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06:3706:37, 29 March 2022 diff hist +8,382‎ What are the Vedic rituals and injunctions of the supplementary Vedic rites, and what are the procedures of religion, economic development and sense satisfaction ‎No edit summary current
06:2706:27, 29 March 2022 diff hist +8,831‎ There is a hereditary class of brahmanas called the smarta-brahmanas who are of the opinion that even if such persons who are chanting the holy name of the Lord are accepted as purified, they still have to perform the Vedic rites ‎No edit summary current
06:2406:24, 29 March 2022 diff hist +18,265‎ Now, according to Vedic rites, activities in the mode of goodness are considered auspicious for progress on the path of liberation, and such activities are known as deva prakrti, transcendental by nature. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
06:2106:21, 29 March 2022 diff hist +3,957‎ The Vedic rites and rituals are imperative for neophytes: comprehending all kinds of prayer three times a day, taking a bath early in the morning, offering respects to the forefathers, etc. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
05:5505:55, 29 March 2022 diff hist +8,764‎ The production of grains, grass, etc. becomes possible by rain, and this rain is made to shower properly by performance of recommended sacrifices. Such sacrifices are directed by the rites of the Vedas, namely Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva ‎No edit summary current

13:3813:38, 28 March 2022 diff hist +81,232‎ The Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, says in Bhagavad-gita (5.28) that one can attain the supreme peace by knowing that He is the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, God of all the universes, and also the supreme friend of all living entities ‎No edit summary current
13:3413:34, 28 March 2022 diff hist +5,486‎ The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
13:3313:33, 28 March 2022 diff hist +9‎ Sri Krsna says: "He (one who has decided to refrain from his immoral habits and make progress in Krsna consciousness) quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes." - BG. 9.31 ‎No edit summary current
13:3013:30, 28 March 2022 diff hist +9‎ Sankaracarya - who did not accept the Personality of Godhead and preached morality and ethics in the spirit of pantheism - never preached that there is any possibility of attaining eternal peace and prosperity in this material world ‎No edit summary current
13:2913:29, 28 March 2022 diff hist −10‎ Research is going on for the karmis, jnanis and yogis, but until the search is complete, no one can attain peace. Therefore the Bhagavad-gita (BG 5.229) says, jnatva mam santim rcchati: one can actually attain peace when he knows Krsna ‎No edit summary current
13:2813:28, 28 March 2022 diff hist +4,684‎ One who offers Me respect but is envious of the bodies of others and is therefore a separatist never attains peace of mind, because of his inimical behavior towards other living entities ‎No edit summary current
13:2613:26, 28 March 2022 diff hist +2,853‎ O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode. BG 18.62 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current
13:2313:23, 28 March 2022 diff hist +4,241‎ Krsna explains in BG 5.29: A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets & demigods, & the benefactor & well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace ‎No edit summary current
13:2013:20, 28 March 2022 diff hist +3,461‎ A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego - he alone can attain real peace. BG 2.71 - 1972 ‎No edit summary current

11:0011:00, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,375‎ Generally people are enchanted by the three modes of material nature and therefore practically unable to understand that behind all materialistic activities in the cosmic manifestation is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna ‎No edit summary current
10:5910:59, 20 March 2022 diff hist +5,612‎ Krishna Cons. is not a miracle, it is science, & because we are Krishna conscious, therefore we know everything, so practically we can understand how Krishna wanted to please His devotees & He appeared there so wonderfully. We do not see anything miracle ‎No edit summary
10:5810:58, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,284‎ Within this material world, one should understand by practical experience the value of material opulence, longevity and influence ‎No edit summary current
10:5710:57, 20 March 2022 diff hist +5,293‎ One attains a completely spiritual body fit to render service to the transcendental couple Radha and Krsna: sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam ‎No edit summary current
10:5610:56, 20 March 2022 diff hist +5,138‎ Text 38 (of SB 10.12) explains that Aghasura attained a body exactly like that of Visnu, and the verse after that also clearly states that he attained a completely spiritual body like that of Narayana ‎No edit summary
10:5510:55, 20 March 2022 diff hist +5,290‎ When one is spiritually situated and does not desire a gross or subtle body, he attains his original spiritual body. As confirmed by the Bhagavad-gita: tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna ‎No edit summary current
08:3508:35, 20 March 2022 diff hist +8,801‎ The people in general are naturally inclined to enjoy, and you (Vyasa Muni) have encouraged them in that way in the name of religion. This is verily condemned and is quite unreasonable. Because they are guided under your instructions ‎No edit summary
08:3308:33, 20 March 2022 diff hist −3‎ Neither the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, nor His devotee ever sanctions animal-killing in the name of religion ‎No edit summary
08:3008:30, 20 March 2022 diff hist −13‎ Animal sacrifice in the name of religion is current practically all over the world in every religion ‎No edit summary current
08:2908:29, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,550‎ Those who are very enthusiastic about killing animals in the name of religion or for food must await similar punishment after death ‎No edit summary current
08:2808:28, 20 March 2022 diff hist +10,745‎ These animal sacrifices are recommended in the name of religion, but actually animal sacrifice is meant for persons in the mode of ignorance. When such people kill animals, they can at least do so in the name of religion ‎No edit summary current
08:2508:25, 20 March 2022 diff hist +6,153‎ The flesh-eaters still continue to perform animal sacrifice before some demigod or goddess in the name of religion because in some of the Vedic literatures such regulated sacrifices are recommended ‎No edit summary current
08:2308:23, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,033‎ Slaughtering animals, either for religion or for food, is most abominable and is condemned herein (SB 7.15.10). Unless one is merciless, one cannot sacrifice animals, either in the name of religion or for food ‎No edit summary
08:2108:21, 20 March 2022 diff hist +8,757‎ Krsna incarnated Himself as Lord Buddha to put an end to animal-killing in the name of religion. Animal sacrifice under the name of religion is conducted by the influence of tamo-guna ‎No edit summary current
08:1708:17, 20 March 2022 diff hist +4,375‎ In the name of religion so many sinful acts are being carried on that the people in general have neither peace of mind nor health of body ‎No edit summary
08:1508:15, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,285‎ In Bhagavad-gita the last instruction is to give up all other engagements in the name of religion and take shelter of the Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
08:1408:14, 20 March 2022 diff hist +18,391‎ If there are restrictions, rules and regulations, people will not become attracted. Therefore those who want followers in the name of religion, just to have a show only, don't restrict the lives of their students nor their own lives. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
08:1308:13, 20 March 2022 diff hist +6,384‎ At a certain stage of human civilization when such material activities in the name of religion were too much rampant, the Lord incarnated Himself as Buddha and decried the authority of the Vedas in order to stop animal sacrifice in the name of religion ‎No edit summary current
08:1008:10, 20 March 2022 diff hist +7,062‎ Animal sacrifice in the name of religion is current practically all over the world in every established religion ‎No edit summary current
08:0908:09, 20 March 2022 diff hist +9,862‎ After performing the preliminaries of various sacrifices, Bharata offered the results in the name of religion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. In other words, he performed all the yajnas for the satisfaction of Lord Vasudeva, Krsna ‎No edit summary
08:0808:08, 20 March 2022 diff hist +8,917‎ A Vaisnava acarya like Narada Muni knows very well that persons engaged in such animal-killing in the name of religion are certainly becoming involved in the cycle of birth and death, forgetting the real aim of life: to go home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary
08:0508:05, 20 March 2022 diff hist +8,832‎ A person in ignorance of the principles of religion who therefore does nothing in the matter of religion is far better than a person who misguides others in the name of religion without reference to the factual religious principles of devotional service ‎No edit summary
07:5707:57, 20 March 2022 diff hist +13,191‎ If all material bodies are doomed to annihilation, we must obtain a nonmaterial body, or a spiritual body, if we wish the next birth to be anything but false. How the spiritual body is attained is explained by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita - BG 4.9 ‎No edit summary
07:4707:47, 20 March 2022 diff hist +3,681‎ There is no birth, death, old age and disease for the spiritual body, so one who attains a spiritual body, becomes one of the associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engages in eternal devotional service, is really liberated. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
07:4507:45, 20 March 2022 diff hist +4,812‎ Some of the conditioned souls, who follow the transcendental sound in the form of Vedic literatures and are thus able to go back to Godhead, attain spiritual and original bodies after quitting the conditional gross and subtle material bodies ‎No edit summary current
07:4107:41, 20 March 2022 diff hist +4,050‎ I am spirit soul. I am not feeling comfortable with this material body. Therefore the right conclusion is how to go to the spiritual world or attain a spiritual body. That information we are getting from Bhagavad-gita ‎No edit summary
07:3807:38, 20 March 2022 diff hist +77,750‎ This life is a preparation for the next life. If we can prepare, therefore, in this life to get promotion to the kingdom of God, then surely, after quitting this material body, we will attain a spiritual body just like the Lord. BG 1972 Introduction ‎No edit summary current
07:3707:37, 20 March 2022 diff hist −8‎ This (hearing Bhagavad-gita from the realized person) will lead to niscala, remembering the Supreme Lord, and will enable one, upon leaving the body, to attain a spiritual body which is just fit for association with the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 Introduction ‎No edit summary current
07:3607:36, 20 March 2022 diff hist +2,017‎ In his liberated stage the devotee is attracted by one of the five humors in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. As he continues to serve the Lord in that transcendental mood, he attains a spiritual body to serve Krsna in Goloka Vrndavana ‎No edit summary current
07:3207:32, 20 March 2022 diff hist −8‎ If a person continuously serves Krsna during this life in a particular ecstasy, upon giving up the material body he attains a spiritual body suitable for serving Krsna in terms of his particular attachment ‎No edit summary
07:3007:30, 20 March 2022 diff hist +4,038‎ However, as explained in Bhagavad-gita, devotees can give up the material body and attain a spiritual body free from all material tinges, gross and subtle (tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna (BG 4.9)) ‎No edit summary current
07:2707:27, 20 March 2022 diff hist +4,694‎ As far as the rasa-lila pastimes of the Lord are concerned, it is futile for one who is within the material world to attempt to imitate the Lord’s dances. One has to attain a spiritual body like that of a gopi to enter into the pastimes of the rasa-lila ‎No edit summary current

10:1710:17, 18 March 2022 diff hist +4,267‎ Theoretical knowledge is called jnana, and practical knowledge is called vijnana ‎No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 18 March 2022 diff hist +3,396‎ One should have the practical knowledge that matter, being an inferior state of existence, is useless for our spiritual, blissful life, whereas spirit, being a finer state, is full of bliss ‎No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 18 March 2022 diff hist +3,768‎ One should have not only theoretical knowledge, but practical knowledge ‎No edit summary current
10:1410:14, 18 March 2022 diff hist +9,618‎ Especially in India, there are many such doctors (who becomes a doctor by practical knowledge) who perform their medical services perfectly. They are accepted even by the government ‎No edit summary current

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