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- 09:2909:29, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,485 He (the first class devotee) attains firm faith in the scriptures by understanding with all reasons and arguments. When we speak of arguments and reason, it means arguments and reason on the basis of revealed scripture No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 4 June 2022 diff hist +9 A brahmana's qualifications are mentioned in BG as truthfulness, mental equanimity, control of the senses, the power of tolerance, simplicity, knowledge of the Absolute Truth, firm faith in scripture, and practical application of these qualities in life No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,256 Generally, persons who had faith in the revealed scriptures accepted the Lord (Krsna) as He is, and all of them merged into great bereavement when the Lord disappeared from the world No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,002 The Supreme Lord is very favorable towards all activities performed according to brahminical culture, or the qualities of control of the senses and mind, cleanliness, forbearance, faith in scripture, and practical and theoretical knowledge No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,202 Guru tests his disciple's intelligence No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 4 June 2022 diff hist +2,794 O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of Pandu, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple, the son of Drupada. BG 1.3 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,528 Unless that spiritual want is fulfilled, unless that spiritual relationship is reestablished, nobody can be happy No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 4 June 2022 diff hist +7,437 Unless one is able to see everything as spiritual in relation with the Supreme Lord, one must always distinguish between spirit and matter No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,803 Their (so-called devotees known as sahajiyas) superficial imitation can create havoc on the path for the advancement of one's spiritual relationship with the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,336 The childish propensity of stealing is there even in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore this propensity is not artificial. However, in the spiritual relationship there is no inebriety to this stealing propensity No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,521 As spiritual beings, having eternal relations with that transcendental form of the Lord, we are, life after life, searching after that form of the Lord, and we are not satisfied by any other form of material appeasement No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 4 June 2022 diff hist +13 Simply because a tiger is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord does not mean that we embrace him because of his spiritual relationship with the Supreme Lord. We must associate only with persons who have developed Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 09:0309:03, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,968 Philosophers with a poor fund of knowledge cannot conceive of these positive spiritual relationships between the Lord and the all-spiritual living beings, and thus they simply think in terms of negating material relationships No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 4 June 2022 diff hist +5,792 Everything is complete in this world. There is no scarcity. We have simply created scarcity by our mismanagement. But if we take up the laws as they are prescribed in the scriptures and live peacefully, there is no scarcity No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 4 June 2022 diff hist +20,574 Even in our rebellious condition we get all our necessities from Him (the Lord), such as food, air, light, water, warmth, and coolness. Yet because we have detached ourselves from Him, we simply mismanage this paternal property No edit summary current
- 08:3108:31, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,184 Unwanted creepers described by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 4 June 2022 diff hist +19,880 The plight of such Mayavadi philosophers is described by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami: The Mayavadi philosophers of Benares were less intelligent because they wanted to measure everything by direct perception No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 4 June 2022 diff hist +7,292 Commenting on verses (of CC Adi12) 13 through 17, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives an extensive description of the descendants of Advaita Acarya No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,157 As explained in previous verses (of SB 10.2.8), Yogamaya was requested to attract Sankarsana, Baladeva, from the womb of Devaki to the womb of Rohini, and this was a very heavy task for her No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,132 I am just trying to write my books, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Nectar of Devotion, and Krishna, and lately Vedanta Sutra. So certainly this is heavy task but by the Grace of Krishna, it does not depress me. I feel encouraged to act so busily day and night No edit summary current
- 08:2608:26, 4 June 2022 diff hist −13 The Supreme Personality of Godhead gives credit to a devotee who performs any heavy task perfectly. Hanumanji, or Vajrangaji, the servant of Lord Ramacandra, serves as an example No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 4 June 2022 diff hist +2,481 O Uddhava, please tell me (Vidura) how is Pradyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Yadus, who was Cupid in a former life? Rukmini bore him as her son from Lord Krsna, by the grace of brahmanas whom she pleased No edit summary current
- 08:2208:22, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,741 Vasudeva was Prsni in his former life, and Devaki was Sutapa. Sutapa. Sutapa means one who can perform austerities and penance very nicely. Su means nicely, and tapah No edit summary current
- 08:2008:20, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,729 The Lord can stay wherever He likes. Devaki, therefore, in accordance with the desire of her former life, now had the opportunity to seek the benediction of having the Supreme Personality of Godhead as her son, Devaki-nandana No edit summary
- 08:2008:20, 4 June 2022 diff hist +7,458 Most of you were, in your former life, you were smoking or taking intoxication. But by some influence, if you sometimes take to it, yes, if you are conscious, "Oh, I have done wrong," but that is excused if you have done unconscious No edit summary current
- 08:1908:19, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,992 King Nrga said, "I think that this great desire to see You (Krsna), combined with my tendency to perform ritualistic and charitable activities, has enabled me to retain the memory of who I was in my former life, even though I became a lizard No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,924 Out of His immensely charitable disposition He can award some temporary powers to the yogis because of the yogis hankering after them No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 4 June 2022 diff hist +5,983 Charitable disposition of mind is there in everyone's heart, but one does not know how to make the best use of charity. Best use of... Not only charity - whatever you spend, you must spend for Krsna No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,135 Student life is meant for acquiring the best education; household family life is meant for gratifying the senses, provided it is performed with a charitable disposition of mind No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 4 June 2022 diff hist +7,576 Pseudomendicants should not take advantage of the charitable disposition of the faithful householders No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,510 After the departure of King Nrga, Lord Krsna expressed His appreciation for the King's devotion to the brahmanas as well as his charitable disposition and his performance of Vedic rituals No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,857 Advancement of learning, a charitable disposition, political, social or religious leadership of human society, philosophical speculations, the practice of the yoga system, expertise in the Vedic rituals No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,192 To fight is the religious principle of the ksatriyas, and although one has to fight with some friend or relative, one should not deviate from his prescribed duty. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 4 June 2022 diff hist +2,571 Therefore, you should always think of Me in the form of Krsna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind & intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt. BG 8.7 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 08:0008:00, 4 June 2022 diff hist +2,726 Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krsna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt No edit summary current
- 07:5907:59, 4 June 2022 diff hist +78,010 Arjuna, you should always think of Me (Krsna), and at the same time you should continue your prescribed duty & fight. With your mind & activities always fixed on Me & everything engaged in Me, you will attain to Me without any doubt. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 07:5907:59, 4 June 2022 diff hist +5,997 Arjuna, you should always think of Me (Krsna) in the form of Krsna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt No edit summary current
- 07:5807:58, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,624 Arjuna's prescribed duty was to fight, and the perfection of his fighting was tested by the satisfaction of Krsna. Krsna wanted him to fight, and when he fought for the satisfaction of the Lord, that was the perfection of his professional devotional duty No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 4 June 2022 diff hist +7,640 Although Arjuna was a ksatriya, he was deviating from his prescribed duties by declining to fight. This act of cowardice is described as befitting the non-Aryans. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,984 Nothing should be used for one's sense gratification. That is real renunciation. Nor should one unnecessarily increase the necessities of the body No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 4 June 2022 diff hist +5,710 When one renounces this false attitude and renounces the puffed-up position that he is also God, that is real renunciation. Otherwise, there is no meaning of renunciation No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 4 June 2022 diff hist −13 He (the paramahamsa devotee) loves every living being in relation with the Supreme Lord. Real renunciation means perfect dependence on God. Every living being is dependent on someone else because he is so made No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 4 June 2022 diff hist +16,179 Self-control means that one should not accept anything which is detrimental to spiritual progress. One should become accustomed to this and reject anything which is against the path of spiritual progress. This is real renunciation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,949 Real renunciation means you have to give up the andha-kupa life and take shelter of Krsna, harim asrayeta. If you take shelter of Krsna, then you can give up this, all this "ism" life. Otherwise, it is not possible No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,040 Real renunciation means that one should always think himself part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore he has no right to enjoy the results of his work. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 4 June 2022 diff hist +6,125 Real renunciation means No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,882 We are all situated in relative positions according to our own karma. Yet every one of us can offer prayers with heart and soul as far as we can appreciate the Lord's glories. That is our perfection No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 4 June 2022 diff hist −13 The living entities, although always qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord, are in a relative position No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 4 June 2022 diff hist +4,786 Everyone in devotional service can offer essential prayers to the Lord. Everyone is situated in a relative position, and no one is perfect in glorifying the Lord No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 4 June 2022 diff hist +3,805 Then there is anumana, inductive knowledge - hypothesis. For instance, Darwin's theory says it may be like this, it may be like that. But that is not science No edit summary current