User contributions for Navakishora Mukunda

1 July 2025

• 09:3809:38, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ The fruitive actors can attain their goals by devotional service, and the salvationists can also attain their goal in life by devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ The country's culture of India is such that one can easily attain the goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ The bona fide spiritual master cannot say that all paths lead to the same goal and that anyone can attain this goal by his own mode of worship of the demigods or of the Supreme or whatever ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ The Bhagavatam says that it is the duty of an advanced human being to act in such a way as to facilitate human society’s attainment of the ultimate goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ The acarya replied, "When the activities of the four castes and the four asramas are dedicated to Krsna, they constitute the best means whereby one can attain the highest goal of life" ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3609:36, 1 July 2025 diff hist +41‎ They (devotees) do voluntarily engage the purified senses in the service of the master of the senses, as was done by Arjuna, thereby easily attaining the perfection of satisfying the Lord, the ultimate goal of all perfection ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4608:46, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet: (MU 1.2.12) one must approach the acarya, for then one will receive perfect knowledge. When guided by the spiritual master, one attains the ultimate goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4608:46, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ Such people worship the Age of Kali because in this age one can advance in spiritual knowledge and attain life's goal simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4208:42, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu differed (from the Tattvadis conclusion of attaining highest goal of life) when He said that the best process is hearing and chanting about Lord Visnu ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4208:42, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "Thus one's relationship with the Lord, activities in devotional service, and the attainment of the highest goal of life, love of Godhead, are the subject matters of Srimad-Bhagavatam" ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ Srila Madhavendra Puri was one of the acaryas in the Tattvavada disciplic succession, and he established the ultimate goal of transcendentalism to be attainment of pure devotional service, love of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 1 July 2025 diff hist −6‎ Sometimes a mundane worker is misunderstood to be a tapasvi (renunciant) or a mahatma (great soul) because of the many austerities he performs to attain his mundane goals ‎No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 1 July 2025 diff hist −6‎ Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 07:3007:30, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ One who takes shelter of Him (Lord Krsna) for the right purpose, be that person a sudra, a woman or a member of a low-grade family, will attain the highest goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 07:3007:30, 1 July 2025 diff hist +41‎ One who strictly follows the Vedic literature and chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic succession. Those who want to attain life’s ultimate goal must follow this principle ‎No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ One should be engaged in the Lord's devotional service to achieve the aim of life, called prayojana. The practice of devotional service to attain that goal of life is called abhidheya ‎No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ One has to follow the principles of the asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa), since these principles (of varnas and asramas) are considered essential for the attainment of the highest goal ‎No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 1 July 2025 diff hist +32‎ One cannot attain the goal of life without the mercy of Balarama. Sri Narottama dasa Thakura therefore says, when one receives the mercy of Balarama, Nityananda, one can attain the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna very easily ‎No edit summary current
• 07:1607:16, 1 July 2025 diff hist −22‎ Om ity ekaksaram brahma: at the point of death the yogi can pronounce om, omkara, the concise form of transcendental sound vibration. If the yogi can vibrate this sound and at the same time remember Krsna, or Visnu, he attains the highest goal ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5606:56, 1 July 2025 diff hist +21‎ Now I shall chant one mantra which is not only transcendental, pure and auspicious, but is the best prayer for anyone who is aspiring to attain the ultimate goal of life. When I chant this mantra, please hear it carefully and attentively ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5606:56, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ Narayana, the Supreme Lord, is the goal of sacrificial results, and therefore the Vedic hymns are ultimately meant for attaining this goal ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5506:55, 1 July 2025 diff hist +21‎ Maharaja Yudhisthira said: My dear lord (Narada Muni), I wish to hear from you about the principles of religion by which one can attain the ultimate goal of life - devotional service. I wish to hear about the general occupational duties of human society ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5506:55, 1 July 2025 diff hist +21‎ Maharaja Pariksit recommended, from practical experience, that everyone try to hear about the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. This Krsna treatise is meant for that purpose, and the reader may take advantage of it to attain the ultimate goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5406:54, 1 July 2025 diff hist +21‎ Madhavendra Puri recited this verse again and again at the end of his material existence. Thus uttering this verse, he attained the ultimate goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 06:5306:53, 1 July 2025 diff hist +21‎ It is very difficult for one to attain the ultimate goal of life and reach the supreme destination, Vaikunthaloka or Goloka Vrndavana, simply by studying Vedanta philosophy or Vedic literature ‎No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ It is stated that through love of Godhead, one becomes perfectly liberated and attains the highest goal of life ‎No edit summary current
• 06:2306:23, 1 July 2025 diff hist +12‎ In this (CC Madhya 20.135) connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following statement. It is only the eastern side, devotional service, that enables one to attain life’s real goal ‎No edit summary current
• 06:2306:23, 1 July 2025 diff hist −6‎ In the material world, unless one is situated in one of the varnas (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra) one cannot manage social affairs properly to attain the ultimate goal. One also has to follow the principles of the asramas ‎No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 1 July 2025 diff hist +56‎ Some devotees consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam ‎No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 1 July 2025 diff hist +56‎ Atma-nivedanam. The word Atma-nivedanam refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surrenders everything to the Lord and performs his activities only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 1 July 2025 diff hist +118‎ As a sincere friend of Krsna, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Krsna. Atma-nivedanam means offering Krsna everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess ‎No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 1 July 2025 diff hist −4‎ One should have complete faith in the words of Krsna, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (suhrdam sarva-bhutanam). A devotee considers Krsna the only friend. This is called sakhyam. Pumsarpita visnau ‎No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 1 July 2025 diff hist +135‎ One should have complete faith in the words of Krsna, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (suhrdam sarva-bhutanam). A devotee considers Krsna the only friend. This is called sakhyam. Pumsarpita visnau ‎No edit summary
• 04:4904:49, 1 July 2025 diff hist +50‎ We shall engage in the temple worship (arcanam) and offering prayers - vandanam ‎No edit summary current
• 04:4604:46, 1 July 2025 diff hist +126‎ Vandanam dasyam: to become servant of God, to cleanse the temple, to work for God, for Krsna, dasyam. Sakhyam, to accept Krsna as friend. Atma-nivedanam, and offering everything to Krsna ‎No edit summary current
• 04:4404:44, 1 July 2025 diff hist −65‎ Vandanam. Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like the other items, such as hearing and chanting, and separate statements are given ‎No edit summary current
• 04:4204:42, 1 July 2025 diff hist +95‎ Vandanam, offering prayers. The Christians, the Muhammadans, they offer prayer. Of course, not to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but impersonal feature or some idea. But that prayer is also one of the processes of bhakti ‎No edit summary current
• 04:3104:31, 1 July 2025 diff hist +50‎ Vandanam, offering prayer. We also offer prayer. The other religious sect, just like the Christians, they offer prayer; the Muhammadans, they offer prayer. So prayer, offering prayer, is also one of the item of bhakti ‎No edit summary current
• 04:2304:23, 1 July 2025 diff hist +49‎ These are the process of devotional service, that we worship the Deity, sri-vigraha, nicely dressed, nicely worshiped, first-class food offered. This is called sri-vigraharadhana, worshiping, arcanam ‎No edit summary current
• 04:2004:20, 1 July 2025 diff hist +49‎ Although the Christians and Muhammadans do not worship the Deity, they offer prayers to the Lord, and that is also bhakti. Arcanam vandanam ‎No edit summary current

30 June 2025

• 14:3514:35, 30 June 2025 diff hist +54‎ Those who are engaged in the service of this temple, they are discharging devotional service, pada-sevanam ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 30 June 2025 diff hist +93‎ Pada-sevanam means to rise early in the morning, open the door of temple and wipe it out, all the dust, and give some light. The pada-sevanam ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 30 June 2025 diff hist +54‎ Pada-sevanam includes: seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannatha Puri, Dvaraka and Mathura to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamuna ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 30 June 2025 diff hist −52‎ Pada-sevanam: Laksmi, goddess of fortune, simply engaged herself in massaging the lotus feet of Visnu. Pada-sevanam. Arcanam: Prthu Maharaja, he engaged himself in the arcana. Vandanam. Dasyam: Hanuman. Akrura, Akrura, he simply offered prayers to Krsna ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 30 June 2025 diff hist +54‎ Pada-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pada-sevanam. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 30 June 2025 diff hist −1‎ Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaisnava are also known as tadiya-upasanam. This is also pada-sevanam. The word tadiya means "in relationship with the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 30 June 2025 diff hist +54‎ Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called pada-sevanam. When one is particularly adherent to the process of pada-sevanam, this process gradually includes other processes ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 30 June 2025 diff hist +74‎ Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaisnava are also known as tadiya-upasanam. This is also pada-sevanam. The word tadiya means "in relationship with the Lord ‎No edit summary
• 13:3813:38, 30 June 2025 diff hist +69‎ Arcanam. After pada-sevanam comes the process of arcanam, worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of arcanam, one must positively take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the process from him ‎No edit summary current
• 13:1113:11, 30 June 2025 diff hist +28‎ This concentration (concentrating the mind on the form of Visnu) is called samadhi, and it is the real goal of yoga. Thus the astanga-yoga system aims at coming to the point of smaranam, or remembering the Supreme Lord ‎No edit summary current