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1 December 2020
- 10:5210:52, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Lord has no enemy or friend, but He is inclined toward a devotee who always engages in His devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:4810:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Lord is so kind that because Dhruva Maharaja, in the beginning, had desired a kingdom greater than his father's, he was promoted to Dhruvaloka, the best planet in the universe Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:4210:42, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Systems of religion that do not concentrate upon service to the Supreme are temporary and cannot last for long because they are full of envy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3410:34, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura stresses that even though Diti was very envious, her heart was purified because of a devotional attitude Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3310:33, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Maharaja Citraketu's being cursed by Parvati should be considered the mercy of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3210:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,594 Srila Madhvacarya remarks that the goddess of fortune, the mother of the universe, could not get mercy similar to that which was offered to Prahlada Maharaja Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3210:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted everyone to become a guru and preach the instructions of Krsna everywhere from Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Puranas, Vedanta-sutra and similar Vedic literatures Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:3110:31, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,880 Sometimes unscrupulous persons designate a living entity as daridra-narayana, svami-narayana, this Narayana or that Narayana Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3010:30, 1 December 2020 diff hist +7,338 Sometimes animal sacrifices are performed very gorgeously with grand arrangements for worshiping the goddess Kali, but such festivals, although performed in the name of yajna, are not actually yajna, for yajna means to satisfy the SP of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:2010:20, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Reception of spiritual knowledge is never checked by any material condition. Thus Prahlada Maharaja, from his very childhood, spoke spiritual knowledge to his class friends, and certainly it was effective, although all of them were children Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:1810:18, 1 December 2020 diff hist +6,117 Pure bhagavatas, pure devotees, invite everyone, without envy, to join the Krsna consciousness movement. A devotee is therefore exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Suhrdam sarva-bhutanam: (BG 5.29) he is the friend of all living entities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1710:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja was surprised at the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord (Nrsimhadeva), the Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1410:14, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja preached bhagavata-dharma among his classmates as soon as an opportunity was afforded by the absence of his teachers from the classroom Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:1110:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja expected that the Lord, by His kindness, would call him again to the shelter of His lotus feet Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0610:06, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja decided to offer his best prayers to the Lord, without consideration of his material position Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,428 Prahlada Maharaja concludes that one can become perfect by serving the Supreme Lord sincerely by all means Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,573 Prahlada Maharaja aspired to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja advised his friends to depend completely on Krsna and worship Him in devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:0310:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, in the following prayer (SB 7.9.14), requests the Lord (Nrsimhadeva) to give up His anger Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:0310:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, by his living example, requested his friends to engage in devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:0210:02, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, being always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna, sometimes felt separation, thinking, "Where is Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0210:02, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, being a great devotee, thought the body born of his father to be born of passion and ignorance, but because Prahlada was fully engaged in the service of the Lord, his body did not belong to the material world Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5409:54, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,662 Paratah svatah karmatah: as he (the devotee) acts himself, as he is instructed by others or as he performs his material activities, he enjoys life in every respect Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5309:53, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Otherwise (if we don't surrender to Krsna), in the name of happiness, we shall continue to suffer miserable conditions Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5009:50, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should work for self-realization, not for economic development, which is impossible to improve. Without endeavor, one can get the amount of happiness and distress for which he is destined, and one cannot change this Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,864 One should not hear anything about Krsna from a non-Vaisnava Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should not be attached to temporary things. One should take to Krsna consciousness and become eternally happy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should engage in full ds. "A person who has broader intelligence, whether he is full of material desires, free from material desires, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead" - SB 2.3.10 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,713 One should engage in full devotional service. Then, even though he has no desires, whatever desires he previously had can all be fulfilled simply by his worship of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4809:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should constantly chant the holy name of the Lord - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4809:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should conclusively understand that no one is greater than the Supreme Great. Since the Supreme Great demands, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66), every intelligent man must agree to this proposal Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4809:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should clearly understand that although Narayana is situated in the core of the heart of every living entity, the living entity never becomes Narayana Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4709:47, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should chant the bona fide songs received from the disciplic succession. In Bhagavad-gita it is said that the chanting is powerful when one follows the disciplic succession (evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh) - BG 4.2 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4709:47, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,529 One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4609:46, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,876 One should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4509:45, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One must take shelter of the Lord and rigidly follow the rules and regulations. Then, regardless of what one is, one will return home, back to Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 09:4409:44, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One must follow the instructions of the Supreme Lord: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66). If one follows any other system of religion, he is subject to punishment by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in many different ways Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4409:44, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One must approach a bona fide spiritual master by surrendering himself (pranipatena) and rendering service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4309:43, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One must accept the pure devotee, the representative of God, as one's guru and then offer him all the respects one would offer the Supreme Personality of God. This is the secret of success. For one who adopts this method, the perfect process is revealed Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4309:43, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One is situated in different positions in various forms of life that are all but creations of the illusory energy, which works under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4109:41, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One can very intelligently conclude that without devotional service, without becoming Krsna conscious, one cannot be happy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4009:40, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One's first duty is to approach the spiritual master, the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to begin rendering service to him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3809:38, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Offering service and surrendering to the spiritual master, one is elevated to devotional service, and by performing devotional service one gradually becomes attached to the SP of Godhead. Because of this attachment to the Lord, one can understand God Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3809:38, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Offering respect to every living entity means offering respect to the Paramatma situated in every living entity. One should not misunderstand every living entity to be the Paramatma Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3709:37, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,567 Nothing in devotional service is material; everything is spiritual. Consequently a devotee is awarded so-called material opulence for spiritual advancement. This opulence is an aid to help the devotee advance toward the spiritual kingdom Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3609:36, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 None of these conditions of the living entities - namely, deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness - is substantial. They are simply displays of various phases of conditional life Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 09:3309:33, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Neti neti is the analytical process of rejecting matter. By expertly conducting such an analysis, one can understand where the soul is. One who is not expert, however, cannot distinguish gold from earth, nor the soul from the body Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3209:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Nature (prakrti) is so strong that no one can overcome her stringent laws. So-called scientists, philosophers, religionists and politicians should therefore conclude that they cannot offer facilities to the people in general Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:3009:30, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Mukti means giving up one's position in ignorance or illusion, by which one thinks in a way contrary to his constitutional position Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:2809:28, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Modern scientists imagine that life can be produced from chemical combinations Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current