User contributions for Soham
31 May 2022
- 09:3509:35, 31 May 2022 diff hist +20,799 N It may be noted at this point that the Ninth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita is especially meant for those who have already accepted Sri Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, it is meant for His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It may be noted at this point that the Ninth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita is especially meant for those who have already accepted..."
- 04:4404:44, 31 May 2022 diff hist +11,546 N If we want to take this risk (during death, nature giving type of body for which we are fit), we can avoid Krsna; if we don't want to take it, Krsna will come to help us Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we want to take this risk, we can avoid Kṛṣṇa; if we don't want to take it, Kṛṣṇa will come to help us"}} {{not..."
- 04:2104:21, 31 May 2022 diff hist +11,596 N At that time (during death) the fragmental portion (jivatma) comes under the dictation of material nature, and prakrti (nature) gives us the type of body for which we are fit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time the fragmental portion (jīvātmā) comes under the dictation of material nature, and prakṛti (nature) gives us..." current
- 04:1504:15, 31 May 2022 diff hist +11,411 N At that time (during death) our stout and strong body and our intelligence - which don't care for anything - are vanquished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time our stout and strong body and our intelligence - which don't care for anything - are vanquished"}} {{notes|}} {{c..." current
- 04:0904:09, 31 May 2022 diff hist +11,548 N In this world death is the most certain thing; no one can avoid it. When death comes, no longer will our puffed-up philosophy or advanced degrees help us Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in this world death is the most certain thing; no one can avoid it. When death comes, no longer will our puffed-up philosophy..." current
- 04:0404:04, 31 May 2022 diff hist +11,534 N This is a very risky life, and it is the densest part of illusion. We should become very serious and understand that death is waiting. We have heard the expression, - as sure as death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a very risky life, and it is the densest part of illusion. We should become very serious and understand that death is..."
30 May 2022
- 16:3816:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist 0 Everyone is subject to the law of death, yet no one takes it seriously. This is illusion. Thinking we will live forever, we go on doing whatever we like, feeling that we will never be held responsible No edit summary current
- 16:3716:37, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,588 N Everyone is subject to the law of death, yet no one takes it seriously. This is illusion. Thinking we will live forever, we go on doing whatever we like, feeling that we will never be held responsible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone is subject to the law of death, yet no one takes it seriously. This is illusion. Thinking we will live forever, we go..."
- 16:2216:22, 30 May 2022 diff hist +3 Every day there are obituaries, and if we bother to go to the cemetery or crematorium grounds we can validate them. Yet everyone is thinking, - Somehow or other I'll live No edit summary current
- 16:2116:21, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,446 N Every day there are obituaries, and if we bother to go to the cemetery or crematorium grounds we can validate them. Yet everyone is thinking, - Somehow or other I'll live Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every day there are obituaries, and if we bother to go to the cemetery or crematorium grounds we can validate them. Yet everyo..."
- 16:1716:17, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,649 N Every minute and every second we experience that living entities are going to the temple of death. Men, insects, animals, birds - everyone is going. This world, therefore, is called mrtyuloka - the planet of death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every minute and every second we experience that living entities are going to the temple of death. Men, insects, animals, bird..."
- 16:1316:13, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,731 When Yudhisthira Maharaja was asked, "What is the most wonderful thing in the world?" he replied, - The most wonderful thing is that every day, every moment, people are dying, and yet everyone thinks that death will not come for him No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,722 N When Yudhisthira Maharaja was asked, "What is the most wonderful thing in the world?" he replied, - The most wonderful thing is that every day, every moment, people are dying, and yet everyone thinks that death will not come for him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja was asked, "What is the most wonderful thing in the world?" he replied, "The most wonderful th..."
- 15:4315:43, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,396 N This (path of birth and death) is called mrtyu-samsara-vartmani. If one wants to avoid this path, he must take to Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani. If one wants to avoid this path, he must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{no..."
- 15:4115:41, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,778 N On the path of birth and death we take our birth, remain for some time, enjoy or suffer, then again give up this body and enter into the womb of a mother, either human being or animal, then prepare another body to come out and begin our work again Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the path of birth and death we take our birth, remain for some time, enjoy or suffer, then again give up this body and ente..."
- 15:3615:36, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,473 N One may not necessarily be born again as a human being, or in America, or in India, or even on this planet. There is no certainty; it all depends on our work Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may not necessarily be born again as a human being, or in America, or in India, or even on this planet. There is no certai..." current
- 15:1815:18, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,583 Aprapya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani (BG 9.3). Being subjected to samsara, the cycle of birth and death, does not guarantee that one will necessarily get a similar facility for understanding Bhagavad-gita in the next life No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,606 N Aprapya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani (BG 9.3). Being subjected to samsara, the cycle of birth and death, does not guarantee that one will necessarily get a similar facility for understanding Bhagavad-gita in the next life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Aprapya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani (BG 9.3). Being subjected to samsara, the cycle of birth and death, does not gua..."
- 13:2613:26, 30 May 2022 diff hist −22 Krsna states that those who reject Bhagavad-gita as authority cannot have any connection with Him, and because they have no relation to Him, they remain in the cycle of birth and death No edit summary current
- 13:2613:26, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,636 N Krsna states that those who reject Bhagavad-gita as authority cannot have any connection with Him, and because they have no relation to Him, they remain in the cycle of birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa states in the above quoted verse that those who reject Bhagavad-gītā as authority cannot have any connection wit..."
- 12:4812:48, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,713 N Despite acceptance by the scholars and acaryas, there are persons who do not accept Bhagavad-gita and who have no faith. They do not accept it at all as authority, for they think that it is some sentimental exaggeration by a man known as Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Despite acceptance by the scholars and acaryas, there are persons who do not accept Bhagavad-gita and who have no faith. They..."
- 12:3412:34, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,522 N In the West also Bhagavad-gita is accepted as a great book of philosophy, and many great scholars and philosophers in the West have read it and commented upon it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the West also Bhagavad-gita is accepted as a great book of philosophy, and many great scholars and philosophers in the West..." current
- 12:2712:27, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,879 Bhagavad-gita is also religion. Great authorities like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Lord Caitanya, Sankaracarya, & so many others have accepted Bhagavad-gita as the supreme principle of religion and Krsna as the SPG. There is no doubt about it No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,811 N Bhagavad-gita is also religion. Great authorities like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Lord Caitanya, Sankaracarya, & so many others have accepted Bhagavad-gita as the supreme principle of religion and Krsna as the SPG. There is no doubt about it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā is also religion. Great authorities like Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, Lord Caitanya,..."
- 09:5409:54, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,553 N One may create some bylaws for his own society, but these laws must be sanctioned by the law of the State. Similarly, if we wish to make some principle of religion, it must be sanctioned by the Vedic authority Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may create some bylaws for his own society, but these laws must be sanctioned by the law of the State. Similarly, if we wi..."
- 09:4909:49, 30 May 2022 diff hist +48 Religion has been called the law of God. It is not possible for a person to manufacture a State law. The law is there, and it is given by the State No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,328 N Religion has been called the law of God. It is not possible for a person to manufacture a State law. The law is there, and it is given by the State Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Religion has been called the law of God. It is not possible for a person to manufacture a State law"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|S..."
- 09:4009:40, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,360 N It is not possible to manufacture a religion. A true religion must come from an authorized source, and that source is either God or His representative Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not possible to manufacture a religion. A true religion must come from an authorized source, and that source is either G..." current
- 07:5407:54, 30 May 2022 diff hist +11,379 N Those who are engaged in devotional service are acting for Krsna or God, and since in this way there is connection with God, Krsna consciousness is a religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are engaged in devotional service are acting for Kṛṣṇa or God, and since in this way there is connection with..." current
29 May 2022
- 15:2615:26, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,575 N By definition, religion is that which connects us with God. If it is not capable of connecting us with God, it is no religion. Religion means searching for God, understanding God and establishing a relationship with God. This is religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By definition, religion is that which connects us with God. If it is not capable of connecting us with God, it is no religion...."
- 15:1915:19, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,640 N Only the foolish try to adjust to this world; the real problem is how to get out of it. Those who do attempt to adjust and who never turn to Krsna are continually subject to transmigration in the ocean of birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only the foolish try to adjust to this world; the real problem is how to get out of it. Those who do attempt to adjust and who..."
- 15:1115:11, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,572 N To our misfortune, we try to identify with this ocean and stop its tossing. We must not try to stop the tossing. It is not possible. In any case, the tossing will go on, for that is the law of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To our misfortune, we try to identify with this ocean and stop its tossing. We must not try to stop the tossing. It is not pos..." current
- 13:0613:06, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,763 N I understand now that am simply put here, as if thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. I may not in any way identify with the Atlantic Ocean, but I am subject to the tossing of the ocean. Actually I am a spiritual spark, a fragmental part of You. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I understand now that am simply put here, as if thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. I may not in any way identify with the Atlanti..." current
- 12:5512:55, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,649 N He (one who has submitted to Krsna) should say, "Krsna, I am suffering in this way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly pick me up Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He should say, "Kṛṣṇa, I am suffering in this way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly pick..."
- 12:4312:43, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,560 N In addition to giving and receiving, in the execution of devotional service one has to submit to Krsna whatever distress or confidential problem he has Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In addition to giving and receiving, in the execution of devotional service one has to submit to Krsna whatever distress or co..."
- 12:3512:35, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,725 N Love means taking and giving also. If we just take from someone and give him nothing in return, that is not love - it is exploitation. It is not that we should just continue eating without ever offering anything to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Love means taking and giving also. If we just take from someone and give him nothing in return, that is not love - it is explo..." current
- 12:3012:30, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,689 N We are taking from Krsna so much light, air, food, water and so on. Unless these resources are supplied by Krsna, no one can live. Is it love to simply keep taking and taking and taking without ever offering anything in return Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are taking from Krsna so much light, air, food, water and so on. Unless these resources are supplied by Krsna, no one can l..." current
- 10:5910:59, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,350 N It is not that we should simply take things from Krsna and offer Him nothing. Everyone is taking something from God, so why not give something Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that we should simply take things from Kṛṣṇa and offer Him nothing. Everyone is taking something from God, so..." current
- 10:5410:54, 29 May 2022 diff hist +6 Sri Krsna Himself says, "I am not there in My abode, or in the heart of the meditating yogi but where my pure devotees are singing." We can feel the presence of Krsna as we actually make progress No edit summary current
- 10:5410:54, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,572 N Sri Krsna Himself says, "I am not there in My abode, or in the heart of the meditating yogi but where my pure devotees are singing." We can feel the presence of Krsna as we actually make progress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sri Krsna Himself says, "I am not there in My abode, or in the heart of the meditating yogi but where my pure devotees are sin..."
- 10:4610:46, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,320 N Since hearing is no less an important experience or valid one than seeing, we can hear Krsna and realize His presence through sound Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since hearing is no less an important experience or valid one than seeing, we can hear Krsna and realize His presence through..."
- 07:1207:12, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,679 N Seeing may eventually be there, but hearing should not be considered any less important. There are things which we hear but do not see - the wind may be whistling past our ears, and we can hear it, but there is no possibility of seeing the wind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Seeing may eventually be there, but hearing should not be considered any less important. There are things which we hear but do..." current
- 06:4006:40, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,575 N Seeing, tasting, smelling, touching, and hearing are all instruments for experience and knowledge. Why do we put such exclusive stress on seeing? A devotee does not wish to see Krsna; he is satisfied by simply hearing of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Seeing, tasting, smelling, touching, and hearing are all instruments for experience and knowledge. Why do we put such exclusiv..."
- 05:2705:27, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,744 N The sound Krsna and the original Krsna are the same. When we chant Hare Krsna and dance, Krsna is also dancing with us. Of course we may say, "Well, I do not see Him," but why do we put so much stress on seeing? Why not hearing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sound Krsna and the original Krsna are the same. When we chant Hare Krsna and dance, Krsna is also dancing with us. Of cou..."
- 05:1305:13, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,677 N The chanting of Hare Krsna is most important in order to escape from this ocean. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is a sound (sabda) that is non-different from Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The chanting of Hare Krsna is most important in order to escape from this ocean. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Har..." current
- 05:0405:04, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,627 N Actually we have nothing to do with the tossing waves of material miseries. We must simply pray, "Krsna, please pick me up." As soon as we forget Krsna, the ocean of illusion is there, and it at once captures us Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually we have nothing to do with the tossing waves of material miseries. We must simply pray, "Krsna, please pick me up." A..."
- 04:4004:40, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,346 N God is pavitram, pure, and we are also pure. Somehow or other, however, we have fallen into this material ocean, and as the waves toss, we suffer Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is pavitram, pure, and we are also pure. Somehow or other, however, we have fallen into this material ocean, and as the wa..."
- 04:3404:34, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,462 N God is neither Moslem nor Hindu nor Christian - He is God. Nor are we to be considered Hindu, Moslem or Christian. These are bodily designations. We are all pure spirit, part and parcel of the Supreme Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is neither Moslem nor Hindu nor Christian - He is God. Nor are we to be considered Hindu, Moslem or Christian. These are b..."
- 04:2804:28, 29 May 2022 diff hist +11,280 N There is no difference between this (Hindu) process and that (Christian) process and; the point is whatever process one follows, he must become God conscious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no difference between this process and that process; the point is whatever process one follows, he must become God co..."