User contributions for Ratnavali
21 December 2015
- 09:3709:37, 21 December 2015 diff hist +3,125 N Regarding the land purchase, these soil tests are unnecessary. All the land in that area needs fertilizers, that we know. Anyway, you can give up this. If there is doubt, then there is no need for purchasing this land Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Regarding the land purchase, these soil tests are unnecessary. All the land in that area needs fertilizers, that we know. Anyw..."
- 09:3209:32, 21 December 2015 diff hist +2,536 N It is very good that some of the men have the missionary visas and that you are getting Japanese boys to join. You say that the Japanese are less intelligent, but when I was in Japan I saw that they were inclined towards this movement Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is very good that some of the men have the missionary visas and that you are getting Japanese boys to join. You say that th..."
- 09:2609:26, 21 December 2015 diff hist +3,734 N It is very good that you are also going on Sankirtana and distributing books. Others will also be enthused to distribute by your personal example. This is our life. "anandambudhi-vardhanam" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is very good that you are also going on Sankirtana and distributing books. Others will also be enthused to distribute by yo..."
- 09:1609:16, 21 December 2015 diff hist +2,643 N Yes, try to get the land you have mentioned and construct a nice temple. That will be a great credit for you. I think the people there will be very much attracted to this movement. It is being received enthusiastically all over the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yes, try to get the land you have mentioned and construct a nice temple. That will be a great credit for you. I think the peop..."
- 09:0609:06, 21 December 2015 diff hist +2,329 N Do everything very carefully, always following our principles, and Krsna will give the necessary intelligence for pushing on this sublime movement very successfully Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"do everything very carefully, always following our principles, and Krsna will give the necessary intelligence for pushing on t..."
- 08:5508:55, 21 December 2015 diff hist +3,425 N Everyone in this material world trying to mitigate or trying to become free from the distress. Duhkhasya. Atyantika-duhkha-nivrtti. Atyantika means supreme. The struggle for existence in this material world is everyone is trying to get some happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone in this material world trying to mitigate or trying to become free from the distress. Duhkhasya. Atyantika-duhkha-niv..."
- 08:2408:24, 21 December 2015 diff hist +1,638 N If you are leaving because of your wife, then your wife must agree to pay for your return fare. If she agrees, then you can go Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If you are leaving because of your wife, then your wife must agree to pay for your return fare. If she agrees, then you can go..."
- 08:1908:19, 21 December 2015 diff hist +2,292 N Your bus program is a very nice idea, and I pray that by Krsna's grace you will have all success. Yes, you are correct that by distributing books, that income will be sufficient for all programs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Your bus program is a very nice idea, and I pray that by Krsna's grace you will have all success. Yes, you are correct that by..."
- 08:1408:14, 21 December 2015 diff hist +3,147 I have never studied science, but I am challenging them. They may take me as crazy, but I am not crazy. I am right No edit summary current
20 December 2015
- 17:5717:57, 20 December 2015 diff hist +4,305 N One who is actually interested for spiritual life, he should inquire about a guru. Not as a fashion, that "I may... Let me keep one guru and..." No Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is actually interested for spiritual life, he should inquire about a guru. Not as a fashion, that"|"I may... Let me ke..."
- 17:5117:51, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,320 N In name there are so many loans, like to Spiritual Sky and now it is not beng repaid. And everyone is taking loan from BBT. That is the only source of our income. But if everyone takes loan, then how can it go on? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In name there are so many loans, like to Spiritual Sky and now it is not beng repaid. And everyone is taking loan from BBT. Th..."
- 17:3717:37, 20 December 2015 diff hist +6,871 N When you will be devotee, lover of God, then, by that ointment, your eyes will be cleared and you will be seeing God. Now, here is God, Krsna. Here is God. Why the people in Bombay, those who are challenging, "Can you show me God?" they do not come here? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When you will be devotee, lover of God, then, by that ointment, your eyes will be cleared and you will be seeing God. Now, her..."
- 17:3317:33, 20 December 2015 diff hist +1,902 N I beg to inquire whether you have taken possession of the house at 5th Avenue, and if not please let me know why it is delayed. Please send Bali Mardan with detailed information and necessary documents Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I beg to inquire whether you have taken possession of the house at 5th Avenue, and if not please let me know why it is delayed..."
- 17:1617:16, 20 December 2015 diff hist +1,724 N I would like to especially invite you to come here to Bombay. We have kept two rooms vacated for you, so you can come with your wife and family to visit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I would like to especially invite you to come here to Bombay. We have kept two rooms vacated for you, so you can come with you..."
- 17:1317:13, 20 December 2015 diff hist +3,129 N You can do it as you are doing it, but it is advisable to consult directly with Srila Prabhupada on such a matter specially if you are making some change in any of the publishing, that should be consulted with Srila Prabhupada first. Kindly do this Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"you can do it as you are doing it, but it is advisable to consult directly with Srila Prabhupada on such a matter specially if..."
- 16:5616:56, 20 December 2015 diff hist +5,542 N So we are all Brahman; simply we have to understand it. It is not that we are abrahman; by some practice we become Brahman. No. Just like gold is gold, but if it is covered with some dirt, the dirt can be removed and the gold is gold Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So we are all Brahman; simply we have to understand it. It is not that we are abrahman; by some practice we become Brahman. No..."
- 16:4716:47, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,932 N I understand that due to financial needs you are doing Sankirtana party in order to raise funds. Regarding the solution to your getting the necessary funds as well as your request for men to lead the Sankirtana, this must be decided by the GBC Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I understand that due to financial needs you are doing Sankirtana party in order to raise funds. Regarding the solution to you..."
- 16:4316:43, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,328 N With regard to the offenses you are hearing it is not ghosts as you say, but they are creations of your mind. The mind is indeed wretched as you say Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With regard to the offenses you are hearing it is not ghosts as you say, but they are creations of your mind. The mind is inde..."
- 16:4016:40, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,792 N This money must be paid for by BBT and not deducted from the M-V construction funds. So this amount should also be transferred here immediately so that work in Vrindaban may not be hampered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this money must be paid for by BBT and not deducted from the M"|"V construction funds. So this amount should also be transferr..."
- 16:3516:35, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,198 N Even if there is a slight doubt in this land purchasing matter, we shall not purchase. There must be no doubt. This man is legal-minded you say, therefore to my mind it is doubtful. It must be very cautiously examined Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if there is a slight doubt in this land purchasing matter, we shall not purchase. There must be no doubt. This man is leg..."
- 16:2916:29, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,326 N Regarding the magazine, if you become a subscriber, then I can get it for you. Free distribution of the "Back to Godhead" has stopped now because it it too expensive. The yearly subscription fee is Rs. 33/- only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Regarding the magazine, if you become a subscriber, then I can get it for you. Free distribution of the"|"Back to Godhead"|"ha..."
- 16:1916:19, 20 December 2015 diff hist +4,528 N Actually we cannot give any service to Krsna. He is unlimited. What is the value of our service? But He takes it seriously: "Oh, he is trying to give Me some service." Otherwise what service He needs from us? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually we cannot give any service to Krsna. He is unlimited. What is the value of our service"|"But He takes it seriously"|"..."
- 16:1016:10, 20 December 2015 diff hist +3,251 N Don't expect any respect for yourself, but you offer respect to everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Don't expect any respect for yourself, but you offer respect to everyone"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ratnavali}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
- 16:0616:06, 20 December 2015 diff hist +4,331 N Duty has to be done despite all inconveniences. That is very important thing. The example is given that one has to take bathing early in the morning, but because it is cold, one cannot avoid it. He must bathe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Duty has to be done despite all inconveniences. That is very important thing. The example is given that one has to take bathin..."
- 16:0216:02, 20 December 2015 diff hist +4,239 N The Hare Krsna mantra means Krsna, the Lord; and Hare, or Hara, means Krsna's energy. Just like you are there, the heater is there and the heating energy is there, similarly, Krsna is there and Krsna's energies are there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Hare Krsna mantra means Krsna, the Lord; and Hare, or Hara, means Krsna's energy. Just like you are there, the heater is t..."
- 15:1715:17, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,882 N If one becomes Krsna conscious, then he becomes qualified with all godly attributes. That I have explained, that if you be in touch with God, then you become godly. That is the test Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one becomes Krsna conscious, then he becomes qualified with all godly attributes. That I have explained, that if you be in..."
- 15:1015:10, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,626 N I am glad to hear you have been thinking of me and have arranged a nice house near the temple for my stay there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am glad to hear you have been thinking of me and have arranged a nice house near the temple for my stay there"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 15:0115:01, 20 December 2015 diff hist +3,096 N If we infect some choleric diarrhea, we'll suffer. Nature's law is. Therefore human being should be cautious not to infect. Just like educated man or civilized man, he is cautious not to infect some kind of contaminated disease Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we infect some choleric diarrhea, we'll suffer. Nature's law is. Therefore human being should be cautious not to infect. Ju..."
- 14:4914:49, 20 December 2015 diff hist +4,810 N We do not require to be very learned scholar or very rich men or to take birth in a very high family. We do not require all these things Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We do not require to be very learned scholar or very rich men or to take birth in a very high family. We do not require all th..."
- 14:4214:42, 20 December 2015 diff hist +5,572 N Each and every verse is so important that if a serious student studies each and every verse, each verse will take at least one month to understand. And there are eighteen thousand verses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"each and every verse is so important that if a serious student studies each and every verse, each verse will take at least one..."
- 14:3014:30, 20 December 2015 diff hist +3,060 N Govardhana Prabhu, the Detroit president had left his post and was living in the Chicago temple, because he was not chanting his sixteen rounds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Govardhana Prabhu, the Detroit president had left his post and was living in the Chicago temple, because he was not chanting h..."
- 14:2314:23, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,261 N Giriraja das Brahmachari and Karandhar das Adhikari, Trustees of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, shall have the same powers by acting conjointly on all account matters Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Giriraja das Brahmachari and Karandhar das Adhikari, Trustees of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, shall have the same powers by a..."
19 December 2015
- 17:4517:45, 19 December 2015 diff hist +4,391 N So we are living in this planet, but in other planets also there are different forms of life. So there is one planet... There are many millions of planet. Specifically, there is one planet within this universe that is called Siddhaloka Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So we are living in this planet, but in other planets also there are different forms of life. So there is one planet... There..."
- 17:2817:28, 19 December 2015 diff hist +3,151 N In the spiritual world there is no sex intercourse. There is no sex life. Although there is man and woman, but there is no sex intercourse Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world there is no sex intercourse. There is no sex life. Although there is man and woman, but there is no sex..."
- 17:2117:21, 19 December 2015 diff hist +3,348 N The subtle body carries the soul. Just like in dream, we are carried by the subtle body and placed in different condition. But so long this body is capable of working, I come to this body. My dream is over, and I come back to this body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The subtle body carries the soul. Just like in dream, we are carried by the subtle body and placed in different condition. But..."
- 17:1017:10, 19 December 2015 diff hist +4,127 N Twenty-seven layers of garbage. Underneath, the soul is there. What he will do? He is a small particle, soul, and he is covered with so many material elements. To come out of it is very, very difficult Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"twenty-seven layers of garbage. Underneath, the soul is there. What he will do? He is a small particle, soul, and he is covere..."
18 December 2015
- 17:1017:10, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,439 N Everything is described in the Bhagavad-gita. You have no control. You are simply under the grip of material nature. Everything, whatever you are doing, immediately it is being recorded automatically Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is described in the Bhagavad-gita. You have no control. You are simply under the grip of material nature. Everythin..."
- 16:4816:48, 18 December 2015 diff hist +2,617 N I beg to inform you that a difficulty has arisen in that we have not yet received visa permission from the Australian government. As such, it may be that I will not be able to meet you in Bombay on 23 June as previously informed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I beg to inform you that a difficulty has arisen in that we have not yet received visa permission from the Australian governme..."
- 16:2716:27, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,996 N Dehinah means the one who possesses this body. That is meaning, the dehinah. Just like in Sanskrit word, guninah. Guninah means one who has got some special attributes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dehinah means the one who possesses this body. That is meaning, the dehinah. Just like in Sanskrit word, guninah. Guninah mean..."
- 16:0016:00, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,080 N Soul is a minute particle of God. If one cannot understand about this minute particle, then what he'll understand of the Supreme? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Soul is a minute particle of God. If one cannot understand about this minute particle, then what he'll understand of the Supre..."
- 15:4215:42, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,041 N I am glad to read that you are eager to join me as my permanent secretary and that your major concern is to help provide me with "a conducive environment to translate" my books. That is my desire also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am glad to read that you are eager to join me as my permanent secretary and that your major concern is to help provide me wi..."
- 15:3715:37, 18 December 2015 diff hist +2,233 N By your unalloyed service to the Deities you are becoming more and more attracted to the spiritual world and seeing the material world as a condemned place of no happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By your unalloyed service to the Deities you are becoming more and more attracted to the spiritual world and seeing the materi..."
- 15:2915:29, 18 December 2015 diff hist +4,244 N What is that paramahamsa stage? That is nairgunya-stha ramante sma gunanukathane hareh. His only business is to glorify Krsna. He does not do that... Not that "I have become paramahamsa. Let me eat and sleep." No Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore what is that paramahamsa stage? That is nairgunya-stha ramante sma gunanukathane hareh. His only business is to glor..."
- 14:5214:52, 18 December 2015 diff hist +4,442 N According to Vedic system, there are four pillars of sinful life, just like this table is on the four pillars. So one pillar is illicit sex; another, meat-eating; another, intoxication; and another, gambling Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Vedic system, there are four pillars of sinful life, just like this table is on the four pillars. So one pillar i..."
- 14:2814:28, 18 December 2015 diff hist +4,303 N That is the point: at the time of death what is your mentality. At that time, if your mentality is Narayana, then it is successful; you will be transferred to the spiritual world and be associates with the Narayana. You get the complete perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"that is the point: at the time of death what is your mentality. At that time, if your mentality is Narayana, then it is succes..."
- 14:2414:24, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,194 N We have got about hundred branches, and each branch, there are not less than twenty-five up to 250. So average, if you take one hundred, then it is ten thousand. Yes. Ten thousand. And all of them are young, within thirty, within thirty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have got about hundred branches, and each branch, there are not less than twenty-five up to 250. So average, if you take on..."
- 14:2014:20, 18 December 2015 diff hist +2,861 N Because the Gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead it is sruti. But people take it as smrti because it is part of the Mahabharata. We take it as sruti as far as we are concerned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because the Gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead it is sruti. But people take it as smrti because it is part o..."
- 14:1514:15, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,056 N Do not be discouraged if so far the collections have not been very great in terms of money. More important than the results is the activity. Krsna wants to see that you are fully engaged with all sincerity in preaching His glories Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Do not be discouraged if so far the collections have not been very great in terms of money. More important than the results is..."
- 11:3611:36, 18 December 2015 diff hist +3,425 N Devotee means one who has taken shelter of Krsna. He is devotee. He's fearless. And one who has not taken shelter of Krsna, how he can be fearless? Suppose there is epidemic disease. If you have got vaccination, then you can remain fearless Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotee means one who has taken shelter of Krsna. He is devotee. He's fearless. And one who has not taken shelter of Krsna, ho..."
- 11:3211:32, 18 December 2015 diff hist +5,530 N Sarvatma means one who is the living force of everyone. He is called sarvatma. There is living force. I have got living force, you have got living force, everyone. But wherefrom the living force is coming? From Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sarvatma means one who is the living force of everyone. He is called sarvatma. There is living force. I have got living force,..."