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10 March 2024
- 05:3605:36, 10 March 2024 diff hist −1 Why do we want to see God as death? When the demon Hiranyakasipu saw Krsna, he saw Him as death personified, but the devotee, Prahlada, saw Him in His personal form as his beloved Lord No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 10 March 2024 diff hist +9 When the great personality Prahlada Maharaja saw that the Supreme Lord was sitting there, surrounded and worshiped by His intimate associates like Sunanda, he was overwhelmed with tears of jubilation No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 10 March 2024 diff hist +9 When Nrsimhadeva appeared, Prahlada Maharaja saw the Lord as the supreme solace, whereas his father, a demon, saw Him as the ultimate death No edit summary current
- 05:2005:20, 10 March 2024 diff hist +9 When Hiranyakasipu was threatening to kill Prahlada, he certainly saw the column standing before him & his father, and he saw that the Lord was present in the pillar to encourage him not to fear his demoniac father's words. God was present to protect him No edit summary
- 05:1405:14, 10 March 2024 diff hist +9 Prahlada Maharaja saw Krsna in a pillar. There are many other examples. Krsna is there; all that is required is our qualification to see Him No edit summary current
- 05:1305:13, 10 March 2024 diff hist +9 Just as those who are greedy see everything as a source of money-making and those who are lusty see everything as being conducive to sex, the most perfect devotee, Prahlada Maharaja, saw Narayana even within a stone column No edit summary current
2 March 2024
- 04:4904:49, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises that human beings not waste their time simply jumping like cats and monkeys, without real benefit. The duty of the human being is to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advised the Haryasvas, the sons of Prajapati Daksa, that instead of begetting progeny, it would be better to leave and achieve the perfection of spiritual understanding according to the instructions of the sastras No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advised the Haryasvas not to enter household life. Since they were already advanced in spiritual knowledge, why should they be entangled in that way? No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advised that even for religiosity, economic development, sense gratification or liberation, one should approach the SPG, offer prayers and ask for the fulfillment of one's desire at the lotus feet of the Lord. That is real intelligence No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advised Prajapati Daksa's second group of sons to follow their elder brothers and be promoted to the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advised him (Vyasadeva) to write about the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore Vyasadeva began writing Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada is advising Vyasadeva; Vyasadeva is advising his disciple Madhvacarya; he is advising his disciple. This is Vaisnavism. They are not concerned for personal self No edit summary current
- 04:4604:46, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada informed him (Kamsa) that any one of the sons of Devaki might be Visnu. Because Visnu was to kill him, Kamsa should not spare any of Devaki's children, Narada Muni advised No edit summary
- 04:4604:46, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada gave them (the hunter & his wife) 1 Tulasi plant, & they sat down near the Tulasi plant, & he advised that "Go on chanting HK mantra." In the meantime, in the village it was advertised that - The hunter has become a Vaisnava. Let us go and see him No edit summary current
- 04:4404:44, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises the hunter to accept only what is absolutely necessary for him and his wife. The devotee should always be alert to consume only those things that he absolutely requires and not create unnecessary needs No edit summary current
- 04:4404:44, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises the Pracetas to worship the direct cause, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated before, when the root of a tree is watered, all the parts are energized No edit summary current
- 04:4304:43, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises Vyasadeva thusly, "Even if one does not execute his specific occupational duty, but immediately takes direct shelter of the lotus feet of Hari (Krsna), there will be no fault on his part, & in all circumstances his position is secure" No edit summary current
- 04:4204:42, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises Vyasadeva, "A person who is simply discharging his occupational duty in varna and asrama, however, with no Krsna consciousness, practically does not gain the true benefit of human life" No edit summary current
- 04:4204:42, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni advises Vyasadeva, "Even if, by some bad association, he falls down while executing devotional service, or if he doesn't finish the complete course of devotional service and dies untimely, still he is not at a loss" No edit summary current
- 04:4104:41, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni described to the boys (the Haryasvas) their ultimate goal of life and advised them not to become ordinary karmis to beget children. Thus all the sons of Daksa became enlightened and left, never to return No edit summary current
- 04:4104:41, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni had come to advise Priyavrata about the value of spiritual life, knowledge, renunciation and bhakti, and Lord Brahma knew that Narada's instructions were very impressive No edit summary current
- 04:4104:41, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni then advised the hunter, 'Return home and distribute whatever riches you have to the pure brahmanas who know the Absolute Truth' No edit summary current
- 04:4004:40, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni therefore advised Dhruva Maharaja to take shelter of Vasudeva, Lord Krsna, and engage himself in the way that his mother had advised, for that would help him fulfill his desire No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni therefore advised Vyasadeva that one should take to Krsna consciousness, devotional service, and abandon all ordinary occupational duties. This advice was also given by Lord Krsna Himself No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada Muni was speaking to Vyasadeva, who was morose even after he had compiled all the Vedic literatures. In this connection, Narada Muni advised Srila Vyasadeva to try to attain devotional service and nothing else No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada was never advised to preach the principles of Bhagavatam to earn a livelihood; he was ordered by his spiritual master to take the matter very seriously in a missionary spirit No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Naradaji advises Vyasadeva to broadcast the transcendental knowledge of God in terms of the vast Vedic knowledge which he had already attained No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada advises Vyasadeva that - You are not only fortunate, but you are amogha-drk. Your vision is perfect because you are liberated No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada advises Sri Vyasadeva to compose transcendental literature which is not only attractive but can also actually bring liberation from all kinds of bondage No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada advises Dhruva to meditate on the pastimes of the Lord, which is as good as the meditation of concentrating one's mind on the form of the Lord No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada advised that a devotee should act perfectly No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Narada advised meditation upon the transcendental activities of the Lord. Impersonal Brahman has no activities, but the Personality of Godhead has many activities, and all such activities are transcendental, without any tinge of material quality No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 This compromising spirit of Vyasadeva is directly condemned by Narada, who advises him to directly proclaim that the prime necessity of human life is to realize one's eternal relation with the Lord and thus surrender unto Him without delay No edit summary current
- 04:3204:32, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The use of the word manisaya is very appropriate, for it indicates that since both Narada Muni and Lord Brahma are authorized to give instruction, Priyavrata should neglect neither of them but should use his intelligence to follow the advice of both No edit summary current
- 04:3104:31, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The significance of this particular verse (SB 4.8.71) is that Dhruva Maharaja acted exactly according to the advice of his spiritual master, the great sage Narada No edit summary current
- 04:3004:30, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The sage Maitreya continued: The great personality Narada Muni, upon hearing the words of Dhruva Maharaja, became very compassionate toward him, and in order to show him his causeless mercy, he gave him the following expert advice No edit summary current
- 04:2904:29, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The living entity is actually a spiritual soul who is part and parcel of God and has nothing to do with relationships in the world of duality. Therefore Narada Muni advised Citraketu not to lament for his so-called dead son No edit summary current
- 04:2804:28, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The great sage Narada therefore advised that a devotee should act perfectly No edit summary current
- 04:2704:27, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The disciples of Narada Muni advise all the members of the younger generation to join the Krsna consciousness movement immediately. There is nothing wrong in this No edit summary current
- 04:2604:26, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The devotee of the Lord, Srila Vyasadeva, knows this very well. He is further advised by Srila Narada to expand the idea so that the entrapped conditioned souls may take lessons from him to understand the Supreme Lord as the primeval cause No edit summary current
- 04:2604:26, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 The demigods cannot give any benediction without the sanction of the Supreme Lord. Narada Muni, therefore, advised that even for religiosity, economic development, sense gratification or liberation, one should approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 04:2504:25, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Yudhisthira Maharaja is advised by Narada not to be disturbed by the affairs of so-called happiness and distress, but to look only unto the Lord to execute the mission for which the Lord has descended. That was his prime duty No edit summary current
- 04:2404:24, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 When Pracinabarhi was performing Vedic rituals in which the killing of animals was recommended, Narada Muni, out of compassion, advised him to stop. Pracinabarhi understood Narada properly and then left the kingdom to perform austerities in the forest No edit summary current
- 04:2404:24, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 When Dhruva Maharaja, the son of the King, was thus advised by the great sage Narada, he circumambulated Narada, his spiritual master, and offered him respectful obeisances No edit summary current
- 04:2304:23, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Vyasadeva was not satisfied (although he complied all Vedic literature). His dissatisfaction was observed by his spiritual master, and thus Narada advised him to write on the transcendental activities of Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 04:2204:22, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Srila Vyasadeva is advised by Srila Narada to expand this idea in the Bhagavatam. In the Bhagavad-gita also the same idea is explained: surrender fully unto the lotus feet of the Lord. That is the only business of the perfect human being No edit summary current
- 04:2104:21, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Sri Vyasadeva is advised by Narada to describe the science of God directly by relating His transcendental activities No edit summary current
- 04:2004:20, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Sri Naradaji advised Vyasadeva to describe the glories of the Lord just to do good to all eight classes of men, both good and bad No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 One should take little risk in order to enter into the eternal life, blissful life. One should take a little risk. That is advised by Narada No edit summary
- 04:1704:17, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Sri Narada advised Srila Vyasadeva to become absorbed in transcendental meditation on the Personality of Godhead and His activities. Srila Vyasadeva did not take notice of the effulgence of Brahman because that is not absolute vision No edit summary current
- 04:1604:16, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Priyavrata might argue that Lord Brahma was requesting him to accept family life and the responsibility for ruling a kingdom, although Narada Muni had advised him not to enter household life and be entangled in material affairs No edit summary current
- 04:1604:16, 2 March 2024 diff hist −1 One should take little risk in order to enter into the eternal life, blissful life. One should take a little risk. That is advised by Narada No edit summary
- 04:1504:15, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 One can keep his wife as an assistant in the vanaprastha stage. The idea is that the wife will assist the husband in spiritual advancement. Therefore Narada Muni advised the hunter to adopt the vanaprastha stage and leave home No edit summary current
- 04:1404:14, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 On the advice of Narada Muni he (Marutta) appointed Samvarta to the post, and he was successful in his mission No edit summary current
- 04:1404:14, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Maitreya continued: The King, Uttanapada, after being advised by Narada Muni, practically gave up all duties in relation with his kingdom, which was very vast and wide, opulent like the goddess of fortune, and he simply began to think of his son Dhruva No edit summary current
- 04:1304:13, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Maharaja Yudhisthira was advised by Narada not to disturb his uncle (Dhrtarastra) by attempting to bring him back home. He was now beyond the attraction of anything material No edit summary current
- 04:1104:11, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Maharaja Yudhisthira is advised by Narada not to worry about his uncles' suffering for want of food, for they could live on vegetables available in the jungles as prasada of the Supreme Lord and thus realize the path of salvation No edit summary current
- 04:1004:10, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 If the activities of the Supreme Brahman were material activities, then Narada would not have advised Vyasadeva to meditate upon them. And the param brahma is Lord Sri Krsna, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 04:0904:09, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Hariscandra had no sons, but on the advice of Narada he worshiped Varuna and in this way got a son named Rohita. Hariscandra promised that Rohita would be used to perform a Varuna-yajna No edit summary current
- 03:1803:18, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 He (Vyasadeva) was not satisfied until he wrote Srimad-Bhagavatam. His dissatisfaction was observed by his spiritual master, and consequently Narada advised him to write on the transcendental activities of the Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 03:1703:17, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Hariscandra had no son and was therefore extremely morose. Once, therefore, following the advice of Narada, he took shelter of Varuna and said to him "My lord I have no son. Would you kindly give me one?" No edit summary current
- 03:0703:07, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Dhruva Maharaja, having arrived at Madhuvana, took his bath in the River Yamuna and observed fasting in the night with great care and attention. After that, as advised by the great sage Narada, he engaged himself in worshiping the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 03:0503:05, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Dhruva Maharaja was determined to achieve the benediction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore Narada advised him to go back home for the time being, and in mature time he could try to practice devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:4802:48, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Dhruva Maharaja regretted that he had rejected the advice of Narada Muni and was adamant in asking him for something perishable, namely revenge against his stepmother for her insult, and possession of the kingdom of his father (King Uttanapada) No edit summary current
- 02:4502:45, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Both Narada Muni and Suniti, the mother of Dhruva Maharaja, advised Dhruva Maharaja to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now, Narada Muni is especially giving him directions how this worship of the Supreme Person can very quickly fructify No edit summary current
- 02:4302:43, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 Because the great sage Narada was aware of the nature of the demon Vrkasura, he did not advise him to approach Visnu or Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 02:3502:35, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 As indicated in verse 79 (SB 4.29.79), Narada Muni advised King Pracinabarhi to take to devotional service rather than waste time performing ritualistic ceremonies and fruitive activities No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 2 March 2024 diff hist −2 According to the advice of Narada Muni, one should directly engage in devotional service. This will include all pious activity No edit summary current
3 November 2023
- 18:4118:41, 3 November 2023 diff hist +25 While living one may be proud of one's body, thinking oneself a very big man, minister, president or even demigod, but whatever one may be, after death this body will turn either into worms, into stool or into ashes - SB 10.10.10 No edit summary current
- 18:3518:35, 3 November 2023 diff hist +44 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is here (in SB 3.32.18) described as hari-medhah, or "He who can deliver one from the cycle of birth and death." No edit summary current
- 18:3218:32, 3 November 2023 diff hist +44 The statement in Bhagavad-gita that the mental situation at the time of death is the basis of the next birth is also corroborated in this verse - SB 3.26.34 No edit summary current
- 18:2618:26, 3 November 2023 diff hist +44 The real purpose of life is to remember Krsna when one's life comes to an end (ante narayana-smrtih (SB 2.1.6)). If at the time of death one can remember Krsna, one's life is successful No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 3 November 2023 diff hist +44 The cycle of repeated birth and death is figuratively described herein - SB 8.5.28 No edit summary current
- 18:1618:16, 3 November 2023 diff hist +44 There is no birth, death, old age and disease. That eternal land is full of transcendental enjoyment and full of beauty and bliss. This very fact is also corroborated in this verse of SB (2.6.18) and the transcendental nature is described as amrta No edit summary current
31 October 2023
- 20:5720:57, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 We are talking on the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The subject matter is how one shall transfer himself from this material world to the spiritual world and thereby stop birth, death, old age and disease. This is the whole subject matter No edit summary current
- 20:5520:55, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Those who are not strictly in the Vaisnava discipline should not make a business of this Bhagavatam and become a cause of spiritual death for so many hearers No edit summary current
- 20:5020:50, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 This is the first verse, the first chapter of Second Canto Srimad-Bhagavatam, spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami. Sukadeva Gosvami came to the scene when Maharaja Pariksit was on the verge of his death. So he was perplexed what to do at the time of death No edit summary
- 18:5918:59, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 This bhagavata-dharma means that how to get out of these four defects of material life, or four miserable condition of material life - birth, death, old age and disease - and get eternal, blissful life of knowledge No edit summary current
- 18:5718:57, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 The Srimad-Bhagavatam instructs that no body should become father or mother if they cannot take this responsibility, namely, stopping the repeated birth and death cycle of their children No edit summary current
- 18:5518:55, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 The Bhagavat also says that no one should become the parent unless he can deliver the child from the clutches of death. So it is your duty to make this baby KC so that he may not have to take birth again No edit summary current
- 18:5118:51, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 The Bhagavata says: "One should not become a father, one should not become a mother, unless they are able to protect the children from the imminent danger of death." What is that? The cycle of birth and death No edit summary current
- 18:4818:48, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 There is a similarity between the prayers of Lord Caitanya and the statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lord Caitanya prays, "in life after life," indicating that a devotee does not even desire the cessation of birth and death No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 That is Bhagavatam's instruction: "Don't accept guru, don't accept father, don't accept . . . or don't be father, don't be mother, don't be . . . if you cannot stop death." Either you don't accept, or don't become No edit summary current
- 18:4418:44, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Sukadeva Gosvami epitomizes the proper reciter for Srimad-Bhagavatam, and Pariksit Maharaja, who purposefully left his kingdom and family prior to meeting death, epitomizes the person fit to hear it No edit summary current
- 18:4018:40, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasadeva, in his turn delivered the Bhagavatam to the great Emperor Pariksit, who sat surrounded by sages on the bank of the Ganges, awaiting death without taking food or drink No edit summary
- 18:3818:38, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Srimad-Bhagavatam says that we should try for the highest achievement, and complete it before the next death comes No edit summary current
- 18:3618:36, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Srimad-Bhagavatam is the post-graduate study of knowledge for one who has thoroughly understood the principles of the BG. Unfortunately people have no taste for them, and therefore they are under the clutches of maya for repetition of birth and death No edit summary current
- 18:3418:34, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Simply by understanding the Supreme Lord, one goes beyond birth, death, old age and disease. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami advised Maharaja Pariksit in Srimad-Bhagavatam - in SB 2.1.5 No edit summary current
- 18:3318:33, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Simply by hearing, you become perfect. Just like Pariksit Maharaja. At the time of point of his death, he had no time to perform any yajna or any big, big thing. He simply heard Srimad-Bhagavatam carefully - and he became perfect simply by hearing No edit summary current
- 17:3717:37, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Just utilize the opportunity to finish the business of Krishna Consciousness, without waiting for further incarnation. Srimad-Bhagavatam says that we should try for the highest achievement, and complete it before the next death comes No edit summary current
- 17:2617:26, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 In some editions of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the text of the last line of this verse reads anyatra kupitad dvijat, which means that the King might be overwhelmed by the thought of his imminent death by snakebite No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 In the Third Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam we are informed that those who are expert in fruitive activities and sacrificial methods on earth attain to the moon at death. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 17:1217:12, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Krsna Consciousness means to be on the platform of deathlessness. Every sloka in Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam is informing us of this. If you read these books carefully you will understand this platform of deathlessness No edit summary
- 17:0617:06, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 Kumbhipaka, a type of hellish condition, is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 5.26.13), wherein it is said that a person who cooks living birds and beasts to satisfy his tongue is brought before Yamaraja after death and punished in the Kumbhipaka hell No edit summary
- 17:0117:01, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 On the path of bondage, one eternally undergoes the repetition of birth and death. One who desires liberation from such bondage should join the ISKCON and thus take advantage of the opportunity to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam from devotees No edit summary current
- 16:5316:53, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto, it is stated that an individual soul, after his death, is put into the womb of a mother where he gets a particular type of body under the supervision of superior power. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 16:4516:45, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 In Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 5.5.4) it is said: A materialistic person, madly engaged in activities for sense enjoyment, does not know that he is entangling himself in repeated birth and death and that his body, although temporary, is full of miseries No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 31 October 2023 diff hist +44 As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 5.5.18), pita na sa syat: one should not become a father unless one is able to protect his child from mrtyu, the path of birth and death. But where is there education about this No edit summary current
- 16:2716:27, 31 October 2023 diff hist −44 Whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me (Krsna) alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt No edit summary Tag: Manual revert