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2 August 2023
- 14:3714:37, 2 August 2023 diff hist +11,655 Within one hour, the whole Bhagavad-gita was discussed, and Sri Krsna set forth the perfection of all yoga systems to His friend Arjuna. At the end of this great discourse, Arjuna set aside his misgivings and fought No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 2 August 2023 diff hist +7,643 Whole Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for this, to get out of this material stage-playing. We are playing in a stage under different bodies No edit summary
- 14:3314:33, 2 August 2023 diff hist +14 This Bhagavad-gita is also called yoga. Karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, bhakti-yoga. You'll find in Bhagavad-gita different yogas. So the whole book is called yoga No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,855 The whole Bhagavad-gita was spoken to Arjuna simply to convince him that he should work for the satisfaction of Krsna. Therefore Krsna plainly says, "Whatever you do as work, whatever you eat, or give away in charity, do it for Me." No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 2 August 2023 diff hist +5,522 The whole Bhagavad-gita was spoken just to induce Arjuna to kill the godless, the sinful. That is Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 2 August 2023 diff hist −13 The whole Bhagavad-gita is bhagavata, means the Supreme Personality of Godhead; gita, spoken or sung No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 2 August 2023 diff hist +3,232 The Supreme Transcendental Truth is Lord Krsna. The whole Bhagavad-gita centers around the declaration of Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the version of all Vedic literature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 2 August 2023 diff hist +6,933 The senses are never to be stopped in their engagements, but one should purify them by engaging them in the pure service of sense gratification of the master of the senses. This is the instruction of the whole Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 2 August 2023 diff hist +4,526 The perfect knower, without wasting his valuable time, engages directly in Krsna consciousness, the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Throughout the whole of Bhagavad-gita, this fact is being stressed at every step. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,989 The Lord (Krsna) was acting as the spiritual master of Arjuna. Therefore it was His duty to inquire from Arjuna whether he understood the whole Bhagavad-gita in its proper perspective. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 2 August 2023 diff hist +3,883 The Lord (Krsna) admitted Arjuna to be His devotee and friend (BG 4.3), and therefore any sane man can guess that the discussion was on the topic of the bhakti-yoga system. Actually the whole Bhagavad-gita is based on the principle of bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 2 August 2023 diff hist +14 That will give you guidance. Read Bhagavad-gita as it is, word for word. But don't misinterpret and spoil. The rascals misinterpret and spoil the whole Bhagavad-gita. That is the difficulty No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 2 August 2023 diff hist +22,323 That is the process (we must know God before we can love Him) given in the Bhagavad-gita. There are eighteen chapters, and the whole eighteen chapters are education - how to know God No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 2 August 2023 diff hist +4,773 Negation is no life. Positive life is life. "Don't do this," is no life. "Do this," this is life.The whole Bhagavad-gita is "do." "Do fight for Me." There is nothing "don't." Arjuna wanted, "Don't induce me." And Krsna did not like that No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 2 August 2023 diff hist +14 Krsna condemned it, kutas tva kasmalam idam visame samupasthitam: "What nonsense you (Arjuna) are speaking? You must fight." Then still he was unwilling to fight. Therefore the whole Bhagavad-gita was spoken to him No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,694 If (Arjuna did) not (understand proper perspective of Bhagavad-gita), the Lord was ready to re-explain any point, or the whole Bhagavad-gita if so required. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:0514:05, 2 August 2023 diff hist +3,923 Give up all varieties of religiousness, and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you from all sinful reactions. Therefore, you have nothing to fear. - This verse is actually the essence of the whole Bhagavad Gita No edit summary
- 14:0314:03, 2 August 2023 diff hist +5,940 Devotional service to Krsna, in full consciousness, is the most confidential part of knowledge, and this is the essence of the whole Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 2 August 2023 diff hist +3,636 When the ocean was churned by the demigods and the demons, the churning at first produced poison, so because the poisonous ocean might have affected others who were not so advanced, Lord Siva drank all the ocean water No edit summary current
- 13:1913:19, 2 August 2023 diff hist +5,846 The rope would be the biggest serpent, known as Vasuki, and the churning rod would be Mandara Mountain. Poison would also be produced from the churning, but it would be taken by Lord Siva, and so there would be no need to fear it No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 2 August 2023 diff hist +3,210 The reason that Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison was for others' benefit No edit summary current
- 13:1613:16, 2 August 2023 diff hist −1 The devotee demigods and the demons (asuras) once took a sea journey. On this journey, nectar and poison were produced, and Lord Siva drank the poison. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,761 Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Upon Lord Siva's drinking the poison, both the demigods and the demons, being very pleased, began to churn the ocean with renewed vigor. As a result of this, there appeared a cow known as surabhi No edit summary current
- 13:1213:12, 2 August 2023 diff hist +1,702 Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: After informing Bhavani in this way, Lord Siva began to drink the poison, and Bhavani, who knew perfectly well the capabilities of Lord Siva, gave him her permission to do so No edit summary current
- 13:1113:11, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,439 Srila Madhvacarya warns: (rudrasya yasaso) Lord Visnu was competent to rectify the situation, (of consuming poison) but in order to give credit to Lord Siva, who later drank all the poison and kept it in his neck, Lord Visnu did not take action No edit summary current
- 13:0913:09, 2 August 2023 diff hist +2,068 Scorpions, cobras, poisonous drugs and other animals whose bites are poisonous took the opportunity to drink whatever little poison had fallen and scattered from Lord Siva's hand while he was drinking No edit summary current
17 July 2023
- 16:4316:43, 17 July 2023 diff hist −3 Our, these so-called sadhu says that Lord Siva used to smoke ganja. That is their... So they have become Lord Siva. Lord Siva drunk the whole poison ocean and he kept it here. So you drink one drop of poison No edit summary current
- 16:4216:42, 17 July 2023 diff hist +4,411 One should guard against trying to imitate their actions. One should not try to drink the ocean of poison in imitation of Lord Siva. (SB 10.33.30). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,406 Lord Śiva once swallowed an ocean of poison, and thus his throat became blue. The imitation Śivas try to follow him by indulging in poisons, and thus they are ruined No edit summary current
- 16:3716:37, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,544 Lord Siva is addressed as blue throated. Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison and kept it in his throat, not swallowing it or allowing it to go down to his stomach, and his throat became blue. Since then he has been known as nilakantha, or blue throated No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 17 July 2023 diff hist −1 Lord Siva drank poison to the extent of swallowing an ocean, but if any common man tries to drink even a fragment of such poison, he will be killed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 17 July 2023 diff hist −24 Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison, but one should not imitate this No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 17 July 2023 diff hist +4,203 Lord Siva and Lord Brahma are two chiefs of the demigods. They are full of mystic powers. For example, Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison of which one drop was sufficient to kill an ordinary living being No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 17 July 2023 diff hist +2,272 Lord Siva, who is dedicated to auspicious, benevolent work for humanity, compassionately took the whole quantity of poison in his palm and drank it No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 17 July 2023 diff hist +7,224 Just like a person who wants to imitate Lord Siva's drinking of an ocean of poison. Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison and kept it within his throat. The poison made his throat turn blue, and therefore Lord Siva is called Nilakantha No edit summary current
- 15:4215:42, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,919 It is sometimes seen that devotees of Lord Siva imitate the characteristics of Lord Siva. For example, Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison, so some of the followers of Lord Siva imitate him and try to take intoxicants like ganja - marijuana No edit summary current
- 15:4115:41, 17 July 2023 diff hist +19,904 In Vedic literature, there was a poison ocean, so people could not find out what to do with it. Then Lord Siva said, "All right, I'll drink it." So he drank the whole poison ocean & kept it in his throat. Can you drink poison? Not the ocean - just one cup No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 17 July 2023 diff hist −21 If out of ignorance one does so (imitating the activities of the rasa-lila), he will be destroyed, just as if he were to imitate Lord Siva, who drank poison produced from the ocean No edit summary current
- 15:3315:33, 17 July 2023 diff hist −44 If one simply imitates the activities of Lord Siva and drinks poison, one will certainly meet with death No edit summary current
- 15:3015:30, 17 July 2023 diff hist +6,807 If any ordinary person tries to imitate Lord Siva by drinking poison or smoking ganja, he is sure to be vanquished and will die within a very short time. Lord Sri Krsna's dealings with the gopis occurred under special circumstances No edit summary current
- 15:2515:25, 17 July 2023 diff hist +20,163 How can we imitate Lord Siva? Lord Siva never advised that we drink poison. So you have to abide by the advice, not imitate. These LSD & marijuana people say that Lord Siva used to smoke ganja. But Lord Siva drank the whole poisoned ocean. Can you do that No edit summary
- 15:2315:23, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,116 He (Siva) is very great & his renunciation of all material enjoyment is an ideal example of how one should be materially unattached. One should therefore follow his footsteps & be unattached to matter, not imitate his uncommon acts like drinking poison No edit summary
- 15:2115:21, 17 July 2023 diff hist +2,085 Although there was such a great quantity of poison that it spread all over the universe, Lord Siva had such great power that he reduced the poison to a small quantity so that he could hold it in his palm No edit summary current
- 15:1915:19, 17 July 2023 diff hist +3,891 After Lord Siva drank all the poison, both the demigods and demons took courage and resumed their activities of churning (the ocean of milk) No edit summary current
12 July 2023
- 13:4613:46, 12 July 2023 diff hist +2,748 You are not even attached to the goddess of fortune, who is worshiped by the great demigods like Brahma, who pray to achieve her mercy No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 12 July 2023 diff hist +13 When one is afraid of being killed, one must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is worshiped by all the demigods, beginning from Brahma, although they are in charge of the various elements of this material world No edit summary current
- 13:4013:40, 12 July 2023 diff hist +2,842 When Lord Vamanadeva resumed His original form, Lord Brahma and his associates collected various paraphernalia for worship with which to please Him No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 12 July 2023 diff hist +4,948 Utsava, the expression of complete happiness, is always present in the Vaikunthalokas, the abode of the Lord, who is worshipable even by demigods like Brahma, to say nothing of other, less important entities such as human beings No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 12 July 2023 diff hist +4,214 This was described personally by Lord Krsna unto Brahma, with whom the Lord was satisfied upon being properly worshiped No edit summary current
- 13:3213:32, 12 July 2023 diff hist +7,861 The third excellence of Lord Krsna's appearance was that the goddess of fortune, who is worshiped by demigods like Lord Brahma, Indra and Candra, remained always engaged in the service of the Lord, even though the Lord gave more preference to the gopis No edit summary current