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22 September 2022
- 07:1207:12, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,685 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised His disciples: gramya-katha na sunibe. The word gramya refers to that pertaining to one's village, society or neighborhood. People are interested in talking about gramya-katha No edit summary current
- 07:1107:11, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,606 Newspapers, for instance, are filled with gramya-katha. There is no spiritual understanding in them. In the United States there are many newspapers, and simply to publish the New York Times many trees have to be killed No edit summary current
- 07:1107:11, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,510 Now there is a paper scarcity. Why are they uselessly killing trees just for gramya-katha? They are only interested in making a profit No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,734 There is, another kind of katha-krsna-katha. There are literatures which may be nicely presented from the literary point of view, but if there is no glorification of the Supreme Lord, they are useless No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,464 Worldly literatures are like places where crows take pleasure. In the bird society, there are crows and swans, and crows are interested in places where filthy things are thrown No edit summary current
- 07:0907:09, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,602 Swans prefer nice clear water with lotus flowers, and it is in such places that they take their pleasure. Similarly, there are men who are like crows and men like swans. That is a natural division No edit summary current
- 07:0907:09, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,704 According to an old English proverb, Birds of a feather flock together. Crows mix with crows, and swans mix with swans. Since devotees are like swans (hamsas), a most advanced devotee is called paramahamsa No edit summary current
- 07:0807:08, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,174 The paramahamsas are not interested in subjects fit for crows No edit summary current
- 07:0707:07, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,823 A person who is interested in inquiring about transcendental subjects, krsna-katha, makes a paramahamsa very glad. Therefore Kapiladeva was very glad to hear that His mother was eager to receive information on how to be delivered from material bondage No edit summary current
- 07:0707:07, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,523 Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised His disciples never to eat palatable food, never to talk about village topics and never to read ordinary novels, poems and newspapers No edit summary current
- 07:0507:05, 22 September 2022 diff hist +14,485 Those who are sat are thus transcendentalists advanced in spiritual life, and when they hear questions from those who want to understand spiritual life, they become very happy No edit summary current
- 06:5906:59, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,690 When a person advances in bhakti-yoga, he will automatically become detached from material attractions No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,146 There are many American and European boys and girls in this KC movement who have been born in countries where they can enjoy a good deal of material affluence, but they consider this material happiness and affluence like garbage in the street No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,875 Because they are devotees of Vasudeva, they are no longer attached to these material things. This is the result of bhakti-yoga, which enables one to be detached from material enjoyment No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,919 Detachment is the sign that one is advancing in bhakti-yoga. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). That is the test of advancing in bhakti. If we are advanced, we are no longer attached to material enjoyment No edit summary current
- 06:5606:56, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,597 It is not that we think ourselves great devotees and then go ahead and enjoy material things No edit summary current
- 06:5506:55, 22 September 2022 diff hist +21,031 Since our only business is to take shelter of Krsna, Devahuti says, - I am taking shelter of You so that You can cut my attachment to this material life. Why should You do this? Because I am Your eternal servant No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,755 Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, anadi karama-phale, padi 'bhavarnava-jale, taribare na dekhi upaya. If we are thrown into the ocean, there is a great struggle, even if we may be very great swimmers No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,988 When one sees something superior, he immediately rejects that which is inferior. Actually we cannot bring all this about by our own endeavor; therefore we have to take shelter of Krsna, and He will help No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 22 September 2022 diff hist +20,747 Even if we are nonviolent and hurt no one, there will be trouble. However, if somehow or other we manage to reach the shore, we will find peace No edit summary current