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9 March 2021
- 12:0112:01, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,450 In the Vedic system, as soon as a child is born, especially a male child, the father calls for learned brahmanas, and according to the description of the child's horoscope, the child is immediately given a name. This ceremony is called nama-karana Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 12:0112:01, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,688 In the Vedic scriptures, therefore, one is recommended to give charity to the brahmanas, and by so doing one pleases Lord Visnu and all the demigods Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 12:0112:01, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,112 In the Vedic civilization the land was given to the people for cultivation not for ownership, and a tax was collected which was 25% of the person's income. The land belonged to the state and the man would cultivate it and pay 25% to the state Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 12:0012:00, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,677 In the Vedas there is sometimes recommendation, not for killing, but for giving rejuvenation to an animal. But killing, in that sense, is there for sacrifice. But Lord Buddha did not accept even animal killing in sacrifice Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 12:0012:00, 9 March 2021 diff hist +207,661 In the Vedas the definition of God is given, "God has nothing to do" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 12:0012:00, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,319 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that a householder must see to it that even a lizard or a snake does not starve. They also must be given food Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 12:0012:00, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,333 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, in the narration of Ajamila's deliverance, it is said that Yamaraj gave clear instructions to his assistants not to approach the Vaisnavas. Vaisnavas are beyond the jurisdiction of Yamaraj's activities Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:5911:59, 9 March 2021 diff hist +8,045 In the Narada-pancaratra, devotional service to the Lord is likened unto a queen. When a queen gives an audience, many maidservants follow her. The maidservants of devotional service are material opulence, liberation and mystic powers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5911:59, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,305 In the Eleventh Chapter I (Krsnadas Kaviraja) have described the great chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra that surrounded the Lord. In the Twelfth Chapter I have given a narration of the cleansing and washing of the Gundica temple Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5911:59, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,800 In the Eighth Chapter I have recorded the Lord's elaborate discussion with Ramananda Raya. The Lord personally listened as Ramananda gave the conclusive essence of all Vedic literatures Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5811:58, 9 March 2021 diff hist +11,524 In the Bible, it is said the animals are given under the control of human beings, man... Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5811:58, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,291 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.27) the same principle is confirmed where it is said that whatever we may give in charity and whatever we may observe in austerity must be given over to the Lord or be done on His account only Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5811:58, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,335 In the Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krsna directly gave His order to Arjuna to commit violence on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, just to give protection to the people in general Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5711:57, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,932 In the Agni Purana the description of vibhava is given as follows: "The basis from which ecstatic love is born is called vibhava, which is divided into two - basic and impetuous" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5711:57, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,717 In that condition (of being devoid of material desires) it is to be understood that one is free from the material body. The example is already given above - a coconut which is dry is loosened from its outward husk. This is the stage of liberation Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5711:57, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,708 In spite of her great bereavement, Kunti decided to live, not to enjoy life in the absence of her husband, but only to give protection to the children. This incident is referred to by Vidura because he knew all the facts about his sister-in-law Kuntidevi Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5711:57, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,470 In royal style, the bridegroom goes to the house of the bride, and in the presence of brahmanas, priests and relatives, the bride is given in charity to the bridegroom. Besides this, there are other systems, such as the gandharva and raksasa marriages Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5711:57, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,728 In rare cases where the father is completely unable to give a dowry, it is enjoined that he must at least give a fruit and a flower Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5611:56, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,505 In perfect self-control, Maharaja Pariksit sat down on a seat of straw, with straw-roots facing the east, placed on the southern bank of the Ganges, and he himself faced the north. Just previously he had given charge of his kingdom over to his son Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5611:56, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,767 In our temple, strictly Hare Krishna chanting should be given more importance. This is no harm in this mantra you have heard, but it is not very important. There are many such common songs composed by common devotees out of sentiment Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5611:56, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,448 In order to give a particular type of human form to a person who has already suffered hellish life, the soul is transferred to the semen of a man who is just suitable to become his father Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5511:55, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,016 In order to defy the impersonal conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a systematic analysis of the physiological and anatomical constitution of His transcendental body is given here Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5511:55, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,382 In my books I have tried to explain clearly this simultaneously one and different philosophy acinta beda beda tattva propounded by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. But sometimes it happens that this philosophy is given a self-interested interpretation Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5511:55, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,109 In material existence, the living entity possesses many things - the material body, children, wife and so on. One may think that these will give him protection, but that is impossible Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5511:55, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,372 In material, conditional existence, the living entity gives power of attorney to his mind. As such, he is liable to be misdirected by his mind into enjoying sense objects. Srila Ambarisa therefore first engaged his mind upon the lotus feet of the Lord Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5411:54, 9 March 2021 diff hist +9,258 In his material, conditional existence, the living entity gives power of attorney to his mind Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5411:54, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,607 In his Caitanya-mangala (now known as Caitanya-bhagavata), Vrndavana dasa Thakura has given a detailed description of the activities the Lord performed in the water Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5411:54, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,745 In general, there are many types of miseries that take advantage of the delicate human body and give us pain. Miseries inflicted by other living entities are called adhibhautika. For example, bedbugs can make us miserable while we are sleeping Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5411:54, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,392 In different societies there are different ways of dealing with the human body at the time of the funeral ceremony. In some societies the body is given to the vultures to be eaten, and therefore the body ultimately turns to vulture stool Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5311:53, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,738 In course of time, the same instruction (which was given to sun-god), being wrongly handled and being broken, was again instructed to Arjuna because he was His perfect devotee and friend Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5311:53, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,390 In any case send me a site sketch of the available land, giving length and breadth. However, we do not want some land on one side of the canal and some land on the other side of the canal. All the land must be in one piece, together, not separately Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5311:53, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,695 In accordance with these words, the King satisfied the Gandharvas by prayers, and the Gandharvas, being pleased with him, gave him an Agnisthali girl who looked exactly like Urvasi Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5311:53, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,923 In accordance with the evidence given in the sastra and the example set by Advaita Acarya, we give prasada to devotees regardless of whether they come from India, Europe or America Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5211:52, 9 March 2021 diff hist +10,742 In The Nectar of Devotion full instructions are given about the vidhi-marga worship of Radha-Krsna, or Laksmi-Narayana Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5211:52, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,522 In New Vrindaban we are keeping cows. That is an example. And the cows are giving milk, delivering milk, double than other farmers. Why? Because the cows know that "These people will not kill me." They are not in anxiety Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5111:51, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,271 In Bhagavad-gita (Chapter Two) importance is given to the spiritual consciousness, not the body. The entire cosmic body increased by the same process that we experience in our small bodies Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5111:51, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,474 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.40), the Lord says svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: this dharma, devotional service, is so important that even if performed to a very small, almost negligible extent, it can give one the supreme result Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5011:50, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,449 Impersonalists sometimes give the example that if one stands on a stone or a piece of wood one certainly stands on the surface of the land, because the stone and wood both rest on the surface of the earth Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5011:50, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,214 Impersonalism cannot give us the answer to our eternal search after peace Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5011:50, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,099 Illusioned living entities are given a chance at intervals to rectify their perverted mentality of becoming false masters of the material nature, and they are imparted lessons from the Vedas about their eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord Krsna Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:5011:50, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,196 Illicit sex is not possible with a chaste or aristocratic woman, but only with unchaste sudras. The more society allows prostitution and illicit sex, the more impetus it gives to cheaters, thieves, plunderers, drunkards and gamblers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4911:49, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,412 If you want to give me some cloth according to your desire, please give me an old cloth you have used Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4911:49, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,131 If you want to drive it as a superior master driver, then the car will give you good service, but if you do not know how to drive, then the car will play disaster. Your life will be risky Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4911:49, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,437 If you say that we have got senses, so in order to keep the body fit, we have to give something for the enjoyment of the senses. That is accepted, yes. But don't aggravate it Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4911:49, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,695 If you publish some book in Oriyan language, that book will give you good support. So now you have an opportunity, you are there and Krishna will help. Gradually we will help. Krishna is so kind, He is always ready to help Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:4811:48, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,326 If you perform the spiritual duties rightly, then you are saved. Otherwise, even acarya gives you instruction, if you don't follow, so how he can save you? Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4811:48, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,334 If you go (to Mayapur), then I shall arrange to give you a very nice room completely for your use and you can peacefully engage in your painting work and read Srimad-Bhagavatam as well as join in with the devotees for regular kirtana, arati, and prasadam Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4811:48, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,155 If you give them without telling them, they will think that they're eating meat Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4811:48, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,162 If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:4711:47, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,338 If you find somebody who has no competitor, equal, and who has no superior, then He is God. The definition of God can be given in two words: one who has no superior and has no equal Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current