User contributions for Shaalini
16 May 2022
- 08:5508:55, 16 May 2022 diff hist +19 Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Kaviraja Gosvami also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda, Advaita Prabhu, Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa) as his personal property No edit summary
- 08:5508:55, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,945 All materialists, who are always in the blazing fire of material activities, may come under the shade of His (Lord Nityananda) lotus feet and be fully relieved and satiated No edit summary
- 08:5508:55, 16 May 2022 diff hist +1,480 All glory, all glory to the merciful Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have attained shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Sanatana No edit summary
- 08:5508:55, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,132 All glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have attained Sri Radha-Govinda No edit summary
- 08:5408:54, 16 May 2022 diff hist +1,675 All glories to Lord Nityananda, who is the life and soul of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! My dear Lord, kindly give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet No edit summary
- 08:5208:52, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,653 Advaita Acarya, Lord Nityananda, Srivasa Pandita, Gadadhara Pandita, Svarupa Damodara, Murari Gupta, Haridasa Thakura and all the other devotees of Sri Krsna Caitanya - bowing down with devotion, I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja) hold their lotus feet on my head No edit summary
- 08:4008:40, 16 May 2022 diff hist +47 While chanting and dancing or hearing the holy name of the Lord, one automatically remembers the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and because there is no difference between the holy name and Krsna, the chanter is immediately linked with Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:4008:40, 16 May 2022 diff hist +3,078 We therefore pray unto You, O Lord, for You are very affectionate to Your devotees. Please help us remember You and utter Your holy names, attributes and activities, which can dispel all the reactions of our sinful lives No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,740 This process entails hearing, chanting and remembering the holy name, form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of the Lord, offering service according to the time, place and performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,640 The real success in life is ante narayana-smrti - remembering the holy name, attributes, activities and form of the Lord at the time of death No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 16 May 2022 diff hist +18 The process of devotional service entails hearing, chanting and remembering the holy name, form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of the Lord, offering service according to the time, place and performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 16 May 2022 diff hist +4,447 The neophyte devotees are advised to engage in devotional service, such as to hear and chant the holy name of God, to remember Him always, to chant on beads Hare Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 16 May 2022 diff hist +3,908 The fallen person continued, "I therefore pray, O my Lord, O deliverer from the hellish conditions of life. I have fallen into this hell, but I shall try to remember Your holy name always, and in this way I shall try to keep my body and soul together" No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 16 May 2022 diff hist +3,809 The best thing to do on fasting days is to remember the pastimes of Govinda and to hear His holy name constantly No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,840 Their (sincere devotees) only business is to chant and remember the holy name, fame and pastimes of the Lord and, according to personal capacity, to distribute the message for others' welfare without motive of material gain No edit summary current
- 08:3308:33, 16 May 2022 diff hist +5,857 That (God's holy name must be heard, glorified and remembered) will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by the people of the world. The word ca includes all the remaining processes or methods of bhakti-yoga, as mentioned above No edit summary current
- 08:3308:33, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,324 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "What should all living entities constantly remember?" Ramananda Raya replied, "The chief objects of remembrance are always the Lord's holy name, qualities and pastimes" No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 16 May 2022 diff hist +4,340 Simply our prayer should be, My dear Krishna, please remind me to always chant Your Holy Name, please do not put me into forgetfulness. You are sitting within me as Supersoul, so you can put me into forgetfulness or into remembering You No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 16 May 2022 diff hist +7,126 Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia & pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord - these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service No edit summary
- 08:2608:26, 16 May 2022 diff hist +47 One can be delivered from material existence simply by remembering Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s holy name or by visiting Him No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,420 Nevertheless, by chanting the holy name of the Lord, he remembered Narayana, and thus he was immediately saved from the ropes of death No edit summary
- 08:2508:25, 16 May 2022 diff hist +4,745 I offer my obeisances unto Him, the infallible, because simply by either remembering Him or vibrating His holy name one can attain the perfection of all penances, sacrifices or fruitive activities, and this process can be universally followed No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 16 May 2022 diff hist +1,800 Isvara Puri was always chanting the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna for Madhavendra Puri to hear. In this way he helped Madhavendra Puri remember the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna at the time of death No edit summary current
14 May 2022
- 13:4813:48, 14 May 2022 diff hist +25 If one somehow or other hears, utters or remembers the holy name, or if it catches his mind while coming near his ears, that holy name, even if vibrated in separate words, will act No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 14 May 2022 diff hist +6,771 Herein (SB 3.33.6) the spiritual potency of chanting, hearing or remembering the holy name of the Supreme Lord is greatly stressed No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,950 Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu and remembering them, these processes are accepted as pure devotional service - SB 7.5.23 No edit summary
- 13:4713:47, 14 May 2022 diff hist +5,651 A devotee more easily attains samadhi, or trance, by constantly remembering the Lord's personal feature along with His holy name, fame, pastimes, etc. Therefore, the concentration of the mystic yogi and that of the devotee are not on the same level No edit summary current
- 13:4613:46, 14 May 2022 diff hist +4,348 Although the contaminated Ajamila was calling for his son, by concentrating his mind on the holy name of Narayana he remembered the Narayana he had very faithfully worshiped in his youth No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 14 May 2022 diff hist +499 Category:An Observer Immediately Remembers the Holy Name of Krsna Upon Seeing a Maha-bhagavata Devotee of God No edit summary
- 13:3913:39, 14 May 2022 diff hist +494 Category:An Observer Immediately Remembers the Holy Name of Krsna Upon Seeing a First-class Devotee of God No edit summary
- 12:2212:22, 14 May 2022 diff hist −30 When He (Lord Caitanya) propagated the sankirtana movement, He attracted many great scholars and acaryas, especially in Bengal and Orissa No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 14 May 2022 diff hist +26 Those really learned leaders of society like Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, Sri Caitanya & many others-who are faithful philosophers, politicians, educators, scientists, etc.-surrender to the lotus feet of the God, the all-powerful authority. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,350 So on the principle that God is Supreme, God is Great, I do not think there is any difference of opinion between us and the Christians. But the Vedic literatures being older and disseminated by many, many superior acaryas we can find out how God is great No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 14 May 2022 diff hist +6,985 Simply to teach the children of the Yadu dynasty there were as many as 38,800,000 tutors, or acaryas. If so many teachers were needed to educate their children, one can simply imagine how vast was the number of family members No edit summary current
- 12:1812:18, 14 May 2022 diff hist +26 Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as is confirmed by all great acaryas (spiritual masters) like Sankaracarya, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka Svami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and many other authorities of Vedic knowledge. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 12:1812:18, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,276 In India there are many such acarya families, but they have now degenerated due to insufficient education and training. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 11:5811:58, 14 May 2022 diff hist +8,494 Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, they have all accepted Krsna: the ultimate knowledge of Vedic understanding. Many acaryas, they have written notes on Vedanta, targeting Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 11:5711:57, 14 May 2022 diff hist +5,898 The word bhajananandi refers to the devotee who does not move, but remains in one place. Such a devotee is always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He chants the maha-mantra as taught by many acaryas and sometimes goes out for preaching work No edit summary current
- 11:5711:57, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,004 Many Acaryas made elaborate commentaries on the Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 11:3811:38, 14 May 2022 diff hist +4,186 To receive a guest, either friend or foe, there is no expense. It is only a question of good manners No edit summary current
- 11:3711:37, 14 May 2022 diff hist +5,827 Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world. BG 9.3 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 11:3711:37, 14 May 2022 diff hist +1,857 The auspicious period known as abhijit, which is most opportune for victory, commenced at midday and has all but passed; therefore, in the interest of Your friends, please dispose of this formidable foe quickly No edit summary current
- 11:3711:37, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,221 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
- 11:3711:37, 14 May 2022 diff hist +4,943 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
- 11:3611:36, 14 May 2022 diff hist +2,763 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
- 11:3611:36, 14 May 2022 diff hist +2,803 O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and hate No edit summary current
- 11:3311:33, 14 May 2022 diff hist +6,894 Krsna personally advises: Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world - BG 9.3 No edit summary current
- 11:3211:32, 14 May 2022 diff hist +6,025 Krsna clearly says: Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world - BG 9.3 No edit summary current
- 11:3211:32, 14 May 2022 diff hist +1,693 Even though the demon had an excellent opportunity to strike his unarmed foe without obstruction, he respected the law of single combat, thereby kindling the fury of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 11:3111:31, 14 May 2022 diff hist +1,954 Brahma said: The auspicious period known as abhijit, which is most opportune for victory, commenced at midday and has all but passed; therefore, in the interest of Your (Varahadeva's) friends, please dispose of this formidable foe (Hiranyaksa) quickly No edit summary
- 11:3111:31, 14 May 2022 diff hist +4,462 A devotee, who is called narayana-para, is never afraid of anything because he is always aware of the fact that the Lord protects him in all circumstances. With this conviction, Vidura traveled alone, & he was not seen or recognized by any friend or foe No edit summary current
- 11:3011:30, 14 May 2022 diff hist +8,744 As clearly stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.3): Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world No edit summary current
- 11:3011:30, 14 May 2022 diff hist +2,570 Arjuna envisioned only unhappiness in the battlefield (of Kuruksetra) - he would not be happy even by gaining victory over the foe. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
13 May 2022
- 12:4712:47, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,403 When I return to India my ambition is to construct an American House at Vrindaban and get some of you boys and girls there to train for our preaching work in this part of the world No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,014 When a girl and boy are united, both are trained for a life dedicated to a higher purpose. The boy is trained to execute his duty in accordance with the higher purpose of life, and the girl is trained to follow him No edit summary current
- 12:4612:46, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,413 To train the innocent boy to be a sense gratifier at the early age when the child is actually happy in any circumstance is the greatest violence No edit summary current
- 12:4512:45, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2,867 This boy was known as Srngi, and he achieved good training in brahmacarya by his father so that he could be as powerful as a brahmana, even at that age No edit summary current
- 12:4512:45, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,031 This boy is a new boy, and he might have so many ideas within his brain and if you can train him for your purpose he will be a great service No edit summary current
- 12:4412:44, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,167 The training was compulsory not only to create good citizens of the state, but also to prepare the boy's future life for spiritual realization No edit summary current
- 12:3812:38, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2,806 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to introduce the gurukula system of education for the proper training of young boys in the traditional gurukula way laid down in the Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,199 Since both the boys and the girls are being trained to become preachers, those girls are not ordinary girls but are as good as their brothers who are preaching Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 12:3612:36, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2,226 Please train our boys and girls to follow the principles very strictly No edit summary current
- 12:3612:36, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,279 Not that these boys and girls are being initiated all of a sudden. They are trained up for six months, one year, then they are offered hari-nama No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,127 I wish that instead of wasting your time for 2 or 3 years for taking a degree, you may increase your scope of activities for recruiting such boys and training them in Krishna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,615 I approached many respectable friends for giving me at least one boy from each family to be trained up in this line of self-realization, but I was not successful. The parents had no interest, the same difficulty of sudra mentality No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2,562 I am very pleased to hear that Haihaya is doing nicely as manager. He is a good boy. Now train him to be first class manager No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2,370 I am just trying to train three or four of the advanced boys to work as the superintendents of the centers No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,405 It is essential that girls as well as boys be trained to discharge spiritual duties so that at the time of cooperation both will be benefited. The training of the boy is brahmacarya, and the training of the girl is chastity No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 13 May 2022 diff hist +7,263 Especially we are giving training to our boys to learn simply English and Sanskrit No edit summary current
- 12:1912:19, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,446 A boy is trained to become brahmacari. Brahmacari. Brahmacari means complete celibacy. No sex life, no amusement. Because just to train him not to be attracted by this material sense enjoyment. Then he'll be able to grasp what is spiritual life No edit summary current
- 12:1912:19, 13 May 2022 diff hist +10,980 A boy is trained as a student up to twenty-five years, restricting sex life. Brahmacari. So, some of the boys remain naisthika-brahmacari - celibate for life No edit summary current
- 12:1912:19, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,733 A boy born in the family of a brahmana is not immediately a brahmana; he has to take up the training and the purificatory process No edit summary current
- 12:1812:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,480 As soon as they (the American boys) enter the Krsna consciousness movement being started in America, they are trained to meet the brahminical qualifications, even though they have fallen to the lowest conditions as sudras No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 13 May 2022 diff hist +13,166 Those who are actually in knowledge do not admit such conclusions (if one chant Hare Krsna or the name of demigods, the result will be the same), which are against the authority of the sastras No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 13 May 2022 diff hist +6,141 The sadhu will speak only on the authority of sastra. And sastra means the description given by the sadhu. They are correlative No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 13 May 2022 diff hist −10 It has already been explained in the previous verses that Prthu Maharaja advised the citizens to become adhoksaja-dhiyah, which means God conscious, or Krsna conscious, and in this verse (SB 4.21.27) he specifically presents the authority of sastra No edit summary
- 02:4902:49, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,458 Concerning our use of analogy. We do not bring in imperfect analogy, but we follow the instructions of the Sastras strictly. Our authority is on the basis of Sastra, not analogy No edit summary current
- 02:4302:43, 13 May 2022 diff hist +6,302 Out of the twelve mahajanas, Prahlada Maharaja is one of them. Because he was very bold. He was not afraid of his demonic father No edit summary
- 02:4202:42, 13 May 2022 diff hist +4,871 One must be very bold so that he can conquer these enemies of Krsna consciousness. Not caring for the good and bad of this material world, one must boldly propagate Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 02:4202:42, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,332 My (Manu) dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously afflicted by the words of your mother's co-wife, and you very boldly gave up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the yogic process No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 The suvarna-vanik community to which Uddharana Datta belonged was actually a Vaisnava community. Its members were bankers and gold merchants - suvarna means - gold, and vanik means - merchant No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,722 The priests who guide the Kalawaras and the Sanwadas are called Sanodiya brahmanas. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states that the word sanoyada in Bengal indicates suvarna-vanik No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 The merchants, who were the principal residents, were called Saptagrama suvarna-vaniks. There were very many rich people there, and Hiranya Majumadara and Govardhana Majumadara belonged to the kayastha community No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +37 They (the suvarna-vanik) have been ostracized from the higher castes, namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas. But by the grace of Srila Nityananda Prabhu, the suvarna-vanik community was again elevated No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 They (suvarna-vanik) were known as the Saptagrami mercantile community of Calcutta, and most of them belonged to the Mullik and Sil families. More than half of Calcutta belonged to this community, as did Srila Uddharana Thakura No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,714 Some of them (the vaisyas) are called tila-vanik, or grain raisers, some are called gandha-vanik, or merchants in spices, and some are called suvarna-vanik, or merchants in gold and banking No edit summary current
- 02:2702:27, 13 May 2022 diff hist −5 Our paternal family also came from this district (Hugli) and belonged to the same community - suvarna-vanik No edit summary current
- 02:2702:27, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 Long ago there was a misunderstanding between Ballal Sena and the suvarna-vanik community because of the great banker Gauri Sena No edit summary current
- 02:2702:27, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 It is said in the Caitanya-bhagavata, yateka vanik-kula uddharana haite pavitra ha-ila dvidha nahika ihate: there is no doubt that all the community members of the suvarna-vanik society were again purified by Sri Nityananda Prabhu No edit summary current
- 02:2702:27, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,815 In this connection (of CC Madhya 16.217), one may refer to Adi-lila (Chapter Eleven, verse 41), which describes Uddharana Datta, who also belonged to the Saptagrami suvarna-vanik community No edit summary current
- 02:2202:22, 13 May 2022 diff hist +37 In Bengal the suvarna-vanik class are always very rich, for they are bankers and dealers in gold and silver No edit summary current
- 02:2102:21, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 In Bengal there are priests who guide the suvarna-vanik community, which is also considered a low class. There is little difference between the Sanwadas and the suvarna-vaniks No edit summary current
- 02:1902:19, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 Historically, the Agarwalas came from the up-country named Ayodha, and the suvarna-vanik community also came from Ayodha. It therefore appears that the suvarna-vaniks and the Agarwalas belong to the same community No edit summary current
- 02:1902:19, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,257 He (Ballal Sena) tried to induce the brahmanas not to accept the suvarna-vaniks as followers of the instructions of the Vedas under the brahminical directions No edit summary current
- 02:1802:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 Generally the suvarna-vaniks are bankers dealing in gold and silver. In western India, the Agarwalas also belong to the banking profession. This is the original business of the suvarna-vanik or Agarwala community No edit summary current
- 02:1802:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +7,628 Formerly, in our childhood, we visited this temple with our parents because all the members of the suvarna-vanik community enthusiastically take interest in this temple of Uddharana Datta Thakura No edit summary current
- 02:1802:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +14 Five hundred years ago, vaisyas, especially those of the suvarna-vanik community, were accepted as sudras in Bengal, and even the vaidyas, who were generally physicians, were also considered sudras No edit summary
- 02:1802:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +37 Calcutta was developed under British rule by the influential mercantile community, and especially by the suvarna-vanik community who came down from Saptagrama to establish their businesses and homes all over Calcutta No edit summary current
- 02:1802:18, 13 May 2022 diff hist +37 Before the time of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the suvarna-vanik class was condemned by Ballal Sena, who was then the King of Bengal, due to a personal grudge No edit summary current
- 02:1702:17, 13 May 2022 diff hist +7,979 Ballal Sena was taking loans from Gauri Sena and spending money extravagantly, and therefore Gauri Sena stopped supplying money. Ballal Sena took revenge by instigating a social conspiracy to make the suvarna-vaniks outcastes No edit summary current
- 02:1702:17, 13 May 2022 diff hist +37 Ballal Sena used to borrow money from a suvarna-vanik banker. Ballal Sena's bankruptcy later obliged the suvarna-vanik banker to stop advancing money to him & Ballal Sena became angry & condemned the entire suvarna-vanik society as belonging to the sudra No edit summary current
- 02:1702:17, 13 May 2022 diff hist +3,378 Ballal Sena's bankruptcy led to his condemnation of the suvarna-vanik class of Bengal No edit summary current
- 02:1602:16, 13 May 2022 diff hist +5,507 Although some brahmanas approved of Ballal Sena’s actions, others did not. Thus the brahmanas also became divided amongst themselves, and those who supported the suvarna-vanik class were rejected from the brahmana community No edit summary current
12 May 2022
- 11:1911:19, 12 May 2022 diff hist +10 There are many authoritative books of spiritual knowledge, but all of them are more or less supplements to the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 11:1911:19, 12 May 2022 diff hist +19,496 We should use this great opportunity, human life, to understand all these points which are mentioned in the authoritative books of Vedic knowledge like Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita No edit summary
- 11:1911:19, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,293 Authoritative Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 When there is sound vibrated praising the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, one is forced to hear. That hearing process enters into the mind, and the practice of yoga is automatically performed No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,340 This payo-vrata is also known as sarva-yajna. In other words, by performing this sacrifice one can perform all other sacrifices automatically. This is also acknowledged to be the best of all ritualistic ceremonies No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,427 The devotee of the Lord does not need to perform ritualistic ceremonies as sraddha because he is always pleasing the Supreme Lord; therefore his fathers and ancestors who might have been in difficulty are automatically relieved No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,101 Sraddha is confident, firm faith that by rendering transcendental loving service to Krsna one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. Such faith is favorable to the discharge of devotional service No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,895 Prahlada Maharaja was always absorbed in thought of Krsna. Thus, being always embraced by the Lord, he did not know how his bodily necessities, such as sitting, walking, eating, lying down, drinking and talking, were being automatically performed No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist +10 In the srutis it is said that the birthless appears to take birth. The Supreme has nothing to do, but because He is omnipotent, everything is performed by Him naturally, as if done automatically No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,167 In the material world, the external potency can act only after one endeavors at great length, but when the Supreme Lord desires, everything is performed automatically by the internal potency No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 In the material world, the external potency (material energy) can act only after one endeavors at great length, but when the Supreme Lord desires, everything is performed automatically by the internal potency No edit summary current
- 10:4610:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist +9,051 If you have heard from the right source and if you are convinced, then automatically you will try to perform kirtana. Kirtana means glorifying No edit summary current
- 10:4510:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist +22,646 If one has faith he is firmly convinced that simply by rendering devotional service to Lord Krsna all other activities are automatically performed - including ritualistic duties, sacrifices, yoga and the speculative pursuit of knowledge No edit summary current
- 10:4510:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist +37 His (Krsna's) potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed as a natural sequence. (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.7-8). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:4510:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,217 Caitanya-caritamrta states, krsne bhakti kaile sarva-karma krta haya: when one worships the Supreme Lord, Krsna, in devotional service, one automatically performs all other pious activity No edit summary current
- 10:4410:44, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,312 A person fully conversant with Krsna consciousness does not perform any rituals because he knows that simply by serving Krsna in full Krsna consciousness, all rituals are automatically performed No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,762 Certainly the 12 GBC members are being trained up strictly under my guidance so that they will protect the interest of the society very, very carefully No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 12 May 2022 diff hist +29 Because it is (Krsna consciousness movement) being properly conducted under the guidance of the Panca-tattva, strictly following the regulative principles, it has nothing to do with external impediments No edit summary
- 10:0810:08, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,741 Under strict guidance of the great souls and spiritual injunctions, such great saintly kings were trained up, and as a result the kingdom was full of saintly persons and was a happy land of spiritual life No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,893 So long I am living I wish you all be strictly under my guidance without any fratricidal disagreement No edit summary current
- 03:1903:19, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,640 The arrival of clouds, accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning all over the sky, provides a picture of life-giving hope. Covered by deep bluish clouds, the sky appears artificially dressed No edit summary current
- 03:1803:18, 12 May 2022 diff hist +8,691 Father is the seed-giving, life-giving agent. So this life was not transferred to anyone else to take the body. The life-giver, father, gave him the body. Therefore Brahma is called Svayambhu No edit summary current
- 03:1803:18, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,748 All these news are to me life-giving ambrosia, so the more you open branches, the more I increase my duration of life No edit summary current
- 03:1703:17, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,882 All these newses are to me life-giving ambrosia, so the more you open branches, the more I increase my duration of life. Therefore, if you all my students want me to live for some days more, go on opening nice branches as many as possible No edit summary current
- 03:1703:17, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,856 After summer, the advent of the rainy season is considered to be a life-giving source for everyone. The thunder and occasional lightning are also pleasurable to the people No edit summary current
- 03:1603:16, 12 May 2022 diff hist +7,949 According to the Vedic system, whenever there is an arrangement for sacrifice, the members participating are offered the juice of the soma plant, which is a kind of life-giving beverage No edit summary current
- 03:0903:09, 12 May 2022 diff hist +7,453 After the first rainfall, when there is a thundering sound in the clouds, all the frogs begin to croak, like students suddenly engaged in reading their studies No edit summary current
- 03:0903:09, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,534 While in the water they sometimes formed one circle and sometimes many circles, and while in the water they used to play cymbals and imitate the croaking of frogs No edit summary current
- 03:0803:08, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,421 The frogs loudly croak, with the result that they invite the snakes to eat them. The human tongue is especially given for chanting the Vedic hymns and not for croaking like frogs No edit summary current
- 03:0803:08, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,140 The croaking of the frogs in the rainy season resounds very loudly in the forest, with the result that snakes, hearing the croaking in the darkness, approach the frogs and swallow them No edit summary current
- 03:0803:08, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,364 Krsna's friends played blindman's buff, challenging and touching one another. Sometimes they imitated the forest deer and various kinds of birds. They joked with one another by imitating croaking frogs, and they enjoyed swinging underneath the trees No edit summary current
- 03:0803:08, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,591 Although that person (who does not lend his aural reception to hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead) has a tongue, it is like the tongue of a frog, which unnecessarily creates a disturbance by croaking, inviting the snake of death No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,331 There is no harm in having different propensities in life because every human being is proportionately independent to chalk out the plan of his life by different occupations No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 12 May 2022 diff hist +6,457 Now if our students strictly follow the chalked out plan; namely chanting 16 rounds daily, following the restrictive regulations and reading at least one chapter from our books, then automatically they become ordained ministers No edit summary current
- 02:5302:53, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,983 Yogic exercise means No edit summary current
- 02:5202:52, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,375 Yogic exercise is especially beneficial to keep the air in order so that diseases of the body become almost nil by such exercises. When they are properly done the duration of life also increases, and one can have control over death also by such practices No edit summary current
- 02:5102:51, 12 May 2022 diff hist +15,361 When one rises to the perfectional stage of receiving dictation from the Lord, that is greater than any stage of material achievements above mentioned. The breathing exercise of the yoga system which is generally practiced is just the beginning No edit summary current
- 02:5102:51, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,873 There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yogic breathing exercises, and thereby controlling all attachment, he remained standing on one leg only, eating nothing but air, and stood there on one leg for one hundred years No edit summary current
- 02:5102:51, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,981 Sometimes he would take his bath in the River Godavari. After taking his bath he would sit in a secluded place on the bank of the river, and, by practicing the yoga exercises of pranayama, the usual breathing exercise, he would concentrate his mind No edit summary current
- 02:5102:51, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,826 Regarding other yoga exercises, if you take Krishna prasadam you shall keep your body automatically fit for working, so there is no need of extra exercises which are required by persons who may eat more than what is required No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,757 In the hatha-yoga system one has to practice bodily exercises, dhyana, dharana, asana, meditation, etc. One also has to sit in one place in a particular posture and concentrate his gaze on the tip of the nose No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,450 In modern days, when the influence of Kali Age is so disturbing, practically everyone is untrained in this art (controlling the life air by the prescribed yogic process) of bodily exercise No edit summary current
- 02:5002:50, 12 May 2022 diff hist +6,903 He (Krsna) does not become God by manufacturing some mystic process of meditation, nor does He become God by undergoing the severe austerities of the mystic yogic exercises No edit summary current
- 02:4802:48, 12 May 2022 diff hist +6,300 By practicing the yoga exercises of pranayama, the usual breathing exercises, he would concentrate his mind No edit summary current
- 02:3002:30, 12 May 2022 diff hist +15,048 This calendar (according to the Vaisnava almanac) begins with the month of Margasirsa, which is equivalent to late October and early November. The remainder of November is known by Vaisnavas as Kesava No edit summary current
- 02:2502:25, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,083 The way of materialistic life leads to the wrong type of human civilization No edit summary current
- 02:2502:25, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,282 In the modern society, even a boy thinks himself self-sufficient and pays no respect to elderly men. Due to the wrong type of education being imparted in our universities, boys all over the world are giving their elders headaches No edit summary
- 02:1602:16, 12 May 2022 diff hist +21,802 You cannot manufacture water unless you have hydrogen and oxygen. So, here is a vast - not only this Atlantic or Pacific: there are millions of planets, and there are millions of Atlantic and Pacific oceans No edit summary current
- 02:1602:16, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,315 Your glories are as fathomless as millions of oceans and seas. Speaking of its measure is a great offense indeed No edit summary current
- 02:1602:16, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,444 The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are deeper than millions of seas and oceans. Therefore no one can understand what He does or why He does it No edit summary current
- 02:1502:15, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,458 Deeper than millions of oceans No edit summary current
- 02:1502:15, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,507 Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of oceans, when the moon of His various emotions rises, He becomes restless No edit summary current
- 02:0502:05, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,455 The description given in these books, are not mundane speculations, but they are authorized versions of liberated souls, presented by our humble self. So the strength is not in us, but the strength is in the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 02:0502:05, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,099 Once we had the opportunity to meet Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and on first sight he requested this humble self to preach his message in the Western countries No edit summary current
- 02:0502:05, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,188 Fortunately, both our spiritual master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and our humble self had the opportunity to take birth in the families of transcendentals No edit summary current
- 02:0502:05, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,266 Fortunately, both our spiritual master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and our humble self, had the opportunity to take birth in such families (of the acarya or gosvami), by the grace of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
11 May 2022
- 06:1706:17, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,700 Your poetic appreciation about my humble self goes directly to my Spiritual Master because I am His servant only. Although I have no capacity to assimilate all the nice things that you offer me, they are directly dispatched to my Spiritual Master No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,113 O great sage, graciously be pleased to listen to the prayer of my humble self, for my mind is troubled by affection for my daughter No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 11 May 2022 diff hist +573 Category:Devotees Who Have Developed Love for the Supreme God Can See Him Always, Without Cessation No edit summary current
- 06:0406:04, 11 May 2022 diff hist +1,778 When Madhavendra Puri reached the temple of Gopinatha, he offered his respectful obeisances many times at the lotus feet of the Lord. In the ecstasy of love, he began to dance and sing without cessation No edit summary current
- 06:0406:04, 11 May 2022 diff hist +32 The word nirantara, meaning - without cessation, continuously, constantly - is very important in this verse (CC Madhya 16.72). The word antara means - interval. If one has desires other than a desire to perform devotional service No edit summary current
- 06:0306:03, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,465 The unsleeping, invisible, most powerful time factor causes these luminaries to revolve around the polestar without cessation No edit summary current
- 06:0306:03, 11 May 2022 diff hist +11 The Matsya incarnation is directly a plenary portion. So the innumerable incarnations of the Lord are manifested all over the universes constantly, without cessation, as water flows constantly from waterfalls No edit summary current
- 06:0306:03, 11 May 2022 diff hist −15 The Lord and His personal associates incarnate in many universes without cessation No edit summary current
- 06:0306:03, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,073 The innumerable incarnations of the Lord are manifested all over the universes constantly, without cessation, as water flows constantly from waterfalls No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 11 May 2022 diff hist +1,744 The Bhattacarya said, "Hearing Vedanta philosophy is a sannyasi's main business. Therefore without hesitation You should study Vedanta philosophy, hearing it without cessation from a superior person" No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,599 It is confirmed in Brahma-samhita that the devotee who has developed love for the Supreme God can see Him always, without cessation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:0106:01, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,951 Therefore I do not find a greater person than he who has no interest outside of Mine and who therefore engages and dedicates all his activities and all his life - everything - unto Me without cessation No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 11 May 2022 diff hist +1,592 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Without cessation continue chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna. Whenever possible, serve Him and His devotees, the Vaisnavas" No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 11 May 2022 diff hist −12 A pure devotee must engage in the service of the Lord twenty-four hours a day, without cessation; his life is so molded that at every minute and every second he engages in some sort of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 11 May 2022 diff hist −12 Avyavahita means: without cessation No edit summary current
- 05:5805:58, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,810 As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.2.6): The word dharma means "engagement." One who is engaged in the service of God (yato bhaktir adhoksaje), without impediment and without cessation, is understood to be situated in his original, spiritual status No edit summary
- 05:4305:43, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,194 When Uddhava was freed from all material contamination, he saw the Lord, and his throat became choked up, and he could not speak No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,167 When the six sons of Marici are killed by such fear (of material association) and one is freed from material contamination, within the womb of bhakti the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,306 When the mind is thus completely freed from all material contamination and detached from material objectives, it is just like the flame of a lamp No edit summary current
- 05:4305:43, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,527 When the gopis were overwhelmed with dissatisfaction due to Lord Krsna's absence from the rasa-lila, Krsna returned to them and told them, 'My dear gopis, our meeting is certainly free of all material contamination' No edit summary current
- 05:4205:42, 11 May 2022 diff hist +10,381 When one is free from the contamination of material nature and is situated in pure Krsna consciousness, or in the vasudeva state, Vasudeva, the Supreme Person, is revealed. This state is also called kaivalya, which means "pure consciousness No edit summary
- 05:4205:42, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 When one is freed from all material contaminations, any one of the relationships with Krsna is transcendentally relishable No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,611 When one is freed from all material contamination, his firm faith in devotional service awakens. When firm faith develops, a taste arises, and by that taste one becomes attached to devotional service No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,246 Yudhisthira said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), those who are constantly in Krsna consciousness and who think of Your lotus feet or Your shoes are certainly freed from all contamination of material life" No edit summary current
- 05:4105:41, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,397 You will develop unadulterated DS unto Me and be freed from all material contamination. At that time, being completely unattached to material enjoyment in the so-called heavenly planets as well as in hellish planets, you will return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,201 You may rest assured that if you traverse this path of self-realization perfectly, surely you shall be freed from fearful material contamination and shall ultimately reach Me No edit summary current
- 05:4005:40, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,539 You can be realized by the pure mind freed from all visible and invisible material contamination. We offer our respectful obeisances to You as the supreme spiritual master of knowledge in devotional service No edit summary current
- 05:3105:31, 11 May 2022 diff hist +40,670 When one is actually free from material contamination, he can fully engage himself in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 When one becomes freed from material contamination by rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can at that time understand the science of God No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 11 May 2022 diff hist +10,378 When, freed from such unwanted association and from the contamination of material desires, one favorably cultivates knowledge of Krsna, that is called pure devotional service. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,967 We must always remember, however, that such eagerness to follow in the footsteps of the denizens of Braja (Vrndavana) is not possible unless one is freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 11 May 2022 diff hist +19 We have developed certain unnecessary qualities by material association, and by following the above process (hearing of the name, quality, form of God) we become free from that contamination No edit summary current
- 05:2705:27, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,180 To go to the forest and live there with the animals, meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the only means by which to give up lusty desires. Unless one gives up such desires, one's mind cannot be freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,941 To become very good man in this world, that does not mean that he is freed from this material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:1205:12, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,632 To become learned and free from material contamination, therefore, one should try to understand Krsna, for thus one is immediately liberated from all pious and impious activities and their reaction No edit summary current
- 05:1205:12, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,157 Thus the demigods gave King Nimi the benediction that he would be able to stay in a purely spiritual body, free from all gross and subtle material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:1105:11, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,949 Those who are physically and mentally contaminated by atheism cannot be situated on the transcendental platform, but as soon as one is freed from material contamination he is immediately fit to be situated in devotional service No edit summary current
- 05:1105:11, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 Those who are freed from all material contaminations surrender unto the Supreme Lord and engage in His devotional service. As long as the material contamination is not completely washed off, they are by nature nondevotees. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 05:1005:10, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,848 This mercy can be perceived by the devotee when he is completely freed from contamination. It is stated, therefore, that only when all contamination is rooted out and the devotee is completely detached from material attractions can he receive God's mercy No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,088 This (when one becomes free from material contamination. In that state of life he can understand the Supreme Lord) is the statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam also. Also after liberation the process of bhakti or transcendental service continues. BG 1972 pur No edit summary
- 05:0805:08, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 This (chanting Hare Krsna) will free one from material contamination and engage the mind and intelligence in Krsna. By chanting Krsna's names, one will be transferred to the supreme planet, Krsnaloka, without a doubt. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 05:0805:08, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,309 The words yatha-sthanam vibhagasah indicate that one should know the process of creation and should meditate upon the creative process inversely and thus become free from material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:0705:07, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,761 The spirit soul, the living entity, has no death, for he is eternal and inexhaustible. Being free from material contamination, he can go anywhere in the material or spiritual worlds No edit summary current
- 05:0705:07, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,883 The soul is originally pure and so also the senses. By material contamination the senses assume the role of imperfection and impurity. By revival of contact with the Supreme Pure, Lord Krsna, the senses again become freed from material contaminations No edit summary current
- 05:0105:01, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,601 The senses of the Personality of Godhead are not made of the material elements; they are all transcendental, free from all contamination of material identification No edit summary current
- 05:0005:00, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,456 The pure devotee, by the grace of the Lord, absolutely loses all attraction for material enjoyment, and to keep free from contamination he always thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:0005:00, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,462 The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Thus they (Intelligent persons) are immediately freed from the contamination of the material qualities; they do not have to undergo severe penances and austerities for advancement in spiritual life" No edit summary current
- 04:5904:59, 11 May 2022 diff hist +10 The name of the Lord can be chanted by one who is completely freed from material contamination (anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11)) No edit summary current
- 04:5904:59, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,604 The messenger said, "We have come to take shelter of Your lotus feet, which can immediately eradicate all the results of fruitive action and thus free us from the contamination of material pains and pleasures" No edit summary current
- 04:5904:59, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,136 The Mayavada conception of kaivalya and that of the Vaisnava community is different. The Mayavadi thinks that as soon as one is free from all material contamination, he is merged into the existence of the Supreme No edit summary current
- 04:5804:58, 11 May 2022 diff hist +9 The Lord was so pleased with Bhattacarya that He began to bless him repeatedly: From today you are freed from the contamination of this material body and the entanglement of material energy. You are now fit to go back to Godhead, back home No edit summary current
- 04:5804:58, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 The Lord is omnipotent and omniscient, and similarly, His name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and everything pertaining to Him are complete, pure, eternal and free from material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:5004:50, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 The living entities are supposed to be freed from material contamination by engaging in prolonged temple worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, reading Vedic literature and performing yoga and pious activities to attain the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 04:5004:50, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 The impersonalist argues on the strength of the Vedic version given in the Svetasvatara Upanisad: Beyond Brahma there is the Transcendence who has no material form and is free from all material contaminations. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:4904:49, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,792 The enlightened jnani, when free from all material contaminations, namely the gross and subtle bodies together with the senses of the material modes of nature, is placed in the Supreme and is thus liberated from material bondage No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,314 The demoniac speculators cannot understand the transcendental qualities, form, pastimes, strength, knowledge and opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which are all free from material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,299 The demigod Vidyadhara continued to speak to Krsna, "It was a great benediction for me. Had he not cursed me, I would not have assumed the body of a serpent, would not have been kicked by Your lotus feet, thus freed from all material contamination” No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,379 The conclusion is, therefore, that even when the living entities become free from all contamination of material conditions and merge into the spiritual kingdom, their individual tastes in relationship with the Supreme Lord continue to exist No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 The activities of devotional service are free from the contamination of material qualities. Therefore, to be free from the reactions of su-visaya and ku-visaya, one must take to Krsna consciousness. In that way, one will save himself from contamination No edit summary current
- 04:4704:47, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,684 The 4 sages headed by Sanaka Muni addressed the Lord as follows, "My dear SP of God, Your reputation is very attractive and free from all material contamination. Therefore You are worthy of being glorified & are actually the reservoir of all pilgrimages" No edit summary current
- 02:5702:57, 11 May 2022 diff hist +37 Category:Free from Material Contamination No edit summary current
- 02:5602:56, 11 May 2022 diff hist +458 Category:Devotees of God Are Freed from All Mental Contamination No edit summary current
- 02:4802:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 That (when one has been freed from all material contamination by the blazing fire of yogic samadhi, or ecstasy) is the topmost perfection of yoga No edit summary current
- 02:4802:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,886 Taking shelter of devotional service to the Lord in full Krsna consciousness is therefore the only way to become free from the contamination of material, conditioned life, especially in this age No edit summary
- 02:4802:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,198 Suta Gosvami said: Thus being deeply absorbed in thinking of the instructions of the Lord, which were imparted in the great intimacy of friendship, and in thinking of His lotus feet, Arjuna's mind became pacified and free from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:4702:47, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 Steady in the Self, being freed from all material contamination, the yogi achieves the highest perfectional stage of happiness in touch with the supreme consciousness - Bg. 6.28 No edit summary current
- 02:4602:46, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,851 Sridhara Swami said in his verse, "Simply by chanting Your transcendental names, O Lord Madhupati, let me become free from the contamination of this material existence" No edit summary current
- 02:4502:45, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 Simply by offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is immediately freed from material contamination, the material bodily concept, by the blazing fire of ecstasy. This effect takes place immediately, without a second's delay No edit summary current
- 02:4502:45, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,937 Simply by offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is immediately freed from material contamination, the material bodily concept, by the blazing fire of ecstasy No edit summary current
- 02:4502:45, 11 May 2022 diff hist −16 Simply by chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, simply by remembering the lotus feet of Krsna, simply by offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is immediately freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:4502:45, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,908 Service performed strictly in conformity with the revealed scriptures is better than viddha-bhakti because it is free from all kinds of material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:4402:44, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam: (CC Madhya 19.170) a devotee is already freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:4302:43, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,469 Rukminidevi said, "My dear Lord Krsna, Your transcendental glories are chanted by great sages who are free from material contamination, and in exchange for such glorification You are so kind that You freely distribute Yourself to such devotees" No edit summary current
- 02:2702:27, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,570 Pure Vaisnava is free from all material contamination of fruitive activities & mental speculation. He is simply, purely disposed to transcendental loving service to Krishna. He rejects anything which has no pure idea of serving the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 02:2602:26, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,376 Our Krsna consciousness movement aims at engaging people in Lord Krsna's service. That will help them become freed from all material contamination and sinful activity. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (4.10): vita-raga-bhaya-krodhah No edit summary current
- 02:2602:26, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,793 Only by becoming Krsna conscious and taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord in this way can one be freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:2502:25, 11 May 2022 diff hist +9,260 Only because of ignorance do people concoct differences and dualities. You are free from material contamination, and since the entire cosmos is caused by You and cannot exist without You, it is an effect of Your transcendental qualities No edit summary current
- 02:2502:25, 11 May 2022 diff hist +19 One who worships the Supreme Lord Visnu attains freedom from the contamination of material nature No edit summary current
- 02:2502:25, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2,342 One who meditates in this way, concentrating his mind upon the always auspicious form of the Lord, is very soon freed from all material contamination, and he does not come down from meditation upon the Lord No edit summary current
- 02:2402:24, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,163 One who is freed from material contamination is joyful and can enter into devotional service, and by devotional service he can be liberated No edit summary current
- 02:2402:24, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,983 One who is engaged in Krsna consciousness and devotional service has without doubt become freed from all contaminations of material sinful activities No edit summary current
- 02:2402:24, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,030 One should know the process of creation and should meditate upon the creative process inversely and thus become free from material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:2302:23, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,177 One should chant the holy name of the Lord and keep oneself free from the contaminations of this material world, especially the contaminations of lusty desires for illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling No edit summary current
- 02:2302:23, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,037 One should be free from all material designations and cleansed of all material contamination. He should be restored to his pure identity, in which he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses No edit summary current
- 02:1202:12, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,061 One should be free from all material designations and, by Krsna consciousness, must be cleansed of all material contamination No edit summary current
- 02:1202:12, 11 May 2022 diff hist +6,115 One must take shelter of a niskincana, a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is the way to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 02:1102:11, 11 May 2022 diff hist −27 One may conclude that the Gita confirms the living entity to be only one of the multi-energies of Krsna; and when this energy is freed from material contamination, it becomes fully Krsna conscious, or liberated. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 11 May 2022 diff hist +7,545 One can immediately be free from material contamination by touching or bathing in those rivers, and the four castes of people who live in Plaksadvipa - the Hamsas, Patangas, Urdhvayanas and Satyangas - purify themselves in that way No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,731 One can gloriously become freed from all material contamination by the simple process of chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,840 One cannot understand the science of the Personality of Godhead unless one is freed from the contamination of the material modes, even up to the stage of a brahmana No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 11 May 2022 diff hist +19 One can attain freedom from the contamination of material nature by worshiping Visnu, and therefore He is called Sattvatanu No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 11 May 2022 diff hist +9 Narottama dasa Thakura described devotional service as follows: When will my mind be completely freed from all contamination of desires for material pleasure? Only at that time will it be possible for me to understand Vrndavana No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,160 My Lord, those who are completely freed from material contamination always meditate upon You within the cores of their hearts No edit summary current
- 02:0602:06, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,758 My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of seeing You personally No edit summary current
10 May 2022
- 06:2006:20, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,959 Mucukunda continued, "My dear Lord, You are the Supersoul of everyone, and You can understand everything. Now I am free from all contamination of material desire" No edit summary current
- 06:2006:20, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,871 Merely by hearing the holy name of Your Lordship only once, even candalas, men of the lowest class, are freed from all material contamination. Under the circumstances, who will not be freed from material contamination simply by seeing You? No edit summary
- 06:2006:20, 10 May 2022 diff hist +9,178 Maharaja Bharata thought that since the demigods were different parts of Vasudeva's body, He controls those who are explained in the Vedic mantras. By thinking in this way, Maharaja Bharata was freed from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,875 Lord Krsna embraced every one of them, and by the touch of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the Pandavas immediately became freed from all reactions of material contamination and were therefore smiling in spiritual bliss No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,952 Krsna replied, "I am surprised to find that your mind is now freed from all material contamination. You are now fit to execute devotional service" No edit summary current
- 06:1106:11, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,737 Krsna continued, "And it is a fact also that My devotees, My dearmost friends and servitors, are always free from material contamination, even though they are not inclined to ask Me for such liberation" No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 10 May 2022 diff hist +1,829 Kardama Muni saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is free from material contamination, in His eternal form, effulgent like the sun, wearing a garland of white lotuses and water lilies No edit summary
- 06:0606:06, 10 May 2022 diff hist −27 It may be free from material contamination, but because there is mental speculation the devotional service is not pure and freed from the contamination of material life No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,134 It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that those who are atmarama, self-satisfied, are freed from all contaminations of the material modes of nature No edit summary current
- 05:4905:49, 10 May 2022 diff hist −16 It (the mind) will be freed from absorption in material contamination. The pure soul will be able to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:4905:49, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,933 In the Visnu-yamala-tantra there is a statement that because the Personality of Godhead and His expanded bodies are always full of knowledge, bliss and eternity, they are always free from the eighteen kinds of material contaminations No edit summary current
- 05:4805:48, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,038 In the spiritual realm, beyond the material covering, is the unlimited Brahman effulgence, which is free from material contamination. That effulgent white light is understood by transcendentalists to be the light of all lights No edit summary current
- 05:4805:48, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,453 In the spiritual body, free from material contamination, one can serve Radha-Krsna and Laksmi-Narayana. When one is thus spiritually situated, he no longer thinks of his own personal sense gratification No edit summary current
- 05:4805:48, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,595 In the Padma Purana there is a statement about remembering the activities of the Lord, "A person who is always engaged in meditation on the sweet pastimes and wonderful activities of the Lord surely becomes freed from all material contamination" No edit summary current
- 05:4805:48, 10 May 2022 diff hist +7,867 In the Age of Kali there are many faults, for people are subjected to many miserable conditions, yet in this age there is one great benediction - simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra one can be freed from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,772 Indeed, by following the instructions of the acaryas one is always freed from all material contamination, and thus one's life becomes successful, for one reaches the goal of life No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,740 If our desires are applied to the service of the Lord, they become purified, and thus we become immediately freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:4605:46, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,833 It is best not to accept any disciples. One has to become purified at home by chanting the Hare Krsna and preaching the principles enunciated by Sri Caitanya. Thus one can become a spiritual master and be freed from the contamination of material life No edit summary current
- 05:4605:46, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,485 It is also recommended here (in SB 3.32.7) that by traversing the illuminated path one can be freed from contamination of the material modes of nature; by that path one can enter into the kingdom where the completely perfect Personality of Godhead resides No edit summary current
- 05:2905:29, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,214 If one somehow or other becomes Krsna conscious by applying his senses in the service of the Lord, one is immediately freed from material contamination. Such are the effects of Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,560 If one actually develops the devotional attitude, he must be freed from the material contamination of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. These are the preliminary symptoms No edit summary current
- 05:2705:27, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,831 If Krsna's enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends like the gopis can achieve such freedom and much more. Besides that, in the Bhagavad-gita Krsna is called Hrsikesa No edit summary current
- 05:2705:27, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,726 If Krsna's enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends like the gopis can achieve such freedom and much more No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,621 If anyone has reached the stage where he must become free from this material contamination, then he has to seek the association of devotees, wherein Krsna consciousness is exclusively cultured. One can thereby become freed from all material association No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,883 His (the pure devotee's) so-called material body does not exist, being surcharged with the spiritual current of the Lord's identical interest, and thus he is permanently freed from all contaminations of the sum total of the mahat-tattva No edit summary current
- 05:2505:25, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,608 He has immense potency, and in various forms, all free from material contamination, He acts wonderfully. He is therefore the Supreme Brahman. I offer my respects to Him No edit summary current
- 05:2505:25, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,644 He (Yudhisthira) became disinterested in his kingdom and family and thus became free from all material contamination, or material designation No edit summary current
- 05:2505:25, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,300 He (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) gave the people of this age the advantage of being able to chant the Hare Krsna mantra and thus become fully pure, free from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:2405:24, 10 May 2022 diff hist +7,298 Herein (SB 2.7.47) also the same is affirmed in the statements about the material elements; they are all transcendental, free from all contamination of material identification No edit summary current
- 05:0205:02, 10 May 2022 diff hist +1,793 Even though You appear in the material energy, You are situated transcendentally. You are always free from material contamination because You are completely self-sufficient No edit summary current
- 05:0205:02, 10 May 2022 diff hist +43,502 Even if one is a liberated soul and is actually free from material contamination, he can still, without cause, become attracted to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 05:0205:02, 10 May 2022 diff hist −27 Diksa actually means initiating a disciple with transcendental knowledge by which he becomes freed from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 05:0105:01, 10 May 2022 diff hist +2,986 Constant thought of the Lord is the antiseptic method for keeping oneself free from the infectious contamination of the material qualities No edit summary current
- 04:5204:52, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,673 By understanding bhagavata-dharma, one immediately becomes free from material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:5204:52, 10 May 2022 diff hist −27 By spiritual consciousness only can one be free from the contamination of material affection and receive the benedictions offered by the Lord No edit summary current
- 04:5204:52, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,334 By practicing bhakti-yoga, if the performer is not purified from the material contamination, he must be a pseudodevotee. For such an imposter there is no remedy for being freed from material entanglement No edit summary current
- 04:5104:51, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,029 By following in the footsteps of the great acaryas, one associates with the hamsas or paramahamsas, those who are completely freed from material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:5104:51, 10 May 2022 diff hist −27 By constantly engaging in the service of the Lord and thinking of His lotus feet, one is automatically freed from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:5104:51, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,060 By bhajana-kriya one attains freedom from the contamination of materialistic life. He no longer goes to a restaurant or hotel to taste so-called palatable dishes made with meat and onions, nor does he care to smoke or drink tea or coffee No edit summary current
- 04:5004:50, 10 May 2022 diff hist −27 Brahma-bhuta is the state of being free from material contamination and situated in the transcendental service of the Lord. Mad-bhaktim labhate param (BG 18.54). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,564 Being in a transcendental position, he gave instructions on religion and transcendental knowledge because he is naturally extremely kind to the fallen souls. These instructions were free from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:4004:40, 10 May 2022 diff hist +2,874 Becoming fully Krsna conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:4004:40, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,073 Because the Personality of Godhead and His expanded bodies are always full of knowledge, bliss and eternity, they are always free from the eighteen kinds of material contaminations No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,182 Bali said, "My dear Lord (Krsna), You are the supreme master and director of the whole world. Please, therefore, engage me in Your service and let me thus become free from all material contaminations" No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 10 May 2022 diff hist +2,364 A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations. Therefore, by nature he is not subjected to the sins of the material world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 04:3704:37, 10 May 2022 diff hist +7,371 A brahmana may be a very learned scholar, but this does not mean that he is free from material contamination. A brahmana’s contamination, however, is in the mode of goodness No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,107 As the presence of the sun dissipates darkness, constant engagement in the association of the Lord Sri Krsna frees one from the contamination of the material qualities No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,893 As soon as the devotees surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord sincerely, the Lord accepts them, and thus the devotees at once become free from all material contaminations. Such devotees are above the three modes of material nature No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 10 May 2022 diff hist +6,137 As soon as one is very intimately connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one surely becomes free from all material contamination. Ya nirvrtis tanu-bhrtam. This cessation of all material happiness is called nirvrti or nirvana No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 10 May 2022 diff hist +3,420 As soon as one is freed from the contamination of the three material modes, he no longer has to take birth to transmigrate from one form to another in this material world No edit summary current
- 04:1504:15, 10 May 2022 diff hist +8,278 Anyone who is a sincere devotee of Lord Krsna and who preaches this cult, speaking only on the basis of Krsna's instructions, is understood to be virajam, or free from the defects of material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:1504:15, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,669 Anyone, therefore, who hears such narrations of the Lord’s pastimes is immediately freed from the contamination of material existence No edit summary current
- 04:1404:14, 10 May 2022 diff hist +2,469 After thus traveling all over the universes, they also entered into the spiritual sky, for they were freed from all material contamination No edit summary current
- 04:1404:14, 10 May 2022 diff hist +5,432 After thinking of Radha & Krsna and Their pastimes for a long time & after getting completely free from material contamination, one is transferred to the spiritual world. There the devotee attains an opportunity to serve Radha & Krsna as one of the gopis No edit summary current
- 04:1304:13, 10 May 2022 diff hist +4,123 After sitting on your seat, practice the three kinds of breathing exercises, and thus gradually control the life air, the mind and the senses. Completely free yourself from all material contamination, and with great patience begin to meditate on the SPG No edit summary current
- 04:0604:06, 10 May 2022 diff hist +615 Category:Pure Devotees of God Are Completely Freed from the Contamination of Material Desires No edit summary current
8 May 2022
- 15:5615:56, 8 May 2022 diff hist −13 We are not very willing to perform austerities without good reason; therefore any man with a good scientific and philosophical mind, like your good self, must first appreciate what transcendental knowledge is No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 8 May 2022 diff hist −13 Warmongering materialists always create fighting without reason No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,527 The word ahaituki means "without reason." A pure devotee does not render loving service to the Personality of Godhead for any cause or for any benefit, material or spiritual. This is the first symptom of unalloyed devotion No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 8 May 2022 diff hist +6,744 The real thing is that we want satisfaction of our self, so if we want actually satisfaction of self then we shall take to this devotional service without being checked by any material condition or for without any material reason, then you shall be happy No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 8 May 2022 diff hist +7 The asuras or atheists, the demons, without reason or cause, are envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 8 May 2022 diff hist +7,226 There is no reason to believe that all the gigantic planets float in space without the superior arrangement of a superior intelligence. This subject is clearly dealt with in the Bhagavad-gita - BG 15.13 No edit summary
- 15:5515:55, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,753 One who engages in the devotional service of Vasudeva, Krsna, has complete transcendental knowledge and renunciation, and there is no explanation for these attainments. Ahaituki - without reason, they come No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,932 Love is without reason. Even God does not supply me daily bread, I'll love God. That is love No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,938 It is stated in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam that the topmost religious practice is that by which one can attain to the transcendental devotional service of the Lord, without reason or cause No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,694 In this age it is very difficult to find such a head of state who is expert in killing the undesirables. Modern heads of state sit very nicely in their palaces and try without reason to kill innocent persons No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 8 May 2022 diff hist −13 In every field of activity we find some finite controller, so how can we deny the existence of an infinite controller in this creation? It is not without reason therefore that Caitanya Mahaprabhu particularly uses this word Jagadisa, Lord of the universe No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,062 He (the person in the second classs of men) cheats everyone to acquire money for his family and his self, and he becomes envious of others without reason. Such a person is thrown into the hell known as Raurava No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,411 A ksatriya is allowed to kill only for maintenance of the law and order of the state; he is not allowed to kill or commit violence without reason No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,465 This mystical mantric armor given by Visvarupa to Indra, the King of heaven, acted powerfully, with the effect that Indra was able to conquer the asuras and enjoy the opulence of the three worlds without impediments No edit summary
- 15:3815:38, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,904 This movement will go for ten thousand years without any impediment. You should take this opportunity. You work sincerely; it will increase, it will increase No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 8 May 2022 diff hist −13 The sun may appear covered by a cloud, but actually it is the eyes of the tiny people below the cloud that are covered, not the sun. If those tiny people rose above the cloud in an airplane, they could then see the sunshine and the sun without impediment No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,845 The seas, mountains and rivers gave him room to drive his chariot without impediments, and a suta, a magadha and a vandi offered prayers and praises. They all presented themselves before him to perform their respective duties No edit summary current
- 15:3615:36, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,512 The difference between a devotee and an impersonalist is that an impersonalist tries to become one with the Supreme so that he can enjoy without impediment No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,594 Now I wish that you all will be pleased with Me and give Me good consultation. Tell Me how I shall be able to go to Vrndavana without impediments No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,112 Just as the air or wind cannot be checked by anyone, the two nostrils, situated in one place, enjoy the sense of smell without impediment. When the tongue is present, the mouth continually tastes all kinds of relishable foodstuffs No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,832 I wanted to make some sannyasis to do what I am doing, and if you keep the standard, always chanting Hare Krishna, then it will go on continuously without impediment No edit summary current
- 15:1915:19, 8 May 2022 diff hist −13 In the presence of so many enemies, The Krsna consciousness movement is progressing, going forward without impediments No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,607 Being assured of all this, return to your own home. Very soon, without impediments, you will attain shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,436 A wife is therefore supposed to be an inspiration and should keep the husband's intelligence in good order so that they can combinedly prosecute the affairs of family life without impediment No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,406 As he (a person) regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and gradually grow into a mature plant and then produce the fruit of devotional service, namely love of Godhead, which the gardener (mala-kara) can then enjoy without impediments No edit summary current
- 15:1615:16, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,328 Although the Arctic region is not visible to ordinary persons, the sun shines there without impediment No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,041 Please go kill him and thus regain Your wife, Sitadevi. O great hero, although my water presents no impediment to Your going to Lanka, please construct a bridge over it to spread Your transcendental fame No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,673 Not caring about eating, he traveled all day. Hunger was not an impediment, for his mind was concentrated upon obtaining shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 15:0215:02, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,199 My dear sons of demons, the SPG, Narayana, is the original Supersoul, the father of all living entities. Consequently there are no impediments to pleasing Him or worshiping Him under any conditions, whether one be a child or an old man No edit summary current
- 15:0115:01, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,075 I am very much anxious to go to London, but I do not know why you are delaying to call me. The legal documents being submitted, there is no impediment to rent a nice house No edit summary current
- 15:0115:01, 8 May 2022 diff hist +451 Category:No Impediments in Devotional Service to God Due to Degraded Birth and Occupation No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 8 May 2022 diff hist +6,037 In the path of devotional service there are no impediments due to degraded birth and occupation. The path is open for everyone who agrees to follow it No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 8 May 2022 diff hist +28 In the material world every planet has a specific advantage (vibhuti-bhinna). In the spiritual world, however, all the planets and their inhabitants are composed of spiritual energy. Because there are no material impediments No edit summary
- 15:0015:00, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,230 In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that bhakti, devotional service, must be unconditional. No material impediments can actually check the advancement of devotional service, be it executed by a common man or a king No edit summary current
- 14:5914:59, 8 May 2022 diff hist +7,835 If you prepare in this life, then you can go to Vaikuntha. There is no impediment. Simply you have to be purified. This bhakti-marga is the process of purification No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 8 May 2022 diff hist +28 Even a small beginning of such activity (in Krsna consciousness) finds no impediment, nor can that small beginning be lost at any stage. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 8 May 2022 diff hist +422 Category:No Impediments in Devotional Service to God No edit summary current
- 14:5714:57, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,735 Devotional service must be without any material ambition and there is no material impediment which can check advancement in devotional service No edit summary current
- 14:5714:57, 8 May 2022 diff hist +7,605 Brahma said, "Because their (Inhabitants of Vrndavana) attachment has been directed unto You & their homes have been converted into temples by Your constant presence there, & because they have forgotten everything for Your sake, there is no impediment" No edit summary
- 14:4314:43, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,636 Happiness in complete perfection without hindrance can be achieved only by our devotional relationship with Him. And it is only by His association that we can get free of distressful material existence No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,542 You (Lord Krsna) are situated in every living entity's heart as the supreme director, and therefore You are aware of all endeavors by Your superior intelligence, without any hindrance whatsoever No edit summary current
- 14:4214:42, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,400 This is called utsahan niscayad dhairyat tat-tat-karma-pravartanat, enthusiastically executing the regulative activities of devotional service with patience and confidence. In this way one can advance in devotional service without hindrance No edit summary current
- 14:4114:41, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,437 The Lord (Krsna) was so angry that Arjuna checked Him when He was moving towards Bhismadeva, but in spite of Arjuna's checking, He proceeded towards Bhismadeva as a lover goes to a lover, without caring for hindrances No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,291 My dear princes, by My mercy, you can enjoy all the facilities of this world as well as the heavenly world. Indeed, you can enjoy all of them without hindrance and with full strength for one million celestial years No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,708 Krsna proceeded towards Bhismadeva as a lover goes to a lover, without caring for hindrances No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 8 May 2022 diff hist +8,368 Krsna ordered the serpent thus, "You (Kaliya) can take with you all your offspring, wives and everything that you possess. Don’t pollute the waters of the Yamuna. Let it be drunk by My cows and cowherd boys without hindrance" No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 8 May 2022 diff hist +2,783 In the form of the Vamana incarnation, Lord Visnu, without hindrance, captured all the planets, extending from the root of the material world up to Satyaloka. Indeed, He caused every planetary system to tremble by the force of His steps No edit summary
- 14:3914:39, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,470 I'm sure Krishna Consciousness Movement will go forward without any hindrance. You have a strong governing body, all determined to push forward this movement and I'm sure of success in the future No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,339 Yet I still submit one petition to You. Please consider it, and if You think it proper, please accept it No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,482 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Please do not think this way any longer. You are a learned pandita. Why don't you consider the case" No edit summary current
- 14:2614:26, 8 May 2022 diff hist +5,176 Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura sings, tumi ta' thakura, tomara kukura, baliya janaha more: "O my Lord, O Vaisnava, please consider me your dog." One must become the dog of a Vaisnava, a pure devotee, for a pure devotee can deliver Krsna without difficulty No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 8 May 2022 diff hist +7 Radharani addressed Lalita, I wish to offer My obeisances at your lotus feet. What shall I do? Please consider My condition and advise Me how I can become peaceful, even for a moment. That is My desire No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,219 O protector of the people in general, please consider the purpose of your being incarnated by Lord Visnu. The irreligious principles created by Indra are but mothers of so many unwanted religions. Please therefore stop these imitations immediately No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,735 O best of sages, best of all those who grant auspicious benedictions, please consider our situation and bestow upon my sons the benedictions by which they can regain what they have lost No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,491 My dear Lord, please consider me Your relative. Do not hesitate to order whatever You desire at any time You desire it No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,592 Lord Caitanya's residence should be very secluded and also near the temple of Jagannatha. Please consider this proposal and give me a nice place for Him No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 8 May 2022 diff hist +10,681 Lalita wrote Krsna the following letter on Srimati Radharani’s behalf: please consider the plight of Srimati Radharani, or very soon You will hear of Her death. Maybe at that time You will lament, although now You are jubilant No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 8 May 2022 diff hist +9,628 Kurus said, "Dear Lord, please consider us most foolish. Our intelligence was bewildered and not in order. Therefore we have come before You to beg Your pardon. Please excuse us" No edit summary
- 14:2214:22, 8 May 2022 diff hist +4,146 If these books are read, there is no doubt that many sincere souls shall be attracted and will join you in your work for Krishna. So please try for selling these books, it shall be considered as the greatest service No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,524 Fused rice, sweetmeats and all other eatables are but transformations of dirt. This is dirt, that is dirt. Please consider. What is the difference between them? No edit summary current
- 14:2114:21, 8 May 2022 diff hist +1,615 Despite the explanation of Svarupa Damodara, Bhagavan Acarya requested, "Please hear the drama once. If you hear it, you can consider whether it is good or bad" No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 8 May 2022 diff hist +3,432 As usual, I shall send "KRISHNA" tapes to your husband with hints for you about the pictures so you and your husband can send me the complete materials for the final printing. Please consider these suggestions and do the needful No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 8 May 2022 diff hist +395 Category:Becoming Free from Material Contamination by the Association of Devotees of God No edit summary current
7 May 2022
- 02:3002:30, 7 May 2022 diff hist +6,091 This Krsna consciousness movement is meant for qualifying you to see God twenty-four hours. This is sum and substance of Krsna consciousness. If you learn this art, then you will see God twenty-four hours, without any stop No edit summary
- 02:3002:30, 7 May 2022 diff hist +4,653 The word avicchinna, "without interruptions," is very important in this connection. No material condition can stop the flow of the devotional service of a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 02:3002:30, 7 May 2022 diff hist −8 Sada means "always." Haridasa Thakura says, nirantara nama lao: "Chant the Hare Krsna mantra without stopping" No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 7 May 2022 diff hist +8,570 If you engage yourself in pure devotional service incessantly, without any stop, then you always remain transcendental, above these three gunas. So our Krsna consciousness movement is to keep the devotee above the three gunas No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 7 May 2022 diff hist +3,904 Each party began to strike the opposite party very severely in a fierce, dangerous battle that continued for twenty-seven days without stopping No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 7 May 2022 diff hist +6,112 Each expected victory over the other, but the fighting continued for twenty-eight days, both in daytime and at night, without stopping No edit summary current
- 02:2802:28, 7 May 2022 diff hist +6,074 Because he (Kamsa) was very much afraid of his death, he was thinking of Krsna in that form twenty-four hours a day, without stopping - even while eating, while walking and while breathing - and naturally he got the blessing of liberation No edit summary current
5 May 2022
- 14:0314:03, 5 May 2022 diff hist +107 Category:Will Not Be Effective No edit summary current
- 14:0214:02, 5 May 2022 diff hist +8,587 Unless one is svanubhavam, self-realized, life is bhagavata, he cannot preach Bhagavata. That is not... That will not be effective. A gramophone will not help No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 5 May 2022 diff hist +6,554 Yes, that possibility is always there. But my proposal is that if you are not true Christian, then your preaching will not be effective. I don't say that now we are strictly following and we will not fall down in future. I don't say that No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,632 There is a Bengali saying that if a vulture curses a cow to die, the curse will not be effective. Similarly, accusations made by demoniac persons against devotees of Krsna cannot have any effect No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,329 Then you'll not be effective (if you rubber stamp). You can cheat, but it will not be effective. Just see our Gaudiya Matha. Everyone wanted to become guru, and a small temple and "guru." What kind of guru? No publication, no preaching No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,914 The Lord has stated that He is beyond the range of mental speculation and the speed of thought, yet He can be approached easily by His causeless mercy. Thus only by His causeless mercy can He be attained. Other methods will not be effective No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,414 That fall down propensity, tendency is always there. But my proposal is that unless one is strictly follower of the principles, his preaching will not be effective. That is my charge No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,463 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's secretary also advised that one learn the history of Srimad-Bhagavatam from a devotee. One should not hear the statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam from professional reciters, or else they will not be effective No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,935 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu practiced devotional service and preached (apani acari’ bhakti karila pracara). If a preacher behaves properly in devotional service, he will be able to convert others. Otherwise, his preaching will have no effect No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,940 It is not possible for a common man to write books on bhakti, for his writings will not be effective No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,578 If your calculation is true and I am a madman, then your punishment will be like beating a dead horse. There will be no effect. When a madman is punished, he is not cured of his madness No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 5 May 2022 diff hist +9,606 If you push on this movement, unadulterated Krsna, it will go on. It will go on. And as soon as you adulterate Krsna, it will not go on. It will not be effective No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,589 If one's mind is distracted from worship, a mere show of worship will not be of any benefit No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 5 May 2022 diff hist +47,179 If one mistakenly considers his position to be equal to that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he becomes contaminated by the doctrine of nonduality, and his efforts in transcendental life are rendered ineffective No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,955 As they have been trained up to rise early in the morning, this will give you spiritual strength. If you simply becomes a gramophone speaker, then it will not be effective. Gramophone or tape record speaker, that will not be. You must be live speaker No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 5 May 2022 diff hist +5,608 A demon never cares for any good instruction. He is just like a determined thief: one can give him moral instruction, but it will not be effective No edit summary
- 13:5513:55, 5 May 2022 diff hist +10,483 Name means authorized. Not fictitious. If you chant fictitious name, that will not be effective. But if you chant real name of God, then you'll be purified No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 5 May 2022 diff hist +23 One must first act himself and then teach. This is the function of a real teacher. Unless one is able to understand the philosophy that he speaks, it will not be effective No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 5 May 2022 diff hist +5,086 Manufacturing many ways of chanting will never be effective. However, chanting the song or the narration left by the previous acaryas extremely effective, and this process is very easy. Therefore here (SB 7.9.48) Prahlada uses the word anjah "easily" No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,210 It is not that the chanting of Hare Krsna is in this age very effective and it was not effective in the Satya-yuga. It is not like that No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 5 May 2022 diff hist +5,751 It is not necessary that the rules and regulations followed in India be exactly the same as those in Europe, America and other Western countries. Simply imitating without effect is called niyamagraha No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 5 May 2022 diff hist +23 If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Krsna consciousness, even though the senses are very strong, like serpents, they will be no more effective than serpents with broken fangs. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,099 If a snake has its poison removed and bites a man, there is no fatal effect. Similarly, wealth accumulated in the cause of the Lord has no poisonous teeth, and the effect is not fatal No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 5 May 2022 diff hist +23 Fools and rascals say that the worship of Yogamaya and the worship of Mahamaya are the same. This conclusion is simply the result of mental speculation, and it has no practical effect No edit summary current
- 13:0613:06, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,847 Even though a person who has no assets in pious activities performs some good deed, it will have no result. Thus the weapons of the demons had no tangible effects upon Prahlada Maharaja because he was a devotee undisturbed by material conditions No edit summary current
- 13:0513:05, 5 May 2022 diff hist +1,954 Now we (Yamadutas) see that the punishment ordained under your (Yamaraja's) authority is no longer effective, since your order has been transgressed by four wonderful and perfect persons No edit summary
- 13:0513:05, 5 May 2022 diff hist +9,233 Before the creation there was neither cause nor effect, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead existed with His full opulence and energy No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 5 May 2022 diff hist +77,895 A Hindu may change his faith to become a Muslim, or a Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu, or a Christian and so on. But the change of religious faith does not effect the eternal occupation of rendering service. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,781 Yes, reading my books will help you, philosophy must be there, but without performing devotional service, then simply learning the philosophy will have no effect No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,011 The demonic conclude that the world is phantasmagoria. There is no cause and effect, no controller, no purpose: everything is unreal No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,436 Not only does it have no effect in transcendental pleasure, but it is dangerous also. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has warned that no description of the pastimes of the Lord should be heard from the Mayavada, or impersonalist, school No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,432 It is not that the miseries of the material world completely vanish when one takes to Krsna consciousness, but for one who is Krsna conscious the miseries of material existence have no effect No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,912 If a preacher behaves properly in devotional service, he will be able to convert others. Otherwise, his preaching will have no effect No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,517 Bhagavad-gita has been well known all over the world for a very long time, especially in the Western world, but because the subject matter was not discussed by devotees, there was no effect No edit summary current
- 02:1302:13, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,670 So-called scientists are receiving Nobel Prizes for advancing the theory of chemical evolution No edit summary current
- 02:1202:12, 5 May 2022 diff hist +12,608 In other words, all fools and rascals. Just like big, big scientists. They are theorizing that life is made out of matter. How much ignorance it is. All these Darwin's theory, chemical evolution. Simply they are basing that from matter life has come No edit summary current
- 02:1102:11, 5 May 2022 diff hist +6,531 Darwin's theory that life is made possible by chemical evolution is not correct. They are missing the soul. That is their mistake. They are simply observing the material cover. That is the basic mistake of modern civilization No edit summary
4 May 2022
- 03:2003:20, 4 May 2022 diff hist +5,435 Those who are meat-eaters, they can eat other, non-important animals, but cows must be saved, even from economic point of view. Here it is said that go-raksya. It does not say, Krsna, "elephant-raksya." No edit summary current
- 03:2003:20, 4 May 2022 diff hist +3,576 The king cannot tolerate insults to the most important animal, the cow, nor can he tolerate disrespect for the most important man, the brahmana No edit summary current
- 03:2003:20, 4 May 2022 diff hist +3,202 The human society, therefore, maintains these two (the bull and the cow) important animals very carefully so that they can wander everywhere in cheerfulness No edit summary
- 03:1903:19, 4 May 2022 diff hist −16 The cow is the most important animal for developing the human body to perfection No edit summary current
- 03:0303:03, 4 May 2022 diff hist +9,331 The neophytes, due to their being in the lower stage of devotional service, are invariably envious, so much so that they invent their own ways and means of devotional regulations without following the acaryas No edit summary current
3 May 2022
- 05:3105:31, 3 May 2022 diff hist +270 Category:Neophyte Devotees of God No edit summary current
- 03:0503:05, 3 May 2022 diff hist +19,832 A neophyte Vaisnava or a Vaisnava situated on the intermediate platform can also accept disciples, but such disciples must be on the same platform, and it should be understood that they cannot advance very well toward the ultimate goal No edit summary
- 03:0403:04, 3 May 2022 diff hist +15,026 An example of the neophyte class is Maharaja Dhruva. He was in need of his father's kingdom and therefore engaged himself in devotional service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 02:2402:24, 3 May 2022 diff hist +4,453 When one is devotee, he'll chant more and more. He'll aspire, "If I could get millions of tongues and trillions of ear, then I could finish." That is devotee. And one is thinking how to finish it by chanting once, he's not devotee. That is neophyte stage No edit summary current
- 02:2402:24, 3 May 2022 diff hist +8,115 When one (neophyte devotee) is promoted to the next platform of transcendental consciousness, one can understand the importance of mahatmas and devotees, and in that stage one tries to please them No edit summary current
- 02:2302:23, 3 May 2022 diff hist +5,249 This practice (regulative principles of vaidhi-bhakti) can help the neophyte devotee to rise to the stage of raga-bhakti, in which the Lord responds from within as the caitya-guru, or the spiritual master as Superconsciousness No edit summary current
- 02:2202:22, 3 May 2022 diff hist +8,222 The neophyte stage, in the intermediate stage or in the fully advanced, perfected stage, one can make the function of the head perfect by bowing down before the Lord or His representative No edit summary current
- 02:2202:22, 3 May 2022 diff hist +28 The duty of the spiritual master is to train the neophyte in the principles of regulated devotional service, or vaidhi-bhakti. At this stage the devotee's service is based on his capacity to serve the Lord No edit summary current
- 02:2102:21, 3 May 2022 diff hist +6,605 There are three stages in chanting the holy name of the Lord - the offensive stage, the stage of lessening offenses, and the pure stage. When a neophyte takes to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, he generally commits many offenses No edit summary current
- 02:1502:15, 3 May 2022 diff hist +8,892 Such an advanced devotee (who is accustomed to chanting and takes pleasure in it) is called a madhyama-bhagavata, which indicates that he has attained the intermediate stage between the neophyte and the perfect devotee No edit summary current
- 02:1402:14, 3 May 2022 diff hist +6,265 Spiritual life means if somebody has advanced in spiritual life, and somebody, one, he is still in the neophyte stage, he will eulogize, "Oh, how fortunate he is. He has advanced. He is serving Krsna in such a nice way No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 3 May 2022 diff hist +28 In the next stage, one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 3 May 2022 diff hist +5,439 In the neophyte stage one should always engage in hearing krsna-katha. This is called sravana-dasa, the stage of hearing No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 3 May 2022 diff hist +6,006 In the neophyte stage of devotion one must follow all the principles, regulated by the authority of the spiritual master No edit summary current
2 May 2022
- 15:1815:18, 2 May 2022 diff hist +12,217 In the neophyte stage, if you try to imitate the advanced stage, then it will be simply ludicrous No edit summary current
- 15:1715:17, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,759 In next stage one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 2 May 2022 diff hist +466 Category:Neophyte Stage of Devotional Service to God No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 2 May 2022 diff hist +371 Category:Everyone Begins His Devotional Life from the Neophyte Stage No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 2 May 2022 diff hist +546 Category:Bhaktim param - Executing Devotional Service to God above the Neophyte Stage No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,213 The first stage is called sadhana-bhakti, or devotional service for the neophyte, which is rendered under the direction of a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,920 That sort of bhakti is not the perfectional stage. The perfectional stage of bhakti, or devotional service, is completely free from material contamination. The most dangerous aspect of contamination is lust, or sex life No edit summary
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,904 Sukadeva Gosvami uses two specific words, bhaktim and param. Bhaktim param means execution of devotional service above the neophyte stage. Those who are simply attracted to temple worship but do not know the philosophy of bhakti are in the neophyte stage No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +28 Rati-prema-taratamye bhakta-taratama - Attraction and love for God are the ultimate goal of devotional service. The degrees of such attraction and love distinguish the different stages of devotion - neophyte, intermediate & perfectional - CC Madhya 22.71 No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,503 In the neophyte stage, sadhana-bhakti includes faith, association with devotees, and practicing devotional service. Thus one is freed from all unwanted things No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 2 May 2022 diff hist +7,648 For neophytes, we must have many engagements. In the neophyte stage, if you try to imitate the advanced stage, then it will be simply ludicrous. In the neophyte stage we must be always engaged No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 2 May 2022 diff hist +19,730 Everyone begins his devotional life from the neophyte stage, but if one properly finishes chanting the prescribed number of rounds of hari-nama, he is elevated step by step to the highest platform, uttama-adhikari No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 2 May 2022 diff hist +2,963 When the miscreants are punished in an exemplary manner, automatically all good fortune follows. As said before, it is the prime duty of the king or the executive head to give protection in all respects to the peaceful, offenseless citizens of the state No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,341 There were many things to be done upon the return of his (Pracinabarhi's) sons, but he simply left them a message. He knew what his prime duty was No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,646 The sum and substance of the conditioned soul's sense enjoyment is that as soon as he forgets his primary duty, to render service to the Lord, he creates an atmosphere of sense enjoyment, which is called maya; that is the cause of material creation No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,660 The spiritual master's order should be taken as the prime duty of life. If one gets a bona fide spiritual master and acts according to his direction, then his perfection of life in Krsna consciousness is guaranteed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:3213:32, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,178 The demigods, being fully satisfied with him, wanted to give him some benediction for material enjoyment, but Maharaja Khatvanga, being very much alert to his prime duty, inquired from the demigods about his remaining duration of life No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 2 May 2022 diff hist +8,931 Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great Vaisnava scholar, defines this as bhagavad-arcana-rupaika-niskama-karmabhir visuddha-cittah - accepting transcendental loving service to the Lord as the prime duty, free from fruitive reaction No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,164 One who is apramatta, a sane, sober person, a dhira, knows very well that a human being's primary duty is to render service to the Supreme Person No edit summary current
- 13:3013:30, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,159 One should always be alert in his duty for attainment of the best situation in the next life. Human life is meant for preparing ourselves for that prime duty No edit summary current
- 13:2913:29, 2 May 2022 diff hist +5,587 On faith one associates with bona fide devotees, and by such association one can become engaged in bona fide devotional service, which includes proper initiation and the execution of the primary devotional duties prescribed in the revealed scriptures No edit summary
- 13:2813:28, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,861 My primary duty is to publish the Srimad-Bhagavatam and finish it in my life. But preaching in the western countries is also my duty as it was ordered by my Spiritual Master No edit summary current
- 13:2413:24, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,448 My creating so many centers, big, big temples, that is not my primary duty. My primary duty is to write books. Therefore I am going on still. These are coming automatically. Maybe this is the secret of my success No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,702 Maharaja Khatvanga, being alert to his prime duty, inquired from demigods about his remaining duration of life. This means that he was not as anxious to accumulate material benediction from the demigods as he was to prepare for the next life No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 2 May 2022 diff hist +2,302 Her (Diti's) sex desire was like a mad elephant, and therefore it was the prime duty of her husband (Kasyapa) to give her all protection by fulfilling her desire No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,218 Generally householders think that engaging in family affairs is their prime duty and that self-realization or enlightenment in spiritual knowledge is secondary. Out of compassion only, saintly persons and brahmanas go to householders' homes No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +3,505 Because you have come to me it will be my prime duty to guide you and utilize your talents for Krsna's service No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +6,127 Because everyone is under the delusion of maya and is forgetful of his prime duty, Krsna consciousness, a saintly person always desires that everyone become a saintly person No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 2 May 2022 diff hist +9,645 Agriculture and distribution of the foodstuff are the primary duties of the mercantile community backed by education in Vedic knowledge and trained to give in charity No edit summary current
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,427 According to Manu, the author of civic codes and religious principles, even the killer of an animal is to be considered a murderer because animal food is never meant for the civilized man, whose prime duty is to prepare himself for going back to Godhead No edit summary
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,120 A fully responsible man should always be conscious of the prime duty of the present human form of life. The activities to meet the immediate necessities of material life are not everything No edit summary
- 13:1913:19, 2 May 2022 diff hist +4,700 A devotee's prime duty is to continue chanting this maha-mantra, even if he is highly elevated. Otherwise, at any stage one can fall down No edit summary current
1 May 2022
- 17:0317:03, 1 May 2022 diff hist +8,154 The servants of Krsna were sometimes engaged massaging His (Krsna) body, preparing flower garlands and sometimes fanning His body. These were some of the primary duties of the servants of Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:4916:49, 1 May 2022 diff hist +4,166 While carrying out his DS to the Lord, he could see that everything is situated in Him only and that He is situated in all living entities. The Lord is called Acyuta because He never fails in His prime duty, to give protection to His devotees No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 1 May 2022 diff hist +17,974 The Lord is called Acyuta because He never fails in His prime duty, to give protection to His devotees No edit summary current
15 April 2022
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,176 We find the words utpadya tesu purusah (in SB 9.24.66). Therefore it is to be concluded that the Absolute Truth is purusa, a person No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 When a ksatriya out of cowardice flees from the battlefield, showing his back to his enemy, he is challenged with the words tistha tistha No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,695 When one becomes a devotee of Indra, he is certainly a friend to the demigods. Thus the words indra-hadeva-bandhavah are equivocal, for they say, "Your son will kill Indra, but he will be very friendly to the demigods" No edit summary
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 When the Lord replied to the sage Kardama, the word vacasamrtena is specifically mentioned, since He spoke from the transcendental world. He replied in transcendental words, and when He spoke His eyebrows moved with great affection No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 Vasudeva agreed and took his child back home, but because Kamsa had no character and no self-control, Vasudeva knew that he could not rely on Kamsa's word - SB 10.1.61 No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,575 This text (of CC Adi lila 4.66) from SB 4.3.23, spoken by Lord Siva confirms beyond a doubt that Lord Krsna, His name, His fame, His qualities and everything in connection with His paraphernalia exist in the sandhini-sakti of the Lord’s internal potency No edit summary
- 16:3216:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 This (the material energy) has all been properly analyzed in sankhya-yoga by the great acaryas, especially by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, in His incarnation as Devahuti-putra Kapila. This is indicated here (SB 7.7.22) by the word acaryaih No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,895 These words of Prahlada Maharaja (in SB 7.7.17) are very important in regard to knowledge descending by the disciplic succession No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,905 The words yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmat indicate that all activities, whatever they may be, are but different features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All of them are created by the living entity and fulfilled by the mercy of the Lord No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,224 The words used in this connection in Srimad-Bhagavatam are bhagavan api No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist +6,451 The words used here (in SB 3.32.26), paramatmesvarah puman, are all transcendental, and they refer to Supersoul. Supersoul is also described as purusa No edit summary
- 16:3116:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words tistha tistha are used by a ksatriya when he challenges his enemy. When fighting, a ksatriya cannot flee from the battlefield No edit summary current
- 16:3016:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,881 The words srotranjalir upasprsya (in SB 9.24.62) indicate that simply by hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord the devotees become so pure that they are immediately immune to the contamination of materialistic fruitive activities No edit summary
- 16:3016:30, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,860 The words samprapede harim mean that in various ways Kardama Muni satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, by his devotional service. Devotional service is also expressed by the word kriya-yogena No edit summary current
- 16:2616:26, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words purusam visvato-mukham mean the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-perfect. All living entities other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead are very small, although they may be big by our calculation No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +7,316 The words prasanna-nipunena tapasa indicate that the King (Maharaja Nabhi) accepted all kinds of austerity very expertly and jubilantly. He did not at all mind leaving his comfortable life at home, although he was the emperor No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words parasya para-cintakah mean those who are fully Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,684 The words parasya para-cintakah mean - always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - or being always Krsna conscious. When we speak of Krsna, this refers to the complete category of visnu-tattva No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,959 The words nrlokam ramayam asa murtya sarvanga-ramyaya (in SB 9.24.63-64) are significant. Krsna is the original form. Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is therefore described here by the word murtya. The word murti means - form No edit summary
- 16:2516:25, 15 April 2022 diff hist +4,747 The words namabhir vaci are very important No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 15 April 2022 diff hist −46 The words itihasam puratanam (in SB 7.2.27) mean - an old history No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 15 April 2022 diff hist +5,915 The words itihasam ("history") and puratanam ("old") indicate that although a living entity lives within the material body, the history of the living entity within the material body is very old No edit summary current
- 12:3312:33, 15 April 2022 diff hist +8,546 The words caiva hi, according to Sanskrit grammar, indicate that one must perform all these activities mixed with devotional service, otherwise such activities will not produce any fruit No edit summary current
- 12:3312:33, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The words buddhim ekanta-samsthitam indicate that as an effect of Prahlada Maharaja's preaching, the students who listened to him became fixed in the conclusion that Krsna consciousness is the only object of human life No edit summary
- 12:3212:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,702 The words bhusa-vasah paricchadan also appear here (in SB 3.22.23) Bhusa means "ornaments," vasah means "clothing," and paricchadan means "various household articles" No edit summary current
- 12:3212:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist +8,772 The words bhakti-yogena caiva hi mean that whatever is to be performed whether yoga or sacrifice or fruitive activity or study of Vedic literature or philosophical research or acceptance of the renounced order of life, is to be executed in bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 12:3212:32, 15 April 2022 diff hist +2,979 The words abhivyanag jagad idam refer to he who creates this cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 15 April 2022 diff hist −2 The word vidyotamanam indicates that the brahmacari feature showed in his (Kardama's) body. That is the certificate that one has undergone great austerity in yoga. A drunkard or smoker or sex-monger can never be eligible to practice yoga No edit summary current
- 04:2904:29, 15 April 2022 diff hist −46 The word vidhina means, "according to religious principles." The association of men and women according to religious principles is allowed in the Vedic culture No edit summary current
- 04:2904:29, 15 April 2022 diff hist +3,225 The word udyana refers to places where trees are especially grown to produce fruits and flowers, which are most important for human civilization No edit summary current