User contributions for Visnu Murti
20 January 2024
- 19:2219:22, 20 January 2024 diff hist +170 These particular descriptions of meditation on the smile, laughter, face, lips and teeth all indicate conclusively that God is not impersonal. It is described here (in SB 3.28.33) that one should meditate on the laughter or smiling of Visnu No edit summary current
- 19:1919:19, 20 January 2024 diff hist +132 The exceptional beauty of the laughter of Lord Visnu is that when He smiles His small teeth, which resemble the buds of jasmine flowers, at once become reddish, reflecting His rosy lips No edit summary
- 16:2116:21, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 The cosmic material expansion is called maya, illusion, because it has no eternal existence. Because it is sometimes manifested and sometimes not, it is regarded as illusory. But beyond this temporary manifestation is a higher nature - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 20 January 2024 diff hist −6 Sometimes we consider one quality of nature to be higher or lower than another. The mode of ignorance, or tamo-guna, is considered very much lower than the others, but in the higher sense it is also auspicious No edit summary current
- 16:1916:19, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 In all the scriptures this is said. Without approaching a person who can teach you of the higher nature, you cannot develop. It is not possible to acquire No edit summary current
- 16:1916:19, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 If one fails to take advantage of this opportunity (of this human form of life), one's human life is wasted. We are therefore trying to save human society from degradation and actually elevate people to the higher nature No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 Due to their (unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly) small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 20 January 2024 diff hist +29 Higher nature means No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 20 January 2024 diff hist −15 Duties of a higher nature No edit summary current
- 16:1616:16, 20 January 2024 diff hist +34 Krsna conducts the material world under the three modes of material nature, and consequently there are three platforms of life - higher, middle and lower. On whatever platform one may be situated, one is tossed by the waves of material nature No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 20 January 2024 diff hist +7 This is clearly mentioned in the Seventh Chapter, fifth verse of Bhagavad-gita: This prakrti is My lower nature. And beyond this there is another prakrti: jiva-bhutam, the living entity. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 20 January 2024 diff hist −6 The higher and lower natures exist due to ignorance and are being manifested in an infinite number of living entities. But the Supersoul, which is infallible, is uncontaminated by the three qualities of nature and is transcendental. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1316:13, 20 January 2024 diff hist −6 One's higher or lower nature - is formed by association with the different qualities, namely sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 Now we are fallen into the ways of the three modes of material nature according to our different karma. As such, some are on higher levels, and some are in the lower nature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 20 January 2024 diff hist +34 The common man may be able to attain to such a plane (of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord in Vrndavana, or even at Dvaraka) by the gradual process of service and inquiries, as we shall see in the behavior of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 20 January 2024 diff hist +13 My dear King Pariksit, I (Sukadeva Gosvami) have replied as far as possible to the questions you have asked me, especially in regard to this pure, auspicious narration about the Maruts. Now you may inquire further, and I shall explain more No edit summary
- 16:0616:06, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 The common man may be able to attain to such a plane (of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord in Vrndavana, or even at Dvaraka) by the gradual process of service and inquiries, as we shall see in the behavior of Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary
- 16:0416:04, 20 January 2024 diff hist −14 Maharaja Pariksit was already directly connected with the personal feature of the Lord Sri Krsna, and as such he had no need to inquire from Sukadeva Gosvami about where and how to apply the mind in the impersonal virat-rupa of the Lord No edit summary
- 16:0416:04, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 Maharaj Pariksit inquires from Sukadeva Gosvami, "My dear brahmana, I understand that the demon Vrtrasura was a great sinful person and that his mentality was completely absorbed in the modes of passion and ignorance" No edit summary
- 14:2814:28, 20 January 2024 diff hist −15 Submission and inquiry No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 Seeing this, mother Saci hastily returned and exclaimed, "What is this! What is this!" She snatched the dirt from the hands of the Lord and inquired why He was eating it No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 The two persons who went to Jagannatha Puri to inquire about the Lord's departure returned and informed Rupa Gosvami that the Lord had already departed for Vrndavana No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 20 January 2024 diff hist +13 Thinking in this way, Govinda kept silent. He did not reply to the Lord's inquiry No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 20 January 2024 diff hist +43 Prahlada Maharaja responded to the inquiry of his father with the instructions he had received from his spiritual master, Narada No edit summary
- 14:1314:13, 20 January 2024 diff hist 0 My dear Yudhisthira, once upon a time Hiranyakasipu, took his son Prahlada on his lap & very affectionately inquired: My dear son, please let me know what you think is the best of all the subjects you have studied from your teachers No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 My dear Yudhisthira, once upon a time Hiranyakasipu, took his son Prahlada on his lap & very affectionately inquired: My dear son, please let me know what you think is the best of all the subjects you have studied from your teachers No edit summary
- 14:0914:09, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 He (Lord Caitanya) said clearly, upon the inquiry of Sanatana Gosvami, that a living entity is the servitor of Krsna eternally No edit summary
- 14:0814:08, 20 January 2024 diff hist −2 When the King heard that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was going to Alalanatha, he was very unhappy and inquired about the reason. Then Kasi Misra informed him of all the details No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 When Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya met with the King, the King offered him a seat with all respects and inquired about news of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 When Sanatana Gosvami left his government post and came to Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the first time, he asked the Lord, "What is education?" Although Sanatana Gosvami knew a number of languages, including Sanskrit, he still inquired about real education No edit summary
- 14:0114:01, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 This is real question: "What I am?" So Sanatana Gosvami's question is being answered by Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Because you have this inquiry, this is the beginning of human life." If one is little inquisitive to know what I am, then his real life begins No edit summary
- 14:0114:01, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 The Bhattacarya inquired, "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is in His full-fledged youthful life. How can He keep the principles of sannyasa" No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 That man inquired from Sivananda Sena, Did you see anyone in the renounced order at the residence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's answers to his (Satyaraja Khan's) inquiries about the duty of householder devotees are vividly described in the Madhya-lila, Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 Rupa Gosvami praises Lord Caitanya as the most munificent incarnation of all, for He gives the greatest gift by teaching the highest form of devotional service. In other words, He answers the most important inquiries that anyone can make - CC Intro No edit summary
- 13:5513:55, 20 January 2024 diff hist +16 Mukunda being very sorry, asked his friends whether he would one day be allowed to see Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When the devotees brought this inquiry to Lord, the Lord replied, “Mukunda will get permission to see Me after many millions of years” No edit summary current
- 13:5413:54, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 In the Western world, where the glories of Lord Caitanya are relatively unknown, one may inquire, "Who is Krsna Caitanya?" The author of the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja, answers that question in the third verse of his book - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 13:5313:53, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 In the Western world where the glories of Lord Caitanya are relatively unknown, one may inquire, "Who is Krsna Caitanya?" The scriptural conclusion in answer to that question is that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 20 January 2024 diff hist +17 After some inquiries, Svarupa Damodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his net. Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarupa Damodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:5210:52, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 Wherefrom the fire came? That is natural inquiry. Wherefrom the sky came? How the stars are situated, so many millions and millions? So these are the inquiries of the intelligent person. That is the beginning of philosophical life No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 20 January 2024 diff hist −15 Lower nature No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 20 January 2024 diff hist −13 Those who are associating with the base qualities of material nature, they get lower life. That is natural. Just like you contaminate a kind of disease, it will become manifest in due course of time No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 20 January 2024 diff hist +8 The spiritual master will say that "You work like this." So that should be determined. That is karma, guna-karma. Spiritual master sees that he has these qualities. That is natural No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 20 January 2024 diff hist +8 That is psychology. It may be very worse condition; still, nobody wants to give up "Home, sweet home." That is natural psychology No edit summary current
- 10:4510:45, 20 January 2024 diff hist −21 The natural gifts such as grains and vegetables, fruits, rivers, the hills of jewels & minerals, and the seas full of pearls are supplied by the order of the Supreme, and as He desires, material nature produces them in abundance or restricts them at times No edit summary current
- 10:4210:42, 20 January 2024 diff hist −12 Such opulence (natural gifts such as gold, silver, pearls, fresh flowers, etc) immediately changes the condition of the mind, and the entire atmosphere becomes spiritualized. King Prthu's capital was decorated with such highly opulent decorations No edit summary
- 10:4210:42, 20 January 2024 diff hist −12 Real opulence is supplied by natural gifts such as gold, silver, pearls, valuable stones, fresh flowers, trees and silken cloth. Thus the Vedic civilization recommends opulence and decoration with these natural gifts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 20 January 2024 diff hist −12 Human prosperity flourishes by natural gifts and not by gigantic industrial enterprises. The gigantic industrial enterprises are products of a godless civilization, and they cause the destruction of the noble aims of human life No edit summary current
- 10:4010:40, 20 January 2024 diff hist −12 All these expediencies (yogic powers) are as common as natural gifts for the inhabitants of those higher planets No edit summary current
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