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9 July 2022
- 14:0414:04, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,327 As far as Indian sages are concerned, knowledge is received from the Vedic literatures, and the authorities accept without any hesitation that we should look through the pages of authentic books of knowledge (sastra-caksurvat) No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,341 The words yatha-srutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as sruti because this knowledge is received from authorities. The statements of the Vedas are known as sruti-pramana No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 9 July 2022 diff hist +10,946 The transcendentalists do not recognize such a process of generalization but pass over direct perception to receive the knowledge of deduction in its various stages - from authorities who have actual revelation of transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,646 Yes, Mayavati Devi may receive Gayatri initiation. I am enclosing herewith Gayatri mantra sheet No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,590 If you feel that she is qualified, the girl Carol may receive Gayatri initiation also so that she can take up pujari business full time No edit summary current
6 July 2022
- 14:1314:13, 6 July 2022 diff hist +9,663 Varnasrama-dharma, that is material. Varnasrama is planned for material life in a systematic way so that, in due course of time, one may give up the family relationship and take sannyasa and completely devote for Krsna's service No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,863 The systematic way means No edit summary
- 14:1314:13, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,130 Sukadeva Gosvami, experienced teacher that he was, answered all the questions in a systematic way as they were received from the chain of disciplic succession. And he answered all of them without exception No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,138 I think there will be no objection even by the Buddhists if we simply ask them to chant the name of Lord Buddha in the systematic way No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist −13 However powerful she (the material energy) may be, has no power by herself. Her activity begins by the grace of the Lord, and then the entire cosmic creation is manifested in a systematic way No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 6 July 2022 diff hist −13 Behind all the jugglery of the natural laws is a great living being, who is a person like the mechanical engineer in the powerhouse. It is by His intelligence that the entire cosmic creation moves in a systematic way No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,287 Whoever desires progressive well-being, especially kings, religionists, public leaders, brahmanas and sannyasis, should never come in contact with the four above-mentioned irreligious principles No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,917 Transcendentalists, who are naturally devotees of the Lord, are the real friends of the people in general, not the so-called public leaders who are unable to see what is going to happen five minutes ahead No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,029 To cut off all family affection means to broaden the field of activities. Without doing this, no one can be qualified as a brahmana, a king, a public leader or a devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 6 July 2022 diff hist +81,232 The ksatriyas are the second-highest social order, and they imbibe the qualities of creative passion and are engaged in the activities of public leadership as executive heads of different political and social bodies No edit summary
- 14:0414:04, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,556 The brahmanas are the religious preceptors for all other castes, and the sannyasis are the spiritual masters for all the castes and orders of society. So also are the king and the public leaders who are responsible for the material welfare of all people No edit summary
- 14:0114:01, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,713 Neither the government nor the responsible leaders of the public want such literature, yet it is in the marketplace because the people want it for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,335 If the king and the public leader are unnecessarily proud or habituated to drinking and smoking, certainly they become disqualified to discharge public welfare activities No edit summary
- 14:0014:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +81,018 Householders who perform their work with a view to transcendental results, out of sympathy for all others, are really eligible to become public leaders. All others who claim to be public leaders are mistaken No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,835 He is public leader because he has got some money. Money is the criterion. Therefore people are accumulating money some way or other. He knows that "If I got money, then I'll have all influence over the society" No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,244 After some time, the teachers Sanda and Amarka thought that Prahlada Maharaja was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them No edit summary
- 13:5213:52, 6 July 2022 diff hist +10 Because human beings are becoming more and more sinful there will be a scarcity of rain, and naturally no food grains will be produced No edit summary current
- 13:5113:51, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,973 Without yajna there will be a scarcity of rain, and because of this scarcity, no food grains will be produced, and there will be famines No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,471 The word data refers to one who gives charity very liberally. The kings always kept a large quantity of food grains in stock, and whenever there was any scarcity of grains, they would distribute grains in charity No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,872 The theory that there is a scarcity of food grains due to an increase of population is not a very sound theory. There are other causes that enable the earth to produce profusely or to stop producing No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,551 The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, at the time King Prthu was enthroned by the great sages and brahmanas and declared to be the protector of the citizens, there was a scarcity of food grains No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,439 There is scarcity of anna - grains. That will increase more and more. It will so increase that now you are getting anna by paying high price, but time will come when even if you are prepared to pay price, there will be no more anna. That time is coming No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,602 King Prthu found out the cause for the scarcity of food grains. He could understand that it was not the people's fault, for they were not lazy in executing their duties No edit summary current
- 13:4313:43, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,622 This is the civilization. And after getting money, drink wine and topless, bottomless, and go to hell. That's all No edit summary current
- 13:4313:43, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,602 People are attracted to temporary happiness and sense gratification, culminating in bottomless, topless passion. There is no profit in such activities; one must engage himself in the Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 6 July 2022 diff hist +12 In Western countries topless, bottomless beauty may be easily purchased in clubs and shops and for public advertisements No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,295 All rubbish, these modern girls, they are all rubbish. Therefore they are simply used for sex satisfaction. Topless, bottomless... No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 6 July 2022 diff hist +11,944 Now we have manufactured such a nice medicine that cancer or any other disease will not attack us. That is very nice. But find out some medicine that death will not attack you. "Oh, that is not possible." Where is the meaning of your advancement? No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,062 The minds of materialistic persons are so disturbed that it is almost impossible for them to search after the Supreme Truth by personal regulative endeavors No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 6 July 2022 diff hist −13 People try to imitate him (Sanatana Gosvami) and lead an idle life by practicing madhukari. It is almost impossible to strictly follow Sanatana Gosvami or Rupa Gosvami No edit summary
- 13:2613:26, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,222 It was almost impossible for King Puranjana to give up the company of his Queen even for a moment. Nonetheless, on that day, being very much inspired by the desire to hunt, he took up his bow and arrow with great pride and went to the forest No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 6 July 2022 diff hist +11,329 It (Salva's iron airplane) was a very big machine, almost like a big city, and it could fly so high and at such a great speed that it was almost impossible to see; so there was no question of attacking it No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,734 In this age it is very difficult to leave home and go to the forest or the Himalayas to adopt the processes of austerity. Indeed, it is almost impossible No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,456 In the absence of such a husband (as Maharaja Pandu), it was almost impossible for Kunti to live on even as a widow, but she had to do it for the sake of the five children No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,863 However advanced one may be in restraining the senses, it is almost impossible for a man to keep himself controlled in the presence of a woman, even if she is his own daughter, mother or sister No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 6 July 2022 diff hist −13 Generally, people who are attached to the bodily conception of life are so absorbed in materialism that it is almost impossible for them to understand that there is a transcendental body which is imperishable and full of knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,219 Generally, people who are attached to the bodily conception of life are so absorbed in materialism that it is almost impossible for them to understand that there is a transcendental body which is imperishable and eternally blissful. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,653 For a compassionate soul like Vidura, especially in his dealings with the beloved Pandavas, it was almost impossible to disclose an unpalatable piece of news like the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty. Therefore he purposely refrained from it No edit summary current
- 13:0813:08, 6 July 2022 diff hist +14 To pure devotees throughout the world who could understand His activities, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, exhibited how much He can be subdued by His devotees, His servants - SB 10.11.9 No edit summary current
- 13:0713:07, 6 July 2022 diff hist +14 A devotee who does so (preaching the holy name of the Lord throughout the entire world) is criticized by neophyte devotees, kanistha-adhikaris, who are on the lower stages of devotional service. For them, Deity worship is strongly recommended No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 6 July 2022 diff hist +8,339 Great devotees of the Lord travel all over the world from one place of pilgrimage to another, and on their way they meet many conditioned souls and deliver them by their association and distribution of transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 6 July 2022 diff hist +16 This Krsna consciousness movement, following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His confidential devotees, is also trying to distribute love of Godhead all over the world through the chanting of the holy names of the Lord - Hare Krsna mantra No edit summary
- 13:0613:06, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,590 His (God's) pure devotees, the Vaisnavas, are traveling all over the world, but those who are under the modes of material nature cannot understand the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of this cosmic manifestation, or the Vaisnavas No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +11 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in Bengal, Tapana Misra approached Him to discuss spiritual advancement. Thus he was favored by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and received hari-nama initiation No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +19,598 The kanistha-adhikari is a neophyte who has received the hari-nama initiation from the spiritual master and is trying to chant the holy name of Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,904 By seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face and embracing Him, both the sinful brothers (Jagai and Madhai) were at once cleansed. Thus they received initiation into the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the Lord and were delivered No edit summary
- 12:5812:58, 6 July 2022 diff hist +34 A madhyama-adhikari has received spiritual initiation from the spiritual master and has been fully engaged by him in the transcendental loving service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:5712:57, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,562 Although the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is powerful in itself, a disciple upon initiation receives the mantra from his spiritual master, for when the mantra is chanted by the spiritual master, it becomes more powerful No edit summary current
- 12:4012:40, 6 July 2022 diff hist +12 A devotee never takes the part of a particular party; therefore he is carefree. He is never pained because he is free from all designations; he knows that his body is a designation, so if there are some bodily pains, he is free. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 6 July 2022 diff hist +12,218 If you enter anyone's house without permission, he can kill you. This is the law. And every door, there is signboard: "Beware of the dogs." So it is not possible to go and beg, "Sir, give us something No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 6 July 2022 diff hist +7,979 When a person comes at your home, never mind even if he's enemy... Friend is welcome, that's all right. But even an enemy comes, they are not forbidden. Not that in the gate there is, oh, "Beware of dog," "No trespasser allowed." No No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,991 There are many rich men who keep watchdogs or doormen and put up signs that say, "Do not enter," "Trespassers not allowed," "Beware of the dog," etc No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,424 He posts a sign saying "Beware of Dog" and avoids the association of saintly persons, whereas a poor man keeps his door open for them and thus benefits by their association more than a rich man does No edit summary current
5 July 2022
- 08:3108:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,754 The spiritual master awakens the sleeping living entity to his original consciousness so that he can worship Lord Visnu. This is the purpose of diksa, or initiation. Initiation means receiving the pure knowledge of spiritual consciousness No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,371 Impure means we are thinking in bodily concept of life. "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "I am white," "I am black," these are all designations of the body. We have to transcend the position of the body No edit summary current
4 July 2022
- 10:5710:57, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,258 When influenced by the modes of material nature, a living entity forgets this relationship and thinks in terms of different species of life; but when he again comes to his original consciousness, he does not observe such bodily designations No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,275 The saints and the higher castes or orders of the society are judged by their proportion of knowledge in the science of God, or tattva jnana, and not by any kind of birthright or bodily designations No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 The more one advances in Krsna consciousness, the more he becomes free from bodily designations and this material entanglement No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,597 The Krsna consciousness movement is not based upon bodily designations. It is a transcendental movement on the platform of spiritual understanding No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,906 Simply we are teaching that "Become God conscious." God is neither Hindu nor Muslim nor Christian. He's God. And we are also not Hindu or Muslim or Christian. This is our bodily designation. We are all pure, part and parcel of the Supreme No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 God is neither Moslem nor Hindu nor Christian - He is God. Nor are we to be considered Hindu, Moslem or Christian. These are bodily designations. We are all pure spirit, part and parcel of the Supreme No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11 After receiving initiation from a bona fide spiritual master, one must abandon all kinds of sinful activities, namely illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,384 The Lord is within every living entity as the Supersoul, and He initiated Brahma because Brahma was willing to receive the initiation. The Lord can similarly initiate everyone who is inclined to have it No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +25,594 One should generally accept the following principles to properly execute devotional service: (1) take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, (2) receive initiation from the spiritual master, (3) serve the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,289 I have just yesterday received one letter from a boy in Seattle named Charles McCollogh, & he has desired to come here to Los Angeles and receive initiation from me. Please inform me of the situation with this boy so I may reply to his letter there after No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,924 That point is missing. Real enjoyer or proprietor is Krsna. Bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram. He's the proprietor No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,996 Just like in a house, rented house, you are living. If the proprietor of the house, landlord, eject you, you cannot live there. You cannot use it. Similarly, we can use this body as long as the real proprietor of the body, Hrsikesa, allows me to stay here No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,805 It is confirmed in the Fifth Chapter (5.29) that when one understands that Krsna is the proprietor of all universal manifestations, that He is the real friend of all living entities, then only can one have real peace. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,372 It is clearly declared (Bg. 5.29) that the Lord is the supreme enjoyer of the benefits of all sacrifices and penances, the proprietor of all that is manifested and the friend of all living entities. That is His real identity No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,879 If one wants to enjoy real peace and prosperity, he should give everything to Krsna, who is the real enjoyer, real friend and real proprietor No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,604 Hrsikesa means the real proprietor is Krsna. I have been given this property No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,172 Everything we see in the material manifestation is but the creation of the Lord.Therefore He is the real proprietor of everything in the universes No edit summary current
- 08:5208:52, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 5.29), bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram: the real proprietor of all wealth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the actual enjoyer No edit summary
- 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,615 The Absolute Truth will remain inconceivable to them (the conditioned souls) because a materialistic person cannot measure the length and breadth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's unlimited existence No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,878 That is the inconceivable potency of the Lord. No one can measure the length and breadth of God by speculation or by false identification with God. These attempts are symptoms of lunacy No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,661 No one can measure the length and breadth of the one fourth of My energy manifested in the material world. Who then can measure the three fourths that is manifested in the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5 It is not possible to measure the length and breadth of Krsna by one's minuscule knowledge, and one who arrives at this conclusion is considered intelligent by Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 4 July 2022 diff hist −16 A frog in a well was informed of the gigantic Pacific Ocean, and he began to puff himself up in order to understand or measure the length and breadth of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately the frog burst and died No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,823 This rope almost always hung from the shoulders of the boys, and it was not absent from the shoulders of Krsna and Balarama No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,934 The pilgrimage site of Kedaranatha still exists near Kashmir. It is almost always covered by snow, but for part of the year, during the month of July, it is possible to see the deity, and devotees go there to offer their respects No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,976 The person experiencing such ecstatic love for Krsna is almost always in the neutral stage of devotional service, or santa-rasa. A description of ecstatic love caused by ghastliness is found in the following statement No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,817 The great authority Sukadeva Gosvami remarks that Krsna almost always passed His time with Rukmini, and Rukmini was a bit proud to be so fortunate that Krsna never left her even for a moment. Krsna, however, does not like any of His devotees to be proud No edit summary
- 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,492 Their (the four Kumaras) complexions are very fair, there is an effulgence in their bodies, and they always travel naked. These four saintly persons almost always remain together No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,825 Their (Four Kumaras) complexions are very fair, there is an effulgence in their bodies, and they always travel naked. These four saintly persons almost always remain together No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,754 Mercury, which is the son of the moon, is almost always very auspicious for the inhabitants of the universe, but when it does not move along with the sun, it forbodes cyclones, dust, irregular rainfall, and waterless clouds No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,838 Kings greedy for sense gratification on this earth almost always kill their enemies indiscriminately. To satisfy their own whims, they may kill anyone, even their mothers, fathers, brothers or friends - SB 10.1.67 No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,335 It is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone's heart No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,825 It is said that because Krsna was constantly performing various types of sacrifices and was inviting the demigods from the higher planetary systems, the demigods were almost always absent from their consorts No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,049 It (Mars) almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7 A patient suffering from a particular type of malady is almost always inclined to accept eatables which are forbidden for him No edit summary current
- 07:4707:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,284 Thus the students, infidels, fruitive workers and critics all came to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 07:4707:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist −2 These (foolish) critics think that only Indians or Hindus should be offered sannyasa to preach, but their knowledge is practically nil No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,904 There are some foolish critics who say that Europeans and Americans cannot be offered sannyasa, but here (in CC Adi 7.163) we find that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to preach the sankirtana movement all over the universe No edit summary
- 07:4607:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,390 Such ecstatic love is palatable, and expert critics have compared such ecstatic love with a mixture of curd, sugar candy and a little black pepper. The combined taste is very palatable No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,374 Such critics (who criticize the activities of the ISKCON) cannot do anything personally to spread Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,746 Sometimes the critics of Srimad-Bhagavatam find it difficult to find Radharani’s holy name in that book, but the secret is disclosed here in (CC Madhya 8.100) the word aradhita, from which the name Radha has come No edit summary
- 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,605 Sometimes the critics of SB find it difficult to find Radharani's holy name in that book, but the secret is disclosed here in the word aradhita, from which the name Radha has come. Of course, the name of Radharani is directly mentioned in other Puranas No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,232 It is this daiva-varnasrama that should be established all over the world to continue a perfect society for Krsna consciousness. This may be astonishing to foolish critics, but it is one of the functions of a Krsna conscious society No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,334 In reply to those critics who say that Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is full of Sanskrit verses, it can be said that Srimad-Bhagavatam is also full of Sanskrit verses, as are the commentaries on Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 07:3307:33, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,682 How long can we tolerate the blasphemy by Your critics against Your conduct? We should give up our lives rather than hear such blasphemy No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 4 July 2022 diff hist +19,481 After Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order, all agnostics, critics, atheists and mental speculators became His students and followers No edit summary current
- 07:2707:27, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,928 Among the human species, some denounce sensual pleasures and are honored by the world as a saints, yogis, philosophers, scholars, and so on No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 There are 8,400,000 different species of life, and these varieties are the creation of the material nature. They arise from the different sensual pleasures of the living entity, who thus desires to live in this body or that. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,451 To deny an offering that has come of itself is not commendable even for one absolutely free from all attachment, much less one addicted to sensual pleasure No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,165 The youthful duration of their lives is very pleasing, and both men and women enjoy sexual union with great pleasure for a long time. After years of sensual pleasure - when a balance of one year of life remains - the wife conceives a child No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,480 The power of movement and the legs should be given to Lord Visnu. Sensual pleasure, along with the genitals, should be bestowed upon Prajapati. The rectum, with the power of evacuation, should be bestowed, in its proper place, unto Mrtyu No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,406 Renunciation means renunciation of sensual pleasure, especially the pleasure of sex. Therefore a brahmacari, sannyasi or vanaprastha is strictly prohibited from having relationships with women No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,281 One should not waste semen on sensual pleasure, violating the principles of Vedic life. Restraint in sex is possible, however, only when the populace is trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, it is not possible No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,136 In this human form of life, men and women unite for the sensual pleasure of sex, but by actual experience we have observed that none of them are happy. Therefore, seeing the contrary results, I have stopped taking part in materialistic activities No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,923 Demons have a very high standard of sensual pleasure, wealth and influence No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 4 July 2022 diff hist +35 A devotee should also perform the duties of his practical life in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:1507:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,850 Kardama Muni desired to beget a child who would be a ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should beget a child who can perform the duties of Visnu, otherwise there is no need to produce children No edit summary
- 07:1507:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,998 Narottama dasa Thakura sings that our only desire should be to perform the duties of KC. We should not be misled by the karma-mimamsa philosophy, which concludes that if we work seriously the results will come automatically. This is not a fact No edit summary current
- 07:1407:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +14 A brahmana must perform the duty of a brahmana without cheating the public. It is not that one attains the name of a brahmana without the qualifications No edit summary current
- 07:1307:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist −4 The living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and if he performs the duties of the part and parcel, without proudly thinking he is one in all respects with the Supreme Lord, he attains real perfection and becomes peaceful No edit summary current
- 07:1307:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,482 When there is no such training, one simply claims that because he is born in a brahmana or ksatriya family, he is therefore a brahmana or a ksatriya, even though he performs the duties of a sudra No edit summary current
- 07:0907:09, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,331 All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding and so attained liberation. Therefore, as the ancients, you should perform your duty in this divine consciousness. BG 4.15 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,683 When by learning from the self-realized spiritual master one actually engages himself in the service of Visnu, functional devotional service begins. The procedures of this devotional service are known as abhidheya, or actions one is dutybound to perform No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,912 Vidura, as a saint and as the duty-bound affectionate youngest brother of Dhrtarastra, wanted to awaken Dhrtarastra from his slumber of disease and old age No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,975 The householder is duty-bound to maintain the members of all three of the other asramas, namely the brahmacaris, the vanaprasthas, and sannyasis No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,564 The common man thinks of violence and nonviolence in terms of the body, but that is a kind of delusion. Everyone is duty-bound according to one's occupational duties No edit summary current
- 06:3806:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,034 Lord Krsna is engaged on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra as the leader of the ksatriyas because the ksatriyas are duty-bound to give protection to the distressed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,312 For material enjoyment there is no need to approach the demigods. The demigods are but servants of the Lord. As such, they are duty-bound to supply necessities of life in the form of water, light, air, etc No edit summary current
- 06:3606:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,631 Every man is duty-bound not only to his parents, family members, society, country, humanity, other living beings, the demigods, etc., but also to the great philosophers, poets, scientists, etc No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,276 All activities whether for the welfare of family, society, country or humanity at large, must be performed in Krsna consciousness. That is the instruction given by the Lord to Kardama Muni No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,561 This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,813 Sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,661 I do not know what is Krishna's desire, but I have chalked out my program like this. Pray to Krishna that He may give me strength to render some service to you and to the humanity at large No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,179 Scarcity of language which you are now feeling in this connection (presenting Krsna Consciousness Movement in the circle of educated people) will be fulfilled by Krsna by the process of your eagerness to serve Him No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,004 Narayana has sixty transcendental qualities. Over and above these, Krsna has four extraordinary transcendental qualities absent in Narayana. These four qualities are (2) His association in the circle of the supreme devotees in conjugal love - the gopis No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5 Lamenting for Krsna Radharani said, Where is your friend, the best of all men, so expert in dancing in the circle of the rasa dance? Where is He who is the real medicine to save Me from dying of heart disease No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +10,698 Lalita chastised Krsna for staying in Mathura: "Simply by dancing in the circle of the rasa dance, You attracted Srimati Radharani's love. Why are You now so indifferent to my dear friend Radharani? She is lying nearly unconscious" No edit summary current
- 06:1306:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,965 Krsna has four extraordinary transcendental qualities absent in Lord Narayana. These four qualities are (1) His wonderful pastimes, which are compared to an ocean, (2) His association in the circle of the supreme devotees in conjugal love (the gopis) No edit summary current
- 06:1306:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,699 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu whirled the rod in a circle like a firebrand, the heart of everyone who saw it was astonished No edit summary current
- 06:1306:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,321 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced and jumped high, roaring like thunder and moving in a circle like a wheel, He appeared like a circling firebrand No edit summary current
- 06:1206:12, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,651 Thus attacked, Kaliya looked for an opportunity to bite Him, but Krsna moved around him. As Krsna and Kaliya moved in a circle, the serpent gradually became fatigued, and his strength seemed to diminish considerably No edit summary current
- 06:1206:12, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,431 The gopis were dancing in a circle, and in the middle of that circle, Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, danced with Radharani No edit summary current
- 06:1206:12, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,255 Sukadeva Gosvami continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Manasottara Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles) No edit summary current
- 06:1206:12, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,451 On that platform, all the most important associates of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, as well as other important men, sat down in a circle around the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped high in a circle, He appeared like the alata-cakra No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,184 The particular loving mood or attitude relished in the exchange of love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called rasa, or mellow No edit summary current
- 06:0406:04, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,069 When Uddhava came from Lord Krsna with a message for the gopis, all the gopis, especially Srimati Radharani, denounced Krsna in various ways. Such denunciations, however, reflect an exuberant loving attitude No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 4 July 2022 diff hist +12,804 Transcendental loving attitude No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,130 The natural position of the living entity is to serve the Lord in a transcendental loving attitude. When the living entity wants to become Krsna Himself or imitate Krsna, he falls down into the material world No edit summary current
- 06:0006:00, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,538 Radharani said, "Dear Mr. Air, please do not arouse Me with the fragrance of flowers. I am now bereft of Krsna's loving attitude, so under the circumstances, what is the use of My sustaining this useless body" No edit summary current
- 06:0006:00, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,371 In the BS it is stated, premanjanacchurita... One can see the SPG, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for people in general He is not visible. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,075 How wonderful it is that simply by residing in Mathura even for one day, one can achieve a transcendental loving attitude toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead! This land of Mathura must be more glorious than Vaikuntha-dhama, the kingdom of God No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,752 By intense ecstasy in loving service, the damsels of Vrajabhumi attained qualitative oneness with the Lord by dancing with Him on an equal level, embracing Him in nuptial love, smiling at Him in joke, and looking at Him with a loving attitude No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,529 Brahma said, "When You place Yourself as subordinate to Your father and mother, Nanda and Yasoda, You are not reduced in Your potency; this is an expression of Your loving attitude toward Your devotees. There is no second identity to compete with You" No edit summary
- 05:5905:59, 4 July 2022 diff hist +25,243 Attachment to Krsna is permanent. That permanent loving attitude is sometimes mixed with different kinds of taste, called vibhava, anubhava and vyabhicari No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,632 As stated in Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38): One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always, within oneself and outside oneself, if one has developed the transcendental loving attitude toward Him. Thus for people in general, He is not visible No edit summary
- 05:4305:43, 4 July 2022 diff hist +10,341 We have nothing to research. Everything is there. Simply we have to hear from a person who is dhira, who is not agitated by the six kinds of agitating agents. That is the process of Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 4 July 2022 diff hist +9 This is the process of receiving perfect knowledge - to accept the transcendental vibration coming down from higher sources. The entire stock of Vedic knowledge is a transcendental vibration to help us understand the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,613 The conditioned souls are forgetful souls in their relationship with the Lord, and thus a period of creation and the process of dissemination of Vedic knowledge are necessary activities of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:3905:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,606 That is the way of explaining the Vedic knowledge (it is disseminated by authorities like Sukadeva Gosvami), technically known as the parampara system, or descending process No edit summary current
- 05:3905:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,484 Srimad-Bhagavatam is recognized Vedic wisdom, and the system of receiving Vedic knowledge is called avaroha-pantha, or the process of receiving transcendental knowledge through bona fide disciplic succession No edit summary current
- 05:3905:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,308 Our process of knowledge, if there is Vedic evidence, that is perfect. You don't require to experiment. Experimental knowledge is never perfect No edit summary current
- 05:3805:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,512 In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to understand Krsna, and Krsna is understood by devotional service, beginning with the process of surrender No edit summary current
- 05:3705:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,217 In the Vedic process of knowledge the authority has been accepted as the perfect source of knowledge No edit summary current
- 05:3705:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,634 In the beginning, one becomes a brahmacari, a student who studies Vedic knowledge under the authoritative guidance of a spiritual master. He then becomes a householder and executes household duties according to the Vedic process No edit summary current
- 05:3605:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,067 As the decision of the supreme court of a state is final, similarly the judgment of Brahmaji, the supreme authority in the universe, is final in the Vedic process of acquiring knowledge No edit summary current
- 05:3605:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,696 Ascending process is not recommended in the Vedic process of knowledge. Vedic way of receiving knowledge - by aural reception, by submissive aural reception from the spiritual master to the student. This is the way No edit summary current
2 July 2022
- 07:4407:44, 2 July 2022 diff hist +2,869 There are different degrees of ignorance however, and to come to the highest perfectional platform of knowledge is to surrender fully to the Lotus Feet of Krishna No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 2 July 2022 diff hist +13 The Mayavadi philosophers consider the highest goal of perfection to be liberation (mukti), which is the fourth perfectional platform No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 2 July 2022 diff hist +3,947 Explaining everything in grammar in relationship to Krsna, the Lord (Caitanya) induced His students to refrain from worldly education, for it is better to become Krsna conscious and in this way attain the highest perfectional platform of education No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 2 July 2022 diff hist +5,870 This modern civilization is most dangerous civilization, soul-killing civilization. The human being got the chance of understanding God, but they are being refused by the authorities to understand God No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 2 July 2022 diff hist +4,355 It is a very dangerous civilization. You cannot expect any peace and prosperity in this type of civilization. Therefore this Krsna consciousness movement is very, very essential No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 2 July 2022 diff hist +38,602 This eternal truth, the indestructible spirit, does exist as the living entity in each and every body. He is very minute and is finer than the finest atom No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 2 July 2022 diff hist +6,761 The word ca is significant, for it indicates the total number of bodies. That is the opinion of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana: Krsna is the Supersoul present in each and every body apart from the individual soul. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 2 July 2022 diff hist +5,146 The theory of reflection can be applied to the Supersoul who is present in each and every individual body and is known as the Paramatma, who is different from the individual living entity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 07:2207:22, 2 July 2022 diff hist +3,976 The similarity in the quality of the soul and the Supersoul does not make them equal in quantity, for the individual soul is present only in that particular body, whereas the Paramatma is present in each and every body. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 2 July 2022 diff hist +28,100 The purusa, the enjoyer, is inactive and without material qualities, although at the same time He is the master, existing separately in each and every body as the emblem of knowledge No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 2 July 2022 diff hist +4,562 The individual person is the proprietor or master of his own body but that Krsna, who is the Supersoul present in everyone's heart, is the supreme proprietor and supreme master of each and every individual body No edit summary
- 07:2107:21, 2 July 2022 diff hist +4,522 The first purusa incarnation of Govinda, Lord Krsna, known as the Maha-visnu, goes into a yoga-nidra mystic sleep, and the innumerable universes are situated in potency in each and every hair hole of His transcendental body No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 2 July 2022 diff hist +7,331 The big sky is the body itself, and the intestines and other parts of the body occupy the small sky. Each and every part of the body has individuality, even though occupying a small part of the total body No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 2 July 2022 diff hist +6,619 Sanat-kumara advised the King: Therefore, my dear King Prthu, try to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within everyone's heart along with the individual soul, in each and every body, either moving or not moving No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 2 July 2022 diff hist +5,958 It is further stated that with each and every part of His body He can do the work of the other senses. This means that the Lord can walk with His hands, accept things with His legs, see with His hands and feet, eat with His eyes, etc No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 2 July 2022 diff hist +5,457 In our own bodies we do not show any actual difference in our treatment towards the hands or legs. Each and every part of the body is important, although the mouth is the most important of the bodily parts No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 2 July 2022 diff hist +6,597 In each and every individual body, the fragmental portion of the Supreme Lord is present. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 07:1807:18, 2 July 2022 diff hist +1 Every body is the embodiment or the temple of the Supreme Lord, and as such, as one offers respect to the temple of the Lord, he should similarly properly respect each and every body in whom the Paramatma dwells. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 2 July 2022 diff hist +2,524 Each and every part of the body or senses has its particular function. After seeing the Lord, all the senses become fully awakened to render service unto the Lord because in the liberated state the senses are fully efficient in serving the Lord No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 2 July 2022 diff hist +4,087 Each and every part of His transcendental body can perform each and every function of the other parts No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 2 July 2022 diff hist +3,813 Each and every body means No edit summary current
- 07:1607:16, 2 July 2022 diff hist +5 A Krsna conscious person has full knowledge of this (the Paramatma is present in each and every body), and therefore he is truly learned and has equal vision. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
1 July 2022
- 14:3914:39, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,497 One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature. BG 8.9 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 1 July 2022 diff hist +18 In the Svetasvatara Upanisad (3.8), the Supreme is described as aditya-varnam tamasah parastat, He whose self-manifest form is luminous like the sun and transcendental to the darkness of ignorance No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 1 July 2022 diff hist +35 He (Krsna) is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,153 The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the source of light in all luminous objects like the sun, moon, stars, etc. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 1 July 2022 diff hist +7,054 The process of uncovering is like this: the rays of sunshine are luminous, and the sun itself is also luminous. In the presence of the sun, the rays illuminate just like the sun No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 1 July 2022 diff hist +46,572 The land (of Vrndavana) is made of touchstone and the water of nectar. In that land all speech is song, and all walking is dancing, and one's constant companion is the flute. Everything is self-luminous, just like the sun in this material world No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,117 Although they (tapasvis, yogis, jnanis and others who have a bodily concept of life) may sometimes be called santa-bhaktas, real bhakti begins with dasya-rasa No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 1 July 2022 diff hist +16,760 Bhakti is not official transaction. Bhakti means priti, real love. When I actually love Krsna, that is called priti No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,666 Bhakti is main thing, not your palatable dish. Visnu is quite competent to prepare thousand times better palatable dishes than you can offer. But the real thing is bhakti No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 1 July 2022 diff hist +7 Bhakti-yoga means anukulyena krsnanusilanam: (CC Madhya 19.167) one should serve Krsna very favorably. This is the real injunction No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,915 The real yoga system is to divert the mind towards God, to control the mind from material engagement and divert it to spiritual engagement, or bhakti-yoga No edit summary
- 14:1314:13, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,651 The real fact is that bhakti can be applied only to Lord Visnu and His expansions No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,296 Real spiritual process is bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,631 Real sannyasa-yoga or bhakti means that one should know his constitutional position as the living entity, and act accordingly. The living entity has no separate independent identity. He is the marginal energy of the Supreme. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,484 Real ingredient is bhakti (devotion) No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,636 Real dharma means bhakti, or devotional service to the Lord. The Sudarsana cakra is here (in SB 9.5.6) addressed as dharma-setave, the protector of dharma No edit summary
- 14:1014:10, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,659 Real devotees of bhakti-yoga accept only the material necessities of life absolutely needed to maintain the body and soul together; they refrain completely from all exaggerated material sense gratification No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,537 Real bhakti yoga No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,527 Real bhakti-yoga means No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,668 Priti-sandarbha, Bhagavata-sandarbha, six sandarbha, very highly philosophical books. Bhakti is not official transaction. Bhakti means priti, real love No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,858 One should not think that he is the proprietor, benefactor, friend or enjoyer. He should always be cognizant that the real enjoyer is Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; that is the basic principle of bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 1 July 2022 diff hist +29,612 Krsna has very many tasteful dishes in Vaikuntha. He is not hankering after your food. He accepts your devotion, bhakti. The real thing is devotion, not the food No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,944 If the real purpose of all yoga is to please Lord Krsna, then this simple bhakti-yoga system recommended for this age is sufficient. It is necessary to engage constantly in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 1 July 2022 diff hist +7 God confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.26) - "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it." The real ingredient is bhakti (devotion). Pure devotion is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,748 Everything is mixed up with little bhakti, but... Just like karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, dhyana-yoga, there are different. But the real yoga means loving Vasudeva, Bhagavan No edit summary
- 14:0614:06, 1 July 2022 diff hist +13,407 Bhakti means when one has attained real jnanam. Without real jnanam, nobody can become bhakta. The foolish person says that bhakti's meant for ajnani, or less intelligent No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 1 July 2022 diff hist +25 Bhakti is realizing that one is pure spirit and not matter at all. Our real identity is not this body, which is simply a covering of the spirit, but our real identity is dasa, servant of Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,596 When you employ your senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses, that is called bhakti. That is called bhakti. So that is real yoga, bhakti-yoga. Otherwise artificially if you try, one or two may be successful but mostly they will fail No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,603 Vaidhi-bhakti, that is apprenticeship. Real bhakti, para-bhakti, that is raganuga-bhakti No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,820 When a pure devotee always fears material association, his real position of bhakti is manifested, and he naturally becomes uninterested in material enjoyment No edit summary current
24 June 2022
- 11:1111:11, 24 June 2022 diff hist +4,653 If you want equality, fraternity, friendship, love and perfection, solution of problems, all problems, economic, political, social, religious, then come to Krsna consciousness. Come to this platform. Then all your ambitions will be fulfilled No edit summary current
- 11:0511:05, 24 June 2022 diff hist +3,170 You have accepted me as father, so I have also accepted you as my dear and real son. Relationship of father & son on spiritual platform is real and eternal, on the material platform such relationship is ephemeral and temporary No edit summary current
- 11:0311:03, 24 June 2022 diff hist +6,641 Jatila, the mother of Abhimanyu, immediately believed that Krsna was her own son and thus became very angry at her real son who was coming home. She began to drive away her real son, who was crying, "Mother! Mother! What are you doing?" No edit summary current
- 11:0211:02, 24 June 2022 diff hist +6,630 It is surprising that Vasudeva and Devaki did not enjoy the transcendental bliss of Krsna’s childhood pastimes, although Krsna was their real son No edit summary current
- 11:0211:02, 24 June 2022 diff hist +2,618 If a son is an obedient devotee of the Lord he is called putra, or a real son; otherwise, if he is not learned and is not a devotee, a son is nothing better than urine No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 24 June 2022 diff hist +11 When you preach you can say what you think. They are so-called Christians - but what are they doing for God No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 24 June 2022 diff hist +5,349 The so-called Christians and Mohammedans, they cannot understand. They (are) simply fanatics. Cannot understand what is soul, what is God. They have got some theories and they are thinking we are religionists No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 24 June 2022 diff hist +3,467 The Sankirtana devotees are very very dear to Krishna. Because you are doing the field work of book distribution, Krishna has immediately recognized them as true servants No edit summary current
- 10:3910:39, 24 June 2022 diff hist +16,034 Anyone whose work is not meant for elevating him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, must be considered dead, although he is breathing No edit summary current
23 June 2022
- 12:2812:28, 23 June 2022 diff hist +37 There are four stages within sannyasa life, and paramahamsa is the highest order. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is called the paramahamsa-samhita, the treatise for the highest class of human beings No edit summary current
- 12:2712:27, 23 June 2022 diff hist +4,114 In the sannyasa order also there are four stages of upliftment toward perfection. These stages are called kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya, and paramahamsa No edit summary current
- 12:1712:17, 23 June 2022 diff hist +31 We must remember always that the body is like a dress; therefore why lament the changing of a dress? The material body has no factual existence in relation to the eternal soul. It is something like a dream No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 23 June 2022 diff hist +5,504 The material body has no factual existence in relation to the eternal soul. It is something like a dream. In a dream we may think of flying in the sky or sitting on a chariot as a king No edit summary current
- 12:1412:14, 23 June 2022 diff hist +31 The impersonalist followers of Sankaracarya, as well as the Vaisnavas following in the disciplic succession from Lord Sri Krsna, acknowledge the factual existence of the soul, but the Buddhist philosophers do not No edit summary current
- 12:1212:12, 23 June 2022 diff hist +24,291 Factual existence No edit summary current
- 12:1112:11, 23 June 2022 diff hist +5,730 Although one may consider the reflection of the sun from a mirror to be false, it has its factual existence. Accordingly, to prove by speculative knowledge that there is no reality would be extremely difficult No edit summary current
- 12:0012:00, 23 June 2022 diff hist +38 What is a demigod? It is stated in the Vedic scriptures that those who are devotees of Lord Visnu are demigods. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 11:5911:59, 23 June 2022 diff hist +5,598 The Lord informs Brahma that knowledge of Him, the Supreme Absolute Truth, as it is stated in the revealed scriptures, is very subtle and cannot be understood unless one is self-realized by the grace of the Lord No edit summary current
- 11:5911:59, 23 June 2022 diff hist +6,988 There are five kinds of liberation stated in the scriptures. One is to become one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or to forsake one's individuality and merge into the Supreme Spirit. This is called ekatmatam No edit summary current
- 11:5611:56, 23 June 2022 diff hist +24,416 Stated in the scriptures No edit summary current
- 11:5511:55, 23 June 2022 diff hist +4,722 Persons who have fallen, who have no hope for reaching the supreme destination, for them Lord Caitanya is the only hope. In this age, it is stated in authoritative scriptures, in this age the people are unfortunate No edit summary current
- 11:5311:53, 23 June 2022 diff hist +3,787 Maintaining one's family is certainly the duty of a householder, but one should be eager to earn his livelihood by the prescribed method, as stated in the scriptures No edit summary
- 11:4711:47, 23 June 2022 diff hist +6,778 Experienced munis, those who are liberated souls, those who are expert in Vedic knowledge, they understand that this is avatara, or incarnation, by the symptoms, as they are stated in the scriptures No edit summary current
- 11:4511:45, 23 June 2022 diff hist +4,437 As stated in the Vedic scriptures, the first-class process is to call the bridegroom to the home of the bride and hand her to him in charity with a dowry of necessary ornaments, gold, furniture and other household paraphernalia No edit summary current
- 11:2511:25, 23 June 2022 diff hist +5,663 There is just the futile attempt to get rid of the miseries, and temporary cessation of misery is falsely called happiness. Therefore, the path of progressive material enjoyment, which is temporary, miserable and illusory, is inferior No edit summary current
- 11:2411:24, 23 June 2022 diff hist +28,884 The ambition for happiness is natural and good, but the attempt to derive it from inert matter by so-called scientific arrangements is an illusory attempt doomed to frustration. Those who are befooled cannot understand this No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 23 June 2022 diff hist +9 This (maya-sukhaya) creates problems after problems, and therefore it is maya-sukhaya, illusory happiness No edit summary current
22 June 2022
- 06:1406:14, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,074 The conditioned souls hover in dreams of such heavenly illusory pleasures, but actually they do not relish any tangible happiness in such places No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 22 June 2022 diff hist +2,689 No one is happy here within the universe, and what is felt as happiness is maya's illusion. The illusory energy of the Lord is so strong that even the hog who lives on filthy stool feels happy No edit summary current
- 05:5505:55, 22 June 2022 diff hist +3,350 Most of the residents of these planets, who are known as Daityas, Danavas and Nagas, live as householders. Their wives, children, friends and society are all fully engaged in illusory, material happiness No edit summary
- 05:4705:47, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,123 Independently means if we want to enjoy life according to my whims. That is called so-called independence. But by such independence, we are never happy, so we transmigrate for this so-called illusory happiness from one body to another No edit summary current