User contributions for Kritika
21 October 2023
- 02:3202:32, 21 October 2023 diff hist +49 Devotional service is so perfect that simply by following the rules and regulations and executing them under the direction of the spiritual master, one is liberated, as it is said herein (in SB 3.33.10), from the clutches of maya, even in this body No edit summary current
- 02:3002:30, 21 October 2023 diff hist +49 Because of her association with her great husband, Maharaja Yayati, Devayani became purified, adopted the means of bhakti-yoga, and thus became liberated No edit summary
- 02:2702:27, 21 October 2023 diff hist +49 A liberated person no longer desires external material happiness. This state is called brahma-bhuta (SB 4.30.20), attaining which one is assured of going back to Godhead, back to home. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 02:1902:19, 21 October 2023 diff hist +49 A devotee's life and duty are very well explained herein (SB 7.9.18). As soon as a devotee can chant the holy name and glories of the Supreme Lord, he certainly comes to the liberated position No edit summary current
- 02:1502:15, 21 October 2023 diff hist +49 Anyone who becomes even slightly interested in krsna-katha is liberated. Kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet (SB 12.3.51). Simply by chanting or repeating krsna-katha, one is liberated from the contamination of Kali-yuga No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 21 October 2023 diff hist +94 If persons who are trying to be liberated hear such narrations as the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, then their path of liberation becomes very clear No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 21 October 2023 diff hist +45 Those who are not liberated from material bondage cannot understand transcendental devotional service. In Bhagavad-gita 7.3 it is clearly stated, yatatam api siddhanam No edit summary current
20 October 2023
- 18:5818:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 To become honest is also good karma. How to become a good man is described in the Bhagavad-gita very elaborately (BG 16.5): So if you become qualified with the daivi sampad (transcendental qualities), then, vimoksaya - you will be liberated No edit summary current
- 18:5518:55, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 We shall find in the Bhagavad-gita, Tenth Chapter, that anyone who is engaged in that way is a liberated person. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 18:5318:53, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 When one is so liberated, he can really understand the transcendental features of the form of the Lord. Siva advises everyone to practice bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. By doing so one can become really liberated and enjoy spiritual bliss No edit summary
- 18:4518:45, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 As it will be seen, actual devotional service begins after liberation. So in Bhagavad-gita it is said, brahma-bhuta. After being liberated, or being situated in the Brahman position, one's devotional service begins. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:4717:47, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 The remedial measures can be understood when one associates with persons who are liberated. It must be understood who is actually liberated. The liberated person is described in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 17:4117:41, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 The liberated person is described in Bhagavad-gita: one who engages in uninterrupted devotional service to the Lord, having surpassed the stringent laws of material nature, is understood to be situated in Brahman No edit summary current
- 17:3717:37, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 The faithful human being who is desirous of being liberated from the clutches of material existence can very easily take advantage of the Bhagavad-gita, and with this in view, the Lord instructed Arjuna as if Arjuna were in need of it No edit summary current
- 17:2417:24, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Simply by fixing oneself in Krsna consciousness, engaging the senses in the service of the Lord, one is imperceptibly liberated. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 17:0317:03, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 There are many philosophers who write comments on the Bhagavad-gita but have no faith in Krsna. They will never be liberated from the bondage of fruitive action. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:0117:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Out of hundreds of thousands of liberated persons, even one person is rarely found who can firmly fix his mind unto the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, as declared by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 16:5816:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Liberation is open for everyone (samam carantam (SB 1.8.28)). In Bhagavad-gita Krsna does not say to Arjuna, "Only you may come to Me and become liberated." No, the Lord is available for everyone No edit summary
- 16:5616:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.15), "The real purpose of veda, knowledge, is to know Me." One who knows Krsna perfectly is liberated No edit summary
- 16:5516:55, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 One's ignorance can be removed by the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita which teaches one to surrender unto Lord Sri Krsna in all respects and become liberated from the chained victimization of action and reaction, birth after birth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:5216:52, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 In the Bhagavad-gita (4.9) the Lord promises that one who simply understands the mysteries of His transcendental birth and deeds will be liberated from the clutches of Maya and go back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:4916:49, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 In Bhagavad-gita the Lord affirms: anyone who wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world is given liberation by the Lord No edit summary current
- 16:3816:38, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 In Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that His birth and deeds are transcendental and that anyone who is so fortunate as to know the transcendental nature of His birth and deeds will at once become liberated and eligible to return to the kingdom of God No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that one who knows the truth about Sri Krsna's descent and His various activities is at once liberated and does not have to fall again to this existence of birth and death after he leaves his present material body No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Sri Krsna as they are given in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land No edit summary current
- 16:2716:27, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 He (Lord Caitanya) doesn't want even mukti. Otherwise, if one is liberated, then according to Bhagavad-gita and every Vedic sastra, punar janma naiti, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti (BG 4.9). That is mukti No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Devotional service of the Lord is accepted in the Bhagavad-gita as the liberated stage. Therefore, brahmi-sthitih is liberation from material bondage. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 As stated in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 12.5), kleso ‘dhikaratas tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam: impersonalists must work hard for many, many births, and only then will they perhaps be liberated No edit summary
- 16:1216:12, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 As advised in Bhagavad-gita if one transcends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in devotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existence again No edit summary
- 16:0316:03, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 As explained in Bhagavad-gita, Fourth Chapter, anyone who understands the transcendental activities, the appearance and the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be considered liberated No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist 0 Any person, if he is fortunate enough to hear these teachings (of Bhagavad-gita) from Krsna or from His bona fide spiritual representative, is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 20 October 2023 diff hist +45 Any person, if he is fortunate enough to hear these teachings (of Bhagavad-gita) from Krsna or from His bona fide spiritual representative, is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
21 May 2023
- 23:3123:31, 21 May 2023 diff hist +19,195 Why have we taken so much land (in Mayapur)? Those who are seriously desirous - they will come and live with us. Association is very influential. If you associate with drunkards, you become drunk; if you associate with sadhus, then you become a sadhu No edit summary current
- 23:2923:29, 21 May 2023 diff hist +3,842 Try to concentrate on these farm projects. Let the villagers come and hear, and distribute prasadam. In this way draw their sympathy and gradually they'll become our associates. Then they can come to live with us and work with us No edit summary current
- 23:2723:27, 21 May 2023 diff hist +5,920 To live with devotees or to live in a temple means to associate with the sravana-kirtana process No edit summary current
- 23:2523:25, 21 May 2023 diff hist +3,133 The man who lives with a wife has a great responsibility in maintaining the members of the other social orders - the brahmacaris, vanaprasthas and sannyasis No edit summary current
- 23:2323:23, 21 May 2023 diff hist +2,371 The drug habit is killing the soul of the younger generation in the Western world. So if you live with the devotees, you will get strength to give up this bad habit No edit summary current
- 23:1823:18, 21 May 2023 diff hist +6,405 You have to live with us. Then your friends will not ask you, "What about marijuana?" No edit summary current
- 23:1323:13, 21 May 2023 diff hist +2,330 Regarding your request for some books, the best thing will be if you ask some able person to buy them for you. Or you may ask for the fare to come to Madras and live with the devotees of our Movement No edit summary current
- 23:1023:10, 21 May 2023 diff hist +2,740 Out of the five kinds of liberations, achieving the same planet where the Lord resides and living with the Lord there is called salokya liberation No edit summary
- 23:0723:07, 21 May 2023 diff hist +3,597 Our policy is to live with devotees. Immediately return and live with devotees and take care of the Deities and Tulsi. That is our main business. My Guru Maharaja condemned living alone in a lonely place No edit summary current
- 22:5922:59, 21 May 2023 diff hist +6,230 Most rubbish civilization, modern misleading, soul-killing. Andha yathandhair upaniyamanah (SB 7.5.31). Very difficult to live with them. Still, we have to do this Krsna's business. So we have to do our business. Let the dogs bark on No edit summary current
- 22:5122:51, 21 May 2023 diff hist +8,013 Krsna is the complete whole, and thus all plenary expansions and incarnations always live with Him No edit summary current
- 22:4822:48, 21 May 2023 diff hist +12 It is recommended that a woman desiring to advance in Krsna consciousness peacefully live with a husband and that the couple should not separate under any condition No edit summary current
- 22:4522:45, 21 May 2023 diff hist +3,035 It appears that Vasudeva, the father of Lord Krsna, had completely separate residential quarters where he lived with his eighteen wives, out of whom Srimati Devaki is the real mother of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 22:1622:16, 21 May 2023 diff hist +5,390 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally admitted that a grhastha must live with a wife. Ksatriyas were even allowed to have many wives to encourage them in discharging the duties of government No edit summary current
- 21:4421:44, 21 May 2023 diff hist +9,562 So Krsna is so friendly that He always lives with us just to turn our face towards Krsna. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese arjuna tisthati. What is His business? He is simply waiting for the time when we shall turn our face to Krsna. That is His business No edit summary current
20 May 2023
- 16:5916:59, 20 May 2023 diff hist +2,596 In Candapura lived Balarama Acarya and Yadunandana Acarya, the priests of these two personalities, and when Haridasa Thakura went there he lived with them No edit summary current
17 May 2023
- 18:3218:32, 17 May 2023 diff hist +4,471 If you live with the association of sadhu, devotee, then it will be quickly fruitful - And if you live with these ordinary men, then whatever you have got will be finished very soon No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 17 May 2023 diff hist +5,437 If you are serious about Krsna consciousness, if you are serious about increasing attachment for Krsna, then you should come and live with the devotees No edit summary current