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25 April 2022
- 13:2713:27, 25 April 2022 diff hist +9,299 In this age of Kali there are many differences of opinion for self-realization, or transcendental life, or religious life, but this common formula, chanting of the holy name of God, can be accepted by everyone No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 25 April 2022 diff hist +5,159 In this age of Kali, when a slight difference of opinion leads to quarrel, even to the extent of riots, it is the duty of the intelligent men, the brahmanas, to selflessly inspire the richer people to sacrifice for this purpose No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 25 April 2022 diff hist −12 In the Puranas there are two different opinions concerning Lord Ramacandra. In the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (5.34-36) this is confirmed in the description of the incarnation of Manu No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 25 April 2022 diff hist +5,513 Every individual being must have his opinion; that is the significance of individuality, but all such differences of opinions must coincide in Krishna No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 25 April 2022 diff hist +3,634 Disunity between individual souls is so strong within this material world that even in a society of Krsna consciousness, members sometimes appear disunited due to their having different opinions and leaning toward material things No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 25 April 2022 diff hist −12 Different opinions on sacrificial activity are now being clarified by the Lord Himself. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 25 April 2022 diff hist +5,867 At first all the followers of Advaita Acarya shared a single opinion. But later they followed two different opinions, as ordained by providence No edit summary current
- 13:1213:12, 25 April 2022 diff hist +2,171 Any opinion different from the opinion of the spiritual master is useless No edit summary current
- 13:1113:11, 25 April 2022 diff hist +5,719 Among Vaisnavas there may be some difference of opinion due to everyone's personal identity, but despite all personal differences, the cult of Krsna consciousness must go on No edit summary
- 13:0913:09, 25 April 2022 diff hist +2,359 According to still others, the lake near Anagundi, in the direction of Hyderabad, is Pampa-sarovara. The river Tungabhadra also flows through there. There are many different opinions about the lake called Pampa-sarovara No edit summary current
- 05:2705:27, 25 April 2022 diff hist +4,699 You may go there again and take some responsible post for correcting the situation, that will be your real duty, not that there is some disagreement and I go away disgusted, no. That is not Vaisnava standard No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 25 April 2022 diff hist +10,029 You are thinking that "I'm doing my duty very nicely. I'm a brahmana, I'm doing my duty." "I am businessman doing my duty," "I'm scientist." "I am..." Actually, you are not doing your duty. Your real duty is to take to Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:2605:26, 25 April 2022 diff hist +4,065 Your program for training your Godsisters is very nice, so do it nicely as you have got experience in arcana. There is no matter if there is a little change here and there - the real duty is love and devotion No edit summary current
- 05:2405:24, 25 April 2022 diff hist +5,111 Now, before death, I have to act in such a way that I may have a position in Vaikuntha, in Vrndavana, and I may have permanent life to live with Krsna. This is our real duty No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 25 April 2022 diff hist +4,622 All types of fruitive results actually come from the spirit soul, but because he has forgotten his real duty, he is embarrassed by many material consequences such as fear and attachment. The only remedy is to revert to the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 25 April 2022 diff hist +7,657 Even if you think that "If I take to Krsna consciousness, join this international movement, I will be deviating from my real duty." So that also you can do No edit summary current
24 April 2022
- 11:3911:39, 24 April 2022 diff hist +7,180 We are interested in preparing acarya, but the etiquette is, at least for the period the guru is present, one should not become acarya. Even if he is complete he should not No edit summary current
- 11:3411:34, 24 April 2022 diff hist +7,629 Suppose we are in a group, this, our International Society. If everyone becomes ruler or acarya, then how it can be managed? No. There must be some head. That is the principle in our practical life No edit summary current
- 11:3311:33, 24 April 2022 diff hist +4,230 Simple thing. Big, big acaryas, they accepted Krsna as He is. And why shall I not accept? This is parampara system. If others have accepted Krsna as He tells, and they have become big, big acaryas, so what objection can be there from my part? What I am? No edit summary current
- 11:3211:32, 24 April 2022 diff hist +5,921 None of them were advised by Guru Maharaja to become acarya. His idea was "Let them manage; then whoever will be actual qualified for becoming acarya, they will elect. Why I should enforce upon them?" That was his plan No edit summary current
- 11:3111:31, 24 April 2022 diff hist +5,154 My Guru Maharaja never asked anybody to become acarya No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 24 April 2022 diff hist +3,341 Every student is expected to become Acarya No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 24 April 2022 diff hist +3,850 A disciple of Kali cannot become an acarya by the decision of some high-court. Mundane votes have no jurisdiction to elect a Vaisnava acarya. A Vaisnava acarya is self-effulgent, and there is no need for any court judgment No edit summary
- 09:3209:32, 24 April 2022 diff hist +11,477 Amongst my Godbrothers no one is qualified to become acarya. So it is better not to mix with my Godbrothers very intimately because instead of inspiring our students and disciples they may sometimes pollute them No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 24 April 2022 diff hist +7,240 At the present moment our mind is so disturbed, we are disturbed in so many ways. Meditation is not possible in this age. Maybe there may be one or two persons who can meditate. The real meditation means to think of Krsna No edit summary current
23 April 2022
- 13:0413:04, 23 April 2022 diff hist +4,607 Contact between man and woman is natural, but that also must be carried out under regulative principles so that social consecration may not be disturbed or unwanted worthless population be increased for the unrest of the world No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 23 April 2022 diff hist +3,755 When there is increase of unwanted population, a hellish situation is created both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition. In such corrupt families, there is no offering of oblations of food & water to the ancestors. BG 1.41 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 13:0113:01, 23 April 2022 diff hist +2,963 When, in the name of justice, thieves are allowed liberty, the state and kingdom are disturbed by such plunderers and unwanted population No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 23 April 2022 diff hist +3,477 Thus they will be more attracted to economic development for sense gratification, and as a result there will be an unwanted population on the level of dogs and monkeys No edit summary current
- 12:5912:59, 23 April 2022 diff hist −13 There was no possibility of an invasion by thieves and plunderers. Indirectly it is stated here (in SB 4.5.8) that thieves, plunderers, rogues and unwanted population can exist only in a state or kingdom where there is no strong ruler No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 23 April 2022 diff hist +3,412 In the material world the wrath of those who want to lord it over material nature interacts, and the fire of war takes place, exhausting the unwanted population. Such fires or wars take place, and the Lord (Krsna) has nothing to do with them No edit summary current
- 12:5712:57, 23 April 2022 diff hist +5,079 In His manifestation of visva-rupa, the Lord expressed His mission of killing as follows: "I have willingly descended on the earth in My capacity of inexorable Time in order to decrease the unwanted population No edit summary current
- 12:5712:57, 23 April 2022 diff hist +4,703 If I should cease to work, then all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would also be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all sentient beings. BG 3.24 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 23 April 2022 diff hist +1,654 If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all these worlds would fall into ruin. I would be the cause of unwanted population and would spoil all these living beings No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 23 April 2022 diff hist +5,515 If I (Lord Krsna) should cease to work, then all humanity would be misdirected. I would also be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all sentient beings No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 23 April 2022 diff hist +4,706 If I (Lord Krsna) did not perform prescribed duties, all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all living beings No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 23 April 2022 diff hist +3,459 An increase of unwanted population certainly causes hellish life both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition No edit summary current
22 April 2022
- 16:2316:23, 22 April 2022 diff hist +3,776 According to them (atheistic, materialistic Sankhyaites), combinations of material elements are the causes of material happiness and distress, and disintegration of matter is the cause of freedom from all material pangs No edit summary current
- 16:2316:23, 22 April 2022 diff hist +4,046 When he (the living entity) is put into different bodies, he enjoys different kinds of happiness and distress. His material happiness and distress are due to his body, and not to himself as he is. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 22 April 2022 diff hist +39,107 We must know the nature of those temporary states of material happiness and distress. It would be sheer stupidity to ignore them, or to remain indifferent in matters concerning the spirit soul, around which the material body and mind exist No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 22 April 2022 diff hist +5,811 The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, anyone who by Your grace has understood the glories of Your lotus feet is callous to material happiness and distress" No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 22 April 2022 diff hist +5,511 Since He (God) is full in all transcendental attributes, nothing abominable from the material world can exist in Him. He is transcendental and spiritual, and therefore conceptions of material happiness and distress do not apply to Him No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 22 April 2022 diff hist +6,803 Pious and impious activities can bring about material happiness and distress, but there is no possibility of one's becoming a pure devotee simply by acting piously or impiously. Bhakti, devotional service, means satisfying Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:1916:19, 22 April 2022 diff hist +3,628 One should not entangle oneself in matter by the mind's material affections. Thus one's own mind is one's friend or enemy in one's material happiness and distress No edit summary
- 16:1816:18, 22 April 2022 diff hist +9 In our present state of existence, there is no possibility of our being indifferent in these matters of material happiness and distress No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 22 April 2022 diff hist +8,420 It is said in the scriptures, brahma-saukhyam tv anantam: spiritual happiness is unlimited. Here it is said that even the Lord cannot measure such happiness. This does not mean that the Lord cannot measure it and is therefore imperfect in that sense No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 22 April 2022 diff hist +4,257 It is said in the scriptures that one thousand names of Visnu are equal to one name of Rama, and three names of Lord Rama are equal to one name of Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 22 April 2022 diff hist +28,522 For all our activities there are witnesses; therefore it is said in the scriptures that the living entities are under superior supervision and that they are rewarded and punished according to their work No edit summary current
- 11:0511:05, 22 April 2022 diff hist +9 There (in Krsna-sandarbha) is also a list of the gopis’ names and a discussion of the topmost position of Srimati Radharani No edit summary current
- 11:0411:04, 22 April 2022 diff hist −13 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtana movement can promote all the Jagais and Madhais to the topmost position of sattva-guna, or brahminical culture No edit summary current