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28 June 2022

• 08:4508:45, 28 June 2022 diff hist +2,987 By hearing the activities of pious Dhruva, one can enhance one's faith in God and can directly connect with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus one can very soon be elevated to the transcendental platform of devotional service No edit summary
• 08:4408:44, 28 June 2022 diff hist +11,165 A pretender is sometimes seen possessing imitative attachment to Krsna, that will not be accepted as real attachment. It may be said that such attachment gives the pretender hope that he may eventually rise onto the platform of pure devotional service No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 28 June 2022 diff hist +33 A living entity is the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord, and unless he comes to the platform of devotional service, his life-span, good birth, glorious activities and everything else are null and void No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 28 June 2022 diff hist +33 A devotee on the topmost platform of devotional service always humbly thinks that he is not rendering any devotional service. He thinks that he is poor in devotional service and that his body is material No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 28 June 2022 diff hist +11,002 As soon as one is reclaimed to the platform of devotional service, he relinquishes his attachment for pious and impious activities and is interested only in what will satisfy Krsna No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 28 June 2022 diff hist +10,705 Although a jnani may be liberated from the ignorance of the karmis, unless he comes to the platform of devotional service he is still considered to be in ignorance (avidya) No edit summary current
• 08:4008:40, 28 June 2022 diff hist +4,551 All the (six) Gosvamis of Vrndavana were bona fide spiritual masters situated on the highest platform of devotional service, and for that reason they were called gosvamis No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 28 June 2022 diff hist +4,486 After self-realization, the jnanis who are actually mature in their knowledge must surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord, as stated in BG (bahunam janmanam ante (BG 7.19)). Self-realization is not complete unless one comes to the devotional platform No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 28 June 2022 diff hist +4,034 Actually the platform of devotional service means No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 28 June 2022 diff hist +33 Actually Arjuna is asking a very appropriate and intelligent question. It is not unusual for one to fall down from the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:4006:40, 28 June 2022 diff hist +9,232 The sane man, therefore, without being puffed up, as if he were the God of the universe, abides by the instructions of the Vedic literature, the easiest way to acquire knowledge in transcendence No edit summary current
• 06:4006:40, 28 June 2022 diff hist +6,532 Easiest way to please Krsna... You don't require much money, much education, and nothing of the sort. Simply you require your heart No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 28 June 2022 diff hist +4,609 The easiest way to attain spiritual elevation, to be liberated from this material world, and to go back home, back to Godhead, is recommended by Bhaktivinoda Thakura: krsnera samsara kara chadi' anacara No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 28 June 2022 diff hist −13 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested Himself to show that cultivation of love for Krsna in separation is the easiest way of success for all living entities No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 28 June 2022 diff hist +5,410 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised everyone to become a guru-devotee and preach Krsna consciousness (yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa (CC Madhya 7.128)). That is the easiest way to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current

27 June 2022

• 08:4208:42, 27 June 2022 diff hist +3,690 The materialist thinks that persons engaged in Krsna consciousness are crazy fellows wasting time by chanting Hare Krsna, but actually he does not know that he himself is in the darkest region of craziness because of accepting his body as permanent No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 27 June 2022 diff hist +3,000 The materialists, who have no concept of God, think that they are advancing. But, according to Bhagavad-gita, they are unintelligent and devoid of all sense. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 27 June 2022 diff hist +10,563 The materialistic man will think, "Well, I am voluntarily giving up my clothing, but I'm involuntarily giving up my body" No edit summary current
• 07:3407:34, 27 June 2022 diff hist +4,175 The conception of the universal form of the Lord gives a chance to the materialist to think of the Supreme Lord, but the materialist must know for certain that his visualization of the world in a spirit of lording over it is not God realization No edit summary current
• 07:3307:33, 27 June 2022 diff hist +3,391 The common man who has no love for Krsna cannot always think of Krsna; therefore he has to think materially. Arjuna is considering the mode of thinking of the materialistic persons of this world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:3307:33, 27 June 2022 diff hist +5,120 They (the materialists) want to get the maximum comforts in this present life because they think conclusively that there is no life after death No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 27 June 2022 diff hist +3,276 Sometimes a materialist, he's thinking he's doing good but he's not No edit summary current
• 04:1204:12, 27 June 2022 diff hist +8,413 Not only are they (materialists) born ignorant, but they act on the platform of ignorance, thinking that they are getting material benefits in the shape of skyscraper buildings, big cars, honorable positions and so on No edit summary current
• 04:1104:11, 27 June 2022 diff hist +5,894 Nonbelievers say - How can the supreme controller descend as an ordinary being? - This sort of thinking is materialistic No edit summary current
• 04:1004:10, 27 June 2022 diff hist +2,915 Materialists are most abominable in their ideas. They think that they can enjoy directly perceivable gross objects by their senses and that they can similarly deal with the transcendental features of Lord Caitanya No edit summary current
• 04:0904:09, 27 June 2022 diff hist +4,871 Materialistic persons think that the path of religion is meant for improving their material conditions. The materialist goes to a temple to worship many varieties of demigods just to receive some benediction to improve his material life No edit summary current
• 04:0904:09, 27 June 2022 diff hist +4,136 Materialistic persons are never interested in hearing about the marvelous pastimes of the Lord. They think that they are fictions and stories and that the Supreme Godhead is also a man of material nature No edit summary current
• 04:0904:09, 27 June 2022 diff hist +4,906 Materialistic men can think, although very imperfectly, of the huge universal space, comprehending an innumerable number of planets as big as the sun No edit summary current

26 June 2022

• 12:5412:54, 26 June 2022 diff hist +46,959 Just as an ordinary materialistic businessman thinks of nothing else when he is absorbed in his business, a pure devotee, when engaged in the service of the Lord, does not think of anything beyond that engagement No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 26 June 2022 diff hist +3,954 In the materialistic conception of life, one thinks, "This is my house, this is my land, this is my family, this is my state," and so on No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 26 June 2022 diff hist +5,706 He (the impersonalist) comes down to open hospitals and educational institutions, feed poor men and perform similar materialistic activities, which the impersonalist thinks are more precious than serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 26 June 2022 diff hist +5,875 Grossly materialistic persons think that economic development is of foremost importance because they are under the impression that a living entity exists only by eating No edit summary current
• 12:3212:32, 26 June 2022 diff hist +32 Even though there are so many miseries in materialistic family life, he cannot break free. Why? He thinks that sex life and eating palatable dishes are most important. Therefore, in spite of so many miserable conditions, he cannot give them up No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 26 June 2022 diff hist +3,758 Daityas, who are materialistic persons, sometimes think of philosophy when some relative meets death. The technical term for this attitude of the materialistic person is smasana-vairagya, or detachment in a cemetery or place of cremation No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,183 Covered by all this (materialistic life, house, country or field, society, sons, family, community, bank balance and so on), he will continue to think, I am this body, and everything related to this body is mine No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 26 June 2022 diff hist −12 A materialist can think only of the negation of material variety; he cannot understand spiritual variety. He thinks that spiritual variety simply contradicts material variety and is a negation or void No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 26 June 2022 diff hist +13 A materialistic person sometimes thinks that simply by executing pious activities and remaining at home one can understand the Absolute Truth. That is denied in this verse - SB 5.12.12 No edit summary current
• 11:5711:57, 26 June 2022 diff hist +10 A materialistic person, thinking himself very advanced in intelligence, continually acts for economic development. But again and again, as enunciated in the Vedas, he is frustrated by material activities, either in this life or in the next No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 26 June 2022 diff hist +5,743 At night, nidraya, if one can get the opportunity of sleeping twenty-four hours, he thinks he's very much gainer, especially on Sunday. (laughter) So this is materialistic No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,772 The supply source is complete, and only a little energy by the human being is required to get his necessities into the proper channel No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,642 The conditioned souls are not originally fools, but by the influence of the avidya function of material nature they are made fools, and thus they are unable to utilize knowledge in the proper channel No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 26 June 2022 diff hist +5,989 They have been put in one group: woman, vaisya and sudra. Because they are not very intelligent. They can be molded by another intelligent man to the proper channel. Therefore they require guidance. They require guidance No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 26 June 2022 diff hist +5,900 Once a person comes into contact with any one of the above-mentioned energies of the Lord through the proper channel of devotional service, the door to perfection is immediately opened No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 26 June 2022 diff hist +3,131 If you don't receive the mantra through the proper channel, it may not be mantra No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 26 June 2022 diff hist −13 A person who actually understands what the rasa-lila is will certainly hate to indulge in mundane sex life. For the realized soul, hearing the Lord's rasa-lila through the proper channel will result in complete abstinence from material sexual pleasure No edit summary current
• 08:1708:17, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,252 One should work hard and worship the Supreme Lord by the fruits of one's hard labor for existence, and that should be the motto of life No edit summary current
• 08:1608:16, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,790 Keep your health in good condition and work very hard for Krishna. That is our motto of life No edit summary current
• 08:1508:15, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,764 If something is unfavorable, then we shall give it up immediately. That should be our motto of life No edit summary current
• 03:4703:47, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,574 In the book Stavavali (Vraja-vilasa-stava 74) the following verse is found - With humility caused by great fear, Indra took hold of the lotus feet of Krsna and, performed His coronation festival by bathing Him with the waters of the heavenly Ganges River No edit summary current
• 03:4703:47, 26 June 2022 diff hist +1,497 Thus Murari Gupta, catching two bunches of straw in his teeth, went before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with humility and meekness No edit summary current