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5 July 2022
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,969 This material world is called dvaita, or duality. The Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Antya 4.176) says - In the world of duality - that is to say, in the material world - so-called goodness and badness are both the same No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,581 This material world is a world of duality - at one moment we are subjected to the heat of the summer season & at the next moment the cold of winter. Or at one moment we're happy & at the next distressed. At one moment honored, at the next dishonored No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +8,946 This is the world of duality. One should not think that because he has fallen sick he has fallen from Krsna consciousness. Krsna consciousness can continue without impediment from any material opposition No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,016 The word kusalena is very important. One should live in the material world very expertly. The material world is known as the world of duality because one sometimes has to act impiously and sometimes has to act piously No edit summary current
- 02:3102:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,122 The Mayavadi philosophers may be very proud of their so-called knowledge, but because they do not understand Vasudeva (vasudevah sarvam iti), they do not understand the world of duality, which is a manifestation of Vasudeva's external energy No edit summary current
- 02:3102:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,222 The material world is a shadow phantasmagoria of the spiritual kingdom of the Lord, and because it is a shadow it is never eternal; the variegatedness in the material world of duality (spirit and matter) cannot be compared to that of the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist −3 There is no duality in his mind (one who is fully in Krsna consciousness) because whatever he does, he does for Krsna. Being thus freed from the platform of dualities, he is liberated-even in this material world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,476 Since they find duality in the existence of Vaikuntha life, they are contaminated and should be removed from this place to the material world, where the living entities have three kinds of enemies No edit summary current
4 July 2022
- 12:3112:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,860 One has to understand that in the material world of duality, to think that this is good or that this is bad is simply a mental concoction. One should not imitate this consciousness; one should actually be situated on the spiritual platform of neutrality No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,054 One has to give up all the nonduality of philosophical life in the material world and come to the actual life of reality in the spiritual world in order to attain perfection No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,015 Krsna is impartial, but because this is the material world of duality, such relative terms as happiness and distress, curses and favors, are created by the will of the Supreme No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,230 In this world of duality, this is good and this is bad has no meaning, it is called manodharma, mental concoction No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,771 In this world of duality, family life is the cause that spoils one's spiritual life or meditation. Specifically understanding this fact, one should accept the order of sannyasa without hesitation No edit summary current
- 12:2912:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11,868 In this dual, the world of duality, here, in this material world, the, "This thing is very good, this thing is very bad," it is simply mental concoction. Everything here is bad. Nothing good. So this is our mental creation only No edit summary current
- 12:2912:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,008 In the world of duality everyone is envious of all others, and death is inevitable due to the dual existence of matter and spirit. The Lord is the only shelter of fearlessness for the surrendered soul No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,157 In the world of duality - that is to say, in the material world - so-called goodness and badness are both the same No edit summary current
- 12:2812:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,669 In the spiritual world there is no duality, nor is there hate No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,066 In the relative world the knower is the living spirit or superior energy, whereas the known is inert matter or inferior energy. Therefore, there is a duality of inferior and superior energy No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +35 In the relative world such qualities (God's qualities) are displayed in a perverted manner, and therefore we experience nonduality as a perverted reflection No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +26,154 Ignorance and knowledge are conceptions in this world of duality, but in the Absolute there is no duality. It is simply foolishness to consider that the Absolute is covered by ignorance No edit summary current
- 12:2112:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,324 He (anyone) will never feel the distresses of the world of duality. In any condition of life one will be happy if he chants the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,907 Dear Lord, we (the Pracetas) beg to offer our obeisances unto You. When the mind is fixed upon You, the world of duality, although a place for material enjoyment, appears meaningless. Your transcendental form is full of transcendental bliss No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,220 Because it is the world of duality. There must be something dual, black-white, darkness-light, sukha, happiness-distress, father-son. There must be. This is called relative world No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,469 Because in this world, the world of duality, dual world, everything is to be understood by duality. We cannot understand what is honor if there is no dishonor No edit summary current
13 June 2022
- 06:5906:59, 13 June 2022 diff hist +1,831 Thus I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have described the incident of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's falling into the ocean. Anyone who listens to this pastime will certainly attain shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,544 The pure devotee thinks himself fallen into the ocean of birth and death and incessantly prays to the Lord to lift him up. He only aspires to become a speck of transcendental dust at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +22,733 The only hope for a man fallen in the middle of the ocean is that someone will come and pick him up. If someone just comes and hauls him but a few feet out of the water, he is immediately relieved No edit summary current
- 06:5806:58, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,903 The gopis have fallen into the great ocean of separation and are being devoured by the timingila fish of their ambition to serve You. The gopis are to be delivered from the mouths of these timingila fish, for they are pure devotees No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,182 The earth informed King Prthu that if he destroyed her, he and his subjects would all fall down into the waters of the garbha ocean. King Prthu now replies to that point No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,997 Sudras who could not improve themselves fall into that ocean (filled with pus, stool, urine, mucus, saliva and similar things) and are forced to eat those disgusting things No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +7,123 O son of Nanda Maharaja, I am Your eternal servant, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +14 O son of Nanda, I (Caitanya) am Your (Krsna's) eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth & death. please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:5306:53, 13 June 2022 diff hist +34 O son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, & although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth & death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death & fix me as 1 of the atoms at Your lotus feet - Caitanya prayed No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,104 Only under certain conditions do the planets float as weightless balls in the air, and as soon as these conditions are disturbed, the planets may fall down in the Garbhodaka Ocean, which covers half the universe No edit summary
- 06:5206:52, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,535 One of the gopis said, "May Krsna's sweet flute be washed away by the waves of the Yamuna, and let it fall into the ocean! The sweet sound of that flute is so impudent that it makes us lose all composure before our superiors" No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +14 My dear Lord, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of this material world. Kindly pick me up and fix me as a speck of dust at Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,961 Like a man fallen in the ocean, the only survival is... If somebody goes and picks him just one inch above the water, he feels immediately relieved. Immediately. So as soon as we are fixed up in Krsna consciousness, the immediate relief No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,451 Krsna, with the aid of His Sudarsana cakra, immediately separated the demon's five heads from his body. The demon then fell into the water, just as the peak of a mountain falls into the ocean after being struck by the thunderbolt of Indra No edit summary
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +1,801 I am infected by the germs of material activity and am suffering from the boils of envy. Therefore, falling in an ocean of humility, I take shelter of the great physician Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,055 In the words of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, anadi karama-phale, padi' bhavarnava jale. The living entity falls into the ocean of karma-bandhana as a result of past material activities No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +11,665 He (one who has submitted to Krsna) should say, "Krsna, I am suffering in this way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly pick me up No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,048 Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, "Somehow or other we have fallen into the ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable" No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,187 Appearing as Nrsimhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Hari, killed Hiranyakasipu. When the Lord delivered the planet earth, which had fallen in the Garbhodaka Ocean, Hiranyaksa tried to hinder Him, then the Lord, as Varaha, killed Hiranyaksa No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,274 After death, such persons are thrown into the hell called Puyoda, where they are put into an ocean filled with pus, stool, urine, mucus, saliva and similar things. Sudras who could not improve themselves fall into that ocean and are forced to eat those No edit summary current
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,129 You simply desire to serve Krishna best and there will be no scarcity of anything. Know it certain from me No edit summary current
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,829 You please help me to spread this information all over this earth planet, especially by helping to distribute my books and literatures, as many as possible. Then you will get the credit, and know it for certain that very soon you will go back to Home No edit summary
- 06:3606:36, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,454 When we actually see people come to our center, chant, dance, take prasadam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that certainly Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always present in such transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,370 Whatever affection we see the gopis show for their own bodies, know it for certain to be only for the sake of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 13 June 2022 diff hist −6 We should know it with certainty from the descriptions of these few verses that all the transformations and influences of material nature by the three modes are also productions of material nature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 13 June 2022 diff hist +12 We must know then for certain that there is a controller; that is the beginning of knowledge. Why should we deny this truth No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 13 June 2022 diff hist +10,152 We must know for certain that the qualities of the Lord have nothing to do with mundane qualities. All of them are full of bliss, knowledge and eternity No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,229 We must know for certain that the particular position in which we are now set up is an arrangement of the supreme will in terms of our own acts in the past No edit summary
- 06:3106:31, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,880 We must certainly know that on the absolute plane krsna-katha and Krsna are one and the same. The Lord is the Absolute Truth, and therefore His name, form, quality, etc., which are all understood to be krsna-katha, are nondifferent from Him No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,151 This is scholarly information, flawless science. Kindly assist me in this great work, and know it for certain, that by your sincerely working in this way you shall very soon go back to Home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 13 June 2022 diff hist +1,318 The six attributes are all spiritual. Know for certain that they are all manifestations of the opulence of Sankarsana No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,086 The sages said, "Dear Lord, deliverer of all fallen souls, we know for certain that You are the knower of all Vedic principles. You are the master of all mystic powers; therefore the Vedic injunctions cannot ordinarily be applied to You" No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,954 The gopis continued, "Dear Krsna, certainly You know how much we are saddened when You go out of Vrndavana village to tend the cows in the forest" No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,752 They (materialistic men) should know for certain that any amount of materialistic adjustment for becoming happy in a place which is meant for distress cannot benefit the misguided man No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,248 There are two or four demons still living. I (Krsna) want to kill them, and after doing so I shall very soon return to Vrndavana. Please know this for certain No edit summary
- 06:2406:24, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,799 So a sincere devotee who is always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord should know for certain that Krsna will never break His promise. He will always protect His devotees in every circumstance No edit summary current
- 06:2306:23, 13 June 2022 diff hist +4,792 Prabuddha tells Maharaj Nimi, "My dear King, please know for certain that in the material world there is no happiness. It is simply a mistake to think that there is happiness here, because this place is full of nothing but miserable conditions" No edit summary current
- 06:2306:23, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,168 Persons who are desiring to become great souls cannot be without any of the above qualities, so we can know for certain that these qualities are found in Lord Krsna, the supreme soul No edit summary current
- 06:2306:23, 13 June 2022 diff hist +6,720 One should know with certainty that Krsna had no personal interest in whatever He did for the benediction of the gopis. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, na mam karmani limpanti: (BG 4.14) Krsna never enjoys or suffers the results of His activities No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 13 June 2022 diff hist +7,968 One should know with certainty that Krsna had no personal interest in whatever He did for the benediction of the gopis No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,822 One should know for certain that without chanting the holy name of the Lord offenselessly, one cannot be a proper candidate for advancement in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,186 One should know for certain that nothing can exist in this cosmic manifestation that has no real counterpart in the spiritual field. All material manifestations are emanations of the Transcendence No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 13 June 2022 diff hist +5,804 One must certainly know that although Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because He accepted the ecstasy of a devotee one should not misunderstand His pastimes and place Him in exactly the same position as Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 13 June 2022 diff hist +32,067 Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Krsna), as pearls on a thread - 7.6-7 No edit summary
- 06:1706:17, 13 June 2022 diff hist +2,693 Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. BG 7.6 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 13 June 2022 diff hist +33 Nityananda Prabhu told Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ye karaha, sei kari, nahika niyama - I do not know by what regulative principle I am carrying out this wonderful work, but I know for certain that I will do whatever You desire No edit summary current
- 06:1706:17, 13 June 2022 diff hist +3,385 My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
7 June 2022
- 13:0413:04, 7 June 2022 diff hist +7,764 Know it for certain that in this way you shall very soon go back to Home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:0413:04, 7 June 2022 diff hist +5,264 If the acarya, guru, is satisfied, then we must know certainly that Krsna is satisfied. So this is the principle, and the acaryas give us direction. It is not very difficult. Simply we have to become very serious and sincere. Then everything is all right No edit summary current
- 13:0413:04, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,755 Gadadhara Pandita Gosani said: "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is present in everyone's heart, and He will certainly know my mind. Therefore I do not fear Him. His associates, however, are extremely critical" No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 7 June 2022 diff hist +12 Every living soul is partially independant, and one should know for certain that this unmanifested realization is against the nature of his spiritual blissful self. One should not take up this process. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 7 June 2022 diff hist +7,983 Devaki said, " I also know for certain that You have descended to annihilate all kinds of miscreants who have been misled in the course of time" No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 7 June 2022 diff hist +33 A materially desireless person certainly knows that everything belongs to Krsna (isavasyam idam sarvam), and therefore he does not falsely claim proprietorship over anything. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 7 June 2022 diff hist +5,923 Arjuna, the ksatriya, was refusing to fight despite being directly ordered by the Supreme Lord. He was thus chastised by the Lord as belonging to a non-Aryan family. Anyone who is advanced in the devotional service of the Lord certainly knows his duty No edit summary current
3 June 2022
- 04:2204:22, 3 June 2022 diff hist +5,889 Unless one is awakened to the stage of Uddhava - everlastingly feeling the separation of the Lord in transcendental love, as exhibited by Lord Caitanya also - one cannot understand the real import of the four essential verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 04:2204:22, 3 June 2022 diff hist +7,324 The Vedas (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23) enjoin that for one who has unflinching faith in the lotus feet of the Lord, as well as in the spiritual master, the real import of Vedic knowledge can be revealed No edit summary
- 04:2204:22, 3 June 2022 diff hist −13 The real import of the scriptures is revealed to one who has unflinching faith in both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 04:2204:22, 3 June 2022 diff hist +18,122 There are so many commentaries on Bhagavad-gita that misinterpret the original text. The real import of the word should be presented, and that should be learned from a bona fide spiritual master. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:2104:21, 3 June 2022 diff hist +1,880 My dear Lord, You are the original speaker of the Bhagavatam. You therefore know its real import. But for You, no one can understand the confidential meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 04:2104:21, 3 June 2022 diff hist +2,870 It is ordained in the Vedas that a person who has got implicit faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, to such person the real import of the Vedas is revealed No edit summary
- 04:2104:21, 3 June 2022 diff hist +5,005 Dharma is translated in English as "religion," but actually, it does not convey the real import of dharma. As I have many times explained in these meetings, that dharma means some particular characteristic which you cannot change No edit summary current
- 04:1104:11, 3 June 2022 diff hist −17 When a person knows the goal of life but is addicted to the fruits of activities, he is acting in karma-yoga. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:1104:11, 3 June 2022 diff hist +6,159 Three paths are enunciated in the Bhagavad-gita: karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga. Those who are too much addicted to fruitive activities are advised to perform actions which will bring them to bhakti No edit summary current
- 04:1104:11, 3 June 2022 diff hist +9,440 Those who are addicted to fruitive activities and speculative knowledge cannot understand the value of the holy name of Lord Krsna, which is always completely pure, eternally liberated and full of spiritual bliss No edit summary current
- 04:1004:10, 3 June 2022 diff hist −16 The Mayavadis cite false scriptures, which make people bereft of transcendental knowledge and addicted to fruitive activities and mental speculation No edit summary current
- 04:1004:10, 3 June 2022 diff hist +10,419 If anyone wants to execute unalloyed devotional service, he must be freed from all kinds of material contamination. He must be freed from the association of persons who are addicted to fruitive activities and mental speculation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 04:1004:10, 3 June 2022 diff hist +2,781 Factually all of material existence is only a dream. Thus there is no question of past, present or future. Persons who are addicted to karma-kanda-vicara, which means "working for future happiness through fruitive activities," are also dreaming No edit summary current
- 04:1004:10, 3 June 2022 diff hist +4,436 But the brahmanas, although they had come to know the supremacy of the Lord and were repenting, were still afraid of King Kamsa because they were too much addicted to fruitive activities No edit summary current
- 04:0904:09, 3 June 2022 diff hist −16 A person desiring liberation for his forefathers or himself should give charity to a brahmana who adheres to impersonal monism (jnana-nistha). In the absence of such an advanced brahmana, charity may be given to a brahmana addicted to fruitive activities No edit summary current
- 04:0904:09, 3 June 2022 diff hist +6,759 After accepting the renounced order of life, Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted many karma-nisthas who were addicted to fruitive activities, many great logicians like Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, nindakas (blasphemers) like Prakasananda Sarasvati No edit summary current
- 04:0104:01, 3 June 2022 diff hist +3,754 As they were leaving, those bhakti-vedantas, who are very kind to poor-hearted souls, instructed me (Narada Muni) in that most confidential subject which is instructed by the Personality of Godhead Himself No edit summary
- 04:0004:00, 3 June 2022 diff hist +4,108 A picturesque scene of green paddy fields enlivens the heart of the poor agriculturalist, but it brings gloom to the face of the capitalist who lives by exploiting the poor farmers No edit summary current
- 04:0004:00, 3 June 2022 diff hist +2,113 Having said this (please be merciful to such a poor-hearted person as me, since both of you are saintly persons. Please excuse my atrocities), Kamsa fell at the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, his eyes full of tears of regret - SB 10.4.23 No edit summary current
- 04:0004:00, 3 June 2022 diff hist +3,267 If it is asked, “Why don’t the householders go to a saintly person or a brahmana for enlightenment?” the answer is that householders are very poor-hearted" No edit summary current
- 03:5903:59, 3 June 2022 diff hist +2,075 Kamsa begged, "My dear sister and brother-in-law (Devaki and Vasudeva), please be merciful to such a poor-hearted person as me, since both of you are saintly persons. Please excuse my atrocities" - SB 10.4.23 No edit summary current
- 03:5903:59, 3 June 2022 diff hist +4,900 O my lord, O great devotee, persons like you (Gargamuni) move from one place to another not for their own interests but for the sake of poor-hearted grhasthas (householders). Otherwise they have no interest in going from one place to another - SB 10.8.4 No edit summary current