User contributions for Angela
18 December 2020
- 17:1617:16, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821 N If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord - Yajna, or Visnu - one is in liberated life. If one fails to do so he remains in a life of bondage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord—Yajña, or Viṣṇu—one is in liberated life. If one fails to do s..."
- 17:1217:12, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,940 N Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solution is to cease from materialistic activities and engage in spiritual activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solut..."
- 17:0817:08, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,890 N Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Krsna is spiritual. By spiritual activities one becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead, and then enjoy blissful life eternally Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Kṛṣṇa is spiritual. By spirit..."
- 17:0317:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821 N If one does whatever Krsna says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the order of Krsna, his activities were not material Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one does whatever Kṛṣṇa says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the ord..."
- 16:5916:59, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,850 N One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achieved. Spiritual activities are activities performed according to the order of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achi..."
- 16:5516:55, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,891 N Simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease from such activities, is insufficient Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease f..."
- 16:4916:49, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,968 N The so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals and schools and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals..."
- 16:4216:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,008 N According to the Vaisnava philosophy if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive for very long, and everyone should engage himself in spiritual activities, which will solve the problem of suffering in this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, however, if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive..."
- 16:3516:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,964 N The Mayavadi philosophers adhering to the slogan brahma satyam jagan mithya, want to refrain from false, materialistic activities. They want to stop all activities and merge in the Supreme Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī philosophers, therefore, adhering to the slogan brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā, want to refrain from false, ma..."
- 16:2616:26, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,986 N The difference between the philosophy of the Mayavadis and that of the Vaisnavas is explained herein (SB 7.13.27). Both the Mayavadis and Vaisnavas know that in materialistic activities there is no happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The difference between the philosophy of the Māyāvādīs and that of the Vaiṣṇavas is explained herein. Both the Māyāv..."
- 16:1916:19, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,990 N The learned brahmana said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned brāhmaṇa said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities..."
- 16:1116:11, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,213 N The Vedic injunctions warn, nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye (SB 5.5.1). One should not enjoy sex life like hogs, and eat everything, even to the limit of stool Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunctions therefore warn, nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate vid-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5..."
- 16:0316:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,162 N The Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritualistic marriage ceremony should help one another advance in spiritual life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritual..."
- 15:5615:56, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,466 N Sex and eating are essential, and they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to the Vedic injunctions people may eat, sleep, enjoy sex, be protected from fearful life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sex and eating are essential, and therefore they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to th..." current
- 15:5015:50, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,365 N In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by nature's laws to accept another body, which is imposed as punishment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by na..." current
- 15:4215:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,498 N The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajna-sista, or prasada, food offered to Krsna. The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food that is offered first for sacrifice - BG 3.13 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajña-śiṣṭa, or prasāda, food offered to Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣ..."
- 15:3515:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,331 N In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that although men, like animals, must be allowed to eat, sleep, enjoy sex and take protection from fear, they must be regulated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that althou..."
- 15:2715:27, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,979 N Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear"}}..."
- 15:2215:22, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,395 N Marriage is recommended to give men & women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gita by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dharmaviruddho bhutesu kamo 'smi: sex life not against the principles of religion is Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Marriage is recommended to give men and women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gīt..."
- 15:1315:13, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,056 N Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress"}} {{no..." current
- 15:1015:10, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,364 N Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for..."
- 15:0415:04, 18 December 2020 diff hist −11 As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,017 N As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual..."
17 December 2020
- 18:4018:40, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,488 N If one surrenders unto Krsna (mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be freed from the control of external nature (sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate (BG 14.26)). This should be the aim of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa (mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be free..."
- 18:3618:36, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,919 N Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Krsna - mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram - BG 9.10 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Kṛṣṇa (mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram"}} {{not..."
- 18:2418:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,147 N Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independent. Actually they cannot be independent. This is foolishness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independe..."
- 18:1918:19, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,349 N Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity although eternal is placed in different diseased conditions known as the many species of life. Modern civilization is unaware of the laws of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity, although eternal,..."
- 18:1318:13, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,310 According to one's association with the material qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance in this life, in one's next life one receives an appropriate body No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,252 N In Bhagavad-gita (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three modes of material nature - karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three mod..."
- 18:0518:05, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234 N Our Krsna consciousness movement is the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this movement is teaching people how to go back home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this mov..."
- 17:5917:59, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,426 N If one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
- 17:5117:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,200 N As explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.25), yanti deva-vrata devan. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planetary systems (Devaloka or Svargaloka) must prepare to do so Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.25), yānti deva-vratā devān. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planeta..."
- 17:4617:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260 N If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhead, but otherwise one may be degraded to a life as a dog, a hog and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhea..."
- 17:4117:41, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,430 N A sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolutionary process, or travel again through the evolutionary process in higher and lower grades of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolu..."
- 17:3317:33, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,195 N If one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and hogs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and ho..."
- 17:2817:28, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,493 N The word tirascam refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As Western people think, from the monkeys come the human beings, who are more comfortably situated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word tiraścām refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As..."
- 17:2217:22, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,305 N Ma means mrtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life - pa, pha, ba, bha and ma - one achieves apavarga, or liberation from the punishment of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"ma means mṛtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life—pa, pha, ba, bha and ma—one..."
- 17:1017:10, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,940 N Sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthata, disappointment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthatā, disappointment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
- 17:0317:03, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234 N Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters pa, pha, ba, bha and ma. Pa means parisrama, very hard labor. Pha means phena, or foam from the mouth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters..."
- 16:5716:57, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260 N One may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritual life. This is called apavarga, or liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritua..."
- 16:5116:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,294 N If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness is many thousands of times better than on this planet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness..."
- 16:4516:45, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,991 N Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargapavarga) or for degradation - tirascam punar asya ca Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargāpavarga) or for deg..."
- 16:3016:30, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,973 N All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature"}}..."
- 16:2416:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,227 N One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may have material desires, one should engage in the devotional service of the Lord. That will purify one's struggle for existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may ha..."
- 16:1716:17, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,196 N One must stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, our energy to act should be engaged in the service of the Lord, for then materialistic activities will automatically stop Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must therefore stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, o..."
- 16:0716:07, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,052 N This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and because of actions performed in that body, another body is created Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and..."
- 16:0216:02, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,228 As a small piece of grass falls in a river and is tossed about with different types of wood and tree branches, the living entity floats in the ocean of material existence and is dashed and tossed amidst material conditions No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,927 N As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to accept another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to acc..."
- 15:5215:52, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,365 N 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 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words yathā-śrutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as śruti because this knowledge is received from autho..."
- 15:4615:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,540 N The saintly brahmana did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers were not concocted by him. This is indicated by the words yatha-srutam, meaning "as I have heard from the authorities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the saintly brāhmaṇa did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers, however, were not concocted by him. This is..."
- 15:3915:39, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,367 N As for Prahlada Maharaja since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be answered, even by a great and exalted personality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be an..." current
- 15:3515:35, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,467 N Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, because of great kindness, a saintly person speaks to ordinary men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, beca..."
- 15:2915:29, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,351 N A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man does not need to be advised Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man do..."
16 December 2020
- 19:1119:11, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,097 N The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktya kevalaya. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that bhaktya kevalaya means jnana-karmady-amisraya, "unmixed with fruitive activities or speculative knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktyā kevalayā. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that bhakt..."
- 19:0419:04, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,025 N Only to the devotees does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service. To others, the nondevotees, the Lord gives instructions according to the manner of their surrender Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only to the devotees, however, does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service...." current
- 18:5918:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist −11 The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him No edit summary current
- 18:5818:58, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,907 N The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61)), and whe..."
- 18:5118:51, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,066 N A pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service. A devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can study another man's character without difficulty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service...."
- 18:4318:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,711 N Prahlada was naturally inquisitive about why he (the saintly person) was lying there inactive Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda was naturally inquisitive about why he was lying there inactive"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
- 18:3718:37, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,335 Prahlada Maharaja studied the bodily features of the saintly person, and through the saint's physiognomy Prahlada Maharaja could understand that he was intelligent and expert No edit summary current
- 18:3118:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,275 N One who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brahmana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brāhmaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
- 18:2618:26, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,676 N The learned sage was quite fat and Prahlada Maharaja was very much surprised. Because of being experienced in self-realization, a transcendentalist certainly becomes bright-faced Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned sage, however, was quite fat, and therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja was very much surprised. Because of being experie..."
- 18:0918:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,430 N By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory"}} {{notes|..."
- 18:0318:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,799 N In the material world we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through business or some other means and he then gets the money, he enjoys the senses to his satisfaction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world also, we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through..."
- 17:5717:57, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,470 N Prahlada Maharaja who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ajagara-vrtti and becoming very fat Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ājagara-vṛtti and becoming very fat"}} {{notes|}}..." current
- 17:5017:50, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,722 N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would become very anxious upon seeing his fat disciples becoming bhogis, or enjoyers of the senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would b..."
- 17:4317:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,240 N Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlada Maharaja immediately offered him respectful obeisances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately offered him respectful obeisances"..." current
- 17:3317:33, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,567 N The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kaveri in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable to understand whether that saint was the same man they had known. It is therefore said, vaisnavera kriya mudra vijne na bhujhaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kāverī in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable..."
- 17:2717:27, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,726 N Prahlada Maharaja, along with his associates, met this great saint (who was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python) and spoke to him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his associates, met this great saint and spoke to him"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{com..."
- 17:2317:23, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,095 N The saintly person met by Prahlada Maharaja was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python, which does not go anywhere but sits in one place for years and eats whatever is automatically available Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The saintly person met by Prahlāda Mahārāja was undergoing ājagara-vṛtti, the living conditions of a python, which does..."
- 17:1217:12, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,084 N Our (Krsna consciousness movement) only concern is to attract people to Krsna consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyasis or in the regular dress of gentlemen. Our only concern is to spread interest in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our only concern is to attract people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyāsīs or in the regul..."
- 17:0717:07, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,253 N Sometimes the Krsna consciousness movement sends its representative sannyasis to foreign countries where the danda and kamandalu are not very much appreciated. We send our preachers in ordinary dress to introduce our books and philosophy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement sends its representative sannyāsīs to foreign countries where the daṇḍa..."
- 17:0017:00, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,856 N Such a sannyasi (a Vaisnava sannyasi) is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyasa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to spread Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a sannyāsī is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyāsa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to sp..."
- 16:5416:54, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,204 N To preach, such sannyasis may accept the symbols of sannyasa, such as the danda and kamandalu, or sometimes they may not. Generally the Vaisnava sannyasis, being paramahamsas, are automatically called babajis, and they do not carry a kamandalu or danda Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To preach, such sannyāsīs may accept the symbols of sannyāsa, such as the daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu, or sometimes they ma..."
- 16:4616:46, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,852 N Unless one is in the paramahamsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Srimad-Bhagavatam. For paramahamsas, or sannyasis in the Vaisnava order, preaching is the first duty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is in the paramahaṁsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. For paramahaṁsas, or sa..."
- 16:4116:41, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,937 N The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavan, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is meant for the paramahamsas. Indeed, Srimad-Bhagavatam itself is meant for the paramahamsas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavān, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is..."
- 16:3616:36, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,945 The Mayavadi impersonalist sannyasis cannot attain the paramahamsa stage. This is because of their impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,901 N There are four stages of the renounced order of life - kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya and paramahamsa. Herein (in SB 7.13.9), Srimad-Bhagavatam considers the paramahamsas among the sannyasis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four stages of the renounced order of life—kuṭīcaka, bahūdaka, parivrājakācārya and paramahaṁsa. Herein,..."
- 16:2916:29, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,021 N The first business of the sannyasi is to preach Krsna consciousness, but if, by the grace of Krsna, facilities are available, then he may construct temples and monasteries to give shelter to the serious students of Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first business of the sannyāsī is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but if, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, facilities a..."
- 16:2516:25, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,561 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains the word arambhan as meaning mathadi-vyaparan, which means "attempts to construct temples and monasteries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains the word ārambhān as meaning maṭhādi-vyāpārān, which means "attem..." current
- 16:1916:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,939 N In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples and monasteries should be used exclusively by devotees who are serious about spiritual advancement in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples a..." current
- 16:1316:13, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,750 N In the Krsna consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principles - no illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principl..."
- 16:0316:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,763 N Sannyasis sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually such endeavors should be avoided Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsīs sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually su..."
- 15:5915:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,701 N A sannyasi is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements - curing diseases or increasing material opulence by manufacturing gold Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complet..."
- 15:5515:55, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,866 N There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence by manufacturing gold. These are lucrative allurements for unintelligent men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence b..."
- 15:4715:47, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,616 N So-called svamis and yogis generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So-called svāmīs and yogīs generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela..."
- 15:3815:38, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,117 N Madhvacarya says: One should be callous to these so-called sastras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's livelihood by taking money for explaining sastra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be callous to these so-called śāstras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's liveliho..."
- 15:3115:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,116 N Madhvacarya says: There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers & thinkers who are useless for spiritual advancement. Nor should one accept a disciple for the sake of fashion or popularity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers and thinkers wh..."
- 15:2215:22, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,508 N Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature - newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first..."
- 15:1615:16, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,829 N Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowledge. Indeed, it has been described as a place of enjoyment for crows - tad vayasam tirtham Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowl..."
- 15:0915:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,380 N This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditioned by material nature a chance to emerge from this nature by surrendering to Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditi..."
- 15:0515:05, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,160 N Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
- 15:0115:01, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,523 N Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. Bhutva bhutva praliyate - BG 8.19 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the..."
- 14:5614:56, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,147 N One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."
- 14:5214:52, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,584 N It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance, and that one observe the living entity's entanglement in this time factor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance..."
15 December 2020
- 18:2018:20, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,477 N Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve it perpetually and enjoy it to the best of their ability. Both of them are fools and rascals Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve i..."
- 18:1418:14, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,288 N The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve the problem of birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve..."
- 18:0918:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +2,950 N Everything exists on the basis of Krsna's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Krsna. The advanced devotee of Krsna can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything exists on the basis of Kṛṣṇa's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa. Therefore the advan..."
- 18:0318:03, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,120 N One who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for they fundamentally do not exist. Only the Supreme Absolute Truth exists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for..."
- 17:5817:58, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,075 N The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The marginal state, between consciousness and unconsciousness, has no permanent existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The m..."
- 17:4717:47, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,381 N If one takes shelter of Narada instead of material teachers, this (confidential) knowledge is possible to understand. Understanding does not depend upon high parentage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one takes shelter of Nārada instead of material teachers, this knowledge is possible to understand. Understanding does not..."
- 17:4017:40, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,413 N This knowledge is an extremely confidential secret, but it can be understood if one approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the bona fide agent, the spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Narada Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This knowledge is an extremely confidential secret, but it can be understood if one approaches the Supreme Personality of Godh..."
- 17:3717:37, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,324 N This confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to understand, yet it is very easy to understand if one takes shelter of a pure devotee. This confidential knowledge is also mentioned at the end of Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to understand, yet it is very easy to understand if one takes shelter of a..."
- 17:3217:32, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,855 N If one very strictly performs the various duties of religion but does not ultimately come to the platform of surrendering to the Supreme Lord, his methods of attaining salvation or elevation are simply a waste of time and energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one very strictly performs the various duties of religion but does not ultimately come to the platform of surrendering to t..."
- 17:2817:28, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,951 N The Vedic ritualistic ceremonies and injunctions are not to be discounted; they are means of being promoted to the spiritual platform. But if one does not come to the spiritual platform, the Vedic ceremonies are simply a waste of time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies and injunctions are not to be discounted; they are means of being promoted to the spiritual p..."
- 17:2017:20, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,031 N The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-purusa, the supreme person. This is the object of the human mission Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-puruṣa, the supreme person...."
- 17:1417:14, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,765 N To act on the material platform, even if one's activities are sanctioned by the Vedas, is not the ultimate goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To act on the material platform, even if one's activities are sanctioned by the Vedas, is not the ultimate goal of life"}} {{n..."
- 17:0917:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,003 N Any education or activity not on the brahma-bhuta platform, the platform of self-realization, is considered to be material and Prahlada Maharaja says that anything material cannot be the Absolute Truth, for the Absolute Truth is on the spiritual platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any education or activity not on the brahma-bhūta platform, the platform of self-realization, is considered to be material, a..."
- 16:5616:56, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,777 N One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the brahma-bhuta stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the..."
- 16:5316:53, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,435 N These instructions of Prahlada Maharaja (in SB 7.6.26) stress the transcendental position of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These instructions of Prahlāda Mahārāja stress the transcendental position of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|u..."
- 16:4816:48, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,288 N Karmis desire material happiness, and jnanis desire liberation, but a devotee does not desire anything; he is simply satisfied by rendering transcendental loving service at the lotus feet of the Lord and glorifying Him everywhere by preaching Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Karmīs desire material happiness, and jñānīs desire liberation, but a devotee does not desire anything; he is simply satis..."
- 16:4216:42, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,127 N Devotees are not desirous of any material happiness, including the happiness derived from liberation. This is called anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam - Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees are not desirous of any material happiness, including the happiness derived from liberation. This is called anyābhil..."
- 16:3716:37, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,114 N Because they (persons engaged in devotional service) are nirmatsara, not jealous of anyone, they want to make others devotees, even their enemies. In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya remarks, kanksate moksa-gam api sukham nakanksato yatha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because they are nirmatsara, not jealous of anyone, they want to make others devotees, even their enemies. In this regard, Śr..."
- 16:2616:26, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,135 N Nirmatsaranam, persons who are completely transcendental to the material activities of separateness, who make no distinction between "mine" and "yours," but who simply engage in the devotional service of God, are actually fit to accept bhagavata-dharma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nirmatsarāṇām, persons who are completely transcendental to the material activities of separateness, who make no distincti..."
- 16:0616:06, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,809 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra (SB 1.1.2). Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are kaitava - false and unnecessary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, therefore, in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo..."
- 16:0116:01, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,150 N Prahlada Maharaja said, agunena ca kanksitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus feet of the Lord, he does not need anything in terms of dharma, artha, kama or moksa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja said, aguṇena ca kāṅkṣitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus f..."
- 15:5015:50, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,840 N Bilvamangala Thakura said, muktih svayam mukulitanjali sevate 'sman dharmartha-kama-gatayah samaya-pratiksah. Liberation always stands at the door of a devotee, ready to carry out his orders Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura said, muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjali sevate 'smān dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣ..."
- 15:4515:45, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,752 N For a devotee these (to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to the fullest extent and to attain liberation) are all very easily available Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for a devotee these are all very easily available"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-15T15:..."
- 15:4015:40, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,039 N In an advanced civilization, people are eager to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to the fullest extent, and at last to attain liberation. However, these are not to be magnified as desirable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In an advanced civilization, people are eager to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to th..."
- 15:3315:33, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,994 N He (God) is always sad-aisvarya-purna, full in six opulences, in all circumstances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is always ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa, full in six opulences, in all circumstances"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{co..."
- 15:1915:19, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,212 N He (God) lives everywhere - in the houses of the poor and those of the rich - but in all circumstances He remains Narayana; to think that He becomes either poor or rich is a material calculation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He lives everywhere—in the houses of the poor and those of the rich—but in all circumstances He remains Nārāyaṇa; to t..."
- 15:0615:06, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,208 N If Narayana lives in the house of a daridra, a poor man, this does not mean that Narayana becomes poor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If Nārāyaṇa lives in the house of a daridra, a poor man, this does not mean that Nārāyaṇa becomes poor"}} {{notes|}} {..."
- 15:0115:01, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,352 N Since the Supreme Lord, Visnu, is situated in the core of everyone's heart, every body is a temple of Visnu. One should not misuse this understanding as an excuse for such words as daridra-narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is situated in the core of everyone's heart, every body is a temple of Viṣṇu. One shoul..."
- 14:5514:55, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,644 N The word sauhrdam ("friendliness") is very significant in this verse (SB 7.6.24). People are generally ignorant of Krsna consciousness, and therefore to become their best well-wisher one should teach them about Krsna consciousness without discrimination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word sauhṛdam ("friendliness") is very significant in this verse. People are generally ignorant of Kṛṣṇa conscious..."
- 14:4914:49, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,270 N A preacher should personally understand these truths (that God is the supreme enjoyer, He is the proprietor of everything, and that He is the best well-wisher) and preach them to everyone. Then there will be peace and tranquillity all over the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A preacher should personally understand these truths and preach them to everyone. Then there will be peace and tranquillity al..."
- 14:3914:39, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,403 N By such preaching (preaching Krsna consciousness), the preacher becomes satisfied, and those to whom he preaches are also satisfied. This is the process of bringing peace and tranquillity to the entire world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By such preaching, the preacher becomes satisfied, and those to whom he preaches are also satisfied. This is the process of br..."
14 December 2020
- 19:0019:00, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,311 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised everyone to become a guru-devotee and preach Krsna consciousness (yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa (CC Madhya 7.128)). That is the easiest way to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised everyone to become a guru-devotee and preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness (yāre dek..."
- 18:5018:50, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,409 N As one performs this service (spreading Krsna consciousness) for humanity, without discrimination between friends and enemies, the Lord becomes satisfied, and the mission of one's life is fulfilled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As one performs this service for humanity, without discrimination between friends and enemies, the Lord becomes satisfied, and..."
- 18:3818:38, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,628 N If one sincerely tries his best to spread Krsna consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is bhakti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one sincerely tries his best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, ev..."
- 18:3118:31, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,524 N Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this service of preaching Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this servi..."
- 18:2518:25, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,474 N Prahlada Maharaja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional service by preaching the science of Krsna consciousness to everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional serv..."
- 18:1718:17, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,598 N The Lord is present as antaryami in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is present as antaryāmī in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body"}} {{notes|}} {..."
- 18:1218:12, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,136 N If he (the living entity) comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can understand God, the origin of Brahman and Paramatma without difficulty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if he comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the..."
- 18:0518:05, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,748 N The living entity in the material condition wanders through many varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity in the material condition wanders through many varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances"}} {{no..."
- 18:0218:02, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,329 N If one understands the Vaisnava philosophy, which explains how He is present everywhere and how He acts everywhere, to worship the Supreme or to realize Him is not at all difficult. Realization of the Lord is possible only in the association of devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one understands the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, which explains how He is present everywhere and how He acts everywhere, to wor..."
- 17:4617:46, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,122 N After wandering through many varieties of life on many planetary systems, when one comes to the real understanding of the Absolute Truth by the grace of a devotee, one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After wandering through many varieties of life on many planetary systems, when one comes to the real understanding of the Abso..."
- 17:4017:40, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,664 N The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortunate living being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortunate living being"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{..."
- 17:3317:33, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,020 N This realization (of Krsna as the Supreme cause) is possible only for devotees who have fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord; for others it is not possible. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This realization is possible only for devotees who have fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord; for others it is no..."
- 17:2617:26, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,166 The supreme cause is Krsna, and devotees who have surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can realize Him and His presence within the universe and within the atom No edit summary current
- 17:2417:24, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,998 N Although He (Krsna) is present as the Paramatma in the core of everyone's heart, He is nonetheless one, either as an individual or as the all-pervading Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although He is present as the Paramātmā in the core of everyone's heart, He is nonetheless one, either as an individual or a..."
- 17:1417:14, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,071 N Without Krsna, there could be no existence of Brahman or Paramatma. Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without Kṛṣṇa, there could be no existence of Brahman or Paramātmā. Therefore, Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of G..."
- 17:0617:06, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,947 N Bhagavad-gita confirms that Krsna, by His Brahman feature, is all-pervading (maya tatam idam sarvam (BG 9.4)), but Brahman depends upon Krsna - brahmano hi pratisthaham - BG 14.27 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā confirms that Kṛṣṇa, by His Brahman feature, is all-pervading (mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam (BG 9.4)), but..."
- 16:5916:59, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,004 N The Lord is present in three features - as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Because He is present everywhere, He is described as sarvam khalv idam brahma. Visnu exists beyond Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is present in three features—as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. Because He is present everywhere, He is describ..."
- 16:4516:45, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,995 N He (God) is present not only in the heart of the living entity, but also in material things, even in the atoms, protons and electrons being explored by material scientists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is present not only in the heart of the living entity, but also in material things, even in the atoms, protons and electron..."
- 16:3516:35, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,994 N He (God as the Supersoul) exists in the heart of Lord Brahma and also in the cores of the hearts of the hogs, dogs, trees, plants and so on. He is present everywhere Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He exists in the heart of Lord Brahmā and also in the cores of the hearts of the hogs, dogs, trees, plants and so on. He is p..."
- 16:2816:28, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,119 N Not only is the Supreme Personality of Godhead present as the Supersoul of all living entities; at the same time, He pervades everything in the entire creation. He exists in all circumstances and at all times Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only is the Supreme Personality of Godhead present as the Supersoul of all living entities; at the same time, He pervades..."
- 16:2116:21, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,246 N If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord"}} {..."
- 16:1816:18, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,270 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has bestowed His blessings by saying, param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam: "All glories to Sri Krsna sankirtana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has therefore bestowed His blessings by saying, paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam:..."
- 16:1416:14, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,261 N The simple endeavor involved in the devotional service of sravanam kirtanam visnoh (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord, can make one successful in pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The simple endeavor involved in the devotional service of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chan..."
- 16:1116:11, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,023 N One will never be successful in pleasing his so-called family, society and nation, even if one endeavors to sacrifice his life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one will never be successful in pleasing his so-called family, society and nation, even if one endeavors to sacrifice his life..."
- 16:0816:08, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,032 N One's duty is to revive one's relationship with Narayana. A slight endeavor in this direction will make the attempt successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's duty is to revive one's relationship with Nārāyaṇa. A slight endeavor in this direction will make the attempt succes..."
- 16:0416:04, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,301 N Pleasing one's society, family, community and nation is extremely difficult. Pleasing Narayana is not at all difficult; it is very easy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pleasing one's society, family, community and nation is extremely difficult. Pleasing Nārāyaṇa, however, is not at all dif..."
- 15:5815:58, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,304 N Pleasing Narayana does not require as much endeavor as pleasing one's family, community and nation. We have seen important political leaders killed for a slight discrepancy in their behavior Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pleasing Nārāyaṇa does not require as much endeavor as pleasing one's family, community and nation. We have seen important..."
13 December 2020
- 18:5918:59, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,273 N Because at the time of death he (Ajamila) chanted the name of Narayana, although he was calling not for the Supreme Lord Narayana but for his son named Narayana, he was saved from the hands of Yamaraja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because at the time of death he chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa, although he was calling not for the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇ..."
- 18:5218:52, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,185 N Ajamila separated himself from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing many sinful activities and was condemned by Yamaraja to be very severely punished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ajāmila separated himself from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing many sinful activities and was condemned by Y..."
- 18:4618:46, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,307 N Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: if one performs even very slight devotional service, Narayana is always ready to save one from the greatest danger. The definite example is Ajamila Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt: if one performs even very slight devotional service, Nārāyaṇa is alway..."
- 18:3818:38, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,385 N As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reestablishing the natural, intimate relationship between Narayana and the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reesta..."
- 18:3218:32, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,098 N The Supreme Lord, Narayana, is the seed-giving father of all living entities because the living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord - mamaivamso ...jiva-bhutah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa, is the seed-giving father of all living entities because the living entities are parts and par..."
- 18:2718:27, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,805 N What is the benefit of taking the trouble to engage in the service of the Lord? This is not a valid objection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"what is the benefit of taking the trouble to engage in the service of the Lord?" This is not a valid objection"}} {{notes|}} {..."
- 18:2118:21, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,008 N One may ask, "One is certainly very attached to family life, but if one gives up family life to be attached to the service of the Lord, one must undergo the same endeavor and trouble Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may ask, "One is certainly very attached to family life, but if one gives up family life to be attached to the service of..."
- 18:1618:16, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,369 N One should give up the association of such demons and adhere to the association of devotees. Thus one will be able to be liberated from material bondage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should give up the association of such demons and adhere to the association of devotees. Thus one will be able to be liber..."
- 18:1118:11, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,432 N Because they (the so-called householders) are unable to control their senses, they continue a life of chewing the chewed and therefore descend to the darkest material regions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because they are unable to control their senses, they continue a life of chewing the chewed and therefore descend to the darke..."
- 18:0318:03, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,278 N As we have several times discussed, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham: (SB 7.9.45) so-called householders are simply attracted by sexual enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As we have several times discussed, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham: (SB 7.9.45) so-called householders are si..."
- 17:5417:54, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,415 N Even in those who are apparently very educated, the same family attachment is there. They cannot give up the association of their families, even in old age or invalidity, for they are attached to sense enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in those who are apparently very educated, the same family attachment is there. They cannot give up the association of th..."
- 17:4517:45, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,380 N Prahlada Maharaja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark well of family life and go to the forest to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark well of family life and g..."
- 17:3817:38, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,770 N Prahlada Maharaja advises everyone to follow the principles of varnasrama-dharma. Specifically, at a certain point one must give up family life and take to the renounced order of life to cultivate spiritual knowledge and thus become liberated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja advises everyone to follow the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma. Specifically, at a certain point one..."
- 17:3217:32, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,830 N As cats, dogs and other animals not knowing their true interest in life become increasingly involved in ignorance, the so-called educated person who does not know his own self-interest or the true goal of life becomes increasingly involved in materialism Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As cats, dogs and other animals, not knowing their true interest in life, become increasingly involved in ignorance, the so-ca..."
- 17:2717:27, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,611 N In this verse (SB 7.6.16) it is clearly stated that despite their so-called advanced knowledge, they actually have the same mentality as cats and dogs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse, however, it is clearly stated that despite their so-called advanced knowledge, they actually have the same ment..."
- 17:2317:23, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,494 N The scientists invent nuclear weapons and collaborate with the big leaders to protect the interests of their own nation or society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The scientists invent nuclear weapons and collaborate with the big leaders to protect the interests of their own nation or soc..."
- 17:1917:19, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,640 N Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, great leaders, politicians, philosophers and scientists are all engaged in foolish activities, thinking, "This is mine, and this is yours Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, great leaders, politicians, philosophers and scientists are all engaged in foolish activiti..."
- 17:1417:14, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,602 N Such attracted (foolish persons) persons become involved in society, community and nation and waste their time, not having profited from having obtained human forms Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such attracted persons become involved in society, community and nation and waste their time, not having profited from having..."
- 17:0217:02, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,155 If one does not ask, "Who am I? What is the goal of my life?" but instead follows the same animal propensities as cats and dogs, what is the use of his education? No edit summary current
- 16:5616:56, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,827 N When Sanatana Gosvami submitted to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya, his first question was 'ke ami', 'kene amaya jare tapa-traya'. He wanted to know his constitutional position and why he was suffering from the threefold miseries of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when Sanātana Gosvāmī submitted to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his first question was 'ke āmi', 'kene ā..."
- 16:2416:24, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,778 N Animals and unintelligent men are called vimudha, or ignorant, bewildered, whereas an educated person is called vidvan. The real vidvan is one who tries to understand his own position within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"animals and unintelligent men are called vimūḍha, or ignorant, bewildered, whereas an educated person is called vidvān. Th..."
- 16:1716:17, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,463 N In human society there are attempts to educate the human being, but for animal society there is no such system, nor are animals able to be educated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In human society there are attempts to educate the human being, but for animal society there is no such system, nor are animal..."
- 16:1116:11, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,452 N People do not care about the laws of this life or those governing the next. Despite whatever knowledge one has, one cannot stop his sinful activities if he is unable to control his senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"people do not care about the laws of this life or those governing the next. Despite whatever knowledge one has, one cannot sto..."
- 16:0716:07, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,586 N Especially in these days, people do not believe in a next life or in the court of Yamaraja and the various punishments of the sinful. But at least one should know that one who cheats others to acquire money will be punished by the laws of the government Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Especially in these days, people do not believe in a next life or in the court of Yamarāja and the various punishments of the..."
- 16:0116:01, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,062 N Even though such a materialistic person is always suffering threefold miseries, he is not intelligent enough to cease his materialistic way of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though such a materialistic person is always suffering threefold miseries, he is not intelligent enough to cease his mate..."
- 15:5615:56, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,085 N Although a materialistic person is expert in calculating costs and doing business, he does not realize that he is misusing his costly life for want of knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a materialistic person is expert in calculating costs and doing business, he does not realize that he is misusing his..."
- 15:5115:51, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,389 N Canakya Pandita gives the example that a moment of life cannot be purchased in exchange for millions of dollars. A foolish person wastes such a valuable life without knowing how much he is losing, even according to monetary calculations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Cāṇakya Paṇḍita gives the example that a moment of life cannot be purchased in exchange for millions of dollars. A fool..."
- 15:4515:45, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,179 N He (a foolish man) is expert in calculating the loss of pounds, shillings and pence, but he is so foolish that he does not know how much money he is losing, even according to material considerations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is expert in calculating the loss of pounds, shillings and pence, but he is so foolish that he does not know how much money..."
- 15:2515:25, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,469 N There are one's own father and mother to be taken care of, and one also becomes concerned with the social atmosphere and with pleasing his brothers and sisters Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are one's own father and mother to be taken care of, and one also becomes concerned with the social atmosphere and with..."
12 December 2020
- 17:5017:50, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,300 N Human society should take advantage of this instruction - even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection - SB 7.6.1 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human society should take advantage of this instruction"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-12T..."
- 17:4417:44, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,642 N Although they (great kings and emperors) were extremely opulent and were the masters of kingdoms, they could give up all their possessions because they were trained early as brahmacaris. Prahlada Maharaja's advice is therefore very appropriate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they were extremely opulent and were the masters of kingdoms, they could give up all their possessions because they w..."
- 17:3917:39, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,465 N Then they (the members of the higher castes) were allowed to enter household life. There have consequently been many instances in which great kings and emperors have given up household life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then they were allowed to enter household life. There have consequently been many instances in which great kings and emperors..."
- 17:3417:34, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,863 N Formerly, the members of the higher castes - the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas (everyone but the sudras) - were trained in the guru-kula to adhere to a life of renunciation and sense control by practicing brahmacarya and mystic yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly, of course, the members of the higher castes—the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas (everyone but the śūdras)..."
- 17:2817:28, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,242 N One may risk everything to acquire money, and this is especially true of rich men who are too attached to household life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may risk everything to acquire money, and this is especially true of rich men who are too attached to household life"}} {{..."
- 17:2517:25, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,563 N Merchants go from one country to another on boats at the risk of their lives, or they dive into the water of the sea to collect pearls and valuable gems. Thus it is practically proved - and everyone will admit - that money is sweeter than honey Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"merchants go from one country to another on boats at the risk of their lives, or they dive into the water of the sea to collec..."
- 17:1917:19, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,631 N Why do they (thieves) risk their lives? Only to get some money. Similarly, a professional soldier is recruited into the army, and he accepts such service, with the risk of dying on the battlefield, only for the sake of money Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Why do they risk their lives? Only to get some money. Similarly, a professional soldier is recruited into the army, and he acc..."
- 17:1217:12, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,035 N How money can be dearer than life is indicated in this verse - SB 7.6.10 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How money can be dearer than life is indicated in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-1..."
- 17:0417:04, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,375 N A strong inclination for sense enjoyment is the cause of the material body. Without full knowledge one cannot be unattached to material enjoyment, but as long as one is not in that position one is not fit to return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A strong inclination for sense enjoyment is the cause of the material body. Without full knowledge one cannot be unattached to..."
- 16:5916:59, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,206 N One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvami or svami, master of the senses. Unless one is master of the senses, he should not accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvāmī or svāmī, master of the senses. Unless one is..."
- 16:4816:48, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,259 N Children should be taught from the very beginning of life to be first-class brahmacaris. Then it will be possible for them to give up household life in the future Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"children should be taught from the very beginning of life to be first-class brahmacārīs. Then it will be possible for them t..."
- 16:4416:44, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,346 N If one prefers to remain in the dark well of household life because of uncontrolled senses he becomes increasingly entangled by ropes of affection for his wife, children, servants, house money. Such a person cannot attain liberation from material bondage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one prefers to remain in the dark well of household life because of uncontrolled senses, he becomes increasingly entangled..."
- 16:3816:38, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,315 N One should give up his household, which is a place for going further and further down into the darkest regions of material existence. The first advice is that one must give up household life - grham andha-kupam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should give up his household, which is a place for going further and further down into the darkest regions of material exi..."
- 16:3416:34, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,137 N Prahlada Maharaja explained to his father that to be freed from all material anxieties one should go to the forest. Hitvatma-patam grham andha-kupam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja explained to his father that to be freed from all material anxieties one should go to the forest. Hitvāt..."
- 16:3016:30, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,222 N A trained grhastha can gradually give up household life and go to the forest to become increasingly enlightened in spiritual life and at last take sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A trained gṛhastha can gradually give up household life and go to the forest to become increasingly enlightened in spiritual..."
- 16:2416:24, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,494 N He (the brahmacari) learns how to control his senses and sacrifice everything for the guru. When he is fully trained, if he likes he is allowed to marry. Thus he is not an ordinary grhastha who has learned only how to satisfy his senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he learns how to control his senses and sacrifice everything for the guru. When he is fully trained, if he likes he is allowed..."
- 16:1916:19, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,308 N From the very beginning, a brahmacari is trained to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the guru. A brahmacari is advised to go begging alms door to door, addressing all women as mother, and whatever he collects goes to the benefit of the guru Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the very beginning, a brahmacārī is trained to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the guru. A brahmacārī is advi..."
- 16:0916:09, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,183 N Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacari, living under the care of the guru, whose place is known as the guru-kula. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitam - SB 7.12.1 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacārī, living under the care of the guru, whose place is kno..."
- 16:0216:02, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,100 N For this purpose (to free ourselves from the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease), one must first be liberated from material bondage, and especially from household life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For this purpose, one must first be liberated from material bondage, and especially from household life"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
- 15:5715:57, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,171 N While in the material world we manufacture so many duties in the name of so many isms, but our actual duty is to free ourselves from the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While in the material world we manufacture so many duties in the name of so many isms, but our actual duty is to free ourselve..."
- 15:5215:52, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,225 N Dharman bhagavatan means the religious principle of reviving our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For this purpose Krsna personally advises, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja - BG 18.66 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dharmān bhāgavatān means the religious principle of reviving our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For..."
- 15:4615:46, 12 December 2020 diff hist +5,957 N Prahlada Maharaja's first proposal was kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha- SB 7.6.1 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja's first proposal was kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}..."
- 15:4315:43, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,885 N At the end of one hundred years, one who has not acted as a human being in a life of tapasya (austerity & penance) must certainly be embodied again in a body like those of cats, dogs and hogs. This life of lusty desires and sense gratification is risky Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the end of one hundred years, one who has not acted as a human being in a life of tapasya (austerity and penance) must cert..."
- 15:3615:36, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,589 N The entire duration of a life of even one hundred years is wasted and misused, and at the time of death one transmigrates to another body, which may not be human Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the entire duration of a life of even one hundred years is wasted and misused, and at the time of death one transmigrates to a..." current
- 15:3115:31, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,519 N From the very beginning of life, those who are ajitendriya, who cannot control their senses, are educated only for sense gratification, as we have seen in the Western countries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the very beginning of life, those who are ajitendriya, who cannot control their senses, are educated only for sense grati..."
- 15:2615:26, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,968 N Being perfect in sense control, one will follow the regulative principles even if he becomes a householder. From household life one is ordered to accept vanaprastha life and go to the forest and then accept sannyasa. That is the perfection of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"being perfect in sense control, one will follow the regulative principles even if he becomes a householder. From household lif..."
- 15:2115:21, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,759 N This leaves only a few more years, but because of too much attachment to household life, those years are also spent with no purpose, without God consciousness. Therefore, one should be trained to be a perfect brahmacari in the beginning of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this leaves only a few more years, but because of too much attachment to household life, those years are also spent with no pu..."
11 December 2020
- 17:4317:43, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,432 N Even if one has one hundred years, the calculation is that fifty years are wasted in sleeping, twenty years in childhood and boyhood, and twenty years in invalidity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if one has one hundred years, the calculation is that fifty years are wasted in sleeping, twenty years in childhood and b..."
- 17:3817:38, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,352 N This (in SB 7.6.8) is the account of one hundred years of life. Although in this age a lifetime of one hundred years is generally not possible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the account of one hundred years of life. Although in this age a lifetime of one hundred years is generally not possib..."
- 17:3217:32, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,310 N Seventy out of one hundred years are wasted by a person who does not know the aim of life and how to utilize this human form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"seventy out of one hundred years are wasted by a person who does not know the aim of life and how to utilize this human form"}..."
- 17:2717:27, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,295 N Half of these years (of life) are spent in sleep. Furthermore, one wastes another thirty years sleeping at night during the rest of his life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Half of these years are spent in sleep. Furthermore, one wastes another thirty years sleeping at night during the rest of his..." current
- 17:1917:19, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,462 N Eating, sleeping, sex life and fear are the four bodily necessities but to utilize the full duration of life a person desiring to advance in spiritual consciousness must reduce these activities. That will give him an opportunity to fully use his lifetime Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Eating, sleeping, sex life and fear are the four bodily necessities, but to utilize the full duration of life a person desirin..."
- 17:1417:14, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,885 N Although one has a maximum of one hundred years of life, by sleeping one loses fifty years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although one has a maximum of one hundred years of life, by sleeping one loses fifty years"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {..."
- 17:1117:11, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,219 N The varsa-satam, or one hundred years, are relatively different according to time, person and circumstances. As far as human beings are concerned, the calculation given here (SB 7.6.6) is right for the general public Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the varṣa-śatam, or one hundred years, are relatively different according to time, person and circumstances. As far as huma..."
- 17:0317:03, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,174 N One hundred years of Brahma are not the same as the one hundred years of a human being. From Bhagavad-gita we understand that Brahma's daytime of twelve hours equals 4,300,000 times 1,000 years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one hundred years of Brahmā are not the same as the one hundred years of a human being. From Bhagavad-gītā we understand th..."
- 16:5516:55, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,437 N We keep ourselves always healthy and strong in mind & intelligence so that we can distinguish the goal of life from a life full of problems. A thoughtful man must act in this way, learning to distinguish right from wrong, and thus attain the goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we keep ourselves always healthy and strong in mind and intelligence so that we can distinguish the goal of life from a life f..."
- 16:4316:43, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,646 N One should not fall from his exalted position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not fall from his exalted position"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-11T16:43:25Z}..." current
- 16:3816:38, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,186 N It is said, sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah: whether one is in a higher or lower division, one certainly falls down for want of Krsna consciousness. A sane man is always fearful of falling from his position. This is a regulative principle Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said, sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ: whether one is in a higher or lower division, one certainly falls down..." current
- 16:3116:31, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,062 N Human society should be divided into a social system of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras, but everyone can engage in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human society should be divided into a social system of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, but everyone can eng..."
- 16:2616:26, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,294 N Accepting the reading bhavam asritah, the word bhavam refers to unnecessary trouble and problems. For want of Krsna consciousness, one is put into bhavam, being perpetually embarrassed by birth, death, old age and disease. One is surely full of anxieties Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"accepting the reading bhavam āśritaḥ, the word bhavam refers to unnecessary trouble and problems. For want of Kṛṣṇa..." current
- 16:2016:20, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,931 N Bhayam asritah indicates that the materialistic way of life is always fearful because at every step there is danger. Materialistic life is full of anxieties and fear - bhayam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhayam āśritaḥ indicates that the materialistic way of life is always fearful because at every step there is danger. Mater..."
- 16:1616:16, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,963 N For one word in this verse (SB 7.6.5) there are two readings - bhavam asritah and bhayam asritah - but accepting the meaning of either of them will bring one to the same conclusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For one word in this verse there are two readings—bhavam āśritaḥ and bhayam āśritaḥ—but accepting the meaning of e..."
- 16:1016:10, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,534 N As stated by Prahlada Maharaja at the beginning of this chapter (SB 7.6.5), kaumara acaret prajnah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja at the beginning of this chapter, kaumāra ācaret prājñaḥ"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ange..."
- 16:0416:04, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,453 N One loses the true benefit of human life (if one does not cultivate spiritual life but dies like the cats and dogs), which is to become Krsna conscious and solve life's problems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one loses the true benefit of human life, which is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious and solve life's problems"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
- 15:5115:51, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,070 N Such (materialistic) a civilization is condemned because it does not lead humanity toward knowing the real goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a civilization is condemned because it does not lead humanity toward knowing the real goal of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
- 15:4415:44, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,314 Misguided by the blind leaders of society, people consider the body to be everything, and they are engaged in trying to keep the body materially comfortable No edit summary current
- 15:4215:42, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,241 Especially in the present age, every man is in darkness, in the bodily conception of life, not knowing anything of the spirit soul and its needs No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,114 N Nor do they (materialistic persons) know what the real problem of life is. This is due to a lack of spiritual education Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor do they know what the real problem of life is. This is due to a lack of spiritual education"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
- 15:3515:35, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,568 N We see materialistic persons busily engaged in economic development all day and all night, trying to increase their material opulence, but even if we suppose that they get some benefit from such endeavors, that does not solve the real problem Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We see materialistic persons busily engaged in economic development all day and all night, trying to increase their material o..."
- 15:1515:15, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,834 N There is no need to waste time and energy fighting against distress or working very hard for happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there is no need to waste time and energy fighting against distress or working very hard for happiness"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current
10 December 2020
- 18:1318:13, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,029 N Even if we do not endeavor to obtain the advantages of material happiness, we shall obtain them automatically. This happiness and distress are obtainable in any form of life, without endeavor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if we do not endeavor to obtain the advantages of material happiness, we shall obtain them automatically. This happiness..."
- 18:0618:06, 10 December 2020 diff hist +2,988 N In the material world, in any form of life, there is some so-called happiness and so-called distress. No one invites distress in order to suffer, but still it comes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, in any form of life, there is some so-called happiness and so-called distress. No one invites distress..."
- 17:5717:57, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,309 N In any form of life, we are related with Visnu, who is the most beloved, the Supersoul, son, friend and guru Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In any form of life, we are related with Viṣṇu, who is the most beloved, the Supersoul, son, friend and guru"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 17:5217:52, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,242 N Visnu is the center of love for everyone, and the duty of everyone is to engage in the loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu is the center of love for everyone, and therefore the duty of everyone is to engage in the loving service of the Lor..."
- 17:4617:46, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,997 N One should glorify God in the adoration of santa-rasa or revive his eternal relationship with Visnu as a servant in dasya-rasa, a friend in sakhya-rasa, a parent in vatsalya-rasa or a conjugal lover in madhurya-rasa. All these are on the platform of love Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore glorify the Lord in the adoration of śānta-rasa or revive his eternal relationship with Viṣṇu as a..."
- 17:3117:31, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,560 N For this transcendental happiness, the living entity has wandered throughout the universe in different forms of life and different planetary systems, but because he has forgotten his intimate relationship with Visnu he has merely suffered life after life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For this transcendental happiness, the living entity has wandered throughout the universe in different forms of life and diffe..."
- 17:2317:23, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,626 N Simply by understanding these three facts: that the Supreme, Visnu, is the proprietor of the entire creation, that He is the best well-wishing friend of all living entities, and that He is the supreme enjoyer of everything one becomes peaceful and happy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by understanding these three facts—that the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is the proprietor of the entire creation, that H..."
- 17:1117:11, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,675 N Following bhagavata-dharma has been made extremely easy in this age of Kali. The sastra says: one need only chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Following bhāgavata-dharma has been made extremely easy in this age of Kali. The śāstra says"|"One need only chant the Hare..."
- 17:0217:02, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,455 N They (all children and youths) should be taught to hear the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, to put them into practice in their lives, and thus to become strong in devotional service, free from fear of being degraded to animal life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they should be taught to hear the instructions of Bhagavad-gītā, to put them into practice in their lives, and thus to becom..."
- 16:5016:50, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,191 N Men are living like cats and dogs, spoiling the duration of their human lives by actually preparing to transmigrate again to the degraded species among the 8,400,000 forms of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"men are living like cats and dogs, spoiling the duration of their human lives by actually preparing to transmigrate again to t..."
- 16:4516:45, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,669 Gradually, throughout the entire world, human society is losing interest in the perfection of life No edit summary current
- 16:4416:44, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,784 N If by chance a child is saved, he is educated only for sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if by chance a child is saved, he is educated only for sense gratification"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
- 16:3916:39, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,299 N Modern civilization, not referring to the verdicts of Vedic literature, is so cruel to the members of human society that instead of teaching children to become brahmacaris, it teaches mothers to kill their children even in the womb Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern civilization, not referring to the verdicts of Vedic literature, is so cruel to the members of human society that inste..."
- 16:3016:30, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,268 N From the very beginning of life the brahmacarya system is introduced so that from one's very childhood - from the age of five years - one can practice modifying one's human activities so as to engage perfectly in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic system, therefore, from the very beginning of life the brahmacarya system is introduced so that from on..."
- 16:0316:03, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,378 N They (the boys at the guru-kula) become steady within the cores of their hearts, and there is very little possibility that they will be conquered by the modes of material nature when they are older Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they become steady within the cores of their hearts, and there is very little possibility that they will be conquered by the m..."
- 15:5415:54, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,413 N With great attention they (the teachers Sanda and Amarka) wanted to hear from Prahlada Maharaja about Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"with great attention they wanted to hear from Prahlāda Mahārāja about Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|An..."
- 15:4915:49, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,509 N Although the teachers Sanda and Amarka were instructing all the boys in the materialistic life of religion, economic development and sense gratification, the boys were not much polluted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka were instructing all the boys in the materialistic life of religion, economic dev..."
- 15:4515:45, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,489 N Prahlada Maharaja taking advantage of the innocence of his class friends, began teaching them about the importance of spiritual life and the insignificance of materialistic life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, taking advantage of the innocence of his class friends, began teaching them about the importa..."