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• Those who are actually learned do not make any distinction between a learned scholar, a brahmana, an elephant, a dog and a candala. They do not see in terms of the external body; rather, they see the person as spirit soul  + (19:09:08, 27 September 2020)
• The bodily construction of a human being and that of a demigod are one and the same  + (19:13:50, 27 September 2020)
• Dhruva Maharaja said, daivim mayam upasritya: the cause of his bewilderment was his association with the illusory, material energy  + (19:19:34, 27 September 2020)
• This is not the proper way to discharge devotional service (desiring some material benefit in exchange for service). Out of ignorance, of course, sometimes a devotee does so, but Dhruva Maharaja regrets his personal behavior in this connection  + (19:27:09, 27 September 2020)
• In this verse (SB 4.9.35) the word svarajyam, which means complete independence, is very significant  + (19:31:27, 27 September 2020)
• The real independence of a living entity, who is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is to remain always dependent on the Supreme Lord, just like a child who plays in complete independence, guided by his parents, who watch over him  + (19:37:01, 27 September 2020)
• The independence of the conditioned soul does not mean to fight with the obstacles offered by maya, but to surrender to Krsna  + (19:41:32, 27 September 2020)
• In the material world, everyone is trying to become completely independent simply by fighting against the obstacles offered by maya. This is called the struggle for existence  + (19:43:55, 27 September 2020)
• Real independence is to be reinstated in the service of the Lord  + (19:47:34, 27 September 2020)
• Anyone who goes to the Vaikuntha planets or Goloka Vrndavana planet is freely offering his service to the Lord. That is complete independence  + (19:49:33, 27 September 2020)
• Many great political leaders have tried to establish independence, but due to such so-called independence the people's dependence has only increased  + (19:55:07, 27 September 2020)
• One has to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord and engage in his original, eternal service  + (19:59:50, 27 September 2020)
• In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that He is the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor of everything and anything within this creation, and the supreme friend of everyone. When one knows these things perfectly, he is always satisfied  + (20:11:08, 27 September 2020)
• The allegorical story narrated by Narada Muni to King Barhisman is especially meant to engage conditioned souls in devotional service  + (06:39:00, 28 September 2020)
• King Barhisman admitted that the entire story, narrated allegorically, is easily understood by a person in devotional service, but those who are engaged not in devotional service but in sense gratification cannot perfectly understand it  + (07:45:54, 28 September 2020)
• As long as one is unable to stop the desire for material enjoyment, there is no possibility of becoming liberated from the entanglement of material existence  + (12:15:11, 28 September 2020)
• It may be argued that the waves of a river are incessantly flowing and that they cannot be stopped, but the waves of the river flow toward the sea  + (12:18:34, 28 September 2020)
• When the tide comes over the river, it overwhelms the flowing of the river, and the river itself becomes overflooded, and the waves from the sea become more prominent than the waves from the river  + (12:23:14, 28 September 2020)
• As confirmed by Yamunacarya, since he has been engaged in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there is always a current of newer & newer desires flowing to serve the Lord, so much so that the stagnant desire of sex life becomes very insignificant  + (12:31:39, 28 September 2020)
• Yamunacarya even says that he spits on such desires (sex desires). Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.59) also confirms: param drstva nivartate  + (12:35:45, 28 September 2020)
• The pure devotee never hankers after any kind of material prosperity  + (12:37:30, 28 September 2020)
• The karmis, however, or jnanis or yogis endeavor always for their own personal happiness  + (12:40:08, 28 September 2020)
• By developing a loving desire for the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, we subdue all material desires for sense gratification  + (12:40:11, 28 September 2020)
• On the other side of the ocean is the spiritual world of Vaikuntha, which is described in Bhagavad-gita (BG 8.20) as paras tasmat tu bhavo 'nyah. Thus there is an ever-existing spiritual nature which is beyond this material nature  + (12:46:48, 28 September 2020)
• A devotee does not want mystic powers or liberation or material prosperity. He is satisfied in any condition of life, as long as he is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord  + (12:52:05, 28 September 2020)

• Although there are many methods or boats by which one can cross the ocean, the Kumaras recommend that the King take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, just as one would take shelter of a good boat  + (12:54:43, 28 September 2020)

• The Lord's feet are compared to the lotus, wherein there is saffron dust  + (12:55:47, 28 September 2020)
• One has to discharge his devotional duties without being disturbed by the coming and going of material circumstances. This desirelessness for material prosperity is called niskama  + (13:02:09, 28 September 2020)
• Sometimes they become so busy simply enjoying their troubles that they never cross the ocean. There is no guarantee that the nondevotees will cross the ocean, but even though they manage to cross, they have to undergo severe austerities and penances  + (13:03:37, 28 September 2020)
• On the other hand, anyone who takes to the process of devotional service and has faith that the lotus feet of the Lord are safe boats to cross that ocean is certain to cross very easily and comfortably  + (13:08:18, 28 September 2020)
• Prthu Maharaja is advised to take the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord to easily cross over all dangers  + (13:11:46, 28 September 2020)
• One often sees that many so-called svamis and yogis sometimes advertise themselves as competent to cross the ocean of nescience and to help others cross, but in actuality they are found to be simply victims of their own senses  + (13:17:55, 28 September 2020)
• Instead of helping their followers to cross the ocean of nescience, such svamis and yogis fall prey to maya, represented by the fair sex, woman, and are thus devoured by the sharks in that ocean  + (13:23:00, 28 September 2020)
• In this verse (SB 4.22.41) the word atma-medhasa is commented upon by Sripada Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, who says that atmani means "unto Lord Krsna, paramatmani." Lord Krsna is Paramatma. Isvarah paramah krsnah  + (13:28:18, 28 September 2020)
• One whose mind is acting fully in Krsna consciousness is called atma-medhah. This may be contrasted to the word grha-medhi, which refers to one whose brain is always engrossed with thoughts of material activities  + (13:33:29, 28 September 2020)
• The atma-medhah is always thinking of Krsna's activities in Krsna consciousness. Since Sanat-kumara, who was a son of Lord Brahma, was fully Krsna conscious, he could point out the path of spiritual advancement  + (13:39:17, 28 September 2020)
• The word atma-gatih refers to that path of activities by which one can make progress in understanding Krsna  + (13:42:20, 28 September 2020)
• A living entity is eternally existent, and he cannot give up desires  + (13:44:46, 28 September 2020)
• A living entity must have desires; that is the symptom of life  + (13:46:13, 28 September 2020)
• When Lord Visnu appeared in the great arena of sacrifice at the time when King Prthu was performing a great sacrifice (asvamedha), He predicted that the Kumaras would very soon come and advise the King  + (13:48:22, 28 September 2020)
• When there is a recommendation to become desireless, it is to be understood that this means that we should not desire anything for our sense gratification. For a devotee this state of mind, nihsprha, is the right position  + (13:53:54, 28 September 2020)
• Actually every one of us already has an arrangement for our standard of material comforts. A devotee should always remain satisfied with the standard of comforts offered by the Lord. This saves time for executing Krsna consciousness  + (14:01:31, 28 September 2020)
• Prthu Maharaja remembered the causeless mercy of the Lord and thus welcomed the arrival of the Kumaras, who were fulfilling the Lord's prediction. In other words, when the Lord makes a prediction, He fulfills that prediction through some of His devotees  + (14:03:32, 28 September 2020)
• Dhruva Maharaja, a five-year-old boy, went to the forest for penance and austerity, and the King (Uttanapada) could not at all believe that a small boy of such a tender age could live in the forest  + (14:08:27, 28 September 2020)
• He (Uttanapada) was certain that Dhruva was dead. He therefore could not fix his faith in the message that Dhruva Maharaja was coming back home again. For him this message said that a dead man was coming back home, and so he could not believe it  + (14:11:53, 28 September 2020)
• Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted that both His glorious names and the Hare Krsna maha-mantra would be broadcast in all the towns and villages of the world  + (14:15:05, 28 September 2020)
• Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada desired to fulfill this great prediction, and we are following in their footsteps  + (14:20:07, 28 September 2020)
• After Dhruva Maharaja's departure from home, King Uttanapada thought that he was the cause of Dhruva's leaving, and thus he considered himself the most wretched  + (14:21:48, 28 September 2020)
• Even though it was possible that his (Uttanapada's) lost son (Dhruva Maharaja) was coming back from the kingdom of death, he thought that since he was most sinful it was not possible for him to be so fortunate as to get back his lost son  + (14:25:48, 28 September 2020)
• Regarding His devotees, Lord Krsna told Arjuna, kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati: "O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee will never perish  + (14:32:33, 28 September 2020)
• The Lord Himself could declare such things, but it was His desire to make the declaration through Arjuna and thus doubly assure that His promise would never be broken  + (14:43:08, 28 September 2020)