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16 September 2022
- 09:4109:41, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,850 The origin of everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Through yajna, sacrifice, we have to satisfy the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,041 Yajnas can be executed when human society is regulated according to the varnasrama-dharma, the system of four social orders (varnas) and four spiritual orders - asramas No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,175 There are four varnas (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra) and four asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa). These varnas and asramas have their respective duties No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,923 Sri Krsna has nothing to do personally. It is His energy that acts. When an important man wants to get something done, he simply tells his secretary, who does everything No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,231 There are the jiva-prakrti, the para prakrti expansions, who belong to Krsna's superior energy. In any case, Krsna is always svacchandatma - without anxiety. Even if He is killing a demon, He experiences no anxiety No edit summary current
15 September 2022
- 10:5510:55, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,873 The Gosvamis and Krsna Himself tell us that since everything belongs to Krsna, everything should be utilized for His purpose No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,994 This creation emanates from Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord, who is without anxiety. Krsna very pleasantly associates with His consort Srimati Radharani and enjoys playing His flute No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,234 The original Krsna does not go anywhere; He never takes a step away from Vrndavana. The other activities performed by Krsna are performed in the Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha or Pradyumna forms No edit summary
- 10:5310:53, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,116 Krsna expands as Sankarsana, Narayana, Visnu, Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. God can expand Himself in many, many forms No edit summary current
- 10:5310:53, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,870 He (Krsna) is the adi-purusa, the original soul of all. Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami: Lord Brahma says that he is not adi-purusa but that Govinda, Krsna, is the adi-purusa No edit summary
- 10:5210:52, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,031 This Krsna has many expansions (advaitam acyutam anadim). He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everything. He has expanded Himself in many forms. The visnu-tattva consists of bhagavat-tattva-svamsa, the personal expansions No edit summary current
- 10:5210:52, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,761 We are also Krsna's forms, but we are vibhinnamsa, separated expansions. We are the expansions of the energies No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,851 The demigods have many activities, but Krsna is always peaceful. The Krsna who engages in killing demons is Vasudeva Krsna, not the original Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,959 We cannot say that the sunshine is false and that the sun is true. If the sun is true, the sunshine is also true. Similarly, we do not say that the material universe is false. It may be temporary, but it is not false No edit summary current
- 10:4410:44, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,197 The Mayavadi philosophers say, brahma satyam jagan mithya: "The Supreme Truth is real, whereas the world is false" - but Vaisnavas do not use the word mithya (false), because God, the Supreme Brahman, is truth, and nothing false can emanate from the truth No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,744 If we prepare an earring from gold, the earring is also gold. We cannot say that the earring is false No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,729 The Vaisnava philosophers accept the world as temporary, but not false, as the Mayavadi philosophers do No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,832 The world (jagat) has emanated from the Supreme; therefore it is not mithya, but it is temporary. That is also explained in Bhagavad-gita (8.19): bhutva bhutva praliyate No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,015 The material world comes into existence, remains for some time, and is then annihilated. It is not false, for it can be utilized to realize the Supreme Truth. This is Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 10:4010:40, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,935 The world is temporary, but we must use it for spiritual purposes. If something is used for the ultimate truth, the Absolute Truth, it becomes integral with the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 10:3910:39, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,082 The word mumuksubhih refers to those who aspire for mukti, liberation. When one becomes disgusted with material engagement, one wants to destroy everything that has anything to do with the material world No edit summary current
- 10:3810:38, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,158 The Vaisnava says, prapancikataya buddhya hari-sambandhi-vastunah. Everything has some relationship with the Supreme Person, the Absolute Truth. For instance, a microphone is made of metal, but what is metal? It is another form of earth No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,225 Sri Krsna says: "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego - all together these comprise My separated material energies." All of these are Krsna's energies, and if Krsna is the source of them, how can they be untrue? They are not No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,045 A Vaisnava will never say that metal has no connection with Krsna. It is a product of one of His energies, just as this material world is a product of the sun No edit summary current
- 10:3310:33, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,932 Although he (managing director) sits in his office without disturbance, he is not very happy because he is always thinking about how to do this or that, how to manage this affair or that No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,682 This is material nature, and therefore it is said that there is always anxiety in the material world No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,894 When Hiranyakasipu, the father of prahlada Maharaja, asked his son, - My dear boy, what is the best thing you have learned from your teachers No edit summary
- 10:3110:31, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,924 Prahlada Maharaja immediately replied, tat sadhu manye 'sura-varya dehinam sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat (SB 7.5.5). "I have learned that materialists have accepted the asad guna." Asat means - that which is not No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,970 We should not remain on this platform, but should go to the platform of sat (om tat sat). This is the Vedic injunction. The material world is asad-vastu; it cannot possibly remain No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,840 In the material world, everything will ultimately be vanquished. Whatever exists in the material world exists only for some time. It is temporary No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,842 Yato imani bhutani jayante: the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything is emanating. If everything is emanating from the Absolute Truth, nothing can actually be false No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,906 If we organize a business, we have many anxieties. The managing director or proprietor of the business particularly has many anxieties No edit summary current
- 10:2310:23, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,876 There are saktyavesa-avataras, guna-avataras and svayam-avataras, and these are all described in Srimad-Bhagavatam. All these avataras, or incarnations, are svacchandatma, free from care and anxiety No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,074 Before the creation there was no Brahma or Siva. There was only Krsna. Krsna therefore says, aham adir hi devanam (BG 10.2). He is the creator of all demigods and all other living entities No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,304 After the cosmic manifestation is created, the living entities are placed in it. In the Vedas it is stated that in the beginning there was neither Brahma nor Siva, but only Narayana (eko narayana asit). Narayana is also another plenary expansion of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,767 The beginning is sravanam kirtanam, hearing and chanting. One must be very eager to hear and chant No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,994 We have to learn from the scriptures that Krsna is the origin of all. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: (SB 1.3.28) all the visnu-tattvas and incarnations are but plenary expansions or expansions of the plenary expansions of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,891 We can understand the pastimes of the Lord by following one or some of the authorized devotional processes No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,909 We have to speak or chant about the holy activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but first we have to hear about them No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,872 When we speak of Visnu, we mean Krsna. Krsna is the origin of the visnu-tattva - that is, Visnu is an expansion of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,229 Nine basic processes of devotional service - hearing & chanting about the Supreme Lord, remembering Him, serving His lotus feet, worshiping Him, offering prayers to the Lord, acting as His servant, becoming His friend, & surrendering everything to Him No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 15 September 2022 diff hist +25,868 Concerning Kapiladeva, Saunaka Rsi says, kapilas tattva-sankhyata. Kapila is the Supreme Person; therefore He can explain the Absolute Truth. Actually only Bhagavan can know the true position of the ultimate truth. No one else can know it No edit summary current
14 September 2022
- 13:3713:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,387 The easiest way to go to the Vaikunthalokas is: janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah (BG 4.9). Simply try to understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,716 Why does He come? What are His activities? Where does He come from? Why does He come in the form of a human being? We only have to try to understand this and study Krsna as He explains Himself in Bhagavad-gita. What is the difficulty No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,502 God personally explains Himself as He is, and if we accept Bhagavad-gita as it is, we shall no longer have to transmigrate. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti - BG 4.9 No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,598 We shall no longer have to endure birth and death, for we can attain our spiritual bodies (sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (Bs. 5.1)) and live happily in Krsna's family. Krsna is providing for us here, and He will also provide for us there No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,428 We should know that our happiness is in returning home, back to Godhead, where we can eat, drink and be merry in Krsna's company No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,494 Everything is present in Vaikunthaloka. There we can have an eternal, blissful life full of knowledge (sac-cid-ananda). It is not compulsory for us to rot in this material world No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,404 In this life we enjoy or suffer the results of our past karma, and in the same way we are creating further karma for our next body No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,360 We should work in such a way that we will not get another material body, How can this be done? We simply have to try to understand Krsna No edit summary current