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- 17:4017:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,197 The person who constructs a skyscraper is a materialist, and the person who constructs a temple of Visnu is atmarama No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +16 The nine Visnu temples known as Naya-tripati (Nava-tirupati) are situated in & around Alvar Tirunagarai. This is a town about seventeen miles southeast of Tirunelveli. All the Deities of the temples assemble together during a yearly festival in the town No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,961 The common man can benefit more by meditating on the form of Visnu in the temple than on the omkara, the spiritual combination of a-u-m as explained before No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,736 At Devasthana, Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Lord Visnu, and there He talked with the Vaisnavas in the disciplic succession of Ramanujacarya. These Vaisnavas are known as Sri Vaisnavas No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,750 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited the Visnu temples of Anantadeva, Purusottama, Sri Janardana, Padmanabha and Vasudeva No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,323 Since the Supreme Lord, Visnu, is situated in the core of everyone's heart, every body is a temple of Visnu. One should not misuse this understanding as an excuse for such words as daridra-narayana No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,233 As a materialist engages in constructing a big skyscraper, a devotee engages in constructing a big temple for Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,775 Although a philanthropist's opening an educational institution may be pious activity, it comes under the laws of karma, whereas constructing a temple for Visnu is devotional service No edit summary current
- 17:3017:30, 30 May 2022 diff hist +16 A neophyte's concentration or meditation upon the limbs of Visnu in the temple, as contemplated in the revealed scriptures, is an easy opportunity for meditation for persons who are unable to sit down tightly at one place No edit summary current
- 16:5116:51, 30 May 2022 diff hist +3,280 It is stated in the Skanda Purana that during this period (Caturmasya), if someone circumambulates the temple of Visnu at least four times, it is understood that he has traveled all over the universe No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 30 May 2022 diff hist +2,032 There were nine temples of Lord Visnu at Naya-tripati, on the bank of the river Tamraparni, and after bathing in the river, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the Deities with great curiosity and wandered on No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,114 There are different procedures and rules and regulations which are followed in temples of Visnu, and devotees go there and see the Deity, the vigraha, and spiritually enjoy the form because all of the Deities are benevolent No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,179 The worship of the Visnu Deity in the temple is also visnu-yajna. In all Visnu temples, therefore, the priest who takes care of the arcana-vidhi must be very clean No edit summary current
- 16:4516:45, 30 May 2022 diff hist +14 If one worships as prescribed in the temple (in the temples in India there is always some statue, usually of Visnu or Krsna), that is a chance to progress. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:4516:45, 30 May 2022 diff hist −5 The Bindu Madhava temple is the oldest Visnu temple in Varanasi. At present this temple is known as Veni Madhava, and it is situated on the banks of the Ganges No edit summary current
- 16:4416:44, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,902 Ghosts are always very bad elements, always creating a fearful situation for others. The ghostlike nondevotees who have no respect for the pure devotees, nor for the Visnu Deity in the temples, create a fearful situation for the devotees at all times No edit summary current
- 16:4416:44, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,929 Such engagements (construction of Visnu's temple) are called krsnarthe akhila-cesta, variegated activities performed to please Krsna. A philanthropist's opening a school building and a devotee's constructing a temple are not on the same level No edit summary current
- 16:4116:41, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,672 Especially for this age of Kali, the process accepted by the Krsna consciousness movement is to open hundreds and thousands of Visnu temples No edit summary current
- 16:4116:41, 30 May 2022 diff hist +3,704 As Sisumara, Visnuloka or Dhruvaloka are completely different from this material world, so a Visnu temple within this world is also completely different from this material world No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist −5 Another Visnu temple, named Sri Janardana, is situated about twenty-six miles north of the Trivandrum district, near the railway station called Varkala No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,057 Residential quarters in a temple of Visnu, the Supreme Lord, are in Vaikuntha. It doesn’t matter where the temple is situated; the temple itself, wherever it may be, is Vaikuntha No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,627 Residential quarters in a temple of Visnu, the Supreme Lord, are in Vaikuntha No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,180 Actually people in the Vedic culture worship both the Powerful and the power. There are many hundreds and thousands of temples of Visnu and Devi, and sometimes they are worshiped simultaneously No edit summary current
- 16:3916:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,368 According to the advice of His father, Vasudeva, He (Balarama) offered oblations to the forefathers in this Visnu temple. From here He traveled to the delta of the Ganges, where the sacred river Ganges mixes with the Bay of Bengal No edit summary current
- 16:3916:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +14 A temple of Ananta Padmanabha Visnu is situated in the Trivandrum district (Thiruvananthapuram). This temple is very famous in those quarters No edit summary current
- 16:3816:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,246 On the right side of the waist is the temple of Lord Visnu, on the right arm the temple of Lord Madhusudana, and on the right side of the collarbone the temple of Lord Trivikrama No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,650 When the living entity is in material consciousness, he has to take on various bodies in the material world. That is called karma, or varied creation by the force of material consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,620 So long there is deliberation of sinful and pious activities, that is called karma. Karma has got two results, either suffering or enjoying. Of course, in this material world there is no enjoyment. But with the hope of enjoyment, we agree to suffer No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,794 Practically there are three processes for elevating one to the platform of spiritual consciousness. These processes are called karma, jnana and bhakti No edit summary current
- 16:2316:23, 30 May 2022 diff hist +10 Ritualistic activities are called karma. Karmis who adopt devotional service very loosely and who therefore remain on the platform of material activities are called prakrta-sahajiyas No edit summary current
- 16:2316:23, 30 May 2022 diff hist −16 When the living entity is in material consciousness, he has to take on various bodies in the material world. That is called karma, or varied creation by the force of material consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:2316:23, 30 May 2022 diff hist +77,627 In every field of life we enjoy the results of our work, or we suffer the results. This is called karma. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 30 May 2022 diff hist +2,608 A person who works very hard, no matter in what occupation, and who offers the result of the work to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is called a karma-yogi No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,829 It is better for you to go home, simply talk about Me (Krsna) & think of Me, & by this process of constantly remembering Me & chanting My names you will surely be elevated to the spiritual platform. There is no need to stand near Me. Please go back home No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,803 Everyone can be elevated to the spiritual platform by the process of bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 15:5915:59, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,466 Then at the time of death the mind, (when elevated to the spiritual platform) intelligence and ego will no longer be materially contaminated. The living entity is present, and the mind, intelligence and ego are also present No edit summary current
- 15:5915:59, 30 May 2022 diff hist +2,721 The effect of adhering to the institution of varnasrama is gradual elevation to the spiritual platform and liberation from material bondage No edit summary current
- 15:5815:58, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,279 Considering the position of devotional service and the sankirtana movement, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu deemed the system of varnasrama-dharma to be material, although it aims at elevation to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 15:5715:57, 30 May 2022 diff hist +4,715 Only a father and mother who can elevate their son to the spiritual platform are bona fide parents No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 When one is elevated to the spiritual platform, there are no more bodily necessities (namely eating, sleeping, mating and defending), and in activities pertaining to the bodily necessities there are no spiritual considerations No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 In the Mahabharata there is a verse - ramante yogino 'nante - to the effect that the yogis (yogino), those who are endeavoring to elevate themselves to the spiritual platform, are actually enjoying (ramante), but their enjoyment is anante, endless No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 If we engage our speech in describing the activities of the Lord and our ears in hearing about His pastimes, and if we follow the regulative principles to keep the mind intact for advancing in Kc, we shall certainly be elevated to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,448 The people of the world are very much harassed by so-called religious-principled svamis, yogis, karmis and jnanis, but none of these can show the right way to become elevated to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 15:5015:50, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,835 Even one is not in goodness, even one is in the darkest part of the quality of ignorance, still, he can be immediately elevated to the spiritual platform, which is recommended by Krsna, that you have come to the platform above the modes of goodness No edit summary current
- 15:5015:50, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 By living in Vrndavana as a dog, hog or monkey, the living entity can be elevated to the spiritual platform in the next life No edit summary current
- 15:4815:48, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 Association with great personalities, devotees who are great souls, will elevate one to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 30 May 2022 diff hist −6 According to their philosophy, through sexual indulgence one can elevate oneself to the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 30 May 2022 diff hist +6,755 If the total populace is untruthful, how can the state be happy? Therefore, without consideration of one's belonging to a sectarian religion, whether Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect, everyone should be taught to become truthful No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 30 May 2022 diff hist +5,577 We have not manufactured a new type of religious sect or method of philosophy No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 30 May 2022 diff hist −12 In this age of a godless civilization, the sages of world-recognized religious sects who believe in God must come out of their secluded places and preach the science of God, the Supreme Will, to the people in general No edit summary current