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20 September 2022
- 10:3510:35, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,606 Having nothing more to do with the material world, finally say, "I have become Narayana." Then they (impersonalist sannyasis) come to the stage of daridra-narayana - poor Narayana No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,554 They (impersonalist sannyasis) become Narayana, but for want of anything better to do, for want of variegatedness, they take up material humanitarian activities No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,800 Although they (impersonalist sannyasis) consider their wives mithya (false), they return. "You have already left. Why do you come back again?" the wives ask. This means that these so-called sannyasis have nothing to do No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,712 We may build a nice spaceship and send it off into space, and the astronauts may go up there and fly in the impersonal sky, but eventually they will become tired and pray to God, - Please let us return to land No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,434 Russian astronauts were simply missing Moscow while they were traveling in space. This impersonal traveling is actually very agitating No edit summary current
- 10:3110:31, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,427 Impersonal realization of the Absolute Truth cannot be permanent because one wants variety. A falldown is inevitable No edit summary current
- 10:3110:31, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,690 When one gentleman read my book Easy Journey to Other planets, he became very enthusiastic about going to other planets. "Oh, yes," I said, "we can go with this book." "Yes," the gentleman said, - then I shall come back No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,629 The living entities are Brahman; Krsna is Para-brahman. Krsna is enjoying perpetual ananda, and, being part and parcel of Krsna, we also want ananda No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,232 Ananda cannot be impersonal or void; ananda entails variety No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,720 No one is simply interested in drinking milk and eating sugar, but with milk and sugar we can make a variety of foods - pera, barfi, ksira, rabri, dahi, and so on. There are hundreds of preparations. In any case, variety is required for enjoyment No edit summary current
- 10:2710:27, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,584 The last word of tattva jnana is to understand Krsna, who is full of variety. Kapiladeva is tattva-margagra-darsanam. He is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:2710:27, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,621 He (Kapiladeva) will explain to His mother what tattva is, how one can approach the tattva jnana, and how one can actually enjoy tattva jnana. This is not simply dry speculation No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,544 This Krsna consciousness philosophy includes spiritual variety. People sometimes misunderstand this variety to be material, and they hanker for nirvisesa, nirakara, void No edit summary current
- 10:2510:25, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,516 Our philosophy is not void; it is full of variety and transcendental bliss. This will later be specifically enunciated by Lord Kapiladeva No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,603 Our vision is of the same mountain, but due to our different positions we see haze, greenery or variegatedness. In the final stage, there are varieties - trees, animals, men, houses, and so on No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,808 The Absolute Truth is not without variety. Just as there is material variety, there is spiritual variety. Because the Mayavadi philosophers are seeing the Absolute Truth from a distance, they think that the Absolute Truth has no variety No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,557 They (Mayavadi philosophers) consider variety to be material, but this is a misunderstanding. The Absolute Truth is described as variegated in Brahma-samhita - 5.29 No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,679 There are Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual world, and there are devotees who are all liberated. These devotees are aksara, which means they do not fall down into the material world. They remain in the spiritual world of the Vaikunthas No edit summary current
- 10:1910:19, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,485 They (aksara) are also persons like us, but they are eternal persons, complete with full knowledge and bliss. That is the difference between them and us. That is tattva jnana No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,671 Unless we understand the variegatedness of the Absolute Truth, there is a chance that we will fall down. It is not sufficient simply to stick to the indefinite, impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,719 Because the impersonalists are not allowed to enter the Vaikuntha planets, they simply remain in the Brahman effulgence. Thus they fall down again into material variety No edit summary
- 10:1710:17, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,693 We have seen many impersonalist sannyasis who first of all give up the world as false (brahma satyam jagan mithya). They consider themselves Brahman (aham brahmasmi), consider the world false - jagat is mithya No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,801 Looking at a mountain from a distance, we may see a hazy cloud, and if we come nearer, we may see something green. If we actually climb the mountain, we will find many houses, trees and animals No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,640 Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are not different. They are simply different aspects of the complete Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,720 The words tattva-marga-darsanam are elucidated elsewhere in Srimad-Bhagavatam: brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate (SB 1.2.11). The Absolute Truth is understood differently according to the position of the student No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,445 Bhakti is obtainable for a liberated person; it is not for the conditioned soul. How is this possible No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,754 We must engage in the nine processes of devotional service, the first of which is hearing (sravana). Then, under the direction of the spiritual master and the sastras, one can immediately become a liberated person No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,828 One doesn't have to endeavor separately to become liberated if he immediately engages in devotional service. One must have a firm conviction that he is engaged in Krsna's service and is free from all material contamination. This is imperative No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,757 Like Arjuna, Devahuti was aware that she was before her spiritual master, as indicated in the following verse. Indeed, Lord Brahma had informed her that her son was a powerful incarnation No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,400 The ultimate goal of the Absolute Truth is Krsna consciousness, devotional service. The liberated stage is not final No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 20 September 2022 diff hist +9,526 If we simply understand that we are not the body, that we are spirit soul, our knowledge is insufficient. We must also act as Brahman; then our position will be fixed No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,718 On the bank of the Bindu-sarovara Lake, Kapiladeva personally expounded Sankhya philosophy to His mother, Devahuti, just as Krsna personally expounded the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita to His friend Arjuna No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,492 Lord Brahma is a jiva-tattva, a living being like us. If we become spiritually powerful, we can also have the post of Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,531 Sankaracarya, the Mayavadi impersonalist philosopher, accepts Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead - sa bhagavan svayam krsnah No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,733 All the acaryas - Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - also accept Krsna as the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,777 Kapiladeva is an incarnation of Krsna, and He gave instructions to His mother, Devahuti. We must distinguish between the two Kapilas. One Kapila is this Bhagavan Kapila, and the other Kapila is the atheist Kapila No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,755 Bhagavan Kapila is also known as Devahuti-putra Kapila. Both Kapilas expounded Sankhya philosophy, but the atheist Kapila expounded it without understanding, perception or realization of God No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,528 Kapiladeva was anxious that His mother not feel the absence of His father, and He was ready to take the best care of her and give her knowledge No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,745 Women are inferior to men, and Vedic civilization is so perfect that men are given full charge of the women. It is therefore said: matuh priya-cikirsaya. The son is always ready to see that the mother is not unhappy No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 20 September 2022 diff hist +11,651 Mahabharata is called the fifth Veda. The four preceding Vedas are the Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva. The essence of Vedic knowledge, Bhagavad-gita, is given within the Mahabharata No edit summary current
18 September 2022
- 09:0909:09, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,406 Because women are supposed to be less intelligent, they should be given knowledge, and they should also follow this knowledge No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,816 They should follow their father's instructions, their husband's instructions and the instructions of their grown, scholarly sons like Kapiladeva. In this way, their lives can be perfect. In all cases, women should always remain dependent No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,912 Tasmin bindusare 'vatsid bhagavan kapilah kila. It is noteworthy that in this verse Kapiladeva is referred to as Bhagavan, which indicates that He possesses all wealth, fame, knowledge, beauty, strength and renunciation No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,886 These six opulences are fully represented in Krsna; therefore Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28)), and others are accepted as His expansions, or incarnations - visnu-tattva No edit summary
- 09:0509:05, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,674 In Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Rupa Gosvami has analyzed the characteristics of Bhagavan. The first Bhagavan is Sri Krsna Himself, but some of His opulences are also bestowed upon Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,497 Devahuti was given to her grown son, Kapiladeva, and Kapiladeva was fully aware that He had to take care of His mother No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,513 It is the duty of the father to protect his daughter until she attains puberty and is married to a suitable young man. The husband then takes care of the wife No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,871 Generally a man should marry at around twenty-five years of age, and a girl should marry no later than sixteen. If this is the case, when the man is fifty years old, his eldest son should be around twenty-five, old enough to take charge of the mother No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 18 September 2022 diff hist +12,039 Kapiladeva was about twenty-five years old and was quite able to take charge of His mother, Devahuti. He knew that because His father left His mother in His charge, He should take care of her and always please her. Matuh priya-cikirsaya No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,761 Kapiladeva was not irresponsible, but was always ready to please His mother. Kapiladeva was a brahmacari, and His mother took lessons from Him. That is the prerogative of the male No edit summary current
- 08:5108:51, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,984 Being a yogi, Kardama Muni strictly followed these principles; therefore as soon as Kapiladeva was grown, Devahuti was placed in His charge. Kardama Muni then left home. As stated in this verse: pitari prasthite 'ranyam matuh priya-cikirsaya No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,503 When he gives up his home, he is called a vanaprastha, and after that he may take sannyasa No edit summary current
- 08:3308:33, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,688 By his (Kardama Muni's) wife, Devahuti, he had nine daughters, who were distributed to the prajapatis like Daksa Maharaja and many others. The only son of Kardama Muni was Kapiladeva, an incarnation of Krsna No edit summary
- 08:2808:28, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,714 These authorities should be followed if we want to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead and understand the purpose of religious life. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah - CC Madhya 17.186 No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,717 These mahajanas follow the principles set forth by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,483 We cannot very easily understand the actual truth of religious systems, but if we follow these mahajanas, we can understand No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,524 Kapila Muni explained the glories of devotional service to His mother, Devahuti. If we follow Him, we may learn the truth of devotional service No edit summary current
- 08:2308:23, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,783 According to the system of varnasrama-dharma, one who is over fifty years of age must leave home, go to the forest and completely devote his life to spiritual realization. This is the actual varnasrama-dharma system No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,301 It (varnasrama-dharma) is not a Hindu system, for the word "Hindu" is a name given by the Muslims and does not occur in any Vedic literature. However, the varnasrama-dharma is mentioned No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,724 He (Kardama Muni) also created a great spaceship as large as a small city. Modern airlines have prepared a 747, & although these are very big, Kardama Muni, by his yogic powers, was able to create a spaceship wherein there were lakes, palaces and gardens No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,826 This spaceship could also travel all over the universe. Modern scientists labor very hard to make a small spaceship to go to the moon, but Kardama Muni could create a great spaceship that could travel to all planets. This is possible by yogic powers No edit summary
- 08:1708:17, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,699 There are different siddhis, or yogic perfections - anima, laghima, prapti, and so on - and whatever yogis choose to do, they can do. That is the real yoga system No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,809 It is not that one becomes a yogi simply by pressing his nose and performing some gymnastics. One must actually attain the yogic siddhis. By these siddhis, the yogi can become very small or very large, very heavy or very light No edit summary current
- 08:1408:14, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,580 Whatever he (a yogi) wants, he can immediately produce in his hand, and he can travel wherever he desires. Kardama Muni was such a perfected siddhi-yogi No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,549 Kardama Muni was a yogi living in a cottage, and Devahuti was a princess, a king's daughter. Not being used to work, she became very skinny No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 18 September 2022 diff hist +11,817 Being a great yogi, Kardama Muni was not very interested in family life. Nonetheless, he decided to marry, and Svayambhuva Manu brought his daughter Devahuti to him to serve as a wife No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 18 September 2022 diff hist +19,797 Srimad-Bhagavatam was compiled by Vyasadeva, who also compiled the Vedanta-sutra No edit summary
17 September 2022
- 14:4514:45, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,032 Generally the Mayavadis emphasize the commentary made on the Vedanta-sutra by Sankaracarya, the Sariraka-bhasya, but that is not the original commentary on Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,206 Transcendental knowledge is therefore very logical. According to the Vedic system, the acarya must understand Vedanta-sutra (also called Brahma-sutra) before he can be accepted as an acarya No edit summary
- 14:4214:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,083 We have to approach a spiritual master who is in the disciplic succession from Vyasadeva. Everyone may claim to be following Vyasadeva, but one must actually follow him No edit summary current
- 14:4214:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,993 Vyasadeva accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Arjuna also accepted Krsna as Para-brahman, the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 14:4114:41, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,078 One may say that because Arjuna was a friend of Krsna's, he accepted Him in this way (as Supreme Person), but this is not the case. Arjuna gave evidence that Vyasadeva also accepted Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,332 If we are actually interested in understanding, we must approach a representative of Vyasadeva like Maitreya. Maitreya is also addressed as bhagavan, although of course the Supreme Bhagavan is Krsna Himself (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam) - SB 1.3.28 No edit summary
- 14:3914:39, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,203 It is not possible to have cent per cent knowledge of Krsna. Not even Narayana Himself is capable of that. Yet those who follow Krsna's instructions fully are sometimes called Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,823 There are many artificial Bhagavan's, but a real Bhagavan is one who knows what Krsna has taught No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,935 Vidura was very eager to receive transcendental knowledge, and because of this, Maitreya was very pleased with him No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,345 One can please the spiritual master simply by surrendering to him and rendering service, saying, - Sir, I am your most obedient servant. Please accept me and give me instructions No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,450 Although Arjuna was a very intimate friend of Krsna's, before receiving Srimad Bhagavad-gita he surrendered himself, saying, sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam: "Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." - BG 2.7 No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,304 This is the proper way to ask for knowledge. One does not approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit. One should also be inquisitive to understand the spiritual science. It is not that one considers himself superior to the guru No edit summary
- 14:3514:35, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,279 One must first find a guru to whom one can surrender, and if this is not possible, one shouldn't waste his time. By surrendering to the proper person, one can very quickly come to understand transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,367 Source is abhijna, cognizant. Matter is not cognizant; therefore the theory of modern science that life comes from matter is incorrect. The identity from whom everything emanates is abhijna, cognizant, which means He can understand No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,391 Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." The same conclusion is also given in Vedanta-sutra, wherein it is stated, janmady asya yatah - Brahman is He from whom everything emanates No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,279 Everything - includes living entities and inert matter. Both matter and the living entities come from Krsna. Indeed, the whole world is a combination of matter and spirit, prakrti and the living entity No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,186 Material energy is inferior, and spiritual energy is superior. Why? Superior energy (jiva-bhuta), the living entity, is controlling material nature. Actually he is not controlling, but is trying to utilize it No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,212 Srimad-Bhagavatam is a commentary on Vedanta-sutra. Vedanta-sutra explains that the Supreme is the source of everything, and the nature of that source is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1): janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah svarat No edit summary
- 14:2114:21, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,025 It is not that we have to understand Krsna fully. That is not possible. We have no capacity to understand the unlimited. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam - Bs. 5.33 No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,953 With our limited knowledge we cannot understand the unlimited; indeed, even Krsna does not understand Himself No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,166 His (Krsna's) attraction is unlimited, and to understand why He is so attractive, He became Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and took on the ecstatic emotions of Srimati Radharani - radha-bhava-dyuti No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,924 If we can simply understand Krsna in part, that is our perfection. Therefore Krsna says: janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah - BG 4.9 No edit summary current
- 14:1614:16, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,286 If we misunderstand Krsna and take Him to be a human being like us, we become mudhas, fools. Krsna's body is not composed of material elements like ours, and if we think this way, we are mistaken No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,993 The material nature belongs to Krsna, and He is its controller. We are under the control of material nature, and that is the difference No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,186 One who has real knowledge knows that prakrti, material nature, is working under Krsna's direction. It is not possible to understand how all this is going on, but we can understand it in summary No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,393 Janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas ca: (SB 1.1.1) everything emanates from the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krsna. This much knowledge is sufficient. We can then increase this knowledge to understand just how material nature is working under Krsna's direction No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,320 Modern scientists mistakenly think that material nature is working independently and that things evolve by some chemical process only. However, life does not merely come from life or some chemical evolution No edit summary
- 14:1114:11, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,939 Ksetrajna is the proprietor of the ksetra (the body). The individual soul is actually not the proprietor but the occupant No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,091 In a house, there is a tenant and a landlord. The tenant is the occupant, and the landlord is the proprietor. Similarly, the atma is simply the occupant of the body; the proprietor is Paramatma No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,139 When the landlord tells the tenant to leave the house, the tenant must do so. Similarly, when the Paramatma says that we have to leave the body, we have to do so No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,519 To receive Vedic knowledge, we must approach the proper guru. The guru's qualification is given in every sastra. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.3.21) it is said: One should not accept a guru unless one is inquisitive to know the ultimate goal of life No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,312 One approaches a Mahatmaji and says, "I am suffering from this disease. Please help me." And the Mahatmaji says, "Yes, I have a mantra that will heal you and give you success. Give me a little money and take it." This is not a real guru No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,244 One should approach a guru to learn about tattva, the Absolute Truth. One should not search out a guru to cure some material disease; rather, one requires a doctor No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,949 The Vedic conclusion is the understanding of Krsna. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah: "By all the Vedas, I am to be known." - BG 15.15 No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,235 It is stated that Vidura heard from Maitreya Rsi, and that Maitreya Rsi was very pleased. Unless one satisfies his guru, one cannot receive proper knowledge. That is quite natural No edit summary
- 14:0114:01, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,268 If one receives his guru properly and seats him comfortably, and if the guru is pleased with one's behavior, the guru can speak very frankly and freely, and this will be very beneficial to the student No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,505 By going to a spiritual master and asking for his instructions and then not following them, one simply wastes his time. Nor should one approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit, but should go with the aim of rendering service No edit summary
- 13:5913:59, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,228 The word nipat means "to fall down," and pra means "without reservation." Transcendental knowledge is based on pranipata. Therefore Krsna says: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. (BG 18.66) - Just surrender unto Me No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,222 Just as we surrender unto Krsna, we have to surrender unto His representative, the spiritual master. The guru is Krsna's external representative, and the internal guru is Krsna Himself situated in everyone's heart No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,248 It is not that Krsna is simply in Vaikuntha or Goloka Vrndavana. He is everywhere; He is even within the atom. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah (Bs. 5.37). That is the definition of Paramatma, the Supersoul No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,253 I am atma, a spiritual soul, and you are atma. We are all situated locally, you within your body and I within mine, but the Paramatma is situated everywhere. That is the difference between atma and Paramatma No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,366 Those who are mistaken say that there is no difference between them (atma and paramatma), but there is a difference. They are one in the sense that both are cognizant and both are living entities, but they are different quantitatively No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,236 There are different divisions for the body: the head, the arms, the belly and the legs. Without the four corresponding divisions, no society can be conducted very well. There will simply be chaos No edit summary
- 13:5013:50, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,859 If one actually wants to understand spiritual life and spiritual knowledge, one has to approach a guru No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,209 The various yoga systems are given for the machine of the body, but the process of bhakti is transcendental to mechanical arrangements. It is therefore called tad-vijnana, transcendental to material understanding No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,141 In hatha-yoga one undergoes various physical disciplines, but the real purpose is to understand Visnu, the Supreme No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,238 Brahmany upasamasrayam. According to Mundaka Upanisad (1.2.12), tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet - In order to understand that transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,305 The Upanisads inform us that the guru is one who has received knowledge by hearing the Vedas. Srotriyam brahma-nistham (MU 1.2.12). The Vedas are called sruti, and the bona fide guru is in the line of hearing from the disciplic succession No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,282 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.2), evam parampara-praptam. A bona fide guru does not impart some self-styled, concocted knowledge; his knowledge is standard and received from the parampara system No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,896 He (a spiritual master) is also firmly fixed in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - brahma-nistham No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,224 These are his (a spiritual master's) two qualifications: he must have heard the Vedic knowledge through the disciplic succession, and he must be established in service to the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,872 He (a spiritual master) does not have to be a very learned scholar, but he must have heard from the proper authority No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,290 God gives us the ears to hear, and simply by hearing we may become great preachers. We don't need Ph.D.'s or academic examinations. One may even remain in his position; no changes are necessary No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,399 For this purpose there is the varnasrama-dharma, composed of four varnas and four asramas. Unless society is divided into these eight categories, it is simply an animal civilization. There must be some systematized, regulated arrangement No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,170 For those who are attached to this bodily machine, the yoga system is recommended. One who is overly attached to the bodily conception is taught to concentrate the mind by some physical gymnastics No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,130 He simply studies the mechanical arrangement of the body, which is a machine (yantra) made by nature. The body is actually stated in Bhagavad-gita (18.61) to be a machine No edit summary current
- 09:5609:56, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,244 The word tad-vijnana refers to transcendental knowledge, not material knowledge. A medical practitioner may have material knowledge of the body, but he has no knowledge of the spirit soul within No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,432 If one goes to a ditchdigger to repair a dictating machine, he cannot help. He may know how to dig ditches, but not repair a machine. Therefore the sastras enjoin that if one wants transcendental knowledge, one must approach the proper person No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,316 Transcendental knowledge is not very difficult, but the process must be known. Sometimes a dictating machine or a typewriter may not work, but if we go to a technician who knows the machine, he can immediately repair it. The process must be known No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,320 First of all we must receive the information from authorities; then we can speak the truth. One first has to learn how to describe the Absolute Truth, Bhagavan - His actions, His mercy and His compassion upon all living beings No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,092 Sravanam kirtanam (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chanting, are the beginning of bhakti, devotional service. Therefore it is said: tani me sraddadhanasya kirtanyany anukirtaya. The word anukirtaya means to follow the parampara system No edit summary current
- 09:4309:43, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,012 If one blind man tries to lead another, what is the result? If both the leaders and followers are blind, they will all fall in a ditch, for they are all bound by their nature No edit summary current
- 09:4209:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,171 There were Napoleon, Hitler, Gandhi, Nehru and many others, but they could not ultimately prevail. This is durasaya. The ultimate goal of life is to understand Visnu, yet people are going on blindly trying to satisfy their senses No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,873 In world history we see that there have been many leaders who have died working hard. They could not adjust things properly, despite all their hard efforts No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,105 Today no one knows the object of human life; therefore although the foolish people of this age are trying to be happy, their hopes will never be fulfilled. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasayah - SB 7.5.31 No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,629 The king was worshiped because he was a rajarsi, both a king and a sage No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,081 The Supreme Lord is more anxious to give us education and enlightenment than we are to receive them. He gives us His literature, His devotees and the parampara system, but it is up to us to take advantage of these No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,041 The Krsna consciousness movement is intended to give society the proper understanding of the Absolute Truth. We are not presenting a manufactured, bogus philosophy No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,878 Why should we unnecessarily waste our time concocting some philosophy? There is so much to be learned that has already been given by the supreme authority No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,719 All we have to do is take this Vedic literature, try to learn it and distribute it. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,876 It is the duty of everyone, especially one born in the land of Bharatavarsa, India, to make his life successful by taking advantage of this Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,800 Unfortunately, we are simply trying to learn technology, and that is our misfortune. Real education means solving all life's problems No edit summary
- 07:3907:39, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,046 Transcendental education means learning how to gain relief from the entanglement of material life. This is made possible by learning about the Lord's transcendental activities No edit summary current
16 September 2022
- 09:5309:53, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,903 When there are dharmasya glanih, discrepancies in dharma, Krsna or His incarnation personally comes. It is therefore said: yad yad vidhatte bhagavan. Although He comes, He has no anxiety No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,138 He (Krsna) comes by His internal potency, and He does not take help from anyone. He possesses a variety of energies, all of which work correctly and perfectly - parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca No edit summary
- 09:5209:52, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,005 Impersonalists cannot understand how everything is being carried out perfectly because they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead: mohitam nabhijanati mam ebhyah param avyayam No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,210 Being covered by the three modes of material nature, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, the Supreme Lord reveals Himself to His devotees No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,984 It is our business to understand Krsna in truth; then our lives will be successful. It is not that we can succeed by understanding Krsna superficially. It is therefore stated here: tani me sraddadhanasya kirtanyany anukirtaya No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,750 The word anukirtaya, as we have initially pointed out, means that we should not manufacture anything. The word anu means - to follow No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,696 The bhagavat-tattva, or Bhagavan, can be understood only by the parampara system, the system of disciplic succession No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,961 The ultimate goal of all activity is the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Visnu. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum (SB 7.5.31). Foolish people do not know that their ultimate interest is the satisfaction of Visnu No edit summary current
- 09:4309:43, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,078 Foolish people say that there is no brain behind the universe, but this is due to ignorance. By taking information from the sastras, the scriptures, we can understand who that brain is No edit summary current
- 09:4209:42, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,064 We see His energies working in this material world all the time. There is thunder and rain, and from rain comes the food we enjoy. This process is outlined in Bhagavad-gita - 3.14 No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,850 The origin of everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Through yajna, sacrifice, we have to satisfy the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,041 Yajnas can be executed when human society is regulated according to the varnasrama-dharma, the system of four social orders (varnas) and four spiritual orders - asramas No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,175 There are four varnas (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra) and four asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa). These varnas and asramas have their respective duties No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,923 Sri Krsna has nothing to do personally. It is His energy that acts. When an important man wants to get something done, he simply tells his secretary, who does everything No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,231 There are the jiva-prakrti, the para prakrti expansions, who belong to Krsna's superior energy. In any case, Krsna is always svacchandatma - without anxiety. Even if He is killing a demon, He experiences no anxiety No edit summary current
15 September 2022
- 10:5510:55, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,873 The Gosvamis and Krsna Himself tell us that since everything belongs to Krsna, everything should be utilized for His purpose No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,994 This creation emanates from Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord, who is without anxiety. Krsna very pleasantly associates with His consort Srimati Radharani and enjoys playing His flute No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,234 The original Krsna does not go anywhere; He never takes a step away from Vrndavana. The other activities performed by Krsna are performed in the Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha or Pradyumna forms No edit summary
- 10:5310:53, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,116 Krsna expands as Sankarsana, Narayana, Visnu, Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. God can expand Himself in many, many forms No edit summary current
- 10:5310:53, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,870 He (Krsna) is the adi-purusa, the original soul of all. Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami: Lord Brahma says that he is not adi-purusa but that Govinda, Krsna, is the adi-purusa No edit summary
- 10:5210:52, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,031 This Krsna has many expansions (advaitam acyutam anadim). He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everything. He has expanded Himself in many forms. The visnu-tattva consists of bhagavat-tattva-svamsa, the personal expansions No edit summary current
- 10:5210:52, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,761 We are also Krsna's forms, but we are vibhinnamsa, separated expansions. We are the expansions of the energies No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,851 The demigods have many activities, but Krsna is always peaceful. The Krsna who engages in killing demons is Vasudeva Krsna, not the original Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,959 We cannot say that the sunshine is false and that the sun is true. If the sun is true, the sunshine is also true. Similarly, we do not say that the material universe is false. It may be temporary, but it is not false No edit summary current
- 10:4410:44, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,197 The Mayavadi philosophers say, brahma satyam jagan mithya: "The Supreme Truth is real, whereas the world is false" - but Vaisnavas do not use the word mithya (false), because God, the Supreme Brahman, is truth, and nothing false can emanate from the truth No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,744 If we prepare an earring from gold, the earring is also gold. We cannot say that the earring is false No edit summary current
- 10:4310:43, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,729 The Vaisnava philosophers accept the world as temporary, but not false, as the Mayavadi philosophers do No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,832 The world (jagat) has emanated from the Supreme; therefore it is not mithya, but it is temporary. That is also explained in Bhagavad-gita (8.19): bhutva bhutva praliyate No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,015 The material world comes into existence, remains for some time, and is then annihilated. It is not false, for it can be utilized to realize the Supreme Truth. This is Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 10:4010:40, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,935 The world is temporary, but we must use it for spiritual purposes. If something is used for the ultimate truth, the Absolute Truth, it becomes integral with the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 10:3910:39, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,082 The word mumuksubhih refers to those who aspire for mukti, liberation. When one becomes disgusted with material engagement, one wants to destroy everything that has anything to do with the material world No edit summary current
- 10:3810:38, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,158 The Vaisnava says, prapancikataya buddhya hari-sambandhi-vastunah. Everything has some relationship with the Supreme Person, the Absolute Truth. For instance, a microphone is made of metal, but what is metal? It is another form of earth No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,225 Sri Krsna says: "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego - all together these comprise My separated material energies." All of these are Krsna's energies, and if Krsna is the source of them, how can they be untrue? They are not No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,045 A Vaisnava will never say that metal has no connection with Krsna. It is a product of one of His energies, just as this material world is a product of the sun No edit summary current
- 10:3310:33, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,932 Although he (managing director) sits in his office without disturbance, he is not very happy because he is always thinking about how to do this or that, how to manage this affair or that No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,682 This is material nature, and therefore it is said that there is always anxiety in the material world No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,894 When Hiranyakasipu, the father of prahlada Maharaja, asked his son, - My dear boy, what is the best thing you have learned from your teachers No edit summary
- 10:3110:31, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,924 Prahlada Maharaja immediately replied, tat sadhu manye 'sura-varya dehinam sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat (SB 7.5.5). "I have learned that materialists have accepted the asad guna." Asat means - that which is not No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,970 We should not remain on this platform, but should go to the platform of sat (om tat sat). This is the Vedic injunction. The material world is asad-vastu; it cannot possibly remain No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,840 In the material world, everything will ultimately be vanquished. Whatever exists in the material world exists only for some time. It is temporary No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,842 Yato imani bhutani jayante: the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything is emanating. If everything is emanating from the Absolute Truth, nothing can actually be false No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,906 If we organize a business, we have many anxieties. The managing director or proprietor of the business particularly has many anxieties No edit summary current
- 10:2310:23, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,876 There are saktyavesa-avataras, guna-avataras and svayam-avataras, and these are all described in Srimad-Bhagavatam. All these avataras, or incarnations, are svacchandatma, free from care and anxiety No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,074 Before the creation there was no Brahma or Siva. There was only Krsna. Krsna therefore says, aham adir hi devanam (BG 10.2). He is the creator of all demigods and all other living entities No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,304 After the cosmic manifestation is created, the living entities are placed in it. In the Vedas it is stated that in the beginning there was neither Brahma nor Siva, but only Narayana (eko narayana asit). Narayana is also another plenary expansion of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,767 The beginning is sravanam kirtanam, hearing and chanting. One must be very eager to hear and chant No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,994 We have to learn from the scriptures that Krsna is the origin of all. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: (SB 1.3.28) all the visnu-tattvas and incarnations are but plenary expansions or expansions of the plenary expansions of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,891 We can understand the pastimes of the Lord by following one or some of the authorized devotional processes No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,909 We have to speak or chant about the holy activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but first we have to hear about them No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 15 September 2022 diff hist +21,872 When we speak of Visnu, we mean Krsna. Krsna is the origin of the visnu-tattva - that is, Visnu is an expansion of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 15 September 2022 diff hist +22,229 Nine basic processes of devotional service - hearing & chanting about the Supreme Lord, remembering Him, serving His lotus feet, worshiping Him, offering prayers to the Lord, acting as His servant, becoming His friend, & surrendering everything to Him No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 15 September 2022 diff hist +25,868 Concerning Kapiladeva, Saunaka Rsi says, kapilas tattva-sankhyata. Kapila is the Supreme Person; therefore He can explain the Absolute Truth. Actually only Bhagavan can know the true position of the ultimate truth. No one else can know it No edit summary current
14 September 2022
- 13:3713:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,387 The easiest way to go to the Vaikunthalokas is: janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah (BG 4.9). Simply try to understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,716 Why does He come? What are His activities? Where does He come from? Why does He come in the form of a human being? We only have to try to understand this and study Krsna as He explains Himself in Bhagavad-gita. What is the difficulty No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,502 God personally explains Himself as He is, and if we accept Bhagavad-gita as it is, we shall no longer have to transmigrate. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti - BG 4.9 No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,598 We shall no longer have to endure birth and death, for we can attain our spiritual bodies (sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (Bs. 5.1)) and live happily in Krsna's family. Krsna is providing for us here, and He will also provide for us there No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,428 We should know that our happiness is in returning home, back to Godhead, where we can eat, drink and be merry in Krsna's company No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,494 Everything is present in Vaikunthaloka. There we can have an eternal, blissful life full of knowledge (sac-cid-ananda). It is not compulsory for us to rot in this material world No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,404 In this life we enjoy or suffer the results of our past karma, and in the same way we are creating further karma for our next body No edit summary current
- 13:2813:28, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,360 We should work in such a way that we will not get another material body, How can this be done? We simply have to try to understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,358 There are many types of yogis, but he who is devoted to Krsna is the topmost yogi. Sri Krsna is far above all yogic processes No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,850 In India there are many yogis who display some magical feats. They can walk on water, make themselves very light or very heavy and so forth. But what is this compared to Krsna's yogic mystic powers? By His potencies, great planets are floating in space No edit summary
- 13:2313:23, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,556 Who can manage to float even a small stone in the air? Sometimes a yogi may show a little mystic power by manufacturing some gold, and we are so foolish that we accept him as God No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,672 We forget that the real yogi, the Supreme Lord Himself, has created millions of gold mines and is floating them in space. Those who are Krsna conscious are not befooled by yogis who claim to be Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,775 A Krsna conscious person wants only to serve the foremost yogi, Yogesvara (varimnah sarva-yoginam). Because we are trying to become His devotees, we accept the Supreme Lord, Yogesvara, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 13:2013:20, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,645 It is due to one's work that one becomes a criminal and is therefore put in jail. It is not compulsory for everyone to go to jail. As living entities, we have our proper place in Vaikunthaloka No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,515 Yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma (Bs. 5.54). From Lord Indra to indragopa, an insignificant insect, everyone is reaping the consequences of his karma. We are creating our own karma, our next body, in this life No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,563 We come onto this planet to enjoy or suffer life for a few days - fifty or a hundred years - but Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, does not come for that purpose (na mam karmani limpanti) - BG 4.14 No edit summary
- 13:1613:16, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,635 There is a Bengali proverb: Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is being burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, - Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,421 It is further stated, na hy asya varsmanah: "No one is greater than Him." No one is greater than Bhagavan or equal to Him. Everyone is inferior No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,363 According to Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Adi 5.142), ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya. There is only one master - Krsna. All others are subservient No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,557 Beginning with Lord Brahma, Visnu, Mahesvara, Indra, Candra and all the demigods (there are thirty-three million demigods) and the middle and lower species. Everyone is bhrtya, or servant No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,625 When Krsna orders, "My dear Mr. So-and-So, now please give up your place and leave,', one must go. Therefore everyone is a servant. This is the position of Lord Brahma and the ant as well No edit summary current
- 13:1113:11, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,385 When Dharmaraja asked Maharaja Yudhisthira what the most wonderful thing in the world was, Maharaja Yudhisthira replied: ahany ahani bhutani gacchantiha yamalayam. No edit summary
- 13:1013:10, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,315 Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord, is not in this (conditioned) position. It is therefore said: bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
- 13:0813:08, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,657 Every moment people are dying, but those who are living are thinking, 'My friend has died, but I shall live forever. - (Mahabharata, Vana-parva 313.116) Soft cow dung thinks the same way. This is typical of conditioned beings No edit summary current
- 13:0513:05, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,739 Real knowledge means knowing that however great one may be, the four principles of material life are present: birth, old age, disease and death. These exist in the highest planetary system (Brahmaloka) and in the lowest - Patalaloka No edit summary current
- 13:0413:04, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,391 Foolish people are unaware of the miserable conditions of material life. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (13.9), janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,375 One cannot say, "My dear death, please give me some time to adjust." There is no adjustment; one must immediately get out No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,579 Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (10.34), mrtyuh sarva-haras caham: "I am all-devouring death." Krsna comes as death and plunders everything - bank balance, skyscrapers, wife, children and whatever No edit summary current
- 13:0113:01, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,627 Eventually everyone will dry up and be thrown in the fire. That is a fact. We may survive for a few years, but we cannot avoid death. In fact, it is said, - As sure as death No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,329 What is the result of death? One loses everything - all honor, money, position and material life itself No edit summary current
- 12:5912:59, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,783 It (soft cow dung) does not know that when it dries out, it will be thrown into the fire too. We may laugh because President Nixon is in trouble, and we may think ourselves very safe because we have a big bank balance, but actually no one is safe No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,314 Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovidah. The word kovidah means "intelligent." An intelligent person should try to attain shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:5712:57, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,261 Human life is actually meant for getting in touch with the lotus feet of Krsna. That should be our only business No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,421 Within this one universe, there are fourteen planetary systems, and the living entities are wandering in different bodily forms on different planets No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,669 Sometimes we may think we are very fortunate, just as President Nixon was thinking, "I am very fortunate. I have become the president of the United States." Then he soon realized that he was most unfortunate. Actually this is the situation for everyone No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,607 Throughout the world there are problems everywhere. One country has one type of problem, and another country has another. There is strife within governments themselves, and even presidents are fraught with problems No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,678 The Krsna consciousness movement is an attempt to make people fortunate. In this age, everyone is unfortunate (manda-bhagyah), but now we are trying to reverse the situation No edit summary
- 12:5112:51, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,867 It was Caitanya Mahaprabhu who said to Rupa Gosvami - The living entity is wandering up & down, from one planet to another, & he is very fortunate if by the mercy of the spiritual master & Krsna Himself he can get the seed of devotional service to Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:4912:49, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,783 Everyone is thinking, "May my child live happily" or "May I get so much money." We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,658 Our actual endeavor should be to attain happiness; that is our real struggle for existence. According to the sastras: tal labhyate duhkhavat. The word duhkhavat indicates that although we do not want misery, misery comes anyway No edit summary current
- 12:4512:45, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,538 We should not worry about eating and sleeping, for the needs of the body are already arranged. We do not have to work independently to maintain the body No edit summary current
- 12:4412:44, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,790 According to karma, the living entity sometimes goes up & sometimes goes down. He wanders in this way, thinking how he can become materially happy & satisfy his senses. The sastras say that we should not do this, we should endeavor to understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:4312:43, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,289 The word upari indicates the higher planetary systems. There are seven higher planetary systems, and we are in the middle system, in Bhurloka No edit summary current
- 12:4012:40, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,789 In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna never says, "Do this or that, and I will then maintain you." Rather, He states that not only will He maintain us, but He will also protect us from the results of sin, from sinful karma (BG 18.66). All of this assurance is there No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,584 In our Krsna consciousness movement, we have over a hundred centers, and Krsna is maintaining them all. None of our devotees are employed for independent incomes, yet they are all being maintained No edit summary current
- 12:3412:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,541 Those who are devotees of the Lord and have taken shelter at His lotus feet, leaving everything aside simply to render service unto Him, will certainly be cared for No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,926 We cannot conceive how many living entities are being maintained by the Supreme Lord. All the great elephants, all the small ants, all the 8,400,000 species of life are maintained by Bhagavan. Why do we worry that He will not maintain us No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,463 There is no limit to the jivas; no one can count them. The word ananta means that they are without limit. All these jivas, living entities, are being maintained by the Supreme One No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,294 Nitya, bhagavan, is the singular, and nityanam are the plural jivas, or living beings. Nityo nityanam: we are many, but God is one No edit summary current
- 06:2306:23, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,333 The word bhaga means "opulence," and van means "one who possesses." All the opulences of the creation are present in Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 06:2006:20, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,389 In the previous verse (SB 3.25.1), the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva has been explained as bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,679 If we hear about Krsna, we become purified. Hearing about Krsna means associating with Krsna. In this way we may perfect our lives No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,495 We need only hear about Krsna. That's all. We have therefore opened all these centers of Krsna consciousness throughout the world No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,660 It is our great fortune that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna Himself, has appeared and given us a very easy process by which we can understand Krsna. What is that process No edit summary
- 05:3105:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,711 Understanding Krsna is therefore not so easy. As stated by Krsna, out of many thousands one person may become a siddha, a self-realized being. And out of many siddhas, one may be able to understand Krsna No edit summary current
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- 10:2210:22, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,523 Krsna comes at intervals or sends His representative, the pure devotee. Sometimes He comes personally, and sometimes He sends His incarnation No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,303 We have to accept a certain type of body because we are forced to do so, but this is not the case with Sri Krsna No edit summary
- 10:2110:21, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,749 Presently I may have a human form, but in the future I cannot demand a human form. We receive bodies in the next life according to karma, not will. One cannot demand to be a high-court judge unless one has been educated for the job No edit summary current