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31 October 2020
- 03:1103:11, 31 October 2020 diff hist −49 Each Manu lives for seventy-one yugas, each consisting of some 4,320,000 years Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0903:09, 31 October 2020 diff hist −21 By serving the lotus feet of his spiritual master, prince Priyavrata very soon attained the perfectional stage of Krsna consciousness. This is the only way to advance in spiritual life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0903:09, 31 October 2020 diff hist −49 By material means, one cannot avoid the happiness and distress unique to his particular body. There are 8,400,000 bodily forms, each destined to enjoy and suffer a certain amount of happiness and distress Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 03:0803:08, 31 October 2020 diff hist −49 Bulls tied by ropes in their nostrils move according to the direction of the driver Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0803:08, 31 October 2020 diff hist −49 Brahma advises Priyavrata to remain transcendental in the fortress not of family life but of the lotus feet of the Lord - abja-nabhanghri-saroja Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 03:0703:07, 31 October 2020 diff hist −28 Both the living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead enter into the material creation just to make it active Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0703:07, 31 October 2020 diff hist −49 Being completely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we should not aspire for happiness, or regret distress; we must be satisfied with the position allotted to us by the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0603:06, 31 October 2020 diff hist −7 Because the asuras do not like to engage in the Lord's devotional service, the Lord within gives them the intelligence to forget. Ordinary karmis desire promotion to Pitrloka, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0103:01, 31 October 2020 diff hist +3,625 According to Bhagavad-gita (BG 16.7), pravrttim ca nivrttim ca jana na vidur asurah: the asuras do not know which way one should be inclined to act and which way one should not be inclined to act Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0103:01, 31 October 2020 diff hist −42 A successful businessman may have many factories and offices, and everything rests on his order Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 03:0003:00, 31 October 2020 diff hist +5,650 A devotee always thinks of the Lord continuously. While chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, the words Krsna and Hare immediately remind him of all the Lord's activities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
16 October 2020
- 03:0703:07, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,101 Thirty (celestial) days equal one month, and twelve (celestial) months equal one year. In this way, for one million years according to the calculations of the higher planetary system the Pracetas were allowed to enjoy all kinds of material facilities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 03:0703:07, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3 The words yavananam rsabham refer to the King of the Yavanas Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 03:0503:05, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3 One should live a life of spiritual understanding, and this is the Vedic way of civilization Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 03:0003:00, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3 According to the Vedic principles, one should rise early in the morning, take bath, chant Hare Krsna, offer mangala-arati to the Deities, study Vedic literature, take prasada and engage in dressing and decorating the Deities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 02:4802:48, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 When one who is not inspired by material desires and is not contaminated by the processes of fruitive activity and empiric speculation fully engages in the favorable service of the Lord, his service is called bhagavad-dharma, or pure devotional service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:4702:47, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 When Prthu Maharaja became spiritually powerful by the enhancement of his spiritual knowledge (jnana) and renunciation of material desires, he became a prabhu, or master of his senses - sometimes called gosvami or svami Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:4702:47, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 We should not be discouraged just because we cannot go to the forest and practice severe austerities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:4602:46, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Those who take advantage of this sankirtana movement of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will be able to save themselves from the influence of these pakhandis Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:4302:43, 16 October 2020 diff hist −7 The word naiskarmyam, which means "transcendental knowledge," is also significant Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:4202:42, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 The two purusas, the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, never lose their respective identities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3902:39, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 The living entity is wandering throughout the universes in various forms of body and becomes implicated in different situations, partaking of the reactions of fruitive activities Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3802:38, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 The jiva, or the individual living entity, becomes entrapped by the material energy by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3402:34, 16 October 2020 diff hist −42 The Lord is always ready to give instructions to the pure devotee so that the devotee can advance further and further in devotional service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3202:32, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Sometimes one who was formerly addicted to these processes tries to perform devotional service and the jnana and yoga practices at the same time Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3002:30, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Since time immemorial, the sannyasa order has carried the tridanda. Later Sankaracarya introduced the ekadandi-sannyasa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:3002:30, 16 October 2020 diff hist −42 Since the Lord gives instructions as sarvatma, the Supersoul, Lord Siva offers Him respect with the words sarvasma atmane namah. The individual soul is called atma, and the Lord is also called atma as well as Paramatma Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2902:29, 16 October 2020 diff hist −70 Since a devotee has nothing to do with any kind of material possession, he does not come under the control of goddess Kali, or the goddess Durga Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2902:29, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted the names of the gopis, worship of the gopis or the devotees of the Lord is as good as devotional service rendered directly to the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2802:28, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Since Lord Siva does not incarnate himself unless there is some special reason, it is very difficult for an ordinary person to contact him. Lord Siva does descend on a special occasion when he is ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2802:28, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Sanat-kumara instructed Maharaja Prthu to engage constantly in the service of the Supreme Lord, Vasudeva Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2702:27, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Prthu Maharaja, although a saktyavesa-avatara incarnation, still behaved exactly as a devotee in order to achieve the position of prabhu. Furthermore, svarupa-sthah means "complete liberation Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2602:26, 16 October 2020 diff hist −42 One who takes to Krsna consciousness immediately becomes very dear to anyone who is simply finding out and beginning to understand what Krsna consciousness actually is Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2602:26, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 One who offers the results of his activities to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually a sannyasi and yogi. Cheating sannyasis and yogis have existed since the time of Prthu Maharaja's sacrifice Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2602:26, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 One who is self-realized engages himself in the service of the Lord perpetually, both in this life and in the next. Indeed, for devotees there is no difference between this life and the next Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2502:25, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Once he (Indra) raped the wife of Gautama Muni by using his disappearing art, and similarly by becoming invisible he stole the horse of Maharaja Prthu Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2502:25, 16 October 2020 diff hist +2,826 No one can introduce any new system into the Vedic way of life; if one does so out of malice, he is to be known as a pasandi, or atheist Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2402:24, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Naradhitah: if Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not worshiped, there is no point in practicing meditational yoga, performing karma-yoga or culturing empiric knowledge Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2402:24, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Maharaja Prthu underwent severe types of austerities for the express purpose of worshiping Krsna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2402:24, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Maharaja Prthu had no desire to promote himself to the higher planetary systems. He wanted to return home immediately, back to Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2302:23, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 Maharaja Prthu, practicing the pranayama-yoga system, engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as advised by the saint Sanat-kumara Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2302:23, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 Maharaja Prthu's activities in devotional service enabled him to become fixed and steady in the discharge of devotional activities without having to take recourse to karma, jnana or yoga Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:2302:23, 16 October 2020 diff hist −70 Lord Visnu gives intelligence to His devotee so that the devotee can make progress on the path back home, back to Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2302:23, 16 October 2020 diff hist −42 Lord Vasudeva, or Krsna, is described in Bhagavad-gita as Purusottama. Actually He is the enjoyer (purusa) and the Supreme (uttama) as well. He is the enjoyer of everything - the prakrti and the purusa Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:2102:21, 16 October 2020 diff hist −42 Lord Siva came especially to see the Pracetas because they were fully surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. Vasudeva is also mentioned in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam in the mantra, om namo bhagavate vasudevaya Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:1802:18, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,506 Indra took up the saffron-colored dress as a way of cheating others. This saffron dress has been misused by many imposters who present themselves as liberated persons or incarnations of God. In this way people are cheated Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:1802:18, 16 October 2020 diff hist −35 In transcendental state, a devotee attains all the benefits of karma, jnana and yoga. Although he never engages in fruitive activities or empiric speculation to attain mystic powers, automatically mystic powers appear in his service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 02:1702:17, 16 October 2020 diff hist −21 In this life a neophyte devotee is trained to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in the next life he approaches that Supreme Person in Vaikuntha and renders the same devotional service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:1602:16, 16 October 2020 diff hist −28 In the paramahamsa stage of life, one fully realizes Krsna as everything. When one understands fully that Krsna is everything and that Krsna consciousness is the highest perfection of life, he becomes a paramahamsa, or mahatma Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 02:1502:15, 16 October 2020 diff hist +7,468 In his verses praising the spiritual master, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura writes: "The spiritual master is honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current