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9 March 2021
- 10:3610:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +9,147 Dr. Stillson Judah, he has written one book, perhaps you know, Hare Krsna and Counterculture, a very nice book about our movement, and he is giving importance Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3610:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,908 Dowry is a gift given to the daughter by the father to show good will, and it is compulsory Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3610:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,786 Don't waste your time by questioning some spiritual master or somebody unless you have pranipat. You must be ready to accept the answer which he gives; then make inquiry Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3610:36, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,534 Don't give them freely. There should be either the option to pay or return. Neither you should give the books to the Librarians of public and hospital libraries, it will not be fruitful Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3510:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,548 Do you think this lump of matter is giving life? But they are not dhira. All rascals, they cannot understand. The word is very important. How the rascals will understand? Therefore our Krsna consciousness movement is to educate the rascals Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3510:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,643 Do whatever you like or whatever may be easier for you to do, eat whatever you may eat, sacrifice whatever you can sacrifice, give whatever you may give in charity, and do whatever you may undertake in penance, but everything must be done for Him only Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3510:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,511 Do not be depressed. All along my godbrothers gave me only depression, repression, compression. But I continued strong in my duty Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3510:35, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,909 Diti replied: O my husband, I have now lost my sons. If you want to give me a benediction, I ask you for an immortal son who can kill Indra. I pray for this because Indra, with the help of Visnu, has killed my two sons Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:3410:34, 9 March 2021 diff hist +11,675 Disease and unwanted guest, if you don't give food, they will go away Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3410:34, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,659 Disappointment gives rise to the greatest satisfaction Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3310:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,466 Dhruva Maharaja gave this example to Narada Muni. He said that his heart, having been pierced by the arrows of his stepmother's harsh words, felt so broken that nothing seemed valuable but his desire to counteract her insult Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3310:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,887 Devotees whose tongues are decorated always with prayers to Lord Krsna are always given respect even by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the demigods Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3310:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,665 Devotees like Dhruva Maharaja, who was given unlimited material opulence, have the special mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3310:33, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,343 Devotees do not give any value to the opulence of this material world Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3210:32, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,568 Devaki, although safe because she had already given birth to her own son, Krsna, was anxious to save the daughter of someone else. This was natural for her Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3210:32, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,776 Devahuti requested her husband (Kardama Muni) to grant her something without fear. As a wife, she was a fully surrendered soul to her husband, and it is the responsibility of the husband to give his wife fearlessness Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3110:31, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,073 Devahuti is saying, "You have given me all sorts of material comforts by your yogic power, and since you are now prepared to go away, you must give me your last award so that I may get free from this material, conditional life Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3110:31, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,905 Devahuti is indirectly asking that in his (Kardama Muni's) absence from home there be at least one male child to give her relief from her anxieties. This relief means spiritual instruction. Relief does not mean material comforts Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3110:31, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,407 Devahuti's father handed over responsibility for her to the husband, Kardama Muni, and in the same way, Kardama Muni also left home, giving the responsibility to his son, Kapiladeva. This narration will describe these events one after another Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3110:31, 9 March 2021 diff hist +12,882 Despite all her (Gandhari's) good qualities, she had the natural frailties of a woman, and she was envious of Kunti when the latter gave birth to a male child. Both the queens were pregnant, but Kunti first gave birth to a male child Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3010:30, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,674 Descriptions of the bodily features of the anugas in Vrndavana are given in the following statement Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:3010:30, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,587 Descriptions of his (Sukadeva Gosvami) travel in space are given in the Santi-parva of the Mahabharata (332). At last he attained the transcendental realm. He is known by different names like Araneya, Arunisuta, Vaiyasaki and Vyasatmaja Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2910:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,582 Danam isvara-bhavah. On one hand, ksatriyas have the propensity to rule, but on the other they are very liberal with charity. When Maharaja Yudhisthira gave charity, he engaged Karna to take charge of distributing it. Karna was very famous as Data Karna Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2910:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,480 Daksa was so hardhearted that he was unworthy to be called an Aryan or brahmana. Thus his ill fame still continues. Daksa means "expert," and he was given this name because of his ability to beget many hundreds and thousands of children Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2910:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,049 Daksa begot sixteen very beautiful daughters with lotuslike eyes in his wife Prasuti. Of these sixteen daughters, thirteen were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2910:29, 9 March 2021 diff hist +18,690 Daiva supervision gives us a body selected from 8,400,000 forms; the choice does not depend on our selection, but is awarded to us according to our destiny Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2810:28, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,794 Cyavana Muni said: Although you are ineligible to drink soma-rasa in sacrifices, I promise to give you a full pot of it. Kindly arrange beauty and youth for me, because they are attractive to young women Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2810:28, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,808 Cruel death cares for no one, be he Dhrtarastra or even Maharaja Yudhisthira; therefore spiritual instruction, as was given to old Dhrtarastra, was equally applicable to younger Maharaja Yudhisthira Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2710:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,382 Contributing or distributing the holy name of the Lord is a sublime example of contributing or giving charity Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2710:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,062 Consequently, the demigods known as the Maruts maintained the child, and when Maharaja Bharata was disappointed for want of a child, this child was given to him as his son Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2710:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,565 Consciousness is active by nature and cannot be stopped from working. Artificially stopping a mischievous child is not the real remedy. The child must be given some better engagement so that he will automatically stop causing mischief Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2710:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,661 Concerning the set of Srimad-Bhagavatams that Dr. Tripati gave us in Aligarh, I happen to know that the complete set should not cost more than Rs. 700, like that. And besides that, the paper may be so brittle that it may be useless Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2710:27, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,585 Concerning Arabic translations, someone has already done one. He came to me in Bombay. Also, there is no need to give commentary on the Koran Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2610:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,979 Citraketu's son was his enemy in a past life and had now appeared as his son just to give him more severe pain. Indeed, the untimely death of the son caused severe lamentation for the father Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2610:26, 9 March 2021 diff hist +14,447 Chivalrous activities can be manifested in the acts of mock-fighting, giving charity, showing mercy and executing religious principles Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2510:25, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,966 Charity performed at an improper place and time and given to unworthy persons without respect and with contempt is charity in the mode of ignorance. BG 17.22 - 1972 Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2510:25, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,946 Charity, therefore, should be given to the first-class transcendentalist, the devotee Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2410:24, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,745 Canakya Pandita says: "What is the use of a son who is neither glorious nor devoted to the Lord? Such a son is like a blind eye, which simply gives pain but cannot help one see" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2410:24, 9 March 2021 diff hist +15,434 Canakya Pandita gives the example that a serpent that has a jewel on its head is still fearful because it is a serpent Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2310:23, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,758 By this intelligent mantra (narayana-kavaca), he took away the opulence of the demons and gave it to Mahendra, the King of heaven Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2310:23, 9 March 2021 diff hist +9,582 By their various activities in different pastimes, all of these friends used to give transcendental pleasure to Krsna Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2210:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,193 By the kindness of the Lord, for the Father is kind to His sons, the individual living beings are given a little freedom to act according to their will to lord it over the material nature Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2210:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,273 By the judgment of Yamaraja, material nature gives them (nondevotees) bodies suitable for the reactions of their past activities. This is the process of dehantara, or transmigration of the self from one body to another Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 10:2210:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,920 By the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, clouds appeared on the sea, pouring torrents of rain, and breezes blew, carrying particles of water from the sea waves, to give the demigods relief Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2210:22, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,362 By the grace of the SPG, Krsna, a Krsna conscious person can see all his dormant desires at one time and finish all his future transmigrations. This facility is especially given to the devotee to make his path clear for returning home, back to Godhead Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2110:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,104 By the blessings of Krsna, Yogamaya was able to achieve the reputation of being the daughter of mother Yasoda, who also became famous by the blessings of Krsna. Yasoda means "one who gives fame" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2110:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,110 By practicing restraint of the senses by the yoga system one can get relief from the disturbances of desire & lust, but this is not sufficient to give satisfaction to the soul, for this (satisfaction) is derived from devotional service to the P of G Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2010:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,209 By giving some charity for pious activity he (a grhamedhi) can go to a higher planetary atmosphere in the heavenly planets in his next life Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2010:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,697 By giving charity, a benevolent and merciful person undoubtedly becomes even more auspicious, especially when he gives charity to a person like your good self. Under the circumstances, I must give this little brahmacari whatever charity He wants from me Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 10:2010:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +9,632 By forgetting Krsna, the living entity has become materialistic since time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy of Krsna is giving him different types of miseries in material existence Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current