User contributions for Madana Mohana
6 November 2023
- 11:1611:16, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 While the discussion was going on, baby Krsna cried. Without remonstration, mother Yasoda picked the child up on her lap and called the learned brahmanas to chant holy Vedic hymns to counteract the evil spirits No edit summary current
- 11:1511:15, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 The great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kusmandas, great aquatics, appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so No edit summary current
- 11:1311:13, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 The evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas and Vinayakas, are always ready to give trouble to the body, the life air and the senses, causing loss of memory, madness and bad dreams No edit summary current
- 11:0211:02, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 On the western side there is an impediment in the form of a yaksa, an evil spirit who protects the treasure No edit summary current
- 11:0111:01, 6 November 2023 diff hist +6 One can vanquish them (evil stars, evil witches and evil spirits) simply by uttering Lord Visnu's name, for when Lord Visnu's name resounds, all of them become afraid and go away - SB 10.6.27-29 No edit summary current
- 11:0011:00, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Mother Yasoda chanted different names of Visnu to protect child Krsna’s different bodily parts. Mother Yasoda was firmly convinced that she should protect her child from different kinds of evil spirits and ghosts No edit summary current
- 10:5910:59, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Men, supermen, sages, rsis, and other lower creatures of extraordinary strength and opulence, including the dead bodies, satans, evil spirits, jinn, aquatics, birds and beasts, may appear to be the Supreme Lord, but factually none of them is God No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Lord Siva informed Sudaksina that if such a black ritualistic ceremony were performed properly, then the evil spirit named Daksinagni would appear and then carry out any order given to him No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 6 November 2023 diff hist +6 Like the most experienced evil stars, they (evil witches known as Dakinis, Yatudhanis, Kusmandas and evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas, Vinayakas) all create great disturbances, especially for children - SB 10.6.27-29 No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 King Nrga said, "Among the living entities who have not accepted material bodies are those who hover in the material world as evil spirits or live in the ghostly atmosphere" No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Kasyapa has already told his wife Diti to wait for a while, and now he warns her that failure to consider the particular time will result in punishment from the ghosts and evil spirits who move during this time, along with their master, Lord Rudra. No edit summary current
- 10:5310:53, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 In other ways some are worshipers of race, nationality, birds, beasts, evil spirits, satans, etc No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas and Vinayakas are always ready to give trouble to the body, the life air and the senses, causing loss of memory, madness and bad dreams - SB 10.6.27-29 No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Evil spirits, who cause persons to forget their own existence and give trouble to the life airs and the senses. Sometimes they appear in dreams and cause much perturbation; sometimes they appear as old women and suck the blood of small children No edit summary
- 10:4910:49, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Every one of them (Brahma, Siva, Visnu, Narada and other powerful demigods, men, supermen, sages, rsis, dead bodies, satans, evil spirits, jinn, aquatics, birds and beasts) possesses only a fragment of the great potencies of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 10:4810:48, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12 Although Putana was an evil spirit, she gained elevation just like the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is clear that the cows and the elder gopis who offered milk to Krsna were also elevated to the transcendental position No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 6 November 2023 diff hist +25 This essence (of Bhagavad-gita that one should just always think of Krsna) is not understood by a common man, but by one who is actually very dear to Krsna, a pure devotee of Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:4010:40, 6 November 2023 diff hist +4 The Lord says that such a devotee (who is situated in the stage of devotional service) is very dear to Him, for the Lord is always pleased with all his activities in full Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 6 November 2023 diff hist +29 Prahlada wants to engage in the service of a devotee, and therefore he prays to Krsna, "My dear Lord, kindly give me the shelter of Your very dear devotee so that I may engage in his service and You may then be pleased" No edit summary
- 10:3410:34, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2 Nobody can understand Bhagavad-gita unless one is very dear to Krsna and bhakta of Krsna. Nobody can understand. That is the first step. One must be very dear to Krsna and one must be a devotee of Krsna, then he can touch Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 10:3110:31, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2 Lord Krsna says, "Even if a sincere devotee comes from a low family of meat-eaters, he is very dear to Me (Krsna). Such a sincere pure devotee should be given charity, for he is as worshipable as I" No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 6 November 2023 diff hist +29 Lord Krsna says, "Even if a nondevotee comes from a brahmana family and is expert in studying the Vedas, he is not very dear to Me (Krsna), whereas even if a sincere devotee comes from a low family of meat-eaters, he is very dear to Me" No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 6 November 2023 diff hist +7 Devotees who follow these imperishable religious principles of Krsna consciousness with great faith and devotion, fully accepting Me as the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me No edit summary current
- 09:5309:53, 6 November 2023 diff hist 0 A devotee is always transcendental to all these disturbances; therefore he is very dear to Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2 A devotee is always transcendental to all these disturbances; therefore he is very dear to Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
30 October 2023
- 12:0312:03, 30 October 2023 diff hist −12 First she (Sati) said, "You call Lord Siva inauspicious because he associates with demons in crematoriums, covers his body with the ashes of the dead, and garlands himself with the skulls of human beings No edit summary current
- 12:0212:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist −12 But as far as I am concerned," Sati said, "I do not have much knowledge about self-realization. I am poor because I do not know the actual facts. I am attracted by my birthplace, and I want to see it No edit summary current
- 11:5711:57, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 You should read Back To Godhead and Srimad Bhagavatam, and surely your life will be sublime. In the future we expect you to be a great preacher of this movement to the world No edit summary
- 11:5611:56, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 We can sit down anywhere on the grass here (in New Mayapura), and whatever available we make our food. This is the idea. Life will be sublime. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam. That is real business No edit summary current
- 11:5511:55, 30 October 2023 diff hist +26 Take to this (KC) movement; your life will be sublime. Easiest process. There is no charge. There is no fee. We don't charge anything. We don't say that, "I give you some secret mantra. You give me some dollars." No. It is open - Chant Hare Krsna No edit summary current
- 11:5411:54, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 Study our literatures attentively and try to understand the philosophy nicely with the help of your God-brothers. Always work cooperatively to spread Krsna consciousness movement and chant Hare Krsna and your life will be sublime No edit summary current
- 11:5311:53, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 So spiritual life is so sublime and so invigorating that you won't feel fatigued. Won't. Once... You have to be engaged. And as you are engaged actually in spiritual life, you won't feel fatigued. You'll be fearless No edit summary current
- 11:5211:52, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 So far as householders are concerned, they may contribute at least half of their income to Krishna. Then life is sublime No edit summary current
- 11:5111:51, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 So any religious person, or any person, without being religious, if anyone joins with us in this sankirtana movement, his life will be sublime. And our method is very simple No edit summary current
- 11:4911:49, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 Please continue with your service to Srimate Tulsi devi and to Radha and Krishna and your life will be sublime No edit summary current
- 11:2311:23, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 Only a fortunate living entity gets the opportunity to associate with Krsna and Krsna's devotee, and in this way he gets the seed of devotional service, the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, and then his life becomes sublime No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 Krsna should be the object of love is the central point of Krsna consciousness. Constantly chanting the Hare Krsna mantra & remembering the transcendental pastimes of Krsna, one can be fully in Krsna consciousness & thus make his life sublime & fruitful No edit summary current
- 11:2111:21, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 I have always stressed this point; that if we simply follow the regulative principles, chant regularly daily 16 rounds, and maintain firm faith equally in Krishna and Spiritual Master, that your life will become sublime No edit summary current
- 11:2011:20, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 I don't wish to take much of your time, but our method is very simple, and your life will be sublime. There is no loss. The gain is very great. So if you like, you can take it No edit summary current
- 11:2011:20, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 If you will follow all of the above rules (no illicit sex life, no intoxication, no meat-eating or fish or eggs, and no gambling) very carefully, then surely you will make very nice advancement in Krishna Consciousness and your life will be sublime No edit summary current
- 11:1211:12, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5 Her name was Cintamani. So the prostitute said, "My dear Bilvamangala, if you have got so intense love for me, oh, had it been for God, for Krsna, how would have been, your life, sublime." Oh, that struck him: "Yes." He at once left No edit summary current
- 11:0411:04, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 When the demigods are bereft of their chariots, when they forget how to use weapons Your Majesty (Kamsa) does not kill them - SB 10.4.35 No edit summary current
- 11:0311:03, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 When they (the demigods) are fearful or attached to something other than fighting, or when their bows are broken and they have thus lost the ability to fight, Your Majesty (Kamsa) does not kill them - SB 10.4.35 No edit summary current
- 11:0211:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 The devotees of Lord Krsna are much attracted by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya. This avatara of the Lord does not kill the miscreants, but delivers them by the causeless mercy of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 11:0111:01, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 These purposes (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam (BG 4.8)) are visible in the Satya, Treta and Dvapara yugas, but in Kali-yuga the Lord appears disguised. He does not directly kill demons and give protection to the faithful No edit summary current
- 11:0011:00, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 Sometimes the question is raised that since vegetables also have life and devotees take vegetable foodstuffs, isn't that violence? Firstly, however, taking some leaves, twigs or fruit from a tree or plant does not kill the plant No edit summary current
- 10:5810:58, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 Even an ordinary ksatriya does not kill a surrendered person and what to speak of Maharaja Pariksit who was by nature compassionate and kind to the poor. He was smiling because the artificially dressed Kali had disclosed his identity as a lower-class man No edit summary current
- 10:4410:44, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 Devotional service to the Lord does not kill the natural desires of the living being, but they are applied in the right cause of devotional service. This qualifies the desire to be transferred to the spiritual sky No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 A real ksatriya does not kill his enemy from behind, nor does a real ksatriya turn his back on the battlefield. According to ksatriya principle and spirit, one either attains victory or dies on the battlefield No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 A person who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, afraid or devoid of his chariot. Nor does he kill a boy, a woman, a foolish creature or a surrendered soul No edit summary current
- 10:4010:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 Anyone who is acting in Krsna consciousness under the direction of the Supersoul or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though killing, does not kill. Nor is he ever affected with the reaction of such killing. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 When the devotee is constantly engaged in Krsna Consciousness, at that time, Krsna will give all intelligence from within how to make steady progress in Krsna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 We should not be greedy and we should not mix with persons not interested in Krishna. In this way, we can make steady progress and maintain our membership in Krishna's family No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 30 October 2023 diff hist −24 The Krsna conscious movement accepts both processes (bhagavata-marga and pancaratrika-vidhi) simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 The devotees must bear in mind they are promising to follow four regulative principles & chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of japa daily. Everyone should take very seriously this vow & make steady & sure progress in KC & go back to Godhead in this lifetime No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 That is the sublime philosophy of Krishna Consciousness understanding; implicit faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master. This will make your steady progress towards the Ultimate Goal of back to Home, back to Godhead No edit summary
- 10:0610:06, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 I am so glad to note how ISKCON Houston is making steady progress for becoming a grand success. And Sankirtana is being well received, especially at the schools and university No edit summary
- 10:0410:04, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 I am glad that you have already started a center in small scale and please try to improve it as far as possible. There is no question of doing anything very hastily so please try to make steady, even if slow, progress No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11 If somebody comes and helps this movement, one or two, we can make very steady progress. We have no money. We are struggling very hard. You see? This boy is a professor in the Ohio University. So whatever he's earning, he's spending for this No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 30 October 2023 diff hist −26 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses No edit summary
- 09:3309:33, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11 A Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 You discriminate actually. You do not kill human beings, but you kill animals. Similarly, you discriminate: instead of killing animal, kill vegetable. Importance No edit summary current
- 09:1209:12, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 We take nice vegetables, nice food grains, rice, wheat, sugar, milk, all vitaminous, full of vitamins. So there is no deficiency of food. Even from food value it is very nice. We do not unnecessarily kill animals No edit summary current
- 09:1109:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +23 We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 No edit summary current
- 09:1009:10, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2 We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 No edit summary
27 October 2023
- 15:2515:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 We do not say that don't read Bible. Read something, but learn something. Jesus Christ said, "Thou shall not kill." You learn this art. But you read Bible and kill animals, then what is your benefit No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 The gopis said, "We therefore appeal to You (Krsna), dear Lord of all lords: please do not kill our long-cherished desires to have You as our supreme husband" No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 They give some false argument, "Lord Christ says, 'Thou shall not kill' and if I kill, Christ has taken the contract that whatever sinful activities we do, he will excuse." This is Christian dogma No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Suppose I am not inclined to kill animals or I do not kill animals. I avoid it. But intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes we have to kill animals No edit summary current
- 15:1615:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Panditah sama-darsinah: (BG 5.18) because they (humble sages) are completely educated in Krsna consciousness, they see all living beings equally. Aryans do not kill even a small plant unnecessarily, not to speak of cutting trees for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 15:1415:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 O Kamsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me (Durga)? The SPG Krsna, who has been your enemy from the very beginning & who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Do not unnecessarily kill other children - SB 10.4.12 No edit summary current
- 15:1215:12, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 One must know what are sinful activities. Apart from any other scripture, in Christian scripture it is said, "Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not covet. Thou shall not do this." These are sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 One cannot continue killing animals and at the same time be a religious man. That is the greatest hypocrisy. Jesus Christ said, "Do not kill," but hypocrites nevertheless maintain thousands of slaughterhouses while posing as Christians No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Nonviolence does not mean that in right causes also you will remain nonviolent. No. You do not attack anybody unnecessarily. You do not kill unnecessarily animal even, not even an ant No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Killing is sinful activity, even if we do not kill willingly. When you walk down the street you are killing many animals. Whenever you drink water, you are also killing. Below a water pot there are many ants and microbes that are being killed No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, “Thou shalt not kill,” but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, “I am guided by Jesus Christ” - will that do? No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Jesus is guiding them, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, "I am guided by Jesus Christ" - will that do? "But I don't care for his words." Is that guidance No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In the Bible also it is said, "Thou shall not kill." Why it is forbidden? Because if he kills, he'll have to suffer. But they do not care for it. Therefore they suffer No edit summary current
- 11:2511:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In every sastra, every scripture, every law book, man is warned, "Don't commit theft; you'll be punished. Don't tell lie; you'll be punished. Don't do this; you'll be punished. Thou shall not kill, otherwise you'll be punished." But nobody is caring No edit summary current
- 11:2411:24, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 If Lord Jesus Christ said "Thou shalt not kill'', or "Thou shalt do no murder'' to the people, it does not reflect very good social structure of the audience. Our philosophy is above all these things No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Even you do ordinary killing, vegetable killing, you are killing so many germs. So in higher sense, if you take this principle of Bible, "Thou shall not kill," that means you must eat krsna-prasadam, otherwise you will be killing No edit summary current
- 11:0911:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Even if we do not kill animals, simply by eating vegetables, they are also life. It does not mean that vegetarians are not killing. They are also killing No edit summary current
- 11:0611:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Devaki said "You are not to be killed by any female child. That was the prophecy. You are to be killed by a male child, so please do not kill her. My dear brother, you have killed so many of my children who were just born, shining like the sun" No edit summary current
- 10:5810:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 You don't require to labor and pay somewhere some five dollars, ten dollars, and practice this gymnastic. No. It is not possible. And as soon as you come out, you'll again engage yourself in all nonsense activities No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 This seeking for solitude is simply a reaction on our past nonsense activities, or it is negation, voidism. Our sound position is always being engaged in service of Krishna, that is the positive standing No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Our yoga system is not like that, that we whole day, twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes, I engage myself in all nonsensical activities, and fifteen minutes I concentrate my mind, the meditation. That kind of yoga system is not here No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive. A child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Nirvana means stop nonsense, but take to spiritual life. That is next, athato brahma jijnasa. Nirvana does not mean to stop activities; to stop nonsense activities. Come to the real activity No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Lord Buddha propounded the philosophy, "Make all your nonsense activities zero, so much. First of all make zero, then positive we shall say" No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 Just like this small child, Sarasvati. According to the body, she is acting. She's acting sometimes nonsense, but we take it delight, because she is child. But the same nonsense if I do in another body, grown up body, that will be ridiculous No edit summary
- 10:2810:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 I am very much disturbed to hear of Kanupriya's activities, and I advise you that so long he is engaged in these nonsense activities, you should not have any association with him. Best thing is that you remain in the association of devotees No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 In yoga one should have not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge. Simply understanding "I am not this body" and at the same time acting in a nonsensical way will not help No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −12 If we perform some nonsensical action and think, "I am doing this for Krsna," that will not be accepted. The work must be verified by Krsna's acceptance or by the acceptance of Krsna's representative No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 If we don't adopt the process and simply waste our time by intoxication and speculation and all nonsensical activities, oh, that is not possible ever. You'll never understand what is God No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 For a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is maya No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Devotional service not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Artificially, they (materialists) may sit down for so-called meditation, but immediately after their yogic performance they will engage themselves again in such activities as illicit sex life, gambling, meat-eating and many other nonsensical things No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When it is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be achieved No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Sri Yamunacarya, a great devotee in KC, said: Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When a devotee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Such words from the lips of a sincere devotee cannot be false. All possibilities abide in Him, for He is the primeval Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Others who are associating with them (the Europeans and Americans who have taken to Krsna consciousness) and hearing the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the lips of pure devotees are also becoming captivated by the transcendental vibration No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist +38 Now, namanta eva san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam. "Just hear the message of God." "From whom?" San-mukharitam: "through the mouth of the devotees." Not professional, not gramophone - through the mouth of, through the lips of real devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 If you hear from a professional man, that will not be effective. Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee. Just like Sukadeva Gosvami was speaking to Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear from the lips of liberated devotees No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 When Brahma described the situation of pure devotees freed from the culture of empiric philosophy and fruitive actions, he recommended the process of hearing from persons who are on the path of devotion No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Those who are addicted to the pursuit of empiric philosophy are also advised to act in such a way that they will realize bhakti. Karma-yoga is therefore different from ordinary karma, and jnana-yoga is different from ordinary jnana No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The speculative process of empiric philosophy is as bitter as the fruit of the nimba tree. Tasting this fruit is the business of crows. In other words, the philosophical process of realizing the Absolute Truth is a process taken up by crowlike men No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work or in empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The process of being liberated from the misconception of material identification is called, in different stages, fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service, up to transcendental realization No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The culture of empiric philosophy helps one realize the impersonal brahmajyoti, which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 These dirty things of fruitive work and empiric philosophy can be removed only by association with the Supreme Lord. The Lord, being omnipotent, can offer His association by His inconceivable potencies No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Such transcendental realization is made possible by dovetailing all the above items (fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service) in relation with the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Pure devotional service cannot be attained by empiric philosophy, nor can perfection be attained simply by good association No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11 In Krsna consciousness there is no scope for worshiping any demigod or any other form of Krsna, nor is there room for indulgence in speculative empiric philosophy, nor indulgence in fruitive activities. One should be free from all these contaminations No edit summary current
- 09:0309:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11 Foolish mundaners actually envy Sri Krsna and deride Him as one who is like other mundaners. The truth about Sri Krsna does not easily enter into the perverted brain of such mundaners infected with the empiric approach to philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Empiric philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Culture of empiric philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 By the speculation of empiric philosophy, which discerns matter from spirit one can achieve the highest perfection, provided one is able to reach the stage of narayana-smrti, or constant remembrance of the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Brahma created four principles of knowledge: sankhya, or empirical philosophy for the analytical study of material conditions; and yoga, or mysticism for liberation of the pure soul from material bondage No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 All fruitive activity, empirical philosophy and mysticism are more or less against the sense of subordination to the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:5008:50, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 When one firmly realizes Krsna as the supreme goal, he is no longer attracted by mystic yoga practice or the speculative empirical methods of knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 When it comes to the real standard, yada, jnanam yada, when the knowledge or speculative empiric knowledge, pratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram, no more affected by the waves of these modes of nature No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 When a person who is a little advanced (in devotional service) and is therefore called a jnani advances even more, he is in the category of a jnana-misra-bhakta, or a devotee whose love is mixed with empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Vyasadeva taught Sukadeva the difference between fruitive work and empiric knowledge, the ways and means of attaining spiritual realization and the four asramas (namely the student life, the householder's life, the retired life and the renounced life) No edit summary
- 08:4708:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 The cleansing of the polluted heart by other methods (like the culture of empiric knowledge or mystic gymnastics) can simply cleanse one's own heart, but devotional service to the Lord is so powerful that it can cleanse the hearts of the people in general No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Such devotees (who are essentially very advanced but still not able to understand the personal features or variegatedness of the spiritual world) are known as jnana-misra-bhaktas, or devotees whose devotional service is mixed with empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Persons who are bewildered by empiric knowledge or direct sensual perception, & who consider that this limited material world can be gauged by their material estimations, conclude that anything that one can discern by direct sense perception is but maya No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Naradhitah: if Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not worshiped, there is no point in practicing meditational yoga, performing karma-yoga or culturing empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 However perfect an empiric philosopher may be in presenting a philosophical thesis, such knowledge is never perfect because it is produced by an imperfect mind No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Empirical knowledge overcoated with devotional service is called jnana-yoga No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 After hearing Ramananda Raya speak in this way, Caitanya Mahaprabhu again rejected his statement and said, "Go ahead and say something more." Ramananda Raya then replied, "Devotional service mixed with empiric knowledge is the essence of perfection" No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 The sages (the four Kumaras) tried with wide open ears to understand the words from the lips of the Supreme Lord, but although His speech was very concise and meaningful, the sages could not completely comprehend what He was saying No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 The Lord's excellent speech was difficult to comprehend because of its momentous import & its most profound significance. The sages heard it with wide-open ears & pondered it as well. But although hearing, they could not understand what He intended to do No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19 They (the four Kumaras) could not even comprehend the purport of the speech or what the Supreme Lord wanted to do. Nor could they understand whether the Lord was angry or pleased with them No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19 Lord Krsna put the Pandavas into a distressed condition so acute that even grandfather Bhisma could not comprehend how such distress could occur No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 How is everything being done? The word "inconceivable" has been used. It is not within the power of one's small brain to comprehend; unless one accepts the inconceivable power and energy of the Lord, one cannot make any progress No edit summary current
26 October 2023
- 16:0816:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 Brahma is not an ordinary conditioned soul. He is far, far superior to all the other demigods, and yet he could not comprehend the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 As indicated in Srimad-Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami, we should not try to comprehend the greater mountainous areas of the universe merely by our calculations No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 When transcendental love of Krsna awakens in someone's heart, even a learned scholar cannot comprehend his activities No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −20 We should conclude that if one cannot comprehend the material expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one certainly cannot estimate the expansiveness of the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11 We have to accept the Bhagavad-gita or any other Vedic literature in good faith. These Vedic literatures are the only source of knowledge about the Lord. We must understand that we cannot comprehend the Absolute Truth by the speculative process No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 We cannot factually comprehend even twelve hours of Brahma's life, to say nothing of the one hundred years that constitute his entire lifetime. How, then, can we understand his abode No edit summary
- 15:5015:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 Unfortunately, the stubborn impersonalists cannot comprehend that the final spiritual destination, beyond the four Vedic goals (religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation) is absolutely pure and transcendental love of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:4815:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11 The impersonalist philosophers, who wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend this (BG 9.26) verse of Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 Persons who are everlastingly fooled by lust and desire lose all power of understanding their change of body and their stay in a particular body. They cannot comprehend it. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 If Krsna cannot comprehend the limit of His own attraction and bliss, it is certainly not possible for us with our limited knowledge No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 He (Krsna) pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world-so how can we comprehend what is beyond? BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4415:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +8 As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Krsna has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +5 The wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body No edit summary current
- 15:3615:36, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 The idea of giving even one's wife to the service of the public is that one's intimate relationship with his wife by which one thinks his wife to be his better half or to be identical with himself, must gradually be given up No edit summary current
- 15:2615:26, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 A wife is so helpful that she is called the better half of a man's body because of her sharing in all auspicious activities. A man can move without anxiety entrusting all responsibilities to his wife No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 When the Gayatri mantra is offered men, they are offered also sacred thread, and girls, they are not offered sacred thread. If their husband is a brahmana, she automatically becomes brahmana because wife is considered to be the half, better half No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist +24 By the Vedic injunction, the wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body because she is supposed to be responsible for discharging half of the duties of the husband No edit summary current
- 15:0915:09, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13 When he (Arjuna) went out to bring all other kings of the world under the subjection of the Pandavas, as was usual after the coronation of every emperor, he conquered the country named Kelinda and brought in subjugation King Bhagdutt No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 The Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), "O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me." No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate - BG 7.27 No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. This is an explanation of how the living entity falls down into this material world No edit summary current
- 15:0215:02, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. BG 7.27 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5914:59, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O conqueror of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled? BG 18.72 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10 O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread. BG 7.7 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5714:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Krsna), as pearls on a thread - 7.6-7 No edit summary current
- 14:5614:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8 Kimpurusa-varsa is situated north of the great Himalaya Mountain, which is eighty thousand miles in length and height and which covers sixteen thousand miles in width. These parts of the world were also conquered by Arjuna No edit summary current
- 14:5514:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8 Ketumala was conquered by Arjuna. A description of this part of the world is available in the Mahabharata. It is said that it is situated on the western side of the Meru Parvata, and inhabitants of this province used to live up to ten thousand years No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In this verse (of BG 10.20) Arjuna is addressed as Gudakesa, which means one who has conquered the darkness of sleep. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), the Lord says, O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In the Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Lord Krsna says to Arjuna, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me - Thus it is here confirmed that there is no truth higher than Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya No edit summary current
- 14:4614:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to conquer all relativities through tolerance. Lord Krsna points out that it is the relativities like winter and summer that give us trouble in the material world No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Krsna asserts His superiority Himself in this way: O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13 If he (Arjuna) should conquer his enemies, he would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be elevated to the heavenly planets whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting would be for his benefit in either case. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:4214:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 He (Yudhisthira) sent Arjuna, accompanied by the soldiers of Kekayadesa, to conquer the kings of the northern side, and he ordered Bhimasena, accompanied by the soldiers of Madradesa (Madras), to conquer the kings on the eastern side No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Bhagavad-gita (7.27): "O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate." This condition of life is called avidya. Opposed to this avidya is real knowledge No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 Because He (Krsna) was near me (Arjuna), it was possible for me to conquer with great dexterity the powerful King of heaven, Indradeva, along with his demigod associates and thus enable the fire-god to devastate the Khandava Forest No edit summary
- 14:3714:37, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 At that time Arjuna, the great warrior and conqueror of sleep, who is the intimate friend of the most beloved Supreme Lord (Krsna), took up an umbrella which had a handle of jewels and was embroidered with lace and pearls No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 Arjuna was always a conqueror because the Lord (Krsna) was his friend No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Arjuna is described here as the conqueror, and Krsna is described as his intimate friend. Bhismadeva, on his bed of arrows after the Battle of Kuruksetra, is remembering the particular dress of Lord Krsna which He put on as the driver of Arjuna's chariot No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Arjuna's another name is Dhananjaya. Dhananjaya means "one who can conquer over riches." His brother was in need of money, and he brought money. Therefore, from that day, his name was Dhananjaya, "one can conquer over riches" No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter Sri Krsna says - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 The devotee is not interested in liberation, but in serving; as such, the devotee is already liberated. So liberation is not very important business--it doesn't matter if he is liberated or non-liberated No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20 Such devotees are not interested even in so-called liberation, and they certainly have no interest in material activities for elevation to the heavenly planets for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20 So in this way Kali-yuga is polluted. Everything is contaminated, polluted. So it is called the ocean of faults. Because the life is meant for liberation. If one is not interested in liberation, simply for sense gratification, that is conditional life No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14 Since those who engage in such activities (religiosity, economic development and sense gratification) are not interested in liberation, Narada did not inquire from the King about this No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10 People are not interested for liberation. They want to become religious for material benefit. But that is not the real purpose of life No edit summary current
- 13:5413:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14 Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in moksa, liberation. There are four principles - dharma (religion), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa - liberation No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 My (God's) devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti), although these are automatically achieved by their service No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 In his prayer to the Lord, Prahlada Maharaja said that he was not personally interested in liberation from this material world; rather, he did not wish to be liberated from this material condition until all fallen souls were delivered No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10 Brahma said, "I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of Vrndavana in any of my future lives. My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation" No edit summary
- 13:4213:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 When the Lord mentioned the birth of Prsnigarbha, He did not say tenaiva vapusa, but He assured Devaki that in the third birth the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna had appeared, not His partial expansion No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 The next birth takes place when one is initiated by the spiritual master, and this birth is called savitra. The third birth, called yajnika, takes place when one is given the opportunity to worship Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 13:4013:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 Prsnigarbha and Vamana were partial expansions of Krsna, but in this third birth Krsna Himself appeared. This is the explanation given in Sri Krsna-sandarbha by Srila Jiva Gosvami No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 King Bharata, who took his third birth in the family of a good brahmana, is an example of good birth for the revival of previous transcendental consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist −13 In their third birth the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of ksatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Krsna has struck them with His disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The world is mad after such temporary benefit and partial service and it is our duty to change the face altogether by an authorized spiritual movement No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The success obtained by such methods (of demigod worship) is certainly transient, and it is suitable only for a less intelligent person. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gita. No sane man should be satisfied by such temporary benefits No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The karmis benefits are temporary and those who are seeking after such benefits are mudhas No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The intelligent person is in KC, & he has no need to worship the paltry demigods for some immediate, temporary benefit. The demigods of this material world, as well as their worshipers, will vanish with the annihilation of this material world. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 13:1913:19, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The fruitive workers are described in Bhagavad-gita as mudhas, or foolish. Such foolish living entities are very enthusiastic to work for some temporary benefit within perpetual bondage No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The demigods can award the worshipers some temporary benefit only, and not the ultimate one No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 They (the mistaken leaders) mislead us into taking some temporary benefit, but how long can their plans and schemes go on? If they persist until they die of heart failure or are killed by assassins, then another just like them takes their place No edit summary current
- 13:1613:16, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 They're busy collecting the ingredients for ritualistic ceremonies that yield only temporary benefits, such as elevation to Svargaloka for material happiness. They're not attracted to the sankirtana movement No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 26 October 2023 diff hist +9 That is the instruction of Krsna. Don't be attracted by the temporary material benefits. Just try for permanent, eternal benefit. Go back to home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 Sri Narada Muni wanted to stop King Barhisman from engaging in such fruitive activities. Therefore he is now directly telling him, "Don't be interested in such temporary benefits." No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 Sri Isopanisad therefore instructs that we should not seek temporary relief of our difficulties by worshiping the dependent demigods, who can bestow only temporary benefit No edit summary current
25 October 2023
- 15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 One thinks himself very clever throughout his life if he is able to leave behind him a great asset of wealth for his children, and to achieve this temporary benefit he takes the risk of all sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 One should try to do good for others, but only after knowing perfectly how to do good for others. Otherwise, if one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit No edit summary current
- 15:1915:19, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Materialistic persons are engaged in striving for temporary benefits, whereas persons advanced in spiritual knowledge, such as Prahlada Maharaja, are not interested in the materialistic way of life No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Krsna says in this verse (BG 9.24), "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Krsna says, "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit No edit summary current
- 15:1715:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20-23) it is clearly said that those who are mad after material enjoyment approach the different demigods for temporary benefits, which are meant for men with a poor fund of knowledge No edit summary current
- 15:1515:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 If one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit for himself in the shape of some profit, adoration, or distinction No edit summary current
- 15:1315:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 He (Prahlada Maharaja) did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wanted to deliver all fallen souls, who are bereft of knowledge of bhakti and who misuse their intelligence for the temporary benefit of the material body No edit summary
- 15:1215:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 Demigod worship is meant for unintelligent men because the benefits derived from demigod worship are all material, temporary and retractable No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 By pleasing goddess Durga one can obtain such benefits (wealth, strength, fame, a good wife and so on), but since they are temporary, they result only in maya-sukha (illusory happiness) No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 25 October 2023 diff hist +11 By executing religious rituals one can achieve economic development, sense gratification or liberation (merging into the existence of the Supreme), but the results of transcendental devotional service are completely different from such temporary benefits No edit summary current
- 15:0915:09, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20), kamais tais tair hrta jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah: those who are unintelligent approach the various demigods for temporary material benefits No edit summary
- 15:0115:01, 25 October 2023 diff hist −11 Arjuna became liberated by the knowledge received from Krsna, but he never became one with Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:5714:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15 Rather, they (so-called mahatmas (great souls) with long beards and mustaches who tell everyone that they are one with God) are duratma, hard-hearted, because they want to encroach on the rightful position of Krsna and become one with Him No edit summary current
- 14:5614:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15 Our philosophy is also the same, kaivalya. But we depend on Krsna. We do not become one with, one with Krsna. That is oneness. If we simply agree to abide by the order of Krsna, there is no disagreement, that is oneness No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 It is not that we can enjoy ourselves independent of Krsna. Nor can we say that to enjoy ourselves we have to become one with Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13 Different people are of different mentalities. Therefore it is not my business either to praise them or to blaspheme them. I only desire their welfare, hoping that they will agree to become one with the Supersoul, Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 25 October 2023 diff hist −22 Attempt to become one with Krsna will be baffled because of delusion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 It (Krsna consciousness) is the stage beyond self-realization at which the devotee becomes one with Krsna in the sense that Krsna becomes everything for the devotee, and the devotee becomes full in loving Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 25 October 2023 diff hist −13 Our philosophy of Krsna consciousness is the same, but instead of becoming one with Krsna, we depend on Krsna. That is actual oneness No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13 For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna No edit summary
- 13:2013:20, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary
- 13:1813:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary
- 13:1713:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 13:1413:14, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary
- 13:1313:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 13:0413:04, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 We cannot claim to be God without being able to display the powers of God. As far as Krsna is concerned, He proved that He was God by displaying so much power and by revealing His universal form to Arjuna No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 25 October 2023 diff hist +41 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary
- 12:5912:59, 25 October 2023 diff hist −29 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary
- 12:5712:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −16 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 12:5612:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −43 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary
- 12:5312:53, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
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- 10:3110:31, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG No edit summary current