User contributions for Kritika
13 September 2022
- 10:1210:12, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,494 Vedic knowledge is perfect, and if we want to come to know it, we must take shelter of a bona fide guru (tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet) - MU 1.2.12 No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,485 Unfortunately, in this age everything is mismanaged. People forget the aim of life, and at such a time the Supreme Lord Himself comes No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,463 The Supreme Lord descends out of compassion because He is more anxious to have us return home, back to Godhead, than we are to go No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,512 Because we are in ignorance, we do not know anything about the kingdom of God. We know nothing about how to get there or how to become happy. We have forgotten all this No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,592 The word dvija means "twiceborn." One is first born through the womb of a mother, and one's next birth is given by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,617 When one comes to detest material enjoyment, one can understand that he has advanced spiritually. Spiritual life does not mean taking sannyasa and then smoking or drinking tea No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,716 One must actually come to detest material life. One comes to lose interest in material activities and becomes interested only in the understanding of God, the Supreme Being, and His service No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 13 September 2022 diff hist +26,045 Hogs work hard day and night simply eating stool, and because stool contains chemicals, hypophosphates, the hog gets strength, becomes very fat and enjoys sex. In any case, human life is meant not for imitating the life of a hog but for tapasya, austerity No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,844 The society of varnasrama-dharma - composed of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras, grhasthas, vanaprasthas, brahmacaris and sannyasis - is meant to elevate people gradually to the perfect stage of understanding God No edit summary
- 10:0110:01, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 When one goes to school, he begins with the first grade, then progresses to the second, third and so forth. In this way one makes progress No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,536 They (disciples of Krsna Consciousness) are simply interested in sitting on the floor and learning about Krsna consciousness. Why is this? They have actually rejected the material world No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,399 People are saying, "Can you show me God?" while not realizing that they are seeing God daily at every moment No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,425 Because people are foolish in this age, they cannot understand that when we perceive the energy of the Lord, we can feel the presence of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,773 The young devotees in the Krsna consciousness movement are presently worshiping Krsna. What are the signs of a devotee? The actual sign of a devotee is that he is no longer interested in material enjoyment: bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,890 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
- 09:4509:45, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,661 So have Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers. They all accept Krsna as the Supreme, just as Arjuna himself did. This is the simplest method No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,370 There is no need to speculate, "What is God? Where is God?" Why foolishly go on searching? Here is God - Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,584 We may think that Krsna cannot be seen, but Krsna can appear in the form of His energy. Of course, a stone is not God, but a stone is another one of God's energies No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,606 Heat and light are not fire, but without fire there cannot be heat or light. In that sense, heat and light are nondifferent from fire. This material world is like the heat and light of the supreme fire No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,834 Consequently many people are surprised to see how Americans and Europeans have become such great devotees and are dancing in ecstasy. How is it they are so advanced? They have taken the information seriously: krsnas tu bhagavan svayam - SB 1.3.28 No edit summary
- 09:3709:37, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,831 On this earth we have created so many dharmas - Hindu dharma, Muslim dharma, Christian dharma. These are all manufactured dharmas, but real dharma is attained when we come to the conclusion that Sri Krsna is everything No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,616 The sun is situated in one place, and its light and heat expand throughout the entire solar system. As soon as we perceive light and heat, we can understand that the sun is there No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 Since light and heat can be perceived by everyone, Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.8), prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh - I am the light of the sun and the moon No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,524 Presently there is a different God on every street, but Krsna is not that kind of God. He is the Supreme God. As Krsna Himself states in Bhagavad-gita - 7.7 No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,414 The purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement is to inform everyone that no one is superior to Krsna, God No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,587 Many young Americans and Europeans are fortunate and know nothing of any hodgepodge god, they have taken this bona fide Krsna consciousness movement seriously No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,950 Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: (SB 1.3.28) Bhagavan, God, means Sri Krsna. We have simply presented this information, saying, "Here is God. Sri Krsna." Because they have taken this seriously, many young Americans and Europeans are advancing in KC No edit summary current
- 07:5807:58, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,601 The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for the propagation of this message. We are not preaching a particular sectarian religious system but a real religion, dharma No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,678 The simplest definition of dharma is that dharma is the order of the Supreme Being. Since the Supreme Being, God, is one, His order must be one. How, then, can there be different dharmas? It is not possible No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,499 Gold is gold. If a Christian possesses some gold, does it become Christian gold? Gold is gold whether possessed by a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,610 According to the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, dharma means surrendering unto that Supreme Being. This is bhagavata-dharma, and everyone should be taught how to surrender unto God No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,206 God is one; there cannot be two Gods. When there is competition, there is no God No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,892 Understanding one's spiritual identity is called dharma. The ultimate goal of dharma is enunciated by Sri Krsna Himself in BG (18.66). Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: - Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,332 Unless one is enlightened by spiritual knowledge, he remains animalistic No edit summary current
- 07:4807:48, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,726 We are all Brahman, spirit soul, but somehow or other we have come in contact with these material elements (bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh (BG 7.4)), and we have acquired bodily coverings. Consequently we think, "I am this body." This is ignorance No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,357 Gold is gold, even if it is covered with some dirt, which can certainly be removed No edit summary current
11 September 2022
- 10:2710:27, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,448 After hearing Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna addressed Krsna as param brahma param dhama (BG 10.12), - the Supreme Brahman and supreme abode No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,784 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
- 10:2510:25, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,895 We should not remain in ignorance like cats and dogs, thinking, "I am this body, I am American, I am Indian, I am brahmana, I am ksatriya, I am Hindu, I am Muslim," and so on. These are all bodily designations No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,526 Arjuna was in perfect knowledge, yet Krsna instructed him for our benefit. Arjuna requested Krsna's instructions, which are set forth for all human society No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,652 Yet there are mahatmas, great souls, who can understand Krsna. Arjuna could understand that although Krsna was playing the part of his friend, He was nonetheless the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,607 After his son grew up, Kardama Muni, being a strict follower of the Vedas, left home and put his wife in the charge of his grown son, Kapiladeva No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,810 It is not that one should rot in this material world throughout one's whole life. Pancasordhvam vanam vrajet. According to the Vedic injunctions, there are four asramas and four varnas, and these used to be followed very strictly No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,887 Some hundreds & thousands years ago Lord Krsna appeared as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva. His father's name was Kardama Muni. After Kapiladeva grew up, His father, according to the Vedic system, retired, took sannyasa & left home to cultivate spiritual life No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,586 Since everyone in this age is an unintelligent, unfortunate and disturbed sudra, how can anyone understand the Absolute Truth or the aim of life No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,656 This process is not Caitanya Mahaprabhu's invention, but is advised by the sastras, the puranas. The process for this Kali-yuga is very simple. One need only chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,945 The characteristics of this age predicted by Srimad-Bhagavatam are already being experienced to some degree. Since Kali-yuga is a very miserable age, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Sri Krsna Himself, advises everyone simply to chant Hare Krsna No edit summary
- 10:0010:00, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,452 According to Srimad-Bhagavatam there will eventually be no rain and consequently a scarcity of food. The governments will also levy very heavy taxes No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,575 The word manda means both slow and bad, and everyone in this age is either bad or slow or a combination of both. People are unfortunate and disturbed by so many things No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,707 Actually human life is meant for understanding spiritual values, but because everyone in this age is a sudra, no one is interested. People have forgotten life's real purpose No edit summary current