User contributions for Anurag

29 May 2022

• 16:2816:28, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,464 The unmarried gopis used to prepare the deity of goddess Durga and worship it with candana pulp, garlands, incense, lamps and all kinds of presentations - fruits, grain and twigs of plants No edit summary current
• 16:2516:25, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,487 Generally Bengalis, especially those who are meat-eaters and drunkards, are very much attached to worshiping the goddesses Durga, Kali, Sitala and Candi No edit summary current
• 16:2416:24, 29 May 2022 diff hist +1,604 From that day on, he did not go into the interior section of the house. Instead, he would sleep on the Durga-mandapa (the place where mother Durga was worshiped) No edit summary current
• 16:2216:22, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11 People do not know what they are doing when they worship the material energy in the form of goddess Kali or Durga for material boons. They ask, "Mother, give me great riches, give me a good wife, give me fame, give me victory No edit summary current
• 16:2116:21, 29 May 2022 diff hist +4,030 One who has forgotten the real aim of life may worship goddess Durga, maya-sakti, under various names, for different purposes, and in different places No edit summary current
• 15:4315:43, 29 May 2022 diff hist +7,036 One who is trying to concentrate his mind on the imperson, or voidness, it is very difficult and troublesome No edit summary current
• 15:2315:23, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,221 His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people No edit summary current
• 15:2315:23, 29 May 2022 diff hist −23 The general mass of people mistake the body for the self, and therefore they are always busy trying to maintain the body very nicely. A devotee should not associate with such people No edit summary current
• 15:2215:22, 29 May 2022 diff hist +9,987 You cannot expect all men to understand what is religion and what is not religion, general mass of people. So what is the position of a person or any being who does not know to make distinction what is dharma and adharma? No edit summary current
• 15:2115:21, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,744 This virat-rupa of the Lord was especially manifested, not for the benefit of Arjuna, but for that unintelligent class of men who accept anyone and everyone as an incarnation of the Lord and so mislead the general mass of people No edit summary current
• 15:2015:20, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,409 If the scientists, philosophers, they take up seriously then it will be good for the general mass of people. Yad yad acarati sresthah. You are recognized leaders, so if you help them to accept, that will be great service No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,674 For them (the general mass of people) the indication is that one should ask the cheap incarnation to exhibit his virat-rupa and thus be established as an incarnation No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,447 The intelligent class of men, the brahmanas, are especially responsible for broadcasting this knowledge of our relationship with the Lord and leading the general mass of people to the right path No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,621 Everyone enjoys play-acting, only there is at present a dearth of proper material for elevating the general mass of people to the proper standards. Practically, the whole world is going to hell No edit summary current
• 15:1515:15, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,989 Due to the shortcomings of limited national activities, such a general mass welfare program (in the form of the United Nations) for the whole world is not practically possible No edit summary current
• 15:1515:15, 29 May 2022 diff hist +16,644 Detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth-all these I thus declare to be knowledge and what is contrary to these is ignorance. BG 13.8-12 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 15:1515:15, 29 May 2022 diff hist +8,878 The general mass of people work very hard, especially in the age of Kali No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 29 May 2022 diff hist +17,346 Aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth - all these I declare to be knowledge No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,693 Anyone from any part of the world who becomes well conversant in the science of Krsna becomes a pure devotee and a spiritual master for the general mass of people and may reclaim them by purification of heart No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,249 An executive head should not be callous to the welfare of the general mass of people while he simply goes on collecting taxes No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 29 May 2022 diff hist +4,887 So actually this yoga system (hatha yoga) is very, very difficult. It may be possible by some solitary man, but for the general mass of people it is not possible No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,803 Actually this yoga system is very, very difficult. It may be possible by some solitary man, but for the general mass of people it is not possible No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,989 Vaikuntha realization is possible by any devotee of the Lord situated in the transcendental position as a result of devotional service No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 29 May 2022 diff hist +7,070 One devotee told Daruka, the servant of Krsna, "My dear Daruka, when you become like wood because of your separation from Krsna, it is not so wonderful. Whenever any devotee sees Krsna, his eyes become filled with water" No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 29 May 2022 diff hist +2,933 In other words, since the goddess of fortune stays on the bosom of Narayana, she naturally sees any devotee who worships Narayana No edit summary current
• 15:0315:03, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,725 If any devotee offers Him even a small leaf, or a flower or water, if it is offered with love and affection, the Lord accepts it and is pleased No edit summary current
• 15:0215:02, 29 May 2022 diff hist +4,341 Ekatva is also liberation, but that sort of liberation is never accepted by any devotee, for qualitative oneness is immediately attained as soon as one is situated in devotional service No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 29 May 2022 diff hist +32 Any devotee who is acting in devotional service dedicates his life and body for the purpose of the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,396 Any devotee who has developed genuine Love for Krishna can also explain the truth about Krishna because Krishna helps such sincere devotee seated in his heart No edit summary
• 14:5714:57, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,015 Any devotee who believes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Lord is a pure devotee, even though he may be in the neophyte stage. By his association, others may also become Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 14:5614:56, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,400 Any devotee who believes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Lord is a pure devotee No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 29 May 2022 diff hist +8,537 Aryan refers to those who are civilized, whose manners are regulated according to the Vedic rituals. Any devotee who is chanting the holy name of the Lord is the best kind of Aryan No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 29 May 2022 diff hist +2,901 It is certainly a great fall to go from human life to animal life, but in the case of Bharata Maharaja or any devotee, devotional service to the Lord never goes in vain No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3 Unlike Navadvipa, there are hardly any devotees in Varanasi. Consequently a discussion of Srimad-Bhagavatam was very rare in Varanasi No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,902 As far as liberation is concerned, any devotee fully engaged in the service of the Lord is already liberated; therefore there is no separate necessity for his liberation No edit summary current
• 14:4514:45, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,032 Any devotee of the Lord on the surface of the earth is always praised by them, and in the case of Maharaja Pariksit they were greatly delighted and thus gave tokens of honor by scattering flowers over the earth and by beating celestial drums No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,997 One should not accept another's duty. If one is born in a particular society or community, he should perform the prescribed duties for that particular division No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,329 Anything created by God is enjoyed by everyone, not that a particular type of society or a particular type of community. God's gift is enjoyable by everyone. That is actually spiritual communism No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,518 When one accepts the renounced order of life, he automatically assumes the title of svami. This does not mean that he is the master of his family, community or society; he must be master of his senses No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,505 When one accepts the renounced order of life, he assumes the title of svami. This does not mean that he is the master of his family, community or society; he must be master of his senses No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 29 May 2022 diff hist +8,300 Krsna is not for a particular society or particular religious community or particular country or particular time. No. Krsna is the leader of all men for all the time in all the countries, worlds & universes. He is not a sectarian Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 29 May 2022 diff hist −10 In the mundane field an outlook of doing good to others in the form of society, community, family, country or humanity is a partial manifestation of the same original feeling in which a pure living entity feels happiness by the happiness of the Supreme No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3,381 They are creating societies of sense gratification. Therefore, in any group, either in societies, or communities, or nations, or at last in the United Nations, they are all unhappy. Because the real point is missing No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 29 May 2022 diff hist +4,248 If one is fortunate enough to transcend the designation of birth in a particular society or community by being elevated to the standard of spiritual identity, then his sva-dharma, or duty, is solely that of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 29 May 2022 diff hist −10 The householders are specifically responsible for seeing that the laws of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are maintained, without fighting between men, communities, societies or nations No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,705 Sometimes devotees come in a particular type of family to deliver the community or the society No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 29 May 2022 diff hist +7,297 Akrura continued, "Only by chance do we assemble together in a family, society, community, nation, at the end, because every one of us has to give up the body, we must be separated. One should not, be unnecessarily affectionate toward family members" No edit summary current
• 14:0614:06, 29 May 2022 diff hist +20,675 Krsna consciousness is the utmost necessity for all divisions of society. Every chapter and every conclusion of Bhagavad-gita aim toward Krsna consciousness. Sri Krsna, who is speaking Bhagavad-gita, is always stressing devotion to His personal Self No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6,189 He (Krsna) is so kind and liberal that He immediately gives everything, even His personal self, to any person who surrenders unto Him No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 29 May 2022 diff hist +5,079 When there is profit, then there is sense gratification. That's, this is their aim. When they get some money, immediately how to spend it for sense gratification, not only for personal self but also family No edit summary current