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2 May 2022
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,904 Sukadeva Gosvami uses two specific words, bhaktim and param. Bhaktim param means execution of devotional service above the neophyte stage. Those who are simply attracted to temple worship but do not know the philosophy of bhakti are in the neophyte stage No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +28 Rati-prema-taratamye bhakta-taratama - Attraction and love for God are the ultimate goal of devotional service. The degrees of such attraction and love distinguish the different stages of devotion - neophyte, intermediate & perfectional - CC Madhya 22.71 No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,503 In the neophyte stage, sadhana-bhakti includes faith, association with devotees, and practicing devotional service. Thus one is freed from all unwanted things No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 2 May 2022 diff hist +7,648 For neophytes, we must have many engagements. In the neophyte stage, if you try to imitate the advanced stage, then it will be simply ludicrous. In the neophyte stage we must be always engaged No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 2 May 2022 diff hist +19,730 Everyone begins his devotional life from the neophyte stage, but if one properly finishes chanting the prescribed number of rounds of hari-nama, he is elevated step by step to the highest platform, uttama-adhikari No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 2 May 2022 diff hist +2,963 When the miscreants are punished in an exemplary manner, automatically all good fortune follows. As said before, it is the prime duty of the king or the executive head to give protection in all respects to the peaceful, offenseless citizens of the state No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,341 There were many things to be done upon the return of his (Pracinabarhi's) sons, but he simply left them a message. He knew what his prime duty was No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,646 The sum and substance of the conditioned soul's sense enjoyment is that as soon as he forgets his primary duty, to render service to the Lord, he creates an atmosphere of sense enjoyment, which is called maya; that is the cause of material creation No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,660 The spiritual master's order should be taken as the prime duty of life. If one gets a bona fide spiritual master and acts according to his direction, then his perfection of life in Krsna consciousness is guaranteed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:3213:32, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,178 The demigods, being fully satisfied with him, wanted to give him some benediction for material enjoyment, but Maharaja Khatvanga, being very much alert to his prime duty, inquired from the demigods about his remaining duration of life No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 2 May 2022 diff hist +8,931 Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great Vaisnava scholar, defines this as bhagavad-arcana-rupaika-niskama-karmabhir visuddha-cittah - accepting transcendental loving service to the Lord as the prime duty, free from fruitive reaction No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,164 One who is apramatta, a sane, sober person, a dhira, knows very well that a human being's primary duty is to render service to the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,159 One should always be alert in his duty for attainment of the best situation in the next life. Human life is meant for preparing ourselves for that prime duty No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,587 On faith one associates with bona fide devotees, and by such association one can become engaged in bona fide devotional service, which includes proper initiation and the execution of the primary devotional duties prescribed in the revealed scriptures No edit summary
- 13:2813:28, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,861 My primary duty is to publish the Srimad-Bhagavatam and finish it in my life. But preaching in the western countries is also my duty as it was ordered by my Spiritual Master No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,448 My creating so many centers, big, big temples, that is not my primary duty. My primary duty is to write books. Therefore I am going on still. These are coming automatically. Maybe this is the secret of my success No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,702 Maharaja Khatvanga, being alert to his prime duty, inquired from demigods about his remaining duration of life. This means that he was not as anxious to accumulate material benediction from the demigods as he was to prepare for the next life No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 2 May 2022 diff hist +2,302 Her (Diti's) sex desire was like a mad elephant, and therefore it was the prime duty of her husband (Kasyapa) to give her all protection by fulfilling her desire No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,218 Generally householders think that engaging in family affairs is their prime duty and that self-realization or enlightenment in spiritual knowledge is secondary. Out of compassion only, saintly persons and brahmanas go to householders' homes No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,505 Because you have come to me it will be my prime duty to guide you and utilize your talents for Krsna's service No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,127 Because everyone is under the delusion of maya and is forgetful of his prime duty, Krsna consciousness, a saintly person always desires that everyone become a saintly person No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +9,645 Agriculture and distribution of the foodstuff are the primary duties of the mercantile community backed by education in Vedic knowledge and trained to give in charity No edit summary current
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,427 According to Manu, the author of civic codes and religious principles, even the killer of an animal is to be considered a murderer because animal food is never meant for the civilized man, whose prime duty is to prepare himself for going back to Godhead No edit summary
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,120 A fully responsible man should always be conscious of the prime duty of the present human form of life. The activities to meet the immediate necessities of material life are not everything No edit summary
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,700 A devotee's prime duty is to continue chanting this maha-mantra, even if he is highly elevated. Otherwise, at any stage one can fall down No edit summary current
1 May 2022
- 17:0317:03, 1 May 2022 diff hist +8,154 The servants of Krsna were sometimes engaged massaging His (Krsna) body, preparing flower garlands and sometimes fanning His body. These were some of the primary duties of the servants of Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:4916:49, 1 May 2022 diff hist +4,166 While carrying out his DS to the Lord, he could see that everything is situated in Him only and that He is situated in all living entities. The Lord is called Acyuta because He never fails in His prime duty, to give protection to His devotees No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 1 May 2022 diff hist +17,974 The Lord is called Acyuta because He never fails in His prime duty, to give protection to His devotees No edit summary current
15 April 2022
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,176 We find the words utpadya tesu purusah (in SB 9.24.66). Therefore it is to be concluded that the Absolute Truth is purusa, a person No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 When a ksatriya out of cowardice flees from the battlefield, showing his back to his enemy, he is challenged with the words tistha tistha No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,695 When one becomes a devotee of Indra, he is certainly a friend to the demigods. Thus the words indra-hadeva-bandhavah are equivocal, for they say, "Your son will kill Indra, but he will be very friendly to the demigods" No edit summary
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 When the Lord replied to the sage Kardama, the word vacasamrtena is specifically mentioned, since He spoke from the transcendental world. He replied in transcendental words, and when He spoke His eyebrows moved with great affection No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 Vasudeva agreed and took his child back home, but because Kamsa had no character and no self-control, Vasudeva knew that he could not rely on Kamsa's word - SB 10.1.61 No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,575 This text (of CC Adi lila 4.66) from SB 4.3.23, spoken by Lord Siva confirms beyond a doubt that Lord Krsna, His name, His fame, His qualities and everything in connection with His paraphernalia exist in the sandhini-sakti of the Lord’s internal potency No edit summary
- 16:3216:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 This (the material energy) has all been properly analyzed in sankhya-yoga by the great acaryas, especially by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, in His incarnation as Devahuti-putra Kapila. This is indicated here (SB 7.7.22) by the word acaryaih No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,895 These words of Prahlada Maharaja (in SB 7.7.17) are very important in regard to knowledge descending by the disciplic succession No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,905 The words yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmat indicate that all activities, whatever they may be, are but different features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All of them are created by the living entity and fulfilled by the mercy of the Lord No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,224 The words used in this connection in Srimad-Bhagavatam are bhagavan api No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +6,451 The words used here (in SB 3.32.26), paramatmesvarah puman, are all transcendental, and they refer to Supersoul. Supersoul is also described as purusa No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words tistha tistha are used by a ksatriya when he challenges his enemy. When fighting, a ksatriya cannot flee from the battlefield No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,881 The words srotranjalir upasprsya (in SB 9.24.62) indicate that simply by hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord the devotees become so pure that they are immediately immune to the contamination of materialistic fruitive activities No edit summary
- 16:3016:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,860 The words samprapede harim mean that in various ways Kardama Muni satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, by his devotional service. Devotional service is also expressed by the word kriya-yogena No edit summary current
- 16:2616:26, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words purusam visvato-mukham mean the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-perfect. All living entities other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead are very small, although they may be big by our calculation No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +7,316 The words prasanna-nipunena tapasa indicate that the King (Maharaja Nabhi) accepted all kinds of austerity very expertly and jubilantly. He did not at all mind leaving his comfortable life at home, although he was the emperor No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words parasya para-cintakah mean those who are fully Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,684 The words parasya para-cintakah mean - always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - or being always Krsna conscious. When we speak of Krsna, this refers to the complete category of visnu-tattva No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,959 The words nrlokam ramayam asa murtya sarvanga-ramyaya (in SB 9.24.63-64) are significant. Krsna is the original form. Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is therefore described here by the word murtya. The word murti means - form No edit summary
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,747 The words namabhir vaci are very important No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 15 April 2022 diff hist −46 The words itihasam puratanam (in SB 7.2.27) mean - an old history No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,915 The words itihasam ("history") and puratanam ("old") indicate that although a living entity lives within the material body, the history of the living entity within the material body is very old No edit summary current