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22 September 2022
- 06:5306:53, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,902 There is peace even if we are an inch out of the water. Tava pada-pankaja-sthita-dhuli sadrsam vicintaya (Siksastaka 5). If somehow or other we become one of the particles of dust at Krsna's lotus feet, we will be liberated No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,872 We may be a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian for fifty or sixty years, or at the utmost one hundred, but again we have to take birth and be something else No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,780 We are thinking in terms of these religious designations, which are called asad-dharma, meaning that they may change at any moment. But what is our real dharma No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,632 Real dharma is sad-dharma, that which will not change, and this sad-dharma necessitates surrendering unto Krsna. This dharma will continue eternally No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,947 There are many propounders of sad-dharma, but actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best propounder because He knows the reality. It is therefore said of the Gosvamis: nana-sastra-vicaranaika-nipunau sad-dharma-samsthapakau No edit summary current
- 06:5006:50, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,023 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's direct disciples, the Gosvamis, tried to establish sad-dharma, and we are trying to follow in their footsteps by establishing real dharma throughout the world with this Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary
- 06:4606:46, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,593 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was a great logician, and he composed a hundred verses to Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,094 The Krsna consciousness movement preaches that everything belongs to Krsna & that everything should be utilized for Krsna's benefit. He is the beneficiary of everything, & it is to our benefit that we come to this knowledge. Isavasyam idam sarvam - ISO 1 No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,569 If one realizes that everything belongs to Krsna, one becomes the greatest mahatma No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,850 Being a mahatma does not mean that one wears a big beard and a particular type of dress. No, this awareness must be there. Whatever we have should be offered to Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,016 If we have first-class food, we should offer it to Him. If we have nothing, we can offer Him a leaf, a flower, a little water or fruit. This can he collected by anyone anywhere without having to pay money No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,978 The point is that we should offer something to Krsna with devotion. It is not that Krsna is hungry and is asking for food. No, He is feeding everyone, supplying everyone with all the necessities: eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman - Katha Upanisad 2.2.13 No edit summary current
- 06:0906:09, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,039 What, then, is He requesting? He is asking for bhakti, devotion, because He wants us to love Him. We are suffering in this material world, entangled in the tree of material existence, moving from one branch to another, and because of this we are suffering No edit summary
- 06:0906:09, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,857 Krsna does not want us to suffer, jumping like monkeys from branch to branch. We must come to Him and surrender to Him. When we come to this knowledge, we become perfect in knowledge No edit summary current
- 06:0806:08, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,923 When we take shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna, we are no longer debtors to anyone. Na kinkaro nayam rni (SB 11.5.41). Krsna assures us, 'aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami: "I'll give you all relief." (BG 18.66) This is what we actually want No edit summary current
- 06:0806:08, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,889 Vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga (CC Madhya 6.254). Bhakti-yoga is the science of detachment. This verse was composed by Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya when he understood that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,828 The external energy is this material world, the internal energy is the spiritual world, and the marginal energy is the living entity. The living entity is marginal because he can remain in the material world or the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,619 Bhagavad-gita describes two types of living entities, ksara and aksara, those living in the material world and those in the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,701 It is essential that we disassociate ourselves from this tree by detachment. Cutting down this tree is very difficult, but it is possible with the weapon of detachment No edit summary
- 06:0306:03, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,705 There is a Bengali proverb that states: "I'll catch the fish, but I will not touch the water." That type of intelligence is required No edit summary current
- 06:0306:03, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,868 In America we see many old men on the beach who have retired from their business to waste their time trying to catch fish. They are not very cautious, and they touch the water No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,652 The real dharma is set forth by Sri Krsna when He says: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66). All other dharmas are simply forms of cheating No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,818 Those who have fallen into the material world are attracted by the tree of samsara, the banyan tree of material existence described in Bhagavad-gita - Fifteenth Chapter No edit summary current
- 06:0106:01, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,845 We may have many great temples, but we should not be attached to them. It is for Krsna's sake that we construct temples, but we must understand that the temples are Krsna's property No edit summary current
- 06:0006:00, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,746 Our mission is to teach people that everything belongs to Krsna. Only a thief will occupy something belonging to another and claim it to be his No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,015 Although we are not paying the bill, we are taking advantage of the sunlight and the sun's heat. If we take advantage of electricity, we have to pay the bill, but we don't pay the sun bill. This means that we are actually indebted to the sun-god, Vivasvan No edit summary current
- 05:5705:57, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,169 The King of heaven, Indra, is supplying water in the form of rain. Rascals say that all this comes about by nature, but they do not know that nature is controlled. If we don't pay our debts by performing sacrifices, there will certainly be a scarcity No edit summary
- 05:5505:55, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,858 We do not care for our Father; however, nature is nonetheless working under His direction. If we do not care for Him, nature will reduce her supply, for nature will not allow demons to flourish No edit summary current
- 05:5505:55, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,905 Demons are always subject to be punished, and great demons like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu are personally punished by the Lord. Otherwise, ordinary demons are punished by the laws of material nature No edit summary current
- 05:5405:54, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,908 Krsna does not need to come to punish the petty demons, but when there are great demons like Ravana, Hiranyakasipu and Kamsa, the Lord comes as Lord Ramacandra, Lord Nrsimha-deva or Sri Krsna to punish them No edit summary current
- 05:5405:54, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,670 If we do not want to be punished, we have to follow the rules and regulations (sad-dharma). Dharma means "the laws given by God." Dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam - SB 6.3.19 No edit summary current
- 05:5305:53, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,961 The laws are given by Bhagavan and are written in books like Manu-samhita and other Vedic literatures. According to the law, we have to obey the government, and according to dharma, we have to obey Krsna, God No edit summary
- 05:5205:52, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,822 We cannot manufacture our laws at home, and we cannot manufacture dharma. If one tries, he is simply cheating the public. Such false dharmas are kicked out of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2): dharmah projjhita No edit summary
- 05:5205:52, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,938 We must accept the principles of Bhagavad-gita, which constitute the ABC'S of dharma. Actually, we only have to accept the principle of surrender unto Krsna, but this acceptance comes after many, many births No edit summary current
- 05:5105:51, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,940 It is not very easy, for only after many births of struggle does one come to his real perfection and surrender unto Krsna. At this time he understands perfectly that Vasudeva, Krsna, is everything No edit summary current
- 05:5105:51, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,735 This is the greatest lesson of Bhagavad-gita, Everything is Krsna's energy, and whatever we see is but an exhibition of two types of energy No edit summary
- 05:5005:50, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,019 Everyone knows that the sun has two types of energy - heat and light. Similarly, Krsna has an external energy and an internal energy, and He also has a marginal energy, which is a mixture of the other two No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,136 Because we have given up Krsna's service, we have become servants of so many things. We are obliged to serve our parents, wife, children, country and so forth. We are indebted to many people and to the demigods who give heat and light No edit summary current
- 05:4605:46, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,145 Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is everyone's real shelter (saranam saranyam). Everyone is seeking shelter because we are all constitutionally servants. Originally we are servants of God; therefore it is our nature to take His shelter No edit summary current
- 05:4505:45, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,952 Some seek an occupation or the service of a great man; others seek the service of the government or whatever. In any case, the ultimate shelter is Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 05:4505:45, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,116 Being Krsna's incarnation, Kapiladeva is also a shelter. Krsna has unlimited forms and unlimited incarnations. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam that His incarnations are expanding continuously, like waves in the ocean. Indeed, we cannot even count them No edit summary current
- 05:4405:44, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,889 In Brahma-samhita it is said: Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam (Bs. 5.33). In India there are many thousands of temples, and within these temples there are arca-vigrahas, Deities. All these Krsnas are nondifferent; they are one No edit summary current
- 05:4405:44, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,972 Krsna resides in Vaikuntha and also in the temple. The Krsnas are not different, although they are ananta, unlimited. Krsna is also the witness within everyone's heart, and He is seeing all of our activities No edit summary
- 05:4305:43, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,030 We cannot hide anything from Him, and we receive the results of our karma because the witness is Krsna Himself within the heart. How, then, can we avoid Him? Without Krsna's permission, we cannot do anything No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,287 Why does Krsna give us permission to do something wrong? He does so because we persist. Actually He does not tell us to do anything other than surrender unto Him. We want to do something, & Krsna may sanction it, but we go ahead & do it at our own risk No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,657 Krsna is not responsible. However, we should know that without the sanction of Krsna, we cannot do anything. That is a fact No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,739 We are constitutionally servants of Krsna. Even though we may declare ourselves independent, we are not. Rather, we are servants falsely declaring that we are independent No edit summary current
- 05:3905:39, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,512 Self-realization is understanding that we are dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:3705:37, 22 September 2022 diff hist +10,958 He (Krsna) clearly says, bhaktya mam abhijanati: (BG 18.55) "Only by devotional service can I be understood." If we want to know Krsna as He is, we have to accept the process of bhakti. It is this bhakti process that Kapiladeva will reveal to Devahuti No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 22 September 2022 diff hist +10,712 If I am the master of anger, I can control my anger, and if I am the master of my desires, I can control my desires. In any case, I am a servant, and my service should be transferred to Krsna. That is the perfection of life No edit summary current