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20 September 2022
- 10:1810:18, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,719 Because the impersonalists are not allowed to enter the Vaikuntha planets, they simply remain in the Brahman effulgence. Thus they fall down again into material variety No edit summary
- 10:1710:17, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,693 We have seen many impersonalist sannyasis who first of all give up the world as false (brahma satyam jagan mithya). They consider themselves Brahman (aham brahmasmi), consider the world false - jagat is mithya No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,801 Looking at a mountain from a distance, we may see a hazy cloud, and if we come nearer, we may see something green. If we actually climb the mountain, we will find many houses, trees and animals No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,640 Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are not different. They are simply different aspects of the complete Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,720 The words tattva-marga-darsanam are elucidated elsewhere in Srimad-Bhagavatam: brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate (SB 1.2.11). The Absolute Truth is understood differently according to the position of the student No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,445 Bhakti is obtainable for a liberated person; it is not for the conditioned soul. How is this possible No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,754 We must engage in the nine processes of devotional service, the first of which is hearing (sravana). Then, under the direction of the spiritual master and the sastras, one can immediately become a liberated person No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,828 One doesn't have to endeavor separately to become liberated if he immediately engages in devotional service. One must have a firm conviction that he is engaged in Krsna's service and is free from all material contamination. This is imperative No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,757 Like Arjuna, Devahuti was aware that she was before her spiritual master, as indicated in the following verse. Indeed, Lord Brahma had informed her that her son was a powerful incarnation No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,400 The ultimate goal of the Absolute Truth is Krsna consciousness, devotional service. The liberated stage is not final No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,526 If we simply understand that we are not the body, that we are spirit soul, our knowledge is insufficient. We must also act as Brahman; then our position will be fixed No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,718 On the bank of the Bindu-sarovara Lake, Kapiladeva personally expounded Sankhya philosophy to His mother, Devahuti, just as Krsna personally expounded the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita to His friend Arjuna No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,492 Lord Brahma is a jiva-tattva, a living being like us. If we become spiritually powerful, we can also have the post of Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,531 Sankaracarya, the Mayavadi impersonalist philosopher, accepts Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead - sa bhagavan svayam krsnah No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,733 All the acaryas - Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - also accept Krsna as the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,777 Kapiladeva is an incarnation of Krsna, and He gave instructions to His mother, Devahuti. We must distinguish between the two Kapilas. One Kapila is this Bhagavan Kapila, and the other Kapila is the atheist Kapila No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,755 Bhagavan Kapila is also known as Devahuti-putra Kapila. Both Kapilas expounded Sankhya philosophy, but the atheist Kapila expounded it without understanding, perception or realization of God No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,528 Kapiladeva was anxious that His mother not feel the absence of His father, and He was ready to take the best care of her and give her knowledge No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,745 Women are inferior to men, and Vedic civilization is so perfect that men are given full charge of the women. It is therefore said: matuh priya-cikirsaya. The son is always ready to see that the mother is not unhappy No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,651 Mahabharata is called the fifth Veda. The four preceding Vedas are the Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva. The essence of Vedic knowledge, Bhagavad-gita, is given within the Mahabharata No edit summary current
18 September 2022
- 09:0909:09, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,406 Because women are supposed to be less intelligent, they should be given knowledge, and they should also follow this knowledge No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,816 They should follow their father's instructions, their husband's instructions and the instructions of their grown, scholarly sons like Kapiladeva. In this way, their lives can be perfect. In all cases, women should always remain dependent No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,912 Tasmin bindusare 'vatsid bhagavan kapilah kila. It is noteworthy that in this verse Kapiladeva is referred to as Bhagavan, which indicates that He possesses all wealth, fame, knowledge, beauty, strength and renunciation No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,886 These six opulences are fully represented in Krsna; therefore Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28)), and others are accepted as His expansions, or incarnations - visnu-tattva No edit summary
- 09:0509:05, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,674 In Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Rupa Gosvami has analyzed the characteristics of Bhagavan. The first Bhagavan is Sri Krsna Himself, but some of His opulences are also bestowed upon Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,497 Devahuti was given to her grown son, Kapiladeva, and Kapiladeva was fully aware that He had to take care of His mother No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,513 It is the duty of the father to protect his daughter until she attains puberty and is married to a suitable young man. The husband then takes care of the wife No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,871 Generally a man should marry at around twenty-five years of age, and a girl should marry no later than sixteen. If this is the case, when the man is fifty years old, his eldest son should be around twenty-five, old enough to take charge of the mother No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 18 September 2022 diff hist +12,039 Kapiladeva was about twenty-five years old and was quite able to take charge of His mother, Devahuti. He knew that because His father left His mother in His charge, He should take care of her and always please her. Matuh priya-cikirsaya No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,761 Kapiladeva was not irresponsible, but was always ready to please His mother. Kapiladeva was a brahmacari, and His mother took lessons from Him. That is the prerogative of the male No edit summary current
- 08:5108:51, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,984 Being a yogi, Kardama Muni strictly followed these principles; therefore as soon as Kapiladeva was grown, Devahuti was placed in His charge. Kardama Muni then left home. As stated in this verse: pitari prasthite 'ranyam matuh priya-cikirsaya No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,503 When he gives up his home, he is called a vanaprastha, and after that he may take sannyasa No edit summary current
- 08:3308:33, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,688 By his (Kardama Muni's) wife, Devahuti, he had nine daughters, who were distributed to the prajapatis like Daksa Maharaja and many others. The only son of Kardama Muni was Kapiladeva, an incarnation of Krsna No edit summary
- 08:2808:28, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,714 These authorities should be followed if we want to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead and understand the purpose of religious life. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah - CC Madhya 17.186 No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,717 These mahajanas follow the principles set forth by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,483 We cannot very easily understand the actual truth of religious systems, but if we follow these mahajanas, we can understand No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,524 Kapila Muni explained the glories of devotional service to His mother, Devahuti. If we follow Him, we may learn the truth of devotional service No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,783 According to the system of varnasrama-dharma, one who is over fifty years of age must leave home, go to the forest and completely devote his life to spiritual realization. This is the actual varnasrama-dharma system No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,301 It (varnasrama-dharma) is not a Hindu system, for the word "Hindu" is a name given by the Muslims and does not occur in any Vedic literature. However, the varnasrama-dharma is mentioned No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,724 He (Kardama Muni) also created a great spaceship as large as a small city. Modern airlines have prepared a 747, & although these are very big, Kardama Muni, by his yogic powers, was able to create a spaceship wherein there were lakes, palaces and gardens No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,826 This spaceship could also travel all over the universe. Modern scientists labor very hard to make a small spaceship to go to the moon, but Kardama Muni could create a great spaceship that could travel to all planets. This is possible by yogic powers No edit summary
- 08:1708:17, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,699 There are different siddhis, or yogic perfections - anima, laghima, prapti, and so on - and whatever yogis choose to do, they can do. That is the real yoga system No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,809 It is not that one becomes a yogi simply by pressing his nose and performing some gymnastics. One must actually attain the yogic siddhis. By these siddhis, the yogi can become very small or very large, very heavy or very light No edit summary current
- 08:1408:14, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,580 Whatever he (a yogi) wants, he can immediately produce in his hand, and he can travel wherever he desires. Kardama Muni was such a perfected siddhi-yogi No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,549 Kardama Muni was a yogi living in a cottage, and Devahuti was a princess, a king's daughter. Not being used to work, she became very skinny No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,817 Being a great yogi, Kardama Muni was not very interested in family life. Nonetheless, he decided to marry, and Svayambhuva Manu brought his daughter Devahuti to him to serve as a wife No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 18 September 2022 diff hist +19,797 Srimad-Bhagavatam was compiled by Vyasadeva, who also compiled the Vedanta-sutra No edit summary
17 September 2022
- 14:4514:45, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,032 Generally the Mayavadis emphasize the commentary made on the Vedanta-sutra by Sankaracarya, the Sariraka-bhasya, but that is not the original commentary on Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,206 Transcendental knowledge is therefore very logical. According to the Vedic system, the acarya must understand Vedanta-sutra (also called Brahma-sutra) before he can be accepted as an acarya No edit summary
- 14:4214:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,083 We have to approach a spiritual master who is in the disciplic succession from Vyasadeva. Everyone may claim to be following Vyasadeva, but one must actually follow him No edit summary current