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21 June 2022

• 14:2714:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +6,438 The Visnu Purana states, visnur brahma-svarupena svayam eva vyavasthitah: Brahman's real feature is Visnu, or the Supreme Brahman is Visnu. Svayam eva: that is His personal feature No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,015 When he (Pralambasura) appeared in his real feature, he was decorated with a golden helmet and earrings and looked just like a cloud with lightning carrying the moon No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,240 One who knows the real feature of Sri Krsna and His three different energies cannot remain ignorant about Him No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,628 Lord Caitanya is presenting the real factual features of Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,174 In the Isopanisad also, the devotee prays that the glaring effulgence of Brahman may be removed from his eyes so that he can see the real, personal feature of the Lord and thus satisfy himself fully No edit summary current
• 14:2514:25, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,815 In His svayam-rupa, in His personal feature, He always remains at Vrndavana, and He is just like a cowherd boy. That is His real feature, Krsna. The Krsna in the battlefield of Kuruksetra, that is not the real feature of Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:1714:17, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,596 Srila Rupa Gosvami, after consulting various scriptures, has enumerated the transcendental qualities of the Lord as follows No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 21 June 2022 diff hist +8,258 It is understood from various Vedic scriptures that just as there is the ocean of salt water on this planet, there are various kinds of oceans on other planets No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,556 It is learned from various scriptures that the demigods approach Lord Visnu in the ocean of milk and submit their grievances whenever there is some difficulty in the administration of universal affairs No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,454 In this age it is not possible for the fallen souls to understand and undergo all the lessons of all these various scriptures in a varna and asrama system No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 21 June 2022 diff hist +1,587 Crowds of people came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from that day on, and scholars of various scriptures discussed different subject matters with the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,211 By understanding the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, one can understand the truth about Krsna. By understanding Krsna, one can understand the limit of all knowledge described in various revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,757 Amongst the groups of different friends of Krsna, some are well-known from various scriptures, and some are well-known by popular tradition. There are three divisions amongst Krsna's friends No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 21 June 2022 diff hist +1,748 All the Vedic literatures, which are full of verses, are emanations from you because their compilers wrote the various scriptures after receiving your glance No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,190 All of these adherents of various scriptures were ready to present the conclusions of their respective scriptures, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu broke all their opinions to pieces and established His own cult of bhakti based on the Vedas, Vedanta No edit summary current
• 10:4510:45, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,042 I am glad you are cooperating with Madhavananda. That I want. As long as we are sincere there is no question of split amongst us; the split only means someone is not sincere, otherwise there is no question of it No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4 Not a very sincere disciple No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,370 For a sincere person devotional service is very easy. But for one who is not determined and sincere, this process is very difficult No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4 A helpless man can feelingly utter the holy name of the Lord, whereas a man who utters the same holy name in great material satisfaction cannot be so sincere No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,903 As you say the Indians are cheaters even though not all of them. The majority who come and join us, it has been experienced, they are not sincere. Under the circumstances what can be done, I do not know No edit summary current
• 10:3510:35, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,479 The body of the soul develops in four different ways according to its different sources No edit summary current
• 10:3510:35, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,031 Srila Rupa Gosvami has analyzed the different sources of happiness. He has divided happiness into three categories No edit summary current
• 10:3510:35, 21 June 2022 diff hist +28,401 Some of them (the living creatures) come from embryos, some from eggs and some from the fermentation of perspiration. Different living creatures have different sources of appearance, but one should not conclude that matter produces such living creatures No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,563 Most probably I shall be going to London by the end of July, and from different sources I can understand that the Beatles are becoming interested in the Sankirtana Movement No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,320 All this paraphernalia simply constitutes different sources of anxiety, but one who is surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who leaves all business to Him, is freed from such anxieties No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +9,786 According to learned scholars, there are three different sources of knowledge, which are called prasthana-traya. According to these scholars, Vedanta is one of such sources, for it presents Vedic knowledge on the basis of logic and sound arguments No edit summary current
• 10:3110:31, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,762 To get Krsna and love of Krsna one must seek the mercy of pure devotees No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,862 The living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme. Consequently their duty is to always seek the mercy of the Lord in order to be protected by Him in all circumstances No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,636 Suniti told her son (Dhruva) that he should not seek the mercy of the demigods, but should directly approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead to mitigate his misery No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,789 Radharani is the medium transmitting the living entities' service to Sri Krsna. Devotees in Vrndavana therefore seek the mercy of Srimati Radharani in order to be recognized as loving servitors of Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 21 June 2022 diff hist +25,410 One should seek the mercy of the spiritual master so that the instructions of the spiritual master can develop within oneself No edit summary current
• 10:2910:29, 21 June 2022 diff hist +6,202 One should be more serious about seeking the mercy of the devotee than that of the Lord directly, and by one's doing so (by the good will of the devotee) the natural attraction for the service of the Lord will be revived No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,500 Material opulences are controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead through His different potencies and specifically the goddess of fortune. Therefore, those who are after material opulences seek the pleasure or mercy of the goddess of fortune No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +9,248 It is not a question of scholarship or opulence or richness. No. The whole bhakti-marga depends on the mercy of the Lord. So we have to seek the mercy No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,037 If you are actually serious about going back to home, back to Godhead, then please seek after the mercy of Nityananda No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +27 If anyone desires to seek perfect knowledge of everything, he must seek the mercy of the Lord, and there is no other means No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,710 He (Gopala Capala) believed Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who had come to deliver all fallen souls, and he appealed for his own deliverance, seeking the mercy of the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,649 Devotees of Krsna must persistently seek the favor and mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to become fit to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5,814 Caitanya Mahaprabhu's special mission is the deliverance of all fallen souls in Kali-yuga. Devotees of Krsna must persistently seek the favor and mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to become fit to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary
• 10:1810:18, 21 June 2022 diff hist +5 When one adds a definite conception of the supreme ruling principle, the Supreme Lord, one progresses to the third stepping-stone No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,542 Vamanadeva will first occupy the three worlds with one step, then He will take His second step and occupy everything in outer space, and then He will expand His universal body to occupy everything. Where will you offer Him the third step? No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,522 The Lord had taken all his possessions, the head of Bali Maharaja, the possessor, would provide adequate place for the Lord's third step No edit summary current
• 10:1610:16, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,952 The Lord's incarnations are so powerful that Lord Vamanadeva covered the entire universe with two steps and therefore had no place for His third step No edit summary current
• 10:1610:16, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,241 The king dedicated his own personal body to fulfill the measurement of the Lord's third step. For such a personality, even the kingdom of heaven, which he conquered by his strength, was of no value No edit summary
• 10:1510:15, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,799 Sukracarya wanted to tell Bali Maharaja how he would be cheated by Lord Vamana. "You have promised three steps," he said. "But with only two steps, all your possessions will be finished. How then will you give Him a place for His third step" No edit summary current
• 10:1510:15, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,654 Since the Lord had covered the entire universe with two steps, one might ask how Bali Maharaja's head could be sufficient for His third step? Bali Maharaja, however, thought that the possessor of wealth must be greater than the possession No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,887 Lord Vamana covered all the lands of the universe with His first two steps and then asked Bali Maharaja where to place the third step No edit summary current
• 10:1210:12, 21 June 2022 diff hist +12,621 He (Krsna) then asked Bali Maharaja where he was going to take his third step, and Bali Maharaja, understanding that the Supreme Lord was showing him His favor, replied: My dear Lord, I have now lost everything No edit summary current
• 10:0910:09, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,694 As the Lord took His second step, He covered the heavenly planets. And not even a spot remained for the third step, for the Lord's foot extended higher and higher, beyond Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka and even Satyaloka No edit summary current
• 10:0410:04, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,812 The safe course is to say no. Although it is a falsehood, it protects one completely, it draws the compassion of others toward oneself, and it gives one full facility to collect money from others for oneself No edit summary current