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5 August 2023
- 14:3614:36, 5 August 2023 diff hist +3,073 In his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states that anubhava can be divided into thirteen categories No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 5 August 2023 diff hist +6,974 Indirect devotional service is divided into laughter, compassion, anger, chivalry, dread, astonishment and ghastliness. Devotional service can therefore be divided into twelve types, each of which has a different color No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 5 August 2023 diff hist +1,983 Imaginative mad talks, known as citra-jalpa, can be divided into ten categories - prajalpa, parijalpa, vijalpa, ujjalpa, sanjalpa, avajalpa, abhijalpa, ajalpa, pratijalpa and sujalpa No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 5 August 2023 diff hist +8 If you want to manage things, there must be two classes of men, and two classes can be divided into so many other classes. Therefore the intelligent way of civilization is described in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 5 August 2023 diff hist −12 How the point of the hair can be divided into hundred. Kesagra-sata-bhagasya. Now, you take one part of that division and again divide into hundred. This is beyond your experience, beyond your power No edit summary current
4 August 2023
- 16:1616:16, 4 August 2023 diff hist −12 He (the Lord) says that the living entities, who are innumerable, can be divided into two classes - the fallible and the infallible. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 4 August 2023 diff hist −12 Generally, the transcendentalists can be divided into two classes. One is the impersonalist, and the other is the personalist. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +5,469 Generally, the transcendentalists can be divided into two classes. One is the impersonalist, and the other is the personalist No edit summary current
- 16:0116:01, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,474 Direct ecstatic love can be divided into two groups - namely, selfish and selfless No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 4 August 2023 diff hist +5,384 Devotional service under the heading of raganuga can be further divided into two categories: one category is called sensuous attraction, and the other is called relationship No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 4 August 2023 diff hist +4,256 Devotional service in the modes of ignorance, passion and goodness can be divided into eighty-one categories No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 4 August 2023 diff hist +4,138 Devotional service in friendship can be divided into two categories: one is to act as the confidential servant of the Lord, and the other is to act as the well-wisher of the Lord No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 4 August 2023 diff hist +7,253 Devotional service in conjugal love can be divided into two categories. One is indirect conjugal love, the other direct. In both of these categories, one has to follow the particular gopi who is engaged in such service in Goloka Vrndavana No edit summary current
- 15:3515:35, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,826 Devotional service can therefore be divided into twelve types, each of which has a different color. The colors are white, multicolored, orange, red, light green, grey, yellow, off-whitish, smoky, pink, black and cloudy No edit summary current
- 15:3315:33, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,877 Dependence is also grouped under ecstatic love & this can be divided into superior dependence and inferior dependence. The direct differentiations between superior & inferior dependence are ascertained by Rupa Gosvami and will be presented in due course No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 4 August 2023 diff hist +5,650 Dana-vira, or chivalry in the giving in charity, can be divided into two parts: munificence and renunciation. A person who can sacrifice everything for the satisfaction of Krsna is called munificent No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,499 As far as Krsna's transcendental qualities are concerned, they can be divided into three groups: qualities pertaining to His transcendental body, qualities pertaining to His transcendental speech, and qualities pertaining to His transcendental mind No edit summary current
- 14:2814:28, 4 August 2023 diff hist +10,573 As far as His svayam-rupa (or pastime form) is concerned, it is in that form that He remains always in Vrndavana with the inhabitants of Vrndavana. This personal form (svayam-rupa) can be further divided into the prabhava and vaibhava forms No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,874 Anubhava can be divided into thirteen categories: dancing, rolling on the ground, singing, yelling, jumping, making loud noises, yawning, heavy breathing, not caring for public opinion, discharging saliva, roaring laughter, unsteadiness and hiccuping No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 4 August 2023 diff hist +6,415 Although it is within the category of practice, this offering of loving service is spontaneous. So the practice of devotional service, sadhana-bhakti, can be divided into two parts - namely, regulative and spontaneous No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 4 August 2023 diff hist +6,506 Although His (Krsna) energies are innumerable, they can be divided into three principal categories: the internal potency, the marginal potency and the external potency No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 4 August 2023 diff hist +4,806 All these symptoms of anger can be divided into two parts: constitutional and unconstitutional, or permanent and temporary symptoms No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 4 August 2023 diff hist +8 All methods of acquiring knowledge can be divided into two groups. One group is called aroha-pantha, or research, inductive process. And another method is called deductive process, or avaroha-pantha No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 4 August 2023 diff hist +7,987 All living entities can be divided into two divisions: those that can move and those that are stationary, such as trees. But there are also many further divisions. Some species fly in the air, some live in the water, and some live on the ground No edit summary current
- 13:5313:53, 4 August 2023 diff hist +11,889 According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, the third quality, intolerance of another's unhappiness, can be subdivided into (1) protection of the surrendered souls and (2) well wishes for the devotees No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,738 This man is an assassin and murderer of your (Arjuna's) own family members. Not only that, but he has also dissatisfied his master. He is but the burnt remnants of his family. Kill him immediately No edit summary current
- 13:4213:42, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,992 Suta Gosvami said: Although Krsna, who was examining Arjuna in religion, encouraged Arjuna to kill the son of Dronacarya, Arjuna, a great soul, did not like the idea of killing him, although Asvatthama was a heinous murderer of Arjuna's family members No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 4 August 2023 diff hist +16,374 One must sacrifice everything to realize Krsna, just as Arjuna did. He did not want to kill his family members, but when he understood that these family members were impediments to Krsna realization, he accepted the instruction of Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 4 August 2023 diff hist +4,859 Krsna says, "It is (varnasrama) introduced by Me for very good management of the social order." Brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. So Arjuna belonged to the ksatriya family. Therefore his hesitation to fight in the battlefield is not befitting the Aryans No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,961 In Arjuna's discharge of duties as a ksatriya, he is advised to persevere, even if it is difficult to fight with his family members or similarly beloved persons. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 4 August 2023 diff hist +4,072 He (Arjuna) belonged to the royal family and was highly elevated in terms of numerous qualities; he was a great warrior, he had great longevity, &, above all, he was the most intimate friend of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 4 August 2023 diff hist +5,520 Being intelligent, Arjuna could understand that his affection for family members and his wish to protect them from death were the causes of his perplexities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 4 August 2023 diff hist +16,478 A great personality, Arjuna, belonged to the royal family & was a great warrior & an intimate friend of Krsna's, constantly living with Him, after hearing this process of yoga from Krsna face-to-face, said, - My dear Krsna, it is not possible to follow No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,956 Arjuna and his family were indebted to the family of Dronacarya because of Arjuna's learning the military science from him. If ingratitude were shown to such a benevolent family, it would not be at all justified from the moral standpoint No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 4 August 2023 diff hist +6,349 Arjuna, after seeing the other party, that the other party, all of them belonged to his family, all family members, because it was fight between cousin brothers, so he became compassionate No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 4 August 2023 diff hist +1,999 While Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was passing through Varanasi on His way to Vrndavana, the Mayavadi sannyasi philosophers blasphemed against Him in many ways No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 4 August 2023 diff hist +9 They could not stop it , however, and therefore they appealed to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu because this blasphemy (against Caitanya) was so intolerable that they had decided to give up their lives No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 4 August 2023 diff hist +9 There are some rascals who dare to speak against the mission of Lord Caitanya by criticizing the Krsna consciousness movement for accepting Europeans and Americans as brahmanas and offering them sannyasa No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 4 August 2023 diff hist +5,145 There are others who are against the worship of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, thinking Him mundane. But any sect that differentiates between Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krsna, is in the group of prakrta-sahajiyas No edit summary current
- 08:4708:47, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,114 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu decided to take sannyasa so that people would not commit offenses against Him, considering Him an ordinary householder, for in India even now a sannyasi is naturally offered respect No edit summary current
- 08:4608:46, 4 August 2023 diff hist +3,721 Some high-caste brahmanas and gosvamis refuse to take prasadam in the temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Actually this is against the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 4 August 2023 diff hist +30 Sometimes materialists, forgetting the pastimes of Radha-Krsna and Krsna-Balarama, go to Vrndavana, accept the land’s spiritual facilities and engage in material activity. This is against the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary
- 08:3708:37, 4 August 2023 diff hist +2,493 Because the blasphemy was cast against Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself, He did not feel sorry, and therefore He was smiling. This is ideal Vaisnava behavior No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 4 August 2023 diff hist +1,874 At this time, Candrasekhara and Tapana Misra both heard blasphemous criticism against Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and felt very unhappy. They came to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lotus feet to submit a request No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 4 August 2023 diff hist +74 When Lord Siva is free from maya’s influence, he is in the position of a maha-bhagavata, a supreme devotee of Lord Visnu. Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh No edit summary current
- 08:1508:15, 4 August 2023 diff hist +6,290 Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: the most exalted Vaisnava is Lord Siva, and those who are actually devotees of Lord Siva follow Lord Siva's advice and take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Visnu No edit summary
- 08:1408:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +14 Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: Sambhu, or Lord Siva, is the ideal Vaisnava. He constantly meditates upon Lord Rama and chants Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare No edit summary current
3 August 2023
- 18:5018:50, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,884 Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: Lord Siva is the best of all devotees. Therefore all devotees of Lord Krsna are also devotees of Lord Siva. In Vrndavana there is Lord Siva's temple called Gopisvara No edit summary current
- 18:4118:41, 3 August 2023 diff hist +32 Unmarried girls worship Lord Siva so that they can expect a husband who is as good a Vaisnava as he No edit summary current
- 18:3918:39, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,385 The anger of Sati towards her father was not objectionable, for although he was her father, he was trying to insult the greatest Vaisnava (Siva). Thus Sati's anger against her father was quite applaudable No edit summary current
- 18:3718:37, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,823 There are four Vaisnava sampradayas, and the Rudra-sampradaya is one of them because Lord Siva (Rudra) is the best of the Vaisnavas (vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh). Indeed, as we shall see, Lord Siva drank all the poison for the benefit of humanity No edit summary
- 18:3318:33, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,168 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has made the following observations. Lord Siva, being the most exalted Vaisnava and one of the most powerful demigods, is able to do anything he desires No edit summary
- 18:3218:32, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,587 Sometimes the Vaisnavas also observe this ceremony because they accept Lord Siva as the foremost Vaisnava. But the function of Siva-ratri is not observed very regularly by the bhaktas, or devotees of Krsna No edit summary
- 18:2018:20, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,337 Since their hearts (of materialistic persons engaged in fruitive activities) are always filled with anxiety, it is understood that they have already been killed by providence. Thus Lord Siva, as a self-realized Vaisnava, was advised not to kill Daksa No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,172 Since Lord Siva is the best of the demigods, he is the best of all devotees (vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh). His exemplary character was therefore praised by the SP of Godhead, who gave His benediction by saying, "May all good fortune be upon you" No edit summary
- 18:1818:18, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,628 Sambhu, Lord Siva, is the greatest of all Vaisnavas. On one hand he is the worshipable object of the dull demons, and on the other he is the best of all Vaisnavas, or devotees, and he has a sampradaya called the Rudra-sampradaya No edit summary
- 18:1618:16, 3 August 2023 diff hist +24 One who has developed love for Visnu must develop love and respect for Visnu's devotees. Lord Siva is considered the foremost personality amongst the Vaisnavas. Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh No edit summary
- 18:1518:15, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,214 One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of Vaisnavas, of whom Lord Siva is the best. While instructing Srila Rupa Gosvami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu described an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava as hati mata, a mad elephant No edit summary
- 18:1218:12, 3 August 2023 diff hist +32 Lord Siva is the greatest of all devotees of Lord Visnu. It is stated, vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh. Sambhu, Lord Siva, is the greatest of all devotees of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 3 August 2023 diff hist +7,269 Lord Siva is known as the greatest devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is known as the best of all types of Vaisnavas - vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,968 Lord Siva is by nature a Vaisnava, a great devotee, and his name in this connection is Asutosa. He is always satisfied, and therefore he did not become angry as if he were an enemy. He is not inimical to any living entity No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,245 Lord Siva is also a great Vaisnava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kali accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Siva. Therefore there is no possibility of her eating flesh or fish No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,471 Lord Siva's symptoms of austerity are not exactly those of a Vaisnava. Lord Siva is certainly the number one Vaisnava, but he exhibits a feature for a particular class of men who cannot follow the Vaisnava principles No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,471 It was not good for Daksa to create enmity towards him. Even Vaisnavas, who are above both the ordinary and the elevated men in this world, also worship Lord Siva as the greatest Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,669 It is especially significant that Lord Siva is a pure devotee of Lord Vasudeva. Vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: "Amongst all Vaisnavas, Lord Siva is the topmost." Lord Siva has a sampradaya, a Vaisnava disciplic succession, called the Rudra-sampradaya No edit summary current
- 13:1213:12, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,374 Here (in SB 4.2.33) Lord Siva's excellent character is described. In spite of the cursing and countercursing between the parties of Daksa and Siva, because he is the greatest Vaisnava he was so sober that he did not say anything No edit summary
- 13:0813:08, 3 August 2023 diff hist +14 From his (Siva's) point of view, he did not see anyone as lower or higher, because he is a Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 12:5912:59, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,928 A Vaisnava is always tolerant, and Lord Siva is considered the topmost Vaisnava, so his character, as shown in this scene (in SB 4.2.33), is excellent No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,978 As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 12.13.16): vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh: Lord Siva is the best of the Vaisnavas, the devotees of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:2309:23, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,031 While sporting in the water, the girls suddenly saw Lord Siva passing by, seated on the back of his bull with his wife, Parvati. Ashamed because they were naked, the girls quickly got out of the water and covered themselves with their garments No edit summary current
- 09:2009:20, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,808 Lord Visnu was sitting on Garuda, a big aquiline bird, and was carrying in His hand a disc, Brahma was sitting on a swan and had in his hand kusa grass, and Lord Siva was sitting on a bull and carrying in his hand a small drum called a damaru No edit summary
- 09:1809:18, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,898 Lord Siva was so kind to Banasura that he personally came as the commander in chief of the military force, assisted by his heroic sons Karttikeya and Ganapati. Nandisvara, Lord Siva, seated on his favorite bull, led the fighting against Krsna & Balarama No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,372 Lord Siva, who is carried by a bull, went to the place where Madhusudana, the Lord, resides. Accompanied by his wife, Uma, and surrounded by his companions, the ghosts, Lord Siva went there to see the Lord's form as a woman No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,620 Lord Siva, the king of the ghosts, sitting on the back of his bull carrier, travels at this time, accompanied by ghosts who follow him for their welfare No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,504 At that time, when Daksa saw Lord Siva, who rides upon a bull, his heart, which was polluted by envy of Lord Siva, was immediately cleansed, just as the water in a lake is cleansed by autumn rains No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,824 While making sounds by churning, they (the gopis) also sang the glories of Krsna. The two sound vibrations mixed together, ascended to the sky and sanctified the whole atmosphere No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,573 When disobedient leaders lead the disobedient people, the whole atmosphere of the administration becomes polluted and full of dangers, as when a blind man leads several other blind men No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,902 This doubtfulness (of the personality of religion) was due to the contamination of both Kali and the material energy. The whole atmosphere of the age of Kali is magnified by the deluding energy, and the proportion of measurement is inexplicable No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 3 August 2023 diff hist +6,215 The whole atmosphere would change into a greatly festive celebration. In a festive mood, the wives of the Lord would sometimes sprinkle water on the His body with a syringelike instrument, and the Lord would similarly wet the bodies of the queens No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,998 The whole atmosphere will change when the living entity has to transmigrate from one body to another. Under the spell of maya, he will again be satisfied in a different atmosphere No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 3 August 2023 diff hist +1,700 The whole atmosphere was illuminated by the rays of the jewels bedecking the hood of Sesa-naga, and that illumination dissipated all the darkness of those regions No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 3 August 2023 diff hist −13 The whole atmosphere is epidemic, whole atmosphere, this Kali-yuga. And still, by the superior orders we have to preach this Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 3 August 2023 diff hist −13 The result is that the whole atmosphere becomes surcharged with anarchy and vicious elements. Nepotism, bribery, cheating, aggression and, therefore, famine, epidemic, war and similar other disturbing features become prominent in human societya No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,691 The material world is itself a place always full of anxieties, and by encouraging animal slaughter the whole atmosphere becomes polluted more and more by war, pestilence, famine and many other unwanted calamities No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 August 2023 diff hist +6,103 The material body is the symbol of the gross and subtle form of forgetfulness; therefore the whole atmosphere of the material world is called avidya, or nescience, whereas the whole atmosphere of the spiritual world is called vidya, or full of knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 August 2023 diff hist +2,177 The attraction of such gardens was that singing birds would sit on the trees, and their chanting voices, as well as the humming sound of the bees, made the whole atmosphere as pleasing as possible No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 3 August 2023 diff hist −13 They have gone on the radio, that means they have purified the whole atmosphere. That is the way to introduce, the transcendental sound vibration will act. Utilize this approach No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,752 These sankhya-yogi philosophers, they may analyze very critically. Even they can count the atoms which is composing this whole material atmosphere. But that does not mean you have understood the original force which has created all these things No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,474 Sometimes on the "Isavasya Hour" people should chant Isopanisad; that will purify the whole atmosphere No edit summary current
- 08:5208:52, 3 August 2023 diff hist +6,313 Sometimes he (Dvivida) would pass urine and stool on their (saintly persons and sages) sacred sacrificial arenas. He would thus pollute the whole atmosphere No edit summary current
- 08:5008:50, 3 August 2023 diff hist −13 Regarding propaganda against animal slaughter in BTG. Please do not print any picture showing how a cow is being murdered in our BTG. This will pollute the whole atmosphere. We are not meant for moving anyone's sentiment against animal slaughter No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 3 August 2023 diff hist +7,885 Regarding propaganda against animal slaughter in BTG. Please do not print any picture showing how a cow is being murdered in our BTG. This will pollute the whole atmosphere No edit summary current
- 08:4708:47, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,921 Our whole atmosphere is surcharged with sudra qualities, manifested by lust and avarice No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 3 August 2023 diff hist +7,108 One gentleman has written me that Marx said, "Religion is the opium of the people." That means the Communists are very adamant against God consciousness because they think that religion has spoiled the whole social atmosphere No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,684 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to purify the whole atmosphere of the polluted world by sending qualified preachers all over the world, and it remains with the Indians to take up this task scientifically and thus do the best kind of humanitarian work No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 3 August 2023 diff hist +10,169 Krsna said, "They (the sages & brahmanas) are so kind that they are traveling with Me, and wherever they go they immediately make the whole atmosphere as pure as transcendence simply by the touch of the dust of their feet" No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 3 August 2023 diff hist −13 It is not possible for the people in general to completely sever relations with their families as the varnasrama institution prescribes. The whole atmosphere is surcharged with opposition No edit summary current
- 08:4008:40, 3 August 2023 diff hist +9,481 Is it not a Hindi word? Kuruksetra is a name of place. So what is the difficulty? Why do you interpret that Kuruksetra means this body? This rascaldom has killed the whole spiritual atmosphere of India No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 3 August 2023 diff hist +5,076 In the Kali-yuga the whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness. Men are no longer interested in spiritual values. Material sense gratification is now the standard of civilization No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 3 August 2023 diff hist +4,385 Don't approach the cheater guru, bluffer guru, and be cheated. Stop this business. This has spoiled the whole spiritual atmosphere of the world. Take guru, the supreme guru, Krsna No edit summary current