User contributions for Vanibot

1 October 2020

• 03:1003:10, 1 October 2020 diff hist +3,799 One should not be misled by misconceptions of "I" and "mine" Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:1003:10, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 One should hear such (about God) discourses from a person Bhagavatam and not from the professional man, or from the karmi, jnani or yogi. That is the secret of learning the science Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:1003:10, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 One should hear about His glories, one should chant about His glories, and one should always remember His glories because that is the highest perfectional stage of life Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0903:09, 1 October 2020 diff hist −63 One need not be anxious to propitiate each and every demigod and goddess because the root of all of them is the Personality of Godhead Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0703:07, 1 October 2020 diff hist +6,157 One cannot do anything unless he is enlightened and empowered by the Lord. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0603:06, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 On the earth there is a full display of variegatedness of life, which is originally started with the basic principle of air Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0503:05, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 No one is interested in sacrificing for the sake of the Lord, as it is advised in the Bhagavad-gita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0303:03, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad 2.2.13). This is the perfect conception of oneness in relation to the Supersoul and the soul Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 03:0003:00, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Lord Sri Krsna is the original form of the Supreme Lord (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28)) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5902:59, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Lord Manu wanted to change the vision of Dhruva Maharaja, who was looking upon the Yaksas as different from him or as his enemies Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5902:59, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Lord Krsna is the background of the brahmajyoti (brahmano hi pratisthaham). In the Nirukti, or Vedic dictionary, the import of pratistha is mentioned as "that which establishes Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5902:59, 1 October 2020 diff hist +4,693 Lord Krsna is described in the Brahma-samhita as the cause of all causes, and this is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5802:58, 1 October 2020 diff hist −28 Lord Caitanya advises: One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5702:57, 1 October 2020 diff hist −42 Lifting a mountain at the age of seven years and marrying sixteen thousand wives in the prime of His youth are some of the examples of His infinite energy Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5602:56, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Ksetra means the place, and one who knows the place is called the ksetrajna Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5502:55, 1 October 2020 diff hist −42 Karanarnavasayi Visnu electrifies the matter to put it in motion because He is a plenary expansion of Krsna. The example of electrification is quite appropriate Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5002:50, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Indirectly Manu pointed out to Dhruva Maharaja that out of material affection Dhruva thought of his brother as his kin and the Yaksas as his enemies Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:5002:50, 1 October 2020 diff hist −70 In various places in Srimad-Bhagavatam and in other revealed scriptures the existence of the Personality of Godhead is mentioned Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4902:49, 1 October 2020 diff hist −203 In the region of still higher planetary systems the duration of day and night is still greater than in the heavenly planets Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4802:48, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In the material world the fish or the hog may be considered lower than the man, but when the Lord appears as a fish or hog, He is neither of them in the material conception Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4802:48, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In the human form of life they (the living entities) are supposed to know this through the system of the varnas, the social orders Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4702:47, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In the final stage of sky there is one quality, namely sound; in the air two qualities, sound and touch; in the electricity three qualities, namely sound, touch and form; in the water four qualities, sound, touch, form and taste Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4602:46, 1 October 2020 diff hist −28 In the Vedic writings such as the Katha Upanisad, the Lord is described as the sarva-bhuta-antaratma, or the Personality of Godhead who resides in everyone's body and who directs everything for one who is a soul surrendered unto Him Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4602:46, 1 October 2020 diff hist −84 In the Narasimha Purana it is said that as the hellish inhabitants began to chant the holy name of the Lord they began to be elevated from hell towards heaven Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4502:45, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In the Gopala-tapani Upanisad (sruti) it is said, gopa-veso me purusah purastad avirbabhuva: the Lord appeared before Brahma as a cowboy, that is, as the original Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, Govinda Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4502:45, 1 October 2020 diff hist −84 In the Garuda Purana, Brhan-naradiya Purana and Padma Purana, the same is repeated: What is the use of Vedic knowledge and penances for one who is devoid of devotional service to the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4402:44, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In the Bhagavad-gita the separate positions of the jiva-atma and the Paramatma are specifically mentioned Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4402:44, 1 October 2020 diff hist +6,781 In the BG there are different instructions for men of different categories & there are various descriptions for varnasrama-dharma, sannyasa-dharma, yati-dharma, the renounced order of life, controlling the senses, meditation, perfection of mystic powers Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4302:43, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In spite of His being the shelter of both the Paramatma and Brahman, persons with a poor fund of knowledge are unable to understand Him as He is Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4202:42, 1 October 2020 diff hist −28 In so many ways he (the spirit soul) is influenced by false identification caused by false egotism, and being covered by illusory material desires, he distinguishes between matter and spirit Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4102:41, 1 October 2020 diff hist −28 In every one of them, namely in the flames, in the sparks and in the smoke, the integrity of fire is present, yet all of them are differently situated with different positions Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:4102:41, 1 October 2020 diff hist −7 In another feature of this verse, no one can deny the personalities of both the Lord and Brahma. Therefore in the ultimate issue both the predominator and predominated are persons Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3902:39, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.13) Lord Krsna says: Deluded by the three modes (goodness, passion and ignorance), the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3802:38, 1 October 2020 diff hist +10,234 Impersonal kaivalya is not the last stage of realization, but in Krsna consciousness kaivalya, when one understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then one is successful Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3802:38, 1 October 2020 diff hist +4,402 Illusioned by the glaring reflection of the external energy, the living entities worship the senses instead of engaging them properly in fulfilling the desires of the Supreme Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3702:37, 1 October 2020 diff hist +9,180 If the servant declines to execute the order of the master, however qualified he may be, he is useless. So therefore it is said, kevalaya bhaktya: "without any contamination, simply ready to execute the order of Krsna, or Vasudeva" Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3702:37, 1 October 2020 diff hist −77 If the lowest can be elevated, then what to speak of the highest, who are well versed in the Vedic knowledge? The conclusion is that devotional service to the Lord is open for all, regardless of who they are Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:3102:31, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 His only business is to turn everyone to the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Therefore all these features of Narada make him the dearmost son of his father, and all this is due to Narada's being a first-class devotee of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2902:29, 1 October 2020 diff hist +4,438 His (Krsna's) bodily color resembles a fresh black cloud although His bodily features are more beautiful than millions of cupids. These are the special features of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2902:29, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 His (God's) transcendental position is always unchanged. He is the eternal form of knowledge and bliss, and He executes His almighty will by His different energies Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2902:29, 1 October 2020 diff hist +5,511 His (God's) birth does not, like that of the living entities, take place under the influence of material nature and the bondage of the reactions of past deeds. His works & activities are independent pastimes and are not subject to the reactions of nature Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2802:28, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Here is an estimation of the Lord apart from His transcendental activities in the temporary, material creations Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2702:27, 1 October 2020 diff hist −28 He (the highly advanced devotee) no longer distinguishes between the created and the creator. He sees only the Supreme Personality of Godhead in everything. He sees Krsna in everything and everything in Krsna. This is oneness Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2602:26, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 He (God) is the source of everyone's opulence, and no one can equal Him in opulence. Being full of all opulences, namely wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, certainly He is the Supreme Person Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2602:26, 1 October 2020 diff hist −63 He (God) is the complete whole, and therefore whatever He may eat as offered by the devotee is accepted because of the devotee's love, but again it is returned as prasada for the devotee so that he can be happy by eating Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2502:25, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 He (God) is separate from everything, and still nothing is different from Him Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2502:25, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 He (God) is never the subject of reactions for any of His acts. He is transcendental to all such conceptions of actions and reactions Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2502:25, 1 October 2020 diff hist −14 He (God) is always engaged in His personal capacity, and He is eternally visible to the inhabitants of Vaikunthaloka, eye to eye Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2402:24, 1 October 2020 diff hist −21 Greater than the impersonalist is the mystic who sees the Lord situated in his heart as Paramatma, the partial representation of the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
• 02:2302:23, 1 October 2020 diff hist −14 God is materially impersonal, just as the executive head of the state may be impersonal in the government offices, although he is not impersonal in the government house Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current