User contributions for VrajendraKumar
29 July 2022
- 10:5210:52, 29 July 2022 diff hist +19,629 Krsna says: aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami: (BG 18.66) "I shall give you protection." That change takes place for my protection No edit summary current
- 10:5210:52, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,937 Just like a big lawyer takes the protection of the lawbook and he makes the law unlawful. Similarly, the demons are so intelligent that they take advantage of scriptural injunction and do all nonsense No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +31 In sambhrama-dasya, the devotee renders respectful service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in the more advanced gaurava-dasya, his service takes the form of giving protection to the Lord No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +13 A Vaisnava is transcendental. He hasn't got to train under this discipline. Because he takes shelter of Krsna directly, he's given immediately all protection No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +5,982 Krsna concluded, "I shall act in such a way as to relieve him of this false prestige. I shall give protection to My pure devotees in Vrndavana, who are at present completely dependent on My mercy and whom I have taken completely under My protection" No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist −11 Whenever we have to take protection, we should know that our protection must be a living force. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,316 To take protection from this shield (the shield of the Visnu mantra or Narayana-kavaca shield), one must first touch kusa grass and wash one's mouth with acamana-mantras No edit summary
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +5,191 The time element is Your representation. My Lord, O Supreme, no one can conquer You. As for me, however, I am being crushed by the wheel of time, and therefore I surrender fully unto You. Now kindly take me under the protection of Your lotus feet No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,066 That is a good proposal, that parents should not accompany their children. Actually that is the gurukula system. The children should take complete protection of the Spiritual Master No edit summary current
- 10:5110:51, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,264 Our point should be that we shall take all necessary steps for self-protection, depending the result on Krishna No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,746 One cannot challenge the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any circumstance. It is better to surrender unto Him and take His protection at all times No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 29 July 2022 diff hist +5,003 Modern elected presidents cannot even give protection from theft cases, and one has to take protection from an insurance company No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 29 July 2022 diff hist +6,167 Kunti continued, "You (Krsna) make no such distinction. No one is Your favorite and no one is Your enemy. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are equal to everyone, and everyone can take advantage of Your special protection" No edit summary current
- 10:5010:50, 29 July 2022 diff hist +6,941 If we want actual protection, we should take protection of the Supreme, Krsna, or His devotee No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,166 You are well versed in all the scriptures famous for religious life, and in the Puranas and the histories as well, for you have gone through them under proper guidance and have also explained them No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,335 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says, saksad dharitvena samasta-sastraih: in all the scriptures the spiritual master, who is the best of the brahmanas, the best of the Vaisnavas, is considered to be as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,295 This (in all the scriptures the spiritual master is considered to be as good as God) does not mean, however, that the Vaisnava thinks himself God, for this is blasphemous No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +38,984 In the Upanisads and allied scriptures, it is ordained that one must approach with awe and reverence the feet of a spiritual master who is well versed in all the scriptures and who has attained perfection in transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +5,265 For his doing so (Arjuna changing his decision to serve Krsna) so, he became a famous devotee of the Lord, for it is declared in all the scriptures that Arjuna attained spiritual perfection by devotional service to the Lord in friendship No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +1,459 For a maintainer to punish the person he maintains is not good. You are expert in all the scriptures. Indeed, you are like a living saint No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,011 She offered her obeisances unto the Lord, the author of the basic principles of the Sankhya system of philosophy, which is the background of liberation, and she satisfied Him with the following verses of prayer No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,239 Regulated human life according to the Vedic principles, which are based on the system of knowledge called Sankhya philosophy, is the real way of enjoyment of the necessities of life No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,869 O great sage, I shall manifest My own plenary portion through your wife, Devahuti, along with your nine daughters, and I shall instruct her in the system of philosophy that deals with the ultimate principles or categories No edit summary
- 09:3209:32, 29 July 2022 diff hist +34 One has to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead analytically, as explained in the Sankhya system of philosophy by Lord Kapiladeva No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 29 July 2022 diff hist +34 No one can ascertain the Absolute Truth by following the philosophy of Sankhya or the yoga system of Patanjali, for neither the followers of Sankhya nor the yogis who follow Patanjali accept Lord Visnu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead - SB 7.5.31 No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 29 July 2022 diff hist +13,264 Lord Caitanya's teachings are identical to those given by Lord Kapila, the original propounder of sankhya-yoga, the sankhya system of philosophy. This authorized system of yoga teaches meditation on the transcendental form of the Lord - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 29 July 2022 diff hist +12,869 Lord Caitanya's teachings are identical to those given by Lord Kapila, the original propounder of sankhya-yoga, the sankhya system of philosophy. This authorized system of yoga recommends meditation on the transcendental form of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +14 Lord Caitanya's philosophy is that of "inconceivably one and different." This system of philosophy constitutes perfect knowledge of the Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,852 Kapila the son of Kardama Muni, in His system of Sankhya philosophy, very explicitly explained not only the material world but also the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,533 Kapila said that the system of Sankhya philosophy was not exactly being introduced by Him; it was already current, but in course of time it was mysteriously lost & therefore He appeared to reintroduce it. That is the purpose of the incarnation of Godhead No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,689 I am very glad to hear that you are training the devotees nicely in our philosophy and I also fully approve of your system for management No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,438 It is not true that Sankhya philosophy is a new system of philosophy introduced by Kapila as material philosophers introduce new kinds of mental speculative thought to supersede that of another philosopher No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,378 It is called Kapilasrama because of Lord Kapila's living there to perform His austerities and penances. Lord Kapila propounded the Sankhya system of philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +1,799 He described the Sankhya system of philosophy, which is a combination of devotional service and mystic realization, as received by disciplic succession No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +1,732 Even now Kapila Muni is staying there in trance for the deliverance of the conditioned souls in the three worlds, and all the acaryas, or great teachers, of the system of Sankhya philosophy are worshiping Him No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,062 Devahuti said, "You (God) are the background of the material manifestation and all created energy; therefore Your delivering me from the clutches of maya by explaining the system of Sankhya philosophy is not so astonishing No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,394 Devahuti inquired: My dear Lord, You have already very scientifically described the symptoms of the total material nature and the characteristics of the spirit according to the Sankhya system of philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,625 By this system of philosophy (the Sankhya philosophy enunciated by Lord Kapila), one can immediately become free, even though one is situated in this material world. That stage is called jivan-mukti No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,121 Brahma assures Devahuti that her son will enlighten her, and after enlightening her He will travel all over the world, distributing the system of Sankhya philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +9,260 Unfortunately, this Sankhya system has been misrepresented by an imposter who is also named Kapila, but that other system of philosophy does not tally with anything described in the Sankhya of Kapila in the Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,752 This Sankhya system has been misrepresented by an imposter who is also named Kapila, but that other system of philosophy does not tally with anything described in the Sankhya of Kapila in the Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 29 July 2022 diff hist +14 The system of philosophy enunciated by Lord Kapila before His mother is the background for situation on the spiritual platform. The specific significance of this system of philosophy is stated as siddhi-bhumim - it is the background of salvation No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,238 The sum total of the creative elements is twenty-four in all. Each and every one of them is explicitly explained in the system of Sankhya philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 29 July 2022 diff hist +14 The Sankhya system of philosophy identifies three kinds of procedures - namely, parinamat (transformation), samanvayat (adjustment) and saktitah (performance of energies) - as the causes of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,589 The Personality of Godhead enjoyed life in the city of Dvaraka, strictly in conformity with the Vedic customs of society. He was situated in detachment and knowledge, as enunciated by the Sankhya system of philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 29 July 2022 diff hist −10 The Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by all the Vedas and Upanisads, as well as by the sankhya system of philosophy and all authorized scriptures, was considered to be born in her (Yasoda's) womb No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 29 July 2022 diff hist +34 The ambition of such people (followers of the philosophy of Sankhya or the yoga system of Patanjali) is never fulfilled; therefore they are attracted by the external energy No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,645 These are some of the aspects of the analytical study of intelligence as described in both the Patanjali yoga system and the Sankhya philosophy system of Kapiladeva in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +8,373 Therefore, there cannot be any religion or system of genuine philosophy for the advancement of the living entities without the principle of devotional service No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +8,286 Technically Lord Buddha's philosophy is called atheistic because there is no acceptance of the Supreme Lord and because that system of philosophy denied the authority of the Vedas. But that is an act of camouflage by the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +1,555 According to Vedic astronomical calculations, the rotation of the sun consists of sixty dandas, and it is divided into thirty-six hundred palas No edit summary
- 08:3008:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,840 According to Vedic astronomical calculations, there are thirteen months. The thirteenth month is called adhi-masa or mala-masa and is added every third year No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,661 According to Vedic astronomical calculations, day and night are each divided into thirty ghatikas (twenty-four minutes), instead of twelve hours No edit summary current
- 08:2908:29, 29 July 2022 diff hist −9 According to solar astronomical calculations, each year extends six days beyond the calendar year, and according to lunar calculations, each year is six days shorter. Therefore, there is a difference of twelve days between the solar and lunar years No edit summary current
- 08:2908:29, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,589 According to astronomical calculations, the time in which he (Nanda Maharaj) took a bath was considered demoniac No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,278 Even if modern scientists do not accept the other factual presentations of Srimad-Bhagavatam, how can they deny the perfect astronomical calculations that existed long before they could imagine such things No edit summary
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,800 We have to accept the calculations of the Vedic literature. These Vedic calculations are steady; the astronomical calculations made long ago and recorded in the Vedic literature are correct even now No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +3,769 The time factor is divided into many fractions of moments, hours, months, years, periods, seasons, etc. All the divisions in this verse (SB 3.21.18) are determined according to the astronomical calculations of Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,620 The technical terms used in the astronomical calculations given by the Jyotir Veda are difficult to translate into English No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +2,352 The present reign is that of Vaivasvata Manu. According to astronomical calculations, we are now in the twenty-eighth yuga of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives for seventy-one yugas, and fourteen such Manus rule in one day of Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 29 July 2022 diff hist +1,281 According to astronomical calculations, a lava is one eleventh of a second No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,033 There is always a difference of opinion between a smarta-brahmana and a Vaisnava gosvami. There are even smarta opinions and Vaisnava gosvami opinions available in astrological and astronomical calculations No edit summary current
- 07:5307:53, 29 July 2022 diff hist +4,959 Astronomical calculations of stellar influences upon a living being are not suppositions, but are factual, as confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
28 July 2022
- 08:5708:57, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,192 Yamunacarya says, Since I have become attracted by the beauty of Radha and Krsna, when there is attraction for a woman or a memory of sex life with a woman, I at once spit on it, and my face turns in disgust No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,435 When we are attracted by Madana-mohana and the beauty of Krsna and His consorts, then the shackles of conditioned life, namely the beauty of a material woman, cannot attract us No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,400 When one is attracted by the transcendental beauty of Radha and Krsna, he is no longer attracted by material feminine beauty. That is the special significance of Radha-Krsna worship No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 28 July 2022 diff hist +6,679 The unmarried girls of Vrndavana were already attracted by the beauty of Krsna. They were, however, engaged in the worship of goddess Durga in the beginning of the Hemanta season (just prior to the winter season) No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 28 July 2022 diff hist +25,502 The mind of Sukadeva Gosvami was attracted by the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna, and the minds of the damsels of Vrndavana were attracted by His personal beauty No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,735 The minds of the Narayanas are attracted by the beauty of Krsna's body. In addition, the goddesses of fortune, who are the wives of the Narayanas & are the women described in the Vedas as most chaste, are also attracted by the wonderful Krsna's beauty No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 28 July 2022 diff hist +46,165 The Bhuma-purusa was also attracted by the beauty of Krsna, and He concocted this pastime just as a pretext to see Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,698 The damsels of Vraja, the gopis, being attracted by the beauty of Krsna, simply wanted to embrace Him and His arms, which are like serpents. Thus the gopis ultimately tasted the nectar of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary
- 08:5408:54, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,851 The beauty of Krsna is fully manifested in Vrndavana. As sixteen-years boy and playing flute, the beauty was so attractive that even Vasudeva Himself became attracted by the beauty No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,081 They (Gopis) were perplexed because on one hand they were attracted by the beauty of Krsna, and on the other they needed Krsna to drive away the demon of such attraction No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,529 Srila Rupa Gosvami remarks in this connection that one who is actually attracted by the beauty of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna or His service, and whose heart, by such attraction, is always full with transcendental bliss No edit summary
- 08:5408:54, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,338 One who is actually attracted by the beauty of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna or His service, and whose heart will naturally never aspire after the liberation which is so valuable to the impersonalists No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,194 Instead of being attracted by material beauty, if one is accustomed to be attracted by the beauty of Radharani and Krsna, then the statement of Bhagavad-gita, param drstva nivartate (BG 2.59), holds true No edit summary current
- 08:5208:52, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,723 Emperor Bharata was so attracted by the beauty of the lotus feet of Krsna that even in his youthful life he gave up all kinds of attachments to family, children, friends, kingdom, etc., as though they were untouchable stools No edit summary
- 08:5208:52, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,961 Another gopi said, "We are also attracted by Your (Krsna's) speaking and by the beauty of Your face and eyes. Please, therefore, satisfy us by Your nectarean kisses" No edit summary current
- 08:5108:51, 28 July 2022 diff hist +6,210 All the gopis were by nature very much attracted to Krsna's beauty, and when they heard the vibration of His flute, they became apparently lustful to satisfy the senses of Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:3108:31, 28 July 2022 diff hist +6,603 To save a surrendered soul from repeated birth and death, the Lord purifies him of contamination by offering him a little distress. This cannot be understood by a nondevotee, but a devotee can see this because he is vipascit, or learned No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,833 One of His disciples who accepted sannyasa was one day forcibly dragged by his wife. My Guru Maharaja lamented with tears in His eyes saying that He could not save the soul No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,795 The devotees, concerned only with rescuing the fallen souls from this material world, apparently take birth in different places in the material world just to save the conditioned souls No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,696 Because a Vaisnava fully takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he personally has no problems, but because he is compassionate toward the fallen, conditioned souls, he is always thinking of plans to save them from their hellish life No edit summary current
- 08:2908:29, 28 July 2022 diff hist +7,805 Sometimes the conditioned soul tries to save himself from inexorable time and thus takes shelter of some bogus savior No edit summary current
- 08:2908:29, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,503 Try to save the soul who is put into this body and embarrassed. That is real service. This is Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,169 This creation of friends and enemies is a result of one's bodily conception of life No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,520 The talks of Bhagavad-gita are not for any particular person, society, or community, but they are for all, and friends or enemies are equally entitled to hear them. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,657 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is equal to everyone. He has no enemies and no friends. Everyone is enjoying the fruitive reactions of his own work, and the Lord, within everyone's heart, is observing and giving everyone the desired result No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,163 The conditioned soul has friends and enemies. He is affected by the good qualities and the faults of his position. The Supreme Lord, however, is always transcendental. Because He is the isvara, the supreme controller, He is not affected by duality No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 28 July 2022 diff hist +6,468 Stated in the Bhagavad-gita, the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, is equal to everyone. He has no friends and no enemies. But He is inclined to a devotee who renders Him service with devotional love No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 28 July 2022 diff hist +4,769 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing the part of a very great, advanced devotee. On the maha-bhagavata platform, the devotee makes no distinction between friends and enemies No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,256 Sometimes conditioned souls exchange money, but in due course of time, enmity arises because of cheating. Although there may be a tiny profit, the conditioned souls cease to be friends and become enemies No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,055 Prahlada Maharaja continued: My dear father, please give up your demoniac mentality. Do not discriminate in your heart between enemies and friends; make your mind equipoised toward everyone No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,266 Politics involves accepting one group of men as enemies and another group as friends. Everything in politics is based on this philosophy, and the entire world, especially at the present, is engrossed in it No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,731 Our creation of friends and enemies within this material world is something like dreaming at night No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,684 One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equiposed in honor & dishonor, heat & cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything, is very dear to Me. BG 12.18-19 - 1972 No edit summary
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,732 One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +2,145 One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from attachment to material things such a person is very dear to Me No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,406 Krsna said, "My dear friends, you know that Lord Balarama and I left Vrndavana just to please Our relatives and family members. Thus We were long engaged in fighting with Our enemies and were obliged to forget you, who were so much attached to Me" No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 28 July 2022 diff hist +3,128 In this material world, which advances like a river that carries away the living entity, all people become friends, relatives and enemies in due course of time No edit summary current