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27 July 2022
- 03:1203:12, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,704 A sadhu is he who talks in terms of scripture. Similarly, guru is he who talks in terms of scripture. Guru cannot manufacture words which is not in the scriptures. And that is not scripture which does not tally with the words of guru and sadhu No edit summary current
- 03:1103:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,621 All the saintly persons, Pitas (denizens of Pitrloka) and demigods who were present at the meeting and heard Prthu Maharaja expressed their good will with the words sadhu, sadhu. They all accepted the good mission of Prthu, and they were fully satisfied No edit summary
26 July 2022
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +20,733 The philosophy of Sankaracarya is mainly based on the principle that we should not think that we are products of this material nature. It is by some unfortunate accident that we are in contact with material nature No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +13 The most prominent Mayavadi scholar, Sadananda Yogindra, has written a book called Vedanta-sara, in which he expounds the philosophy of Sankaracarya, and all the followers of Sankara’s philosophy attribute great importance to his statements No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,459 The Lord then quoted some verses from the Puranas by which He established that Sankaracarya was ordered to teach Mayavada philosophy by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,954 There was no need for his (Sripada Sankaracarya) preaching Mayavada philosophy - other than to overcome the effects of Buddhist philosophy and spread Vedanta philosophy No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +12,076 There was even an attempt to prove that the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya was not in line with Vedic principles. A person named Pundarika Puri, a follower of the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, came before Madhvacarya to discuss the sastras No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,917 Sripada Sankaracarya preached the Mayavada philosophy for a particular purpose. Such a philosophy was necessary to defeat the Buddhist philosophy of the nonexistence of the spirit soul, but it was never meant for perpetual acceptance No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,881 Sripada Sankaracarya has given special stress to the study of Vedanta philosophy: "A sannyasi, accepting the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth, should always enjoy the philosophical statements in the Vedanta-sutra" No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,311 Sripada Sankaracarya, who preached Mayavada philosophy and stressed the impersonal feature of the Absolute, also at last recommended that one must take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, for there is no hope of gain from debating No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,220 Some follow the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, and others follow Kapila's Sankhya philosophy or the mystic yoga system of Patanjali No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +37 Sankaracarya wanted to support his impersonalism through the aphorisms of the Vedanta philosophy. Actually, however, he failed to do so because he could not put forward strong arguments No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +21,097 Sankaracarya preached Mayavadi philosophy in order to bewilder a certain type of atheist. He never considered the Supreme Lord to be impersonal or to have no body or form. It is best for intelligent persons to avoid lectures on Mayavadi philosophy No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,019 Sankaracarya preached Mayavada philosophy to bewilder a certain type of atheist. Actually he never considered the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, to be impersonal, without body or form No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +1,839 Prakasananda Sarasvati said - Sankaracarya was very eager to establish the philosophy of monism. Therefore he explained the Vedanta-sutra, or Vedanta philosophy, in a different way to support monistic philosophy No edit summary
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,930 Prakasananda admitted that Sripada Sankaracarya, being very eager to establish his philosophy of monism, took shelter of the Vedanta philosophy and tried to explain it in his own way No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,217 My dear Devi (Parvati), sometimes I (Siva as Sankaracarya) teach Mayavada philosophy for those who are engrossed in the mode of ignorance No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10,332 In explaining Vedanta I (Siva as Sankaracarya) describe the same Mayavada philosophy in order to mislead the entire population toward atheism by denying the personal form of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,017 He (Sankaracarya) propagated the Mayavada philosophy under the order of the Supreme Lord. We have already discussed this point in text 114 of this chapter: tanra dosa nahi, tenho ajna-kari dasa No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,461 Even though Lord Siva appeared to preach Mayavada philosophy, at the end of his pastime in the form of Sankaracarya, he preached the Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +61,089 Even though Lord Siva appeared to preach Mayavada philosophy, at the end of his pastime in the form of Sankaracarya, he preached the Vaisnava philosophy: bhaja govindam bhaja govindam bhaja govindam mudha-mate No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,714 As a brahmana boy, I (Siva as Sankaracarya) manufacture this philosophy in the Age of Kali to mislead the atheists. Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His transcendental body, but I describe the Supreme as impersonal No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,369 Anyone in the mode of goodness who happens to hear this Mayavada philosophy falls down, for when I (Siva as Sankaracarya) teach Mayavada philosophy I say that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are one and the same No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +12,165 Although Sankaracarya preached the false philosophy of Mayavada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu nevertheless said that since he did it on the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there was no fault on his part No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,180 Although Lord Siva, in the form of a brahmana (Sankaracarya), preached the false philosophy of Mayavada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu nevertheless said that since he did it on the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there was no fault on his part No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +21,208 According to Mayavadis, Vedanta refers to the Sariraka commentary of Sankaracarya. When impersonal philosophers refer to Vedanta & the Upanisads, they are actually referring to the commentaries of Sankaracarya, the greatest teacher of Mayavadi philosophy No edit summary current
- 06:4006:40, 26 July 2022 diff hist +37 According to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sripada Sankaracarya preached the Mayavada philosophy for a particular purpose No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 26 July 2022 diff hist +25,392 Without devotional service to Krsna, one may have some motive in exhibiting such symptoms (of highly developed devotional service), but it should be known that the symptoms are not actual No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,497 Those who are surcharged with the mode of ignorance are degraded to the lower planetary systems or to the animal kingdom. The demigods are highly developed in the mode of goodness, and thus they are situated in the heavenly planets No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,548 Those who are highly developed in the mode of goodness are promoted to the higher, heavenly planetary system, and those who are overpowered by the mode of passion are situated in the middle planetary systems - the earth and similar planets No edit summary
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10 Those who are highly developed in Krsna consciousness try their best to give this knowledge to the people in general, for their conditional life is very much troublesome. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +25,537 The symptoms of highly developed devotional service, which are exhibited by the pure devotees, are sometimes imitated by those who are not actually pure devotees. This is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +11,906 The power of thought should be developed in association with persons who are authorities in the scriptures, saintly persons and spiritual masters and those whose thinking is highly developed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,307 The living entity takes on different bodies according to his pious and vicious activities. The human body is highly developed and has full consciousness No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,259 The highly developed soul always remains satisfied in himself by realizing himself as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord. Such a transcendentally situated person has no sense desires resulting from petty materialism No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,781 The highly developed soul always remains satisfied in himself by realizing himself as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,024 Sometimes neophyte devotees think that they can continue the sravana-kirtana process without worshiping the Deity, but the execution of such sravana-kirtana is meant for highly developed devotees like Haridasa Thakura No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,994 One can enter the kingdom of the Supreme Lord only when one is highly developed in desirable qualities. All good qualities develop in the person of a devotee No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,159 Indra, King of heaven, receiving benedictions from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus enjoying highly developed opulences, maintains the living entities all over the three worlds by pouring sufficient rain on all the planets No edit summary
- 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +77,803 Human beings even in the lower statuses of life (a merchant, a woman or a laborer) can attain the Supreme. One does not need highly developed intelligence. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,285 Highly developed consciousness means No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +22,753 He (a pure devotee) becomes highly developed in Krsna consciousness. At this stage he does not distinguish between the devotee and the nondevotee, for he sees everyone in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist −11 By the grace of Krsna we are given a highly developed body and intelligence, but if we do not utilize them, why should He give them to us again No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,325 Bhakti, devotional service, is the engagement of those who have performed highly developed pious activities No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,259 After this spontaneous attraction becomes highly developed, the devotee is placed in either of the above-mentioned categories No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,143 After spontaneous attraction becomes highly developed, the devotee is placed in either of the above-mentioned categories (one is indirect conjugal love, the other direct) No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +9 The vanaprasthas and sannyasis nowadays are those who were unsuccessful in family life. Thus the so-called sannyasis try to construct another home in the name of the sannyasa-asrama and glide down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,749 The so-called vanaprasthas and sannyasis who come out of such grhastha-asramas are easily deviated from the rigid path No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +32 The so-called sannyasis try to construct another home in the name of the sannyasa-asrama and glide down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others. So all these varnas and asramas have now become so many transcendental frauds No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,251 The so-called sannyasis sometimes drink with the excuse that without alcohol, fish and meat, it is impossible to remain in the cold countries near the Arctic zone No edit summary current