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24 June 2022

• 06:2006:20, 24 June 2022 diff hist +5,807 The first stage of devotional service is technically called sadhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice. The result of sadhana-bhakti must be ecstatic love, attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is also called prema-bhakti No edit summary current
• 06:2006:20, 24 June 2022 diff hist +6,253 The purifying process is called devotional service, or Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 24 June 2022 diff hist +3,435 Eternal sensory activities are called devotional service, whereas temporary sensory activities are called sense gratification No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 24 June 2022 diff hist +6,678 In these chivalrous activities, only Krsna's friends can be the opponents. Krsna's enemies can never actually be His opponents. Therefore, this challenging by Krsna's friends is called devotional service in chivalrous activities No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 24 June 2022 diff hist +46 In the Narada-pancaratra it is said, hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate: (CC Madhya 19.170) the process of rendering favorable service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead with one's senses is called bhakti, or devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 24 June 2022 diff hist +3,914 A pure devotee's attraction to Krsna in conjugal love is called devotional service in conjugal love No edit summary current

22 June 2022

• 10:3010:30, 22 June 2022 diff hist +8,812 The living being is invited to live in the sanatana existence of the Lord, and the process which can help a living being to approach the Lord's abode, where the liberated activity of the soul is exhibited, is called sanatana-dharma No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,178 One who studies carefully, under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master, can understand the real knowledge that the SPG is actually the conductor of all the activities of the individual soul, and the controller of their results as well No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 22 June 2022 diff hist +12,856 I (Prabhupada) sincerely hope that by understanding the teachings of Lord Caitanya, human society will experience a new light of spiritual life which will open the field of activity for the pure soul No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 22 June 2022 diff hist +33 When I arrive in London we shall consult together how to best spread Sankirtana Movement throughout England No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 22 June 2022 diff hist +1,907 This matter must be decided by the GBC. Let them consult together and decide. Whatever they decide is approved by me No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,793 Now I want that all administration may be done by all of you 12 GBC members all over the world. Always keep in touch and consult matters all together for practical execution No edit summary current
• 10:1610:16, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,898 I think by the Grace of Krishna my working has produced some sincere souls like yourself, Brahmananda, Hamsaduta, and others. Now we have to chalk out a solid program by consulting together No edit summary current
• 10:1510:15, 22 June 2022 diff hist +6,121 I hope you shall altogether consult and do the needful. Not a single moment should be wasted - that is very important thing. We shall not act anything which has no connection directly with Krishna Consciousness business No edit summary current
• 10:0810:08, 22 June 2022 diff hist +2,356 The conditioned souls are very much attached to the material world, and thus by performing religious rites they want the material benefits known as dharma and artha No edit summary current
• 10:0710:07, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,806 Religious rites prescribed in the scriptures are meant to purify the mundane qualities of the conditioned souls to enable them to be gradually promoted to the stage of rendering transcendental service unto the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 10:0610:06, 22 June 2022 diff hist +2,713 My dear King, your face appears to be withering up, and you look like you have been thinking of something for a very long time. Why is that? Have you been hampered in following your path of religious rites, economic development and sense gratification? No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 22 June 2022 diff hist +3,142 These opportune moments (to quit this body) are not as important as one's being a successful yogi who is able to quit his body as he likes. Such a yogi must be competent to control his senses by the mind No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,518 Seeing the Lord is not as important as appreciating Him from the authentic literature or the authentic statements of authorized persons No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 22 June 2022 diff hist −23 In this age, the worship of the salagrama-sila is not as important as the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. That is the injunction of the sastra: harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam/ kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha No edit summary current
• 09:5709:57, 22 June 2022 diff hist +7,800 Renunciation is not as important as enhancing one's attachment to Krsna. The Krsna consciousness movement is especially meant for this purpose No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 22 June 2022 diff hist +7,035 One who is very interested in understanding the activities in the spiritual world must search out a guru - a bona fide representative of Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:4909:49, 22 June 2022 diff hist +3,993 Krsna, who is the Supreme Brahman and Supersoul, is not at all interested in anything material. His activities with the gopis are all spiritual and take place within the spiritual world. They have nothing to do with the material world No edit summary current
• 09:4909:49, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,313 Just as a knowledgeable person can easily distinguish gold from iron, one who has the proper realization can easily distinguish the transcendental activities of the spiritual world from material activities No edit summary current
• 09:4909:49, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,504 In this material world a sexual appetite necessitates distinction between moral and immoral conduct. There are no sexual activities in the spiritual world No edit summary current
• 09:4809:48, 22 June 2022 diff hist +3,330 In the material world we want to minimize our activities and take rest more, but in the spiritual world, there is no rest and there is no limit of activities No edit summary current
• 09:4809:48, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,160 In the material world there are activities of sense gratification, whereas in the spiritual world there are activities of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:4709:47, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,639 Better than the renounced order is cultivation of knowledge mixed with devotional service. Yet all these activities are external to the activities of the spiritual world. There is no touch of pure devotional service in them No edit summary current
• 09:4609:46, 22 June 2022 diff hist +6,187 As soon as we are in the spiritual world, in spiritual activities, then we are one. There is no discordance. There is no opposing elements. But so long we exist in the material world, everything opposing No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,794 All the activities in both the spiritual and material world are certainly conducted by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the agency of either the material or spiritual nature No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 22 June 2022 diff hist +7,080 According to the Kasira Mayavadis, the spiritual world is simply void. They do not believe in the Personality of the Absolute Truth or in His varieties of activities in the spiritual world No edit summary current
• 09:2909:29, 22 June 2022 diff hist +12,389 Sanjivani means giving life. Even a dead man can get life by drinking that medicine. It is a strong tonic. It is still used in Ayurvedic medicine, and some of the biggest manufacturer of Ayurvedic medicine, they prepare, and it has a good sale No edit summary current
• 09:2409:24, 22 June 2022 diff hist +3,601 This Krsna consciousness movement is being spread throughout the world, but not even one yavana or mleccha addicted to drinking could have changed and accepted Krsna consciousness without Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's grace No edit summary current
• 09:2409:24, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,354 This change (of Westerners taking up Krsna consciousness despite being addicted to meat-eating, drinking, illicit sex and gambling) is made possible simply by the remembrance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 09:2209:22, 22 June 2022 diff hist +6,535 So many philosophers trying to understand the Absolute Truth, but since they are situated in the base qualities of material nature & are addicted to so many bad habits, like drinking, meat-eating, illicit sex & gambling, how can they conceive of the SPG No edit summary current
• 09:2209:22, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,437 Generally Westerners are addicted to meat-eating, drinking, gambling and illicit sex; therefore their taking up KC is astonishing. In India, especially, there is much astonishment at this. The answer, however, is given here - in CC Madhya 16.175 No edit summary current
• 09:2209:22, 22 June 2022 diff hist +9,408 Even though decorated with the signs of a devotee, a person addicted to smoking, drinking or illegitimate sex with women cannot have all the above-mentioned (inertness, perspiration, standing of hairs on end, failing in the voice, etc) ecstatic symptoms No edit summary current
• 08:4608:46, 22 June 2022 diff hist +14 Success is guaranteed for a devotee who fully engages any one of his senses in the mode of devotional service No edit summary current
• 08:4508:45, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,764 Simply they must chant Hare Krsna, observe the regulative principles and read our literatures sincerely and their success is guaranteed No edit summary current
• 08:4208:42, 22 June 2022 diff hist +5,244 It is so nice thing. If you neglectfully chant, still there is success, but it will take some time. And if you chant very carefully, following the rules and regulations, then your success in this life is guaranteed No edit summary current
• 08:4208:42, 22 June 2022 diff hist +12 If we simply sell many books, then our all success is guaranteed No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,511 If we are simply a little sincere in the matter of spreading this movement, Lord Krishna has already guaranteed our success No edit summary current
• 08:4008:40, 22 June 2022 diff hist +4,306 If this routine work is always done nicely and never neglected, then our all success is guaranteed in whatever we do. But if this our regular KC program is allowed to slacken, then everything else we try will fail. That is the simple formula for success No edit summary current

21 June 2022

• 14:3514:35, 21 June 2022 diff hist +6,165 Those who are intelligent should know that in the Kali-yuga there is no possibility of performing Vedic sacrifices. But unless one pleases the demigods, there will be no regulated seasonal activities or rainfall. Everything is controlled by the demigods No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 21 June 2022 diff hist +8,414 Regulated activities prescribed in the Vedas are called the karma-kandiya conception of life, and householders are generally recommended to follow the rules just to enjoy material prosperity both in this life and in the next No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,980 No GBC man can whimsically do anything without consulting Prabhupada, especially in the matter of opening a temple & closing an old one. Such activities must be absolutely regulated & cannot be done without consultation of Prabhupada & other GBC No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +3,310 Materialistic activities are regulated by the institution of varnasrama-dharma. Without varnasrama-dharma, materialistic activities constitute animal life No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 21 June 2022 diff hist +26,892 It is not that when one is in samadhi he doesn't eat, work, sleep or enjoy himself in any way. Rather, samadhi can be defined as executing regulated activities while absorbed in the thought of Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 21 June 2022 diff hist +4,052 Real personal feature of the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 21 June 2022 diff hist +2,586 The universe is by nature dense darkness, and therefore the total creation is called tamas, or darkness. The night is the real feature of the universe, for then one cannot see anything, including oneself No edit summary current