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1 December 2020
- 11:3111:31, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The greatest acarya, Krsna says in BG 2.13: "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change" Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:3011:30, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The fruits and flowers of a tree seasonally come and go, but the tree continues to stand. Similarly, the transmigrating soul accepts various bodies, which undergo six transformations, but the soul remains permanently the same Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2911:29, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The first body (of Marut) was one, and when it was cut into many pieces, many other living entities entered the new bodies Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2911:29, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The fallen, conditioned living entity, trapped by the external energy, loiters in the material world Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2911:29, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The fact is that the entire cosmic manifestation is an expansion of the Supreme Lord's energies, which are manifested in the physical elements and the living entities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2711:27, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,907 The duration of his life is inconceivable for an ordinary human being. The demigods are therefore sometimes called amara, which means "one who has no death." In this material world, however, everyone has to die Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2711:27, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,071 The devotees can always remember the form of Nrsimhadeva when they are in danger, and therefore the appearance of Nrsimhadeva was not at all inauspicious. The Lord's appearance is always worshipable and auspicious for all sane persons and devotees Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2611:26, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The demoniac father (Hiranyakasipu) considered Prahlada the most unfortunate because Prahlada would not be able to inherit his property Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2611:26, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The demigods' hearts, which are meant to be the abode of the Supreme Lord, are practically occupied by the demons Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:2411:24, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The body is just like a machine, a car, in which the living entity is given a chance to sit and move according to his desire. The Lord is the original cause of the material body and the soul, which is expanded by His marginal energy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 11:0811:08, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,203 The actual devotee does not desire even liberation, anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11). The Lord, however, fulfills the desire of the devotee by awarding him opulence that will never be destroyed Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:0711:07, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The activities of bhakti, devotional service, are directly under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:0511:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The ability to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or to see Him or talk with Him depends on one's advancement in devotional service, which is called bhakti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:0411:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Vedic instructions say, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet: (MU 1.2.12) to solve the problems of life, one must accept a spiritual master Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 11:0111:01, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is manifested by His different energies - the material energy, the spiritual energy and the marginal energy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5710:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul, is present in everyone's heart, and as the living entity desires, the Lord gives him facilities with which to work according to his ambitions in different grades of bodies Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5610:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,584 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is actually the best friend of everyone. In a condition of distress or misery, one wants to seek shelter of a well-wishing friend. The well-wishing friend of the perfect order is Lord Sri Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5510:55, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Lord is the ultimate actor, and the conditioned living entity should simply remember this original actor, Sri Krsna. As living entities, we are being carried away by the waves of prakrti, or nature, which works under the Lord's direction Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5410:54, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Lord is the dearmost object of all living entities. Prahlada Maharaja therefore advised his class friends, the sons of the demons, to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead again Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5310:53, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Lord is realized in three different phases, as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, but Bhagavan is the ultimate realization. One who realizes Bhagavan - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna - is the most perfect mahatma Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:5210:52, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Supreme Lord has no enemy or friend, but He is inclined toward a devotee who always engages in His devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:4810:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 The Lord is so kind that because Dhruva Maharaja, in the beginning, had desired a kingdom greater than his father's, he was promoted to Dhruvaloka, the best planet in the universe Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:4210:42, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Systems of religion that do not concentrate upon service to the Supreme are temporary and cannot last for long because they are full of envy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3410:34, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura stresses that even though Diti was very envious, her heart was purified because of a devotional attitude Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3310:33, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Maharaja Citraketu's being cursed by Parvati should be considered the mercy of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3210:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,594 Srila Madhvacarya remarks that the goddess of fortune, the mother of the universe, could not get mercy similar to that which was offered to Prahlada Maharaja Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3210:32, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted everyone to become a guru and preach the instructions of Krsna everywhere from Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Puranas, Vedanta-sutra and similar Vedic literatures Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 10:3110:31, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,880 Sometimes unscrupulous persons designate a living entity as daridra-narayana, svami-narayana, this Narayana or that Narayana Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:3010:30, 1 December 2020 diff hist +7,338 Sometimes animal sacrifices are performed very gorgeously with grand arrangements for worshiping the goddess Kali, but such festivals, although performed in the name of yajna, are not actually yajna, for yajna means to satisfy the SP of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:2010:20, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Reception of spiritual knowledge is never checked by any material condition. Thus Prahlada Maharaja, from his very childhood, spoke spiritual knowledge to his class friends, and certainly it was effective, although all of them were children Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1810:18, 1 December 2020 diff hist +6,117 Pure bhagavatas, pure devotees, invite everyone, without envy, to join the Krsna consciousness movement. A devotee is therefore exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Suhrdam sarva-bhutanam: (BG 5.29) he is the friend of all living entities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1710:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja was surprised at the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord (Nrsimhadeva), the Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1410:14, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja preached bhagavata-dharma among his classmates as soon as an opportunity was afforded by the absence of his teachers from the classroom Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:1110:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja expected that the Lord, by His kindness, would call him again to the shelter of His lotus feet Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0610:06, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja decided to offer his best prayers to the Lord, without consideration of his material position Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,428 Prahlada Maharaja concludes that one can become perfect by serving the Supreme Lord sincerely by all means Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,573 Prahlada Maharaja aspired to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0410:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja advised his friends to depend completely on Krsna and worship Him in devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0310:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, in the following prayer (SB 7.9.14), requests the Lord (Nrsimhadeva) to give up His anger Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0310:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, by his living example, requested his friends to engage in devotional service Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0210:02, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, being always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna, sometimes felt separation, thinking, "Where is Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 10:0210:02, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Prahlada Maharaja, being a great devotee, thought the body born of his father to be born of passion and ignorance, but because Prahlada was fully engaged in the service of the Lord, his body did not belong to the material world Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5409:54, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,662 Paratah svatah karmatah: as he (the devotee) acts himself, as he is instructed by others or as he performs his material activities, he enjoys life in every respect Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5309:53, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Otherwise (if we don't surrender to Krsna), in the name of happiness, we shall continue to suffer miserable conditions Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:5009:50, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should work for self-realization, not for economic development, which is impossible to improve. Without endeavor, one can get the amount of happiness and distress for which he is destined, and one cannot change this Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,864 One should not hear anything about Krsna from a non-Vaisnava Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should not be attached to temporary things. One should take to Krsna consciousness and become eternally happy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should engage in full ds. "A person who has broader intelligence, whether he is full of material desires, free from material desires, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead" - SB 2.3.10 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4909:49, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,713 One should engage in full devotional service. Then, even though he has no desires, whatever desires he previously had can all be fulfilled simply by his worship of the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:4809:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 One should constantly chant the holy name of the Lord - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current