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23:5923:59, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,275 N In Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.62) it is stated, sangat sanjayate kamah: one's desires and ambitions develop according to the company one keeps Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one's desires and ambitions develop according to the company one keeps"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
23:5623:56, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,477 N People must be given the chance to associate with the devotees of ISKCON because simply by reciprocating in the six ways mentioned above an ordinary man can fully revive his dormant Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People must be given the chance to associate with the devotees of ISKCON because simply by reciprocating in the six ways menti..."
23:5023:50, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,606 N In this way our Society is successfully spreading all over the world, and the intelligentsia of all countries is gradually appreciating our Krsna conscious activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way our Society is successfully spreading all over the world, and the intelligentsia of all countries is gradually app..."
23:4723:47, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,499 N Sometimes the members and supporters inquire very confidentially about the methods of performing devotional service, and we try to explain this Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the members and supporters inquire very confidentially about the methods of performing devotional service, and we tr..."
23:4423:44, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,658 N Although most of our members come from the higher rungs of society, they nonetheless come and take whatever little prasada we are able to offer them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although most of our members come from the higher rungs of society, they nonetheless come and take whatever little prasāda we..."
23:4023:40, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,479 N We sometimes hold Hare Krsna festivals and invite life members and friends to participate in the feasting by accepting prasada Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We sometimes hold Hare Kṛṣṇa festivals and invite life members and friends to participate in the feasting by accepting p..."
23:3423:34, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,666 N This Society (ISKCON) was started single-handedly, but because people are coming forward and dealing with the give - and - take policy, the Society is now expanding all over the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Society was started single-handedly, but because people are coming forward and dealing with the give—and—take policy,..."
23:3023:30, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,605 N The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been established to facilitate these six kinds of loving exchanges between devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been established to facilitate these six kinds of loving exchanges bet..."
23:2823:28, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,419 N Srila Rupa Gosvami advised that one should renounce worldly association and keep company with the devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advised that one should renounce worldly association and keep company with the devotees"}} {{notes|}}..."
23:2523:25, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,677 N He (a businessman) then inquires from his business friend how he should act, and sometimes presents are exchanged. Thus whenever there is a dealing of priti, or love in intimate dealings, these six activities are executed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He then inquires from his business friend how he should act, and sometimes presents are exchanged. Thus whenever there is a de..."
23:2123:21, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,447 N For instance, when one businessman wishes to contact another businessman he arranges a feast in a hotel, and over the feast openly expresses what he wishes to do Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For instance, when one businessman wishes to contact another businessman he arranges a feast in a hotel, and over the feast op..."
23:1823:18, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,424 N Even in ordinary social activities, these six types of dealings between two loving friends are absolutely necessary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in ordinary social activities, these six types of dealings between two loving friends are absolutely necessary"}} {{notes..."
23:1523:15, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,429 N We should also invite pure devotees to our home, offer them prasada and be prepared to please them in all respects. This is called bhunkte bhojayate caiva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should also invite pure devotees to our home, offer them prasāda and be prepared to please them in all respects. This is c..."
23:1023:10, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,351 N An experienced devotee explains, and an inexperienced devotee learns from him. This is guhyam akhyati prcchati Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An experienced devotee explains, and an inexperienced devotee learns from him. This is guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati"}} {{notes|..."
23:0823:08, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,329 N There are six kinds of activities, honoring prasada, or spiritual food, given by the devotees, and (6) feeding the devotees with prasada Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Honoring prasāda, or spiritual food, given by the devotees, and (6) feeding the devotees with prasāda"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
23:0423:04, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,699 N There are six kinds of activities: (1) giving charity to the devotees, (2) accepting from the devotees whatever they may offer in return, (3) opening one's mind to the devotees, (4) inquiring from them about the confidential service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are six kinds of activities: (1) giving charity to the devotees, (2) accepting from the devotees whatever they may offer..."
22:5922:59, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,347 N Srila Rupa Gosvami explains how to perform devotional activities in the association of other devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains how to perform devotional activities in the association of other devotees"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
22:4322:43, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,164 N This is called utsahan niscayad dhairyat tat-tat-karma-pravartanat, enthusiastically executing the regulative activities of devotional service with patience and confidence. In this way one can advance in devotional service without hindrance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called utsāhān niścayād dhairyāt tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt, enthusiastically executing the regulative activities..."
22:3822:38, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,246 N BG says, "O son of Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully e..."
22:3522:35, 13 May 2017 diff hist +4,901 N All the good qualities of the demigods manifest progressively in one who has developed pure devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the good qualities of the demigods manifest progressively in one who has developed pure devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {..."
22:3222:32, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,081 N There are certainly many good qualities among fruitive actors, philosophical speculators and mystic yogis, but all good qualities automatically develop in the character of a devotee. No extraneous endeavor is needed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are certainly many good qualities among fruitive actors, philosophical speculators and mystic yogīs, but all good quali..."
22:2622:26, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,051 N Although a fallen devotee may take his next birth in a low family, his devotional service will nonetheless resume from where it left off. Devotional service is ahaituky apratihata Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a fallen devotee may take his next birth in a low family, his devotional service will nonetheless resume from where i..."
22:2222:22, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,202 N Even if such an immature devotee falls down, there is no loss on his part. On the other hand, what is the gain of one who executes the prescribed duties according to his varna and asrama but does not take to devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if such an immature devotee falls down, there is no loss on his part. On the other hand, what is the gain of one who exec..."
22:1922:19, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,981 N Sometimes a person will give up his ordinary material engagements and out of sentiment take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and thus begin the preliminary execution of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes a person will give up his ordinary material engagements and out of sentiment take shelter of the lotus feet of the S..."
22:1522:15, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,542 N Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
22:1222:12, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,063 N Although mental speculators and fruitive actors may perform great austerities and penances, they still fall down because they do not have information about the lotus feet of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although mental speculators and fruitive actors may perform great austerities and penances, they still fall down because they..."
22:0822:08, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,223 N Those who have given up devotional service to engage in severe austerities for other purposes are not purified in their minds, despite their advanced austerities, because they have no information of the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who have given up devotional service to engage in severe austerities for other purposes are not purified in their minds,..."
22:0322:03, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,213 N One has to become confident about this, and one also has to be confident that all activities other than devotional service - such as mental speculation, fruitive work or mystic endeavor - will never yield any enduring benefit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to become confident about this, and one also has to be confident that all activities other than devotional service—s..."
22:0022:00, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,440 N One has to become thoroughly callous to such nonpermanent activities and turn his intention instead to the regulative principles of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to become thoroughly callous to such nonpermanent activities and turn his intention instead to the regulative principl..."
21:5521:55, 13 May 2017 diff hist +7,226 N The cultivation of knowledge by philosophical speculation, the collection of mundane opulence by the advancement of fruitive activities, and the desire for yoga-siddhis, material perfections, are all contrary to the principles of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cultivation of knowledge by philosophical speculation, the collection of mundane opulence by the advancement of fruitive a..."
21:5121:51, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,552 N Being enthusiastic, being confident, being patient, giving up the association of unwanted persons, following the regulative principles and remaining in the association of devotees - one is sure to advance in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being enthusiastic, being confident, being patient, giving up the association of unwanted persons, following the regulative pr..."
21:4721:47, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,578 N Thus we hold continuous activities in devotional service twenty-four hours daily. This is called sato vrtti, or following in the footsteps of the previous acaryas who expertly filled every moment of time with Krsna conscious activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus we hold continuous activities in devotional service twenty-four hours daily. This is called sato vṛtti, or following in..."
21:4021:40, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,541 N In this Krsna consciousness movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning, by four A.M.,and attend mangala-arati, or morning worship, then read Srimad-Bhagavatam, perform kirtana, and so forth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning, by four A.M.,and attend maṅgala..."
11:5511:55, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,181 N This is called visuddha-sat-tva, the platform of pure goodness, or goodness free from contamination by the qualities of passion and ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called viśuddha-sat-tva, the platform of pure goodness, or goodness free from contamination by the qualities of passi..."
11:5111:51, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,226 N The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is opening many centers just to invite people to live in the company of devotees and practice the regulative principles of spiritual life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is opening many centers just to invite people to live in the company of de..."
11:4811:48, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,032 N If one lives in the association of devotees, there is little chance of associating with nondevotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one lives in the association of devotees, there is little chance of associating with nondevotees"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|H..."
11:4511:45, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,172 N Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has therefore recommended, tandera carana sevi bhakta-sane vasa: one has to live in the company of pure devotees and execute the regulative principles laid down by the previous acaryas, the six Gosvamis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has therefore recommended, tāṅdera caraṇa sevi bhakta-sane vāsa: one has to live in t..."
11:4311:43, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,961 N Characteristically, a Vaisnava is one who gives up the association of worldly people, or nondevotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Characteristically, a Vaiṣṇava is one who gives up the association of worldly people, or nondevotees"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
11:4011:40, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,066 N Once Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was asked by one of His householder devotees about the general principles of Vaisnavism, as well as the general routine activities of the Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was asked by one of His householder devotees about the general principles of Vaiṣṇavism, a..."
11:3611:36, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,249 N Furthermore, in order to be successful in devotional service one must give up the association of undesirable people. This includes karmis, jnanis, yogis and other nondevotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Furthermore, in order to be successful in devotional service one must give up the association of undesirable people. This incl..."
11:3311:33, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,434 N These regulative activities must be faithfully performed with enthusiasm. This is called tat-tat-karma-pravartana, or varied engagement in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These regulative activities must be faithfully performed with enthusiasm. This is called tat-tat-karma-pravartana, or varied e..."
11:3011:30, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,410 N In addition to these four prohibitions (yama), there are positive regulative principles (niyama), such as the daily chanting of sixteen rounds on japa-mala beads Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In addition to these four prohibitions (yama), there are positive regulative principles (niyama), such as the daily chanting o..."
11:2811:28, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,182 N One must strictly follow the regulative principles of vaidhi bhakti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must strictly follow the regulative principles of vaidhī bhakti"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..."
11:2611:26, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,358 N If he (a devotee) becomes slack in following any of them, his progress will certainly be checked Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If he becomes slack in following any of them, his progress will certainly be checked"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{co..."
11:2211:22, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,651 N In this Krsna consciousness movement there are four basic regulative principles, forbidding illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. A devotee must be very enthusiastic about following these principles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there are four basic regulative principles, forbidding illicit sex, meat-eating, ga..."
11:0411:04, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,596 N As already explained, one should not be idle but should be very enthusiastic about executing the regulative principles - tat-tat-karma-pravartana. Neglect of the regulative principles will destroy devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As already explained, one should not be idle but should be very enthusiastic about executing the regulative principles—tat-t..."
09:5809:58, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,971 N Krsna will surely protect me and give me help for the successful execution of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa will surely protect me and give me help for the successful execution of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
09:5509:55, 13 May 2017 diff hist +5,923 N Similarly, in devotional service surrender means that one has to become confident Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, in devotional service surrender means that one has to become confident"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{compl..."
09:5309:53, 13 May 2017 diff hist +6,167 N Of course, as soon as she is married she can attempt to get a child, but she must surrender to her husband, confident that her child will develop and be born in due time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of course, as soon as she is married she can attempt to get a child, but she must surrender to her husband, confident that her..."
09:4709:47, 13 May 2017 diff hist +7,603 N In the beginning there was no response, but because we continued to execute our devotional activities with patience, people gradually began to understand the importance of this movement, and now they are eagerly participating Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning there was no response, but because we continued to execute our devotional activities with patience, people gr..."

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