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11:1611:16, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ While the discussion was going on, baby Krsna cried. Without remonstration, mother Yasoda picked the child up on her lap and called the learned brahmanas to chant holy Vedic hymns to counteract the evil spirits ‎No edit summary current
11:1511:15, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ The great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kusmandas, great aquatics, appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so ‎No edit summary current
11:1311:13, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ The evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas and Vinayakas, are always ready to give trouble to the body, the life air and the senses, causing loss of memory, madness and bad dreams ‎No edit summary current
11:0211:02, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ On the western side there is an impediment in the form of a yaksa, an evil spirit who protects the treasure ‎No edit summary current
11:0111:01, 6 November 2023 diff hist +6‎ One can vanquish them (evil stars, evil witches and evil spirits) simply by uttering Lord Visnu's name, for when Lord Visnu's name resounds, all of them become afraid and go away - SB 10.6.27-29 ‎No edit summary current
11:0011:00, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Mother Yasoda chanted different names of Visnu to protect child Krsna’s different bodily parts. Mother Yasoda was firmly convinced that she should protect her child from different kinds of evil spirits and ghosts ‎No edit summary current
10:5910:59, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Men, supermen, sages, rsis, and other lower creatures of extraordinary strength and opulence, including the dead bodies, satans, evil spirits, jinn, aquatics, birds and beasts, may appear to be the Supreme Lord, but factually none of them is God ‎No edit summary current
10:5710:57, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Lord Siva informed Sudaksina that if such a black ritualistic ceremony were performed properly, then the evil spirit named Daksinagni would appear and then carry out any order given to him ‎No edit summary current
10:5610:56, 6 November 2023 diff hist +6‎ Like the most experienced evil stars, they (evil witches known as Dakinis, Yatudhanis, Kusmandas and evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas, Vinayakas) all create great disturbances, especially for children - SB 10.6.27-29 ‎No edit summary current
10:5510:55, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ King Nrga said, "Among the living entities who have not accepted material bodies are those who hover in the material world as evil spirits or live in the ghostly atmosphere" ‎No edit summary current
10:5410:54, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Kasyapa has already told his wife Diti to wait for a while, and now he warns her that failure to consider the particular time will result in punishment from the ghosts and evil spirits who move during this time, along with their master, Lord Rudra. ‎No edit summary current
10:5310:53, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ In other ways some are worshipers of race, nationality, birds, beasts, evil spirits, satans, etc ‎No edit summary current
10:5110:51, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Evil spirits like Bhutas, Pretas, Pisacas, Yaksas, Raksasas and Vinayakas are always ready to give trouble to the body, the life air and the senses, causing loss of memory, madness and bad dreams - SB 10.6.27-29 ‎No edit summary current
10:5010:50, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Evil spirits, who cause persons to forget their own existence and give trouble to the life airs and the senses. Sometimes they appear in dreams and cause much perturbation; sometimes they appear as old women and suck the blood of small children ‎No edit summary
10:4910:49, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Every one of them (Brahma, Siva, Visnu, Narada and other powerful demigods, men, supermen, sages, rsis, dead bodies, satans, evil spirits, jinn, aquatics, birds and beasts) possesses only a fragment of the great potencies of the Supreme Lord ‎No edit summary current
10:4810:48, 6 November 2023 diff hist −12‎ Although Putana was an evil spirit, she gained elevation just like the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is clear that the cows and the elder gopis who offered milk to Krsna were also elevated to the transcendental position ‎No edit summary current
10:4210:42, 6 November 2023 diff hist +25‎ This essence (of Bhagavad-gita that one should just always think of Krsna) is not understood by a common man, but by one who is actually very dear to Krsna, a pure devotee of Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
10:4010:40, 6 November 2023 diff hist +4‎ The Lord says that such a devotee (who is situated in the stage of devotional service) is very dear to Him, for the Lord is always pleased with all his activities in full Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
10:3710:37, 6 November 2023 diff hist +29‎ Prahlada wants to engage in the service of a devotee, and therefore he prays to Krsna, "My dear Lord, kindly give me the shelter of Your very dear devotee so that I may engage in his service and You may then be pleased" ‎No edit summary current
10:3410:34, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2‎ Nobody can understand Bhagavad-gita unless one is very dear to Krsna and bhakta of Krsna. Nobody can understand. That is the first step. One must be very dear to Krsna and one must be a devotee of Krsna, then he can touch Bhagavad-gita ‎No edit summary current
10:3110:31, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2‎ Lord Krsna says, "Even if a sincere devotee comes from a low family of meat-eaters, he is very dear to Me (Krsna). Such a sincere pure devotee should be given charity, for he is as worshipable as I" ‎No edit summary current
10:2810:28, 6 November 2023 diff hist +29‎ Lord Krsna says, "Even if a nondevotee comes from a brahmana family and is expert in studying the Vedas, he is not very dear to Me (Krsna), whereas even if a sincere devotee comes from a low family of meat-eaters, he is very dear to Me" ‎No edit summary current
09:5709:57, 6 November 2023 diff hist +7‎ Devotees who follow these imperishable religious principles of Krsna consciousness with great faith and devotion, fully accepting Me as the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me ‎No edit summary current
09:5309:53, 6 November 2023 diff hist 0‎ A devotee is always transcendental to all these disturbances; therefore he is very dear to Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
09:5209:52, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2‎ A devotee is always transcendental to all these disturbances; therefore he is very dear to Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary

12:0312:03, 30 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ First she (Sati) said, "You call Lord Siva inauspicious because he associates with demons in crematoriums, covers his body with the ashes of the dead, and garlands himself with the skulls of human beings ‎No edit summary current
12:0212:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ But as far as I am concerned," Sati said, "I do not have much knowledge about self-realization. I am poor because I do not know the actual facts. I am attracted by my birthplace, and I want to see it ‎No edit summary current
11:5711:57, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ You should read Back To Godhead and Srimad Bhagavatam, and surely your life will be sublime. In the future we expect you to be a great preacher of this movement to the world ‎No edit summary
11:5611:56, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ We can sit down anywhere on the grass here (in New Mayapura), and whatever available we make our food. This is the idea. Life will be sublime. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam. That is real business ‎No edit summary current
11:5511:55, 30 October 2023 diff hist +26‎ Take to this (KC) movement; your life will be sublime. Easiest process. There is no charge. There is no fee. We don't charge anything. We don't say that, "I give you some secret mantra. You give me some dollars." No. It is open - Chant Hare Krsna ‎No edit summary current
11:5411:54, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Study our literatures attentively and try to understand the philosophy nicely with the help of your God-brothers. Always work cooperatively to spread Krsna consciousness movement and chant Hare Krsna and your life will be sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:5311:53, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ So spiritual life is so sublime and so invigorating that you won't feel fatigued. Won't. Once... You have to be engaged. And as you are engaged actually in spiritual life, you won't feel fatigued. You'll be fearless ‎No edit summary current
11:5211:52, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ So far as householders are concerned, they may contribute at least half of their income to Krishna. Then life is sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:5111:51, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ So any religious person, or any person, without being religious, if anyone joins with us in this sankirtana movement, his life will be sublime. And our method is very simple ‎No edit summary current
11:4911:49, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Please continue with your service to Srimate Tulsi devi and to Radha and Krishna and your life will be sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:2311:23, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Only a fortunate living entity gets the opportunity to associate with Krsna and Krsna's devotee, and in this way he gets the seed of devotional service, the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, and then his life becomes sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:2211:22, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Krsna should be the object of love is the central point of Krsna consciousness. Constantly chanting the Hare Krsna mantra & remembering the transcendental pastimes of Krsna, one can be fully in Krsna consciousness & thus make his life sublime & fruitful ‎No edit summary current
11:2111:21, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ I have always stressed this point; that if we simply follow the regulative principles, chant regularly daily 16 rounds, and maintain firm faith equally in Krishna and Spiritual Master, that your life will become sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:2011:20, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ I don't wish to take much of your time, but our method is very simple, and your life will be sublime. There is no loss. The gain is very great. So if you like, you can take it ‎No edit summary current
11:2011:20, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ If you will follow all of the above rules (no illicit sex life, no intoxication, no meat-eating or fish or eggs, and no gambling) very carefully, then surely you will make very nice advancement in Krishna Consciousness and your life will be sublime ‎No edit summary current
11:1211:12, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Her name was Cintamani. So the prostitute said, "My dear Bilvamangala, if you have got so intense love for me, oh, had it been for God, for Krsna, how would have been, your life, sublime." Oh, that struck him: "Yes." He at once left ‎No edit summary current
11:0411:04, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ When the demigods are bereft of their chariots, when they forget how to use weapons Your Majesty (Kamsa) does not kill them - SB 10.4.35 ‎No edit summary current
11:0311:03, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ When they (the demigods) are fearful or attached to something other than fighting, or when their bows are broken and they have thus lost the ability to fight, Your Majesty (Kamsa) does not kill them - SB 10.4.35 ‎No edit summary current
11:0211:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ The devotees of Lord Krsna are much attracted by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya. This avatara of the Lord does not kill the miscreants, but delivers them by the causeless mercy of the Lord. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
11:0111:01, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ These purposes (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam (BG 4.8)) are visible in the Satya, Treta and Dvapara yugas, but in Kali-yuga the Lord appears disguised. He does not directly kill demons and give protection to the faithful ‎No edit summary current
11:0011:00, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Sometimes the question is raised that since vegetables also have life and devotees take vegetable foodstuffs, isn't that violence? Firstly, however, taking some leaves, twigs or fruit from a tree or plant does not kill the plant ‎No edit summary current
10:5810:58, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ Even an ordinary ksatriya does not kill a surrendered person and what to speak of Maharaja Pariksit who was by nature compassionate and kind to the poor. He was smiling because the artificially dressed Kali had disclosed his identity as a lower-class man ‎No edit summary current
10:4410:44, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ Devotional service to the Lord does not kill the natural desires of the living being, but they are applied in the right cause of devotional service. This qualifies the desire to be transferred to the spiritual sky ‎No edit summary current
10:4210:42, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ A real ksatriya does not kill his enemy from behind, nor does a real ksatriya turn his back on the battlefield. According to ksatriya principle and spirit, one either attains victory or dies on the battlefield ‎No edit summary current
10:4210:42, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ A person who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, afraid or devoid of his chariot. Nor does he kill a boy, a woman, a foolish creature or a surrendered soul ‎No edit summary current
10:4010:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7‎ Anyone who is acting in Krsna consciousness under the direction of the Supersoul or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though killing, does not kill. Nor is he ever affected with the reaction of such killing. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
10:1710:17, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ When the devotee is constantly engaged in Krsna Consciousness, at that time, Krsna will give all intelligence from within how to make steady progress in Krsna Consciousness ‎No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ We should not be greedy and we should not mix with persons not interested in Krishna. In this way, we can make steady progress and maintain our membership in Krishna's family ‎No edit summary current
10:1110:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi ‎No edit summary current
10:0910:09, 30 October 2023 diff hist −24‎ The Krsna conscious movement accepts both processes (bhagavata-marga and pancaratrika-vidhi) simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
10:0810:08, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ The devotees must bear in mind they are promising to follow four regulative principles & chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of japa daily. Everyone should take very seriously this vow & make steady & sure progress in KC & go back to Godhead in this lifetime ‎No edit summary current
10:0710:07, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ That is the sublime philosophy of Krishna Consciousness understanding; implicit faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master. This will make your steady progress towards the Ultimate Goal of back to Home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary
10:0610:06, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ I am so glad to note how ISKCON Houston is making steady progress for becoming a grand success. And Sankirtana is being well received, especially at the schools and university ‎No edit summary
10:0410:04, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36‎ I am glad that you have already started a center in small scale and please try to improve it as far as possible. There is no question of doing anything very hastily so please try to make steady, even if slow, progress ‎No edit summary current
10:0210:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2‎ If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
10:0110:01, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11‎ If somebody comes and helps this movement, one or two, we can make very steady progress. We have no money. We are struggling very hard. You see? This boy is a professor in the Ohio University. So whatever he's earning, he's spending for this ‎No edit summary current
10:0010:00, 30 October 2023 diff hist −26‎ If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses ‎No edit summary
09:3309:33, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11‎ A Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
09:1409:14, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ You discriminate actually. You do not kill human beings, but you kill animals. Similarly, you discriminate: instead of killing animal, kill vegetable. Importance ‎No edit summary current
09:1209:12, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ We take nice vegetables, nice food grains, rice, wheat, sugar, milk, all vitaminous, full of vitamins. So there is no deficiency of food. Even from food value it is very nice. We do not unnecessarily kill animals ‎No edit summary current
09:1109:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +23‎ We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 ‎No edit summary current
09:1009:10, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2‎ We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 ‎No edit summary

15:2515:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ We do not say that don't read Bible. Read something, but learn something. Jesus Christ said, "Thou shall not kill." You learn this art. But you read Bible and kill animals, then what is your benefit ‎No edit summary current
15:2315:23, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ The gopis said, "We therefore appeal to You (Krsna), dear Lord of all lords: please do not kill our long-cherished desires to have You as our supreme husband" ‎No edit summary current
15:2215:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ They give some false argument, "Lord Christ says, 'Thou shall not kill' and if I kill, Christ has taken the contract that whatever sinful activities we do, he will excuse." This is Christian dogma ‎No edit summary current
15:1815:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Suppose I am not inclined to kill animals or I do not kill animals. I avoid it. But intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes we have to kill animals ‎No edit summary current
15:1615:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Panditah sama-darsinah: (BG 5.18) because they (humble sages) are completely educated in Krsna consciousness, they see all living beings equally. Aryans do not kill even a small plant unnecessarily, not to speak of cutting trees for sense gratification ‎No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ O Kamsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me (Durga)? The SPG Krsna, who has been your enemy from the very beginning & who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Do not unnecessarily kill other children - SB 10.4.12 ‎No edit summary current
15:1215:12, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ One must know what are sinful activities. Apart from any other scripture, in Christian scripture it is said, "Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not covet. Thou shall not do this." These are sinful activities ‎No edit summary current
15:1115:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ One cannot continue killing animals and at the same time be a religious man. That is the greatest hypocrisy. Jesus Christ said, "Do not kill," but hypocrites nevertheless maintain thousands of slaughterhouses while posing as Christians ‎No edit summary current
15:1015:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Nonviolence does not mean that in right causes also you will remain nonviolent. No. You do not attack anybody unnecessarily. You do not kill unnecessarily animal even, not even an ant ‎No edit summary current
15:0815:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Killing is sinful activity, even if we do not kill willingly. When you walk down the street you are killing many animals. Whenever you drink water, you are also killing. Below a water pot there are many ants and microbes that are being killed ‎No edit summary current
15:0615:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, “Thou shalt not kill,” but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, “I am guided by Jesus Christ” - will that do? ‎No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Jesus is guiding them, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, "I am guided by Jesus Christ" - will that do? "But I don't care for his words." Is that guidance ‎No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ In the Bible also it is said, "Thou shall not kill." Why it is forbidden? Because if he kills, he'll have to suffer. But they do not care for it. Therefore they suffer ‎No edit summary current
11:2511:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ In every sastra, every scripture, every law book, man is warned, "Don't commit theft; you'll be punished. Don't tell lie; you'll be punished. Don't do this; you'll be punished. Thou shall not kill, otherwise you'll be punished." But nobody is caring ‎No edit summary current
11:2411:24, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ If Lord Jesus Christ said "Thou shalt not kill'', or "Thou shalt do no murder'' to the people, it does not reflect very good social structure of the audience. Our philosophy is above all these things ‎No edit summary current
11:2211:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25‎ Even you do ordinary killing, vegetable killing, you are killing so many germs. So in higher sense, if you take this principle of Bible, "Thou shall not kill," that means you must eat krsna-prasadam, otherwise you will be killing ‎No edit summary current
11:0911:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Even if we do not kill animals, simply by eating vegetables, they are also life. It does not mean that vegetarians are not killing. They are also killing ‎No edit summary current
11:0611:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Devaki said "You are not to be killed by any female child. That was the prophecy. You are to be killed by a male child, so please do not kill her. My dear brother, you have killed so many of my children who were just born, shining like the sun" ‎No edit summary current
10:5810:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ You don't require to labor and pay somewhere some five dollars, ten dollars, and practice this gymnastic. No. It is not possible. And as soon as you come out, you'll again engage yourself in all nonsense activities ‎No edit summary current
10:4710:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ This seeking for solitude is simply a reaction on our past nonsense activities, or it is negation, voidism. Our sound position is always being engaged in service of Krishna, that is the positive standing ‎No edit summary current
10:3710:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ Our yoga system is not like that, that we whole day, twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes, I engage myself in all nonsensical activities, and fifteen minutes I concentrate my mind, the meditation. That kind of yoga system is not here ‎No edit summary current
10:3610:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities - CC Preface ‎No edit summary current
10:3510:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive. A child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities ‎No edit summary current
10:3410:34, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ Nirvana means stop nonsense, but take to spiritual life. That is next, athato brahma jijnasa. Nirvana does not mean to stop activities; to stop nonsense activities. Come to the real activity ‎No edit summary current
10:3210:32, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ Lord Buddha propounded the philosophy, "Make all your nonsense activities zero, so much. First of all make zero, then positive we shall say" ‎No edit summary current
10:3010:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9‎ Just like this small child, Sarasvati. According to the body, she is acting. She's acting sometimes nonsense, but we take it delight, because she is child. But the same nonsense if I do in another body, grown up body, that will be ridiculous ‎No edit summary
10:2810:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ I am very much disturbed to hear of Kanupriya's activities, and I advise you that so long he is engaged in these nonsense activities, you should not have any association with him. Best thing is that you remain in the association of devotees ‎No edit summary current
10:2110:21, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9‎ In yoga one should have not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge. Simply understanding "I am not this body" and at the same time acting in a nonsensical way will not help ‎No edit summary current
10:1810:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ If we perform some nonsensical action and think, "I am doing this for Krsna," that will not be accepted. The work must be verified by Krsna's acceptance or by the acceptance of Krsna's representative ‎No edit summary current
10:1710:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ If we don't adopt the process and simply waste our time by intoxication and speculation and all nonsensical activities, oh, that is not possible ever. You'll never understand what is God ‎No edit summary current
10:1110:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ For a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is maya ‎No edit summary current
10:1010:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ Devotional service not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities ‎No edit summary current
10:0910:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ Artificially, they (materialists) may sit down for so-called meditation, but immediately after their yogic performance they will engage themselves again in such activities as illicit sex life, gambling, meat-eating and many other nonsensical things ‎No edit summary current
10:0010:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ When it is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be achieved ‎No edit summary current
09:5809:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ Sri Yamunacarya, a great devotee in KC, said: Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste. BG 1972 p ‎No edit summary current
09:5709:57, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ When a devotee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips ‎No edit summary current
09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ Such words from the lips of a sincere devotee cannot be false. All possibilities abide in Him, for He is the primeval Lord ‎No edit summary current
09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ Others who are associating with them (the Europeans and Americans who have taken to Krsna consciousness) and hearing the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the lips of pure devotees are also becoming captivated by the transcendental vibration ‎No edit summary current
09:4809:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist +38‎ Now, namanta eva san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam. "Just hear the message of God." "From whom?" San-mukharitam: "through the mouth of the devotees." Not professional, not gramophone - through the mouth of, through the lips of real devotee ‎No edit summary current
09:3709:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ If you hear from a professional man, that will not be effective. Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee. Just like Sukadeva Gosvami was speaking to Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
09:3609:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee ‎No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear from the lips of liberated devotees ‎No edit summary current
09:2809:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ When Brahma described the situation of pure devotees freed from the culture of empiric philosophy and fruitive actions, he recommended the process of hearing from persons who are on the path of devotion ‎No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Those who are addicted to the pursuit of empiric philosophy are also advised to act in such a way that they will realize bhakti. Karma-yoga is therefore different from ordinary karma, and jnana-yoga is different from ordinary jnana ‎No edit summary current
09:1709:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ The speculative process of empiric philosophy is as bitter as the fruit of the nimba tree. Tasting this fruit is the business of crows. In other words, the philosophical process of realizing the Absolute Truth is a process taken up by crowlike men ‎No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work or in empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless ‎No edit summary current
09:1409:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ The process of being liberated from the misconception of material identification is called, in different stages, fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service, up to transcendental realization ‎No edit summary current
09:1309:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ The culture of empiric philosophy helps one realize the impersonal brahmajyoti, which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lord Sri Krsna ‎No edit summary current
09:0909:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ These dirty things of fruitive work and empiric philosophy can be removed only by association with the Supreme Lord. The Lord, being omnipotent, can offer His association by His inconceivable potencies ‎No edit summary current
09:0809:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Such transcendental realization is made possible by dovetailing all the above items (fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service) in relation with the Lord ‎No edit summary current
09:0609:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Pure devotional service cannot be attained by empiric philosophy, nor can perfection be attained simply by good association ‎No edit summary current
09:0409:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ In Krsna consciousness there is no scope for worshiping any demigod or any other form of Krsna, nor is there room for indulgence in speculative empiric philosophy, nor indulgence in fruitive activities. One should be free from all these contaminations ‎No edit summary current
09:0309:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Foolish mundaners actually envy Sri Krsna and deride Him as one who is like other mundaners. The truth about Sri Krsna does not easily enter into the perverted brain of such mundaners infected with the empiric approach to philosophy ‎No edit summary current
09:0209:02, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ Empiric philosophy ‎No edit summary current
09:0109:01, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ Culture of empiric philosophy ‎No edit summary current
09:0009:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ By the speculation of empiric philosophy, which discerns matter from spirit one can achieve the highest perfection, provided one is able to reach the stage of narayana-smrti, or constant remembrance of the Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Brahma created four principles of knowledge: sankhya, or empirical philosophy for the analytical study of material conditions; and yoga, or mysticism for liberation of the pure soul from material bondage ‎No edit summary current
08:5508:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ All fruitive activity, empirical philosophy and mysticism are more or less against the sense of subordination to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:5008:50, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ When one firmly realizes Krsna as the supreme goal, he is no longer attracted by mystic yoga practice or the speculative empirical methods of knowledge ‎No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ When it comes to the real standard, yada, jnanam yada, when the knowledge or speculative empiric knowledge, pratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram, no more affected by the waves of these modes of nature ‎No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ When a person who is a little advanced (in devotional service) and is therefore called a jnani advances even more, he is in the category of a jnana-misra-bhakta, or a devotee whose love is mixed with empiric knowledge ‎No edit summary current
08:4808:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Vyasadeva taught Sukadeva the difference between fruitive work and empiric knowledge, the ways and means of attaining spiritual realization and the four asramas (namely the student life, the householder's life, the retired life and the renounced life) ‎No edit summary
08:4708:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ The cleansing of the polluted heart by other methods (like the culture of empiric knowledge or mystic gymnastics) can simply cleanse one's own heart, but devotional service to the Lord is so powerful that it can cleanse the hearts of the people in general ‎No edit summary current
08:4208:42, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Such devotees (who are essentially very advanced but still not able to understand the personal features or variegatedness of the spiritual world) are known as jnana-misra-bhaktas, or devotees whose devotional service is mixed with empiric knowledge ‎No edit summary current
08:3908:39, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Persons who are bewildered by empiric knowledge or direct sensual perception, & who consider that this limited material world can be gauged by their material estimations, conclude that anything that one can discern by direct sense perception is but maya ‎No edit summary current
08:3708:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Naradhitah: if Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not worshiped, there is no point in practicing meditational yoga, performing karma-yoga or culturing empiric knowledge ‎No edit summary current
08:3508:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31‎ However perfect an empiric philosopher may be in presenting a philosophical thesis, such knowledge is never perfect because it is produced by an imperfect mind ‎No edit summary current
08:3008:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Empirical knowledge overcoated with devotional service is called jnana-yoga ‎No edit summary current
08:1808:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ After hearing Ramananda Raya speak in this way, Caitanya Mahaprabhu again rejected his statement and said, "Go ahead and say something more." Ramananda Raya then replied, "Devotional service mixed with empiric knowledge is the essence of perfection" ‎No edit summary current
08:1008:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ The sages (the four Kumaras) tried with wide open ears to understand the words from the lips of the Supreme Lord, but although His speech was very concise and meaningful, the sages could not completely comprehend what He was saying ‎No edit summary current
08:0908:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ The Lord's excellent speech was difficult to comprehend because of its momentous import & its most profound significance. The sages heard it with wide-open ears & pondered it as well. But although hearing, they could not understand what He intended to do ‎No edit summary current
08:0708:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19‎ They (the four Kumaras) could not even comprehend the purport of the speech or what the Supreme Lord wanted to do. Nor could they understand whether the Lord was angry or pleased with them ‎No edit summary current
08:0608:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19‎ Lord Krsna put the Pandavas into a distressed condition so acute that even grandfather Bhisma could not comprehend how such distress could occur ‎No edit summary current
08:0308:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31‎ How is everything being done? The word "inconceivable" has been used. It is not within the power of one's small brain to comprehend; unless one accepts the inconceivable power and energy of the Lord, one cannot make any progress ‎No edit summary current

16:0816:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ Brahma is not an ordinary conditioned soul. He is far, far superior to all the other demigods, and yet he could not comprehend the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
16:0716:07, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ As indicated in Srimad-Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami, we should not try to comprehend the greater mountainous areas of the universe merely by our calculations ‎No edit summary current
16:0516:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ When transcendental love of Krsna awakens in someone's heart, even a learned scholar cannot comprehend his activities ‎No edit summary current
15:5515:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −20‎ We should conclude that if one cannot comprehend the material expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one certainly cannot estimate the expansiveness of the spiritual world ‎No edit summary current
15:5415:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ We have to accept the Bhagavad-gita or any other Vedic literature in good faith. These Vedic literatures are the only source of knowledge about the Lord. We must understand that we cannot comprehend the Absolute Truth by the speculative process ‎No edit summary current
15:5115:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ We cannot factually comprehend even twelve hours of Brahma's life, to say nothing of the one hundred years that constitute his entire lifetime. How, then, can we understand his abode ‎No edit summary
15:5015:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ Unfortunately, the stubborn impersonalists cannot comprehend that the final spiritual destination, beyond the four Vedic goals (religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation) is absolutely pure and transcendental love of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
15:4815:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ The impersonalist philosophers, who wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend this (BG 9.26) verse of Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
15:4715:47, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ Persons who are everlastingly fooled by lust and desire lose all power of understanding their change of body and their stay in a particular body. They cannot comprehend it. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
15:4615:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ If Krsna cannot comprehend the limit of His own attraction and bliss, it is certainly not possible for us with our limited knowledge ‎No edit summary current
15:4515:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ He (Krsna) pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world-so how can we comprehend what is beyond? BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
15:4415:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +8‎ As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Krsna has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God ‎No edit summary current
15:3815:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ The wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body ‎No edit summary current
15:3615:36, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The idea of giving even one's wife to the service of the public is that one's intimate relationship with his wife by which one thinks his wife to be his better half or to be identical with himself, must gradually be given up ‎No edit summary current
15:2615:26, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ A wife is so helpful that she is called the better half of a man's body because of her sharing in all auspicious activities. A man can move without anxiety entrusting all responsibilities to his wife ‎No edit summary current
15:2415:24, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ When the Gayatri mantra is offered men, they are offered also sacred thread, and girls, they are not offered sacred thread. If their husband is a brahmana, she automatically becomes brahmana because wife is considered to be the half, better half ‎No edit summary current
15:2215:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist +24‎ By the Vedic injunction, the wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body because she is supposed to be responsible for discharging half of the duties of the husband ‎No edit summary current
15:0915:09, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ When he (Arjuna) went out to bring all other kings of the world under the subjection of the Pandavas, as was usual after the coronation of every emperor, he conquered the country named Kelinda and brought in subjugation King Bhagdutt ‎No edit summary current
15:0815:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ The Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), "O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me." ‎No edit summary current
15:0615:06, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate - BG 7.27 ‎No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. This is an explanation of how the living entity falls down into this material world ‎No edit summary current
15:0215:02, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate ‎No edit summary current
15:0015:00, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. BG 7.27 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ O conqueror of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled? BG 18.72 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10‎ O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread. BG 7.7 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
14:5714:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Krsna), as pearls on a thread - 7.6-7 ‎No edit summary current
14:5614:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8‎ Kimpurusa-varsa is situated north of the great Himalaya Mountain, which is eighty thousand miles in length and height and which covers sixteen thousand miles in width. These parts of the world were also conquered by Arjuna ‎No edit summary current
14:5514:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8‎ Ketumala was conquered by Arjuna. A description of this part of the world is available in the Mahabharata. It is said that it is situated on the western side of the Meru Parvata, and inhabitants of this province used to live up to ten thousand years ‎No edit summary current
14:5414:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them ‎No edit summary current
14:5114:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In this verse (of BG 10.20) Arjuna is addressed as Gudakesa, which means one who has conquered the darkness of sleep. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
14:5014:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), the Lord says, O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me ‎No edit summary current
14:4914:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In the Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Lord Krsna says to Arjuna, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me - Thus it is here confirmed that there is no truth higher than Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya ‎No edit summary current
14:4614:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to conquer all relativities through tolerance. Lord Krsna points out that it is the relativities like winter and summer that give us trouble in the material world ‎No edit summary current
14:4514:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ In Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Krsna asserts His superiority Himself in this way: O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread ‎No edit summary current
14:4414:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ If he (Arjuna) should conquer his enemies, he would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be elevated to the heavenly planets whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting would be for his benefit in either case. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
14:4214:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ He (Yudhisthira) sent Arjuna, accompanied by the soldiers of Kekayadesa, to conquer the kings of the northern side, and he ordered Bhimasena, accompanied by the soldiers of Madradesa (Madras), to conquer the kings on the eastern side ‎No edit summary current
14:4014:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Bhagavad-gita (7.27): "O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate." This condition of life is called avidya. Opposed to this avidya is real knowledge ‎No edit summary current
14:3814:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ Because He (Krsna) was near me (Arjuna), it was possible for me to conquer with great dexterity the powerful King of heaven, Indradeva, along with his demigod associates and thus enable the fire-god to devastate the Khandava Forest ‎No edit summary
14:3714:37, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ At that time Arjuna, the great warrior and conqueror of sleep, who is the intimate friend of the most beloved Supreme Lord (Krsna), took up an umbrella which had a handle of jewels and was embroidered with lace and pearls ‎No edit summary current
14:3314:33, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12‎ Arjuna was always a conqueror because the Lord (Krsna) was his friend ‎No edit summary current
14:3114:31, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Arjuna is described here as the conqueror, and Krsna is described as his intimate friend. Bhismadeva, on his bed of arrows after the Battle of Kuruksetra, is remembering the particular dress of Lord Krsna which He put on as the driver of Arjuna's chariot ‎No edit summary current
14:2914:29, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Arjuna's another name is Dhananjaya. Dhananjaya means "one who can conquer over riches." His brother was in need of money, and he brought money. Therefore, from that day, his name was Dhananjaya, "one can conquer over riches" ‎No edit summary current
14:2314:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter Sri Krsna says - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me ‎No edit summary current
14:0514:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ The devotee is not interested in liberation, but in serving; as such, the devotee is already liberated. So liberation is not very important business--it doesn't matter if he is liberated or non-liberated ‎No edit summary current
14:0314:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20‎ Such devotees are not interested even in so-called liberation, and they certainly have no interest in material activities for elevation to the heavenly planets for sense gratification ‎No edit summary current
13:5813:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20‎ So in this way Kali-yuga is polluted. Everything is contaminated, polluted. So it is called the ocean of faults. Because the life is meant for liberation. If one is not interested in liberation, simply for sense gratification, that is conditional life ‎No edit summary current
13:5713:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14‎ Since those who engage in such activities (religiosity, economic development and sense gratification) are not interested in liberation, Narada did not inquire from the King about this ‎No edit summary current
13:5613:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ People are not interested for liberation. They want to become religious for material benefit. But that is not the real purpose of life ‎No edit summary current
13:5413:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14‎ Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in moksa, liberation. There are four principles - dharma (religion), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa - liberation ‎No edit summary current
13:5213:52, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ My (God's) devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti), although these are automatically achieved by their service ‎No edit summary current
13:4913:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42‎ In his prayer to the Lord, Prahlada Maharaja said that he was not personally interested in liberation from this material world; rather, he did not wish to be liberated from this material condition until all fallen souls were delivered ‎No edit summary current
13:4813:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Brahma said, "I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of Vrndavana in any of my future lives. My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation" ‎No edit summary
13:4213:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ When the Lord mentioned the birth of Prsnigarbha, He did not say tenaiva vapusa, but He assured Devaki that in the third birth the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna had appeared, not His partial expansion ‎No edit summary current
13:4113:41, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The next birth takes place when one is initiated by the spiritual master, and this birth is called savitra. The third birth, called yajnika, takes place when one is given the opportunity to worship Lord Visnu ‎No edit summary current
13:4013:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ Prsnigarbha and Vamana were partial expansions of Krsna, but in this third birth Krsna Himself appeared. This is the explanation given in Sri Krsna-sandarbha by Srila Jiva Gosvami ‎No edit summary current
13:3913:39, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ King Bharata, who took his third birth in the family of a good brahmana, is an example of good birth for the revival of previous transcendental consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
13:3813:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ In their third birth the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of ksatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Krsna has struck them with His disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse ‎No edit summary current
13:2313:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The world is mad after such temporary benefit and partial service and it is our duty to change the face altogether by an authorized spiritual movement ‎No edit summary current
13:2213:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The success obtained by such methods (of demigod worship) is certainly transient, and it is suitable only for a less intelligent person. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gita. No sane man should be satisfied by such temporary benefits ‎No edit summary current
13:2113:21, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The karmis benefits are temporary and those who are seeking after such benefits are mudhas ‎No edit summary current
13:2013:20, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The intelligent person is in KC, & he has no need to worship the paltry demigods for some immediate, temporary benefit. The demigods of this material world, as well as their worshipers, will vanish with the annihilation of this material world. BG 1972 p ‎No edit summary current
13:1913:19, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The fruitive workers are described in Bhagavad-gita as mudhas, or foolish. Such foolish living entities are very enthusiastic to work for some temporary benefit within perpetual bondage ‎No edit summary current
13:1813:18, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The demigods can award the worshipers some temporary benefit only, and not the ultimate one ‎No edit summary current
13:1713:17, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ They (the mistaken leaders) mislead us into taking some temporary benefit, but how long can their plans and schemes go on? If they persist until they die of heart failure or are killed by assassins, then another just like them takes their place ‎No edit summary current
13:1613:16, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ They're busy collecting the ingredients for ritualistic ceremonies that yield only temporary benefits, such as elevation to Svargaloka for material happiness. They're not attracted to the sankirtana movement ‎No edit summary current
13:1513:15, 26 October 2023 diff hist +9‎ That is the instruction of Krsna. Don't be attracted by the temporary material benefits. Just try for permanent, eternal benefit. Go back to home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
13:1413:14, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Sri Narada Muni wanted to stop King Barhisman from engaging in such fruitive activities. Therefore he is now directly telling him, "Don't be interested in such temporary benefits." ‎No edit summary current
13:1313:13, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Sri Isopanisad therefore instructs that we should not seek temporary relief of our difficulties by worshiping the dependent demigods, who can bestow only temporary benefit ‎No edit summary current

15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ One thinks himself very clever throughout his life if he is able to leave behind him a great asset of wealth for his children, and to achieve this temporary benefit he takes the risk of all sinful activities ‎No edit summary current
15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ One should try to do good for others, but only after knowing perfectly how to do good for others. Otherwise, if one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit ‎No edit summary current
15:1915:19, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Materialistic persons are engaged in striving for temporary benefits, whereas persons advanced in spiritual knowledge, such as Prahlada Maharaja, are not interested in the materialistic way of life ‎No edit summary current
15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Krsna says in this verse (BG 9.24), "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Krsna says, "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit ‎No edit summary current
15:1715:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20-23) it is clearly said that those who are mad after material enjoyment approach the different demigods for temporary benefits, which are meant for men with a poor fund of knowledge ‎No edit summary current
15:1515:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ If one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit for himself in the shape of some profit, adoration, or distinction ‎No edit summary current
15:1315:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ He (Prahlada Maharaja) did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wanted to deliver all fallen souls, who are bereft of knowledge of bhakti and who misuse their intelligence for the temporary benefit of the material body ‎No edit summary current
15:1215:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9‎ Demigod worship is meant for unintelligent men because the benefits derived from demigod worship are all material, temporary and retractable ‎No edit summary current
15:1115:11, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9‎ By pleasing goddess Durga one can obtain such benefits (wealth, strength, fame, a good wife and so on), but since they are temporary, they result only in maya-sukha (illusory happiness) ‎No edit summary current
15:1015:10, 25 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ By executing religious rituals one can achieve economic development, sense gratification or liberation (merging into the existence of the Supreme), but the results of transcendental devotional service are completely different from such temporary benefits ‎No edit summary current
15:0915:09, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9‎ As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20), kamais tais tair hrta jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah: those who are unintelligent approach the various demigods for temporary material benefits ‎No edit summary
15:0115:01, 25 October 2023 diff hist −11‎ Arjuna became liberated by the knowledge received from Krsna, but he never became one with Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
14:5714:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15‎ Rather, they (so-called mahatmas (great souls) with long beards and mustaches who tell everyone that they are one with God) are duratma, hard-hearted, because they want to encroach on the rightful position of Krsna and become one with Him ‎No edit summary current
14:5614:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15‎ Our philosophy is also the same, kaivalya. But we depend on Krsna. We do not become one with, one with Krsna. That is oneness. If we simply agree to abide by the order of Krsna, there is no disagreement, that is oneness ‎No edit summary current
14:5414:54, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2‎ It is not that we can enjoy ourselves independent of Krsna. Nor can we say that to enjoy ourselves we have to become one with Krsna ‎No edit summary current
14:5214:52, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Different people are of different mentalities. Therefore it is not my business either to praise them or to blaspheme them. I only desire their welfare, hoping that they will agree to become one with the Supersoul, Krsna ‎No edit summary current
14:4914:49, 25 October 2023 diff hist −22‎ Attempt to become one with Krsna will be baffled because of delusion. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
14:3814:38, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2‎ It (Krsna consciousness) is the stage beyond self-realization at which the devotee becomes one with Krsna in the sense that Krsna becomes everything for the devotee, and the devotee becomes full in loving Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
14:3414:34, 25 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Our philosophy of Krsna consciousness is the same, but instead of becoming one with Krsna, we depend on Krsna. That is actual oneness ‎No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna ‎No edit summary current
14:1814:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? ‎No edit summary current
14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency ‎No edit summary current
14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given ‎No edit summary
14:1214:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way ‎No edit summary current
13:4113:41, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna ‎No edit summary
13:2013:20, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? ‎No edit summary
13:1813:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way ‎No edit summary
13:1713:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given ‎No edit summary
13:1413:14, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency ‎No edit summary
13:1313:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
13:0413:04, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2‎ We cannot claim to be God without being able to display the powers of God. As far as Krsna is concerned, He proved that He was God by displaying so much power and by revealing His universal form to Arjuna ‎No edit summary current
13:0213:02, 25 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? ‎No edit summary
12:5912:59, 25 October 2023 diff hist −29‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way ‎No edit summary
12:5712:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −16‎ As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given ‎No edit summary
12:5612:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −43‎ As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency ‎No edit summary
12:5312:53, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary

10:3110:31, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita ‎No edit summary current
10:2910:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG ‎No edit summary current
10:2710:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency ‎No edit summary current
10:2110:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ With great affection and respect, that Kurma brahmana made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu eat all kinds of food. After that, the remnants were shared by all the members of the family ‎No edit summary current
10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ When they received the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prasadam through Govinda, they respected it, and then they both began to dance in ecstasy ‎No edit summary current
10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ When Lord Krsna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika, who had a younger sister named Kilimbika. During the time of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation, the same Kilimbika used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
10:1610:16, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were taken by the whole family of Tapana Misra. When news spread that the Lord had come, Candrasekhara came to see Him ‎No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were later distributed among devotees who begged for them, and finally Govinda personally took the last remnants ‎No edit summary current
10:1210:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Tapana Misra did not offer Sanatana food immediately, however, but after the Lord (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) finished His eating there were some remnants of His foodstuff, and that was offered to Sanatana while the Lord took His rest ‎No edit summary current
10:1010:10, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would accept with great satisfaction all the food he prepared. After the Lord was satisfied, Raghunatha Bhatta would eat His remnants ‎No edit summary current
10:0910:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, "Chant the holy names Rama, Krsna and Hari" ‎No edit summary current
09:5909:59, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he cooked, and Raghunatha Bhatta used to take the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
09:5809:58, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "I will not be able to eat so much food, and it is not the duty of a sannyasi to leave remnants" ‎No edit summary current
09:5409:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta will contain nothing newly manufactured by our tiny brains, but only remnants of food originally eaten by the Lord Himself ‎No edit summary current
09:4409:44, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Raghunatha dasa stayed under the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, and Govinda supplied him remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s food for five days ‎No edit summary
09:4209:42, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Narayani eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb ‎No edit summary current
09:4109:41, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Kalidasa was standing outside the door, expecting the remnants of food from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Knowing this, Mahaprabhu gave an indication to Govinda ‎No edit summary current
09:3909:39, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ It was a steady, long-standing rule that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would lie down to rest after lunch and Govinda would come to massage His legs. Then Govinda would honor the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
09:3809:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ In this connection (Narayani became the mother of Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura) the sahajiyas cite a malicious story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s food Narayani became pregnant and gave birth to Vrndavana dasa Thakura ‎No edit summary current
09:3609:36, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ He said, "Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has eaten this food. If you take His remnants, you will be released from the bondage of your family" ‎No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ He also personally ate the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then the Lord again sent Govinda ‎No edit summary current
09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Govinda understood all the indications of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore he immediately delivered the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's food to Kalidasa ‎No edit summary current
09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridasa Thakura ‎No edit summary current
09:3209:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Raghunatha dasa accepted the prasadam with great happiness ‎No edit summary current
09:3009:30, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Govinda gave Sanatana Gosvami the plate with the remnants of Lord Caitanya's food. After taking the prasadam, Sanatana Gosvami approached Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
09:2909:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5‎ During the misunderstanding with Sivananda’s family, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered His personal attendant, Govinda, to give them all the remnants of His food. This is described in (Caitanya-caritamrta) Antya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verse 53 ‎No edit summary current
09:2709:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Balabhadra Bhattacarya invited the two brothers to take lunch also. The remnants of food from the plate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were offered to them ‎No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ After saying this, the Lord ate the rice mixed with yogurt and offered Caitanya dasa the remnants of His food ‎No edit summary current
09:2209:22, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ After eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took rest for a while. Tapana Misra then gave Sanatana Gosvami the remnants of food left by Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
09:2109:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33‎ Actually the authorized compiler of the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Srila Vrndavana dasa, the incarnation of Vyasadeva. Only upon his orders am I trying to chew the remnants of food that he has left ‎No edit summary current
09:1109:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist −17‎ When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced, He forgot Himself and was simply absorbed in ecstatic bliss. But His internal potency arranged everything perfectly. This is the difference between the internal and external potency ‎No edit summary current
09:0909:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita ‎No edit summary
09:0409:04, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG ‎No edit summary
09:0209:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency ‎No edit summary
09:0009:00, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ As His (Caitanya's) associate Nityananda, He is the first expansion of God; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhara, He is the internal potency; and as Srivasa, He is the marginal living entity in the role of a devotee - CC Intro ‎No edit summary current
08:4608:46, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ Although the King had been refused an interview, he was indirectly bestowed causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary current
08:4008:40, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32‎ Thinking Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadananda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them ‎No edit summary current
08:3808:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32‎ Nevertheless, for the deliverance of all the fallen souls of the world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa and left home when He was only twenty-four years old. He lived a very strict life as a sannyasi, refusing all bodily comforts ‎No edit summary current
08:3708:37, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Jagadananda Pandita (as an incarnation of Satyabhama) always wanted to see to the comfort of Lord Caitanya, but since the Lord was a sannyasi He did not accept the luxuries that Jagadananda Pandita offered ‎No edit summary current
08:3508:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32‎ He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) was in renounced order of life; He gave up His family, beautiful wife, very affectionate mother, very comfortable home, very prestige, too much prestige of His personality in the society. He gave up everything ‎No edit summary current
08:3208:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32‎ Everyone wants money, everyone wants good wife, good family, good comfortable life. Caitanya Mahaprabhu denies, that "I don't want all these things." ‎No edit summary current
08:1208:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ When it was time for the Lord to go to bed, Svarupa Damodara stayed nearby, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the quilt and pillow, He was immediately very angry ‎No edit summary current
08:1108:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Jagadananda said to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, "Today please personally persuade Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to lie down on the bed" ‎No edit summary current
08:0908:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed half the night experiencing varieties of emotions. Finally, after making the Lord lie down on His bed, Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya returned to their homes ‎No edit summary current
08:0208:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ In His (Lord Caitanya's) childhood pastimes the Lord tried to catch the wall and stand up, but as an ordinary child falls down, so the Lord also fell down and again took to lying on His bed ‎No edit summary current
07:5607:56, 24 October 2023 diff hist +28‎ Early the following morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see Lord Jagannatha in the temple, and He saw the Lord rise from His bed ‎No edit summary current
07:5507:55, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ After rising from bed the next morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the local temple, where there was a deity of Hanuman. After offering him obeisances, the Lord departed for South India ‎No edit summary current
07:5407:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ After half the night had passed in this way, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lie down on His bed in the inner room ‎No edit summary current
07:5007:50, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ After Gopinatha Acarya finished talking, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and, calling for Advaita Acarya, made Him act like the Sesa Naga bed ‎No edit summary current

15:0115:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ You are very sincere boy trying your best to serve Krishna and by His Grace you are quite fit for this business, and considering all these points, I have entrusted Back To Godhead in your hand. Because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
15:0015:00, 20 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ You are a sincere student from the very beginning of your spiritual life and I wish that you may advance more and more ‎No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Without this (qualification) one is unfit for service. But in devotional service the only qualification required is surrender. Surrendering oneself is in one's own hand. If one likes, surrender immediately, without delay, that begins his spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18‎ With the tongue begins spiritual life. If we restrict our tongue not to talk uselessly, simply talk of Krsna or chant Hare Krsna, read Krsna books, and when you are hungry, take krsna-prasadam, then it will be possible, you can control the tongue ‎No edit summary current
14:5714:57, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Why are we receiving different bodies? Because we have different tendencies for sense gratification. We actually have to come to detest sense gratification before our spiritual life begins. This is made possible through bhakti ‎No edit summary current
14:5614:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ When we are actually free from material affinities, then your real spiritual life begins. Athasakti. You become attached ‎No edit summary current
14:5314:53, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ When mercy from Krsna comes, your blazing fire of material existence will be extinguished. Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha . . . (CC Antya 20.12). Then real spiritual life begins ‎No edit summary current
14:4914:49, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18‎ What I am? Why I have come here? Why I am put into so many miserable condition of life? Is there any remedy? - these questions, when arises, then, practically, his spiritual life begins ‎No edit summary current
14:4814:48, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ We have to be detestful from this sense gratification. Then our spiritual life will begin. That is possible by bhakti ‎No edit summary current
14:4714:47, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ We have to begin a professional spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
14:3614:36, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Those who sincerely begin spiritual life are guaranteed human birth in the next life - not only human birth, but birth into either a very pious or a very wealthy family ‎No edit summary current
14:3014:30, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ This Thakurbari, Radha-Govindaji, is my life. That is the beginning of my this spiritual life. And after so many years, still Radha-Govindaji has dragged me. So it is His kindness ‎No edit summary current
14:2814:28, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ This is called dvija, or the second birth. When you catch hold of a bona fide spiritual master just to guide you to act on the spiritual platform, then your second life begins. It is called dvija. So this life is so important that one must begin it ‎No edit summary current
14:2314:23, 20 October 2023 diff hist −18‎ The spiritual life begins from the association of sadhu, or devotee. You cannot progress a pinch only without the mercy of sadhu ‎No edit summary current
14:2114:21, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ The four sages were impersonalists in the beginning of their spiritual life, but afterwards, by the grace of their father and spiritual master, Brahma, they understood the eternal, spiritual form of the Lord and felt completely satisfied ‎No edit summary current
14:2014:20, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ The first and foremost point is that one should accept a bona fide spiritual master. That is the beginning of spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
14:1814:18, 20 October 2023 diff hist +21‎ There is the spiritual spark who is the proprietor of the body. This is the beginning of spiritual education. What is, the scientists cannot imagine, or they have no idea, from there we begin our education in spiritual life, beyond their jurisdiction ‎No edit summary current
14:1714:17, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Sukadeva Gosvami has used the word sraddhanvita for one who is trained in spiritual life. Sraddha, or faith, is the beginning ‎No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Truth. This is corroborated in all authentic scriptures. Our spiritual life begins to develop as soon as our relationship with Sri Krsna is reawakened ‎No edit summary current
14:1414:14, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Spiritual life begins with the association of a devotee, a sadhu. One cannot progress an inch without the mercy of a sadhu ‎No edit summary current
14:1314:13, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Spiritual life begins when a person understands that he is not the body. In the material world, all our connections - whether social or political or in the field of eating, sleeping, defending, and mating - are due only to the material body ‎No edit summary current
14:1214:12, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Spiritual life begins, first of all, sraddha, some faith. Just like you are coming here, kindly, to hear me. You have got little faith. This is the beginning. Without faith, you could not spare your time here, because here there is no cinema playing ‎No edit summary current
14:1014:10, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ So if you engage your tongue for vibrating this transcendental sound, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare - Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and do not take anything except prasadam of Krsna, then your spiritual life immediately begins ‎No edit summary current
14:0914:09, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Sannyasa means that finishing all material desires. The sannyasa means, real sannyasa, means no more material desires. It is the beginning of spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
14:0814:08, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Ramananda cited from SB: My dear Lord, one should give up monistic speculation & the cultivation of knowledge altogether. He should begin his spiritual life in devotional service by receiving information of the Lord's activities from a realized devotee ‎No edit summary current
14:0714:07, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ Our movement is that beginning of spiritual life is to surrender. If there is no surrendering, then it is no advance. If that thing is lacking, there is no beginning even, what to speak of advancement ‎No edit summary current
14:0514:05, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ One must be very eager to hear, for spiritual life begins with hearing. - CC Madhya 17.136 ‎No edit summary current
14:0514:05, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ Nivrtti-marga means stop material way of life; begin spiritual way of life and come to Godhead, Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
14:0414:04, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ Maya has given this vehicle, anywhere wandering, up and down, sometimes demigod, sometimes dog. This is going on. And in this wandering process, if he gets in touch with a devotee, then his real spiritual life begins ‎No edit summary current
14:0214:02, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Love of God involves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee, and the process of devotional service. Self-realization, the brahma-bhuta stage, is the beginning of spiritual life; it is not the perfectional stage ‎No edit summary current
14:0114:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Lord Krsna wants everyone to surrender unto Him, and this surrendering process begins when one touches the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master. By sincerely rendering service to a bona fide spiritual master, one begins his spiritual life in KC ‎No edit summary current
13:5913:59, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Like a chaste woman has got good reputation, similarly, a chaste tongue . . . chaste tongue means . . . chaste tongue and ear. Jihvadau. Our spiritual life begins from tongue ‎No edit summary current
13:5813:58, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Just try to get out of these material clutches and begin your spiritual life. That will make you happy. That is the only source of happiness. Otherwise it is not ‎No edit summary current
13:5613:56, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Just like a chaste woman has got good reputation, similarly, a chaste tongue... Chaste tongue means... Chaste tongue and ear. Jihvadau. Our spiritual life begins from tongue ‎No edit summary current
13:5513:55, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Just as life in this material world has its beginning in material sound, similarly a spiritual life has its beginning in this spiritual sound vibration ‎No edit summary current
13:5213:52, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ In the human life, if we prepare ourselves by beginning the activity of our spiritual life, we return to our real life and attain perfection. Otherwise, according to karma, svabhava, prakrti and so on, our varieties of life and activity continue ‎No edit summary current
13:5013:50, 20 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ In the beginning of our spiritual life we must worship Madana-mohana so that He may attract us and nullify our attachment for material sense gratification. This relationship with Madana-mohana is necessary for neophyte devotees ‎No edit summary current
13:4813:48, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18‎ If you adopt spiritual life, then your material miseries will be gradually decreased, and practically it will be nil. And when we are actually free from material affinity, then your real spiritual life begins. Athasakti ‎No edit summary current
13:4713:47, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ If we approach that sound (the spiritual sound), then our spiritual life begins, and the other requirements for spiritual advancement can be supplied ‎No edit summary current
13:4513:45, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ For less intelligent men, beginning of spiritual life is essential, and only foolish men decry the establishment of such places of worship, which are required to raise the standard of spiritual attributes for the mass of people ‎No edit summary current
13:4413:44, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Everything here in the material world is spiritual reflection covered by the material elements. So when this sound is purified or you catch up the spiritual sound, then your spiritual life begins ‎No edit summary current
13:4313:43, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Don't try to elevate yourself materially. That will not make you happy. Just try to get out of these material clutches and begin your spiritual life. That will make you happy ‎No edit summary current
13:4213:42, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ By simply surrendering unto Krsna, our spiritual life begins ‎No edit summary current
13:4113:41, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Brahmacarya is very, very essential. And that is, when one becomes detestful to sex life, that is the beginning of spiritual life ‎No edit summary current
13:3913:39, 20 October 2023 diff hist +41‎ Brahmacarya is student life, the beginning of life in the spiritual orders, and the principle of brahmacarya is celibacy. Only a householder can indulge in sense gratification or sex life, not a brahmacari ‎No edit summary current
13:3813:38, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7‎ Bhakti formula, anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11): "You have to make your heart cleansed of all material desire." Then spiritual life will begin ‎No edit summary current
13:3713:37, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ A person who begins a spiritual life in Krsna consciousness, his asset will go with him. Never mind, in this body we may be little uncomfortable. A spiritually advanced man, or a person in Krsna consciousness, is never in discomfort ‎No edit summary current
13:3513:35, 20 October 2023 diff hist −10‎ Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.4.15). Spiritual life begins, first of all, sraddha, some faith. Just like you are coming here, kindly, to hear me. You have got little faith. This is the beginning ‎No edit summary current
13:3413:34, 20 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Acaryopasanam. In the Bhagavad-gita: "One should worship acarya." This is the beginning of spiritual life ‎No edit summary current

14:0514:05, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ We are generally illusioned. We are claiming ownership of the land. But before my birth the land was here, and after my death it will still be here ‎No edit summary current
13:5213:52, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ The purificatory activities begin even before the birth of a child, and the seed-giving reformatory process is called Garbhadhana-samskara ‎No edit summary current
13:5113:51, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The Lord (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) entered the bodies of His parents thirteen full months before His birth ‎No edit summary current
13:5113:51, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ The land was there before our birth, before we came to the land. How did it become our property? Such deliberation will help us understand that there is a supreme proprietor of everything - the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
13:4913:49, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ Srimati Radharani continued, "Before that birth as a ksatriya, He (Krsna) took His birth as a brahmana boy known as Vamanadeva and asked charity from Bali Maharaja. Bali Maharaja was so magnanimous that he gave Him whatever he had" ‎No edit summary current
13:4713:47, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ So his son would become famous in the world as Pariksit (examiner) because he would come to examine all human beings in his search after that personality whom he saw before his birth. Thus he would come to constantly contemplate Him ‎No edit summary current
13:4513:45, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ Lord Krsna said, "If someone becomes a pure Vaisnava, or devotee of the Lord, ten generations of his family before his birth and ten generations after will be liberated" ‎No edit summary current
13:4013:40, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Just as a person born in a particular family cannot understand the position of his great-grandfather, who lived before the birth of the recent generation, we are unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, or Krsna ‎No edit summary current
13:3413:34, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ It is beyond my experience, because father existed before my birth. So beyond my experience. So I am finding out who is my father, and so many people are coming, "I am your father." No ‎No edit summary current
13:3113:31, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ In Vedic society, even before the child is born, when the mother is pregnant, many recommended ritualistic ceremonies are performed. before the birth of the child there is the garbhadhana ceremony ‎No edit summary current
13:2413:24, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ In this regard, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura desires to prove with evidence from many sastras that Krsna actually took birth as the son of Yasoda before the birth of Yogamaya, who is therefore described as the Lord's younger sister ‎No edit summary current
13:1313:13, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Before the birth takes place, or before father and mother unite, there is a ceremony called garbhadhana-samskara, which must be adopted. This garbhadhana-samskara is especially recommended for higher castes, especially the brahmana caste ‎No edit summary
13:1213:12, 13 October 2023 diff hist −13‎ Before the birth of Manu, the Gita was spoken by the Lord to His disciple, the sun-god Vivasvan, a rough estimate is that the Gita was spoken at least 120,400,000 years ago; and in human society it has been extant for two million years. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
13:0213:02, 13 October 2023 diff hist +26‎ Before the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, eight daughters took birth one after another from the womb of Sacimata, the wife of Jagannatha Misra. But just after their birth, they all died ‎No edit summary current
13:0013:00, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ Before taking birth, he (conditioned life person) undergoes the miseries of living in the womb of his mother, and when he comes out he lives for a certain period and then again has to die and enter a mother's womb ‎No edit summary
12:5812:58, 13 October 2023 diff hist −55‎ Before my birth, the land was there. And after my death, the land will be there. If you trace out history, go on tracing, when the land was not there, you'll never find. Therefore the land is God's. The earth belongs to God. Everything belongs to God ‎No edit summary current
12:5612:56, 13 October 2023 diff hist +26‎ Before my birth, the land was there. And after my death, the land will be there. If you trace out history, go on tracing, when the land was not there, you'll never find. Therefore the land is God's. The earth belongs to God. Everything belongs to God ‎No edit summary
12:4812:48, 13 October 2023 diff hist +6‎ According to varnasrama-dharma, that not only by birth - before birth, when the father and mother is going to be combined to beget a child, there are cultural samskara, or reformatory measures ‎No edit summary current
12:3712:37, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me (Arjuna), more difficult than controlling the wind ‎No edit summary current
12:3712:37, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind ‎No edit summary current
12:3612:36, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ The mind is cancala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at all possible; this would be as difficult as controlling the wind ‎No edit summary current
12:3512:35, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Pandu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, Kunti, by Dharmaraja, by the demigod controlling the wind ‎No edit summary current
12:3312:33, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ On the western side (of Sumeru Mountain) is the planet known as Nimlocani, the residence of Vayu, the demigod who controls the wind. And on the northern side of the mountain is the moon, which is also known as Vibhavari ‎No edit summary
12:3312:33, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind. BG 6.34 - 1972 ‎No edit summary
12:3212:32, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ For that sacrifice, the various demigods who control the winds offered foodstuffs, and the Visvedevas were members of the assembly ‎No edit summary
12:3012:30, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says: "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind." - Bg. 6.34 ‎No edit summary current
12:2912:29, 13 October 2023 diff hist −12‎ BG 6.34: "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, it seems to me, is more difficult than controlling the wind." The only bona fide process for controlling the mind is to fix the mind by service to Krsna ‎No edit summary current
12:2812:28, 13 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ Artificially, one may establish a mental equilibrium toward both friend and enemy, but ultimately no worldly man can do so, for this is more difficult than controlling the raging wind. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
08:0608:06, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ To become angry in such a grave situation was not unnatural for the King (Maharaja Pariksit), but because the King himself was not less than a great saint, his becoming angry and taking action were astonishing ‎No edit summary current
08:0408:04, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ The king was in the forest, engaged in hunting, and when he became tired he went to the cottage of a sage and asked him for water. But the sage was absorbed in meditation, could not hear him. So Pariksit Maharaja, being thirsty, became angry ‎No edit summary current
08:0308:03, 13 October 2023 diff hist +11‎ Maharaja Pariksit became angry and envious at the sage due to his thirst and hunger, by the will of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:0108:01, 13 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ For a king like Maharaja Pariksit to become angry and envious, especially at a sage and brahmana, was undoubtedly unprecedented. The King knew well that brahmanas, sages, children, women and old men are always beyond the jurisdiction of punishment ‎No edit summary current
07:5907:59, 13 October 2023 diff hist −11‎ For a king like Maharaja Pariksit to become angry and envious, especially at a sage and brahmana, was undoubtedly unprecedented ‎No edit summary current

13:0513:05, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ Sukadeva Gosvami knew that Maharaja Pariksit asked the question not for his own understanding but as a warning to the future innocent people who might think others to be equal to Krsna ‎No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9‎ Pariksit Maharaja asked Sukadeva Gosvami why Krsna was so beloved by the residents of Vrndavana, who loved Him even more than their own offspring or life itself ‎No edit summary current
13:0313:03, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ Pariksit Maharaja, apprehending the future dangerous condition of blind followers of demoniac imitators, therefore asked this question ‎No edit summary current
13:0113:01, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9‎ One should know from the expert spiritual master, the advantages and disadvantages of discharging devotional service, just as Maharaja Pariksit asked his spiritual master, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary current
12:5212:52, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ Of course, these were not ordinary sages sitting with Him, and the great sage Narada also appeared there. After offering his respects to Narayana Rsi, Narada asked Him exactly the same question King Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
12:5112:51, 13 September 2023 diff hist +31‎ Maharaj Pariksit asks: "How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influence of the illusory energy and is the controller of the same, lie in everyone's heart" ‎No edit summary current
12:4912:49, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9‎ Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami how many years Lord Krsna remained in human society, how many years He reigned over the kingdom of Dvaraka, and how many wives He accepted there ‎No edit summary current
12:4812:48, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ Maharaja Pariksit asked many questions, some of them very curiously, to know things as they are, but it is not necessary for the master to answer them in the order of the disciple's inquiries, one after the other ‎No edit summary current
10:2110:21, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ Maharaja Pariksit asked about Lord Ananta, and upon hearing this question, Sukadeva Gosvami began to show symptoms of collapsing. Yet he checked himself and answered King Pariksit's question in a mild voice ‎No edit summary current
09:5309:53, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ Maharaja Pariksit asked, "So how was it possible for them to get freed from the material condition just by thinking of a paramour?" One should consider here that Krsna and ordinary living beings are qualitatively one ‎No edit summary current
09:4109:41, 13 September 2023 diff hist +9‎ Maharaja Pariksit also asked Sukadeva Gosvami why Sri Krsna, just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, was immediately carried to the house of Nanda Maharaja in Vrndavana, Gokula ‎No edit summary current
09:3909:39, 13 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ Maharaja Pariksit's statement regarding the workings of the creative energy of the Lord discloses that he knew everything of the process of creation. Why then did he ask Sukadeva Gosvami for such information? ‎No edit summary current
09:3809:38, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ Lord Rsabhadeva refused to manifest mystic yogic perfections, and Maharaja Pariksit asked why He did not accept them, since, for a devotee, they are not at all disturbing ‎No edit summary current
09:3709:37, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ In the Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, 41st verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Maharaj Pariksit asked about Lord Ananta, and upon hearing this question, Sukadeva Gosvami began to show symptoms of collapsing ‎No edit summary
09:3609:36, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ In the first verse (of the Second Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam), Sukadeva Gosvami replies to the questions of Maharaja Pariksit, who asked him about one's duties at the point of death ‎No edit summary
09:2609:26, 13 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ How can they (the grhavratas) possibly become perfect in Krsna consciousness? Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami to resolve this great doubt ‎No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 13 September 2023 diff hist +31‎ He also prepared himself to reply to all that King Pariksit had inquired from him. Maharaja Pariksit was the best in the dynasty of the Pandus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person ‎No edit summary current

15:5615:56, 5 September 2023 diff hist +31‎ He (the son of the brahmana) compared the King (Maharaja Pariksit) to a watchdog, and so it was wrong for the King to enter the home of a brahmana and ask for water from the same pot ‎No edit summary current
15:5015:50, 5 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ Generally, the followers of Ramanujacarya come out victorious in such meetings. So Pariksit Maharaja wanted to clarify the situation by asking this question of Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary
15:3915:39, 5 September 2023 diff hist +31‎ Fortunately (the question asked by Pariksit Maharaja) is recorded in Srimad-Bhagavatam to warn innocent people that thinking of an ordinary man and thinking of Krsna are not the same ‎No edit summary
15:3715:37, 5 September 2023 diff hist −8‎ Even the very question (asked by Maharaja Pariksit to Sukadeva Gosvami) is so nice that it is the best subject matter for hearing. Simply by such questioning and hearing, one can achieve the highest perfectional stage of life ‎No edit summary current
15:3515:35, 5 September 2023 diff hist +14‎ As a great devotee of Krsna, King Pariksit was already liberated, but for clarification he was asking various questions of Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11‎ The King's (Pariksit's) anger and envy, directed toward the brahmana sage (Srngi's father), were unprecedented, being that circumstances had made him hungry and thirsty ‎No edit summary
15:2515:25, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11‎ It must be accepted that it was so (Maharaja Pariksit anger towards Samika Rsi) ordained by the supreme will of the Lord. The King was a great devotee of the Lord, and the saint was also as good as the King ‎No edit summary current
15:1715:17, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30‎ To produce a new species of humanity at the present moment on the basis of God consciousness and perfection of human life, the ideology of godly communism, the world has to again follow in the footsteps of kings like Maharaja Yudhisthira or Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
15:1515:15, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10‎ To learn this science one should take shelter of the representative of Sri Sukadeva and follow in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a great offense at the feet of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
15:1115:11, 5 September 2023 diff hist +52‎ This child (Pariksit) will be almost as good as Lord Sri Krsna by following in His footsteps. In magnanimity he will become as great as King Rantideva. And in religion he will be like Maharaja Yayati ‎No edit summary current
15:0615:06, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10‎ The human society should recognize the importance of the cow and the bull and thus give all protection to these important animals, following in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary
15:0415:04, 5 September 2023 diff hist +52‎ One must follow in the footsteps of great kings like Maharaja Ambarisa or Maharaja Pariksit and hear it (Srimad-Bhagavatam) from a bona fide representative of Sukadeva Gosvami ‎No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30‎ One has to follow in the footsteps of great sages and devotees like Maitreya & Vidura, Pariksit & Sukadeva Gosvami, and engage in the transcendental devotional service of God if one would know His ultimate feature, which is above Brahman and Paramatma ‎No edit summary
14:5514:55, 5 September 2023 diff hist −12‎ Footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
14:5014:50, 5 September 2023 diff hist −10‎ Following in the footsteps of Maharaja Pariksit, it is the duty of all executive heads of states to see that the principles of religion, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness, are established in the state ‎No edit summary current
14:4614:46, 5 September 2023 diff hist +30‎ Anyone who follows in the footsteps of either the ideal reciter or the ideal hearer, Sukadeva Gosvami and Maharaja Pariksit respectively, will undoubtedly attain salvation like them ‎No edit summary
14:4014:40, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11‎ We should take example, or instruction, from the behavior of Pariksit Maharaja that everyone is on the threshold of death, but the foolish person, they do not know. Foolish person thinks that, "I shall live forever." That is foolishness ‎No edit summary current
14:3814:38, 5 September 2023 diff hist −11‎ This example of Maharaja Pariksit's behavior, his remaining patient even at the last point of his life, his undisturbed condition of mind, is an example of reservation ‎No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11‎ 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
14:3114:31, 5 September 2023 diff hist +11‎ Maharaja Pariksit's behavior, his remaining patient even at the last point of his life, his undisturbed condition of mind, is an example of reservation. This is one of the characteristics of a devotee who has developed ecstatic love for Krsna ‎No edit summary
14:3014:30, 5 September 2023 diff hist +33‎ As the Lord is never envious of anyone, so also the Lord's devotee is never envious of anyone. The only justification for Maharaja Pariksit's behavior is that it was ordained by the Lord ‎No edit summary current

10:5210:52, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,169‎ When he (Pariksit) was assured of his death on a fixed date, he became more determined in the transcendental loving service of Lord Krsna by complete fasting on the bank of the transcendental River Yamuna, which flows down by the capital of Hastinapura ‎No edit summary current
10:5110:51, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,211‎ Thus the King, Maharaja Pariksit, sat to fast until death. All the demigods of the higher planets praised the King's actions and in pleasure continually scattered flowers over the earth and beat celestial drums ‎No edit summary current
10:4910:49, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,704‎ This narration was presented by Sukadeva Gosvami when Maharaja Pariksit was prepared to give up his body, fasting on the bank of the Ganges ‎No edit summary current
10:4810:48, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,134‎ The river (Ganges, by which the King (Pariksit) sat to fast) carries the most auspicious water, which is mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord and tulasi leaves ‎No edit summary current
10:4610:46, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,942‎ The hunger and thirst from my fast do not disturb me, he (Maharaja Pariksit) said ‎No edit summary
10:4510:45, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,978‎ Pariksit was a great emperor & possessed all the opulences of his acquired kingdom. He was so exalted that he was increasing the prestige of the Pandu dynasty. Why did he give up everything to sit down on the bank of the Ganges and fast until death? ‎No edit summary current
10:4410:44, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,916‎ Other transcendentalists, the great sages and mystics who assembled together because of Maharaja Pariksit's fasting unto death, were quite anxious to see him, for he was going back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
10:4310:43, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,008‎ Maharaja Pariksit was interested in the topics of the Lord because factually he felt that by hearing such a nectarean message from the mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami he was not feeling any exhaustion, even though he was fasting because of his imminent death ‎No edit summary
10:4010:40, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,492‎ From Mahabharata, Sabha-parva (4.11) it is understood that he was also present in the royal assembly of Maharaja Yudhisthira and at the fasting of Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
10:3610:36, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,176‎ Even up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit there were interplanetary communications, and the news of Maharaja Pariksit's fasting unto death to attain salvation reached the higher planets in the sky where the intelligent demigods live ‎No edit summary
10:3510:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,613‎ Emperor Pariksit received the information of his death in time, and he at once left his kingdom and family and sat down on the bank of the Ganges to fast till death ‎No edit summary current
10:3310:33, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,566‎ Consequently there was nothing undesirable in his (Pariksit Maharaja's) opulence and administration. Then why should he give up all these favorable circumstances and sit down on the bank of the Ganges, fasting till death? This is astonishing ‎No edit summary current
10:3110:31, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,987‎ Because of my drinking the nectar of the message of the infallible Personality of Godhead, which is flowing down from the ocean of your (Sukadeva Gosvami's) speeches, I (Maharaja Pariksit) do not feel any sort of exhaustion due to my fasting ‎No edit summary
10:3010:30, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,354‎ As a human being, he (Maharaja Pariksit) was certainly both hungry and thirsty, and therefore Sukadeva Gosvami might have wanted to stop narrating the transcendental topics of Krsna; but despite his fast, Maharaja Pariksit was not at all fatigued ‎No edit summary current
10:2710:27, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,873‎ Although there were many others who assembled at the place where Pariksit was fasting, the natural conclusion is that there was no topic other than the glorification of Krsna, because the principal speaker was Sukadeva and the chief audience was Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
10:2210:22, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,533‎ Pariksit was destined to give up his body at the end of seven days, and thus he decided to continue remembering the Lord by His association with the topics of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and thus to quit his body in full consciousness of the presence of the Lord ‎No edit summary
10:2110:21, 19 August 2023 diff hist +34‎ Pariksit Maharaja because of his many obligations to Krsna, intelligently decided to think of Krsna constantly during the last days of his life ‎No edit summary current
10:1910:19, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,221‎ Maharaja Pariksit decided to meditate upon the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, who is Mukunda, or the giver of liberations of all description ‎No edit summary current
10:1810:18, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,210‎ It was decided that "You (Pariksit) hear Srimad-Bhagavatam the seven days." The Sukadeva Gosvami spoke, & he, listened from Sukadeva, and he became perfect within seven days. Therefore in India they observe this Bhagavat-saptaha. That is simply official ‎No edit summary current
10:1610:16, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,029‎ He (Maharaja Pariksit) decided to prepare himself for his imminent death and find out the way to go back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
10:1310:13, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,201‎ All the sages who were assembled there also praised the decision of Maharaja Pariksit and they expressed their approval by saying, "Very good." Naturally the sages are inclined to do good to common men, for they have all the qualitative powers of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
10:0810:08, 19 August 2023 diff hist +18,257‎ When that weapon was unleashed, Pariksit Maharaja's mother, Uttara, felt that she was going to have a miscarriage, and therefore she approached Krsna, saying, - Please save me ‎No edit summary
10:0510:05, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,200‎ When Pariksit Maharaja's mother, Uttara, approached Krsna, Krsna, seeing the danger of abortion, entered her womb as the Supersoul and saved Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary
10:0410:04, 19 August 2023 diff hist +34,607‎ When Maharaja Pariksit was in the womb of his mother, Uttara, Krsna saved him from the attack of the brahmastra atomic weapon of Asvatthama ‎No edit summary
10:0210:02, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,311‎ When he (Maharaja Pariksit) was in the womb of his mother, a brahmastra weapon was released by Asvatthama to kill the child ‎No edit summary current
09:4109:41, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,153‎ This (Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother) was caused by Drauni (Asvatthama), Acarya Drona's son, who killed the five sons of Draupadi while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna ‎No edit summary current
09:3809:38, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,913‎ The sage Saunaka said: The womb of Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmastra weapon released by Asvatthama. But Maharaja Pariksit was saved by the Supreme Lord ‎No edit summary current
09:3709:37, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,356‎ The Lord was always with him (Maharaj Pariksit), even from the time when he was helplessly lying in the womb of his mother and was attacked by the blazing brahmastra weapon of Asvatthama ‎No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,744‎ The Lord is present for the devotee by His acts and glories, and therefore Maharaja Pariksit felt the presence of the Lord when He was glorified by His acts, especially when he was saved by the Lord in the womb of his mother ‎No edit summary current
09:3409:34, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11‎ The first reason (Visnu saved Pariksit) is that the child in the womb of his mother was spotless due to his being a pure devotee of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
09:0909:09, 19 August 2023 diff hist +9‎ The boy (Abhimanyu) left his wife, Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit. The Lord is always pleased to satisfy His devotees in any capacity. Only His devotees can play the parts of His relatives. The Lord is absolute ‎No edit summary current
09:0809:08, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,269‎ The birth of Maharaja Pariksit is wonderful because in the womb of his mother he was protected by the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna ‎No edit summary current
09:0609:06, 19 August 2023 diff hist +1,731‎ Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King Pariksit, you were burned by the brahmastra of Asvatthama, but when Lord Krsna entered the womb of your mother, you were saved ‎No edit summary
09:0509:05, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,418‎ Sri Suta Gosvami said: Due to the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who acts wonderfully, Maharaja Pariksit, though struck by the weapon of the son of Drona in his mother's womb, could not be burned ‎No edit summary current
09:0409:04, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,957‎ O son of Bhrgu (Saunaka) when the child Pariksit, the great fighter, was in the womb of his mother, Uttara, and was suffering from the burning heat of the brahmastra (thrown by Asvatthama), he could observe the Supreme Lord coming to him ‎No edit summary current
09:0209:02, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,386‎ One may not be as fortunate as Maharaja Pariksit to have the opportunity to see the Lord in the womb of his mother, but even if he is not so fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desire him to be so ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,366‎ Maharaja Pariksit was saved by the Lord in the womb of his mother, so he could certainly be saved from an untimely death due to the ill will of the son of a brahmana ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 19 August 2023 diff hist +6,718‎ Maharaja Pariksit was saved by Lord Krsna while in his mother’s womb ‎No edit summary
08:4908:49, 19 August 2023 diff hist +7,565‎ Maharaja Pariksit was at that time within the womb of his mother. His father, Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna, also died on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and so Maharaja Pariksit was a posthumous child ‎No edit summary current
08:4808:48, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11‎ Maharaja Pariksit is protected from the very beginning of his appearance in the womb of his mother ‎No edit summary current
08:4708:47, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,885‎ Maharaja Pariksit associated with the Lord even from the womb of his mother up to the last day of his valuable life, and thus he acquired all the essential good qualities of the Lord in all perfection ‎No edit summary current
08:4608:46, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,034‎ Maharaja Pariksit, who was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna (who saved the life of Maharaja Pariksit while he was in the womb of his mother), became more and more interested to hear about Him ‎No edit summary
08:4508:45, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11‎ Maharaja Pariksit, while in the womb of his mother, was struck by the brahmastra released by Asvatthama, and he was feeling the burning heat ‎No edit summary current
08:4408:44, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,181‎ Maharaja Pariksit, fortunate as he was, got the impression of the Lord even in the womb of his mother, and thus his contemplation on the Lord was constantly with him ‎No edit summary current
08:4208:42, 19 August 2023 diff hist +11‎ Maharaja Pariksit, being especially attached to the Lord from the beginning of his body in the womb of his mother, was continuously under the shelter of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:4108:41, 19 August 2023 diff hist +2,259‎ Maharaja Pariksit, after hearing about those (childhood) pastimes of Krsna, who had saved him in the womb of his mother, became steady in his mind and again inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami to hear about those pious activities - SB 10.12.40 ‎No edit summary
08:3808:38, 19 August 2023 diff hist +1,918‎ In this chapter the clue for describing Srimad-Bhagavatam is picked up as Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother ‎No edit summary current
08:3708:37, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,254‎ He can assume so small body. Just like Pariksit Maharaja, when he was within the womb of his mother, attacked by the atomic energy, so Krsna entered the womb of his mother and saved him. Just imagine how small He became ‎No edit summary
08:3508:35, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,190‎ He (Maharaja Pariksit) knew that Narayana (Lord Krsna) had saved him when he was burned in the womb of his mother, and if he were to be killed by a snake bite, it would also take place by the will of the Lord ‎No edit summary
08:3408:34, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,875‎ He (Krsna) can appear even within the womb of the mother of child Pariksit because He is all-pervasive, unlimited by time and space ‎No edit summary current
08:3208:32, 19 August 2023 diff hist +3,834‎ He (Krsna) became visible to His devotee Maharaja Pariksit even in that awkward position (in the womb of his mother) in a shape just suitable for his vision ‎No edit summary current
08:3108:31, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,720‎ Fortunately Maharaja Pariksit had already been attracted to the Lord from the very beginning of his body, in the womb of his mother. In the womb of his mother he was struck by the brahmastra atomic bomb released by Asvatthama ‎No edit summary current
08:3008:30, 19 August 2023 diff hist +4,954‎ By placing King Pariksit in an awkward position, the incarnation of Srimad-Bhagavatam was created by the will of the Lord. Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King endured much, even in the womb of his mother ‎No edit summary

14:5814:58, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,830‎ Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King (Pariksit) endured much, even in the womb of his mother. He was never disturbed by the glaring heat of the brahmastra released by Asvatthama ‎No edit summary
14:5614:56, 17 August 2023 diff hist −11‎ Because my (King Pariksit's) mother surrendered unto Lord Krsna's lotus feet, the Lord, Sudarsana-cakra in hand, entered her womb and saved my body, which was almost destroyed by the fiery weapon of Asvatthama - SB 10.1.5-7 ‎No edit summary
14:5514:55, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,647‎ All such acts of the Lord were mentioned (like when Pariksit was saved in the womb of his mother and the Pandavas had to fight in Kuruksetra) in the addresses of welcome, and Maharaja Pariksit, satisfied, rewarded those who presented such addresses ‎No edit summary current
14:5414:54, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,738‎ Akrura was present also when Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra, was married with Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit ‎No edit summary current
14:5014:50, 17 August 2023 diff hist +6,285‎ This child (Pariksit) will be like his grandfather Yudhisthira or Brahma in equanimity of mind. He will be munificent like the lord of the Kailasa Hill, Siva ‎No edit summary current
14:4914:49, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,886‎ Taking the boat of Krsna's lotus feet, my (Pariksit's) grandfather Arjuna and others crossed the ocean of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, in which such commanders as Bhismadeva resembled great fish that could very easily have swallowed them - SB 10.1.5-7 ‎No edit summary current
14:4714:47, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,413‎ Sukadeva Gosvami specifically referred to Yudhisthira as 'your grandfather' so that Maharaja Pariksit would be encouraged to think that he was related to Krsna and that his grandfathers were intimately connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary
14:4614:46, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,281‎ Sukadeva Gosvami said, "My dear King Pariksit, your grandfather King Yudhisthira was a great soul. His congenial disposition attracted everyone to be his friend, and therefore he was known as ajata-satru, one who never created an enemy" ‎No edit summary current
14:4514:45, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,856‎ Sukadeva Gosvami, in answering Pariksit Maharaja’s question, went on to cite a historical instance regarding Pariksit Maharaja’s grandfather, King Yudhisthira ‎No edit summary current
14:3714:37, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,169‎ Personally, he (Maharaja Pariksit) was very humble and meek, but he expressed his gladness that Lord Krsna was very kind to his grandfathers, the sons of Pandu, especially his own grandfather, Arjuna ‎No edit summary current
14:3614:36, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,476‎ Once upon a time, King Pariksit’s grandfather Arjuna, the great hero, was visiting several holy places of pilgrimage, and while thus traveling all over he happened to come to Prabhasa-ksetra ‎No edit summary
14:3414:34, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,310‎ Maharaja Pariksit was to become the medium for the revelation of Srimad-Bhagavatam by Lord Sri Krsna, as his grandfather Arjuna was the medium for the Bhagavad-gita ‎No edit summary current
14:3314:33, 17 August 2023 diff hist +2,412‎ Maharaja Pariksit was the Emperor of the world and all the seas and oceans, and he did not have to take the trouble to acquire such a kingdom by his own effort. He inherited it from his grandfathers Maharaja Yudhisthira and brothers ‎No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,293‎ Maharaja Pariksit was formerly declared to be the emperor of all lands ruled by his grandfather, but still he had to establish his supremacy while he was out of his capital to exact tribute from such states ‎No edit summary current
14:3014:30, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,614‎ Maharaja Pariksit very much appreciated Krsna's activities for many other reasons. Not only was his grandfather saved by Krsna, but he himself also was saved by Krsna ‎No edit summary
14:2914:29, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,115‎ Maharaja Pariksit like his grandfather Arjuna, collected all illicit gold kept for the propensities of Kali and employed it in the sankirtana-yajna, as per instruction of the Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎No edit summary current
14:2614:26, 17 August 2023 diff hist +2,559‎ Maharaja Pariksit is distinguished from his grandfather Arjuna, for black horses pulled his chariot instead of white horses. He marked his flag with the mark of a lion, and his grandfather marked his with the mark of Hanumanji ‎No edit summary current
14:2514:25, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,289‎ Maharaja Pariksit, grandson of Arjuna, the celebrated friendly servitor of the Lord, was a pure devotee of the Lord like his grandfather ‎No edit summary current
14:1714:17, 17 August 2023 diff hist −11‎ Krsna had saved the Pandavas, Maharaja Pariksit's grandfathers, on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and Krsna had saved Maharaja Pariksit himself when he was attacked by the brahmastra of Asvatthama ‎No edit summary
14:1614:16, 17 August 2023 diff hist +36‎ Krsna also happens to be grandfather of Maharaja Pariksit, and Maharaja Yudhisthira also happens to be grandfather, being the eldest brother of his grandfather. So Krsna is the authority ‎No edit summary current
14:1314:13, 17 August 2023 diff hist +6,973‎ King Pariksit was very eager to learn how his grandfather kidnapped and married his grandmother ‎No edit summary current
14:1214:12, 17 August 2023 diff hist +7,327‎ King Pariksit was especially interested in hearing krsna-katha because he knew that his forefathers, particularly his grandfather, Arjuna, were victorious in the great Battle of Kuruksetra only because of Krsna ‎No edit summary
14:1114:11, 17 August 2023 diff hist +11,850‎ In history there are two Arjunas. One is Karttavirya Arjuna, the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child (Pariksit) ‎No edit summary current
13:5813:58, 17 August 2023 diff hist +4,235‎ He (Maharaja Pariksit) felt grateful to the sages for being present there at the last stage of his life, and he felt that it was all due to the greatness of his late forefathers or grandfathers ‎No edit summary current
13:5713:57, 17 August 2023 diff hist +3,851‎ Expert jataka-vipras were present during the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, and his grandfather, Maharaja Yudhisthira, awarded the vipras sufficiently with gold, land, villages, grains and other valuable necessaries of life, which also include cows ‎No edit summary current
13:5413:54, 17 August 2023 diff hist +5,557‎ By the mercy of Lord Krsna, my (King Pariksit's) grandfathers crossed this ocean (of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra), which was very difficult to cross, as easily as one steps over the hoofprint of a calf - SB 10.1.5-7 ‎No edit summary current
13:5313:53, 17 August 2023 diff hist +12,054‎ Both the Arjunas (the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child) are famous for their bowmanship, and the child Pariksit is foretold to be equal to both of them, particularly in fighting ‎No edit summary current
13:5213:52, 17 August 2023 diff hist +1,980‎ As the moon, in its waxing fortnight, develops day after day, so the royal prince (Pariksit) very soon developed luxuriantly under the care and full facilities of his guardian grandfathers ‎No edit summary
13:4213:42, 17 August 2023 diff hist +11,988‎ Amongst great bowmen, this child (Pariksit) will be as good as the Arjunas (Kartavirya Arjuna, the King of Haihaya, and the other is the grandfather of the child). He will be as irresistible as fire and as unsurpassable as the ocean ‎No edit summary current
13:3613:36, 17 August 2023 diff hist +1,698‎ While the earth and the personality of religion were thus engaged in conversation, the saintly King Pariksit reached the shore of the Sarasvati River, which flowed towards the east ‎No edit summary current

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