User contributions for Jadranka
22 January 2024
- 18:4418:44, 22 January 2024 diff hist +34 One who sticks to KC purification process, will gradually understand what is God, and our relationship with the SP. This is the perfection of human life. Unfortunately, the people of the so-called modern advanced civilization do not know this No edit summary current
- 17:5117:51, 22 January 2024 diff hist +34 One cannot see the Supreme Personality of Godhead or a Vaisnava with these material eyes. One has to purify his senses and engage in the service of the Lord. Then gradually one can realize who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who is a Vaisnava No edit summary current
14 January 2024
- 18:4318:43, 14 January 2024 diff hist +12 It is a proven fact that a person who regularly bathes in the Ganges is purified both externally & internally. Externally his body becomes immune to all kinds of disease, and internally he gradually develops a devotional attitude toward the SP of Godhead No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 14 January 2024 diff hist +11 If we purify our existence simply by following the basic regulations of KC, which involve abstaining from illicit sexual connection, meat-eating, intoxication & gambling, we will gradually rise to attain our spiritual existence, which is completely pure No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 14 January 2024 diff hist +12 If they offer prayers sincerely, God is there within your heart, He'll gradually reveal. The more you become purified, the more He reveals. Then He'll talk with you. So everything depends on the sincerity and seriousness No edit summary current
- 18:1718:17, 14 January 2024 diff hist +11 Being very dear to the devotees and sadhus, I am attained through unflinching faith and devotional service. This bhakti-yoga system, which gradually increases attachment for Me, purifies even a human being born among dog-eaters No edit summary current
26 December 2023
- 18:3118:31, 26 December 2023 diff hist +11 By this process of karma-yoga, one gradually attains self-purification, then transcendental knowledge, next perfect meditation, and ultimately transcendental service to the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:2717:27, 26 December 2023 diff hist +12 When you are engaged in the loving service of the Lord, beginning with your tongue, sevonmukhe hi jihvadau, by chanting this Hare Krsna mantra and taking prasadam, in this way, gradually, when you will be purified, you will understand what is Krsna No edit summary current
- 17:2617:26, 26 December 2023 diff hist −11 When work is performed, therefore, to satisfy the Lord, the performer becomes gradually purified from the material affection No edit summary current
- 17:1017:10, 26 December 2023 diff hist +11 When one is trained in devotional service and renders service unto Him (God), gradually one's senses are purified of material contamination. When one's senses are thus purified, then one can see, one can understand, one can hear and so on No edit summary current
23 December 2023
- 18:4818:48, 23 December 2023 diff hist −11 Whatever the case, if one becomes Krsna conscious, he will gradually be purified and will become a sadhu. As one progresses in executing Krsna consciousness, his bad habits diminish, and he attains to saintly perfection No edit summary current
- 17:3617:36, 23 December 2023 diff hist −11 We give all facilities to everyone without any distinction that - You come with us. Come in our temple, chant Hare Krsna mantra, and take little prasadam, refreshment, and gradually you become purified No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 23 December 2023 diff hist −11 Under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master, one becomes gradually purified. Therefore, one must be in the chain of disciplic succession and learn the spiritual art of submissive hearing No edit summary current
- 17:2917:29, 23 December 2023 diff hist −9 The Vedas deal with three departments of activities. One is called karma-kanda, or activities under Vedic injunction, which gradually purify one to understand his real position No edit summary current
- 17:1817:18, 23 December 2023 diff hist +11 The literature is the factual literary incarnation of the Lord. So the laymen can hear the narration of the activities of the Lord. Thereby they are able to associate with the Lord and thus gradually become purified from material diseases No edit summary current
22 December 2023
- 18:3618:36, 22 December 2023 diff hist +34 There are a total of 64 different items for conducting devotional service. One can adopt the 64 items with his body, mind and senses & gradually purify his DS. Some of the items are completely different, some are identical, and others appear to be mixed No edit summary current
- 18:3118:31, 22 December 2023 diff hist +11 Such a purificatory process (cooperating with devotees who are already engaged in devotional service) will establish the prospective candidate in firm faith and gradually elevate him to the stage of transcendental taste for such devotional service No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 22 December 2023 diff hist +8 Purification means getting free gradually from sex desire, and this is attained by meditation on the person of the Lord as described herein (SB 2.2.12), beginning from the feet No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 22 December 2023 diff hist −15 Prosecution of devotional service means gradual purification and proportionate revelation of Krishna Consciousness No edit summary current
17 December 2023
- 19:1319:13, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate (CC Madhya 19.170). By serving the Lord, one’s senses are gradually purified. The engagement of one’s purified senses in the service of Lord Hrsikesa is called bhakti No edit summary current
- 19:1219:12, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 If the owners give their laborers and office staff prasadam, then both the givers and the receivers will gradually become purified and more attracted to the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 19:1119:11, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 If you continually hear, then gradually all the dirty things, kama-lobhadaya, these things will be finished, and you will be purified, and then that is the way of your liberation. Muktaye. Gunesu saktam bandhaya ratam va pumsi muktaye No edit summary current
- 19:1019:10, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 If you more purify your existence, you (are) gradually elevated to the spiritual existence, which is completely pure life No edit summary current
- 19:0819:08, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 In that holy place (where the River Sindhu meets the sea), the Haryasvas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahamsas No edit summary current
- 19:0719:07, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 In spite of being materially ambitious, such devotees, by rendering transcendental service, are gradually purified of desires for material enjoyment, and they come to desire the pleasure of devotional service No edit summary current
- 19:0619:06, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 In this way one can avoid seeing the pure devotee from a material point of view, and thus one can gradually become a purified devotee himself No edit summary current
- 19:0419:04, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 It is better to give them (mundane people) the Hare Krsna maha-mantra so that they will be gradually purified and then come to understand the transcendental activities of Krsna No edit summary current
- 19:0319:03, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 It is better to practice concentrating our attention by offering flowers and tulasi to the lotus feet of the Lord. In this way, we gradually become purified by the arcana process No edit summary current
- 19:0219:02, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 One is gradually purified if one cultivates knowledge, even through mental speculation, and strictly follows the regulative principles enjoined in the sastras No edit summary current
- 19:0119:01, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 One should understand that just as the taste of sugar increases as it is gradually purified, so when love of Godhead increases from rati, which is compared to the beginning seed, its taste increases No edit summary current
- 19:0019:00, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 One who hears the Hare Krsna mantra thus vibrated is awakened to spiritual consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. In this way one’s mind gradually becomes purified, as stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - ceto-darpana-marjanam - CC Antya 20.12 No edit summary current
- 18:5818:58, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 Our policy is that his money which would have been used for purchasing cigarettes, liquor, sex literature, meat, will give him the opportunity to gradually become purified No edit summary current
- 18:5618:56, 17 December 2023 diff hist +11 Prescribed duties of the human being, as directed in the Vedas, can gradually purify the sinful mind of the conditioned soul and raise him to the stage of knowledge No edit summary current
- 18:5318:53, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 For sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the social order, but if one follows the rules and regulations of his particular status, he can make gradual progress in purifying his existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:5118:51, 17 December 2023 diff hist −26 By the practice of giving up the fruits of one's activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:5118:51, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 By the practice of giving up the fruits of one's activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 18:2818:28, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 Although developing this consciousness is very difficult, by this process one can purify himself and gradually come to an awareness of the Supreme Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 18:2718:27, 17 December 2023 diff hist −23 Our Krsna consciousness movement has adopted the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra for the general masses. When people gradually become purified, they are instructed in the lessons of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 18:1818:18, 17 December 2023 diff hist −11 People are accustomed to go to the temples of God. They also visit holy places of pilgrimage, and after prolonged association with such activities for many days by touch and by worship, they gradually become purified No edit summary current
- 18:0318:03, 17 December 2023 diff hist +12 Our policy is that his money which would have been used for purchasing cigarettes, liquor, sex literature, meat, will give him the opportunity to gradually become purified No edit summary
- 17:2117:21, 17 December 2023 diff hist +12 Our Krsna consciousness movement has adopted the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra for the general masses. When people gradually become purified, they are instructed in the lessons of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 17:1217:12, 17 December 2023 diff hist +12 One who hears the Hare Krsna mantra thus vibrated is awakened to spiritual consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. In this way one’s mind gradually becomes purified, as stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - ceto-darpana-marjanam - CC Antya 20.12 No edit summary
- 16:4616:46, 17 December 2023 diff hist +12 One should understand that just as the taste of sugar increases as it is gradually purified, so when love of Godhead increases from rati, which is compared to the beginning seed, its taste increases No edit summary
- 16:4116:41, 17 December 2023 diff hist +12 One is gradually purified if one cultivates knowledge, even through mental speculation, and strictly follows the regulative principles enjoined in the sastras No edit summary
16 December 2023
- 18:5818:58, 16 December 2023 diff hist +12 It is better to practice concentrating our attention by offering flowers and tulasi to the lotus feet of the Lord. In this way, we gradually become purified by the arcana process No edit summary
- 18:2818:28, 16 December 2023 diff hist +12 It is better to give them (mundane people) the Hare Krsna maha-mantra so that they will be gradually purified and then come to understand the transcendental activities of Krsna No edit summary
- 18:1218:12, 16 December 2023 diff hist +34 In this way one can avoid seeing the pure devotee from a material point of view, and thus one can gradually become a purified devotee himself No edit summary
15 December 2023
- 17:2217:22, 15 December 2023 diff hist +12 In that holy place (where the River Sindhu meets the sea), the Haryasvas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahamsas No edit summary
- 17:1017:10, 15 December 2023 diff hist +34 If you more purify your existence, you (are) gradually elevated to the spiritual existence, which is completely pure life No edit summary
- 16:4216:42, 15 December 2023 diff hist +12 If you continually hear, then gradually all the dirty things, kama-lobhadaya, these things will be finished, and you will be purified, and then that is the way of your liberation. Muktaye. Gunesu saktam bandhaya ratam va pumsi muktaye No edit summary
- 16:3616:36, 15 December 2023 diff hist +12 If the owners give their laborers and office staff prasadam, then both the givers and the receivers will gradually become purified and more attracted to the Supreme Lord No edit summary
9 December 2023
- 19:0519:05, 9 December 2023 diff hist +34 In spite of being materially ambitious, such devotees, by rendering transcendental service, are gradually purified of desires for material enjoyment, and they come to desire the pleasure of devotional service No edit summary
- 17:5917:59, 9 December 2023 diff hist +12 Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate (CC Madhya 19.170). By serving the Lord, one’s senses are gradually purified. The engagement of one’s purified senses in the service of Lord Hrsikesa is called bhakti No edit summary
- 17:5217:52, 9 December 2023 diff hist +34 For sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the social order, but if one follows the rules and regulations of his particular status, he can make gradual progress in purifying his existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
8 December 2023
- 16:4816:48, 8 December 2023 diff hist +34 Every morning and evening I heard them while they were singing and chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, and thus my heart gradually became purified No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 8 December 2023 diff hist +8 Everything emanates from the Supreme Spirit. This is realized by a gradual process of realization and purification. One vivid example of this is Dhruva Maharaja No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 8 December 2023 diff hist +12 By the practice of giving up the fruits of one's activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
2 December 2023
- 18:0318:03, 2 December 2023 diff hist +11 A person too attached to material prosperity can gradually be detached and raised to the spiritual platform. Then he can offer causeless, purified service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 17:3117:31, 2 December 2023 diff hist +34 Although developing this consciousness is very difficult, by this process one can purify himself and gradually come to an awareness of the Supreme Absolute Truth No edit summary
28 November 2023
- 17:4817:48, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 You must join this Krsna consciousness movement. That is my request. That is called nivrtti-marga. And gradually, you will be elevated to the topmost position, that you have no more attraction for these material things. That is possible No edit summary current
- 17:4617:46, 28 November 2023 diff hist +31 When those who are after sex life hear about Krsna's pastimes with the gopis, they will relish transcendental pleasure, although it appears to be materialistic. The advantage will be that they will gradually be elevated to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 When a living entity conditioned by material nature begins the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, he elevates himself from the position of material existence and gradually rises up to the Brahman conception of the Supreme. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:2817:28, 28 November 2023 diff hist +31 What one should do is chant the Holy Name of the Lord with faith, enthusiasm, and firm conviction on the statement of Lord Caitanya that simply by chanting the Maha Mantra one can be gradually elevated to the highest platform of spiritual perfection No edit summary current
- 17:2317:23, 28 November 2023 diff hist +31 Vipra means one who is fully conversant with Vedic knowledge. He is called vipra. For spiritual elevation there are gradual evolutionary stages. So vipra stage is just before becoming a qualified brahmana No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 Unless one is gradually elevated to the position of devotional service, beginning from his natural activity, he is to be considered a dead body. Work which does not lead one to the understanding of Krsna consciousness is considered useless No edit summary current
- 17:1817:18, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 To execute religious principles means gradually elevated to the highest principle of knowledge. The highest principle of knowledge is bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 17:1517:15, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 Those who progress in Krsna consciousness in the higher planets are gradually elevated to higher and higher planets and at the time of universal devastation are transferred to the eternal spiritual kingdom. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:0917:09, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 This Srimad-Bhagavatam will gradually elevate the unbiased reader to the highest perfectional stage of transcendence No edit summary current
- 17:0617:06, 28 November 2023 diff hist +31 This practice (of doing everything for Krsna's satisfaction) will not only save one from the reaction of work, but will also gradually elevate one to transcendental loving service of the Lord, which alone can raise one to the kingdom of God. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 17:0017:00, 28 November 2023 diff hist +9 This is an institution to elevate people gradually No edit summary current
27 November 2023
- 17:3817:38, 27 November 2023 diff hist +9 The whole system was to gradually educate people to be elevated to the spiritual platform for understanding Krsna consciousness. That was the whole scheme No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 27 November 2023 diff hist +9 The Vedic social situation is so planned that persons accepted as sudras can gradually be elevated to the position of brahmanas by the cultural advancement known as samskara, or the purificatory process No edit summary current
26 November 2023
- 18:5618:56, 26 November 2023 diff hist +9 The Vedas prescribe sacred marriage for regulated sense gratification. Thereby one is gradually elevated to the platform of release from material bondage, and the highest perfection of liberated life is to associate with the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:5318:53, 26 November 2023 diff hist +8 The Vedas deal mostly with fruitive activities to gradually elevate the general public from the field of sense gratification to a position on the transcendental plane. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:4818:48, 26 November 2023 diff hist +9 The society of varnasrama-dharma - composed of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras, grhasthas, vanaprasthas, brahmacaris and sannyasis - is meant to elevate people gradually to the perfect stage of understanding God No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 26 November 2023 diff hist +9 The royal order would give protection to the brahmanas for the cultivation of spiritual advancement in society & the brahmanas would give their instruction to the royal order on how the state & citizens can gradually be elevated in spiritual perfection No edit summary current
- 18:4318:43, 26 November 2023 diff hist +31 The process of devotional service as it is recommended in The Nectar of Devotion will gradually elevate one from the material condition of life to the spiritual status, wherein the devotee becomes purified of all designations No edit summary
- 18:3918:39, 26 November 2023 diff hist +9 The Lord gives us the opportunity to enjoy material life as we want, and at the same time He gives directions for the modes and processes of abiding by the Vedas so that gradually one may be elevated to liberation from material bondage No edit summary current
- 18:2918:29, 26 November 2023 diff hist +8 The eightfold yoga mysticism is automatically practiced in KC because the ultimate purpose is served. There is gradual process of elevation in the practice of yama, niyama, asana, pratyahara, dhyana, dharana, pranayama, and samadhi. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:2018:20, 26 November 2023 diff hist +31 The duty of the government, therefore, is to take charge of training all the citizens in such a way that by a gradual process they will be elevated to the spiritual platform and will realize the self and his relationship with God No edit summary current
- 18:1618:16, 26 November 2023 diff hist +31 The conditioned soul gets a taste for hearing about the Lord, and by such hearing only he is gradually elevated to the platform of respect, devotion and attachment for the Lord. The whole thing is completed by the surrendering process No edit summary current
25 November 2023
- 18:5118:51, 25 November 2023 diff hist +31 The conditioned souls who have come to the material world to fulfill their desires to lord it over material nature are bound by the laws of nature. The best course is to abide by the Vedic rules; that will help one to be gradually elevated to liberation No edit summary current
- 18:4818:48, 25 November 2023 diff hist +31 The chanting of the holy names of Krsna is so sublime that if one chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra offenselessly, carefully avoiding the ten offenses, he can certainly be gradually elevated No edit summary current
- 18:4318:43, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 The attention of human being should be drawn to the cultivation of the human spirit, for this will gradually protect him from all sorts of discomfiture & elevate him to a higher status of life for real & eternal enjoyment in personal contact with the PG No edit summary current
- 18:3818:38, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 There is a group of men in India who are very fond of the Vedic rituals, not understanding the meaning of these rituals, which are intended to elevate one gradually to the transcendental platform of knowing Krsna No edit summary current
- 18:3318:33, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 There is a distinction between sex in the diseased condition of material life and sex in the spiritual existence. Srimad-Bhagavatam gradually elevates the unbiased reader to the highest perfectional stage of transcendence No edit summary current
- 18:3018:30, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 There are many descriptions of sacrifices and special functions of the pumundi or special work in which the result of one's previous action may be applied. Thus one may gradually become elevated to the state of knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Such a purificatory process (cooperating with devotees who are already engaged in devotional service) will establish the prospective candidate in firm faith and gradually elevate him to the stage of transcendental taste for such devotional service No edit summary
- 18:1218:12, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Srimad-Bhagavatam gradually elevates the unbiased reader to the highest perfectional stage of transcendence above the 3 modes of material activities, fruitive actions, speculative philosophy and above worship of functional deities indicated in the Vedas No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Sometimes even at a risk, a sannyasi in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu may accept even a person who is not thoroughly fit to become a disciple. Later on, by the mercy of such a bona fide spiritual master, the disciple is gradually elevated No edit summary current
- 18:0618:06, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Sometimes an impersonalist may gradually elevate himself to the personal conception of the Lord No edit summary current
- 17:4317:43, 25 November 2023 diff hist +31 Real knowledge means understanding the miserable condition of material life. One should take shelter of a liberated soul, the spiritual master, and gradually elevate himself to the spiritual platform and thus become detached from the material world No edit summary current
- 17:2217:22, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Pious men obey God's laws and are gradually elevated to perfection. The impious, on the other hand, capriciously flaunt God's laws and try to be independent No edit summary current
- 17:1617:16, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 Our process (of Krsna consciousness movement) is very scientific, authorized, and if anyone takes to it he'll realize gradually, and he'll be elevated. There is no doubt about it No edit summary current
- 17:1417:14, 25 November 2023 diff hist +9 One will gradually come to understand his real position in life and be elevated to the transcendental position above the mode of goodness. Thus all impediments to his progress will be cut to pieces No edit summary current
24 November 2023
- 18:5418:54, 24 November 2023 diff hist +9 One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated. BG 16.24 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 18:4018:40, 24 November 2023 diff hist +9 One can be gradually elevated to the standard of real knowledge, or KC, by practicing austerity and celibacy (brahmacarya), by controlling the mind, by controlling the senses, by giving up one's possessions in charity, by being avowedly truthful No edit summary current
- 18:2218:22, 24 November 2023 diff hist +31 One cannot give up this abominable association (with women and sex literature) through one's own effort, but if one takes shelter of a bona fide spiritual master who is a paramahamsa, he will gradually be elevated to the platform of spiritual life No edit summary current
- 18:1218:12, 24 November 2023 diff hist +31 Not only will the king or government head rid himself of the contamination of the material modes of nature, but the general public will also, and they will all become gradually elevated to the kingdom of God and go back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 18:0318:03, 24 November 2023 diff hist +8 Material necessities are quite sufficiently provided for in the Vedic knowledge, which offers a program for good living conditions and gradual elevation to the platform of goodness. In the mode of goodness one's knowledge expands No edit summary current