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26 September 2022
- 10:1010:10, 26 September 2022 diff hist +13,917 Krsna is the real husband of all living entities, who are described as prakrti (female), not purusa (male) No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 26 September 2022 diff hist +5,742 Krsna is the real husband not only of the gopis, but of every living entity. Everyone should perfectly understand that Krsna is the real husband of all living entities, who are described in the Bhagavad-gita as prakrti (female), not purusa (male) No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 26 September 2022 diff hist +2,744 King Vena replied: You are not at all experienced. It is very much regrettable that you are maintaining something which is not religious and are accepting it as religious. Indeed, I think you are giving up your real husband, who maintains you No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 26 September 2022 diff hist +6,094 Factually the only real husband of all women is Krsna, the supreme husband. Because the gopis were liberated souls, they understood this fact. Therefore they rejected their material husbands and accepted Krsna as their real husband No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 26 September 2022 diff hist +4,488 The determined faith (in Supreme Lord) is called drdha-vrata, & it is the beginning of bhakti-yoga or transcendental loving service. That is the verdict of all scriptures. This Seventh Chapter of the Gita is the substance of that conviction. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 26 September 2022 diff hist +3,945 Without being qualified, one cannot become a brahmana or medical practitioner, and that is the verdict of all scriptures and social orders No edit summary
- 07:4107:41, 26 September 2022 diff hist +39 No one is equal to or greater than Him, and that is the verdict of all scriptures No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 26 September 2022 diff hist +5,339 If one is serious about escaping maya's influence and returning home, back to Godhead, one must associate with a sadhu (devotee). That is the verdict of all scriptures No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 26 September 2022 diff hist +5,013 Determined faith is called drdha-vrata, and it is the beginning of bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service. That is the verdict of all scriptures No edit summary current
- 05:1705:17, 26 September 2022 diff hist −9 We are all under authority, yet we say that we don't want authority. This is called maya, illusion. We do, however, have a certain independence - we can choose to be under the authority of our senses or the authority of Krsna No edit summary current
- 05:1705:17, 26 September 2022 diff hist +3,658 Guru refers to one who gives proper direction under the authority of the Vedic injunctions and according to the examples of the lives of great personalities. The best way to mold one's life is to follow in the footsteps of the authorized personalities No edit summary
- 04:5604:56, 26 September 2022 diff hist +3,363 When the yogi is controlled by the mind, he falls down into the material condition. One should be very careful of the mind, just as a husband should be careful of an unchaste wife No edit summary current
- 04:5504:55, 26 September 2022 diff hist +12,479 The purpose is that our mind is like that, pumscali, unchaste wife. Not that everyone is unchaste. We have got many example, the character of woman No edit summary current
- 04:5504:55, 26 September 2022 diff hist +2,152 My dear Uddhava, that man is certainly most miserable who takes care of a cow that gives no milk, an unchaste wife, a body totally dependent on others, useless children or wealth not utilized for the right purpose No edit summary current
- 04:5504:55, 26 September 2022 diff hist +1,898 My dear gentle wife, because you have worshiped me with great devotion, considering me a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I shall reward you by fulfilling your desires, which are unobtainable for an unchaste wife No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 26 September 2022 diff hist +8,097 Lord Krsna said, "Actually, one cannot be happy without executing his proper prescribed duty. One who does not, therefore, properly discharge his prescribed duties is compared to an unchaste wife" No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 26 September 2022 diff hist +3,727 An uncontrolled mind and an unchaste wife are the same. An unchaste wife can kill her husband at any time, and an uncontrolled mind, followed by lust, anger, greed, madness, envy and illusion, can certainly kill the yogi No edit summary current
- 04:4204:42, 26 September 2022 diff hist +1,798 I shall try to teach the local boys in the way of performing Sankirtana in a circle No edit summary
24 September 2022
- 14:4914:49, 24 September 2022 diff hist +5,952 This Krsna consciousness movement is a self-purification movement. The method is vibration of transcendental sound. This Hare Krsna, this sound, is not material sound. It is descended from the spiritual world No edit summary
- 14:4914:49, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,674 One should attempt to write for self-purification. It may be published or it may not be published, but that does not matter No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +1,385 No one can count the unlimited followers of Nityananda Prabhu. I have mentioned some of them just for my self-purification No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,859 It is by the mercy of all these Vaisnavas and gurus that I attempt to write about the pastimes and qualities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Whether I know it or know not, it is for self-purification that I write this book No edit summary current
- 14:4814:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +3,576 If we want peace and prosperity in the world, we should take lessons from this verse; every state and every home must endeavor to advance the cause of 1) brahminical culture for self-purification No edit summary current
- 14:4714:47, 24 September 2022 diff hist +81,252 By this process of karma-yoga, one gradually attains self-purification, then transcendental knowledge, next perfect meditation, and ultimately transcendental service to the Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 12:2812:28, 24 September 2022 diff hist +20,025 Unfortunately, at the present moment, the word guru refers to someone who can give bodily medicine No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 24 September 2022 diff hist +4,808 The word guru refers to the spiritual master who initiates his disciple into advancement in the science of Krsna, or Krsna consciousness, as stated by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura - sri-bhagavan-mantropadesake gurav ity arthah No edit summary current
- 12:2712:27, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,658 The word guru refers to No edit summary current
- 12:2712:27, 24 September 2022 diff hist +20,203 The word guru means "heavy," heavy with knowledge. And what is that knowledge? Tad-vijnana. That heaviness is brahma-nistha - attachment to Brahman and to Para-brahman, Bhagavan. That is the guru's qualification No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,183 The word guru may be translated as "heavy," or "the supreme" No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 24 September 2022 diff hist +9,651 The word guru is equally applicable to the vartma-pradarsaka-guru, siksa-guru and diksa-guru. Unless we accept the principle enunciated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this Krsna consciousness movement cannot spread all over the world No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 24 September 2022 diff hist +27 The word guru-prasada indicates that the spiritual master is very merciful in bestowing the boon of devotional service upon the disciple. That is the best possible gift the spiritual master has to offer No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 24 September 2022 diff hist +9 There is specific mention of the word gurum, which indicates the Supreme Personality as caitya-guru No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 24 September 2022 diff hist +6,915 From all angles of vision the word guru is especially meant for the bona fide representative of Krsna and no one else No edit summary current
- 11:2111:21, 24 September 2022 diff hist +4,664 One should always be careful to keep his body clean by bathing, brushing teeth, changing clothes, etc. As far as internal cleanliness is concerned, one should always remember the holy names of God and chant Hare Krsna (maha-mantra). BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 11:1811:18, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,198 You have manifested all these transcendental truths in my heart. This is exactly the way Narayana educated Lord Brahma No edit summary
- 11:1811:18, 24 September 2022 diff hist +1,759 There is a variety of transcendental truths - the truth about Krsna, the truth about Radharani, the truth about Their loving affairs, the truth about transcendental humors, and the truth about the Lord's pastimes No edit summary current
- 11:1711:17, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,059 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has personally preached the transcendental truths and mellows of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-Bhagavatam and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are identical, for Srimad-Bhagavatam is the sound incarnation of Sri Krsna No edit summary
- 10:5110:51, 24 September 2022 diff hist +3,083 The ideal husband-and-wife relationship is very nicely described in this statement. Kardama Muni gave Devahuti all sorts of comforts in his duty as a husband, but he was not at all attached to his wife No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 24 September 2022 diff hist +5,210 Siva is very peaceful and very great devotee and most powerful at the same time. So that is the ideal husband No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,074 No ideal husbands and wives No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 24 September 2022 diff hist +7,303 Lord Krsna and His queens remained together as husband and wife, and Krsna, as an ideal husband, treated them in such a way that at every moment there was an increase of transcendental bliss in their smiling exchanges, talking and mixing No edit summary current
- 10:4910:49, 24 September 2022 diff hist +4,243 In Hindu society, unmarried girls are still taught to worship Lord Siva with the idea that they may get husbands like him. Lord Siva is the ideal husband, not in the sense of riches or sense gratification, but because he is the greatest of all devotees No edit summary current
- 10:4910:49, 24 September 2022 diff hist +5,601 Ideal husband-and-wife relationship No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,919 As Lord Ramacandra is the ideal husband (eka-patni-vrata), mother Sita is the ideal wife. Such a combination makes family life very happy. Yad yad acarati sresthas tat tad evetaro janah: whatever example a great man sets, common people follow No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +8 As an ideal husband, Lord Jagannatha remained fifteen days in a secluded place with His wife, the supreme goddess of fortune. Nonetheless, the Lord wanted to come out of seclusion to give happiness to His devotees No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 24 September 2022 diff hist +3,039 An ideal husband and wife are generally called Laksmi-Narayana to compare them to the Lord and the goddess of fortune, for it is significant that Laksmi-Narayana are forever happy as husband and wife No edit summary current
- 10:2510:25, 24 September 2022 diff hist +2,098 Its limbs were so beautiful that they increased the beauty of the ornaments worn on different parts of His body No edit summary current
- 10:2510:25, 24 September 2022 diff hist +4,019 In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp of sandalwood, seems like molten gold No edit summary
- 10:2410:24, 24 September 2022 diff hist +5,888 His (Lord Visnu's) arms stretched down to His knees, and all His beautiful limbs were smeared with sandalwood and decorated with glittering ornaments. He wore yellow clothes, and by either side stood His energies Bhumi and Nila No edit summary current
- 10:2310:23, 24 September 2022 diff hist +1,614 Bali Maharaja, jubilant at seeing Lord Vamanadeva, whose beautiful limbs contributed equally to the beauty of His entire body, offered Him a seat with great satisfaction No edit summary