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1 July 2025

N    07:49  One becomes qualified by one stroke of bhakti to Vasudeva. Just like the sunrise immediately dissipates the fog. Agham dhunvanti kartsnyena niharam iva bhaskarah. What is this nonsense life? There is no tapasya, spiritual culture; simply like cats & dogs diffhist +7,680 Somnath talk contribs (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One becomes qualified by one stroke of bhakti to Vasudeva. Just like the sunrise immediately dissipates the fog. Agham dhunvanti kartsnyena niharam iva bhaskarah. What is this nonsense life? There is no tapasya, spiritual culture; simply like cats & dogs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Somnath}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2025-07-01T07:49:02.000Z}} {{last|2025-07-01T07:49:02.000Z}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=...")
     07:30  One who takes shelter of Him (Lord Krsna) for the right purpose, be that person a sudra, a woman or a member of a low-grade family, will attain the highest goal of life diffhist +12 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     07:30  One who strictly follows the Vedic literature and chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic succession. Those who want to attain life’s ultimate goal must follow this principle diffhist +41 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     07:29  One should be engaged in the Lord's devotional service to achieve the aim of life, called prayojana. The practice of devotional service to attain that goal of life is called abhidheya diffhist +32 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     07:29  One has to follow the principles of the asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa), since these principles (of varnas and asramas) are considered essential for the attainment of the highest goal diffhist +12 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     07:28  One cannot attain the goal of life without the mercy of Balarama. Sri Narottama dasa Thakura therefore says, when one receives the mercy of Balarama, Nityananda, one can attain the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna very easily diffhist +32 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
N    07:28  Beginning tapasya, austerity. Celibacy. (SB 6.1.13), controlling the senses, the mind. Renunciation. Following truthfulness & cleanliness. Practicing yoga, But all these things can be done by one stroke, kevalaya bhaktya, by engaging oneself in devotion. diffhist +3,832 Somnath talk contribs (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Beginning tapasya, austerity. Celibacy. (SB 6.1.13), controlling the senses, the mind. Renunciation. Following truthfulness & cleanliness. Practicing yoga, But all these things can be done by one stroke, kevalaya bhaktya, by engaging oneself in devotion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Somnath}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2025-07-01T07:28:29.000Z}} {{last|2025-07-01T07:28:29.000Z}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1...")
     07:16  Om ity ekaksaram brahma: at the point of death the yogi can pronounce om, omkara, the concise form of transcendental sound vibration. If the yogi can vibrate this sound and at the same time remember Krsna, or Visnu, he attains the highest goal diffhist −22 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
N    07:02  I say that if we can prove that the moon is beyond sun, then all these cheaters will be, (indistinct), by one stroke diffhist +4,218 Somnath talk contribs (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I say that if we can prove that the moon is beyond sun, then all these cheaters will be, (indistinct), by one stroke"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Somnath}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2025-07-01T07:02:51.000Z}} {{last|2025-07-01T07:02:51.000Z}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}} {{total|1}} {{toc right}} Category:I Say (Prabhupada) Category:That If Category:If We Can (Disciples of SP) Catego...")
     06:56  Now I shall chant one mantra which is not only transcendental, pure and auspicious, but is the best prayer for anyone who is aspiring to attain the ultimate goal of life. When I chant this mantra, please hear it carefully and attentively diffhist +21 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:56  Narayana, the Supreme Lord, is the goal of sacrificial results, and therefore the Vedic hymns are ultimately meant for attaining this goal diffhist +12 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:55  Maharaja Yudhisthira said: My dear lord (Narada Muni), I wish to hear from you about the principles of religion by which one can attain the ultimate goal of life - devotional service. I wish to hear about the general occupational duties of human society diffhist +21 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:54  Madhavendra Puri recited this verse again and again at the end of his material existence. Thus uttering this verse, he attained the ultimate goal of life diffhist +21 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:53  It is very difficult for one to attain the ultimate goal of life and reach the supreme destination, Vaikunthaloka or Goloka Vrndavana, simply by studying Vedanta philosophy or Vedic literature diffhist +21 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:24  One stroke‎‎ 4 changes history −10 [Somnath‎ (4×)]
     
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     06:24  It is stated that through love of Godhead, one becomes perfectly liberated and attains the highest goal of life diffhist +12 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:23  In this (CC Madhya 20.135) connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following statement. It is only the eastern side, devotional service, that enables one to attain life’s real goal diffhist +12 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     06:23  In the material world, unless one is situated in one of the varnas (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra) one cannot manage social affairs properly to attain the ultimate goal. One also has to follow the principles of the asramas diffhist −6 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     05:38  Some devotees consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam diffhist +56 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     05:38  Atma-nivedanam. The word Atma-nivedanam refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surrenders everything to the Lord and performs his activities only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead diffhist +56 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     05:38  As a sincere friend of Krsna, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Krsna. Atma-nivedanam means offering Krsna everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess diffhist +118 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     05:36  Krsna consciousness movement is distributing sublime information to the entire human society to the effect that by simply chanting the Hare Krsna mantra one can become perfect in this life and go back home, back to Godhead. BG 1972 purports diffhist −11 Somnath talk contribs
     05:31  Krsna consciousness is so nice. Immediately you rise to the transcendental platform simply by chanting Hare Krsna diffhist +21 Somnath talk contribs
     05:25  Kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet (SB 12.3.51). Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, one becomes free from the bondage of material existence and thus becomes eligible to return home, back to Godhead diffhist −32 Somnath talk contribs
     05:18  One should have complete faith in the words of Krsna, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (suhrdam sarva-bhutanam). A devotee considers Krsna the only friend. This is called sakhyam. Pumsarpita visnau‎‎ 2 changes history +131 [Navakishora Mukunda‎ (2×)]
     
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     04:49  We shall engage in the temple worship (arcanam) and offering prayers - vandanam diffhist +50 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:46  Vandanam dasyam: to become servant of God, to cleanse the temple, to work for God, for Krsna, dasyam. Sakhyam, to accept Krsna as friend. Atma-nivedanam, and offering everything to Krsna diffhist +126 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:44  Vandanam. Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like the other items, such as hearing and chanting, and separate statements are given diffhist −65 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:42  Vandanam, offering prayers. The Christians, the Muhammadans, they offer prayer. Of course, not to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but impersonal feature or some idea. But that prayer is also one of the processes of bhakti diffhist +95 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:31  Vandanam, offering prayer. We also offer prayer. The other religious sect, just like the Christians, they offer prayer; the Muhammadans, they offer prayer. So prayer, offering prayer, is also one of the item of bhakti diffhist +50 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:23  These are the process of devotional service, that we worship the Deity, sri-vigraha, nicely dressed, nicely worshiped, first-class food offered. This is called sri-vigraharadhana, worshiping, arcanam diffhist +49 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     04:20  Although the Christians and Muhammadans do not worship the Deity, they offer prayers to the Lord, and that is also bhakti. Arcanam vandanam diffhist +49 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs

30 June 2025

     14:35  Those who are engaged in the service of this temple, they are discharging devotional service, pada-sevanam diffhist +54 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     14:34  Pada-sevanam means to rise early in the morning, open the door of temple and wipe it out, all the dust, and give some light. The pada-sevanam diffhist +93 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:56  Pada-sevanam includes: seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannatha Puri, Dvaraka and Mathura to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamuna diffhist +54 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:56  Pada-sevanam: Laksmi, goddess of fortune, simply engaged herself in massaging the lotus feet of Visnu. Pada-sevanam. Arcanam: Prthu Maharaja, he engaged himself in the arcana. Vandanam. Dasyam: Hanuman. Akrura, Akrura, he simply offered prayers to Krsna diffhist −52 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:56  Pada-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pada-sevanam. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord diffhist +54 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:40  Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaisnava are also known as tadiya-upasanam. This is also pada-sevanam. The word tadiya means "in relationship with the Lord‎‎ 2 changes history +73 [Navakishora Mukunda‎ (2×)]
     
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     13:39  Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called pada-sevanam. When one is particularly adherent to the process of pada-sevanam, this process gradually includes other processes diffhist +54 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:38  Arcanam. After pada-sevanam comes the process of arcanam, worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of arcanam, one must positively take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the process from him diffhist +69 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:11  This concentration (concentrating the mind on the form of Visnu) is called samadhi, and it is the real goal of yoga. Thus the astanga-yoga system aims at coming to the point of smaranam, or remembering the Supreme Lord diffhist +28 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     13:00  The next process (after hearing and chanting) is smaranam - always remembering Krsna. When one is perfect in chanting and hearing, he will always remember Krsna. In this third stage, he becomes the greatest yogi diffhist +28 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     12:59  The Mundaka Upanisad confirms that the Supreme Lord, in whom everything is resting, can be realized by those who engage constantly in thinking of Him. This constant thinking of Krsna is smaranam, one of the methods of devotional service. BG 1972 purports diffhist +28 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs
     12:53  Meditation means remembering, smaranam. There are nine different kinds of devotional service, of which smaranam is one process; the yogi remembers the form of Visnu within his heart diffhist +28 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs