User contributions for Narottama
14 June 2012
- 14:5514:55, 14 June 2012 diff hist +9,109 N The Vedanta-sutra begins with the aphorism janmady asya yatah, which Vyasadeva explains in the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, thus establishing from the very beginning that the supreme source of everything is a cognizant, transcendental person Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedanta-sutra begins with the aphorism janmady asya yatah, which Vyasadeva explains in the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, …'
- 14:4014:40, 14 June 2012 diff hist +11,712 N The supreme source of everything is naturally respected by everyone, but this natural tendency is hampered when one takes to the impersonalist conceptions of Sankara Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The supreme source of everything is naturally respected by everyone, but this natural tendency is hampered when one takes to the …'
- 14:2814:28, 14 June 2012 diff hist +3,772 N One has to associate with such a mahatma, who has accepted Krsna as the supreme source of the entire creation. Without being a mahatma, one cannot understand Krsna's absolute position Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to associate with such a mahatma, who has accepted Krsna as the supreme source of the entire creation. Without being a ma…'
- 14:1714:17, 14 June 2012 diff hist +2,998 N If from the beginning of life one is taught the Vaisnava philosophy of duality or variety, the monistic philosophy will not bother him very much. In reality, everything is an emanation from the supreme source Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If from the beginning of life one is taught the Vaisnava philosophy of duality or variety, the monistic philosophy will not bothe…'
- 14:0414:04, 14 June 2012 diff hist +4,041 N There are so many questions, and the person who is actually intelligent should simply inquire about the supreme source of everything: athato brahma jijnasa Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are so many questions, and the person who is actually intelligent should simply inquire about the supreme source of everyth…'
- 13:3713:37, 14 June 2012 diff hist +4,391 N The Personality of Godhead has every sentiment of a sentient being, like all other living beings, because He is the chief and original living entity, the supreme source of all other living beings Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Personality of Godhead has every sentiment of a sentient being, like all other living beings, because He is the chief and ori…'
- 13:2613:26, 14 June 2012 diff hist +3,222 N All energies and powers are derived from the supreme source, Lord Krsna, and they act as long as He desires and cease to function as soon as He withdraws Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All energies and powers are derived from the supreme source, Lord Krsna, and they act as long as He desires and cease to function…'
- 12:5012:50, 14 June 2012 diff hist +10,078 N As the rivers draw water from the sea through the clouds and again go down to the sea, similarly our energy is borrowed from the supreme source, the Lord's energy, and it must return to the Lord Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the rivers draw water from the sea through the clouds and again go down to the sea, similarly our energy is borrowed from the …'
- 11:3411:34, 14 June 2012 diff hist +4,925 N Illusion is accepted as void and impersonal, but Krsna is the Summum Bonum Person. Krsna is one and Maya is zero. Zero by the side of One is ten, but thousands of zeros clogged together do not make one Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Illusion is accepted as void and impersonal, but Krsna is the Summum Bonum Person. Krsna is one and Maya is zero. Zero by the sid…'
- 11:2511:25, 14 June 2012 diff hist +12,252 N That summum bonum of Vedic knowledge or Vedanta is Krsna. So that Vedanta knowledge, Krsna personified, He is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That summum bonum of Vedic knowledge or Vedanta is Krsna. So that Vedanta knowledge, Krsna personified, He is explaining Himself …'
- 11:1311:13, 14 June 2012 diff hist +9,424 N I (Brahma) worship that original person (Krsna). Therefore the origin of everything, the Absolute, the summum bonum, cannot be impersonal. What is the reason? Where is the experience that from imperson a person comes Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I worship that original person"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|14Jun12}} {{last|14Jun12}} {{totals_…'
- 11:0411:04, 14 June 2012 diff hist +14,203 N Within these fourteen worlds, if there is anything summum bonum substance, this is this Hare Krsna Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Within this fourteen world, if there is anything summum bonum substance, this is this Hare Krsna"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narotta…'
- 10:5210:52, 14 June 2012 diff hist +11,857 N Brahman is that from whom, or from which, whatever you like, everything is emanated. So that Supreme Source, summum bonum, of everything is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahman is that from whom, or from which, whatever you like, everything is emanated. So that Supreme Source, summum bonum, of eve…'
- 10:4210:42, 14 June 2012 diff hist +11,431 N There are different grades of education. Now, what is the summum bonum, highest, topmost education? This topmost education is Krsna consciousness, topmost education. Raja-vidya Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different grades of education. Now, what is the summum bonum, highest, topmost education? This topmost education is Krs…'
- 10:3310:33, 14 June 2012 diff hist +4,144 N The real purpose of human life is to attain the spiritual platform and return to Godhead. That is the summum bonum of spiritual realization Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real purpose of human life is to attain the spiritual platform and return to Godhead. That is the summum bonum of spiritual r…'
- 10:0910:09, 14 June 2012 diff hist +2,882 N If one is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, he must consider the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the summum bonum and chief aim of life Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, he must consider the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the su…'
- 10:0410:04, 14 June 2012 diff hist +5,276 N The word param is used in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, in the phrase param satyam, to refer to the summum bonum, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word param is used in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, in the phrase param satyam, to refer to the summum bonum, or the Su…'
- 09:2309:23, 14 June 2012 diff hist +8,715 N Srimad-Bhagavatam is the summum bonum remedy for suffering humanity in the clutches of maya. Srila Vyasadeva therefore first of all diagnosed the actual disease of the conditioned souls, i.e., their being illusioned by the external energy Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srimad-Bhagavatam is the summum bonum remedy for suffering humanity in the clutches of maya. Srila Vyasadeva therefore first of a…'
- 09:1509:15, 14 June 2012 diff hist +5,216 N Bhagavad-gita is the preliminary study of the Bhagavatam. And Srimad-Bhagavatam is the summum bonum of life, Lord Sri Krsna personified. We must therefore accept Srimad-Bhagavatam as the direct representation of Lord Krsna Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gita is the preliminary study of the Bhagavatam. And Srimad-Bhagavatam is the summum bonum of life, Lord Sri Krsna perso…'
- 09:0809:08, 14 June 2012 diff hist +9,330 N The summum bonum Krsna is one without a second. He Himself has expanded Himself in various parts, portions and particles as svayam-rupa, and jivas, all provided with innumerable energies just suitable to the respective persons and personalities Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The summum bonum Krsna is one without a second"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|14Jun12}} {{last|14J…'
- 08:5708:57, 14 June 2012 diff hist +9,269 N Although in other places the incarnations are described as bhagavan because of their specific functions, nowhere are they declared to be the Supreme Personality. In this stanza the word svayam signifies the supremacy as the summum bonum Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although in other places the incarnations are described as bhagavan because of their specific functions, nowhere are they declare…'
- 08:4208:42, 14 June 2012 diff hist +8,743 N The point is that anyone who accepts the principle of bhakti-yoga and accepts the Supreme Lord as the summum bonum of life, as the highest target, the ultimate goal, can approach the Lord in the spiritual sky. BG 1972 Introduction Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The point is that anyone who accepts the principle of bhakti-yoga and accepts the Supreme Lord as the summum bonum of life, as th…'
13 June 2012
- 15:2115:21, 13 June 2012 diff hist +2,255 N This lamentation you have got is not good. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati. This is not Krishna consciousness. Do not lament, but go on with your collecting engagement enthusiastically Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This lamentation you have got is not good. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma/ na socati na kanksati [Bg. 18.54]. This is not Krishna cons…'
- 15:1215:12, 13 June 2012 diff hist +4,232 N When one is not Krishna Consciousness, then he is Maya conscious, or in illusion. Just like when one is not in light, he is sure to be in darkness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is not Krishna Consciousness, then he is Maya conscious, or in illusion. Just like when one is not in light, he is sure …'
- 15:0315:03, 13 June 2012 diff hist +4,461 N It is good to feel inadequate, and to try harder to please Krishna with better service. But one should never feel, oh, I have seen Krishna, and so I am reached perfection - this is not Krishna Consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is good to feel inadequate, and to try harder to please Krishna with better service. But one should never feel, oh, I have see…'
- 14:5414:54, 13 June 2012 diff hist +11,048 N To remain in Krishna Consciousness is actual understanding of Vedanta. Anything which is not Krishna Consciousness is polluted profane consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To remain in Krishna Consciousness is actual understanding of Vedanta. Anything which is not Krishna Consciousness is polluted pr…'
- 14:3814:38, 13 June 2012 diff hist +5,958 N I learn that in the temple there are sometimes men with no work. This should not be allowed. Every one must be busy with some work in Krishna Consciousness. Idleness is not Krishna Consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I learn that in the temple there are sometimes men with no work. This should not be allowed. Every one must be busy with some wor…'
- 13:1813:18, 13 June 2012 diff hist +10,260 N Krsna consciousness does not mean to keep a set of men lazy, who cannot work. That is not Krsna consciousness. Everyone must work to his capacity. Prescribed duties Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna consciousness does not mean to keep a set of men lazy, who cannot work. That is not Krsna consciousness. Everyone must work…'
- 13:0213:02, 13 June 2012 diff hist +4,604 N Ultimately everyone will come to Krsna. Not Krsna consciousness, but Krsna. At the end of this world, devastation, they enter into the body of Krsna. They remain there Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ultimately everyone will come to Krsna. Not Krsna consciousness, but Krsna"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} …'
- 12:4612:46, 13 June 2012 diff hist +8,544 N That is cultivation of Krsna consciousness. Favorably. Not Krsna consciousness like Kamsa, always thinking of Krsna, how to kill Him. That is not anukulyena. That is not favorable Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That is cult, cultivation of Krsna consciousness. Favorably. Not Krsna consciousness like Kamsa, always thinking of Krsna, how to…'
- 11:4411:44, 13 June 2012 diff hist +12,133 N We should not give up anything. That is not Krsna consciousness. That is not advice of Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita. He never says (to) Arjuna that "You give up this fighting and go to the Himalayas and sit down silently there to meditation Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should not give up anything. That is not Krsna consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|13J…'
- 11:2811:28, 13 June 2012 diff hist +32,679 N So long we are stout and strong and we can work very nicely, the health is quite all right, take advantage of it. It is not Krsna consciousness movement is for the lazy fellow Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So long we are stout and strong and we can work very nicely, the health is quite all right, take advantage of it. It is not Krsna…'
- 11:0311:03, 13 June 2012 diff hist +12,293 N If you are still thinking that you are this material body - you are Indian, you are American, you are brahmana, you are sudra, you are white, you are black - then you are in the dog's consciousness, not Krsna consciousness. That is to be learned Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If you are still thinking that you are this material body"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|13Jun12}}…'
- 10:2010:20, 13 June 2012 diff hist +10,250 N Krsna was doing everything; still he was to fight. He was inducing, "You must fight." Neither Arjuna said, "Krsna, You are so, my friend. Better You do it. I sit down. Let me smoke ganja." No. Arjuna also did not say. This is not Krsna consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna was doing everything"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|13Jun12}} {{last|13Jun12}} {{totals_by_s…'
- 10:1010:10, 13 June 2012 diff hist +8,428 N Don't think that Krsna consciousness movement, those who are Krsna conscious, they'll become lazy and imitate Haridasa Thakura. That is not Krsna consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That is Krsna's... So don't think that Krsna consciousness movement, those who are Krsna conscious, they'll become lazy and imita…'
- 10:0510:05, 13 June 2012 diff hist +6,201 N Because you are not Krsna consciousness, you are discriminating in this way, that the human society should be given protection, the animal society should be slaughtered. Is that very good? Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because you are not Krsna consciousness, you are discriminating in this way, that the human society should be given protection, t…'
- 09:5109:51, 13 June 2012 diff hist +7,936 N When you work for Krsna with love and enthusiasm, that is your Krsna conscious life. If you think that "It is hackneyed, it is troublesome, but what can I do? These people ask me to do it. I have to do it," that is not Krsna consciousness Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When you work, when you work for Krsna with love and enthusiasm, that is your Krsna conscious life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narot…'
- 09:3109:31, 13 June 2012 diff hist +2,675 N Do not try to concoct your own theories. This is not the process. You must write just as you have heard from your Guru and nothing else. Otherwise, your writing is useless Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Do not try to concoct your own theories. This is not the process. You must write just as you have heard from your Guru and nothin…'
- 09:2509:25, 13 June 2012 diff hist +9,325 N They do not know how to act. Just like if you pour water on the tree, then it is accepted that you are pouring water on the tree but that is not the process. The process is to pour water on the root of the tree Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They do not know how to act. Just like if you pour water on the tree, then it is accepted that you are pouring water on the tree …'
- 09:1109:11, 13 June 2012 diff hist +5,026 N First of all you surrender; then you ask question. The rascals first of all will question. And when he is satisfied, they will surrender. This is not the process Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First of all you surrender; then you ask question. The rascals first of all will question. And when he is satisfied, they will su…'
- 09:0209:02, 13 June 2012 diff hist +11,041 N Because king is supposed to be God's representative, how to rule over, not that these cats and dogs will find out a lion and vote him to the chair. That is not the process Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because king is supposed to be God's representative, how to rule over, not that these cats and dogs will find out a lion and vote…'
- 08:4508:45, 13 June 2012 diff hist +9,554 N If you want to make research, then search out what is the original brain, not the process. Process is already going on. What is the use of your research, nonsense Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If you want to make research, then search out what is the original brain, not the process. Process is already going on. What is t…'
12 June 2012
- 13:5913:59, 12 June 2012 diff hist +11,283 N Try to understand Vedanta philosophy. Unfortunately, when we study Bhagavata we immediately jump over Krsna-lila with the gopis. That is not the process Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Try to understand Vedanta philosophy. Unfortunately, when we study Bhagavata we immediately jump over Krsna-lila with the gopis. …'
- 13:3613:36, 12 June 2012 diff hist +5,302 N Just like the other day one rascal was asking - he is not a surrendered soul - "Swamiji, you know Krsna consciousness?" Just see. So this is not the process of question Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just like the other day one rascal was asking"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|12Jun12}} {{last|12Ju…'
- 13:1313:13, 12 June 2012 diff hist +8,931 N I am publishing Bhagavad-gita As It Is because in the market there were so many Bhagavad-gita misinterpreted, but that is not the process of presenting Bhagavad-gita Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am publishing Bhagavad-gita As It Is because in the market there were so many Bhagavad-gita misinterpreted, but that is not the…'
- 12:5812:58, 12 June 2012 diff hist +12,008 N The fighting is going on between Pakistan and India, between Vietnam and America, and this and that. It is not the process. The process is Krsna consciousness. Everyone has to understand this fact, that we are not proprietor. Proprietor is Krsna Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fighting is going on between Pakistan and India, between Vietnam and America, and this and that. It is not the process. The p…'
- 11:4111:41, 12 June 2012 diff hist +6,987 N Now you are converting the Christians into Hinduism. Then where is the difference between their activities and your activities?" So this fool does not know this is not making a person from Christian to Hindu. This is not the process Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now you are converting the Christians into Hinduism"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|}} {{goal|0}} {{first|12Jun12…'
- 11:2111:21, 12 June 2012 diff hist +10,906 N There is a class, they say, "Whatever I eat you can offer." But that is not the process. The process is you must offer to Krsna what He wants. Just like you invite one gentleman. You ask him, "What can I offer you?" That is etiquette Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a class, they say"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|12Jun12}} {{last|12Jun12}} {{totals_by_s…'
- 11:0611:06, 12 June 2012 diff hist +14,197 N It is not by mundane scholarship: "I think it is like that." Who are you? You are thinking like that? No. That is not the process.Two things must be there. First of all pranipata, and the other side, seva, and the middle, pariprasna Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not by mundane scholarship"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Narottama}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|12Jun12}} {{last|12Jun12}} {{total…'
- 10:5210:52, 12 June 2012 diff hist +14,376 N This is the way, not whimsically accept any rascal as avatara. No. That is not the process. Or any rascal as God. This rascaldom has killed the whole human society to become atheist. You should be very, very careful of these rascals Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this is the way, not whimsically accept any rascal as avatara. No. That is not the process. Or any rascal as God. This rascaldom …'