User contributions for Moumene

8 May 2025

• 18:2318:23, 8 May 2025 diff hist +8‎ If a devotee advances in spiritual consciousness and thus becomes materially opulent also, his position is a special gift from the Lord. Such opulence is never to be considered material ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 8 May 2025 diff hist +5‎ Having become fully opulent, he (Kartaviryarjuna, the King of the Haihayas) roamed all over the universe without opposition, just like the wind ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 8 May 2025 diff hist −12‎ Generally people are interested in going to the higher planetary systems in order to become more opulent. This is the process of karma-kandiya, and people perform yajnas and pious activities in order to be elevated to higher planets ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 8 May 2025 diff hist +8‎ By this advancement in life (becoming cleansed of sinful reactions), one not only becomes happy and opulent in this life, but also, at the end, he enters into the eternal kingdom of God. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 8 May 2025 diff hist +9‎ By the blessings of a great soul one becomes materially opulent, but when one gives up attachment to material wealth, that should be considered an even greater blessing from the great souls ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 8 May 2025 diff hist −12‎ By associating in different ways with the Supreme Personality of godhead or His devotee, one can very easily become opulent in every respect ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 8 May 2025 diff hist +30‎ A karmi's opulence is destroyed, but the opulence of a devotee is never destroyed. A devotee becomes more and more opulent as he increases his devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1818:18, 8 May 2025 diff hist +9‎ A devotee becomes more and more opulent as he increases his devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1718:17, 8 May 2025 diff hist −13‎ Although sometimes a materialist becomes very opulent in the eyes of another materialist, such opulence is bestowed upon him by the goddess Durgadevi, a material expansion of the goddess of fortune, not by Laksmidevi herself ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1718:17, 8 May 2025 diff hist −12‎ The great soul Bali Maharaja, thinking himself very satisfied, became very opulent and prosperous and began to enjoy the kingdom because of the favor of the brahmanas ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1718:17, 8 May 2025 diff hist +30‎ When the so-called devotee desires material enjoyment, without reference to the interest of the Supreme Lord, or he wants to become famous or opulent by utilizing the mercy or grace of the Supreme Lord, he is in the mode of passion ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1618:16, 8 May 2025 diff hist +30‎ When a devotee becomes materially very opulent, one should not think that he is enjoying the results of his fruitive activities ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1518:15, 8 May 2025 diff hist +9‎ When a devotee becomes materially opulent, that is also not due to his pious activities ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1518:15, 8 May 2025 diff hist −16‎ When a common man becomes opulent, he forgets God; but the more opulent a devotee becomes by the grace of the Lord, the more he becomes attached to the service of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1518:15, 8 May 2025 diff hist +10‎ The word mahodayodayat indicates that by the blessings of a great soul one becomes materially opulent, but when one gives up attachment to material wealth, that should be considered an even greater blessing from the great souls ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1418:14, 8 May 2025 diff hist +10‎ Sometimes, when one wishes to become as opulent as Lord Visnu, he worships the goddess of fortune, Laksmi ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1418:14, 8 May 2025 diff hist +10‎ People accept religion to become materially opulent. And why should one be materially opulent? For sense gratification. Thus people prefer these three margas, the three paths of materialistic life ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1418:14, 8 May 2025 diff hist +10‎ One should act according to the direction of the sastra, but the material energy is so powerful that as soon as one becomes materially opulent, he begins to transgress the sastric laws ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1418:14, 8 May 2025 diff hist +30‎ One may become famous as a brahma-jnani, an impersonalist scholar, or one may become a materially opulent person. In either case, such reputations are inferior to the reputation of Krsna’s devotee ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1318:13, 8 May 2025 diff hist +10‎ Lord Krsna took charge of Aniruddha and Usa, who had become very opulent materially because of the blessings of Lord Siva. Thus, keeping forward a division of one aksauhini of soldiers, Krsna proceeded toward Dvaraka ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1318:13, 8 May 2025 diff hist −12‎ Krsna said, "You (Indra) should always remember that all your material opulences are due to My mercy. No living entity can independently become opulent; one must be favored by My mercy. Everyone should always remember that I am the Supreme Lord" ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1218:12, 8 May 2025 diff hist −12‎ I think the Japanese people, too, can all become Krishna-ized very easily, as they have become now very opulent like Americans and they are very intelligent, clean, quiet, and respectful on the whole ‎No edit summary current
• 18:1118:11, 8 May 2025 diff hist +8‎ It is the nature of the material qualities that when one becomes very much opulent in terms of wealth and a prestigious position, one loses one's sense of etiquette and does not care about anyone ‎No edit summary current

30 April 2025

• 18:3318:33, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ With the arrival of the beautiful autumn season, the waters in the lakes and rivers became as clear as crystal and filled with fragrant lotus flowers, and breezes blew very pleasantly ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3318:33, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ When the sky became completely cleared of all clouds and there was sunrise again, the strong wind stopped ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3318:33, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ The rainy season came to an end. The autumn began, and there were no more clouds in the sky. All the reservoirs of water became crystal clear, and the wind was no longer forceful ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3218:32, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ In the previous creation the spiritual truth was devastated, but the four sanas explained it so nicely that the truth at once became clearly perceived by the sages ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3218:32, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ As the sky became clear, with the moon rising, the Lord (Caitanya) began dancing very happily with His jubilant and satisfied devotees ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3218:32, 30 April 2025 diff hist +8‎ When we become nirmalam, clear - clear consciousness and Krsna consciousness is the same thing - then all our misunderstanding is vanquished immediately. Then we can understand what is God ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3218:32, 30 April 2025 diff hist +9‎ When the word natata (“dancing on the stage”) is linked with the moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word natata is linked with Krsna, this type of introduction is called udghatyaka ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3118:31, 30 April 2025 diff hist +8‎ When the sun is in the sky, then where is the question of darkness? Similarly, when Hare Krishna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes clear or Krishna Consciousness ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3018:30, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ When their (living entity's) consciousness is changed into Krsna consciousness, however, they immediately fix Krsna within their hearts, and thus their path for liberation becomes clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5917:59, 30 April 2025 diff hist +28‎ When Hare Krishna Mantra is vibrating on your tongue and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes clear or Krishna Consciousness, and there is no question of maya or hazy consciousness ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5917:59, 30 April 2025 diff hist +8‎ When Hare Krishna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5917:59, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ When devotional service develops and one's intelligence becomes clear, one can use his intelligence to return home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5817:58, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ We should not be disappointed in our muddy life of material existence, for as soon as we voluntarily take to the devotional service of the Lord our whole life becomes clear, like water in autumn ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5817:58, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ We are trying to organize this institution that, "You come. Whatever you do, that doesn't matter. Everything will be adjusted by and by." Everything will be adjusted as our mind becomes clear, clear, clear, simply by hearing ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5817:58, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ Through association of devotees, one is placed in devotional service, and by this service Krsna's activities, form, pastimes, name, etc., become clear, and all misgivings are dispelled. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5717:57, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ The more we read Srimad-Bhagavatam, the more its knowledge becomes clear. Each and every verse is transcendental ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5717:57, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ The four prominent features of autumn are that there is no water in the sky, the weeds that grew here and there in the rainy season all wither away, the muddy roads and fields dry up, and the ponds of water become crystal clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5717:57, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ The best thing for you is to seriously try to follow all of the rules and regulations very strictly under the guidance of the temple authorities. Then your mind will become very clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5617:56, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ There is no gain in hearing the Vedic hymns from some mental speculator. When the same is heard from an actual self-realized soul and is properly understood by service and submission, everything becomes transparently clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5617:56, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ One has to be qualified. If you chant and hear, for no payment, you will approach God. All things will become clear and illuminated ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5617:56, 30 April 2025 diff hist +9‎ Lord Caitanya said to Ramananda Raya: By the greatness of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya My mind has become clear, and I am now trying to understand the nature of devotional service to Lord Krsna ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5517:55, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ Just like we apply some ointment to the eyes to make it clear - our vision becomes clearer - similarly, there is ointment which is called love of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5517:55, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ I have advised that, that sri-krsna-caitanya, this Panca-tattva, must be chanted, but that is kirtana & this is japa. 16 rounds, it is called japa. So kirtana, when there is chanting, if you chant the sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu, then it becomes very clear ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ It is said that the import of the Vedas becomes clear to one who is not only a sincere devotee of the Lord but also a sincere servitor of the spiritual master ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that the transcendental subject matter becomes clear in the association of the devotees. Without good association, one cannot achieve transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 30 April 2025 diff hist −12‎ In the rainy season, the reservoirs of water become dirty and muddy, but as soon as the autumn rain comes, all the water immediately becomes clear and transparent ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5317:53, 30 April 2025 diff hist −11‎ In the presence of the sun, the darkness cannot stand, and the relative truths that were hidden within the dense darkness of ignorance become clearly manifested by the mercy of Krsna, who is residing in everyone's heart as the Supersoul ‎No edit summary