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26 April 2024
- 18:5218:52, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 When this book (BG) was first published, the original manuscript was, unfortunately, cut short to less than 400 pages, without illustrations and without explanations for most of the original verses of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 Preface No edit summary current
- 18:5118:51, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gita. But honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gita As It Is No edit summary current
- 18:5018:50, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 Visvanatha Cakravarti describes in his explanation of the verse in Bhagavad-gita, vyavasayatmika buddhih, that one who wants to be certain to achieve spiritual success must take instruction from the spiritual master as to what his particular function is No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 The present attempt is to offer the original manuscript of this great book of knowledge (Bhagavad-gita As It Is) with full parampara explanation in order to establish the Krsna consciousness movement more soundly and progressively. BG 1972 Preface No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 26 April 2024 diff hist −2 The Gita cannot be touched by persons who envy the very existence of the Lord. Therefore, the Mayavadi explanation of the Gita is a most misleading presentation of the whole truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 The Bhagavad-gita is being spoken in the battlefield, full of violence, and he is trying to prove that the Bhagavad-gita is nonviolent. These are all artificial attempts. These explanations will never give you the real light from Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 18:1418:14, 26 April 2024 diff hist +42 My question is: A pure devotee, when he comments Bhagavad-gita, someone who never sees him physically, but he just comes in contact with his commentary, explanation, is this the same thing? No edit summary current
- 17:1117:11, 26 April 2024 diff hist +58 Krsna is violent to demons, and to attempt to prove that Krsna is not violent is ultimately to deny Krsna. As such explanations of the Bhagavad-gita are absurd No edit summary current
- 16:5716:57, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 Just like Bhagavad-gita, if you read yourself, you get one kind of impression, and if you hear explanation from an authorized person, you get another impression No edit summary current
- 16:4416:44, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 I shall publish another revised and enlarged edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is at my own cost. I was not happy to publish it through MacMillan as they have crippled the explanations for so many important verses No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 I am sorry that many of the important verses in Bhagavad-gita As It Is were left without purport explanations, but the MacMillan Company wanted to minimize the volume of the book. I am not satisfied with this No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 26 April 2024 diff hist +21 We followed the principles especially explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura in his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita verse beginning vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana - BG 2.41 No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 26 April 2024 diff hist +21 There are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and one may question the necessity for another one. This present edition can be explained in the following way. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 26 April 2024 diff hist +42 First of all you must know what is your identity. Your identity is . . . that I have already explained. You are part and parcel of God. So far we understand, our philosophy is, from Bhagavad-gita: mamaivamsah No edit summary current
25 April 2024
- 16:4216:42, 25 April 2024 diff hist +42 So called yoga followers are simply cheated and they are wasting their time. I have already explained these points in the Sankhya yoga chapter of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, so you read them carefully and present it in suitable occasions No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 25 April 2024 diff hist +39 We have to accept a guru from the disciplic succession which is called parampara, guru-parampara. Then we can understand what is Krsna. Otherwise not. Now so many people are explaining Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 25 April 2024 diff hist −2 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura while explaining a verse of Bhagavad-gita (vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana, (BG 2.41), points out that the order of the spiritual master is the life substance of the disciple No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 25 April 2024 diff hist +21 In your Bombay there are so many persons, they are explaining Bhagavad-gita for so many years, but they could not turn even a single person a pure devotee of Krsna. This is our challenge No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 25 April 2024 diff hist +42 In the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, we have cut short the pages under the instruction of the MacMillan Company, without explaining many important verses. We must have sufficient chance for explaining the purports of Srimad Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 25 April 2024 diff hist +45 Bhagavad-gita should be explained to persons who are ready to accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is a subject matter for the devotees only and not for philosophical speculators. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:0014:00, 25 April 2024 diff hist +87 Bhagavad-gita is not meant for anyone else except the devotee. Bhagavan Sri Krsna could explain this Bhagavad-gita to the jnanis, to the yogis, to the karmis. But why He selected Arjuna? No edit summary current
- 13:5313:53, 25 April 2024 diff hist −42 Aryan, according to Aryan civilization as described in the Bhagavad-gita, there are four divisions inaugurated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As we have already explained, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam No edit summary current Tag: Manual revert
22 April 2024
- 16:2116:21, 22 April 2024 diff hist +42 Aryan, according to Aryan civilization as described in the Bhagavad-gita, there are four divisions inaugurated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As we have already explained, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam No edit summary
- 16:0716:07, 22 April 2024 diff hist +42 Arjuna was a most intimate friend of Sri Krsna, and thus Sri Krsna explained to him the essence of all scriptures, in the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 16:0416:04, 22 April 2024 diff hist +42 Arjuna was a most intimate friend of Sri Krsna, and thus Sri Krsna explained to him the essence of all scriptures, in the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita No edit summary
- 15:5215:52, 22 April 2024 diff hist +64 Arjuna says that, "Krsna, no more friendly talking. I agree to become Your disciple." So when he agreed to become disciple of Krsna, then He explained Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 22 April 2024 diff hist +20 Actually, the explanation of this mantra (Bhagavad-gita 12.5) and of practically all the mantras of the Vedic hymns is summarized in the Vedanta-sutra and properly explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 22 April 2024 diff hist +24 Arjuna is direct disciple of Krsna. So if you take Bhagavad-gita as it was understood by Arjuna, then you get the right knowledge. And if you take the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita explained by some so-called scholar and politician, then it is rascaldom No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 22 April 2024 diff hist +27 Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit and these things will be explained in the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 15:0215:02, 22 April 2024 diff hist −2 Accompanied by Satya Tirtha, Madhvacarya went to Badarikasrama. It was there that he met Vyasadeva and explained his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita before him. Thus he became a great scholar by studying before Vyasadeva No edit summary current
- 14:2114:21, 22 April 2024 diff hist +6 Life also came from life; matter also came from life. That is explained in the Vedanta-sutra: janmadyasya yatah. And it is explained in BG also: aham sarvasya prabhavah (BG 10.8). So there is no difficulty No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 22 April 2024 diff hist +6 In the Bhagavad-gita everything explained: four kinds of men begins God consciousness. And what kind of man he is? Sukrtina, one who has background of pious life, not the rogues and rascals. Little pious activities one who has done. Ajnata-sukrti No edit summary current
21 April 2024
- 15:2515:25, 21 April 2024 diff hist +11 He (the poor man) came back and appealed to Sanatana Gosvami that "Lord Siva told me you have got something most valuable. I don't think this stone is most valuable. Otherwise, why would you keep it with the garbage No edit summary current
- 15:2115:21, 21 April 2024 diff hist +41 The Lord (Caitanya) requested Nityananda Prabhu to stay there and broadcast the message of Krsna consciousness. The Lord also entrusted a similar preaching responsibility to Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 21 April 2024 diff hist +42 When Sanatana emerged from the hills, he requested that his servant go home with the one coin that he still had with him, for Sanatana decided that he would go on alone. After the departure of his servant, Sanatana felt completely free No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 21 April 2024 diff hist +40 Upon being questioned by Sanatana Gosvami, Isana admitted that he indeed had money with him, and immediately Sanatana Gosvami took the money and gave it to the hotel keeper, requesting him to help them get through the jungle No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 21 April 2024 diff hist +40 The Lord (Caitanya) blessed him (Sanatana Gosvami) saying, Whatever you write, by the grace of Krsna, will come out of your heart and will be accepted as you have requested. I will also give you some notes that you can take down No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 21 April 2024 diff hist +22 Sanatana observed the etiquette of Jagannatha’s temple by going along the beach to visit Lord Caitanya, although it was extremely hot due to the sun. He requested Jagadananda Pandita to give him permission to return to Vrndavana No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 21 April 2024 diff hist +18 Sanatana at once took the gold coins and offered them to the hotelkeeper. He then requested that the hotelkeeper help him through the jungle No edit summary current
- 09:4909:49, 21 April 2024 diff hist +41 On the way, Sanatana met his rich brother-in-law who was also in the government service and who offered him an excellent blanket, which he accepted at his special request. Then he parted from him and went on alone to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Benares No edit summary
- 09:4709:47, 21 April 2024 diff hist +98 On the way, Sanatana met his rich brother-in-law who was also in the government service and who offered him an excellent blanket, which he accepted at his special request. Then he parted from him and went on alone to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Benares No edit summary
- 06:3206:32, 21 April 2024 diff hist +11 The Nawab requested Sanatana to accompany him on an expedition to Orissa, but when Sanatana Gosvami refused, the Nawab ordered that he be imprisoned No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 21 April 2024 diff hist +43 Sanatana Gosvami then requested the Lord, "Please personally tell me how I can write this difficult book about Vaisnava behavior. Please manifest Yourself in my heart" No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 21 April 2024 diff hist +43 Falling flat at the feet of Lord Caitanya, Sanatana Gosvami requested Him to explain the Atmarama verse as He had explained it to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Sanatana explained his eagerness to hear the same explanation in order that he might be enlightened No edit summary
- 05:5205:52, 21 April 2024 diff hist +44 He (Sanatana Gosvami) then (after crossing over the Hazipur mountains) met his brother-in-law Srikanta, who requested that he stay with him. Sanatana Gosvami refused, but before they parted Srikanta gave him a valuable blanket No edit summary
- 05:4105:41, 21 April 2024 diff hist +63 Caitanya requested Sanatana Gosvami to write down the symptoms of a true guru and the symptoms of a true devotee No edit summary current
20 April 2024
- 12:2212:22, 20 April 2024 diff hist +325 Virahena, always feeling separation of Krsna, this is Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s teaching. Not that "I have got now Krsna." No. Caitanya Mahaprabhu never said. His direct disciples, the Gosvamis, they simply begged separation: Where is Krsna? No edit summary current
- 10:4110:41, 20 April 2024 diff hist +48 Sanatana Gosvami said, "My dear Lord, I am a very lowborn person. Indeed, I am a servant to lowborn people; therefore I am very, very downtrodden. Nonetheless, You have taught me conclusions unknown even to Lord Brahma" No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 20 April 2024 diff hist +51 Sanatana Gosvami met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu after the Lord’s return to Varanasi, where the Lord taught him for two months about the intricacies of Vaisnava philosophy and Vaisnava activities No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 20 April 2024 diff hist +51 Sanatana Gosvami inquired into all phases of devotional service, and Lord Caitanya taught him most confidentially from authoritative scriptures like Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current