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30 June 2022

• 06:0106:01, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,376 Everyone worships the Supreme Lord with great reverence; therefore the Lord sometimes wants to enjoy the chastisement of His devotees No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,107 The whole matter is explained by the Lord Himself, and one who has no approach to the Lord in His personal feature can rarely understand the purport of Srimad-Bhagavatam without being taught by the bhagavatas in the disciplic succession No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7 Some knowledge will not do. You must have perfect knowledge (BG 4.9): janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah. Tattvatah means "perfectly." Perfect knowledge is being taught in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 30 June 2022 diff hist +10,441 People are being taught in this way, that "Work very hard day and night, earn money, and enjoy senses, nothing more." So this sort of civilization is condemned. The real civilization is that one has to control No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 30 June 2022 diff hist +10,643 Indians are being taught that "The spiritual culture is useless. Because we are so much spiritually inclined, the foreigners came and they ruled over us. Now give up all this nonsense. Become technologist." This is going on No edit summary current
• 05:5005:50, 30 June 2022 diff hist +9,222 African villages are supposed to be uncivilized, but I don't think. They have got enough of these things, patram puspam phalam toyam, anywhere. And they are being taught by this Krsna consciousness movement to offer to Krsna and take No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,323 My dear King, one should stay at a place where the great acaryas (holy teachers) speak about the transcendental activities of the Lord, & one should give aural reception to the nectarean river flowing from the moonlike faces of such great personalities No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,802 It would be better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my (Arjuna) teachers. Even though desiring worldly gain, they are superiors. If they are killed, everything we enjoy will be tainted No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,817 However, after the appearance of the great stalwart teacher, Sankaracarya, this Buddhism was driven out beyond the border of India No edit summary current
• 05:3505:35, 30 June 2022 diff hist +50,985 Caitanya, preaching as an acarya, a great teacher, taught that we can enter into a relationship with God and actually become God's friend No edit summary current
• 04:5604:56, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,030 To get free from three stages of the material concept of life, one has to take complete shelter of the Lord, guided by the bona fide spiritual master, and follow the disciplines and regulative principles of devotional life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 04:5604:56, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,610 Those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with them, whereas the waters of the Ganges can sanctify only after prolonged use No edit summary current
• 04:5404:54, 30 June 2022 diff hist +23,853 The Lord cited a verse from SB 2.7.42: Whoever takes complete shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord is favored by the Supreme Lord, who is known to be unlimited. Such a person also receives permission to cross the ocean of nescience No edit summary current
• 04:5304:53, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,841 There are many instances in the various Vedic writings of persons who were aspiring after liberation by speculative knowledge but gave up this process in order to take complete shelter under the lotus feet of Krsna No edit summary current
• 04:5204:52, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,833 Such great personalities, who have taken complete shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material considerations, are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters No edit summary current
• 04:5204:52, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,530 Sages said, "Today you have already liquidated your debts to your forefathers and the sages. Now, by performing sacrifices, you can free yourself from indebtedness to the demigods and thus take complete shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead" No edit summary current
• 04:5104:51, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,986 Persons who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord should recite this narration of Dhruva Maharaja without taking remuneration No edit summary
• 04:5104:51, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6 Order of vanaprastha is independent retired life for cultivation of spiritual knowledge; or sannyasa, the renounced order, in which one completely takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 04:5104:51, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,280 One who has taken complete shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord is always proud of being able to conquer all enemies No edit summary current
• 04:5004:50, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,120 One should understand himself to be part and parcel of Krsna and thus completely take shelter of His lotus feet for guaranteed spiritual success. Everyone in the material world is in the bodily conception, struggling hard for existence, life after life No edit summary
• 04:4504:45, 30 June 2022 diff hist +9,232 Krsna continued, "When My devotee is bereft of all material riches and is deserted by his relatives, friends and family members, because he has no one to look after him he completely takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord" No edit summary current
• 04:4504:45, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,910 Karabhajana said, "My dear King, if somebody gives up his occupational duties as they are prescribed for the different varnas & asramas, but takes complete shelter, surrendering himself unto the lotus feet of the Lord, such a person is no more a debtor" No edit summary current
• 04:4504:45, 30 June 2022 diff hist +25,712 It is difficult for the nondevotee to understand the taste of devotional service. Only one who has completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna and whose life is merged in the ocean of devotional service can understand this transcendental pleasure No edit summary current
• 04:4404:44, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6 In all circumstances we must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and depend completely on His decision. Man proposes, God disposes No edit summary current
• 04:4304:43, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,297 He said, "If you want to understand Srimad-Bhagavatam, you must approach a self-realized Vaisnava and hear from him. You can do this when you have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu" No edit summary
• 04:4304:43, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,522 He alone who is never afraid but who, on the contrary, gives complete shelter to all fearful persons can actually become a husband and protector. Therefore, my (Laksmi's) Lord, you (Kamadeva) are the only husband, and no one else can claim this position No edit summary current
• 04:4204:42, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,473 Everyone, regardless of race, caste, sex, or other material designation, can give up mental speculation, fruitive actions, and yoga practice and take complete shelter of Lord Krsna's lotus feet without deviation No edit summary current
• 04:4204:42, 30 June 2022 diff hist +24,713 Caitanya recommends that one should scrupulously renounce the association of unwanted persons and completely take shelter of the Supreme Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 04:4104:41, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,942 A well-to-do householder Vaisnava cannot live like a person in the renounced order who completely takes shelter of the holy name No edit summary current
• 04:4004:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,928 An intelligent person does not put his faith in any material possessions, but completely takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Such a person is called akincana, or one who does not possess anything in this material world No edit summary current
• 04:4004:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,296 All the strength of time cannot hamper the activities of a devotee, for a devotee takes complete shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord. For this reason only is a devotee free from formidable time No edit summary current
• 04:3204:32, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,194 We are discussing every day. Next life is there. We are every moment getting a different body. This is the scientific study. I do not know why they cannot understand. This is biology No edit summary current
• 04:3204:32, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,879 Similarly, there are Sankhya philosophers, metaphysicians or materialistic scientists who study this cosmic manifestation by their invented scientific method and do not recognize the supreme authority of God as the creator of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
• 04:3104:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,492 By the scientific study of material nature, the living entity and the Supersoul, one has to understand the basic principle of devotional service to the Lord No edit summary

27 June 2022

• 16:0016:00, 27 June 2022 diff hist +4,153 We belong to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu belongs to Madhvacarya-sampradaya No edit summary current
• 16:0016:00, 27 June 2022 diff hist −13 The nineteenth acarya (of the disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya), Ramacandra Tirtha, had another disciplic succession, including Vibudhendra, 1218; Jitamitra, 1348; Raghunandana; Surendra; Vijendra; Sudhindra; and Raghavendra Tirtha, 1545 No edit summary current
• 15:5915:59, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,751 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (9) Para Tirtha; (10) Satyaprajna Tirtha; (11) Prajna Tirtha No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,789 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (5) Jnananidhi; (6) Garuda-vahana; (7) Kaivalya Tirtha; (8) Jnanesa Tirtha No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,220 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (44) Satyadhira, 1801; (45) Satyadhira Tirtha, 1808 No edit summary current
• 15:5715:57, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,217 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (42) Satyesta, 1793; (43) Satyaparakrama, 1794 No edit summary current
• 15:5715:57, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,254 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (39) Satyasantusta, 1763; (40) Satyaparayana, 1763; (41) Satyakama, 1785 No edit summary current
• 15:5715:57, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,761 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (19) Ramacandra, 1269; (20) Vidyanidhi, 1298; (21) Sri Raghunatha, 1366 No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,760 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (14) Padmanabha, 1120; Narahari, 1127; Madhava, 1136; and Aksobhya 1159 No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 27 June 2022 diff hist −13 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years.): (1) Hamsa Paramatma; (2) Caturmukha Brahma; (3) Sanakadi; (4) Durvasa No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,807 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add seventy-eight years): (22) Rayuvarya (who spoke with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu), 1424; (23) Raghuttama, 1471 No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,238 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add 78 years.): (36) Satyavara, 1716; (37) Satyadharma, 1719; (38) Satyasankalpa, 1752 No edit summary current
• 15:5115:51, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,258 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add 78 years.): (32) Satyavijaya, 1648; (33) Satyapriya, 1659; (34) Satyabodha, 1666; (35) Satyasandha, 1705 No edit summary current
• 15:5015:50, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,263 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add 78 years.): (28) Satyanidhi, 1560; (29) Satyanatha, 1582; (30) Satyabhinava, 1595; (31) Satyapurna, 1628 No edit summary current
• 15:5015:50, 27 June 2022 diff hist +12,259 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add 78 years.): (24) Vedavyasa, 1517; (25) Vidyadhisa, 1541; (26) Vedanidhi, 1553; (27) Satyavrata, 1557 No edit summary current
• 15:4915:49, 27 June 2022 diff hist +11,787 The disciplic succession of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are those of birth in the Sakabda Era; for Christian era dates, add 78 years.): (15) Jaya Tirtha, 1167; (16) Vidyadhiraja, 1190; (17) Kavindra, 1255; (18) Vagisa, 1261 No edit summary current