User contributions for Shaalini
5 July 2022
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,969 This material world is called dvaita, or duality. The Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Antya 4.176) says - In the world of duality - that is to say, in the material world - so-called goodness and badness are both the same No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,581 This material world is a world of duality - at one moment we are subjected to the heat of the summer season & at the next moment the cold of winter. Or at one moment we're happy & at the next distressed. At one moment honored, at the next dishonored No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +8,946 This is the world of duality. One should not think that because he has fallen sick he has fallen from Krsna consciousness. Krsna consciousness can continue without impediment from any material opposition No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,016 The word kusalena is very important. One should live in the material world very expertly. The material world is known as the world of duality because one sometimes has to act impiously and sometimes has to act piously No edit summary current
- 02:3102:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,122 The Mayavadi philosophers may be very proud of their so-called knowledge, but because they do not understand Vasudeva (vasudevah sarvam iti), they do not understand the world of duality, which is a manifestation of Vasudeva's external energy No edit summary current
- 02:3102:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,222 The material world is a shadow phantasmagoria of the spiritual kingdom of the Lord, and because it is a shadow it is never eternal; the variegatedness in the material world of duality (spirit and matter) cannot be compared to that of the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist −3 There is no duality in his mind (one who is fully in Krsna consciousness) because whatever he does, he does for Krsna. Being thus freed from the platform of dualities, he is liberated-even in this material world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,476 Since they find duality in the existence of Vaikuntha life, they are contaminated and should be removed from this place to the material world, where the living entities have three kinds of enemies No edit summary current
4 July 2022
- 12:3112:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,860 One has to understand that in the material world of duality, to think that this is good or that this is bad is simply a mental concoction. One should not imitate this consciousness; one should actually be situated on the spiritual platform of neutrality No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,054 One has to give up all the nonduality of philosophical life in the material world and come to the actual life of reality in the spiritual world in order to attain perfection No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,015 Krsna is impartial, but because this is the material world of duality, such relative terms as happiness and distress, curses and favors, are created by the will of the Supreme No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,230 In this world of duality, this is good and this is bad has no meaning, it is called manodharma, mental concoction No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,771 In this world of duality, family life is the cause that spoils one's spiritual life or meditation. Specifically understanding this fact, one should accept the order of sannyasa without hesitation No edit summary current
- 12:2912:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11,868 In this dual, the world of duality, here, in this material world, the, "This thing is very good, this thing is very bad," it is simply mental concoction. Everything here is bad. Nothing good. So this is our mental creation only No edit summary current
- 12:2912:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,008 In the world of duality everyone is envious of all others, and death is inevitable due to the dual existence of matter and spirit. The Lord is the only shelter of fearlessness for the surrendered soul No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,157 In the world of duality - that is to say, in the material world - so-called goodness and badness are both the same No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,669 In the spiritual world there is no duality, nor is there hate No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,066 In the relative world the knower is the living spirit or superior energy, whereas the known is inert matter or inferior energy. Therefore, there is a duality of inferior and superior energy No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +35 In the relative world such qualities (God's qualities) are displayed in a perverted manner, and therefore we experience nonduality as a perverted reflection No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +26,154 Ignorance and knowledge are conceptions in this world of duality, but in the Absolute there is no duality. It is simply foolishness to consider that the Absolute is covered by ignorance No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,324 He (anyone) will never feel the distresses of the world of duality. In any condition of life one will be happy if he chants the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,907 Dear Lord, we (the Pracetas) beg to offer our obeisances unto You. When the mind is fixed upon You, the world of duality, although a place for material enjoyment, appears meaningless. Your transcendental form is full of transcendental bliss No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,220 Because it is the world of duality. There must be something dual, black-white, darkness-light, sukha, happiness-distress, father-son. There must be. This is called relative world No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,469 Because in this world, the world of duality, dual world, everything is to be understood by duality. We cannot understand what is honor if there is no dishonor No edit summary current
13 June 2022
- 06:5906:59, 13 June 2022 diff hist +1,831 Thus I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have described the incident of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's falling into the ocean. Anyone who listens to this pastime will certainly attain shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,544 The pure devotee thinks himself fallen into the ocean of birth and death and incessantly prays to the Lord to lift him up. He only aspires to become a speck of transcendental dust at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +22,733 The only hope for a man fallen in the middle of the ocean is that someone will come and pick him up. If someone just comes and hauls him but a few feet out of the water, he is immediately relieved No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,903 The gopis have fallen into the great ocean of separation and are being devoured by the timingila fish of their ambition to serve You. The gopis are to be delivered from the mouths of these timingila fish, for they are pure devotees No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,182 The earth informed King Prthu that if he destroyed her, he and his subjects would all fall down into the waters of the garbha ocean. King Prthu now replies to that point No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,997 Sudras who could not improve themselves fall into that ocean (filled with pus, stool, urine, mucus, saliva and similar things) and are forced to eat those disgusting things No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +7,123 O son of Nanda Maharaja, I am Your eternal servant, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +14 O son of Nanda, I (Caitanya) am Your (Krsna's) eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth & death. please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +34 O son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, & although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth & death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death & fix me as 1 of the atoms at Your lotus feet - Caitanya prayed No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,104 Only under certain conditions do the planets float as weightless balls in the air, and as soon as these conditions are disturbed, the planets may fall down in the Garbhodaka Ocean, which covers half the universe No edit summary
- 06:5206:52, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,535 One of the gopis said, "May Krsna's sweet flute be washed away by the waves of the Yamuna, and let it fall into the ocean! The sweet sound of that flute is so impudent that it makes us lose all composure before our superiors" No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +14 My dear Lord, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of this material world. Kindly pick me up and fix me as a speck of dust at Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,961 Like a man fallen in the ocean, the only survival is... If somebody goes and picks him just one inch above the water, he feels immediately relieved. Immediately. So as soon as we are fixed up in Krsna consciousness, the immediate relief No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,451 Krsna, with the aid of His Sudarsana cakra, immediately separated the demon's five heads from his body. The demon then fell into the water, just as the peak of a mountain falls into the ocean after being struck by the thunderbolt of Indra No edit summary
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +1,801 I am infected by the germs of material activity and am suffering from the boils of envy. Therefore, falling in an ocean of humility, I take shelter of the great physician Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,055 In the words of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, anadi karama-phale, padi' bhavarnava jale. The living entity falls into the ocean of karma-bandhana as a result of past material activities No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +11,665 He (one who has submitted to Krsna) should say, "Krsna, I am suffering in this way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly pick me up No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,048 Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, "Somehow or other we have fallen into the ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable" No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,187 Appearing as Nrsimhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Hari, killed Hiranyakasipu. When the Lord delivered the planet earth, which had fallen in the Garbhodaka Ocean, Hiranyaksa tried to hinder Him, then the Lord, as Varaha, killed Hiranyaksa No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,274 After death, such persons are thrown into the hell called Puyoda, where they are put into an ocean filled with pus, stool, urine, mucus, saliva and similar things. Sudras who could not improve themselves fall into that ocean and are forced to eat those No edit summary current
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,129 You simply desire to serve Krishna best and there will be no scarcity of anything. Know it certain from me No edit summary current
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,829 You please help me to spread this information all over this earth planet, especially by helping to distribute my books and literatures, as many as possible. Then you will get the credit, and know it for certain that very soon you will go back to Home No edit summary
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,454 When we actually see people come to our center, chant, dance, take prasadam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that certainly Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always present in such transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,370 Whatever affection we see the gopis show for their own bodies, know it for certain to be only for the sake of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 13 June 2022 diff hist −6 We should know it with certainty from the descriptions of these few verses that all the transformations and influences of material nature by the three modes are also productions of material nature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 13 June 2022 diff hist +12 We must know then for certain that there is a controller; that is the beginning of knowledge. Why should we deny this truth No edit summary current