User contributions for Madana Mohana
27 October 2023
- 15:2215:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 They give some false argument, "Lord Christ says, 'Thou shall not kill' and if I kill, Christ has taken the contract that whatever sinful activities we do, he will excuse." This is Christian dogma No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Suppose I am not inclined to kill animals or I do not kill animals. I avoid it. But intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes we have to kill animals No edit summary current
- 15:1615:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Panditah sama-darsinah: (BG 5.18) because they (humble sages) are completely educated in Krsna consciousness, they see all living beings equally. Aryans do not kill even a small plant unnecessarily, not to speak of cutting trees for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 15:1415:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 O Kamsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me (Durga)? The SPG Krsna, who has been your enemy from the very beginning & who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Do not unnecessarily kill other children - SB 10.4.12 No edit summary current
- 15:1215:12, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 One must know what are sinful activities. Apart from any other scripture, in Christian scripture it is said, "Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not covet. Thou shall not do this." These are sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 One cannot continue killing animals and at the same time be a religious man. That is the greatest hypocrisy. Jesus Christ said, "Do not kill," but hypocrites nevertheless maintain thousands of slaughterhouses while posing as Christians No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Nonviolence does not mean that in right causes also you will remain nonviolent. No. You do not attack anybody unnecessarily. You do not kill unnecessarily animal even, not even an ant No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Killing is sinful activity, even if we do not kill willingly. When you walk down the street you are killing many animals. Whenever you drink water, you are also killing. Below a water pot there are many ants and microbes that are being killed No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, “Thou shalt not kill,” but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, “I am guided by Jesus Christ” - will that do? No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Jesus is guiding them, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, "I am guided by Jesus Christ" - will that do? "But I don't care for his words." Is that guidance No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In the Bible also it is said, "Thou shall not kill." Why it is forbidden? Because if he kills, he'll have to suffer. But they do not care for it. Therefore they suffer No edit summary current
- 11:2511:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In every sastra, every scripture, every law book, man is warned, "Don't commit theft; you'll be punished. Don't tell lie; you'll be punished. Don't do this; you'll be punished. Thou shall not kill, otherwise you'll be punished." But nobody is caring No edit summary current
- 11:2411:24, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 If Lord Jesus Christ said "Thou shalt not kill'', or "Thou shalt do no murder'' to the people, it does not reflect very good social structure of the audience. Our philosophy is above all these things No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Even you do ordinary killing, vegetable killing, you are killing so many germs. So in higher sense, if you take this principle of Bible, "Thou shall not kill," that means you must eat krsna-prasadam, otherwise you will be killing No edit summary current
- 11:0911:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Even if we do not kill animals, simply by eating vegetables, they are also life. It does not mean that vegetarians are not killing. They are also killing No edit summary current
- 11:0611:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Devaki said "You are not to be killed by any female child. That was the prophecy. You are to be killed by a male child, so please do not kill her. My dear brother, you have killed so many of my children who were just born, shining like the sun" No edit summary current
- 10:5810:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 You don't require to labor and pay somewhere some five dollars, ten dollars, and practice this gymnastic. No. It is not possible. And as soon as you come out, you'll again engage yourself in all nonsense activities No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 This seeking for solitude is simply a reaction on our past nonsense activities, or it is negation, voidism. Our sound position is always being engaged in service of Krishna, that is the positive standing No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Our yoga system is not like that, that we whole day, twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes, I engage myself in all nonsensical activities, and fifteen minutes I concentrate my mind, the meditation. That kind of yoga system is not here No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive. A child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Nirvana means stop nonsense, but take to spiritual life. That is next, athato brahma jijnasa. Nirvana does not mean to stop activities; to stop nonsense activities. Come to the real activity No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Lord Buddha propounded the philosophy, "Make all your nonsense activities zero, so much. First of all make zero, then positive we shall say" No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 Just like this small child, Sarasvati. According to the body, she is acting. She's acting sometimes nonsense, but we take it delight, because she is child. But the same nonsense if I do in another body, grown up body, that will be ridiculous No edit summary
- 10:2810:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 I am very much disturbed to hear of Kanupriya's activities, and I advise you that so long he is engaged in these nonsense activities, you should not have any association with him. Best thing is that you remain in the association of devotees No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 In yoga one should have not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge. Simply understanding "I am not this body" and at the same time acting in a nonsensical way will not help No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −12 If we perform some nonsensical action and think, "I am doing this for Krsna," that will not be accepted. The work must be verified by Krsna's acceptance or by the acceptance of Krsna's representative No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 If we don't adopt the process and simply waste our time by intoxication and speculation and all nonsensical activities, oh, that is not possible ever. You'll never understand what is God No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 For a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is maya No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Devotional service not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Artificially, they (materialists) may sit down for so-called meditation, but immediately after their yogic performance they will engage themselves again in such activities as illicit sex life, gambling, meat-eating and many other nonsensical things No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When it is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be achieved No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Sri Yamunacarya, a great devotee in KC, said: Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When a devotee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Such words from the lips of a sincere devotee cannot be false. All possibilities abide in Him, for He is the primeval Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Others who are associating with them (the Europeans and Americans who have taken to Krsna consciousness) and hearing the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the lips of pure devotees are also becoming captivated by the transcendental vibration No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist +38 Now, namanta eva san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam. "Just hear the message of God." "From whom?" San-mukharitam: "through the mouth of the devotees." Not professional, not gramophone - through the mouth of, through the lips of real devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 If you hear from a professional man, that will not be effective. Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee. Just like Sukadeva Gosvami was speaking to Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear from the lips of liberated devotees No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 When Brahma described the situation of pure devotees freed from the culture of empiric philosophy and fruitive actions, he recommended the process of hearing from persons who are on the path of devotion No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Those who are addicted to the pursuit of empiric philosophy are also advised to act in such a way that they will realize bhakti. Karma-yoga is therefore different from ordinary karma, and jnana-yoga is different from ordinary jnana No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The speculative process of empiric philosophy is as bitter as the fruit of the nimba tree. Tasting this fruit is the business of crows. In other words, the philosophical process of realizing the Absolute Truth is a process taken up by crowlike men No edit summary
- 09:1609:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work or in empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The process of being liberated from the misconception of material identification is called, in different stages, fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service, up to transcendental realization No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The culture of empiric philosophy helps one realize the impersonal brahmajyoti, which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 These dirty things of fruitive work and empiric philosophy can be removed only by association with the Supreme Lord. The Lord, being omnipotent, can offer His association by His inconceivable potencies No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Such transcendental realization is made possible by dovetailing all the above items (fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service) in relation with the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Pure devotional service cannot be attained by empiric philosophy, nor can perfection be attained simply by good association No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11 In Krsna consciousness there is no scope for worshiping any demigod or any other form of Krsna, nor is there room for indulgence in speculative empiric philosophy, nor indulgence in fruitive activities. One should be free from all these contaminations No edit summary