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| {{terms|"Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead"|"dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam"|"kuto nu vidyadhara-caranadayah"|"na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah"|"na vai vidur rsayo napi devah"}} | | {{terms|"Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead"|"dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam"|"kuto nu vidyadhara-caranadayah"|"na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah"|"na vai vidur rsayo napi devah"}} |
| {{notes|VedaBase query: "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead" or "dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam" or "kuto nu vidyadhara-caranadayah" or "na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah" or "na vai vidur rsayo napi devah"}} | | {{notes|VedaBase query: "6.3.19" or "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead" or "dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam" or "kuto nu vidyadhara-caranadayah" or "na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah" or "na vai vidur rsayo napi devah"}} |
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| [[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 06 - Cited Verses]] | | [[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 06 - Cited Verses]] |
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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 1 - 6"><h3>BG Chapters 1 - 6</h3> | | <div id="1969_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1969 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1969 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="BG47_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="160" link="BG 4.7" link_text="BG 4.7"> | | <div id="RoomConversationwithAllenGinsbergMay121969ColumbusOhio_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="14" link="Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio" link_text="Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource: BG 4.7| BG 4.7, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class=" purport text"><p style="display: inline;"> Only the Lord can manufacture a system of religion. The Vedas are also accepted as originally spoken by the Lord Himself to Brahmā, from within his heart. Therefore, the principles of dharma, or religion , are the direct orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) ). These principles are clearly indicated throughout the Bhagavad-gītā. The purpose of the Vedas is to establish such principles under the order of the Supreme Lord, and the Lord directly orders, at the end of the Gītā, that the highest principle of religion is to surrender unto Him only, and nothing more.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource: Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio| Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Allen Ginsberg: Well, then do you think that the Hare Kṛṣṇa chant could serve as an intermediary to link the religious tendencies of, both of Christianity and Muslim religions?</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Any religion. Any religion. If he's serious about religion. If he takes the religion as a scapegoat, that is different thing. If he wants to understand religion and if he takes seriously to religion, then he will understand. We want serious persons. Now, according to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, religion means creation of the laws of God. Dharmaṁ tu sakṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Laws of God. Who will deny it? Who will deny it? Any religion, Christian, Muhammadan or any. Who can deny that religion is the laws of God? Simple explanation. If you ask what is meant by religion, religion is laws of God. That's all. And if you want to know what is God, that is also replied. "The original source of everything." So one should try to understand in this way. But if one wants to remain in his compact ideas and does not want to go further, then it is very difficult. He should be open-minded and appreciating. Then everything is all right. We say, Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, it is not that you are necessarily to chant Kṛṣṇa, but if you have no suitable name, then chant Kṛṣṇa. Why do you make differentiate. Every name is the same.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="BG416_1" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="169" link="BG 4.16" link_text="BG 4.16"> | | <div id="RoomConversationwithAllenGinsbergMay121969ColumbusOhio_1" class="quote" parent="1969_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="14" link="Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio" link_text="Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource: BG 4.16| BG 4.16, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class=" purport text"><p style="display: inline;"> It is said that one cannot ascertain the ways of religion simply by imperfect experimental knowledge. Actually, the principles of religion can only be laid down by the Lord Himself. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). No one can manufacture a religious principle by imperfect speculation. One must follow in the footsteps of great authorities like Brahmā, Śiva, Nārada, Manu, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Bhīṣma, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja, Janaka, and Bali Mahārāja. By mental speculation one cannot ascertain what is religion or self-realization. Therefore, out of causeless mercy to His devotees, the Lord explains directly to Arjuna what action is and what inaction is. Only action performed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can deliver a person from the entanglement of material existence.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource: Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio| Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Any religion. Any religion. If he's serious about religion. If he takes the religion as a scapegoat, that is different thing. If he wants to understand religion and if he takes seriously to religion , then he will understand. We want serious persons. Now, according to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, religion means creation of the laws of God. Dharmaṁ tu sakṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Laws of God. Who will deny it? Who will deny it? Any religion, Christian, Muhammadan or any.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="BG434_2" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="187" link="BG 4.34" link_text="BG 4.34"> | | <div id="1971_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1971 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1971 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.34|BG 4.34, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The path of spiritual realization is undoubtedly difficult. The Lord therefore advises us to approach a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession from the Lord Himself. No one can be a bona fide spiritual master without following this principle of disciplic succession. The Lord is the original spiritual master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is to his disciple. No one can be spiritually realized by manufacturing his own process, as is the fashion of the foolish pretenders. The Bhāgavatam (6.3.19) says, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam: the path of religion is directly enunciated by the Lord. Therefore, mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help lead one to the right path. Nor by independent study of books of knowledge can one progress in spiritual life. One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master to receive the knowledge. Such a spiritual master should be accepted in full surrender, and one should serve the spiritual master like a menial servant, without false prestige. Satisfaction of the self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in spiritual life.</p>
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| </div> | | </div> |
| | <div id="DiscussionwithIndiansJanuary181971Allahabad_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="3" link="Discussion with Indians -- January 18, 1971, Allahabad" link_text="Discussion with Indians -- January 18, 1971, Allahabad"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Discussion with Indians -- January 18, 1971, Allahabad|Discussion with Indians -- January 18, 1971, Allahabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: ...a bona fide spiritual master. Bona fide spiritual master means who carries out the order of higher authorities. Otherwise he is not spiritual master. Anyone who manufactures his own process of religion, that is rascaldom. dharmāṁ tu sakṣād bhagavat-praṇitam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Just like lawyer, representative of the law, means who carries the order of the supreme executive. He is lawyer. Similarly, a spiritual master means who carries the order of superior authority. We are carrying the order of Caitanya Mahāprabhu or Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa taught this Bhagavad-gītā, and He has said that "Anyone who will preach this confidential message of Bhagavad-gītā, he is very dear to Me."</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="SB_Canto_3" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3> | | <div id="1972_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1972 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1972 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="SB3910_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="319" link="SB 3.9.10" link_text="SB 3.9.10"> | | <div id="InterviewJuly51972NewYork_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="34" link="Interview -- July 5, 1972, New York" link_text="Interview -- July 5, 1972, New York"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3. 9. 10|SB 3. 9. 10, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class=" purport text"><p style="display: inline;">" Persons who are falsely under the impression of being liberated, without devotional service to the Lord, may reach the goal of the brahma- jyotir, but because of their impure consciousness and for want of shelter in the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, such so-called liberated persons again fall down into material existence." ([[Vanisource:SB 10. 2. 32|SB 10. 2. 32]])</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Interview -- July 5, 1972, New York|Interview -- July 5, 1972, New York]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Just like your president is the giver of your state law. Similarly, as soon as we say laws of nature, there must be giver of them. In our śāstra, the Vedic literature, it is said, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma, religion, means the codes given by God, and we have to abide by those laws. When we do not abide by those laws, then we violate the laws of nature, of God, and we become punishable.</p> |
| <p>Therefore, no one can manufacture any system of religion without the principle of devotional service to the Lord. As we find in the Sixth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the initiator of religious principles is the Lord Himself. In Bhagavad-gītā also we find that the Lord condemns all forms of religion other than that which entails the process of surrendering unto the Supreme. Any system which leads one to the devotional service of the Lord, and nothing else, is actually religion or philosophy. In the Sixth Canto we find the following statements of Yamarāja, the controller of all unfaithful living entities:</p> | | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1973 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1973 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationFebruary261973Jakarta_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="2" link="Room Conversation -- February 26, 1973, Jakarta" link_text="Room Conversation -- February 26, 1973, Jakarta"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- February 26, 1973, Jakarta|Room Conversation -- February 26, 1973, Jakarta]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: What is that (indistinct)</p> |
| | <p>Guest (2): (indistinct) to understand religion is (indistinct)</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. They must be the same. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣad bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means the course, or the laws given by God. Just like law means the law given by the state. I cannot manufacture law. The citizen cannot manufacture law. The law is manufactured by the legislative assembly of the government.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithIndianGuestsJuly111973London_1" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="37" link="Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London" link_text="Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London|Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: (Hindi conversation for a few sentences) Dharmaṁ tu sākṣad bhagavat-praṇītam: ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) "Religion is given by God." (Hindi) sarva-dharmān parityajya, mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). So this is religion. (Hindi) They are not religion. They are cheating.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkDecember41973LosAngeles_2" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="89" link="Morning Walk -- December 4, 1973, Los Angeles" link_text="Morning Walk -- December 4, 1973, Los Angeles"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- December 4, 1973, Los Angeles|Morning Walk -- December 4, 1973, Los Angeles]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes.</p> |
| | <p>Yaśomatīnandana: In the Vedic literatures it is stated dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). They can't even understand a simple thing.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: No. dharma means the codes, the laws of God. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam... ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). This is dharma. Kṛṣṇa says that "You give up your nonsense manufactured religion.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1974 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1974 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkMarch231974Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="43" link="Morning Walk -- March 23, 1974, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk -- March 23, 1974, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- March 23, 1974, Bombay|Morning Walk -- March 23, 1974, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Dr. Patel: Anything is pāpa. Anything is pāpa. Anything which you make removed from God consciousness is pāpa.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Just like outlaw. Outlaw means who does not care for the government laws. Similarly, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). The law means dharma, law. Dharma means to accept the laws of God. And what is the law? Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). This is the law. If one cannot accept this, then he's outlaw. Immediately.</p> |
| | <p>Dr. Patel: And that is pāpa.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: That is pāpa.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationApril261974Tirupati_1" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="74" link="Room Conversation -- April 26, 1974, Tirupati" link_text="Room Conversation -- April 26, 1974, Tirupati"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- April 26, 1974, Tirupati|Room Conversation -- April 26, 1974, Tirupati]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;" >Indian man: We have to surrender ourselves to God. That's all.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: That is religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means the codes and the laws given by the Lord. That is religion. So if one does not surrender to the Lord, then what kind of religion it is? It is not religion. Just like good citizen means who abides by the law of the state. If he does not care for the laws, then what kind of good citizen he is? Similarly, if one does not surrender to the Supreme, then his religion has no meaning. It is simply cheating, that's all. What is your name?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkExcerptsMay11974Bombay_2" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="76" link="Morning Walk Excerpts -- May 1, 1974, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk Excerpts -- May 1, 1974, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk Excerpts -- May 1, 1974, Bombay|Morning Walk Excerpts -- May 1, 1974, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Prabhupāda: Spiritual communists. Religious, religious upon strict sense of religion. Religion means spiritualism.</p> |
| | <p>Dr. Patel: Yes, spiritual communism.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means to abide by the orders of Kṛṣṇa. That is religion. Other things are cheating. If they have no sense of God, they do not know what is God, how to abide by the orders of God, that is not religion. Therefore Bhāgavata says, dharmaḥ-projjhita kaitavo atra: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.2|SB 1.1.2]]) "All cheating types of religion system is rejected, kicked out from this Bhāgavata." They're all cheating. "I am God. You are God. I am everything. You are..." This is not religion.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkJune141974Paris_3" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="116" link="Morning Walk -- June 14, 1974, Paris" link_text="Morning Walk -- June 14, 1974, Paris"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- June 14, 1974, Paris|Morning Walk -- June 14, 1974, Paris]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes, but as soon as you become strong, naturally there will be more enemies. That is natural. Therefore last night I said, "If there is no understanding of God, where is religion?" This is not religion, the cheating. There cannot be any conception of religion without conception of God. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma means the law given by God. So if you have no idea about God, where is your religion? Religion does not mean some formalities. No, that is not religion. Formalities we have also, but we have clear conception of God. Here is Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1975 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithSanskritProfessorotherGuestsandDisciplesFebruary121975Mexico_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="5" link="Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, other Guests and Disciples -- February 12, 1975, Mexico" link_text="Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, other Guests and Disciples -- February 12, 1975, Mexico"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, other Guests and Disciples -- February 12, 1975, Mexico|Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, other Guests and Disciples -- February 12, 1975, Mexico]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Why they have manufactured this Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion, this religion, that...? Therefore they are all pretending religion. Real religion is obedient... Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Just like law. Law is made by the state. The law cannot be Hindu law, Muslim law, Christian law, this law, that law. Law is meant for everyone. Obedience to the state.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithwriterSandyNixonJuly131975Philadelphia_1" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="141" link="Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia" link_text="Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia|Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: This is religion. I have already explained that religion means to become lover of God. That is religion. When there is no love of God, that is not religion. Religion means—I have already explained—to know God and to love Him. So if you do not know what is God, where is the question of loving Him? So that is not religion. It is going on in the name of religion. But religion means to know God and to love Him. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇitām ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Can you find out this verse? Give him. You don't find?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithwriterSandyNixonJuly131975Philadelphia_2" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="141" link="Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia" link_text="Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia|Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Third Chapter, nineteen verse.</p> |
| | <p>Nitai:</p> |
| | :dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇitām |
| | :na vai vidur ṛsayo nāpi devaḥ |
| | :na siddha-mukhya asura manuṣyaḥ |
| | :kuto nu vidyādhara-cāraṇādayaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇitām: "The principles of religion is given by God." Just like the law. Law means the process of activities which is given by the government. You cannot make law at home. Is it clear?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkOctober51975Mauritius_3" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="201" link="Morning Walk -- October 5, 1975, Mauritius" link_text="Morning Walk -- October 5, 1975, Mauritius"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- October 5, 1975, Mauritius|Morning Walk -- October 5, 1975, Mauritius]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: The other man I said, "Why do you bring India? Never... Kṛṣṇa never said, 'yadā yadā hi Hindu dharmasya glānir...' (laughter) Nonsense, what is this? Dharmasya glānir bhavati. Why do you bring 'Hindu dharma,' India?" That is their imperfectness of knowedge. We are not talking of Hindu dharma, Muslim dharma, this dharma. We are talking of what is religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means the law given by God. You should know what is God, what is that law. That is religion.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwiththeRectorProfessorOlivierandProfessorsoftheUniversityofDurbanWestvilleOctober81975Durban_4" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="206" link="Room Conversation with the Rector, Professor Olivier and Professors of the University of Durban, Westville -- October 8, 1975, Durban" link_text="Room Conversation with the Rector, Professor Olivier and Professors of the University of Durban, Westville -- October 8, 1975, Durban"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with the Rector, Professor Olivier and Professors of the University of Durban, Westville -- October 8, 1975, Durban|Room Conversation with the Rector, Professor Olivier and Professors of the University of Durban, Westville -- October 8, 1975, Durban]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: We say that religion means the law given by God. So any religion must accept God. Then there is no difference. The law may be little different according to time, circumstances. But religion means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means the law given by God. Just like law means the codes given by the state. That is law. Just like you are keeping, "Keep to the right" or "left" here. In America it is right. So somewhere, "Keep to the right," or somewhere, "Keep to the left," but because it is given by the state, it is law. Similarly, whatever law is given by God, that is religion. This is our definition of religion.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
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| | <div id="MorningWalkJanuary81976Nellore_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="7" link="Morning Walk -- January 8, 1976, Nellore" link_text="Morning Walk -- January 8, 1976, Nellore"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- January 8, 1976, Nellore|Morning Walk -- January 8, 1976, Nellore]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes. We are against all so-called cheating religion. The Hinduism is also a cheating religion. We are preaching Bhāgavata, and Bhāgavata beginning that "We have kicked out all cheating religion." What is cheating religion? That one has to understand. And Bhāgavata says, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇitam: ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) "Religion means the order given by God." If you do not know who is God, "imperson," then where is your religion? We have to tackle things.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkMay31976Fiji_1" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="93" link="Morning Walk -- May 3, 1976, Fiji" link_text="Morning Walk -- May 3, 1976, Fiji"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- May 3, 1976, Fiji|Morning Walk -- May 3, 1976, Fiji]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: They're envious. Sinful means that is the cause of their becoming envious. (break) ...law. Religion means the order of God. Simple definition. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Just like law, we keep to the right or left, order of the government. One who obeys this law, he's good citizen. One who disobeys, he's rascal. Similarly, dharma means the order of God. So one who obeys the order of God, he is really religious.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_2" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Prabhupāda: The cataract should be removed. So that is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. They have no conception of God, and they are preaching religion. What is that religion? That will be misused. Religion means dharmaṁ tu sāksād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means God's order. If there is no God, where is religion? This is going on. They have no conception of God. What is God they do not know, and professing some religion. How long it will go on artificially? It will deteriorate.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_3" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just surrender to Kṛṣṇa. "I am devotee of Kṛṣṇa, servant of Kṛṣṇa." Take this. Then everything will be immediately done. Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya. So why you want to remain Hindu? And try to adjust things? Dharma means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). What God says, that is dharma. Now, God says that "You give up all this. You just surrender unto Me." So take that dharma. Why you want to remain a Hindu? And who is a Hindu who does not accept the authority of Kṛṣṇa? Who is a Hindu? If any Hindu says, even up till now, that "I don't care for Kṛṣṇa and Bhagavad-gītā," he will be immediately rejected as a madman.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_4" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: You have to take it if you want to have a happy. You cannot become outlaw. Then you'll not be happy. You'll be punished. So God says mayā sṛṣṭam. "It is given by Me." So how we can deny it? And that is religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharmam means the order given by the God. The God says that cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.13 (1972)|BG 4.13]]). "For the proper management of the human society, there should be these four divisions, social divisions." So you have to take it.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_5" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: That is oneness. Religion without conception of God, conception of God is humbug, bogus. Religion means to accept the order of God. So if you have no conception of God, if you do not know who is God, so there is no question of accepting His order. It is stated in the Vedic literature dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Find out this verse in the Sixth Canto. (break) ...Yamarāja's instruction.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_6" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Hari-śauri:</p> |
| | :dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītaṁ |
| | :na vai vidur ṛṣayo nāpi devaḥ |
| | :na siddha-mukhya asura manuṣyāḥ |
| | :kuto nu vidyādhara-cāraṇādayaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) |
| | <p>"Translation: Real religious principles are enacted by..."</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Ha! Real.</p> |
| | <p>Hari-śauri: "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great ṛṣis who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the asuras, ordinary human beings, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas."</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Hm. (break)</p> |
| | <p>Hari-śauri: This is Sixth Canto, Third Chapter, Text Nineteen. When challenged by the Viṣṇudūtas to describe the principles of religion, the Yamadūtas said, veda-praṇihito dharmaḥ: the religious principles are the principles enacted in the Vedic literature.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="AnswerstoaQuestionnairefromBhavansJournalJune281976Vrndavana_7" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="169" link="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana" link_text="Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana|Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: You have to be educated to take your degree. It doesn't matter from which college you take degree. Similarly, religion means you have to learn how to love God. If you have no love for God, it is all useless. That is not religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Sākṣād, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa says, "You surrender unto Me." You cannot surrender until you love. You are surrendered to me, I am also an Indian.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="ConversationatHouseofKsirodakasayidasaJuly251976London_8" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="227" link="Conversation at House of Ksirodakasayi dasa -- July 25, 1976, London" link_text="Conversation at House of Ksirodakasayi dasa -- July 25, 1976, London"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Conversation at House of Ksirodakasayi dasa -- July 25, 1976, London|Conversation at House of Ksirodakasayi dasa -- July 25, 1976, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: And in the dictionary you'll find... What is religion? Religion means to accept a supreme controller. That is religion. So in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also it is said, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma means the controlling laws given by God. That is called dharma. So real dharma... From all Vedic scriptures, from the version of all authorities, it is confirmed that īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Bs. 5.1): "Kṛṣṇa is the supreme controller.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithProfessorFrancoisCheniqueAugust51976NewMayapurFrenchfarm_9" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="247" link="Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)" link_text="Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)|Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: No, that is not Christianity. If you can change, there is no religion. That is mental concoction. As soon as you make change, we reject immediately, useless. Religion (is) the world of God. Religion means the word of God. You cannot change the word of God. If you change the word of God, that is material, that is not religion. You cannot change the word of God by your votes. That is useless. If you say that religion..., religion means the dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Find out this verse, Sixth Canto. There is no Sixth Canto there?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithProfessorFrancoisCheniqueAugust51976NewMayapurFrenchfarm_10" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="247" link="Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)" link_text="Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)|Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique -- August 5, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Oh, they couldn't. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). This is the verse. Religion means the words given by God. But they have no idea what is God, whether He can speak or He's a dull, dumb. That is the difficulty. The Māyāvādīs, they say God has no mouth. So how He will speak? He has no eyes, He has no ears.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkatNiavaranParkAugust81976Tehran_11" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="248" link="Morning Walk at Niavaran Park -- August 8, 1976, Tehran" link_text="Morning Walk at Niavaran Park -- August 8, 1976, Tehran"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk at Niavaran Park -- August 8, 1976, Tehran|Morning Walk at Niavaran Park -- August 8, 1976, Tehran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes, so-called dharmas. Just like we have created so many dharma, Hindu dharma, Muslim dharma, Christian dharma. They are so-called. They are not dharmas. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma means what is given to you by the Supreme Lord, that is dharma. Otherwise, if you manufacture some ritualistic ceremonies, some formulas, some dogmas, that is cheating. That is not religion.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="EveningDarsanAugust101976Tehran_12" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="253" link="Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran" link_text="Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran|Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes. Religion is now misunderstood. Religion is described in the dictionary, "a faith." So faith..., your faith may be something, my faith may be something, that is not religion. Religion is described in the Vedic literature, "the law given by God." That is religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). So, just like law means the order given by the state, similarly, religion means the order given by God.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="EveningDarsanaAugust141976Bombay_13" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="263" link="Evening Darsana -- August 14, 1976, Bombay" link_text="Evening Darsana -- August 14, 1976, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Evening Darsana -- August 14, 1976, Bombay|Evening Darsana -- August 14, 1976, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Chakapat. So whatever is going on in the name of religion, simply cheating. Because religion means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion means the laws given by God. That is religion. But they do not know who is God and what is the law.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MeetingwithEndowmentsCommissionerAugust241976Hyderabad_14" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="284" link="Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad" link_text="Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad|Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Then you must act according to His mission. According to His mission. The mission is yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata ([[Vanisource:BG 4.7 (1972)|BG 4.7]]). When we are engaged in glānir dharma, which is not dharma. Cheating. Glānir, glānir. What is the glānir? Glānir means which is abominable. Yes. Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati ([[Vanisource:BG 4.7 (1972)|BG 4.7]]). So what is that glānir? Glānir means, dharma means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there is... Yamarāja said, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma cannot be manufactured by any man. You have got Sixth Canto?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MeetingwithEndowmentsCommissionerAugust241976Hyderabad_15" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="284" link="Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad" link_text="Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad|Meeting with Endowments Commissioner -- August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes, find this verse. Yamarāja said, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Even the demigods, they cannot manufacture dharma.</p> |
| | <p>Harikeśa:</p> |
| :dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītaṁ | | :dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītaṁ |
| :na vai vidur ṛṣayo nāpi devāḥ | | :na vai vidur ṛṣayo nāpi devāḥ |
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| :kuto nu vidyādhara-cāraṇādayaḥ | | :kuto nu vidyādhara-cāraṇādayaḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) | | :([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) |
| :svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ
| | <p>"Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great ṛṣis who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the asuras, ordinary human beings, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas."</p> |
| :kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ
| |
| :prahlādo janako bhīṣmo
| |
| :balir vaiyāsakir vayam
| |
| :dvādaśaite vijānīmo
| |
| :dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ
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| :guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ
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| :yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute
| |
| <p>"The principles of religion are initiated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and no one else, including the sages and demigods, can manufacture any such principles. Since even great sages and demigods are unauthorized to inaugurate such principles of religion, what to speak of others—the so-called mystics, demons, human beings, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas living in the lower planets? Twelve personalities—Brahmā, Nārada, Lord Śiva, Kumāra, Kapila, Manu, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Janaka Mahārāja, Bhīṣma, Bali, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Yamarāja—are agents of the Lord authorized to speak and propagate the principles of religion." (SB 6.3.19-21)</p> | |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3> | | <div id="PressConferenceDecember161976Hyderabad_16" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="347" link="Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad" link_text="Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad|Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Yes. You cannot interpret on the words of God. You cannot interpret. Just like law. There is law by the government. You cannot interpret in your own way. You have to accept it. "Keep to the right"—no interpretation. You must keep to the right. That is law. If you say, "What is wrong if I go to the left?" Actually if one goes to the left, it is not very... But you cannot do it. As soon as you do it, you are criminal. You'll be punished. That is law. The dharma means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). This is dharma. If you want a general definition of dharma, or religion, that is given in the śāstra that "Dharma means the law given by God." That is dharma. You cannot manufacture dharma. And because we are manufacturing so many dharmas, mental concoctions, there is no peace. And Kṛṣṇa therefore says that "You give up this rascaldom." Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]).</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="SB42442_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1022" link="SB 4.24.42" link_text="SB 4.24.42">
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.24.42|SB 4.24.42, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The words puruṣāya purāṇāya are also worthy of special attention. In Brahma-saṁhitā, Kṛṣṇa is accepted as the ādi-puruṣa, the original person, or the original enjoyer. In Bhagavad-gītā, Lord Kṛṣṇa is also accepted as purāṇa-puruṣa, the oldest person. Although He is the oldest of all personalities, He is also the youngest of all, or nava-yauvana. Another significant word is dharmāya. Since Kṛṣṇa is the original propounder of all kinds of religious principles, it is said: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). No one can introduce a new type of religion, for religion is already there, having been established by Lord Kṛṣṇa. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa informs us of the original dharma and asks us to give up all kinds of religious principles. The real dharma is surrender unto Him.</p>
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| | <div id="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1977 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1977 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
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| <div id="SB_Canto_5" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3> | | <div id="MorningWalkJanuary21977Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="1" link="Morning Walk -- January 2, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk -- January 2, 1977, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- January 2, 1977, Bombay|Morning Walk -- January 2, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Because the religion actually means the law given by God. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Religion is not manufactured.</p> |
| | <p>Dr. Patel: One ācārya has said, dharmāgnira sadācāra śruti smṛti (?)(indistinct). What is mentioned in the śruti and smṛti, that is dharma. Sadācāra.</p> |
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| <div id="SB5320_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="86" link="SB 5.3.20" link_text="SB 5.3.20">
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.3.20|SB 5.3.20, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Unlike ordinary living entities, the Supreme Lord is not forced by the modes of material nature to appear. He appears dharmān darśayitu-kāma—to show how to execute the functions of a human being. The word dharma is meant for human beings and is never used in connection with beings inferior to human beings, such as animals. Unfortunately, without being guided by the Supreme Lord, human beings sometimes manufacture a process of dharma by concoction. Actually dharma cannot be made by man. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam. ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]) Dharma is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as the law is given by the state government. Man-made dharma has no meaning. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam refers to man-made dharma as kaitava-dharma, cheating religion. The Supreme Lord sends an avatāra (incarnation) to teach human society the proper way to execute religious principles. Such religious principles are bhakti-mārga. As the Supreme Lord Himself says in Bhagavad-gītā: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66|BG 18.66]]). The son of Mahārāja Nābhi, Ṛṣabhadeva, appeared on this earth to preach the principles of religion. That will be explained in the Fifth Chapter of this Fifth Canto.</p>
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| | <div id="MorningDarsanaandRoomConversationRamkrishnaBajajandfriendsJanuary91977Bombay_1" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="25" link="Morning Darsana and Room Conversation Ramkrishna Bajaj and friends -- January 9, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Morning Darsana and Room Conversation Ramkrishna Bajaj and friends -- January 9, 1977, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Darsana and Room Conversation Ramkrishna Bajaj and friends -- January 9, 1977, Bombay|Morning Darsana and Room Conversation Ramkrishna Bajaj and friends -- January 9, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: So if the Vedic injunction is: "In such and such moment you take a bath in the Ganges; you become purified," you take it. There is no question of argument. That is faith. Now faith must be there. Vedo-praṇihito dharmaḥ. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Everything is there. Can you find out this verse from the Sixth Canto?</p> |
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| <div id="SB52615_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="651" link="SB 5.26.15" link_text="SB 5.26.15">
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.26.15|SB 5.26.15, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">If a person deviates from the path of the Vedas in the absence of an emergency, the servants of Yamarāja put him into the hell called Asi-patravana, where they beat him with whips. When he runs hither and thither, fleeing from the extreme pain, on all sides he runs into palm trees with leaves like sharpened swords. Thus injured all over his body and fainting at every step, he cries out, "Oh, what shall I do now! How shall I be saved!" This is how one suffers who deviates from the accepted religious principles.</p>
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| <div class=" purport text"><p> There is actually only one religious principle: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). The only religious principle is to follow the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unfortunately, especially in this age of Kali, everyone is an atheist, people do not even believe in God , what to speak of following His words. The words nija-veda-patha can also mean " one's own set of religious principles." Formerly there was only one veda-patha, or set of religious principles. Now there are many. It doesn't matter which set of religious principles one follows: the only injunction is that he must follow them strictly. An atheist, or nāstika, is one who does not believe in the Vedas. However, even if one takes up a different system of religion , according to this verse he must follow the religious principles he has accepted. Whether one is a Hindu, or a Mohammedan or a Christian, he should follow his own religious principles. However, if one concocts his own religious path within his mind, or if one follows no religious principles at all, he is punished in the hell known as Asi-patravana. In other words, a human being must follow some religious principles. If he does not follow any religious principles, he is no better than an animal. As Kali-yuga advances, people are becoming godless and taking up so-called secularism. They do not know the punishment awaiting them in Asi-patravana, as described in this verse.</p> | | <div id="RoomConversationJanuary271977Bhuvanesvara_2" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="56" link="Room Conversation -- January 27, 1977, Bhuvanesvara" link_text="Room Conversation -- January 27, 1977, Bhuvanesvara"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- January 27, 1977, Bhuvanesvara|Room Conversation -- January 27, 1977, Bhuvanesvara]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Prabhupāda: First of all we must understand what do you mean by religion. First of all let me know. What do you mean by religion? Hm? Religion means, according to Vedic śāstra, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). "Religion means the law given by God." It is very simple. But is you do not know what is God and if you do not know what law He has given, then where is religion ? This is cheating. Just like law means the principle or the regulation given by the state, by the government.</p> |
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| <div id="SB_Canto_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 6"><h3>SB Canto 6</h3> | | <div id="MorningWalkJanuary291977Bhuvanesvara_3" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="63" link="Morning Walk -- January 29, 1977, Bhuvanesvara" link_text="Morning Walk -- January 29, 1977, Bhuvanesvara"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- January 29, 1977, Bhuvanesvara|Morning Walk -- January 29, 1977, Bhuvanesvara]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: So it doesn't matter whether you understand God through Christian method or Hindu method. But you love God and you abide by the orders of God. Then you are religious. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma means, religion means, the words of God. So you must know what is God, and you must know what does He say. Then you are religious. It doesn't matter what it is, Christian and Hindu. Gold is gold. Whether you purchase it from a Muhammadan shop or Hindu shop or Christian shop, it doesn't matter. You must get gold. That's all. So whether you have got God? If you have got some fictitious God, then you must learn what is God.</p> |
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| <div id="SB6319_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="125" link="SB 6.3.19" link_text="SB 6.3.19">
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great ṛṣis who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the asuras, ordinary human beings, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas.</p>
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| <div class="purport text"><p>When challenged by the Viṣṇudūtas to describe the principles of religion, the Yamadūtas said, veda-praṇihito dharmaḥ: the religious principles are the principles enacted in the Vedic literature. They did not know, however, that the Vedic literature contains ritualistic ceremonies that are not transcendental, but are meant to keep peace and order among materialistic persons in the material world. Real religious principles are nistraiguṇya, above the three modes of material nature, or transcendental. The Yamadūtas did not know these transcendental religious principles, and therefore when prevented from arresting Ajāmila they were surprised. Materialistic persons who attach all their faith to the Vedic rituals are described in Bhagavad-gītā (2.42), wherein Kṛṣṇa says, veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ: the supposed followers of the Vedas say that there is nothing beyond the Vedic ceremonies. Indeed, there is a group of men in India who are very fond of the Vedic rituals, not understanding the meaning of these rituals, which are intended to elevate one gradually to the transcendental platform of knowing Kṛṣṇa (vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 15.15|BG 15.15]])). Those who do not know this principle but who simply attach their faith to the Vedic rituals are called veda-vāda-ratāḥ.</p> | | <div id="MeetingwithMrDwivediApril231977Bombay_4" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="151" link="Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi -- April 23, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi -- April 23, 1977, Bombay"> |
| <p>Herein it is stated that the real religious principle is that which is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That principle is stated in Bhagavad-gītā. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja: ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66|BG 18.66]]) one should give up all other duties and surrender unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. That is the real religious principle everyone should follow. Even though one follows Vedic scriptures, one may not know this transcendental principle, for it is not known to everyone. To say nothing of human beings, even the demigods in the upper planetary systems are unaware of it. This transcendental religious principle must be understood from the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly or from His special representative, as stated in the next verses.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource: Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi -- April 23, 1977, Bombay| Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi -- April 23, 1977, Bombay]] : </ span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> Prabhupāda: If it is meant for the Hindus, why they are coming? What is the use? They were Christians. They were Jews. Why they are coming? It is a science. So we have to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is—science. It is religion. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat- praṇītam ([[Vanisource: SB 6. 3.19| SB 6. 3.19]]). But they misunderstand religion. We described in a...</p> |
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