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17 May 2022
- 17:3917:39, 17 May 2022 diff hist +27,938 A Vaisnava is always thinking about how the fallen conditioned souls can be delivered and is always involved in making plans to do so No edit summary
- 17:3817:38, 17 May 2022 diff hist +8,431 A pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always thinking of how fallen, conditioned souls can be delivered No edit summary
- 17:3717:37, 17 May 2022 diff hist +6,201 A person who has attracted the attention of the spiritual master by his sincere service likes to dance and chant with similarly developed Krsna conscious devotees. The spiritual master authorizes such a devotee to deliver fallen souls all over the world No edit summary
- 17:1217:12, 17 May 2022 diff hist +11 Although the Gosvamis were very aristocratic, on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu they became mendicants just to deliver the fallen souls No edit summary current
- 17:1117:11, 17 May 2022 diff hist +1,606 All the Lord's devotees then said, "You have incarnated to deliver fallen souls. You have delivered them in the east and in the south, and now you are delivering them in the west" No edit summary current
- 17:0917:09, 17 May 2022 diff hist +6,286 Akrura thought, "Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the spiritual master of all spiritual masters; He is the deliverer of all fallen souls and the proprietor of the three worlds" No edit summary current
- 17:0917:09, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,614 Advaita Acarya was always absorbed in thoughts of how to deliver the fallen souls of the entire world. "The entire world is full of nondevotees," He thought. "How will they be delivered" No edit summary current
- 17:0717:07, 17 May 2022 diff hist +37 Actually Lord Caitanya appeared on the request of Lord Advaita. Similarly, Lord Siva has a sampradaya, the Rudra-sampradaya. He is always thinking about the deliverance of the fallen souls, as exhibited by Lord Advaita Prabhu No edit summary current
12 May 2022
- 19:0319:03, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,289 After surpassing the brahminical perfection, one has to become a devotee of the Lord so that His loving affection in the form of proprietor, master, friend, son and lover can be transcendentally achieved No edit summary current
- 19:0319:03, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,431 Among His associates, Caitanya enjoyed paternal loving affection from Paramananda Puri, friendly affection with Ramananda Raya, unalloyed service from Govinda and others, and humors of conjugal love with Gadadhara, Jagadananda and Svarupa Damodara No edit summary current
- 19:0219:02, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,761 Her (Kubja's) loving affection for Krsna is called kama-praya, or almost like the gopis' love for Krsna No edit summary current
- 19:0119:01, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,456 He (Lord Krsna) is fully independent in all His dealings, but He voluntarily accepts obligations by the loving affection of His pure devotees No edit summary current
- 19:0119:01, 12 May 2022 diff hist +5,840 In this instance there is a mixture of laughter and compassion, but there is no incompatibility because by both of these rasas the loving affection for Krsna is increased No edit summary current
- 19:0019:00, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,211 It has been stated: "Although Srimati Radharani developed a deep loving affection for Krsna, She hid Her attitude in the core of Her heart so that others could not detect Her actual condition." This is an instance of concealment caused by gentleness No edit summary current
- 19:0019:00, 12 May 2022 diff hist +30 Just to get Caitanya Mahaprabhu's association, Gadadhara Pandita gave up his life's vow to engage in Gopinatha's service. This kind of loving affection can be understood only by very confidential devotees. Ordinarily, no one can understand its purport No edit summary current
- 18:5918:59, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,874 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to complete external consciousness and immediately offered prayers to them. Then these two elderly gentlemen both embraced the Lord with loving affection No edit summary current
- 18:5818:58, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,892 The affectionate loving exchanges between Jagadananda Pandita and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued in this manner, exactly like the exchanges between Satyabhama and Lord Krsna related in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 18:5718:57, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,239 The power of King Yudhisthira was loving affection, which the Lord (Krsna) could not deny. The almighty God is thus conquered only by loving service and nothing else No edit summary current
- 18:5518:55, 12 May 2022 diff hist +7,639 When Lord Ramacandra was residing in Dandakaranya, the sages who were engaged in devotional service there became attracted by His beauty and immediately thought of the gopis at Vrndavana, who enjoyed conjugal loving affection with Krsna No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 The transcendental position is attained by three processes, 3) the most approved process of bhakti-yoga, or the engagement of senses in the devotional service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 18:4518:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 The transcendental position is attained by three processes, 2) the process of yoga, or factual realization of trance by manipulation of the physiological and psychological functions of the body No edit summary current
- 18:4518:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 The transcendental position is attained by three processes, 1) the process of jnana, or theoretical knowledge of transcendence No edit summary current
- 18:4518:45, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,209 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the creator of the material world. There are three processes in creation - namely creation, maintenance and finally annihilation No edit summary current
- 18:4418:44, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,280 The invocation involves three processes: defining the objective, offering benedictions and offering obeisances No edit summary current
- 18:4418:44, 12 May 2022 diff hist +25,415 The followers of these three processes (the process of knowledge, the process of mystic yoga, and the process of devotional service) realize the Absolute Truth in three different aspects No edit summary current
- 18:4418:44, 12 May 2022 diff hist −11 There are three processes for moving in outer space. One of the processes is known to the modern scientist. It is called ka-pota-vayu. Ka means "outer space," and pota means "ship" No edit summary current
- 18:4318:43, 12 May 2022 diff hist +2,056 There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth - the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga & bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 12 May 2022 diff hist +4,719 If a devotee does not do any of the above-mentioned three processes, he falls down from his position of devotion No edit summary current
- 04:4804:48, 12 May 2022 diff hist +7,630 The executive head of a state must be very intelligent to see to the comforts of the citizens, but according to the brahmana the King was not at all intelligent, although he was occupying the royal throne No edit summary current
- 04:4004:40, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,683 As soon as he (Dhruva Maharaja) saw that his son was grown up and could take charge of the royal throne, he immediately handed over the charge and retired from all material engagements No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 12 May 2022 diff hist +6,173 After entering the Sudharma assembly house, He used to sit on the exalted royal throne and would be seen to emanate glaring rays of transcendental effulgence No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,991 The balance of your lifetime still remains because you died untimely. Therefore you may reenter your body and enjoy the remainder of your life, surrounded by your friends and relatives. Accept the royal throne and all the opulences given by your father No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,577 They (forefathers of King Yudhisthira) were all saints on the royal throne. And therefore all the members of the state were happy, pious, well behaved, prosperous and spiritually enlightened No edit summary current
- 04:3504:35, 12 May 2022 diff hist +3,504 Therefore, O Vidura, does it not pain us, His servitors, when we remember that He (Krsna) used to stand before Ugrasena, who was sitting on the royal throne, and used to submit explanations before him, saying, "O My lord, please let it be known to you"? No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 12 May 2022 diff hist −13 Sva yadi kriyate raja, tat kim nasnaty upanaham (Hitopadesa): One may seat a dog on a royal throne, but as soon as he sees a shoe, he will immediately jump down and run after it simply because he is a dog No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 12 May 2022 diff hist +1,921 O my friend, (tell me) whether Ugrasena, the King of the Satvatas, Vrsnis, Bhojas and Dasarhas, is now doing well. He went far away from his kingdom, leaving aside all hopes of his royal throne, but Lord Krsna again installed him No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 12 May 2022 diff hist +28,440 One may seat a dog on a royal throne, but as soon as he sees a shoe, he will immediately jump down and run after it simply because he is a dog. The canine qualities are there, and they cannot be changed simply by putting the dog on a throne No edit summary current
- 04:2804:28, 12 May 2022 diff hist −13 Instead of occupying the royal throne, they (intelligent class of men) prayed for the incarnation of the Lord, and the Lord came as Maharaja Prthu No edit summary current
11 May 2022
- 12:0512:05, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,448 Various sastras advise that for material convenience one should keep his wife always satisfied by giving her ornaments and by following her instructions. In this way there will be no trouble in family life No edit summary current
- 12:0412:04, 11 May 2022 diff hist +19 The sastras advise that a living entity should accept only those sense-enjoyable objects necessary for the upkeep of the material body and reject those that are just for sense gratification. In this way he will reduce the tendency for sense enjoyment No edit summary current
- 12:0212:02, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,410 Our only duty is to remember the supreme director of this illusory energy - Krsna. For us to do this, the sastra advises us, harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam (CC Adi 17.21) No edit summary current
- 12:0212:02, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,863 Maharaja Pariksit was a devotee of the first order, and thus he used to consult great sages and learned brahmanas, who could advise him by the sastras how to execute the state administration No edit summary current
- 07:0707:07, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,553 Increased attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is advised in all sastras. That is the only way of detachment from material existence and is explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.59) as param drstva nivartate No edit summary current
- 07:0607:06, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,573 Conditioned souls are generally bereft of intelligence because of profound desires for sense gratification. They do not know what benedictions to ask. Therefore nondevotees are advised in the sastras to worship the demigods to achieve material benefits No edit summary current
- 07:0507:05, 11 May 2022 diff hist +3,025 A devotee may not be expert in materialistic activities. It is therefore advised in the sastra that materialistic activities are not at all suitable for the living entities, especially the devotees No edit summary
- 06:4106:41, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5,147 As meditation on any form of the Lord is valuable, so is chanting of different names of the Lord, such as Hari, Govinda and Narayana. But in this age we are especially advised to chant the Hare Krsna mantra as enunciated in the sastra No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,137 Thus it is the duty of every sincere devotee to accept the arca-vigraha at home or in the temple and worship the form of the Lord as advised in authorized scriptures and directed by the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 11 May 2022 diff hist +12,901 The living entity is suffering due to his ignorance of the hidden treasure of his Supreme Father, Krsna. That treasure is love of Godhead, and in every Vedic scripture the conditioned soul is advised to find it No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,732 It is the duty of every sincere devotee to accept the arca-vigraha at home or in the temple and worship the form of the Lord as advised in authorized scriptures and directed by the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 11 May 2022 diff hist +4,406 It is advised in the Vedic scriptures that one should perform yajnas to appease the demigods. But one who is devoted to the Supreme Lord has no need to appease the demigods No edit summary current