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9 March 2021
- 09:4409:44, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,367 Although Dhruva Maharaja was a great devotee and had nothing to do with these sacrifices, to set an example to his people he performed many sacrifices and gave all his wealth in charity Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4409:44, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,591 Although Devaki was crying like a very poor woman, actually she was not poor, and therefore the word used here (in SB 10.4.7) is dinavat. She had already given birth to Krsna. Therefore, who could have been richer than she Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:4309:43, 9 March 2021 diff hist +7,325 Although Bali Maharaja was cheated (by Visnu), his reputation as a great devotee able to give anything and everything in charity is still glorified throughout the three worlds Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4309:43, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,955 All things - but Krsna - give temporary satisfaction only, so if we are to have complete satisfaction we must take to the questions and answers about Krsna Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4309:43, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,530 All the rules and regulations apply equally to the householder and the sannyasi, the member of the renounced order of life. The grhastha, however, is given permission by the spiritual master to indulge in sex during the period favorable for procreation Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4209:42, 9 March 2021 diff hist +7,860 All the cows which were given in charity were covered with nice gold-embroidered garments, and their horns were bedecked with golden rings; their hooves were covered with silver plate, and they wore garlands of flowers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4209:42, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,764 All the cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth year charge of the cows in the pasturing ground. Given charge of the cows, Krsna and Balarama traversed Vrndavana, purifying the land with Their lotus footprints Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4209:42, 9 March 2021 diff hist +7,808 All the boys dealt with their mothers as usual, and the mothers also, on the approach of evening, bathed their respective children, decorated them with tilaka and ornaments and gave them necessary food after the day's labor Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,707 All respect should be given to him (pure devotee), and whatever he offers should be accepted. Such devotees are as worshipable as I am Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,962 All of our members are giving voluntary service, so they should always be encouraged in their service attitude Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,739 All of my students may not be inclined to study but they are very much eager to give others the opportunity to read my books and this should not be discouraged Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,713 All glories to Svarupa Damodara and all the other devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura! Please give me the strength to describe the character of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,699 All glories to Advaita Acarya, who is treated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as superior due to His age and respectability! Please give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4109:41, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,734 All glories are given to the chanting of the holy names of Krsna because as soon as one begins this process of chanting, the mind becomes purified Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4009:40, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,519 Akincana means one who has nothing to give materially Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:4009:40, 9 March 2021 diff hist +13,422 Akincana means Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:4009:40, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,873 After this settlement was made, the landlord gave Sanatana Gosvami four watchmen to accompany him. They went through the forest path for the whole night and thus brought him over the hilly tract of land Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3909:39, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,446 After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu carefully delivered some prasadam into the hands of Govinda to be given to Haridasa Thakura Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3909:39, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,946 After the father died, the nine stepbrothers of Jada Bharata, who considered Jada Bharata dull and brainless, abandoned the father's attempt to give Jada Bharata a complete education Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3909:39, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,495 After some inquiries, Svarupa Damodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his net. Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarupa Damodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Krsna Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:3909:39, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,497 After returning to his home, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya gave orders to his wife, and his wife, Sathira Mata, began cooking with great pleasure Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3809:38, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,483 After planting the tulasi tree before your house, you should daily circumambulate that tulasi plant, serve her by giving her water and other things, and continuously chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3809:38, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,957 After having unmistakably known the decision of the Queen (Satarupa), as well as that of Devahuti, the Emperor (Svayambhuva Manu) most gladly gave his daughter to the sage (Kardama Muni), whose host of virtues was equaled by hers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3709:37, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,474 After giving this dowry, the king of Kosala Province (Nagnajit) bade his daughter and great son-in-law be seated on a chariot and allowed them to go to their home, guarded by a division of well-equipped soldiers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3709:37, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,602 After giving these instructions, Gopala disappeared, and Madhavendra Puri awoke. He immediately called for all the servants of Gopinatha, and they came before him Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3709:37, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,582 After giving these demons permission to go everywhere and persecute the saintly persons, Kamsa entered his palace - SB 10.4.44 Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3609:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,333 After completing the sacrifice, Lord Parasurama gave the eastern direction to the hota as a gift, the south to the brahma, the west to the adhvaryu, the north to the udgata, and the four corners - northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3609:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,754 After coming out of the abdomen, the child is given to the care of persons who are unable to understand what he wants, and thus he is nursed by such persons. Unable to refuse whatever is given to him, he falls into undesirable circumstances Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3609:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,114 After bewildering her husband in different ways and bringing him under her control, the wife of King Puranjana gave him all satisfaction and enjoyed sex life with him Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3509:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,478 After Lord Nityananda Prabhu finished eating, He washed His hands and mouth and gave Raghunatha dasa the food remaining in the four pots Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3509:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,836 Advice is also given in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.22.35): "It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words." This is the mission of life Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:3509:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,376 Aditi placed herself at the mercy of her husband so that he would give her directions by which to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead so that all her desires would be fulfilled Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3409:34, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,245 Actually the qualified brahmanas are meant to give direction to the kings for proper administration in terms of the scriptures like the Manu-samhita and Dharma-sastras of Parasara Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:3409:34, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,653 Actually the body does not belong to anyone but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whom the body is given Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3409:34, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,237 Actually everything belongs to Krishna, and if He likes, He can immediately give us the whole U.S.A. Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3309:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,502 Actually I do not know any of them, although I have a desire to know them. Since Gopinatha Acarya knows them all, he will give you their names Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3309:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,542 Activities in devotional service to the Lord can give release from the reaction of faulty activities Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3309:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,978 According to this description of the asuras given in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.12), whatever they do will ultimately be baffled. It was such persons who advised Kamsa because they were his chief friends and ministers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3309:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,198 According to their (modern scientists) experience, the moon is full of dust, but this does not explain how it gives us soothing rays from a distance of millions of miles Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3209:32, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,385 According to the living entity's desire, Yogamaya, or Maya, the goddess Durga, gives him a particular type of body, which is mentioned (in BG 18:61) as yantra, a machine Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:3209:32, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,015 According to the circumstances, Sukanya had been given a husband who was too old to be compatible with her. Because Cyavana Muni was diseased and very old, he was certainly unfit for the beautiful daughter of King Saryati Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3109:31, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,853 According to the Vedic system, a daughter is given a sufficient dowry at the time of her marriage, and therefore Sati was also given a dowry by her father (Daksa), and ornaments were included Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3009:30, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,143 According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:3009:30, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,499 According to Vedic injunctions, a fire sacrifice is held in order to give food to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the names of the different demigods Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2909:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,181 According to Vedic culture a girl must be married. This is the responsibility of her father. A girl may be given in charity, and a husband may have more than one wife, but a girl must be married. This is Vedic culture Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2909:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,485 According to Srila Rupa Gosvami, any book which gives enlightenment in the matter of advancing devotional service is considered to be revealed scripture Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2809:28, 9 March 2021 diff hist +12,928 Acarya gives Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2809:28, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,462 Abhiseka is a special function for the installation of the Deity. In this ceremony the Deity is bathed with milk and water and then worshiped and given a change of dress Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2809:28, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,511 A wrong conception of life cannot give anyone the desired peace of mind, and thus in spite of all advancement in knowledge by use of the resources of nature, no one is happy in this material civilization Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2709:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,535 A woman must take shelter of her father, as Devayani did when under the care of Sukracarya, and then the father must give the daughter in charity to a suitable man, or a suitable man should help the woman by placing her under the care of a husband Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2709:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,064 A surrendered soul should be given all protection, even though he may be an enemy. That is the principle of religion Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2709:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,237 A summary of creation is given in this verse (SB 5.17.22-23). From Sankarsana, Maha-Visnu expands, and from Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu expands Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2609:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,735 A spiritual master is expert in giving special instructions to each of his disciples, and if the disciple executes the order of the spiritual master, that is the way of his perfection Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2609:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,934 A spiritual body is not burned. They are kept, samadhi. Just like in Western countries they give samadhi to any, everyone, tomb, entombing. In India the tomb is offered to a very advanced spiritually person Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2609:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,316 A small child may demand something from his father which his father has never given to anyone else, yet out of affection the father offers it to the child; similarly, this unique planet, Dhruvaloka, was offered to Maharaja Dhruva Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2609:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +7,470 A similar statement was given by Kuntidevi to Akrura: "My dear brother Akrura, my nephew Mukunda is long absent from us Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2509:25, 9 March 2021 diff hist +9,126 A sannyasi, one in the renounced order of life, is meant to give enlightenment to the people. He should travel, going from home to home to enlighten Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2509:25, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,234 A pure devotee of the Lord can give us direction towards the other end of nescience Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2409:24, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,291 A preacher is giving real sense. To awaken this sense, Krsna had to come personally. And he is doing the same work: "Surrender to Krsna." How much great service it is Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2409:24, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,695 A person who is constantly engaged in chanting the holy name and who feels transcendental pleasure, being engaged in devotional service, is certainly awarded the facilities of devotional service, and is never given just mukti Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2409:24, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,595 A person who in this life is proud of his eminent position, and who heedlessly sacrifices animals simply for material prestige, is put into the hell called Visasana after death. There the assistants of Yamaraja kill him after giving him unlimited pain Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2309:23, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,985 A person is so captivated by this pleasure-giving substance that he is not satisfied by begetting a single child, but increases the number of children, with great risk in regard to maintaining them, simply for this pleasure-giving substance Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2309:23, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,941 A particular body is given to the living entity for a particular type of activity. This process is going on perpetually, from a time which is impossible to trace out Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2309:23, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,408 A manvantara, the life-span of one Manu, is given as 71 multiplied by 4,320,000 years. After one such Manu passes on, another Manu begins his life-span. In this way the life cycle of the universe is going on Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2209:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,090 A man may carry a burden on his head, and when he feels it to be too heavy, he sometimes gives relief to his head by putting the burden on his shoulder. In this way he tries to relieve himself of the burden Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2209:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,685 A man becomes attached to a woman because of her service, her beauty and many other assets, and similarly a woman becomes attached to a man for his giving her a nice place to live, ornaments, dress and children Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2209:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,698 A ksatriya king is proud to give protection to the surrendered souls. This attitude of a king is called isvara-bhava, or factual power to give protection in a righteous cause Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2109:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,503 A king would maintain not only his wife but also the many friends and maidservants of his wife. Some of these maidservants would become pregnant and give birth to children. Such children were accepted as dasi-putra, the sons of the maidservants Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2109:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,217 A king should not simply give orders to his dependents because he is supreme; sometimes he must follow their instructions. Similarly, the dependents should depend on the king. This mutual dependence will make everyone happy Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2109:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,685 A hog generally lives in a very filthy state, eating stool, but if one tries to separate it from its condition and give it a nice place, the hog will be unwilling Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:2009:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,881 A gilded bow, two quivers of infallible arrows, and celestial armor also appeared. Bali Maharaja's grandfather Prahlada Maharaja offered Bali a garland of flowers that would never fade, and Sukracarya gave him a conchshell Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2009:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,987 A further understanding to be derived from this example (SB 9.10.11) is that a woman, however powerful she may be in the material world, must be given protection, for as soon as she is unprotected she will be exploited by Raksasas like Ravana Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:2009:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,580 A full description of Maharaja Bharata (son of Dusyanta) is given in the Mahabharata, Adi-parva Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1909:19, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,979 A devotee is considered superlative or superior according to his attachment and love. In the Eleventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the following symptoms have been given Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1909:19, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,028 A devotee does not give any importance to the ultimate goal of the karmis and jnanis Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:1909:19, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,124 A devotee can understand the purpose of creation, which is to give facilities to the individual living entities who want to lord it over material nature Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1809:18, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,274 A description of Bhavananda Raya and his five sons is given in the Adi-lila Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:1809:18, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,235 A daughter would never inherit the property of her father, and therefore an affectionate father, during the marriage of his daughter, would give her as much as possible. A dowry, therefore, is never illegal according to the Vedic system Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:1809:18, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,802 A cloud is compared to a qualified person because it pours rain and gives sustenance to many people; a man who is qualified similarly gives sustenance to many living creatures, such as family members or many workers in a business Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1809:18, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,197 A clear explanation is given in the beginning of the Isopanisad, in which it is stated that the Supreme Lord is so complete that although unlimited energies, their transformations emanate from Him, Krsna's personality is not in the least bit transformed Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 09:1709:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,649 A clear conception of the complete whole is given herewith - in SB 3.28.41 Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1709:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,479 A civilized man is expected to give all protection to the bulls and cows Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:1709:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,696 A chaste wife is one who never had any connection with men before her marriage. Once a woman is given the freedom to mingle with all kinds of men in her youth, it is very difficult for her to keep chaste. She generally cannot remain chaste Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 09:0509:05, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,264 "You mad woman, don't you see I have given such a nice wife, shackle, he's not attached at all. And what this iron shackle will do?" This was Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
1 March 2021
- 09:2809:28, 1 March 2021 diff hist +5,621 This (earth from Isvara Puri's birthplace) He (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) kept very carefully, and He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Seventeen Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 09:1409:14, 1 March 2021 diff hist +5,641 It is understood that he (Isvara Puri) served Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by reciting his book, Krsna-lilamrta. This is explained in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Eleven Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 09:1409:14, 1 March 2021 diff hist +5,554 Isvara Puri pleased his spiritual master by service, and by the blessings of his spiritual master he became such a great personality that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted him as His spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
22 February 2021
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1 February 2021
- 10:2710:27, 1 February 2021 diff hist +3 The avataras incessantly appear, like incessantly flowing water. No one can count how many waves there are in flowing water, and similarly there is no limitation of the avataras Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1910:19, 1 February 2021 diff hist +6,799 Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad 2.2.13). Krsna is the full representation of all living entities, and when Krsna is present, all avataras are included in Him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1510:15, 1 February 2021 diff hist +3 Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam: although Caitanya Mahaprabhu appears without krsna, or a blackish color, He is understood to be Krsna Himself Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0310:03, 1 February 2021 diff hist +3 Bahuni (SB 10.8.15): the Lord has many names. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam adyam purana-purusam nava-yauvanam ca Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
28 January 2021
- 17:4917:49, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 While churning, she (mother Yasoda) remembered the childish activities of Krsna, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself about all those activities - SB 10.9.1-2 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4817:48, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 When the living entity decides to go back home, back to Godhead, his target is Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the conditioned state of life, one does not understand that the goal of life is the Supreme Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:4817:48, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 When the inhabitants of Vraja who had come from distant places heard the whole story of how Putana had come and then been killed by Krsna, they were certainly astonished - SB 10.6.42 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4817:48, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 When the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Krsna) became the son of Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda, they maintained continuous, unswerving devotional love in parental affection - SB 10.8.51 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4517:45, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,726 To act on the material platform, even if one's activities are sanctioned by the Vedas, is not the ultimate goal of life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4417:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,381 Thinking oneself to be nitya-krsna-dasa, everlastingly a servant of Krsna, is called dasyam, and sakhyam means being a well-wisher of Krsna. Krsna wants everyone to surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4417:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 They (the inhabitants of Vraja) offered their blessings to the child (Krsna) for His wonderful deed of killing Putana - 10.6.42 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4417:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 They (nondevotees) do not realize that they themselves, because of their practice of eating all kinds of nonsense in this life, will be destined to eat the most abominable things in their next life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,435 The word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship is better than servitude. In the stage above dasya-rasa, the devotee accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a friend Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,992 The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-purusa, the supreme person. This is the object of the human mission Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4317:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,226 The transcendental holy name of the Lord may be heard and chanted accordingly to the attraction of the devotee. One may chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, or one may chant the holy name of Lord Rama or Nrsimhadeva Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4117:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +1,811 The inhabitants of Vrajabhumi asked, "Where is this fragrance coming from?" Thus they went to the spot where Putana's body was being burnt - SB 10.6.41 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4117:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +9,064 The body is considered material, and the soul is considered spiritual. The origin of them both, is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:4017:40, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 The advice of experienced transcendentalists is that the body be fully engaged for achieving the ultimate goal of life - svartha-gatim Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3817:38, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Sukadeva Gosvami said: To follow the orders of Lord Brahma, Drona, the best of the Vasus, along with his wife, Dhara, spoke to Lord Brahma - SB 10.8.48 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:3817:38, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Sukadeva Gosvami said: Deliberating in this way, Kamsa, although determined to continue in enmity toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead, refrained from the vicious killing of his sister - SB 10.2.23 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,455 Some devotees consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,166 Smaranam means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and pada-sevanam means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the time and circumstances Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3617:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Since Hiranyakasipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlada Maharaja's teachers with harsh words Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3317:33, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,865 Pumsarpita visnau. The word pumsa means - by all living entities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3217:32, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja said, agunena ca kanksitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus feet of the Lord, he does not need anything in terms of dharma, artha, kama or moksa Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:3017:30, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,738 One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the brahma-bhuta stage Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2917:29, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,100 One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addha means directly Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda enjoyed these (magnanimous childhood) pastimes (of Krsna) fully, and therefore their position is always better than that of Vasudeva and Devaki - SB 10.8.47 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Nanda Maharaja, of course, was very much obliged to Vasudeva, who had foreseen the incident (of Putana trying to kill Krsna), and simply thanked him, thinking how wonderful Vasudeva was - SB 10.6.42 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2717:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah (SB 7.5.31). The living entity tries to be happy within this material world, not understanding the target of his life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2317:23, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Krsna advises everyone to surrender to Him (sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja) - BG 18.66 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:2017:20, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,802 In Srimad-Bhagavatam in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra (SB 1.1.2). Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are kaitava - false and unnecessary Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1917:19, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 If one is inclined to dictate that the Lord grant something, one receives benedictions according to his desires Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1817:18, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,927 Hearing of the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord is essential Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +38,902 Hearing from the text of Srimad-Bhagavatam is considered the most important process of hearing Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,288 He (Yamaraja) is the authority, and he says that the religious principles consist of the codes and laws given by God. No one can manufacture religion, and therefore manufactured religious systems are rejected by the followers of the Vedic principles Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,576 He (Prahlada Maharaja) asked the Lord to engage him in the service of His servant Narada Muni. This is the symptom of a pure devotee Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:1717:17, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 He (Kamsa) decided to wait until the Lord was born and then do what was needed - SB 10.2.23 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1617:16, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. "Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes" - BS 5.1 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1317:13, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Even though Prahlada Maharaja was directly offered all the benedictions he might have desired, he refused to accept such offerings from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:1317:13, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,203 Even if one is physically unfit, classified lower than others, devoid of material qualifications or not at all elevated in terms of pious activities, the chanting of the holy name is beneficial Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 By thinking of his all-pervading enemy, Kamsa became unfavorably Krsna conscious - SB 10.2.24 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 By exhibiting different pastimes in His (Krsna's) childhood, He increased the transcendental pleasure of Nanda and the other inhabitants of Vrndavana - SB 10.8.52 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Brahmany upasamasrayam: unless one is fully renounced, one cannot engage in devotional service or stay in Brahman Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0717:07, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Both matter and the living entities are manifestations of energy of the Supreme Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0617:06, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 Bilvamangala Thakura said, muktih svayam mukulitanjali sevate 'sman dharmartha-kama-gatayah samaya-pratiksah. Liberation always stands at the door of a devotee, ready to carry out his orders Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0617:06, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,170 Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlada, Hiranyakasipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlada began teaching about devotional service, Hiranyakasipu immediately regarded the teachers as his enemies in the garb of friends Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0517:05, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,864 Because Prahlada Maharaja was situated on the spiritual platform, he had nothing to do with his body, which had been born of the modes of passion and ignorance. The symptoms of passion and ignorance are described in SB (1.2.19) as lust and hankering Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0417:04, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa': (CC Madhya 20.108) every living being is an eternal servant of Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0317:03, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,395 Arcanam means worshiping Lord Visnu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru - offering obeisances or offering prayers Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 17:0117:01, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3 According to one's position, whether as a devotee, a karmi or a jnani, whatever one wants one can get if one fully engages in the service of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:0017:00, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,513 A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should always engage in hearing and chanting about Krsna, or Lord Visnu. The process of temple worship is called arcana Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 15:5615:56, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 When the dirt is cleansed from the core of one's heart, one can realize the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5615:56, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 When one performs one of the processes, other processes (of devotional service) are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee executes any one of the nine processes (nava-laksana), this is sufficient; the other eight are included Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5415:54, 28 January 2021 diff hist +6,136 We are advocating cow protection and encouraging people to drink more milk and eat palatable preparations made of milk, but the demons, just to protest such proposals, are claiming that they are advanced in scientific knowledge Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5215:52, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 To perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and aspirations to be happy through elevation to the higher planetary systems Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5115:51, 28 January 2021 diff hist −56 To end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:5115:51, 28 January 2021 diff hist −42 Those who are grha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the material world, cannot understand Krsna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4915:49, 28 January 2021 diff hist −56 These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or politician Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4815:48, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 There are two systems of arcana - the bhagavata system and pancaratriki system Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4715:47, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,001 The words rogah patakinam iva refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life (janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi (BG 13.9)). Disease is the symptom of the body of a sinful person Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4715:47, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The marginal state, between consciousness and unconsciousness, has no permanent existence Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 15:4615:46, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The special purpose of Deity worship is to keep oneself always pure and clean. Grhastha devotees should be actual examples of cleanliness Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4615:46, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,229 The simple endeavor involved in the devotional service of sravanam kirtanam visnoh (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord, can make one successful in pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4615:46, 28 January 2021 diff hist −7 The rulers of the world in the line of hierarchy execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the parampara system. Anyone interested in peaceful life must participate in this parampara system and perform yajnas Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4515:45, 28 January 2021 diff hist −49 The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortunate living being Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4515:45, 28 January 2021 diff hist −7 The parampara system extends from Manu to Iksvaku and from Iksvaku to his sons and grandsons Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4415:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,847 The offenses in Deity worship are: (v) to use vulgar language before the Deity, (w) to pass air before the Deity, (x) to avoid very opulent worship of the Deity, even though one is able to perform it, (y) to eat something not offered to the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4415:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses in Deity worship are: (q) to show someone favor before the Deity, (r) to use harsh words before the Deity, (s) to wear a woolen blanket before the Deity, (t) to blaspheme someone before the Deity, (u) to worship someone else before the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4415:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses in Deity worship are: (l) to address someone loudly before the Deity, (m) to talk nonsense before the Deity, (n) to cry before the Deity, (o) to argue before the Deity, (p) to chastise someone before the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4415:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses in Deity worship are: (h) to sit before the Deity while holding one's ankles with one's hands, (i) to lie down before the Deity, (j) to eat before the Deity, (k) to speak lies before the Deity, (l) to address someone loudly before the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4415:44, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses in Deity worship are: (ee) to praise oneself before the Deity, and (ff) to blaspheme the demigods. In the worship of the Deity, these thirty-two offenses should be avoided Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4315:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses in Deity worship are: (bb) to sit with one's back toward the Deity, (cc) to offer obeisances to someone else in front of the Deity, (dd) not to chant proper prayers when offering obeisances to the spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4315:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,191 The offenses (to the holy names) are described as follows: (a) to blaspheme a devotee, especially a devotee engaged in broadcasting the glories of the holy name Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4315:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The offenses (to the holy names) are: (i) to instruct the glories of the holy name to a person who has no understanding of the chanting of the holy name Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4315:43, 28 January 2021 diff hist −294 The offenses (to the holy names) are: (f) to interpret the holy name in a deviant way, (g) to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, (h) to compare the chanting of the holy name to pious activities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4215:42, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 The material world is an illusory energy to deviate the living entities from the path of self-realization Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4215:42, 28 January 2021 diff hist −49 The living entity in the material condition wanders through many varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4115:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,339 The kinds of remembering God are: (c) concentrating upon a particular form of the Lord (this is called meditation), (d) concentrating one's mind continuously on the form of the Lord - this is called dhruvanusmrti, or perfect meditation Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4115:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist +39,102 The following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (d) to offer obeisances on the left side of the Deity, (e) to offer obeisances very near the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4115:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (a) to offer obeisances on one hand, (b) to offer obeisances with one's body covered, (c) to show one's back to the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4115:41, 28 January 2021 diff hist −56 The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take to Krsna consciousness, for they have not accepted a bona fide spiritual master and the Vedas Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4015:40, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The brahmana attained the liberation of samipya, the facility of living near the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:4015:40, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The brahmacaris can go with the sannyasis to preach, and the vanaprasthas should prepare themselves for the next status of renounced life, sannyasa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3915:39, 28 January 2021 diff hist −49 The Lord is present as antaryami in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3915:39, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The Lord has unlimited transcendental qualities and opulences, and one who feels influenced by the Lord's qualities in various activities offers prayers to the Lord. In this way he becomes successful Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 15:3815:38, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 The Gautamiya Tantra states, "For a sannyasi who has no home, worship of the Deity within the mind is recommended Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3615:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +5,265 Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 5.5.1) recommends: One must practice austerity so that his existential position will be purified and he will achieve unlimited blissful life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3615:36, 28 January 2021 diff hist +4,832 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Bali Maharaja remained silent at a critical point. How could he disobey the instruction of Sukracarya, his spiritual master? Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3415:34, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 Sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthata, disappointment Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3315:33, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 Simply by chanting the holy name of Krsna, one is liberated and returns home, back to Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:3215:32, 28 January 2021 diff hist +3,401 Sarvarhanam acyutejya. If Acyuta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is worshiped, then everyone is worshiped Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2915:29, 28 January 2021 diff hist −28 Prahlada Maharaja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional service by preaching the science of Krsna consciousness to everyone Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2815:28, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 Performing yajna involves worshiping the Supreme Lord. Here (in SB 9.11.1) the Supreme Lord (Ramacandra) worshiped the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is said, bhagavan atmanatmanam ije: the Lord worshiped Himself by Himself Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 15:2815:28, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 Pada-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pada-sevanam. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2715:27, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvami or svami, master of the senses. Unless one is master of the senses, he should not accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2615:26, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 One should simply satisfy Krsna, without being influenced by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2615:26, 28 January 2021 diff hist −7 One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2515:25, 28 January 2021 diff hist −147 One should adhere seriously to the chanting of the holy name as recommended in the scriptures: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2415:24, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 One cannot understand the principles of religion while staying on the material platform. Therefore one must follow these great personalities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 15:2215:22, 28 January 2021 diff hist −49 My dear friends born of demoniac families, the happiness perceived with reference to the sense objects by contact with the body can be obtained in any form of life, according to one's past fruitive activities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 14:5314:53, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 Krsna says: "I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku." This is the process of disciplic succession Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 14:5014:50, 28 January 2021 diff hist −21 In this verse, the words dharmah and sanatanah are very important. Sanatana means "eternal," and dharma means "occupational duties." From Satya-yuga to Kali-yuga, the principles of religion and occupational duty gradually deteriorate Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
27 January 2021
- 17:4617:46, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In this Kali-yuga we have passed through only five thousand years, yet the decline of sanatana-dharma is very prominent Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4617:46, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 In the spiritually joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4517:45, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (g) to go to the toilet during the time of worshiping the Deity, (h) to offer incense without offering flowers, (i) to worship the Deity with forbidden flowers Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4417:44, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (q) to refuse flowers offered to the Deity, (r) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (o) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuntha deities like Ganesa, (p) to worship the Deity while perspiring Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (n) to worship the Deity and offer bhoga to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaisnava Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4317:43, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (h) to worship the Deity with a stale or used flower, (i) to spit while worshiping the Deity, (j) to advertise one's glory while worshiping the Deity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In modern civilization there is no such education (where people are taught how to be satisfied with only what they need); everyone tries to possess more and more, and everyone is dissatisfied and unhappy Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In human society, the brahminical culture, ksatriya culture and vaisya culture must be maintained, and people must be taught how to be satisfied with only what they need Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:4217:42, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 In Dvapara-yuga only half of the religious principles continue, and in Kali-yuga only one fourth of the religious principles, which gradually disappear Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4117:41, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:4017:40, 27 January 2021 diff hist −28 If one sincerely tries his best to spread Krsna consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is bhakti Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3917:39, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 If he (the living entity) comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can understand God, the origin of Brahman and Paramatma without difficulty Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3917:39, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 If happiness is the ultimate goal of life, one must be satisfied with the position in which he is placed by providence Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3717:37, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargapavarga) or for degradation - tirascam punar asya ca Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3717:37, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Here Lord Vamanadeva, as an ideal brahmacari, refuses Bali Maharaja's offer to give Him anything He might want. He says that without contentment one could not be happy even if he possessed the property of the entire world or the entire universe Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3417:34, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Grhastha devotees must adopt the arcana-vidhi, or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given by the spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:3217:32, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Following the same process (disciplic succession), the Krsna consciousness movement is teaching the principles of Bhagavad-gita as it is, without deviation, all over the world Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3117:31, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Everything exists on the basis of Krsna's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Krsna. The advanced devotee of Krsna can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Even if one is able to perform other processes of devotional service, one must adopt the chanting of the holy name as the principal method of advancing in spiritual life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Even if a devotee remains in grhastha life and does not renounce material possessions, he should still be understood to be prasanta, sober, because of his pure devotion to the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:3017:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Especially for spiritual advancement, one should carry out the bona fide order of the spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2717:27, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Dharma, or occupational duty, can be established in its full four parts as explained in Bhagavad-gita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2617:26, 27 January 2021 diff hist −147 Deity worship has two divisions, namely pure and mixed with fruitive activities. For one who is steady, Deity worship is compulsory Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2417:24, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted everyone, at least in India, to become a preacher of this mission. In other words, one should become a guru and preach the Lord's instructions all over the world for the peace and prosperity of humanity Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2317:23, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 By the parampara system, one can thus be endowed with the original spiritual power coming from the Supreme Personality of Godhead (evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh (BG 4.2)) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2217:22, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Krsna - mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram - BG 9.10 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. Bhutva bhutva praliyate - BG 8.19 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:2117:21, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacari, living under the care of the guru, whose place is known as the guru-kula. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitam - SB 7.12.1 Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 17:1917:19, 27 January 2021 diff hist −21 As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reestablishing the natural, intimate relationship between Narayana and the living entities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1917:19, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,452 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.55), bhaktya mam abhijanati: only through devotional service can one understand Krsna as He is. The so-called politicians and scholars think of Krsna as fictitious Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1717:17, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,245 As confirmed by Rsabhadeva, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Krsna by serving a devotee. The word mahat refers to a devotee Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1717:17, 27 January 2021 diff hist −7 As Gaudiya Vaisnavas in the parampara system of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we must perform sankirtana-yajna all over the world (yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah (SB 11.5.32)) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1317:13, 27 January 2021 diff hist −49 According to brahminical culture, one should be content with whatever he obtains without special endeavor and should cultivate spiritual consciousness. Then he will be happy Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1117:11, 27 January 2021 diff hist +6,251 A mahatma is one who is constantly engaged in devotional service, twenty-four hours a day. Unless one adheres to such a great personality, one cannot understand Krsna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 17:1117:11, 27 January 2021 diff hist +39,254 A devotee advances further and further toward complete understanding of the Lord as he awakens in realization of the Lord's holy name, transcendental form and qualities, His paraphernalia, and everything pertaining to Him Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 05:3005:30, 27 January 2021 diff hist +237 Category:A Spiritual Master is the Via Media Vanibot #0004: CategoryManager - Add this page to Vaniquotes umbrella category current
16 December 2020
- 17:1917:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,770 A devotee is transcendental to the actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature because he is situated on the Brahman platform Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
1 December 2020
- 13:2713:27, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,887 You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. According to one's position, one should perform his duties, but for the results one should fully depend upon Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:2513:25, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Yogesvara is the SP of Godhead, the master of all mystic yoga, who can do anything and everything He likes. This is the omnipotence of the Supreme Lord. For one who pleases the Supreme Lord, no achievement is wonderful. Everything is possible for him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1713:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Without the direction of the Supreme Lord, material nature cannot do anything; it cannot act independently Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1613:16, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,963 With devotion one should feel, "God is great, and I am very small. Therefore my duty is to offer my prayers to the Lord." Only on this basis can one understand and render service to the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1313:13, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one thinks himself protected by his parents, by the government, by some place or by some other cause, everything is due to the various potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1213:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one is in the heavenly or hellish planets or is a rich or a poor man's son, material conditions are everywhere. Therefore no condition of life is at all pleasing Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1113:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When there is a demoniac rule, everything concerning the Vedic principles is turned upside down, all the religious ceremonies of yajna are stopped, the resources meant to be spent for yajna are taken away by the demoniac government Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:1013:10, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When the manifested creation of the airplane is ruined, the remaining debris is a problem for the so-called creators Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0713:07, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,150 When the Supreme Lord appears in this material world in His various incarnations, He performs two functions - saving the devotee and vanquishing the demon (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam) - BG 4.8 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0313:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one gives up materially designated positions and works directly under the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one's spiritual life is revived Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0313:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one considers his body - his head, his hands and so on - one can certainly understand the difference between the spirit soul and the body. No one says, "I head." Everyone says, "My head" Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0013:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,015 When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commits offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava, his entire spiritual career is halted Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:0013:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,347 When a devotee is actually engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, his apparently material opulences are not material; they are all spiritual Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5812:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65) - "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me" - they (fools and rascals) comment that it is not Krsna to whom we must surrender Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5712:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Dhruva Maharaja saw Lord Visnu, he declined to take any benedictions from Him, for he was fully satisfied by seeing the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 12:5712:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whatever God orders constitutes religion Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5612:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We want to be happy in the material world, but this will never be possible; we shall simply increase the blazing fire of desires Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5612:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We should always remember that although we are equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in quality, we are never equal to Him in quantity Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:5512:55, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We must study the atma and Paramatma - the individual soul and the Supersoul - upon whom the entire material cosmic manifestation rests. This is explained by the Vedic statement yato va imani bhutani jaya nte. yena jatani jivanti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current