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19 June 2022

• 14:0514:05, 19 June 2022 diff hist +5,619 Quoting from the revealed scriptures in his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita (4.6), Madhvacarya has stated that mother material nature, which is conceived of as the illusory energy, Durga, has three divisions, namely sri, bhu and nila No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 19 June 2022 diff hist +7 Mother material nature has enough foodstuff both for animals and for men, by the grace of the Father Almighty, Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 19 June 2022 diff hist +4,253 Mother material nature cannot produce any living entity from her material elements unless and until she is impregnated with living entities by the Lord Himself. That is the mystery of the generation of the living entities No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 19 June 2022 diff hist +7 Material nature is the mother, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the seed-giving father No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 19 June 2022 diff hist +4,350 Material nature is called the mother, and the initiator for materialistic life is the father, Lord Siva. All material creation by the living entities is therefore initiated by the mode of passion No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 19 June 2022 diff hist +7 In this material world, the mother, prakrti, which is material nature, supplies us with the body, and the Supreme Father impregnates this matter with living souls No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 19 June 2022 diff hist +7 Everywhere there are living entities; within the earth there are living entities, even within water and within fire. All these appearances are due to the mother, material nature, and Krsna's seed-giving process. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 19 June 2022 diff hist +3,460 According to Vedic conception, the material nature, mother, is worshiped No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 19 June 2022 diff hist +3,467 The upper planetary system and its opulences is to be understood from authoritative scriptures like the Vedic literatures. Telescopes and the other imperfect instruments of scientists are inadequate for evaluating the upper planetary system No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 19 June 2022 diff hist +15,349 The Supersoul, or Paramatma, however, being present everywhere & within everyone, is also conscious of everyone's existence. The theory that the soul & the Supersoul are one is not acceptable because it is not confirmed by authoritative Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 19 June 2022 diff hist +3,565 The form of Krsna is described in the authoritative Vedic literature Brahma-samhita: His abode is made of cintamani stone, and the Lord plays there as a cowherd boy and is served by many thousands of gopis No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 19 June 2022 diff hist +38 The descriptions of Brahman as the effulgence of Lord Caitanya, the Paramatma as His partial representation, and the SP of Godhead Krsna as identical with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu must be verified by evidence from authoritative Vedic literatures No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 19 June 2022 diff hist +5,475 These (Krsna killing Putana and lifting the Govardhan Hill) are some of the superhuman activities of the Lord described in the authoritative Vedic literatures like the Puranas, Itihasas (histories) and Upanisads No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 19 June 2022 diff hist +3,094 There is an authoritative Vedic literature called Pinda-siddhi in which the scientific understanding of pregnancy is very nicely described No edit summary current
• 13:3513:35, 19 June 2022 diff hist +18,703 Later, Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada elaborated the teachings of the Lord with profound knowledge of revealed scriptures and authoritative references from various Vedic literatures No edit summary current

18 June 2022

• 15:3615:36, 18 June 2022 diff hist +33,088 It is understood from the authoritative source of Vedic literature that especially in this age, Kali-yuga, people are generally short-living, extremely bad in their habits, and inclined to accept methods of devotional service that are not bona fide No edit summary current
• 15:0215:02, 18 June 2022 diff hist +38 In spite of His (God's) being unlimited, He has subjected Himself to being known from the authoritative scriptures like the Vedic literatures. As it is said, sabda-mulatvat: He can be known through the sabda-brahma, or Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,515 Except for an animal killer or one who is following a policy of suicide, every intelligent person must strive to understand Krsna and His activities No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,088 The killing of cows by human society is one of the grossest suicidal policies, and those who are anxious to cultivate the human spirit must turn their attention first toward the question of cow protection No edit summary current
• 14:4114:41, 18 June 2022 diff hist +6,197 For a transcendentalist, it is a suicidal policy to be intimately in touch with the sense gratifiers of the world, because such a policy will frustrate the ultimate gain of life No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 18 June 2022 diff hist −13 The easiest and most direct process is to engage the senses in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 18 June 2022 diff hist +6,044 The sankirtana movement contributed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Lord Caitanya is the direct and easiest process for coming to the purest form of consciousness - Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,625 The two different ways of reaching the spiritual sky and getting emancipation from all material bondage, namely either the direct process of reaching the kingdom of God or the gradual process through the other higher planets of the universe No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 18 June 2022 diff hist +10,683 This direct process of bhakti-yoga is recommended for this age because people haven't got sufficient time to execute all the paraphernalia any other system of yoga No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 18 June 2022 diff hist +8 One who cannot take to this direct process (of sravanam, kirtanam, etc), however, should take the indirect process of performing yajnas for the satisfaction of Visnu, or Yajna. Visnu is therefore called yajna-pati No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,459 One may take either the step-by-step process or the direct path. The direct process is not possible for everyone; therefore the indirect process is also good No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 18 June 2022 diff hist −13 One may either take the step by step process or the direct path (of devotional service). The direct process is not possible for everyone; therefore the indirect process is also good. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 18 June 2022 diff hist +3,280 Lord Kapila advised His mother (Devahuti) that she did not need any indirect process. She was already situated in that direct process because the Supreme Lord had taken birth as her son No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 18 June 2022 diff hist +1,861 The family priest or spiritual master, Vasistha, had Lord Ramacandra cleanly shaved, freeing Him from His matted locks of hair No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 18 June 2022 diff hist +6,617 They (Krsna and Balarama) were initiated by Their family priest, Gargacarya, usually known as Garga Muni, the acarya of the Yadu dynasty No edit summary current
• 14:1314:13, 18 June 2022 diff hist +2,893 There is practically no difference between the family priest and the spiritual master. The sages, saints and brahmanas were especially meant for such functions No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,021 Sri Raghunatha dasa was the son of Govardhana Majumadara. Their family priest was Balarama Acarya, who was a favorite of Haridasa Thakura's, and the family's spiritual master was Yadunandana Acarya, a favorite of Vasudeva Datta's No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,875 Srila Jiva Gosvami has advised that such a useless guru (one who goes against the principle of visnu-bhakti), a family priest acting as guru, should be given up, and that the proper, bona-fide guru should be accepted No edit summary current
• 14:0814:08, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,215 One day, Vasudeva sent for Gargamuni, the family priest of the yadu-vamsa, and thus Gargamuni went to the house of Nanda Maharaja, who received him very well and requested him to give names to Krsna and Balarama No edit summary current
• 14:0714:07, 18 June 2022 diff hist +2,452 It is the duty of a family priest not to curse a disciple but to give him relief through the performance of some sort of atonement. Vasistha, however, did just the opposite No edit summary current
• 14:0614:06, 18 June 2022 diff hist +5,621 If one performs the sraddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers on the Ekadasi tithi, then the performer, the forefathers for whom the sraddha is observed, and the purohita, or the family priest who encourages the ceremony, all go to hell No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 18 June 2022 diff hist +1,648 Duty of a family priest No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 18 June 2022 diff hist +7,284 Bali's spiritual master and family priest, Sukracarya, repeatedly warned him about this, yet Bali did not hesitate to give in charity whatever the brahmana wanted, and at last he gave up everything to that brahmana No edit summary current
• 12:5412:54, 18 June 2022 diff hist +5,988 Balarama Acarya, family priest of Hiranya Majumadara, Govardhana Majumadara and Raghunatha das Gosvami No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 18 June 2022 diff hist +2,885 Although Prsadhra had committed the sin unknowingly, his family priest, Vasistha, cursed him, saying, "In your next life you shall not be able to become a ksatriya. Instead, you shall take birth as a sudra because of killing the cow" No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 18 June 2022 diff hist +1,459 When you are situated at the lotus feet of Krsna, no sinful reaction can touch you. This is the best solution to all sinful activity No edit summary current
• 12:0512:05, 18 June 2022 diff hist +2,591 The best solution was suggested by me that both you and your wife may stay with me. After all, both of you are my disciples. It is my duty to guide you for spiritual advancement No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 18 June 2022 diff hist +5,846 The consciousness of the Lord is also in the part and parcel, and according to the proportion to which that consciousness is cleared of material dirt, the living entities are differently situated No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 18 June 2022 diff hist +14 The purpose of this Hare Krsna movement is to bring man back to his original consciousness, which is Krsna consciousness, clear consciousness No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,675 To have clear consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, one has to worship Vasudeva. It is also explained in Bhagavad-gita that after many, many births one surrenders to Vasudeva. Such a great soul is very rare No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 18 June 2022 diff hist +3,058 When Hare Krishna Mantra is vibrating on your tongue and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes clear or Krishna Consciousness and there is no question of maya or hazy consciousness No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 18 June 2022 diff hist +5,748 When Krsna appeared as the son of Nanda Maharaj, in clear consciousness Nanda Maharaj desired all auspiciousness for his son and thus began to give in charity valuable cows to all the brahmanas No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 18 June 2022 diff hist +6 When the big columns of material desire increase, the clear water of consciousness is dried up. Therefore these columns of kusa grass should be cut or thrown away from the very beginning No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 18 June 2022 diff hist +2,831 The clear consciousness of the cognizant living being is God consciousness, in which one bows down unto Him in all circumstances No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 18 June 2022 diff hist +4,841 Therefore, without being agitated any more, I shall deliver myself from the darkness of nescience with the help of my friend, clear consciousness No edit summary current