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12:0812:08, 13 April 2022 diff hist +3,380 King Kulasekhara has written in his book Mukunda-mala-stotra (5) :I have no attraction for performing religious rituals or holding any earthly kingdom. I do not care for sense enjoyments; let them appear and disappear in accordance with my previous deeds No edit summary current
05:4805:48, 13 April 2022 diff hist +4,292 His (a grhamedhi's) activity is to enjoy material benefits by performing religious rituals for economic development and thereby ultimately satisfy the senses. He does not want anything more No edit summary current
05:4805:48, 13 April 2022 diff hist −12 Devotional service of the Lord is ever green, and it is increasingly transcendentally pleasing. Thus there is a gulf of difference between the results derived from devotional service and those derived from religious rituals No edit summary current
05:4605:46, 13 April 2022 diff hist +5,076 Chivalrous activities in the matter of fighting, charity, mercy and execution of religious rituals are called constitutional No edit summary current
05:4405:44, 13 April 2022 diff hist +6,637 A sinful life can be counteracted by various processes of religion such as yajna, vrata and dana - that is, the performance of sacrifices, the taking of a vow for some religious ritual, and the giving of charity No edit summary current
05:3305:33, 13 April 2022 diff hist +3,611 A devotee says, "I am always swimming in the nectarean ocean of the pastimes of the SPG & I have no more attraction for religious rituals, economic development, sense gratification, or even the ultimate salvation of merging into the existence of Brahman" No edit summary
05:3205:32, 13 April 2022 diff hist +6,702 Any person who is always ready to satisfy Krsna and who is always dexterous in executing devotional service is called dharma-vira, or chivalrous in executing religious rituals No edit summary current

05:4205:42, 12 April 2022 diff hist +5,783 Although the boys were village boys and were not expected to be learned in all the Vedic principles of religious ritual, they hinted that because of their association with Krsna and Balarama, they knew all those principles No edit summary current
03:5603:56, 12 April 2022 diff hist +5,272 You (Nrsimha-deva) offer Your benedictions according to the level of one's service, exactly as a desire tree delivers fruits according to one's desires and makes no distinction between the lower and the higher No edit summary
03:5403:54, 12 April 2022 diff hist +34 One who actually envisions Narayana everywhere makes no distinction between the poor and the rich No edit summary current
03:5303:53, 12 April 2022 diff hist +3,917 For this living entity, no one is dear, nor is anyone unfavorable. He makes no distinction between that which is his own and that which belongs to anyone else No edit summary current
03:5303:53, 12 April 2022 diff hist +16 A spiritually advanced person sees the spiritual identity of every living being, and consequently he makes no distinction between a learned brahmana, a dog, a candala or anyone else No edit summary current

09:4609:46, 11 April 2022 diff hist +3,133 This is confirmed in the Mahabharata: maha-jano yena gatah sa panthah - The real path of progress is that which is traversed by great acaryas and authorities No edit summary current
09:4509:45, 11 April 2022 diff hist +4,172 The result is that people in general are puzzled how to fix their minds in the service of the Lord; they are always disturbed about finding the real path of self-realization No edit summary current
09:3609:36, 11 April 2022 diff hist +3,897 As Lord Sri Krsna has said in Bhagavad-gita, performance of ritualistic ceremonies is not actually religion. The real path of religion is to surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
07:0507:05, 11 April 2022 diff hist +6,700 Spiritual culture is not dogmatic faith but it is based on philosophy, reason and culture. This can be introduced very easily through convenient methods of music, dance and refreshment which are acceptable by all grades of human being No edit summary current
07:0407:04, 11 April 2022 diff hist −13 There are other Vedanta commentaries, written by Vaisnava acaryas, none of whom follow Sri Sankaracarya or accept the imaginative commentary of his school. Their commentaries are based on the philosophy of duality No edit summary current
07:0407:04, 11 April 2022 diff hist +2,992 The instructions which I impart are not dogmas. Our instructions are all based on sufficient logic and philosophy No edit summary current
07:0207:02, 11 April 2022 diff hist +4,165 The science of anthropology is based on this philosophy. Currently, many pseudo-religions - now becoming fashionable in America - are adhering to the nihilistic nondevotional Buddhist sects. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
07:0107:01, 11 April 2022 diff hist +9 The science of anthropology is based on this philosophy (that the life symptoms develop by interaction of the physical and chemical elements). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current

16:5416:54, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1,629 The King (Anga) thought himself very unfortunate to have such a bad son - Vena No edit summary current
16:4616:46, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,883 Lord Siva said, "The life of such a person (who cannot bring his senses under control) is very unfortunate, and anyone living such a life of darkness is certainly cheating himself and thus cheating others also" No edit summary current
16:4616:46, 10 April 2022 diff hist +3,271 Prakrta-sahajiya community is actually cheated and very unfortunate No edit summary current
16:2816:28, 10 April 2022 diff hist +7,896 If one does not take advantage of the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who descends within this world for the benefit of all living entities, he is certainly very unfortunate No edit summary current
16:2616:26, 10 April 2022 diff hist +2,753 Bharata Maharaja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty No edit summary current
16:2516:25, 10 April 2022 diff hist +3,097 Being implicated in home life, the conditioned soul is burned by the fire of lamentation. Sometimes he condemns himself as being very unfortunate, and sometimes he claims that he suffers because he performed no pious activities in his previous life No edit summary current
16:0416:04, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,031 Unfortunately they (professional reciters) are never devotees of the Supreme Lord. Consequently, they cannot impress upon the audience the real essence of knowledge, Krsna No edit summary current
16:0416:04, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,791 The real essence of sabda-brahma is the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. By vibrating this transcendental sound, the meaning of everything, both material and spiritual, is revealed No edit summary current
16:0216:02, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,323 There are many Mayavadi sannyasis fully engaged in studying the Vedas, Vedanta-sutra and Upanisads, but unfortunately they cannot grasp the real essence of knowledge No edit summary current
08:2108:21, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,400 The Vedas also declare, Get up! Get up! You have the opportunity, the boon of the human form of life - now realize yourself. These are the Vedic injunctions No edit summary current
08:2008:20, 10 April 2022 diff hist +7,435 This human body is a very nice boat, and we have a very good navigator, the spiritual master. We also have a very favorable wind - the instructions of God. If we don't take this opportunity and solve the problems of life, we are cutting our own throat No edit summary current
08:1908:19, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,916 This human form of life is meant for recognizing our relationship with Krsna, or God. This is an opportunity. In the life of cat or dog, oh, they cannot come here to understand what is spoken in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
08:1708:17, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,461 This is an opportunity, this human form of life, to decide where you want to go. Are you going to hell or heaven or back to home, or back to Godhead? That you have to decide No edit summary current
08:1608:16, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,642 This is jnana, regretting "My dear Lord, I got this very opportune moment to possess this human form of life, manusya-janama paiya, but my duty was to worship Radha-Krsna." That is the highest perfection of worshiping No edit summary current
08:1508:15, 10 April 2022 diff hist +4,073 We get this facility in the human form of life, but if we do not properly utilize this opportunity, we become a krpana, miser. A miser is one who gets money but does not spend it properly No edit summary current
08:1508:15, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,355 We have got immense independence, but we are now conditioned by this body. Therefore in the human form of life it is an opportunity to get back our original independence. That is called Krsna consciousness. Freedom No edit summary current
08:1408:14, 10 April 2022 diff hist +14 We have to give ourselves a chance to progress in spiritual life, step by step. Otherwise, if we remain attached to material consciousness throughout all our days, we will not perfect our KC, and we shall miss the opportunity of this human form of life No edit summary current
08:1208:12, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,181 What merits a person coming back in human life? It seems like an elevated birth. How does mode of passion give one the opportunity of human life? No edit summary current
08:1108:11, 10 April 2022 diff hist +14 When one takes advantage of this opportunity, he is assured of a human form of life in the next birth, or he may be liberated completely and go back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
07:0707:07, 10 April 2022 diff hist +19,789 They (exalted kings who practiced austerities & penances namely Dhruva, Ambarisa and so on) set the example for those who have acquired this good opportunity of a beautiful human form of life with all the facilities for economic development & good living No edit summary current
07:0607:06, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,772 The executive heads of all states are intended to spread the science of Krsna consciousness so that the people may take advantage of this great science and pursue a successful path, utilizing the opportunity of the human form of life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
07:0407:04, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,811 The human life, however, is an opportunity to get out of this repetition of creation and annihilation. It is a means whereby one may escape the Lord's external potency and enter into His internal potency No edit summary current
07:0207:02, 10 April 2022 diff hist +14 The living entity (by gradual development of Krsna consciousness) can understand that this human form of life is an opportunity to regain KC and that it should be fully utilized to attain the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
06:4006:40, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,897 Since the opportunity of human life is temporary, what benefit can these material opulences give to a sensible man who has understood himself to be eternal? No edit summary current
06:4006:40, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,122 Since human life is the opportunity to get free from all material miseries, it is properly guided by the knowledge of the Vedas, in the matters of both material needs and spiritual salvation No edit summary current
06:3906:39, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,505 Others, however, are always vanquished. Vanquished means that after getting this human form of life, a person does not come out of the entanglement of birth and death and thus misses his golden opportunity No edit summary current
06:3806:38, 10 April 2022 diff hist +3,323 Krsna is more important than the parents. So do not miss the opportunity of your present human form of body. Try to understand Krsna, and make your life successful No edit summary current
04:2104:21, 10 April 2022 diff hist +6,953 It is not that because in human life we have got full opportunity for sense pleasures... Well, sense pleasure is offered to the monkeys and pigs and dogs more leniently. So that is means that is life? No. That is not life No edit summary current
04:1404:14, 10 April 2022 diff hist +5,083 Impressions of a godly relation must be impregnated from the beginning of childhood, otherwise one may miss the opportunity of the human form of life, which is very valuable although it is temporary like others No edit summary current
04:1204:12, 10 April 2022 diff hist +4,445 If one misses this opportunity (attach mind to Krsna), one does not know where he is going, how long he will remain in the cycle of birth and death, and when he will again achieve the human form of life and the chance to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current

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