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30 June 2022

• 13:3213:32, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 One should worship and chant the holy name of the Lord by accepting it as the Lord Himself. One should therefore be initiated properly according to revealed scriptures under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 He (Krsna) is Himself the awarder of fruitive results. He is self-sufficient, and yet He acts according to the rulings of the revealed scripture in order to teach us the process. If He does not do so, the common man may go wrong No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,211 Devahuti continued: My dear lord, I am struck by excited emotion for you. Therefore kindly make what arrangements must be made according to the scriptures so that my skinny body, emaciated through unsatisfied passion, may be rendered fit for you No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,774 Caitanya-caritamrta advises those who are neophytes to give up all kinds of motivated desires and simply engage in the regulative devotional service of the Lord according to the directions of scripture No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,547 By the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, even a foolish child can fully describe the real nature of Lord Krsna, the enjoyer of the pastimes of Vraja, according to the vision of the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 12:5912:59, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,159 Because animal sacrifice is recommended in the Vedas, there are animal sacrifices in almost all religious rituals. However, one should not be satisfied simply by killing animals according to the directions of the scriptures No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,483 A predicate always follows its subject. Now I shall explain the meaning of this verse according to the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,259 As stated by Narottama dasa Thakura, sadhu-sastra-guru: one has to test all spiritual matters according to the instructions of saintly persons, scriptures and the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 12:4112:41, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,403 According to Vedic scripture, whenever a child is born there are some ceremonies known as jata-karma and nama-karana, in which learned brahmanas, immediately after the birth of the child, make a horoscope according to astrological calculations No edit summary current
• 12:4112:41, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,586 According to Vedic scripture, those animal-eaters, they should kill the animals personally so that they can see how much suffering is there, so he will stop No edit summary current
• 12:3912:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 According to Vedic scripture, He (Krsna) expands first as Baladeva, Baladeva expands as Sankarsana, Sankarsana expands as Narayana, and Narayana expands as Visnu. These are Vedic statements. We can understand that Krsna is the original Visnu, Syamasundara No edit summary
• 12:3912:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 According to Vedic life and according to all Vedic scriptures, a man should live on fruits and vegetables, for his teeth are made in such a way that these can be very easily eaten and digested No edit summary current
• 12:3812:38, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,246 According to the Vedic scriptures the contraceptive method should be restraint in sex life. It is not that one should indulge in unrestricted sex life and avoid children by using some method to check pregnancy No edit summary current
• 12:3812:38, 30 June 2022 diff hist −5 According to the smrti scriptures, a sannyasi should not expect anything from anyone, nor should he consider himself identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:3712:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,219 According to the revelations of revealed scripture, Vrndavana extends only sixteen krosas (thirty-two miles). Nonetheless, all the Vaikuntha planets and innumerable universes are located in one corner of this tract No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,666 According to the revealed scriptures, if a spiritual master can convert even one soul into a perfectly pure devotee, his mission in life is fulfilled No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,341 According to the Muslim scripture, without evadat, offering prayers at a mosque or elsewhere five times daily (namaz), one cannot be successful in life No edit summary current
• 12:3212:32, 30 June 2022 diff hist +81,424 According to other scriptures such as the Puranas, even a candala, or a person of the fifth social order (lower than a sudra), becomes more than a person of the first order (a brahmana) by dint of his transcendental devotional service No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,052 According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is nondifferent from Krsna. Lord Krsna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,355 According to the conclusion of all authoritative Vedic scriptures, when a person comes to the stage of appreciating Visnu, he is at the beginning of devotional service No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,701 According to scriptures, this collecting of more than necessary (atyahara) is prohibited. Now the entire world is suffering because of it No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,852 According to scripture, kalau panca vivarjayet. In this age a woman is forbidden to marry her husband's brother. This system is still practiced in some of the hilly tracts of India No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,638 According to revealed scriptures and astrological calculation, the age of Kali is in its five thousandth year. Therefore, Srimad-Bhagavatam was compiled not less than five thousand years ago No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,812 According to revealed scriptures, a teacher or spiritual master is liable to be rejected if he proves himself unworthy of the position of a guru or spiritual master No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,336 According to Hindu scripture, God's name is the most powerful hymn. If everyone hears the chanting of the name, the potency of the hymn will be lost No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,349 The feelings of happiness and distress of the soul, who is transcendental by nature, are caused by the spirit soul himself No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,041 The body is dead from the very beginning because it is a lump of matter. It has no feelings of happiness and distress No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,579 Thereafter, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade farewell to all the devotees, and He Himself, with mixed feelings of happiness and distress, took rest No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,630 Everyone who is not in Krsna consciousness must be considered to be in illusion. One's so-called feelings of happiness and satisfaction resulting from material things are also illusions No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6 When Krsna was saved from such a great danger (Putana), mother Yasoda and Rohini were principally concerned, and the other elderly gopis, who were almost equally concerned, followed the activities of mother Yasoda and Rohini No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,182 Visnu category means they are almost equal to Krsna. It is estimated the Visnu categories, They have ninety-four percent opulence of Krsna. And the next category is Siva category. The Siva category has eighty-four percent No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,062 Uddhava is described as the most exalted personality in the Vrsni dynasty, being almost equal to Krsna No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,336 Since the wife is weaker than the husband, this weakness is expressed in this verse (SB 4.28.44) with the words upa patim. Upa means near to, or almost equal to. Being a man, the husband is generally more advanced than his wife No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,983 Lord Visnu is in the category of svamsa because He has opulences almost equal to Krsna's. Krsna is the original person, and Lord Visnu is His personal expansion. This is the verdict of all Vedic literatures No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,179 In many Puranas it is sometimes asserted that a demigod is elevated to such a high position that he is almost on an equal level with the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 He (Siva) is called Mahadeva, or the greatest of all demigods, and no one is equal to or greater than him in the material world. He is almost equal with Lord Visnu No edit summary current
• 12:1012:10, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,647 Devotional service and ordinary work, they look almost equal No edit summary current
• 07:4107:41, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,333 Ever since Gandhi's noncooperation movement, Bombay has been kept dry and has not allowed its citizens to drink. But unfortunately the citizens are so clever that they have increased illicit distillation of liquor No edit summary current
• 07:3807:38, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,277 What cannot be achieved through the performance of Vedic rituals can be easily achieved through the chanting of the Lord's holy name. To chant the holy name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime No edit summary current
• 07:3707:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,811 To chant the holy name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime that one can achieve all the benefits of spiritual life simply by following this process No edit summary current
• 07:3707:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,531 The bhakti cult is sublime for the pure devotees who are serious about getting in contact with the Supreme Lord, and it is easy for the neophytes who are just on the threshold of the house of bhakti No edit summary current
• 07:3707:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,451 If he (the author of Caitanya-caritamrta) had been carried away by someone’s likes and dislikes, he could not have written of such a sublime subject matter in such an easy way. The actual facts are understandable to real devotees No edit summary current
• 07:3507:35, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,377 Other yajnas prescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this age of Kali, but the sankirtana-yajna is easy and sublime for all purposes. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:3507:35, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,129 Krsna consciousness is itself the purifying process, and by the direct method of devotional service it is simultaneously easy and sublime. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist −13 Topics discussed in the Seventh and Eighth Chapters (of BG) are specifically related to devotional service, and because they bring enlightenment in Krsna consciousness, they are called more confidential. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:3007:30, 30 June 2022 diff hist +9,701 The more confidential friends are called priya-sakhas and are almost Krsna's age. Because of their very confidential friendship, their behavior is only on the basis of pure friendship No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,160 There are other friends who are still more confidential. They are called priya-narma, or intimate friends. Counted among the priya-narma friends are Subala, Arjuna, Gandharva, Vasanta and Ujjvala No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,327 Lord Krsna, in order to encourage Arjuna to higher and higher elevation in His potent service, describes in this Ninth Chapter (of BG) matters more confidential than any He has already disclosed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,972 Krsna is instructing Arjuna in more confidential knowledge of His opulences and His work. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,366 Knowledge of the self is the first step in spiritual realization, which is called confidential knowledge, and a step further is God realization, which is called more confidential knowledge No edit summary current