma, which means the religious activities performed by the grhamedhis for elevation to higher planets or for economic prosperity, the final aim of which is sense gratification No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 9 July 2022 diff hist −12 Prthu Maharaja considered King Vena's character abominable because Vena was foolish regarding the execution of religious performances No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,438 Only advanced devotees performing religious ritualistic performances can come to this stage of dharma-vira No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,099 Even in the Vedic literatures, for all sorts of religious performances an allurement of material gain is offered, and most people are attracted by such allurements or blessings of religiosity No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 9 July 2022 diff hist −12 A devotee simply offers everything to the Supreme Personality of Godhead to receive the best results of charity, religious performances, sense gratification and even liberation (dharma, artha, kama, moksa) - SB 4.8.41, CC Adi 1.90 No edit summary
- 14:4714:47, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,153 Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, must be considered dead, although he is breathing No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 9 July 2022 diff hist −26 We must come to understand that Krsna is the ultimate proprietor of the fruits of all our works. Hundreds of people may be working in an office, but they understand that whatever profit the business makes belongs to the proprietor No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,618 The worker who is attached to work and the fruits of work, desiring to enjoy those fruits, and who is greedy, always envious, impure, and moved by joy and sorrow, is said to be in the mode of passion No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,803 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said, ‘One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work - BG 6.1 No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,204 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, works just like an ordinary human being, yet He does not desire to enjoy the fruits of work. He is full in knowledge, free from material desires and diversions, and completely independent No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +81,142 The lawful workers are again divided into two sections: namely, the workers with a desire to enjoy the fruits of their work; and the transcendental workers, without any such desire No edit summary
- 14:3514:35, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,851 The fruits of our work is always given to Krishna and so Krishna accepts the responsibility of what these fruits shall be. So this is our principle of work and I request you to always remember this No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 9 July 2022 diff hist +10 The fact is that Sri Krsna Himself becomes the enjoyer of the fruits of the work performed by the transcendentalist No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,909 The criterion of perfection is to act in KC, and not with a view to enjoying the fruits of work. To act in Krsna consciousness is the duty of every living entity because all are constitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,318 The Blessed Lord said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work. - BG 6.1 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,834 O Dhananjaya, rid yourself of all fruitive activities by devotional service, and surrender fully to that consciousness. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers. BG 2.49 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,915 O Dhananjaya, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 9 July 2022 diff hist +81,165 One must not enjoy the fruits of his work himself, but must dedicate the same for the transcendental loving service of the Personality of Godhead. This is the first step on the ladder of devotional activities No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 9 July 2022 diff hist −9 It is clearly outlined here (in BG 18.10) how to renounce the fruits of work and for what purpose fruits should be renounced. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist −9 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 6.1) it is said: "One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work" No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,233 In Bhagavad-gita (6.1) it is said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,449 A planmaker is thus forced to accept another body in one of the 8,400,000 species of life according to the fruits of the work he has performed No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist +1 At the beginning of His discourse on the yoga system in the Sixth Chapter of BG, Sri Krsna says: - One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,082 Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahma, are dvijas, or twice-born No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,889 The Vedas recommend many ritualistic ceremonies to be performed with one's wife, on the birthdays of one's children, or during funeral ceremonies, and there are also personal reformatory methods like initiation No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,987 The higher castes, the brahmanas, ksatriyas especially, and the vaisyas also, they must observe the dasa-veda samskara, ten kinds of reformatory methods. The first method is garbadhana-samskara No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,128 These roads (not frequently used) are exactly like a brahmana who is not accustomed to studying and practicing the reformatory methods of the Vedic injunctions - he becomes covered with the long grasses of maya No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,366 There are ten different samskaras, or reformatory methods, adopted in the system of varnasrama-dharma, and the name-giving ceremony is one of them No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,686 One who uses sex life not for sensual pleasures but only to beget children according to the reformatory method is also accepted as a brahmacari No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,256 Vedic knowledge is called sruti learning by aural reception. One should actually receive the Vedic message from authorities like Krsna and His representatives. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current