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15:2915:29, 10 June 2022 diff hist +9,576 It is not that everyone should become a sudra or a vaisya and human society will prosper. As enunciated in BG, there must be a class of brahmanas with qualities like satya (truthfulness), sama (peacefulness), dama (self-control) and titiksa (tolerance) No edit summary current
15:2915:29, 10 June 2022 diff hist −35 Must be very tolerant No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 10 June 2022 diff hist +6,637 Brahmanas are satyam samah damah. He must be truthful, he must control the senses, control the mind... samo damah,... He must be tolerant. He should not be agitated in trifle matters No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 10 June 2022 diff hist +1,990 Regarding your child, the vedic philosophy is that the miseries of the material body must be tolerated No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 10 June 2022 diff hist −14 A ksatriya must be tolerant in all circumstances, especially on the battlefield. Thus Bali Maharaja asserted that he was not at all afraid of death, although he was threatened by such a great personality as the King of heaven No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 10 June 2022 diff hist +30 A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be detached, humble and tolerant. He must not envy anyone, and he must be expert in performing sacrifices and giving whatever he has in charity No edit summary current

15:0315:03, 8 June 2022 diff hist +2,719 Killing the body of anyone without authority is abominable and is punishable by the law of the state as well as by the law of the Lord. Arjuna, however, is being engaged in killing for the principle of religion, and not whimsically. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 8 June 2022 diff hist +2,055 I have been asked by Srila Prabhupad to enquire who has had this document prepared without Srila Prabhupad's authority being given? It is understood from Bali Maradan that it has taken over one year to prepare this document No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 8 June 2022 diff hist +8 There are three considerations here (in BG 2.47): prescribed duties, capricious work, and inaction. Capricious work means actions without the sanction of authority, and inaction means not performing one's prescribed duties. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:0015:00, 8 June 2022 diff hist +4,632 You cannot go even a step without authority. You are governed by authority. You are running your car by authority - "Keep to the right." Why? Why don't you defy it? So authority we have to obey No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 8 June 2022 diff hist +2,528 Killing the body of anyone without authority is abominable and is punishable by the law of the state as well as by the law of the Lord No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 8 June 2022 diff hist +3,818 It is said that unless one accepts a mantra from one of these (four) sampradayas, the so-called mantra will not act in Kali-yuga. Many sampradayas have sprung up without authority, and they are misleading the people by giving unauthorized mantras No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 8 June 2022 diff hist +6,555 Unfortunately there are many so-called philosophers in the present age who give instruction without citing authority, and many leaders follow their unauthorized instruction. Consequently people are not happy No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 8 June 2022 diff hist +4,582 There are now a number of self-made incarnations people follow without authority from the Vedic literatures, and there is regular competition between one incarnation's group and another's No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 8 June 2022 diff hist +2,079 Give instruction without citing authority No edit summary current
14:5314:53, 8 June 2022 diff hist +14,608 The man who is put into certain cell, he cannot change at his will without the superior authority. So Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita that don't try to change this cell, from this cell to that cell. That will not make you happy No edit summary current
14:5214:52, 8 June 2022 diff hist +3,879 So far as eating only two chopaties and a little vegetables daily, I never said that. I do not know why such news has spread without my written authority No edit summary current
14:5214:52, 8 June 2022 diff hist +3,087 Pranava (omkara) is the maha-vakya (maha-mantra) in the Vedas. Sankaracarya's followers cover this to stress without authority the mantra tat tvam asi No edit summary current
14:4114:41, 8 June 2022 diff hist +3,395 The stars, which are known as naksatra, are not different suns, as modern astronomers suppose. From Bhagavad-gita (10.21) we understand that the stars are similar to the moon (naksatranam aham sasi). Like the moon, the stars reflect the sunshine No edit summary current
14:4114:41, 8 June 2022 diff hist +7,653 Hanuman is described as being able to lift huge weights as heavy as hills and jump over the ocean. Modern astronomy has confirmed that this is indeed possible No edit summary current
14:4014:40, 8 June 2022 diff hist +7,332 According to modern astronomy, the gravity of the moon is different from that of earth. Therefore one who goes to the moon will be able to pick up large weights and jump vast distances No edit summary current

17:1717:17, 7 June 2022 diff hist +5,925 This book was collected by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from southern India, and He presented it to His devotees when He came back from southern India tour. Therefore we accept this book, Brahma-samhita, as very authoritative No edit summary current
17:1617:16, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,438 The court case is very humorous, happy, and authoritative. The charge was "Chanting God's Name'' for the welfare "of mankind'' No edit summary current
17:1617:16, 7 June 2022 diff hist −13 Caitanya Mahaprabhu found the Brahma-samhita and Krsna-karnamrta in handwritten texts, and knowing them to be very authoritative, He took them with Him to present to His devotees No edit summary current
16:1616:16, 7 June 2022 diff hist +5,452 O Pariksit, just to show all the yogis the mystic process, Lord Rsabhadeva, the partial expansion of Lord Krsna, performed wonderful activities. He was the master of liberation & was fully absorbed in transcendental bliss, which increased a thousandfold No edit summary
16:1416:14, 7 June 2022 diff hist +9 Someone may aspire for one of the eight yogic perfections in the mystic yoga process, such as to become the smallest, to become the heaviest, or to acquire anything he desires, but these achievements are material; they are not perfection No edit summary current
16:1416:14, 7 June 2022 diff hist +9 A devotee does not have to exhibit such magical wonders (by manufacturing gold). Without practicing the mystic yogic process, he achieves even greater opulence all over the world No edit summary current
16:0916:09, 7 June 2022 diff hist −11 They (a class of professional mendicants) know some magical art and mystical processes, and their business is to beg from door to door, sometimes pleading and sometimes threatening. Such mendicants are sometimes called yogis and sometimes kanaphata yogis No edit summary current
16:0916:09, 7 June 2022 diff hist −11 There are other mystic processes, such as karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, and dhyana-yoga, but it is not possible to understand the SG, the Personality of Godhead, except through His devotional service. This is confirmed in the Fourth Chapter of the BG - 4.3 No edit summary current
15:5715:57, 7 June 2022 diff hist +3,654 The brain can act while we are awake or even while we are dreaming, but when we are fast asleep or unconscious the brain is inactive No edit summary current
15:5415:54, 7 June 2022 diff hist 0 When Vasudeva reached the house of Nanda Maharaja, he saw that all the cowherd men were fast asleep - SB 10.3.51 No edit summary current
15:5415:54, 7 June 2022 diff hist +6,873 Mother Yasoda understood that a child had been born to her, but because she was very tired from the labor of childbirth, she fell fast asleep. When she awoke, she could not remember whether she had given birth to a male or a female child No edit summary current
15:5315:53, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,417 When a man is fast asleep and saliva flows from his mouth and he remains unclean, ghosts then take advantage of his unclean state and haunt his body No edit summary current
15:5315:53, 7 June 2022 diff hist +4,795 The human being, unless he is fast asleep at night, is busy with questions and answers. The businessmen in the market are busy with questions and answers, and so also the lawyers in the court and the students in the schools and colleges No edit summary current
15:5215:52, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,184 Indra, who has all the mystic powers (the yoga-siddhis such as anima and laghima), entered Diti's womb while she was unconscious, being fast asleep No edit summary current
15:5215:52, 7 June 2022 diff hist +6,867 In this way Vasudeva crossed the river Yamuna. On the other side, he went to the place of Nanda Maharaja, situated in Gokula, where he saw that all the cowherd men were fast asleep No edit summary current
15:5215:52, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,217 By the influence of Yogamaya, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house (of Kamsa) also fell deeply asleep - SB 10.3.48-49 No edit summary current
15:4715:47, 7 June 2022 diff hist +4,646 Marrying and begetting a child is considered to liquidate one's debts to the family in which one is born No edit summary current
15:4715:47, 7 June 2022 diff hist +2,442 Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee. Considering in this way, the Acarya began worshiping the Lord No edit summary current
15:4515:45, 7 June 2022 diff hist +7,030 In India, according to Vedic civilization, one is very much afraid of taking loan from others because he has conviction, "If I do not pay, then in my next life I'll have to pay many times. So I must liquidate my debt." That's a fact No edit summary current
15:4415:44, 7 June 2022 diff hist +6,768 The King of Kasi had a son whose name was Sudaksina. After observing the ritualistic funeral ceremonies (of his father), he took a vow that since Krsna was the enemy of his father, he would kill Krsna and in this way liquidate his debt to his father No edit summary current
15:4415:44, 7 June 2022 diff hist +4,796 If someone engages only in the service of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, who is actually worshipable, then even without trying to liquidate other debts, one becomes free from all obligations No edit summary current
15:4215:42, 7 June 2022 diff hist +3,998 Devahuti reminds her husband, Kardama Muni, that she has rendered him faithful service. Even considering the situation on the basis of liquidating his debt toward his wife, he must give a male child before he leaves No edit summary current
15:4215:42, 7 June 2022 diff hist +1,637 Out of His causeless mercy upon Me, Advaita Acarya has also come here. I am indebted to Him for His affectionate behavior. This debt is impossible for Me to liquidate No edit summary current
15:4115:41, 7 June 2022 diff hist +4,502 Sages said, "In order to liquidate all these debts, one has to perform sacrifices, study the Vedic literature and generate children in religious householder life" No edit summary current
15:2715:27, 7 June 2022 diff hist +11,698 In modern education there is no knowledge about the spirit; they are simply taking care of the material elements and bodily needs. Therefore academic knowledge is not complete. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:2715:27, 7 June 2022 diff hist −13 If we study Bhagavad-gita according to academic knowledge or according to our own mental speculation, we are certain to commit mistakes. It is not possible to understand Bhagavad-gita in this way No edit summary current
15:2715:27, 7 June 2022 diff hist +3,521 The sruti confirms that the Supreme Truth Absolute Personality of Godhead never reveals Himself to anyone who is falsely proud of his academic knowledge No edit summary current
15:2615:26, 7 June 2022 diff hist +25,882 People who are entangled in academic knowledge are conditioned souls who are confused about the facts of "I", "mine" and "my" understanding. Consequently they are unable to detach their minds from the external energy No edit summary current
15:2515:25, 7 June 2022 diff hist +5,797 Academic knowledge, scholarship, high position, etc., are all useless in solving the problems of life; help can only be given by a spiritual master like Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current

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