Mastered
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Renunciation Through Wisdom
Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty."
In his purport to this verse, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that when one detaches himself from the sensual world and becomes situated in samādhi, complete absorption in the Absolute Truth, one perceives the pure spiritual self and is rewarded with intense bliss. Such a yogī never deviates his concentration from the Absolute Truth, the object of his meditation. The eight mystic perfections—aṇimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, and so on—which the yogī acquires during his discipline, are by-products of his yoga practice. In samādhi the yogī regards all these mystic perfections as insignificant. Many yogīs, after mastering a few of these mystic perfections, pretend to have mastered them all, and because of a restless mind they deviate from the goal of permanent samādhi. On the other hand, for the karma-yogī, the devotee of the Lord, there is no such possibility: his heart and concentration remain fixed on his goal because he always works for the pleasure of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is always in samādhi, the yogī's ultimate destination. In the Lord's devotional service, the devotee experiences ever-fresh emotions, and his perfections become more mature, the transcendental bliss he relishes is inexplicable and inconceivable to mundane mercenaries.Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: All right, you rascal, big chemist, you combine these chemicals and bring life. Why do you not do that? Simply talking millions and trillions of years just to bluff other rascals. You are a rascal and you are bluffing other rascals. That is your business, and getting high salary, that's all.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Even they can take a dead body, there's no need to manufacture the body, and try and put life back into it.
Prabhupāda: Yes, give him some chemicals. So many dead bodies are being wasted. Give some chemical and let them come back in life.
Jayādvaita: They are freezing the bodies sometimes, so that in the future when they perfect that ability, they'll revive these dead bodies and they'll live again.
Prabhupāda: [break] ...things are going on.
Rāmeśvara: [break] ...science called genetics, where they study the chemicals which determine the characteristics of the living entity, whether he has fair skin, or...
Prabhupāda: That our Svarūpa Dāmodara has begun with this rascal genetics. He has written that Scientific Basis, beginning with these rascals, genetics.
Rāmeśvara: Before they can try to create life, they have to master this science of genetics first. This controls whether a living entity has different color eyes and hair and ability to hear and see, everything. So they say when they have mastered that science, then the next step will be to create life.
Prabhupāda: That will take millions of years. By that time he'll be finished. (laughter)Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
1. The names and locations of all seminaries of the church. 2. The names and addresses of all heads of your religious schools. 3. Copies of your offered curriculums. 4. A statement as to the requirements for particular diplomas certifications, or titles, indicating courses to be mastered and the time involved for each diploma, certification and title. 5. A statement as to the rules of conduct and personal standards required by your religion of its ministerial students. 6. If your church has affiliation with any other organized religious body this information should be given. 7. If your church or school has been recognized by any public or institutional accreditation, by whom, and where. 8. Please let us know what your requirements are for a ministerial student in your school in the two following categories: (a) full time and (b) part time. 9. Please state the date your ministerial school began operating, as such, the number of students presently enrolled in each of the categories specified in question 8 above, and the number of students in each particular year or level of advancement. 10. If your ministerial school is co-educational, we would like to know the present number of students of each sex.
11. Please send a roster of your school faculty and indicate the degrees and academic or religious accomplishments possessed by each instructor.1972 Correspondence
Page Title: | Mastered |
Compiler: | Archana, Kanupriya |
Created: | 19 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=2, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=3 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |