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- 17:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3 A devotee is transcendental to the actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature because he is situated on the Brahman platform Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:14, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3 A devotee is like a cow that is cared for by its master. When cared for by its master, a cow is not in anxiety over its maintenance. Such a cow is always devoted to its master, and it never acts independently, but only for the master's benefit Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:10, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3 A devotee can very peacefully chant the holy name of the Lord by behaving more humbly than the grass, being tolerant like a tree and offering respects to everyone, without expecting honor from anyone else. Such qualifications make it easier to chant Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 17:05, 16 December 2020 diff hist +39,401 A devotee advances further and further toward complete understanding of the Lord as he awakens in realization of the Lord's holy name, transcendental form and qualities, His paraphernalia, and everything pertaining to Him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:27, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,887 You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. According to one's position, one should perform his duties, but for the results one should fully depend upon Krsna Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:25, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Yogesvara is the SP of Godhead, the master of all mystic yoga, who can do anything and everything He likes. This is the omnipotence of the Supreme Lord. For one who pleases the Supreme Lord, no achievement is wonderful. Everything is possible for him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Without the direction of the Supreme Lord, material nature cannot do anything; it cannot act independently Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:17, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Without intelligence one cannot understand the direct activities of the senses, nor can he understand dreaming or the cessation of all gross and subtle activities Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:16, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Within this material world, one should understand by practical experience the value of material opulence, longevity and influence Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:16, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,963 With devotion one should feel, "God is great, and I am very small. Therefore my duty is to offer my prayers to the Lord." Only on this basis can one understand and render service to the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:13, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one thinks himself protected by his parents, by the government, by some place or by some other cause, everything is due to the various potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether one is in the heavenly or hellish planets or is a rich or a poor man's son, material conditions are everywhere. Therefore no condition of life is at all pleasing Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whether in demigod society, asura society, human society or Gandharva society, every living entity should take shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda and thus become perfect in good fortune Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whenever Krsna played His flute, He conquered the minds of the gopis, and without seeing the gopis Krsna could not be happy. Other transcendentalists, such as jnanis and yogis, cannot conquer the SP of Godhead; only pure devotees can conquer Him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,922 When we give up our constitutional position (jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa' (CC Madhya 20.108)), the Supreme Personality of Godhead creates this material energy and her influence over the conditioned soul Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When we accept this direction from Krsna (to abandon all duties and surrender unto Him), we can actually become happy Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,560 When this verse (SB 7.4.36) says vasudeve bhagavati, one should understand that Prahlada Maharaja's attachment for Nrsimhadeva was attachment for Krsna, Vasudeva, the son of Vasudeva. Prahlada Maharaja is described as a great mahatma Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When there is a demoniac rule everything becomes chaotic, and consequently the entire world becomes hell itself Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When there is a demoniac rule, everything concerning the Vedic principles is turned upside down, all the religious ceremonies of yajna are stopped, the resources meant to be spent for yajna are taken away by the demoniac government Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:10, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When the manifested creation of the airplane is ruined, the remaining debris is a problem for the so-called creators Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:09, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,217 When the husband is pleased with his wife, the wife can receive all necessities, ornaments and full satisfaction for her senses. Herein (SB 6.18.27-28) this is indicated by the behavior of Diti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:07, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called maya Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:07, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,150 When the Supreme Lord appears in this material world in His various incarnations, He performs two functions - saving the devotee and vanquishing the demon (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam) - BG 4.8 Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,516 When the Lord (Nrsimhadeva) sat on the throne of Hiranyakasipu, there was no one to protest; no enemy came forward on behalf of Hiranyakasipu to fight with the Lord. This means that His supremacy was immediately accepted by the demons Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When persons with a small fund of intelligence, after endeavoring hard for many, many lives to understand the supreme cause, are finally in actual knowledge of Krsna, Vasudeva, they surrender unto Him. Thus they become great mahatmas, perfect souls Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one is perfect, he can render a service for the self-realization of the entire human society. This is the best way to perform humanitarian work Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one is freed from all the results of sinful activities, one will be purified, and with a healthy mind, completely cleansed, he will increasingly make progress in Krsna consciousness Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one gives up materially designated positions and works directly under the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one's spiritual life is revived Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When one considers his body - his head, his hands and so on - one can certainly understand the difference between the spirit soul and the body. No one says, "I head." Everyone says, "My head" Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:02, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,869 When he was in the womb of his mother, Prahlada listened to the words of Narada Muni. One cannot imagine how the baby in embryo could hear Narada, but this is spiritual life; progress in spiritual life cannot be obstructed by any material condition Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:01, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When each body (of Marut) was cut into seven, other living entities entered the new bodies, and thus they were like plants, which become separate entities when cut into various parts and planted on a hill Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:01, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When an exalted devotee feels that Krsna is invisible, he cries in separation, and sometimes, when he sees that Krsna has returned to care for him, he laughs, just as a child sometimes laughs upon understanding that his mother is taking care of him Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,015 When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commits offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava, his entire spiritual career is halted Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When a less intelligent person has some power, he wants to use it for sense gratification. This is not the behavior of a devotee Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When a devotee offers devotional service to the Lord without any motive (anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11), his service cannot be hampered by any material condition - apratihata Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 13:00, 1 December 2020 diff hist +4,347 When a devotee is actually engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, his apparently material opulences are not material; they are all spiritual Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:59, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Parvati remembered her former behavior in cursing Citraketu, she became very much ashamed and covered her face with the skirt of her sari, admitting that she was wrong in cursing Citraketu Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:59, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,221 When Nityananda Prabhu went to preach Krsna consciousness to the two roguish brothers Jagai and Madhai, they injured Him and made His head bleed, but He tolerantly delivered the two rogues, who became perfect Vaisnavas. This is the duty of a preacher Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65) - "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me" - they (fools and rascals) comment that it is not Krsna to whom we must surrender Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +5,021 When Jagai and Madhai offended Lord Nityananda, Lord Nityananda stood tolerantly, and therefore both brothers fell at His lotus feet and repented. Consequently they later became perfect Vaisnavas Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:58, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Hiranyakasipu received benedictions from Lord Brahma, he thought that he was safe, since he received the benediction that he would not be killed either by an animal or by a human being Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Diti, Indra's aunt, explained to him without reservations what she had wanted to do, Indra explained his intentions to her. Both of them, instead of being enemies, freely spoke the truth. This is the qualification that results from contact with God Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 When Dhruva Maharaja saw Lord Visnu, he declined to take any benedictions from Him, for he was fully satisfied by seeing the Lord Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whatever Krsna says - whatever God says - should be directly carried out. That is dharma, religion Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 Whatever God orders constitutes religion Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 What is the purpose of saying: "in that direction where Hari is situated?" During Hiranyakasipu's time, his influence was everywhere, but he could not force his influence into the places where the Supreme Personality of Godhead had His pastimes Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We want to be happy in the material world, but this will never be possible; we shall simply increase the blazing fire of desires Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:56, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We should always remember that although we are equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in quality, we are never equal to Him in quantity Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:55, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We must study the atma and Paramatma - the individual soul and the Supersoul - upon whom the entire material cosmic manifestation rests. This is explained by the Vedic statement yato va imani bhutani jaya nte. yena jatani jivanti Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 12:55, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3 We must know conclusively that our material condition of suffering has been allotted to us by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current