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27 October 2023
- 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
- 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