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1 July 2021

• 09:2809:28, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Some commentators on the Gita say that one who worships a demigod can reach the Supreme Lord, but here it is clearly stated that the worshipers of demigods go to the different planetary systems where various demigods are situated. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:2609:26, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Regardless of the situation, if one knows that both the demigods and himself are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, his knowledge is perfect. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:2209:22, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Not only are demigods parts of the Supreme Lord, but ordinary living entities are also. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1709:17, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Just as a worshiper of the sun achieves the sun or a worshiper of the demigod of the moon achieves the moon. Similarly, if anyone wants to worship a demigod like Indra, he can attain that particular god's planet. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:1609:16, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ It is not that everyone, regardless of whatever demigod is worshiped, will reach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is denied. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1609:16, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ It is clearly stated that the worshipers of demigods go to different planets in the material world, but the devotee of the Supreme Lord goes directly to the supreme planet of the Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:1509:15, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ In their ignorance they (worshipers of the demigods) believe that each and every demigod is a separate God and a competitor of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1409:14, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that the brahmanas are the head of the Supreme Lord, the ksatriyas are the arms, etc., and that all serve different functions. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:1309:13, 1 July 2021 diff hist +4,632‎ If one does not understand this (that the demigods and himself are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord), he achieves different planets where the demigods reside. This is not the same destination the devotee reaches. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:1109:11, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Generally in the Upanisads the Supreme Absolute Truth is described in an impersonal way, but the personal aspect of the Absolute Truth is mentioned in the Isopanisad ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1109:11, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ For the living entity who desires to return to Godhead, material desires are impediments. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0809:08, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Devotional service of the Supreme Lord and the worship of a demigod cannot be on the same platform because worship of a demigod is material and devotional service to the Supreme Lord is completely spiritual. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0509:05, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Can anyone supply food to the body through the ears or eyes? They (worshipers of the demigods) do not know that these demigods are different parts of the universal body of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:0209:02, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ As His (Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's) associate, Nityananda, He is the first manifestation of energy; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhara, He is the internal potency; and as Srivasa, He is the marginal living entity ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0109:01, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ Actually Caitanya-caritamrta is not intended for the novice, for it is the post-graduate study of spiritual knowledge. Ideally, one begins with and advances through Srimad-Bhagavatam to the Caitanya-caritamrta ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:0109:01, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3‎ A pure devotee of the Lord is not awarded the material benefits desired by less intelligent living entities who prefer to worship demigods of the material world rather than engage in devotional service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0009:00, 1 July 2021 diff hist +3,354‎ A living entity goes to the demigods usually because he is mad to fulfill his lust. This happens when something undue is desired by the living entity, and the Lord Himself does not fulfill the desire. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current

16 June 2021

• 09:4509:45, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3‎ There are various fields of activity, and one should be interested in such activities. If one cannot sacrifice the result of such activities, the same person can still sacrifice some percentage to propagate Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:4409:44, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3‎ The other (process of bhakti-yoga) is for one who has not developed an attachment for the Supreme Person by transcendental love. For this second class there are different prescribed rules and regulations, which one can follow. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1909:19, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3‎ If one attaches himself directly to the activities of Krsna consciousness, there may be objection from family members, or so many other difficulties. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current

31 May 2021

• 09:3009:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ The transcendental mellows are experienced in different stages. Similarly, there are many other forms of expression that have been analytically studied by the Gosvamis. In the Brs, Rupa Gosvami gives each and every symptom a particular name ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
• 09:2909:29, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ The author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta says that if one does not take advantage of the Krsna consciousness movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he cannot be delivered for millions of such kalpas ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:2909:29, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ The Hare Krsna maha-mantra - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare - includes both the holy name of Lord Krsna and the name of Lord Rama ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1709:17, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ Lord Rama gives one the opportunity to be liberated, but simply by liberation one does not get actual spiritual benefit ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:1409:14, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ In an indirect way, this verse (CC Antya 3.257) explains the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0809:08, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ Duryodhana clearly felt that the victory of the Kurus depended on the presence of Bhismadeva. He was confident of the full support of Bhismadeva and Dronacarya in the battle. BG 1972 purports ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0209:02, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3‎ As far as raga is concerned, the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.2.87) says - That stage at which affection for the beloved converts unhappiness into happiness is called raga, or attachment ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 09:0009:00, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3,026‎ A description of mana can be found in Madhya-lila (Chapter Two, verse 66). Similarly, a description of pranaya is also there ‎ Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
• 08:4008:40, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21‎ “Introductions may be classified as follows: (1) udghatyaka, (2) kathodghata, (3) prayogatisaya, (4) pravartaka and (5) avalagita.” These five kinds of introduction are called amukha ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3908:39, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ When the word natata (“dancing on the stage”) is linked with the moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word natata is linked with Krsna, this type of introduction is called udghatyaka ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
• 08:3808:38, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ When Srila Ramananda Raya inquired which of these five Srila Rupa Gosvami had used to accomplish the technical introduction to his drama Lalita-madhava, Rupa Gosvami replied that he had used the introduction technically called udghatyaka ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
• 08:3808:38, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21‎ When Srila Ramananda Raya inquired about the arrangement for introducing the assembly of players in the drama, Rupa Gosvami replied that when the players first enter the stage in response to the time, the introduction is technically called pravartaka ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
• 08:3608:36, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ Unless one is a fully unalloyed devotee of the Lord, one should not try to describe the pastimes of Krsna in poetry, for it will be only mundane ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3608:36, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ Unfortunately, at the present moment the bodily constitutions of the leaders of society, especially the governmental leaders, are polluted ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3408:34, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, & in this way they devour the citizens of the state instead of benefiting them. We therefore cannot expect a government to be efficient if it is headed by such unclean mlecchas & yavanas ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ There are many descriptions of Krsna’s Bhagavad-gita written by persons whose consciousness is mundane and who are not qualified by pure devotion ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ The vithi beginning of a drama consists of only one scene. In that scene, one of the heroes enters the stage, and by means of opposing statements uttered by a voice from the sky (offstage), he introduces the abundant conjugal mellow to some degree ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ The transcendental vibration of the Lord’s holy name is completely spiritual. Thus it must be received from spiritual sources and must be chanted after having been heard from a spiritual master ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3208:32, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ The technical names for the five kinds of introductory scenes of the drama are listed as udghatyaka, kathodghata, prayogatisaya, pravartaka and avalagita ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3208:32, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ The special function of Srila Rupa Gosvami is to establish the feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These feelings are His desires that His special mercy be spread throughout the world in this Kali-yuga ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
• 08:3108:31, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ The principle of being empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is essential ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3108:31, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ The method of inducing the audience to become more and more eager to hear by praising the time and place, the hero and the audience is called prarocana ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3008:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ The meaning is the same (Prakrit and Sanskrit), but the native language is different. It was spoken to Krsna by Madhumangala as he read Him a letter from Srimati Radharani ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:3008:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ The desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Him and His sankirtana movement. These are the inner feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:2808:28, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ Srila Sanatana Gosvami has warned all neophyte devotees that one should not hear from the mouth of a non-Vaisnava ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:2808:28, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14‎ Srila Ramananda Raya used highly technical terms when he discussed this subject (five kinds of introductory scenes) with Srila Rupa Gosvami ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:2708:27, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21‎ Srila Ramananda Raya asked which of the five introductions had been employed, and Srila Rupa Gosvami replied that he had used the introduction called the pravartaka ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
• 08:2308:23, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ Politicians meet together and exchange good wishes by drinking liquor, which is so polluted and sinful that naturally drunkards and meat-eaters develop a degraded mentality in the mode of ignorance ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:2108:21, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 08:2108:21, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7‎ One who hears the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra must receive it from the spiritual master by aural reception ‎ Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current