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21 September 2022
- 08:1608:16, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,034 People who are asses, mudhas, duskrtis, cannot see God, but those who are intelligent can see God everywhere because God is omnipresent No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,271 He (God) is within the universe and within our heart, and He is even within the atom. Why are we saying that we cannot see Him? God says, - Try to see Me in this way, but if you are too dull, then try to see Me another way No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,327 What is the easy way? Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita, "I am the taste of water." Is there anyone who has not tasted water? He also says, "I am the light of the sun." Is there anyone who has not seen sunshine? Then why are people saying, - I have not seen God No edit summary
- 08:1408:14, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,164 First of all we have to try to see God. It is as easy as ABCD. When we see God everywhere, we will see the personal God. Then we will understand No edit summary
- 08:1408:14, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,021 Bhagavan pumsam isvarah. Bhagavan is isvara, the controller. We are not independent. No one can actually say, - I am independent No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,929 Yasodamayi got Krsna as her son, and she was always anxious that He not be in danger. Thus she was always protecting Him No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,079 Actually Krsna protects the entire universe, but Yasoda was giving protection to Krsna. This is Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,448 Yasoda became mad when she saw Krsna taken away by the Trnavarta demon. However, Krsna became so heavy that the demon could not fly in the sky, and thus the demon fell to the earth and died. Yasoda immediately said, - God has saved my Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,972 She (Yasoda) began to thank some other God, some devata. She did not know that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,418 If she (Yasoda) had thought of Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the relationship between mother and son would have been destroyed. Therefore Krsna was playing just like an ordinary child, and Mother Yasoda was treating Him as her son No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,394 Krsna's friends, the cowherd boys, did not consider Him the Supreme Lord either. The gopis even used to chastise Krsna. If a devotee can have such a relationship with Krsna, why should he want to become one with God No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,384 It is better to be God's father, God's controller. This is bhakti-marga, the path of devotional service. A devotee does not want to be equal to God or one with God. He simply wants to render service No edit summary
- 08:0908:09, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,022 In order to understand the Absolute Truth, we have to understand the meaning of Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,274 Everyone wants to take something from the father. One is always saying, "Father, give me this. Father, give me that." However, accepting the Supreme Lord as one's son means rendering service No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,940 People today do not even know the meaning of God, so there is no question of surrender No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,170 There are also those who are scholarly and well educated, but their knowledge is taken away by maya, illusion. Although they may superficially hold degrees, they have no real knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,187 They are also asuras, demons who simply defy God, saying, - I am God, you are God. Why are you searching for God? There are many Gods loitering in the street. Take care of them No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,114 It is not surprising that newspapers report that faith in a personal God is decreasing. Nonetheless, God is a person. Ya adyo bhagavan No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,243 We all have some relationship with Krsna, but presently that is covered. Therefore we have to revive it. Simple appreciation of the Supreme is called santa-rasa No edit summary current
- 08:0108:01, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,277 When one appreciates the Supreme fully, he wishes to render some service, and that is called dasya. When one becomes more intimate, he becomes a friend of Krsna's, and that is called sakhya No edit summary current
- 08:0008:00, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,145 When one is more advanced, he wants to render service to Krsna as a father or a mother, and this is vatsalya. Being a father or a mother means serving the son No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,190 The Christian conception of God as the Supreme Father is not very perfect because if we conceive of God as a father, our position will be to take things from Him No edit summary current
- 06:5606:56, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,330 Foolish philosophers say that the universe automatically came into being by nature. They say that in the beginning there was a chunk, and this cosmic manifestation came out of that chunk of matter No edit summary current
- 06:5606:56, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,214 Where did this chunk come from? The fact is that there must be a brain, a leader, behind anything organized. We have information of this leader from the Vedas: nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam - Katha Upanisad 2.2.13 No edit summary current
- 06:5506:55, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,842 The Supreme Lord is eternal, and we are also eternal. But the Supreme Lord is one, and we are many No edit summary current
- 06:5506:55, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,352 The Supreme Lord is very great, and we are very small. He is all-pervading and infinite, and we are finite and infinitesimal. Even if we analyze the creation, we will find that not everyone is on the same level No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,183 One person is more intelligent or opulent than another. If we analyze things in this way, we will come to the demigods, and among them we will find that the most important demigod is Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,446 We actually see that the present generation is not as strong as the previous. People also have short memories. We also understand that sometimes people are killed while other people pass by, not caring. Thus mercy is also diminishing No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 21 September 2022 diff hist +11,509 Because everything is diminishing, God consciousness is diminishing also; therefore it is natural to receive news that faith in a personal God is diminishing. In BG (7.15), one who does not accept a personal God is described as a mudha, a fool No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,621 One who feels the need to cross the dark ocean of nescience, which is material existence, requires a guru. It is not the guru's task to supply gold and medicine No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,619 It has become a fashion to keep a guru as if he were a dog or a cat. This is of no use. We must inquire about that portion of God's creation which is beyond this darkness No edit summary current
- 06:4806:48, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,375 The Upanisads and Bhagavad-gita describe another world, beyond this material nature No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,558 It is not possible for us to go to that paravyoma by material means. It is impossible to penetrate the material universe unless one understands Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,855 One can be enlightened by the mercy of God because Krsna Himself comes to give us information. If He does not come personally, He sends His devotee, or He leaves behind Him Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,675 We are so foolish that we do not take advantage of them (devotees of God and Bhagavad-gita). We do not take advantage of His devotee, who hankers to give this knowledge, sacrificing everything No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,428 By Krsna's mercy one can receive the bhakti-lata-bija, the seed of devotional service No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,744 Unless one is free from the reactions of sin, one cannot understand bhakti or Bhagavan. Therefore we must act piously by giving up illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,681 If we lead a pious life, we can understand God. This Krsna consciousness movement is engaged in training people to this end so that their lives will be successful No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,123 She (Devahuti) said, - My dear Kapila, You have come as my son, but You are my guru because You can inform me how I can cross the ocean of nescience, which is the material world No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 21 September 2022 diff hist +10,033 He (Sanatana Gosvami) did not approach Him to get some gold or some medicine. He went to find out his real self-interest. This is the real purpose for approaching a guru. Devahuti approached Lord Kapiladeva in the same way No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,953 Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "Why are you dissatisfied?" Sanatana Gosvami replied, - I am such a poor pandita that I do not even know the goal of life. I do not even know what is beneficial for me. I am simply being carried away by sense gratification No edit summary
- 06:4006:40, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,750 When Sanatana Gosvami approached Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he said, - The people in my neighborhood are calling me a pandita, and I am very unhappy because of this No edit summary
- 06:3906:39, 21 September 2022 diff hist +9,667 Sanatana Gosvami was a great learned scholar, and he was called a pandita, which indicates that he was a learned brahmana No edit summary
20 September 2022
- 15:3715:37, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,802 God can be seen, as stated in Brahma-samhita (5.38), premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena - Govinda (Krsna) is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed by the pulp of love No edit summary
- 15:3515:35, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,713 If we are devotees, lovers of God, the ointment of love will clear our eyes. In order to see God, we have to cleanse our eyes by wiping away the cataracts of material contamination No edit summary
- 15:3315:33, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,528 Although we may be eager to see God, we cannot see Him with these material eyes. Not only can we not see Him, but we cannot understand Him, although His name is there No edit summary current
- 15:3115:31, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,995 Understanding God means first of all understanding His name. Therefore from the beginning we should chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. God is not different from His name. Krsna's name and Krsna's person are the same No edit summary current
- 15:2715:27, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,902 Absolute - means that Krsna's name, form, place, dress, pastimes and everything are nondifferent from Him. Krsna is present in His name, but because we have no love for Him, we cannot see Him No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,654 Those who are learned and intelligent look to the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief from the threefold miseries of material existence No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,700 She (Goddess Durga) is so powerful that she can create and maintain. Prakrti, nature, can be very unkind. Mother Durga is often portrayed as chastising demons by piercing them with a trident No edit summary current