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06:2206:22, 23 May 2022 diff hist +6 Today we have great difficulties living. fifty or sixty years. A man may live at the utmost eighty or a hundred years No edit summary current
06:1906:19, 23 May 2022 diff hist +4,274 This system (of honoring brahmanas as very respectable guests in someone's house) was current even one hundred years ago; even fifty or sixty years ago No edit summary current
06:1906:19, 23 May 2022 diff hist +3,202 In my childhood I used to take my ratha with my little friends, about 60 years ago No edit summary current
06:1906:19, 23 May 2022 diff hist +3,195 The words vastra-gupta dola are very significant in this verse (of CC Adi 13.114). Even fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta, all respectable ladies would go to a neighboring place riding on a palanquin carried by four men No edit summary current
06:1806:18, 23 May 2022 diff hist +6,766 I am glad to learn that although you are 60 years old, you are enthusiastic to help me in this great preaching work. In spiritual activities there is no barring even in old age because I am also 74 years old but still working by the Grace of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
06:1806:18, 23 May 2022 diff hist +5,615 Generally, they live sixty years, seventy years. And gradually it will decrease so much that - these are all statement of the Srimad-Bhagavatam - that if a man lives for twenty to thirty years, he will be considered a grand old man No edit summary current
06:1806:18, 23 May 2022 diff hist +7,718 Generally, sannyasa is not accepted until one is sixty years old. But in this age there is no guarantee whether we are going to live up to sixty years old age. So sometimes younger generation also offered sannyasa No edit summary current
06:1706:17, 23 May 2022 diff hist +7,045 For her (Laksmana) dowry, he (Duryodana) first gave 1,200 elephants, each at least 60 years old; then he gave 10,000 nice horses, 6,000 chariots, dazzling just like the sunshine, and 1,000 maidservants decorated with golden ornaments No edit summary current
06:1706:17, 23 May 2022 diff hist +8,364 The life is very valuable. Don't think that "Because we have got human form of life, we shall live for one hundred years or sixty or seventy years, so let us enjoy." Bhagavata says this kind of enjoyment is there everywhere - in animal life, in plant life No edit summary current
06:1606:16, 23 May 2022 diff hist +3,711 Even until fifty or sixty years ago, the relationship between Hindus and Muslims was very friendly, and there were no disturbances. We do not find any Hindu-Muslim riots in the history of India, even during the days of the Muslims’ rule over the country No edit summary
06:1506:15, 23 May 2022 diff hist +6 One pana is eighty kadis, or small conchshells. Formerly, even fifty or sixty years ago, there was no paper currency in India. Coins were generally made not of base metal but of gold, silver and copper No edit summary current

17:2617:26, 22 May 2022 diff hist +2,482 It is recommended in the yoga scripture that one should put the soles of the feet between the two thighs and ankles and sit straight; that posture will help one to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
17:2117:21, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,271 The boys began to talk among themselves: "Dear friends, this figure appears to be a great animal, and he is sitting in such a posture just to swallow us all. Just see - is it not a big snake that has widened his mouth to eat all of us?" No edit summary current
17:1617:16, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,001 Yama and niyama mean practicing the controlling process by following strict regulations, and asana refers to the sitting postures. These help raise one to the standard of faithfulness in devotional service No edit summary current
17:1517:15, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 It is not acceptable for one to be satisfied simply by practicing the sitting postures and thinking himself complete. By meditation one must attain the stage of devotional service No edit summary current
17:1317:13, 22 May 2022 diff hist +40,811 Those who are trying to ascend on the path of mystic yoga are called aruruksu. In aruruksu yoga, various sitting postures are practiced, and the mind is concentrated No edit summary current
17:1317:13, 22 May 2022 diff hist +2,656 This very process (sitting in an easy posture) is also recommended in Bhagavad-gita, Sixth Chapter. It is further suggested that one sit in a secluded, sanctified spot. The seat should consist of deerskin and kusa grass, topped with cotton No edit summary current
17:1317:13, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,060 In the yoga process, after following the strict regulative principles controlling sleeping, eating and mating, one is allowed to practice the different sitting postures No edit summary current
17:1317:13, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,982 This breathing exercise is meant to mechanically make the mind fixed upon a particular subject. That is the result of the breathing exercise and also of the different sitting postures of yoga No edit summary current
17:1317:13, 22 May 2022 diff hist +2,883 In performance of yoga there are eight divisions, such as yama and niyama - controlling, following the rules and regulations, then practicing the sitting postures, etc No edit summary current
17:1217:12, 22 May 2022 diff hist +2,935 His left leg was placed on his right thigh, and his left hand was placed on his left thigh. In his right hand he held rudraksa beads. This sitting posture is called virasana. He sat in the virasana posture, and his finger was in the mode of argument No edit summary current
17:1217:12, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,324 The sitting posture described herein (in SB 4.23.14) is called muktasana No edit summary current
17:1217:12, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 The sitting posture described here (in SB 4.6.38) is called virasana according to the system of astanga-yoga performances No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,839 The preliminary processes are the sitting posture, meditation, spiritual thoughts, manipulation of air passing within the body, and gradual situation in trance, facing the Absolute Person, Paramatma No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 Following the regulations, controlling the senses and practicing the different sitting postures are merely the preliminary practices (of attaining perfection of yoga) No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,168 First of all she sat in the required sitting posture, and then she carried the life air upwards and placed it in the position of equilibrium near the navel No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,286 The hatha-yoga system is meant for controlling the five kinds of air encircling the pure soul by different kinds of sitting postures. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
17:0817:08, 22 May 2022 diff hist +7,046 The hatha-yoga system is meant for controlling the five kinds of air encircling the pure soul by different kinds of sitting postures - not for any material profit, but for liberation of the minute soul from the entanglement of the material atmosphere No edit summary current
17:0717:07, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 The eight divisions of yoga performance are described as (1) control of the senses, (2) strict following of the rules and regulations, (3) practice of the different sitting postures, (4) control of the breath No edit summary current
17:0717:07, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 By practicing the different sitting postures and controlling the vital air, one can control and restrain the senses from unrestricted sense enjoyment No edit summary current
17:0117:01, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 Besides virasana there are other sitting postures, such as padmasana and siddhasana. Practice of these asanas without elevating oneself to the position of realizing the Supersoul, Visnu, is not the perfectional stage of yoga No edit summary current
17:0117:01, 22 May 2022 diff hist −8 Sitting in an easy posture is called svasti samasinah. It is recommended in the yoga scripture that one should put the soles of the feet between the two thighs and ankles and sit straight; that posture will help one to concentrate his mind on the Supreme No edit summary current
17:0117:01, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,293 Another significant word is yoga-kaksam. Yoga-kaksa is the sitting posture in which the left thigh is fixed under one's tightly knotted saffron-colored garment No edit summary current
17:0117:01, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,656 Rules of hatha-yoga are not followed. Simply they have got some bodily gymnastic sitting posture. They are thinking, "I am practicing." No. That is one of the items. So all the items cannot be observed in this age. Therefore it is wasting No edit summary current
17:0117:01, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,526 After practicing the sitting postures and other regulative principles of the system, one finally reaches the stage of samadhi - absorption in the Supreme No edit summary current
15:2615:26, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,112 Karma-bandhanah means that if we do not work for satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Visnu, then the reaction of our work will bind us. One should not work for his own sense gratification. Everyone should work for satisfaction of God. That is called yajna No edit summary current
15:2615:26, 22 May 2022 diff hist +5,065 Without such dovetailing, all such qualities become sources of trouble for people in general. Everything can be utilized either for one's own sense gratification or in the service of one other than oneself No edit summary current
15:2515:25, 22 May 2022 diff hist +8,158 So this process, this changing of, transformation... To work for Krsna's sense gratification and to work for one's own sense gratification, this transformation change, this changing process, is called bhakti No edit summary current
15:2515:25, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,378 Simply transferring wealth from capitalists to communists cannot solve the problem of modern politics, for it has been demonstrated that when a communist gets money, he uses it for his own sense gratification No edit summary current
15:2315:23, 22 May 2022 diff hist +3,322 When the senses are utilized for one's own sense gratification, they entangle one in karma, but when they are used for the satisfaction of the Lord, they establish one in bhakti No edit summary current
15:2215:22, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,008 If Lord Brahma can make a mistake in understanding Krsna, what to speak of ordinary persons, who either misunderstand Krsna or falsely present a so-called incarnation of Krsna for their own sense gratification No edit summary current
15:2215:22, 22 May 2022 diff hist +7,416 To work for Krsna's sense gratification and to work for one's own sense gratification, this transformation change, this changing process, is called bhakti. Process is the same, simply account should be changed No edit summary current
15:2115:21, 22 May 2022 diff hist +2,931 He who acts for his own sense gratification, either in goodness or in passion, is subject to the reaction, good or bad. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:2115:21, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,428 This modern civilization is teaching people how to steal, how to cheat, how to satisfy your own sense gratification. You see? No tolerance, no complete knowledge. All fools and rascals, no knowledge No edit summary current
15:2115:21, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,067 Generally, kings fight to extend their kingdoms, which they rule for sense gratification. But as far as Arjuna is concerned, he declined to fight for his own sense gratification No edit summary current
15:2015:20, 22 May 2022 diff hist +3,101 They (inhabitants of Vaikuntha) consider glorification of the Lord more important than their own sense gratification. In the Vaikuntha planets there is no question of sense gratification No edit summary current
15:2015:20, 22 May 2022 diff hist +8,014 There are also institutions (in India) collecting money from all parts of the world in the name of welfare activities for poverty-stricken people, but they are spending it for their own sense gratification No edit summary current
15:1915:19, 22 May 2022 diff hist +6,524 The difficulty is sometimes things are interpreted in a manner dovetailing one's own sense gratification No edit summary current
15:1915:19, 22 May 2022 diff hist +3,542 Attachment means accepting things for one's own sense gratification, and detachment is the absence of such sensual attachment. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:1815:18, 22 May 2022 diff hist +4,174 The difference between material life and spiritual life. When one works for his own sense gratification, that is material life. And when works for Krsna's satisfaction, that is spiritual life No edit summary current

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