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16 May 2021
- 08:1908:19, 16 May 2021 diff hist −21 Nicely scented oils like liquid sandalwood pulp should be smeared over the Lord’s body. (27) All kinds of ornaments and crowns should be placed on His body. (28) Then one should offer flower garlands and decorative flowers Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1508:15, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 Instead of the word avadhuta, the words haya dhuta, meaning that the heart or consciousness is cleansed, are used. When the consciousness is cleansed, one can understand what and who Krsna is Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1408:14, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 In the material sky there are innumerable universes, and each is dominated by a specific deity, a Brahma. Krsna simultaneously created all these Vaikuntha planets and universes within a moment after Brahma’s return Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:0408:04, 16 May 2021 diff hist −14 By distributing the holy name of the Lord, he cleanses the hearts of the most fallen people; therefore he extinguishes the blazing fire of the material world. Not only that, he broadcasts the shining brightness of Krsna’s effulgence throughout the world Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:0208:02, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 As stated in the Brahma-samhita, ananda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih (BS 5.37). Not only did Krsna create all the paraphernalia of His spiritual energy, but He also created unlimited material universes with unlimited Brahmas Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:0108:01, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 All the pastimes, which are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, will cleanse one’s consciousness. In this way one can actually understand the Absolute Truth Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
6 May 2021
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1 May 2021
- 09:2809:28, 1 May 2021 diff hist +3 The living entity is the eternal servant of Krsna. Being part and parcel of the Lord, he is constitutionally pure, but due to his contact with material energy, he identifies himself with either the gross or the subtle material body Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:2009:20, 1 May 2021 diff hist +4,739 On that absolute platform the SPG is worshipable. As stated in the BG 18.55, bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah. On the absolute platform, the worshipful Deity is one, and the process of worship is also one. That process is bhakti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:1509:15, 1 May 2021 diff hist +3 It may be noted that these particular Deities of Rama and Sita have been worshiped from the time of King Iksvaku Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 09:0109:01, 1 May 2021 diff hist +3 All of these sutras (like Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.8), Taittiriya Upanisad (3.1.1), Mundaka Upanisad (1.1.7)) indicate the transformation of the Lord’s energy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:0009:00, 1 May 2021 diff hist +4,308 A description concerning Viththalesvara is given in the Bhakti-ratnakara - Fifth Wave Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 08:4608:46, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Whoever thinks Lord Visnu and the demigods are on the same level is to be immediately considered a rogue as far as spiritual understanding is concerned Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:4608:46, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 When they (Vaisnavas) speak to sinful people about the teachings of this Krsna consciousness movement, people will be affected and take the instructions. We receive instructions in devotional service through the disciplic succession Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:4508:45, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 When the mode of goodness is mixed with the mode of passion, one worships the sun-god, Vivasvan. When the mode of goodness is mixed with the mode of ignorance, one worships Ganapati, or Ganesa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:4208:42, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Unless one is fit according to the estimation of the spiritual master, one cannot accept a mantra from the pancaratrika-vidhi or the vaidika-vidhi Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:4008:40, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3908:39, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 There is the mantra known as the dvadasaksara mantra, composed of twelve syllables, and there is the mantra composed of eighteen syllables. Similarly, there are the Narasimha mantra, the Rama mantra, the Gopala mantra and so on Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3908:39, 1 May 2021 diff hist −49 There is sodhana, or purification of the mantra, but there is no such consideration for the Krsna mantra Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3808:38, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 There are three modes of nature in the material world, but when one is situated spiritually, he is above the material modes, even though he lives in this material world Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3808:38, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 There are many caste gosvamis who professionally create some disciples who do not care for them or their instructions. Such spiritual masters are satisfied simply to get some material benefits from their disciples Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3708:37, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 There are innumerable incarnations and expansions who are also called Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3708:37, 1 May 2021 diff hist −28 The words sevya bhagavan in this verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta are important. Bhagavan indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Lord Visnu alone is worshipable. There is no need to worship demigods Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3608:36, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 The word atma also includes all kinds of personalities known as Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that Krsna has unlimited expansions Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3508:35, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 The position of visuddha-sattva is the position of uncontaminated goodness Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3408:34, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 The first-class devotee is the spiritual master for all kinds of people. It is said, gurur nrnam. The word nrnam means “of all human beings.” The guru is not limited to a particular group Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3408:34, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 The expansions of Krsna are thus compared to candles that have been lit from an original candle. All the secondary candles are equally powerful, but the original candle is that from which all the others have been lit Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 The bona fide spiritual master who accepts disciples from all over the world is also worshiped all over the world because of his qualities. Lokanam asau pujyo yatha harih: the people of the world worship him just as they worship the SPG Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3208:32, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 The Supreme Lord is the master of innumerable eternal energies, which are unlimited. Sometimes these energies are manifested, and sometimes they are not. In any case, all energies are under His control Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3208:32, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 The Sanskrit word mamsa means “meat.” It is said, mam sah khadati iti mamsah. That is, “I am now eating the flesh of an animal who will some day in the future be eating my flesh” Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 1 May 2021 diff hist −14 Sudras and women who are chaste and sincerely interested in understanding the Absolute Truth are qualified to be initiated with the pancaratrika-mantras Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 Such a relationship (gosvamis who professionally create some disciples who do not care for them) is condemned by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who calls such spiritual masters and disciples a society of cheaters and cheated Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Such a person (spiritual master who accepts disciples from all over the world) is called an acarya because he knows the principles of devotional service, he behaves in that way himself, and he teaches his disciples to follow in his footsteps Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2908:29, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that the position of a Vaisnava can be tested by seeing how good a touchstone he is - that is, by seeing how many Vaisnavas he has made during his life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2908:29, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura introduced the system of giving the sacred thread to a bona fide Vaisnava, and we are following in his footsteps Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2808:28, 1 May 2021 diff hist −49 Some slokas or prayers should also be chanted. By chanting, one immediately becomes auspicious and transcendental to the infection of material qualities. Actually one has to chant and remember Lord Krsna twenty-four hours daily Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2308:23, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 One should simply understand that Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja in Vrndavana, the friend of the cowherd boys and lover of the gopis, is actually the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is attained by spontaneous love Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2308:23, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 One must love the spiritual master with unflinching faith, and one must be very steady and fixed Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2308:23, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 One has to gargle (acamana) and brush his teeth (danta-dhavana). He should do this either with twigs or a toothbrush - whatever is available. This will purify the mouth. Then one should take his bath Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2208:22, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 On that platform (visuddha-sattva) one can then understand, aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Nanda Maharaja, is to be worshiped along with His transcendental abode, Vrndavana” Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1808:18, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is expanded as Balarama, Sankarsana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and Vasudeva Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:1808:18, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the origin of all other Personalities of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1808:18, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 Kanistha-adhikari devotees cannot turn others into Vaisnavas, but a madhyama-adhikari Vaisnava can do so by preaching Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1708:17, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 It is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s wish that everyone should become a Vaisnava and guru Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1608:16, 1 May 2021 diff hist −21 In India there are many so-called gurus, and they are limited to a certain district or a province. They do not even travel about India, yet they declare themselves to be jagad-guru, the guru of the whole world. Such cheating gurus should not be accepted Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1508:15, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 If we are intelligent enough, we shall engage in the loving service of the Lord. Then our lives will be successful, and we shall not have to suffer like the hunter life after life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1508:15, 1 May 2021 diff hist −14 If one is sincerely eager to chant the Hare Krsna mantra or diksa-mantra, one is qualified to be initiated according to the pancaratrika process Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1508:15, 1 May 2021 diff hist −14 If one actually wants to serve Krsna, it doesn’t matter whether one is a sudra, vaisya or even a woman Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1508:15, 1 May 2021 diff hist −49 If by chance one gets a sad-guru, it doesn’t matter whether one is in the temple or the forest. If the sad-guru, the bona fide spiritual master, agrees, one can be initiated immediately, without waiting for a suitable time or place Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1308:13, 1 May 2021 diff hist −7 He (disciple) should be interested only in understanding the science of God, and he should be ready to consider all points in this matter. He should no longer think, “I am this body,” or, “This thing belongs to me” Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current