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• As a dutiful father, he (Daksa) did not hesitate to allow his sons to receive cultural instructions concerning the perfection of life; he depended upon them to choose whether to return home, back to Godhead, or to rot in this material world  + (13:19:41, 17 November 2020)
• In all circumstances, the duty of the father is to give cultural education to his sons, who must later decide which way to go  + (13:24:10, 17 November 2020)
• There is no difference. Whether one chants omkara or addresses the Lord as "Krsna," the meaning is the same, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended that in this age one chant the Hare Krsna mantra  + (13:39:24, 17 November 2020)
• In Kali-yuga, people cannot undergo severe austerities like drinking only water and eating only air for many months. One cannot imitate such a process  + (13:55:31, 17 November 2020)
• One must undergo some austerity by giving up four unwanted principles, namely illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. Anyone can easily practice this tapasya, and then the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra will be effective without delay  + (14:02:45, 17 November 2020)
• The merging of the soul means that after separating himself from the material body the individual soul engages himself in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His eternal form  + (14:13:07, 17 November 2020)
• The material cause of the material elements absorbs the material body, and the spiritual soul assumes its original position  + (14:15:15, 17 November 2020)
• One should not give up the process of austerity. If possible, one should bathe in the waters of the Ganges or Yamuna, or in the absence of the Ganges and Yamuna one may bathe in the water of the sea. This is an item of austerity  + (14:16:04, 17 November 2020)
• As described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa': (CC Madhya 20.108) the constitutional position of the living entity is that he is the eternal servant of Krsna  + (14:17:59, 17 November 2020)
• When one overcomes the material body through cultivation of spiritual knowledge and devotional service, one can revive his own position and thus engage in the service of the Lord  + (14:19:33, 17 November 2020)
• He (the perfect yogi at the time of death) does not feel his material body being separated from his soul; the soul is immediately transferred to the spiritual world  + (14:24:48, 17 November 2020)
• Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti: (BG 4.9) the soul does not enter the womb of a material mother again, but is transferred back home, back to Godhead. This yoga, bhakti-yoga, is the highest yoga system  + (14:27:34, 17 November 2020)
• One may bathe in the Ganges or Yamuna, chant the Hare Krsna mantra and thus become perfect and return home, back to Godhead  + (14:28:42, 17 November 2020)
• The result of perfection in Krsna consciousness is that after giving up one's material body, one is immediately transferred to the spiritual world in one's original spiritual body to become an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead  + (14:32:13, 17 November 2020)
• As explained by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (6.47): "Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all"  + (14:33:30, 17 November 2020)
• Some devotees go to Vaikunthaloka, and others go to Goloka Vrndavana to become associates of Krsna  + (14:33:57, 17 November 2020)
• The word nigama refers to the Vedas, but here (in SB 6.5.30) nigama refers to the instructions contained in the Vedas  + (14:41:06, 17 November 2020)
• Spirit is finer than the mind, and everyone has experience of how swiftly the mind travels from one place to another  + (14:43:50, 17 November 2020)
• Even after achieving so-called perfection, many karmis, jnanis and yogis become attached to material activities again  + (14:49:40, 17 November 2020)
• People are suffering because of ignorance and are following a wrong path for happiness. This is called anartha. These material activities will never make them happy, and Narada instructed Vyasadeva to record the instructions of Srimad-Bhagavatam  + (14:50:24, 17 November 2020)
• The battle between the demigods and the demons took place in the higher planets  + (14:54:14, 17 November 2020)
• Sometimes they (so-called svamis and yogis) participate in politics, although still falsely declaring themselves sannyasis, members of the renounced order  + (14:55:44, 17 November 2020)
• Vyasadeva actually followed Narada and did this (recording the instructions of Srimad-Bhagavatam). Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme instruction of the Vedas. Galitam phalam: the ripened fruit of the Vedas is Srimad-Bhagavatam  + (14:56:24, 17 November 2020)
• If one actually desires to get out of the material world, he must take to devotional service, which begins with sravanam kirtanam visnoh: (SB 7.5.23) chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord  + (15:01:03, 17 November 2020)
• According to their belief in various material relationships, people are promoted to various planets. One who is very faithful to his brothers should follow a path similar to theirs and get the opportunity for promotion to Marudloka  + (15:02:03, 17 November 2020)

• In one day of Brahma there are fourteen Manus, who each live for seventy-one millenniums. The four yugas - Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali - constitute one millennium  + (15:04:02, 17 November 2020)

• Narada Muni advised Prajapati Daksa's second group of sons to follow their elder brothers and be promoted to the spiritual world  + (15:05:38, 17 November 2020)
• We are presently in the manvantara of Vaivasvata Manu, who is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita (imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam/ vivasvan manave praha) - BG 4.1  + (15:09:54, 17 November 2020)
• Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Narada Muni had delivered the entire family of Svayambhuva Manu, beginning with Priyavrata and Uttanapada  + (15:10:38, 17 November 2020)
• In the Western countries, many young boys who were addicted to drugs & who had many other bad habits, abandoned all those propensities and very seriously engaged in chanting the glories of the Lord as soon as they joined the Krsna consciousness movement  + (15:11:02, 17 November 2020)
• This process (of Krsna consciousness movement) is the perfect method of atonement for actions performed in rajah and tamah - passion and ignorance  + (15:16:09, 17 November 2020)
• We are now in the twenty-eighth millennium of Vaivasvata Manu, but this fight (between the demigods and demons) took place in the beginning of Vaivasvata Manu's first millennium. One can historically calculate how long ago the battle took place  + (15:16:47, 17 November 2020)
• He (Narada Muni) had delivered Uttanapada's son Dhruva and had even delivered Pracinabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver Prajapati Daksa  + (15:17:19, 17 November 2020)
• Since each millennium consists of 4,300,000 years and we are now in the twenty-eighth millennium, some 120,400,000 years have passed since the battle took place on the bank of the River Narmada  + (15:20:06, 17 November 2020)
• As a result of rajah and tamah, one becomes increasingly lusty and greedy, but when one takes to the process of chanting and hearing, one comes to the platform of goodness and becomes happy  + (15:21:29, 17 November 2020)
• As one advances in devotional service, all his doubts are completely eradicated (bhidyate hrdaya-granthis chidyante sarva-samsayah). Thus the knot of his desire for fruitive activities is cut to pieces  + (15:23:55, 17 November 2020)
• Prajapati Daksa saw Narada before him because Narada had personally come to deliver him. Narada Muni took the opportunity to approach Prajapati Daksa in his bereavement because the time of bereavement is a suitable time for appreciating bhakti-yoga  + (15:24:18, 17 November 2020)
• Four kinds of men - arta (one who is distressed), artharthi (one in need of money), jijnasu (one who is inquisitive) and jnani (a person in knowledge) - try to understand devotional service  + (15:30:26, 17 November 2020)
• Prajapati Daksa was in great distress because of the loss of his sons, and Narada took the opportunity to instruct him regarding liberation from material bondage  + (15:35:21, 17 November 2020)
• The demigods are devotees of Lord Krsna, and therefore the curses of the demons were futile  + (15:38:10, 17 November 2020)
• At the time of death, even one who throughout his life has practiced chanting the holy name of the Lord may not be able to chant the Hare Krsna mantra very distinctly. Nevertheless, such a person receives all the benefits of chanting the holy name  + (15:40:54, 17 November 2020)
• In society one will find many sannyasis, vanaprasthas, grhasthas and brahmacaris, but if all of them properly live in accordance with their duties, they are understood to be sadhus  + (15:43:55, 17 November 2020)
• If by dying one can be elevated to the higher planetary systems and be ever-famous after his death, who is so foolish that he will refuse such a glorious death? Similar advice was also given by Krsna to Arjuna  + (15:48:09, 17 November 2020)
• Prajapati Daksa was certainly a sadhu because he had executed such great austerities that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, had appeared before him. Nevertheless, he had a fault-finding mentality  + (15:50:14, 17 November 2020)
• One who chants the holy name of the Lord constantly is guaranteed to return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt  + (15:50:40, 17 November 2020)
• Supplementary note to this chapter (SB 6.2). Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura's commentary to texts nine and ten of this chapter form a dialogue concerning how one can become free from all sinful reactions simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord  + (15:56:27, 17 November 2020)
• He (Daksa) improperly thought Narada Muni to be asadhu, or nonsaintly, because Narada had foiled his intentions. Desiring to train his sons to become grhasthas fully equipped with knowledge, Daksa had sent them to execute austerities by Narayana-saras  + (15:59:53, 17 November 2020)
• When a fight takes place, the opposing parties must be prepared to fight like heroes. A hero never runs from the field of battle. He always fights face to face, determined to gain victory or lay down his life in the fight. That is heroic  + (16:01:40, 17 November 2020)
• Killing an enemy from behind is also inglorious. When an enemy turns his back and runs in fear of his life, he should not be killed. This is the etiquette of military science  + (16:09:10, 17 November 2020)
• Vrtrasura insulted the demoniac soldiers by comparing them to the stool of their mothers. Both stool and a cowardly son come from the abdomen of the mother, and Vrtrasura said that there is no difference between them  + (16:12:07, 17 November 2020)
• Narada Muni taking advantage of their highly elevated position in austerity, instructed them (Daksa's sons) to become Vaisnavas in the renounced order. This is the duty of Narada Muni and his followers  + (16:13:06, 17 November 2020)