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18 May 2022
- 10:5810:58, 18 May 2022 diff hist +7,337 There is a valuable jewel stone. If you turn, you will find many colorful manifestations, although that stone is one. Similarly, although God is one, He can manifest Himself in many forms. That is the prerogative of God No edit summary current
- 10:5810:58, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,509 Not only do regulated rains help ample production of grains and fruits, but when they combine with astronomical influences there is ample production of valuable stones and pearls No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 18 May 2022 diff hist +9,054 Krsna and Balarama learned the art of cutting valuable stones such as diamonds, and They also learned the art of questioning and answering by immediately composing poetry within the mind No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 18 May 2022 diff hist +7,148 He (Sudama) saw that in place of his cottage there were big palaces made of valuable stones and jewels, glittering like the sun, moon and rays of fire No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 18 May 2022 diff hist +6,688 He (Krsna) appeared before them (the inhabitants of Vrndavana) nicely decorated, smeared all over with candana pulp, bedecked with valuable jewels and stones, and almost completely covered with gold No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 18 May 2022 diff hist +4,123 Eternal time is also without beginning, but it is the creator of all creatures. The example is given of touchstone, which creates many valuable stones and jewels but does not decrease in power No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 18 May 2022 diff hist +4,687 By utilizing the sun rays, sometimes even the stones become valuable, whereas a blind man cannot see the sun, although there are enough sun rays before him No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 18 May 2022 diff hist +6,171 A sannyasi who has dipped into the ocean of the Absolute Truth and collected some valuable stones of knowledge from that ocean, who never falls from the regulative principles of a sannyasi, is called Sagara No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 18 May 2022 diff hist +1,590 As the Kaustubha-mani is considered the most precious of valuable stones, this verse is similarly considered the best of poems dealing with the mellows of devotional service No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 18 May 2022 diff hist +2,456 Artistic jewelry and decorations giving the appearance of eyes are not imaginary. Even in recent times the Mogul emperors constructed their palaces with decorations of jeweled birds with eyes made of valuable stones No edit summary current
- 10:2510:25, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,781 Trying to defy the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so-called scientists, philosophers and politicians manufacture plans and schemes for the destruction of the world No edit summary current
- 10:2410:24, 18 May 2022 diff hist +2,665 The word devata refers to one who carries the authority of the Vedas, whereas Raksasas are those who defy the Vedic authority. If the authority of the Vedas is lost, the entire universe becomes chaotic No edit summary current
- 10:2410:24, 18 May 2022 diff hist +2,498 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Lord Brahma, because of material opulence a foolish person becomes dull-witted and mad. Thus he has no respect for anyone within the three worlds and defies even My authority No edit summary current
- 10:2310:23, 18 May 2022 diff hist +4,183 These atheist class of men, who defy the authority of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they'll meet Krsna. When? At the time of death, when Krsna will take everything, his body, his society, his country, his family, his bank balance, his house No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,626 Maya has no powers. Krsna has given her power to chastise these individual souls who are defying the authority of Krsna. They should be punished. It is Maya's thankless task, but Maya is obedient servant of Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 18 May 2022 diff hist +4,566 Material world means full of criminals, or against God, or defying the authority of God. And the spiritual world? Everyone is accepting the supremacy of God. That is material world and spiritual world No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,100 Material world means full of criminals, or against God, or defying the authority of God. And the spiritual world? Everyone is accepting the supremacy of God No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,067 If they (the scientists) accept God, then we give them all credit. That's all right. Otherwise zero. We don't deprecate their intention of advancement in knowledge. But we simply protest against their defying the authority of God. That is our point No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 18 May 2022 diff hist +5,927 Dharmasya glanih means when we defy authority. That is called discrepancy in the discharge of religiosity or occupational duty No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 18 May 2022 diff hist +4,216 Atheism means defying the authority of the Vedas and decrying the great acaryas who teach Vedic scriptures for the benefit of the people in general No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 18 May 2022 diff hist +7,393 And if he does not follow the instruction of spiritual master, he is a rascal. He is defying the authority. That's all No edit summary
17 May 2022
- 15:4015:40, 17 May 2022 diff hist +3,021 Those who have full knowledge of self-realization, who know very well that the spirit soul is eternal whereas the body is perishable, are not overwhelmed by lamentation. But persons who lack knowledge of self-realization certainly lament No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 17 May 2022 diff hist +5,126 This (sanatana) yoga has two divisions of sacrificial actions: one is called sacrifice of one's material possessions, and the other is called knowledge of self, which is pure spiritual activity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4015:40, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,185 Since these living entities have very little knowledge of self-realization, they are not getting any relief, although they are very anxious to attain peace of mind and some substantial happiness No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,160 One should not at any time associate with a coarse fool who is bereft of the knowledge of self-realization and who is no more than a toy animal in the hands of a woman No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,437 Long penance and transcendental knowledge of self-realization had matured Brahma in practical knowledge, and thus he drank the wind completely, along with the water No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 17 May 2022 diff hist −12 Jnanam refers to knowledge of self as distinguished from non-self, or, in other words, knowledge that the spirit soul is not the body. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,746 He (Arjuna) would soon be free from the false lamentation resulting from family affection and would be enlightened with perfect knowledge of self-realization, or Krsna consciousness, and would then surely fight. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:2915:29, 17 May 2022 diff hist −12 The Lord advised Arjuna to regulate the senses from the very beginning so that he could curb the greatest sinful enemy, lust, which destroys the urge for self-realization, and specifically, knowledge of the self. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 17 May 2022 diff hist −12 The knowledge of the self and the Supreme Self is very confidential and mysterious, being veiled by maya, but such knowledge and specific realization can be understood if it is explained by the Lord Himself. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,031 The knowledge of the self and Supreme Self is very confidential and mysterious, but such knowledge and specific realization can be understood if explained with their various aspects by the Lord Himself No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 17 May 2022 diff hist +5,325 One who follows the path of the Gita as it is can very easily understand two important divisions of spiritual knowledge. For him there is no difficulty in obtaining perfect knowledge of the self as part and parcel of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:1915:19, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,917 Thus he remains at home just like a pet dog & eats whatever is so negligently given to him. Afflicted with many illnesses, such as dyspepsia and loss of appetite, he eats only very small morsels of food, & he becomes an invalid, who cannot work any more No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,337 I am the pet dog of my Guru Maharaja No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,936 If you think that you know better than Krsna or Krsna's representative, the guru, there is no necessity of accepting guru. Do not keep a guru as a pet dog No edit summary current
- 15:1315:13, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,243 My consciousness is impure because I accept all these goods from people who are interested only in pounds, shillings and pence. Therefore by this kind of invitation I get only some material reputation No edit summary current
- 15:1215:12, 17 May 2022 diff hist +8,441 Because of their (those without devotional service) impure consciousness and for want of shelter in the Vaikunthalokas, such so-called liberated persons again fall down into material existence No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 17 May 2022 diff hist +3,695 Take your Bible, take Koran, take Vedas. There are some prescribed duties. Just like in your Bible, there are ten commandments. "Thou shall not kill." So for whom? One who is not self-realized No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 17 May 2022 diff hist +4,429 As long as a living entity is not self-realized - as long as he is not independent of the misconception of identifying with his body, which is nothing but a reflection of the original body and senses - he cannot be relieved of the conception of duality No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 17 May 2022 diff hist +2,882 One who is not in transcendental consciousness can have neither a controlled mind nor steady intelligence, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace? BG 2.66 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 17 May 2022 diff hist +27,150 In the execution of yoga, it is very important that the mind is not agitated. "As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self." - Bg. 6.19 No edit summary current
- 14:3914:39, 17 May 2022 diff hist +1,911 As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self. BG 6.19 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:3914:39, 17 May 2022 diff hist +1,868 As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 17 May 2022 diff hist +5,523 Krsna consciousness movement is not one-sided. It is all-embracing. Sarve sukhino bhavantu. Krsna consciousness movement wants to see everyone happy No edit summary current
16 May 2022
- 12:5412:54, 16 May 2022 diff hist +4,458 Because they have taken the wrong side. Because Bhismadeva, in spite of his becoming so learned, still, he has gone to the side of the Duryodhana, and simply for matter of getting some money, maintenance No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 16 May 2022 diff hist +2,763 According to the boy's (Srngi's) opinion, the King (Maharaja Pariksit) was on the wrong side and not his father, and thus he justified his silent father No edit summary current
- 12:3912:39, 16 May 2022 diff hist −12 The twigs of the tree (the banyan tree) are considered to be the sense objects. By development of the different modes of nature, we develop different senses, and, by the senses, we enjoy different varieties of sense objects. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:3912:39, 16 May 2022 diff hist +3,660 The subsidiary roots are attachments and aversions, which are byproducts of different varieties of suffering and sense enjoyment No edit summary current
- 12:3912:39, 16 May 2022 diff hist +7 The roots, which are subsidiary, are the by-products of different varieties of suffering and sense enjoyment. Thus we develop attachment and aversion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:3512:35, 16 May 2022 diff hist −53 Variety is the mother of enjoyment is a well-known fact. Cities, for instance, are known to be attractive if they contain a variety of things No edit summary current