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• 16:18, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page From early morning till late at night the devotees are engaged in Krsna's service. This is called kevalaya, pure; for them there is no other business. This process is recommended for all, and it is the perfection of all religious processes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From early morning till late at night the devotees are engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. This is called kevalayā, pure; for t...")
• 16:13, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Not all, but those who are intelligent and fortunate take to this process of devotional service (kevalaya bhaktya), and their only desire is to serve Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not all, but those who are intelligent and fortunate take to this process of devotional service (kevalayā bhaktyā), and thei...")
• 16:10, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If there is an effective process for understanding and approaching God, like this Krsna consciousness process, one should take it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if there is an effective process for understanding and approaching God, like this Kṛṣṇa consciousness process, one shoul...")
• 16:03, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page When students come to America for a higher education, they do not consider the fact that the teachers may be American, German or of other nationalities. If one wants a higher education, he simply comes and takes it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When students come to America for a higher education, they do not consider the fact that the teachers may be American, German...")
• 15:28, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One should not think, "Why should I follow Hindu or Vedic scriptures?" The purpose of following the Vedic scriptures is to develop love of God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Why should I follow Hindu or Vedic scriptures"|"The purpose of following the Vedic scriptures is to develop love of God"}} {{n...")
• 15:25, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one is serious about understanding God, he should not think, "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," or "I am Muslim." If one is serious about understanding love of God, he should consider which process is practical (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one is serious about understanding God, he should not think"|"I am Christian"|"I am Hindu"|"I am Muslim"|"If one is serious...")
• 15:17, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One should not think that just because one is lowly born he should not be accepted as a teacher (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not think that just because one is lowly born he should not be accepted as a teacher"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabak...")
• 15:16, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Although according to the Vedic system of education one must be given instruction by intellectual persons like brahmanas, if someone lower on the social scale has learned the truth, one should accept him as a teacher and learn from him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although according to the Vedic system of education one must be given instruction by intellectual persons like brāhmaṇas, i...")
• 15:10, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Canakya says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should take it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar...")
• 15:03, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One should not begrudge the selection of one process over another. Visad apy amrtam grahyam amedhyad api kancanam, nicad apy uttamam vidyam stri-ratnam duskulad api - Niti-darpana 1.16 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not begrudge the selection of one process over another. Viṣād apy amṛtaṁ grāhyam amedhyād api kāñcanam/...")
• 15:00, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one has a process, he should practice it (Krsna consciousness), or he can come and learn this process. One should not begrudge the selection of one process over another (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one has a process, he should practice it, or he can come and learn this process. One should not begrudge the selection of o...")
• 14:56, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One must learn this (the duty of a human being is to understand his relationship with God), otherwise he is simply wasting his time by engaging in animalistic propensities. We must all try to love Krsna or God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must learn this, otherwise he is simply wasting his time by engaging in animalistic propensities. We must all try to love...")
• 14:50, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement is not to make Christians into Hindus or Hindus into Christians but to inform everyone that the duty of a human being is to understand his relationship with God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The purpose of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not to make Christians into Hindus or Hindus into Christians but to...")
• 14:47, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One may learn about his relationship with God by any process - through Christianity, through the Vedic literatures or through the Koran - but in any case it must be learned (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may learn about his relationship with God by any process - through Christianity, through the Vedic literatures or through...")
• 14:39, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Real civilization is not concerned simply with man's animal needs but with enabling man to understand his relationship with God, the supreme father (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Real civilization is not concerned simply with man's animal needs but with enabling man to understand his relationship with Go...")
• 14:36, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Although the ferry and subway are always crowded, and many people have to travel forty or fifty miles for bread, the birds are free to fly from one tree to another (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the ferry and subway are always crowded, and many people have to travel forty or fifty miles for bread, the birds are...")
• 14:32, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In New York City, great hordes of people travel from one island to another by ferry boat or wait for subways in order to go to the office for the purpose of finding food. How is this an advancement over animal life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in New York City, great hordes of people travel from one island to another by ferry boat or wait for subways in order to go to...")
• 14:25, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The birds and beasts arise early in the morning and busy themselves trying to find food and sex and trying to defend themselves; at night they look for shelter, and in the morning they fly to a tree to find nuts and fruits (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The birds and beasts arise early in the morning and busy themselves trying to find food and sex and trying to defend themselve...")
• 14:21, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Contemporary civilization is by in large an assembly of animals because, as stated before, it operates on the basis of the animal propensities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Contemporary civilization is by in large an assembly of animals because, as stated before, it operates on the basis of the ani...")
• 14:17, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page God realization is not possible for animals or for persons who are almost animals, or for animals in the shape of human beings (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God realization is not possible for animals or for persons who are almost animals, or for animals in the shape of human beings...")
• 14:11, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page According to Bhagavad-gita: Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth - BG 7.3 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Bhagavad-gītā"|"Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieve...")
• 14:06, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Krsna consciousness is easily achieved by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, but only some are fortunate enough to have the mercy of Lord Caitanya and His disciplic succession (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is easily achieved by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, but only some are fortunate enough to have the mer...")
• 14:01, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One of His (Krsna's) final instructions to Arjuna indicates total dependence on Him: In all activities, and for their results, just depend upon Me, and work always under My protection. In such devotional service, be fully conscious of Me. BG 18.57 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One of His final instructions to Arjuna indicates total dependence on Him"|"In all activities, and for their results, just dep...")
• 13:55, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In Bhagavad-gita Krsna also promises that if one engages in His service, He will supply what is needed and preserve whatever is already possessed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa also promises that if one engages in His service, He will supply what is needed and preserve wh...")
• 13:43, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There is no need to ask Krsna for these material things, but one should simply request Him: Please engage me in Your service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to ask Kṛṣṇa for these material things, but one should simply request Him"|"Please engage me in Your se...")
• 13:39, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Those who are practicing Krsna consciousness are not in need of the material opulences - wives, children, happiness, home - for all is acquired automatically by the grace of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness are not in need of the material opulences - wives, children, happiness, hom...")
• 13:33, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One need not ask Krsna extraneously for material happiness, for material happiness will automatically roll before his very feet, pleading - Please take me, please take me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One need not ask Kṛṣṇa extraneously for material happiness, for material happiness will automatically roll before his ve...")
• 13:30, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If a rich man agrees to give us whatever we want, but we ask him only for a few grains of rice, is that very intelligent? Asking Krsna for material benefit is exactly like this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a rich man agrees to give us whatever we want, but we ask him only for a few grains of rice, is that very intelligent? Aski...")
• 13:25, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page He (Dhruva Maharaja) was repentant, and said - I came to Krsna and asked for something material, just like one who has pleased a very rich man and who asks him for a few grains of rice (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was repentant, and said"|"I came to Kṛṣṇa and asked for something material, just like one who has pleased a very rich...")
• 13:21, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one goes to Krsna even for material advantages, the day will come when he forgets material desires, just like Dhruva Maharaja (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one goes to Kṛṣṇa even for material advantages, the day will come when he forgets material desires, just like Dhruva...")
• 13:17, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Ordinarily for material profit one goes to his boss or some rich man or demigod, but a devotee does not go anywhere but to Krsna, even if he has material desires (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ordinarily for material profit one goes to his boss or some rich man or demigod, but a devotee does not go anywhere but to K...")
• 13:12, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It was Dhruva Maharaja who lamented - How foolish I was that I took to devotional service with a desire for material profit (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was Dhruva Mahārāja who lamented"|"How foolish I was that I took to devotional service with a desire for material profit"...")
• 08:58, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We want money to become happy, but if we take to Krsna consciousness, automatically we will become so happy that we will neglect money. Money will automatically come. Happiness will come. There is no need to endeavor for these things separately (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We want money to become happy, but if we take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, automatically we will become so happy that we will...")
• 08:32, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One should not render devotional service just to increase his income. We want money to become happy, but if we take to Krsna consciousness, automatically we will become so happy that we will neglect money (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not render devotional service just to increase his income. We want money to become happy, but if we take to Kṛṣ...")
• 08:29, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Sukadeva Gosvami declares: kecit kevalaya bhaktya: (SB 6.1.15) "One who is extremely fortunate takes to the process of pure devotional service." Kevala bhakti refers to pure unalloyed devotional service in which there is no desire but to please Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī declares: kecit kevalayā bhaktyā"|"One who is extremely fortunate takes to the process of pure devotiona...")
• 08:24, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Krsna consciousness is meant for the very fortunate, for simply by accepting this one process a person can surpass all the duties of austerity, renunciation, celibacy, etc (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is meant for the very fortunate, for simply by accepting this one process a person can surpass all t...")
• 08:21, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page By the grace of Krsna and the spiritual master, a fortunate person, after wandering throughout the universe in different species of life, receives the seed of pure devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, a fortunate person, after wandering throughout the universe in different...")
• 08:17, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page This (Krsna consciousness) process is accepted only by someone who is very fortunate. Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore said: brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva, guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija - CC Madhya 19.151 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This process is accepted only by someone who is very fortunate. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore said: brahmāṇḍa bhramite k...")
• 08:12, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A fog disappears as soon as the sun rises, and Krsna rises with the brilliance of thousands of suns (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A fog disappears as soon as the sun rises, and Kṛṣṇa rises with the brilliance of thousands of suns"}} {{notes|}} {{comp...")
• 08:10, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Generally, if one leads an austere and pious life of celibacy, equanimity, charity, etc., people will say that he is a very pious man, but simply by becoming Krsna conscious, one can kill all the resultant actions of his past sinful life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally, if one leads an austere and pious life of celibacy, equanimity, charity, etc., people will say that he is a very pi...")
• 08:06, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Sukadeva Gosvami suggests an alternate process: kecit kevalaya bhaktya vasudeva-parayanah, agham dhunvanti kartsnyena niharam iva bhaskarah - SB 6.1.15 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī suggests an alternate process: kecit kevalayā bhaktyā vāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥ/ aghaṁ dhunvanti kārt...")
• 08:03, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one sets fire to unwanted grass and creepers in a field, they will all be burned. Similarly, by the process of austerity and penance, one can liquidate all sinful activities and become purified (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one sets fire to unwanted grass and creepers in a field, they will all be burned. Similarly, by the process of austerity an...")
• 08:00, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We have been continuously committing sinful activities since time immemorial, and we do not know when this began, but this life is meant for rectification of all the mistakes that we have committed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have been continuously committing sinful activities since time immemorial, and we do not know when this began, but this lif...")
• 07:56, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One's body, words and intelligence should be controlled by one who is dhira and who actually knows the principles of religion (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's body, words and intelligence should be controlled by one who is dhīra and who actually knows the principles of religion...")
• 07:53, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Here is another example of a dhira (Haridasa Thakura and the prostitute) who has control of his body (deha), words (vac), and intelligence - buddhi (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here is another example of a dhīra who has control of his body (deha), words (vāc), and intelligence (buddhi"}} {{notes|}} {...")
• 07:50, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Haridasa Thakura then replied (to the prostitute) - I know all about that, but I allowed you to come here for three days so that you could be converted and become a devotee. Now take these chanting beads, and go on chanting. I am leaving this place (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Haridāsa Ṭhākura then replied"|"I know all about that, but I allowed you to come here for three days so that you could be...")
• 07:42, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The prostitute came for three nights, and on the third night she fell down at his (Haridasa Thakura) feet, confessed her intentions, and pleaded with him - I was induced to perform this act by a man who is your enemy. Kindly excuse me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prostitute came for three nights, and on the third night she fell down at his feet, confessed her intentions, and pleaded...")
• 07:36, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Morning came and the prostitute became impatient, but Haridasa Thakura replied - I'm very sorry. I could not finish my chanting. Come tonight again (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Morning came and the prostitute became impatient, but Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied"|"I'm very sorry. I could not finish my cha...")
• 07:33, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Someone sent a young prostitute to disturb Haridasa Thakura, and upon hearing her appeals for intercourse, Haridasa Thakura said - Yes, your proposal is very nice. please sit down and let me finish my chanting, and then we shall enjoy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"someone sent a young prostitute to disturb Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and upon hearing her appeals for intercourse, Haridāsa Ṭh...")
• 07:27, 24 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Although this (Parvati) young girl sat before Lord Siva and touched his genitals, Lord Siva was steady in meditation. Kalidasa says - Here is an example of a dhira, for despite a young girl's touching his genitals, he was undisturbed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although this young girl sat before Lord Śiva and touched his genitals, Lord Śiva was steady in meditation. Kālidāsa says"...")