User contributions for Anurag

27 May 2022

• 17:2317:23, 27 May 2022 diff hist −26 In the morning our first business should be to beat the mind with shoes a hundred times. and, before going to bed, to beat the mind a hundred times with a broomstick. In this way one's mind can be kept under control No edit summary current
• 17:2217:22, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6,955 This beating with shoes and broomstick is also another tapasya. For men like us, who have no control over the mind, we should practice this tapasya, beating the mind with shoes and broomstick. Then it can be controlled No edit summary current
• 17:2117:21, 27 May 2022 diff hist +3,426 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that to control the mind one should beat it with shoes many times just after awakening and again before going to sleep No edit summary current
• 17:2117:21, 27 May 2022 diff hist +19,543 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say that to control the mind one should beat it with shoes many times just after awakening and again before going to sleep No edit summary current
• 17:2017:20, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6,420 And what is the main business of material nature? Just to beat you with shoes. That is nature. Therefore we are suffering in this material world. Because we have taken shelter of the material nature No edit summary current
• 17:1317:13, 27 May 2022 diff hist +14,722 I am very sorry to inform you that there are some Indian "Swamis'' in this country who are living with so-called "Swaminies,'' but so far we are concerned we follow strictly the Vedic principles No edit summary current
• 17:0117:01, 27 May 2022 diff hist +118 N Category:Beating With Shoes Created page with "Category:Beating Category:Shoes Category:Prabhupada's Expressions Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
• 17:0017:00, 27 May 2022 diff hist +96,134 Beat with shoes No edit summary current
• 16:5416:54, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,975 Our movement is revolutionary to so called religious principles, gurus and swamis. This fact is being appreciated even in India No edit summary current
• 16:5416:54, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 On the one hand they (so-called swamis) enjoy variegatedness in matter, and on the other they deny spiritual variegatedness to the Absolute. Because they are pledged to the theory of monism and impersonalism No edit summary current
• 16:5016:50, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 Many so-called swamis who are so frequently attracted by the cities often seek a kind of pleasure in society and feminine friendship No edit summary
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 Inert matter, in association with dynamic spirit, manifests a false representation or a perverted reflection of that very spiritual variegatedness which is so adamantly denied by the monist class of so-called swamis No edit summary current
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 They (so-called swamis) deny that whatever pertains to matter can pertain also to spirit. According to them, spirit is the denial of matter. The fact is, however, that spirit is not a negation of matter, but matter is a perverted reflection of spirit No edit summary current
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6,320 There are so many so-called swamis. They are coming, and they are preaching that "You are God. I am God." Then who is God? Everyone is God? No. Therefore you will find in the Vedic literature definition of God No edit summary current
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 Generally they (so-called swamis) are not attracted by the natural beauty of the woods, although they may assume the dress of a man who is meant to live in the woods No edit summary current
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 Because He (the Supreme Lord) is the Absolute Truth, His name, fame, form, qualities and pastimes are all identical with Him. His pastimes, therefore, cannot be equated with the sufferings of humanity as the so-called swami contends No edit summary current
• 16:4916:49, 27 May 2022 diff hist +28,886 Such (so-called) swamis (who are so frequently attracted by the cities often seek a kind of pleasure in society and feminine friendship) are seeking varieties of enjoyment in matter because they have no information of the variegatedness of spiritual life No edit summary
• 16:3016:30, 27 May 2022 diff hist +5,255 Liberation of the living entity from material bondage is not at all easy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 16:2916:29, 27 May 2022 diff hist +3,868 Krsna can satisfy His senses without any labor, but we have to satisfy our senses by dint of our labor. Not easy No edit summary current
• 16:2916:29, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4 We can quickly see that controlling the mind and body is not such an easy thing and that we cannot control them as easily as we can go to the store and purchase something. But Krsna indicates that these rules can be easily followed when we are in KC No edit summary current
• 16:2816:28, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2,414 To go back home, back to Godhead is not an easy thing. It requires great discipline of body and mind, and performance of pure devotional service No edit summary current
• 16:2816:28, 27 May 2022 diff hist +8,565 To become president or prime minister is not easy; one must work very hard (aruhya krcchrena) to achieve the post. And even though one may reach his goal, at any moment one may be kicked down by material nature No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,606 Although the Bhagavad-gita is the scripture of Hindus and the Indians, still, they are not so easy to accept Krsna consciousness. Because their brain is puzzled No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,309 Queen Suniti also stressed that the process of approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not easy, but is sought after by great sages who are very advanced in spiritual realization No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 27 May 2022 diff hist +5,995 Rukmini knew very well that obtaining the favor of Krsna was not easy. Since even Lord Siva must purify himself for this purpose, surely it would be difficult for Rukmini, who was only the daughter of a ksatriya king No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,129 Srila Sridhara Svami and all other acaryas, like Jiva Gosvami, agree that bhakti-yoga is not only easy, simple, natural and free from trouble, but is the only source of happiness for the human being No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 27 May 2022 diff hist +1,478 The confidential meaning of the Vedas is not easily understood by common men; therefore that meaning is supplemented by the words of the Puranas No edit summary current
• 16:2516:25, 27 May 2022 diff hist −5 If the path of bhakti is so easy, as the nondevotee class of men proclaim, then why do they take up the difficult path? Actually the path of bhakti is not easy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 16:0916:09, 27 May 2022 diff hist +7,080 Sadhu means pious, religious, honest person. Sadhu, whose character is spotless, he's called sadhu No edit summary current
• 16:0216:02, 27 May 2022 diff hist +8,060 You may advertise yourself or I may advertise myself, "I am a great religious person," but the test is how much you have learned to love God, how much you have advanced in that process No edit summary current
• 16:0116:01, 27 May 2022 diff hist +8,097 Married means that one should be satisfied with one woman and one man. That's all. And there is no question of divorce. Divorce is introduced by the modern rascals, but it is not sanctioned by any religious person No edit summary current
• 16:0016:00, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,694 What is dharma? Just like it is the duty of good citizen to abide by the laws of the state, similarly, dharmi, a person who is religious, means who is abiding by the laws of God. That's all. And who is not abiding, he is adharmi. That is the difference No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6,100 In the religious field of Kuruksetra where the father of religion, Sri Krsna, was present, the thoroughly religious persons, headed by Yudhisthira, would be established by the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:5515:55, 27 May 2022 diff hist +5,969 This is the significance of the words dharma-ksetre and kuru-ksetre (unwanted persons like Duryodhana others would be wiped out and the religious persons would be established by Krsna), apart from their historical and Vedic importance. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5514:55, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2,920 Persons who are religiously endowed will be terrified by such men - descendants of brahmana or ksatriya forefathers that are sudra-like No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 27 May 2022 diff hist −12 A person on religious category, he's advocating something, oh, it is not to be uttered. Homosex. You see? He's advocating homosex. Just see. These has been topsy-turvied No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 27 May 2022 diff hist +16,492 Religious person means No edit summary current
• 14:5314:53, 27 May 2022 diff hist +3,099 Real religious person means No edit summary current
• 09:1609:16, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2,286 When Ramacandra returned to Ayodhya, He was greeted on the road by the princely order, who showered His body with beautiful, fragrant flowers, while great personalities like Brahma, other demigods glorified the activities of the Lord in great jubilation No edit summary current
• 09:1609:16, 27 May 2022 diff hist −8 Their (the gopis') hands were decorated with bangles, their dresses were of varied colors, and from their hair, flowers fell onto the street like showers - SB 10.5.11 No edit summary current
• 07:3307:33, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2,228 Seeing the bumblebees following Purvacitti, Maharaja Agnidhra said: Just as great sages resort to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of flowers falling from your hair No edit summary current
• 07:2407:24, 27 May 2022 diff hist +10,202 On the death of Vrkasura, all the denizens in the higher planetary systems, namely the demigods, the pitrs, the Gandharvas and the inhabitants of Janaloka, showered flowers on the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,793 Laksmana said, "Great demigods were overwhelmed with joy and showered flowers on the earth" No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 27 May 2022 diff hist +1,754 Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, the great sage Angira, and similar directors of universal management showered flowers and chanted mantras indicating the transcendental glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 27 May 2022 diff hist +3,897 This showering of flowers from heaven is a sign of recognition by great demigods, and it should never be compared to the decoration of a dead body No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2,252 They are incessantly chanting the mantras of the Sama Veda and the Upanisads, thus offering prayers to you. Just as great sages resort to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of flowers falling from your hair No edit summary current
• 07:1807:18, 27 May 2022 diff hist −8 The showers of flowers are compared to the stars. His yellow garments are compared to the rainbow. So all these activities of the firmament, being impossible simultaneous factors, cannot be adjusted by comparison No edit summary current
• 07:1807:18, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6,259 There were beating of drums and showering of flowers from the heavenly planets, and the wives of the demigods danced in ecstasy No edit summary current
• 07:1407:14, 27 May 2022 diff hist +4,719 The great sages and the demigods, being pleased, began to shower flowers. At the seashore there was the sound of mild waves, and above the sea there were clouds in the sky which began to thunder very pleasingly No edit summary current
• 07:1307:13, 27 May 2022 diff hist +5,880 The Gandharvas and Kinnaras began to sing, and, accompanied by their respective wives, all the Gandharvas began to shower flowers on the dancers No edit summary current