Collaborate with us to invoke and fully manifest Srila Prabhupada's Vani-presence

Go to Vanipedia | Go to Vanisource | Go to Vanimedia

Vaniquotes - the compiled essence of Vedic knowledge

Special

User contributions for Moumene

For Moumene talk block log uploads logs

20:5620:56, 27 November 2024 diff hist +106‎ We have many times mentioned the names of twelve selected authorities (dvadasa-mahajana), of which Brahma, Narada and Lord Siva head the list as the first, second and third in order of merit of those who know something of the Supreme Lord ‎No edit summary current
20:5320:53, 27 November 2024 diff hist +70‎ This process (of accepting the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord) is recommended here (in SB 10.2.30) by authorities like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva (svayambhur naradah sambhuh), and therefore we must take to this process in order to transcend nescience ‎No edit summary current
20:5220:52, 27 November 2024 diff hist +34‎ The prayers offered by Lord Siva are very authoritative and significant. Simply by offering prayers to the Supreme Lord one can become perfect, even though engaged in his occupational duty ‎No edit summary
20:4620:46, 27 November 2024 diff hist +2‎ There are twelve mahajanas, great authorities on devotional service, and Lord Siva is one of them. Why, then, did he adopt the process of Mayavada philosophy? The answer is given in the Siva Purana ‎No edit summary current
20:4520:45, 27 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ There are twelve great authorities on devotional service, and Lord Siva is one of them. Why, then, did he adopt the process of Mayavadi philosophy? The answer is given in Padma Purana ‎No edit summary current
20:4420:44, 27 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ There are twelve great authorities on devotional service, and Lord Siva is one of them. Why, then, did he adopt the process of Mayavadi philosophy? ‎No edit summary current
20:3220:32, 27 November 2024 diff hist +35‎ There are twelve authorities. Lord Siva is one of the authorities. Svayambhur naradah sambhuh. (SB 6.3.20). Sambhu is authority. He says - Krsna worship, Visnu worship is good, but still better worship is to worship the krsna-bhaktas ‎No edit summary current
20:3120:31, 27 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Siva has described the God's bodily features authoritatively. Now he wants to see the lotus feet of the Lord. When a devotee wants to see the transcendental form of God, he begins his meditation on the Lord's body by first looking at the feet of the Lord ‎No edit summary
20:0020:00, 27 November 2024 diff hist +106‎ Out of the twelve authorities, first is Lord Brahma; the next, Narada; the next, Lord Siva; then next, the Kumaras; then Kapiladeva; then Manu, Vaivasvata Manu; then Prahlada Maharaja; then Janaka Maharaja; then Bhismadeva; then Bali Maharaja ‎No edit summary current
19:5819:58, 27 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Of the twelve great authorities in devotional service, four - Lord Brahma himself, his son Narada, Svayambhuva Manu and Lord Siva - were present before Priyavrata. They were accompanied by many other authoritative sages ‎No edit summary
19:5819:58, 27 November 2024 diff hist +36‎ No one can manufacture a religious principle by imperfect speculation. One must follow in the footsteps of great authorities like Brahma, Siva, Narada, Manu, Kumara, Kapila, Prahlada, Bhisma, Sukadeva Gosvami, Yamaraja, Janaka, etc. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
19:5719:57, 27 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Lord Siva is one of the twelve great personalities, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 6.3.20). These are twelve great authorities in preaching God consciousness ‎No edit summary current
19:5619:56, 27 November 2024 diff hist +140‎ Lord Siva is also great devotee. Out of twelve great authorities, Lord Siva is one. Lord Siva, Lord Brahma and Narada. Svayambhur naradah sambhuh (SB 6.3.20). Svayambhuh means Lord Brahma ‎No edit summary current
19:5419:54, 27 November 2024 diff hist +106‎ Krsna is the original spiritual master of Lord Brahma, of Lord Siva, Narada, so many other authorities. There are twelve authorities, svayambhur naradah sambhuh - SB 6.3.20 ‎No edit summary current
19:5219:52, 27 November 2024 diff hist +2‎ Indeed, he (Lord Siva) is one of the mahajanas, the twelve authorities on Vaisnava philosophy (svayambhur naradah sambhuh kumarah kapilo manuh, etc.) - SB 6.3.20 ‎No edit summary current
19:5119:51, 27 November 2024 diff hist +34‎ If one adheres to the principles and follows in the footsteps of the higher authorities, as advised by Lord Siva, one can easily become a devotee of Lord Vasudeva. This is also confirmed by Prahlada Maharaja ‎No edit summary current
19:5019:50, 27 November 2024 diff hist +52‎ As the mother is the only authority to identify the father of a child, so the mother Vedas, presented by the recognized authority such as Brahma, Narada or Siva, is the only authority to inform us about the Absolute Truth ‎No edit summary current
19:4919:49, 27 November 2024 diff hist 0‎ As a mahajana (or authority) Bhismadeva was on the level of Brahma, Narada and Siva, although he was a human being. Qualification on a par with the great demigods is possible only on attainment of spiritual perfection ‎No edit summary current
19:4919:49, 27 November 2024 diff hist +15‎ As a mahajana (or authority) Bhismadeva was on the level of Brahma, Narada and Siva, although he was a human being. Qualification on a par with the great demigods is possible only on attainment of spiritual perfection ‎No edit summary
19:4719:47, 27 November 2024 diff hist −5‎ All these personalities (Sanaka, Sanatana, Narada, Siva, the Manus) underwent great austerities and penances and thus became authorities in Vedic knowledge. Perfect knowledge for human beings, as well as all living entities, is contained in the Vedas ‎No edit summary current
19:4719:47, 27 November 2024 diff hist +32‎ All these personalities (Sanaka, Sanatana, Narada, Siva, the Manus) underwent great austerities and penances and thus became authorities in Vedic knowledge. Perfect knowledge for human beings, as well as all living entities, is contained in the Vedas ‎No edit summary
19:4619:46, 27 November 2024 diff hist +45‎ All these authorities (Siva, Lord Brahma, Manu or Narada) are certainly very powerful, but they do not have the power to disobey the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current

20:1720:17, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Whatever Kapiladeva speaks, whether directly or in the scriptures, is authoritative in all respects for the people of the world ‎No edit summary current
20:1720:17, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ The yoga process explained by Lord Kapiladeva in this chapter (SB 3.28) is authorized and standard, and therefore these instructions should be followed very carefully ‎No edit summary current
20:1620:16, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ The seeing of oneself is described in the Vedic literatures, and it is confirmed in the SB that one has to see oneself and know what he is. As Kapiladeva explains to His mother, this "seeing" can be done by hearing from the proper authoritative source ‎No edit summary current
20:1520:15, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ The PG Kapila said: Whatever I speak, whether directly or in the scriptures, is authoritative in all respects for the people of the world. O Muni, because I told you before that I would become your son, I have descended to fulfill this truth ‎No edit summary current
20:1320:13, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ There are so-called yoga practices in which one concentrates the mind on voidness or on the impersonal, but this is not approved by the authorized yoga system as explained by Kapiladeva. Even Patanjali explains that the target of all yoga is Visnu ‎No edit summary current
20:1320:13, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Sometimes unbelievers do not accept these statements of scripture regarding hell. They disregard such authorized descriptions. Lord Kapila confirms them by saying that these hellish conditions are also visible on this planet ‎No edit summary current
20:1120:11, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Of the twelve authorized devotees - Lord Brahma, Narada, Lord Siva, Kapila, Manu and so on - Prahlada Maharaja is understood to be the best example ‎No edit summary current
20:1020:10, 20 November 2024 diff hist +40‎ Mahajana means authority. There are twelve authorities according to Vedic sastra. One of them is this Kapila ‎No edit summary current
20:0920:09, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Lord Kapila, the Personality of Godhead, who is the highest authority on yoga, here explains the yoga system known as astanga-yoga, which comprises eight different practices, namely yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi ‎No edit summary current
20:0820:08, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Kapiladeva was one of the mahajanas. The word mahajana means - authority ‎No edit summary current
20:0820:08, 20 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ Kapiladeva is the greatest authority because He is the Personality of Godhead, and if someone accepts whatever is explained as it is, without interpretation, then he can see himself ‎No edit summary current
20:0720:07, 20 November 2024 diff hist +40‎ I will speak to you about the symptoms of yoga system - "with authorized statement." He (Kapiladeva) is Bhagavan, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whatever He speaks, that is authorized. You cannot argue ‎No edit summary current
19:5919:59, 20 November 2024 diff hist +32‎ Janaka Maharaja, Bhismadeva, and Sukadeva Gosvami, Prahlada Maharaja - in this way there are twelve authorities, and all of them are following the Sankhya philosophy or bhakti-yoga, all of them ‎No edit summary current

20:3820:38, 19 November 2024 diff hist +43‎ Bhisma is accepted as mahajana, as authority. And what was his business? He wanted to kill Krsna and Arjuna. Just try to understand. Therefore, we have to follow only the instruction of mahajana; otherwise, we'll be bewildered ‎No edit summary
20:3820:38, 19 November 2024 diff hist +43‎ Bhisma, he's authority. Next to Krsna, Bhisma is one of the authorities. There are twelve authorities: svayambhur naradah sambhuh kapilah kumaro manuh, prahlada bhisma janakah (SB 6.3.20). They are the authorities of piety, religion ‎No edit summary
20:3420:34, 19 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ The great authority Bhismadeva has also given the opinion that this process of chanting and hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest religious process ‎No edit summary current
20:3420:34, 19 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ The bewilderment of Maharaja Yudhisthira over his past sinful acts and the resultant sufferings, etc., is completely negated by the great authority Bhisma (one of the twelve authorized persons) ‎No edit summary current
20:3420:34, 19 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ In Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.9.42), Bhisma, a great authority to be followed by devotees, says that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in the core of everyone's heart, just as the sun may be on everyone's head ‎No edit summary current
20:3320:33, 19 November 2024 diff hist +8‎ Bhisma is stated as one of the authority, mahajana. But what did he do? He fought against Krsna and pierced with his arrows. You know, we have stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎No edit summary current
20:3220:32, 19 November 2024 diff hist +8‎ Bhisma is accepted as mahajana, as authority. And what was his business? He wanted to kill Krsna and Arjuna. Just try to understand. Therefore, we have to follow only the instruction of mahajana; otherwise, we'll be bewildered ‎No edit summary
20:3220:32, 19 November 2024 diff hist +40‎ Bhisma, he's authority. Next to Krsna, Bhisma is one of the authorities. There are twelve authorities: svayambhur naradah sambhuh kapilah kumaro manuh, prahlada bhisma janakah (SB 6.3.20). They are the authorities of piety, religion ‎No edit summary
20:3120:31, 19 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ A great authority like Bhisma has explained that love of Godhead means completely giving up all so-called love for any other person ‎No edit summary current
20:3120:31, 19 November 2024 diff hist +16‎ As a mahajana (or authority) Bhismadeva was on the level of Brahma, Narada and Siva, although he was a human being. Qualification on a par with the great demigods is possible only on attainment of spiritual perfection ‎No edit summary
20:2920:29, 19 November 2024 diff hist +8‎ Although Krsna is never conquered, still, you can conquer Him. How? Simply by becoming His beloved devotee. Just like Bhismadeva. Bhismadeva is one of the recognized stalwart devotee of Krsna, mahajana, authority ‎No edit summary current
20:2120:21, 19 November 2024 diff hist −55‎ Prahlado janako bhismo balir, Maharaja Bali, a king. He was a grandson of this Prahlada Maharaja. He became mahajana. All these persons, they became authorities by their exemplary character for advancing in Krsna consciousness ‎No edit summary current
20:2020:20, 19 November 2024 diff hist +34‎ Out of the twelve authorities, Bali Maharaja is one of the authorities because he sacrificed everything to satisfy the Lord ‎No edit summary current
20:1820:18, 19 November 2024 diff hist +34‎ He delivered his kingdom, his everything, at last his body, and Krsna became purchased by him. And since then, Bali Maharaja is one of the twelve authorities ‎No edit summary current
20:1620:16, 19 November 2024 diff hist +34‎ He (Bali) is the grandson of Prahlada Maharaja, another authority in the devotional service of the Lord ‎No edit summary current

Retrieved from "https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Moumene"