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30 June 2022

• 14:3714:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 There are persons who manufacture modes of austerity and penances which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +25,346 There are many instructions for spiritual realization, but persons who have no connection with such scriptural injunctions are also known as nirgrantha No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 30 June 2022 diff hist +36 Such demonstrations (unauthorized fasting or austerities for some ulterior purpose) are insults to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they are enacted in disobedience to the Vedic scriptural injunctions. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,048 Sometimes people worship some demigod just to make money and then spend the money for recreation, ignoring the scriptural injunctions. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,159 Sex with one's wife according to the scriptural injunctions is also accepted as brahmacarya (celibacy), but illicit sex is opposed to religious principles, and it hampers advancement in spiritual consciousness No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,341 Scriptures you cannot understand directly. Then you have to see how the scriptural injunctions are being followed by saintly persons. Even if you cannot understand, then the spiritual master will explain to you No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Sadhu, therefore, means a follower of the scriptural injunctions and a devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Routine work, in terms of the scriptural injunctions, is done without desire for results. As one has to do it, obligatory work is action in the mode of goodness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,123 Right work is work done in terms of the prescribed directions in the scriptures, and wrong work is work done against the principles of the scriptural injunctions. But whatever is done requires these five factors for its complete performance. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Persons who take to such austerities (like fasting for some ulterior purpose) are, according to Bhagavad-gita, certainly demoniac. Their acts are against the scriptural injunction and are not beneficial for the people in general. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,229 Persons of normal mental condition must obey the scriptural injunctions. Those who are not in such a position neglect and disobey the scriptures and manufacture their own way of austerities and penances. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2414:24, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Otherwise there is every possibility of falling down - if one not follows scriptural injunctions even after one is fixed up and determined in devotional service No edit summary current
• 14:2314:23, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,087 Only the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshipable, but those who are not very conversant with, or faithful to, the scriptural injunctions worship different objects, according to their specific situations in the modes of material nature. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,981 One who does not develop knowledge through the authorities or scriptural injunctions has knowledge that is limited to the body. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,724 One should practice cleansing oneself externally and internally, and he should learn to become simple in behavior. He should not do anything which is not sanctioned by the scriptural injunction. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2114:21, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,827 One should not accept as a spiritual master someone who is fool number one, who has no direction according to the scriptural injunctions, whose character is doubtful, who does not follow the principles of devotional service No edit summary current
• 14:2114:21, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 One must continue to follow scriptural injunctions even after one is fixed up in determined certainty that devotional service is the only means for reaching the perfection of life No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,908 Many people, far from following scriptural injunctions, ridicule the sacred texts and thus gradually slide down to a demoniac life of unrestricted sense enjoyment No edit summary current
• 14:1914:19, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Irresponsible work is distraction because it destroys the regulative principles of scriptural injunction. It is often based on violence and is distressing to other living entities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:1814:18, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,846 Irresponsible work is destructive because it destroys the regulative principles of scriptural injunction No edit summary current
• 14:1814:18, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 In this way (BG 7.15) the fools are categorized. A duskrti is always acting against the scriptural injunctions. The business of current civilization is to break scriptural rules - that's all. By definition, a pious man is one who doesn't No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 If one, with faith, follows some rules which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions, what is his position? This doubt of Arjuna is to be cleared by Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,706 Every student is expected to become Acarya. Acarya means one who knows the scriptural injunctions and follows them practically in life, and teaches them to his disciples No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,831 Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural injunctions. But simply by following such regulative principles one cannot attain the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhumi No edit summary current
• 14:0914:09, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Everyone thinks that there is no use in going to the temple just to worship God. But worship for economic benefit is not recommended in the scriptural injunction. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:0914:09, 30 June 2022 diff hist +13,732 Even after being elevated to the highest platform of devotional service, one must continue following the scriptural injunctions for devotional life No edit summary current
• 14:0814:08, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,232 Duskrtina means always doing against the scriptural or religious injunction. Always, continuously. Our business is now to break the rules of scriptures. That's all. That has become our business, duskrtina, always No edit summary current
• 14:0814:08, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,655 Diti neglected all the principles of scriptural injunction, and therefore, although she was very anxious for auspicious children, she was informed that her children would not be worthy to be the sons of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 14:0814:08, 30 June 2022 diff hist +20,983 Devotional service with attachment is natural, and one who has been attracted by it does not argue with those who oppose him, even though others may argue by presenting scriptural injunctions No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 30 June 2022 diff hist +2,579 Devotees are always tolerant, forbearing and very merciful. They are the well-wishers of every living entity. They follow the scriptural injunctions, and because they have no enemies, they are very peaceful. These are the decorations of devotees No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,650 By worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead one can satisfy all the demigods, but by worshiping all the demigods one does not completely worship God. Worship of the demigods is irregular, and it is disrespectful to the scriptural injunctions No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,533 By following scriptural injunctions one may enhance his appreciation for the glories of the Lord, but there is no chance for one to enter into personal dealings with Him No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,399 A single object is appreciated differently by different senses due to its having different qualities. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, but according to different scriptural injunctions He appears to be different No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist +15,966 A sadhu is a great personality like Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the sastras are the injunctions of revealed scriptures, and the guru, or spiritual master, is one who confirms the scriptural injunctions No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist +12 A neophyte is trained to perform activities in the mood of sacrifice, and he is encouraged to worship the Deities according to the scriptural injunctions No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 30 June 2022 diff hist −12 Actually, they (persons who manufacture modes of austerity and penances which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions) act out of pride, false ego, lust and attachment for material enjoyment. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,303 According to scriptural injunction one should be very careful of transgressing the law of maryada-vyatikrama because by so doing one loses his duration of life, his opulence, fame and piety and the blessings of all the world No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,246 According to scriptural injunctions, a spiritual master should be respected and regarded on an equal level with the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,933 When the Lord married 16,108 wives at Dvaraka, He expanded Himself into many forms. These expansions and the expansions at the rasa dance are called prabhava-prakasa, according to the directions of revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Ramananda Raya about the goal of life, Ramananda Raya described it in different ways, according to the recommendations of the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist −5 The Lord has different eternal forms; each devotee likes a particular form and thus engages himself in the service of the Lord by worshiping that form. The Lord's form is depicted in different ways according to scriptures No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,769 The King said, "According to evidence given in the revealed scriptures, it is concluded that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krsna Himself. Why, then, are learned scholars sometimes indifferent to Him" No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,037 The evolution is accepted in the Vedic literature but not like Darwin's. The evolution, according to Vedic scripture, is that the living entity is different from the body, and the living entity is passing through many forms of body No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +6,914 The brahmanas said, "To hell with our family! To hell with our expert service in performing the rituals exactly according to the description of the scriptures" No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 The actual center is the sastra, the revealed scripture. If a spiritual master does not speak according to the revealed scripture, he is not to be accepted. Similarly, if a saintly person does not speak according to the sastra, he is not a saintly person No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +1,826 They are expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies according to the orders of the Vedic scriptures. Thus they worship the Lord in His aspect as the demigod of fire No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 30 June 2022 diff hist −5 Since India has become dependent on foreign countries, the particular influences of her social orders have been lost; now, according to the scriptures, everyone is a śūdra No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha have all the potent features of the absolute Personality of Godhead, according to the revealed scriptures, which contain undeniable facts that no one can refute No edit summary current
• 13:3413:34, 30 June 2022 diff hist +18 One who worships demigods worships the Supreme Lord (Krsna) indirectly, but according to the revealed scriptures, there is no need to worship Him indirectly. One can worship Him directly No edit summary current
• 13:3313:33, 30 June 2022 diff hist +3,592 One who does not give charity according to the injunctions of the scriptures and one who does not accept charity in that way are considered to be in the mode of ignorance. Such persons follow the path of the foolish. Surely they must lament at the end No edit summary current