User contributions for Angela
9 December 2020
- 18:2218:22, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,719 N As long as one is under the control of material nature, his occupational duty is different from that of a person not under such control. One's real dharma, or occupational duty, is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam - dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is under the control of material nature, his occupational duty is different from that of a person not under suc..."
- 18:1618:16, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,579 N The difference between Prahlada Maharaja and Hiranyakasipu was that Hiranyakasipu wanted to keep Prahlada in mundane attachment whereas Prahlada was above the modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the difference between Prahlāda Mahārāja and Hiraṇyakaśipu was that Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to keep Prahlāda in mundane..."
- 18:1118:11, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,310 N A devotee purified by devotional service is always in the transcendental position above the mundane qualities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee purified by devotional service is always in the transcendental position above the mundane qualities"}} {{notes|}} {{..." current
- 18:0418:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,956 N In the Aryan system there is varnasrama-dharma, by which everyone should be educated according to his position in society's division of varna (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra) and asrama - brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Āryan system there is varṇāśrama-dharma, by which everyone should be educated according to his position in society..." current
- 17:3617:36, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,576 N Prahlada Maharaja wanted to become a rajarsi, whereas Hiranyakasipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enjoyment - grha-medhinam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to become a rājarṣi, whereas Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enj..."
- 17:3217:32, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,764 N There are two kinds of royal families - one whose members are simply attached to household life and the other consisting of rajarsis, kings who govern with ruling power but are as good as great saints Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of royal families—one whose members are simply attached to household life and the other consisting of r..."
- 17:2717:27, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,634 N The word dharma here (in SB 7.5.51) does not refer to some religious faith. As clearly stated, dharmo hy asyopadestavyo rajnam yo grha-medhinam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word dharma here does not refer to some religious faith. As clearly stated, dharmo hy asyopadeṣṭavyo rājñāṁ yo g..."
- 17:2217:22, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,772 N Hiranyakasipu wanted Prahlada Maharaja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the kingdom, the country or the world, but not to be advised about renunciation or the renounced order of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted Prahlāda Mahārāja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the kingdom, the country or the worl..."
- 17:1017:10, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,081 N Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate. They may think that they can kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee, but all their attempts will be futile. The Lord knows how to deal with them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate. They may think that they can kill the Supreme Personalit..."
- 17:0417:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,076 Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate No edit summary current
- 17:0217:02, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,952 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in this verse (SB 7.5.41) as anirdesye. We cannot understand Him to be in a particular place, for He is all-pervasive. Moreover, He is akhilatma, the active principle of everything, even material weapons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in this verse as anirdeśye. We cannot understand Him to be in a particular pl..."
- 16:5516:55, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,946 N The demons, the Raksasas, can neither see nor touch the Supreme Lord, although they may superficially think that they are striking the Lord's transcendental body with their material weapons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demons, the Rākṣasas, can neither see nor touch the Supreme Lord, although they may superficially think that they are s..."
- 16:4816:48, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,909 N There have been many attempts by the demons to hurt or kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He cannot be injured by any material means because He is always in transcendence. Therefore the words pare brahmani are used here - in SB 7.5.41 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There have been many attempts by the demons to hurt or kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He cannot be injured by an..."
- 16:4116:41, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,573 N Does this mean that when Prahlada Maharaja was attacked by the demons, the Raksasas, Govinda was also attacked by the demons? This is not possible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Does this mean that when Prahlāda Mahārāja was attacked by the demons, the Rākṣasas, Govinda was also attacked by the de..."
- 16:3616:36, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,603 N Just as a small child on the lap of his father or mother is fully protected, a devotee, in all conditions, is protected by the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as a small child on the lap of his father or mother is fully protected, a devotee, in all conditions, is protected by the..."
- 16:3116:31, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,824 N Prahlada Maharaja was constantly and fully engaged in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, govinda-parirambhitah. Prahlada Maharaja engaged himself always in meditation, and thus he was protected by Govinda Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja was constantly and fully engaged in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, govinda..."
- 16:2316:23, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,415 N Hiranyakasipu decided to kill his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy had become a devotee of the Lord. This is the attitude of nondevotees toward devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu decided to kill his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy had become a devotee..."
- 16:1616:16, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,417 N Hiranyakasipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlada Maharaja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an elephant while he was lying down Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while h..."
- 16:0716:07, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,802 N Prahlada Maharaja maintained an attitude of noncooperation with the philosophy of his father, Hiranyakasipu, yet he was tolerant and humble Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja maintained an attitude of noncooperation with the philosophy of his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, yet he was..."
- 16:0416:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,995 N Devotees who are determined to perform tapasya (penances and austerities) to realize the self, and who are determined to become advanced in spiritual consciousness, must give up the company of atheistic nondevotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees who are determined to perform tapasya (penances and austerities) to realize the self, and who are determined to becom..."
- 15:5815:58, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,148 N Devotees actually serious about advancing in spiritual life should give up the company of nondevotees and always keep company with devotees. To be too attached to material existence is ignorance because material existence is temporary and miserable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees actually serious about advancing in spiritual life should give up the company of nondevotees and always keep company..."
- 15:4815:48, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,837 N Here (in SB 7.5.37) is a vivid example of how a devotee is disturbed by a nondevotee, even though the nondevotee is an affectionate father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here is a vivid example of how a devotee is disturbed by a nondevotee, even though the nondevotee is an affectionate father"}}..."
- 15:4315:43, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,951 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has instructed all devotees of the Lord to be humbler than the grass and more tolerant than trees; otherwise there will always be disturbances to their execution of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has instructed all devotees of the Lord to be humbler than the grass and more tolerant than trees;..."
8 December 2020
- 18:0218:02, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,946 N Although the servants of Lord Visnu, Narayana, in the Vaikuntha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the servants of Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the de..."
- 17:4817:48, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,639 N Prahlada Maharaja would be elevated to sarupya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Visnu. Therefore Prahlada was to be killed by Hiranyakasipu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to sārūpya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Prahl..."
- 17:4317:43, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,563 N Hiranyakasipu considered his son Prahlada Maharaja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlada Maharaja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was enga..." current
- 17:3617:36, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,177 N One must take shelter of a niskincana, a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is the way to return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must take shelter of a niṣkiñcana, a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is..."
- 17:3217:32, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,150 N These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or politician Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or p..."
- 17:2717:27, 8 December 2020 diff hist +5,949 N To end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|202..."
- 17:2217:22, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,275 N To become Krsna conscious very easily, one must take shelter of a realized soul - a mahat, or mahatma - whose only interest is to engage in the service of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to become Kṛṣṇa conscious very easily, one must take shelter of a realized soul—a mahat, or mahātmā—whose only int..."
- 17:1617:16, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,291 N First one must understand how to get out of the clutches of maya. The only means is to become Krsna conscious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First one must understand how to get out of the clutches of māyā. The only means is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious"}} {{not..."
- 17:1217:12, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,602 One cannot understand Krsna unless one is graced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only one who has surrendered to a pure devotee of Krsna and taken the dust of his lotus feet can understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 17:0917:09, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,797 N In the Mundaka Upanisad (3.2.3) it is said: one cannot become self-realized simply by having an academic education, by presenting lectures in an erudite way (pravacanena labhyah), or by being an intelligent scientist who discovers many wonderful things Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.3) it is said, nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena: one cannot..."
- 17:0317:03, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,709 N The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take to Krsna consciousness, for they have not accepted a bona fide spiritual master and the Vedas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take..."
- 16:4316:43, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,385 N The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has explained that materialistic education expands the influence of maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda..."
- 16:3716:37, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,573 N The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do not know the destination of life. They are conditioned by the three strong modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do..."
- 16:3116:31, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,505 N Becoming Krsna conscious brings about anartha-apagamah, the disappearance of all anarthas, the miserable conditions we have unnecessarily accepted. The material body is the basic principle of these unwanted miserable conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious brings about anartha-apagamaḥ, the disappearance of all anarthas, the miserable conditions we..."
- 16:2616:26, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,434 N Such blind teachers, being interested in the external, material world, are always bound by the strong ropes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such blind teachers, being interested in the external, material world, are always bound by the strong ropes of material nature..."
- 16:2116:21, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,408 N Blind men may lead many other blind followers without true knowledge of material conditions, but they are not accepted by devotees like Prahlada Maharaja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"blind men may lead many other blind followers without true knowledge of material conditions, but they are not accepted by devo..."
- 16:0816:08, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,198 N Unless one is a devotee of the Lord, one cannot understand the existence of the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is a devotee of the Lord, one cannot understand the existence of the spiritual world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..." current
- 16:0416:04, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,593 N The knowledge of the materialists is restricted within the four-billion-mile limit of this material world, which is in the dark portion of the creation; they do not know that beyond the material world is the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The knowledge of the materialists is restricted within the four-billion-mile limit of this material world, which is in the dar..."
- 16:0016:00, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,667 N They (seminal spiritual masters) are hopeful of material success. The word bahih means "external," artha means "interest," and manina means "taking very seriously." Generally speaking, practically everyone is unaware of the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they are hopeful of material success (bahir-artha-māninaḥ). The word bahiḥ means "external," artha means "interest," and..."
- 15:5215:52, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,584 N An actual guru is srotriya, one who has heard or received perfect knowledge through parampara, the disciplic succession. Therefore Prahlada Maharaja did not recognize a seminal spiritual master. Such spiritual masters are not at all interested in Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An actual guru is śrotriya, one who has heard or received perfect knowledge through paramparā, the disciplic succession. The..."
- 15:4415:44, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,091 N The word sukra means "semen," and acarya refers to a teacher or guru Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word śukra means "semen," and ācārya refers to a teacher or guru"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..." current
- 15:3215:32, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,495 N Since there must always be a difference of opinion between demons and devotees, Hiranyakasipu, when criticized by his son Prahlada Maharaja, should not have been surprised that Prahlada Maharaja differed from his way of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since there must always be a difference of opinion between demons and devotees, Hiraṇyakaśipu, when criticized by his son P..."
- 15:2015:20, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,228 N Unless one is properly trained by a mahat - a mahatma, or unalloyed devotee of the Lord - there is no possibility of one's understanding Krsna and His devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is properly trained by a mahat—a mahātmā, or unalloyed devotee of the Lord—there is no possibility of one's u..."
- 15:1015:10, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,439 N Hiranyakasipu wanted to know where Prahlada had gotten this Krsna consciousness. Who had taught him? Prahlada sarcastically replied, "My dear father, persons like you never understand Krsna. One can understand Krsna only by serving a mahat, a great soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to know where Prahlāda had gotten this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Who had taught him? Prahlāda sarca..."
- 14:5814:58, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,296 N As confirmed by Rsabhadeva, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Krsna by serving a devotee. The word mahat refers to a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed by Ṛṣabhadeva, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Kṛṣṇa by..."
- 14:5214:52, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,547 N Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavan, Krsna, or His instruction, Bhagavad-gita. Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram: their path actually leads toward hellish life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagav..."
- 14:4714:47, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,141 N In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons (the materialistic persons) always remain attached to the materialistic way of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons always remain attached to the materialistic way of life"}} {{no..."