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1 July 2022
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,457 When one rises to the second platform of devotional service, his business is to propagate Krsna consciousness all over the world No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +33 When one is situated on the platform of devotional service, one is freed from impediments and completely satisfied No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,545 When one is completely free from the influence of all the modes of material nature, one becomes a pure Vaisnava on the devotional platform No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +33 When one comes to the platform of devotional service, he always remains opulent in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,288 Unless we surrender to the lotus feet of a pure devotee, it is not possible to come to the platform of devotional service. That is the way. We cannot taste the honey within the bottle. The bottle must be opened by the expert No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,939 Unless one is freed from all sinful reactions, one cannot be promoted to the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,672 Unless one is favored by a pure devotee, one cannot attain the platform of devotional service. To say nothing of krsna-bhakti, one cannot even be relieved from the bondage of material existence No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 1 July 2022 diff hist +5,452 Ultimate is always be absorbed in glorifying the Lord, but not in the beginning. In the beginning you must work very hard; you come to the stage of pure devotional platform No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,232 To be elevated to the platform of devotional service, the following five items should be observed: association with devotees, engagement in the service of Krsna, the reading of SB, the chanting of the holy names and residence at Vrndavana or Mathura No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 1 July 2022 diff hist +33 Those who work without fruitive results are also perfect in their attitude. They are given a chance to advance to the platform of devotional service in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,719 Those who discuss the activities of Lord Krsna are on the highest platform of devotional life, and they evince the symptoms of tears in the eyes and bodily jubilation No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,943 This is the mentality of one who is becoming a pure devotee. When one is elevated to the platform of devotional service by the grace of the Lord and the spiritual master, one first regrets his past sinful activities. This helps one advance No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,992 This is (employing one's energy in Krsna's interests) purity of purpose and the platform of pure devotional service in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist +2,257 The highest perfection of life is to come to the platform of devotional service and always engage in devotional activities No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist +6,352 The guru must be situated on the topmost platform of devotional service. There are three classes of devotees, and the guru must be accepted from the topmost class No edit summary current
- 06:2206:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,665 The duty of the living entity is to understand his real identity. When he does, Krsna gives him all the facilities to come to the platform of devotional service. That is the perfection of life No edit summary current
30 June 2022
- 11:3911:39, 30 June 2022 diff hist +7,663 They (the brahmanas) regretted very much that, although their wives were elevated to the platform of pure devotional service, they themselves could not understand even a little bit of how to love & offer transcendental loving service to the Supreme Soul No edit summary
- 11:2811:28, 30 June 2022 diff hist +4,480 There are many different religions throughout the world because they are not all on the absolute platform of devotional service. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.66): sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja No edit summary current
- 11:2811:28, 30 June 2022 diff hist +10,696 There (in the daksina-vibhaga (southern division), of the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu) are also descriptions of the stages known as vibhava, anubhava, sattvika, vyabhicari and sthayi-bhava, all on this high platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 11:2711:27, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,825 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakura says in this connection that although one may go on chanting the Hare Krsna mantra for many, many years, there is no possibility of attaining the platform of devotional service unless one accepts Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 11:2611:26, 30 June 2022 diff hist +33 So-called scientists and philosophical speculators are unable to understand the Supreme Lord by virtue of their knowledge. Knowledge is not perfect unless one comes to the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 11:2511:25, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5,139 Since King Kulasekhara is a maha-jana, an authority in the line of devotional service, it is our prime duty to follow in his footsteps in order to achieve the highest devotional platform No edit summary current
29 June 2022
- 12:5412:54, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,457 Out of sheer misunderstanding, some transcendentalists think that knowledge and renunciation are necessary for rising to the platform of devotional service. This is not so No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,657 On this platform (of loving devotional service) there is nothing but the service of the Lord. When a person has no ulterior motive, there is certainly oneness and agreement of principles No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 29 June 2022 diff hist +33 On the platform of jnana-kanda, one may give up the objects of ku-visaya and su-visaya. But that is not the perfection of life. Perfection is transcendental to both jnana-kanda and karma-kanda; it is on the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 29 June 2022 diff hist +3,467 One who hears the pastimes of Krsna with the gopis will attain the highest platform of devotional service and be freed from material lust, which overwhelms everyone's heart in the material world No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 29 June 2022 diff hist +11,881 One should not remain a kanistha-adhikari, one who is situated on the lowest platform of devotional service and is interested only in worshiping the Deity in the temple No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 29 June 2022 diff hist +3,077 One may attain the topmost platform of devotional service, but somehow or other if he offends a Vaisnava, the whole structure collapses No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 29 June 2022 diff hist +5,106 One has to become faithful by practicing the controlling process of the yoga system and must elevate himself to the platform of unalloyed devotional service by chanting and hearing about Me No edit summary
- 12:4812:48, 29 June 2022 diff hist +33 One can go on experimenting by atoning, but the diseases of the soul will remain unless one comes to the platform of rendering devotional service in love and purifying his life No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,240 One cannot be situated on the platform of pure devotional service, however, unless one is freed from all kinds of sinful reactions No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 29 June 2022 diff hist +33 No one accepts the spiritual processes of knowledge and renunciation, which end in bhakti-yoga. Actually human life is meant for jnana and vairagya, knowledge and renunciation. Through these one can attain the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1202:12, 29 June 2022 diff hist +5,861 It may be said, however, that such attachment is like giving a future hope to the pretender, so that he may eventually rise onto the actual platform of pure devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1102:11, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,637 It is said that during the advent of Lord Caitanya, Sadasiva appeared as Advaita Prabhu, and Advaita Prabhu's chief concern was to elevate the fallen conditioned souls to the platform of devotional service to Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 02:1102:11, 29 June 2022 diff hist +6,964 It is advised that active persons engage in activities of Krsna consciousness, which are called yajna, because then they will gradually come to the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1102:11, 29 June 2022 diff hist +33 In the Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.115-28), Lord Caitanya lists sixty-four regulative principles one must follow to be elevated to the highest platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +9,352 If the ultimate goal of life is to elevate oneself to the platform of devotional service, then why is it observed that a devotee of Lord Visnu is generally not very prosperous materially, whereas a devotee of Lord Siva is found to be very opulent? No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,703 If the ultimate goal of life, or the conclusion of the Vedas, is to elevate oneself to the platform of devotional service, then why is it observed that a devotee of Lord Visnu is generally not very prosperous materially No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +3,220 If one indulges in Mayavada philosophy, he gradually falls down from the platform of devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +2,862 If by accumulating pious activities (krta-punya-punjah) one is raised to the platform of pure devotional service, Krsna is always visible in the core of one's heart. One who has attained such perfection is all-beautiful in transcendental bliss No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +5,146 If an ordinary man develops such attachment for Krsna and fortunately performs devotional activities in the association of pure devotees, he can also rise up to the platform of pure devotional service No edit summary current
- 02:1002:10, 29 June 2022 diff hist +5,487 Hindu principles are different from Muslim and Buddhist principles. These may be considered on the material platform, but when we come to the platform of transcendental devotional service, there are no such considerations No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 29 June 2022 diff hist +33 He (Lord Krsna) distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,540 Having been elevated to that platform (of devotional service), Ajamila began to lament for his past materialistic activities and glorify the name, fame, form and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 29 June 2022 diff hist +5,207 Generally people are aware of four principal goals of life - religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kama) and ultimately liberation (moksa) - but devotional service is situated on the platform above liberation No edit summary current
- 02:0802:08, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,180 Foolish person always desires material opulence, which can be attained by karma, jnana & yoga. But when one is actually elevated to the devotional platform, he gives up all these desires. This is called anyabhilasita-sunya. Then one becomes a pure devotee No edit summary current
- 02:0802:08, 29 June 2022 diff hist +4,559 Due to his (Bharata's) having been elevated to the topmost platform of devotional service, he did not forget the incidents of his past life. This special benediction saved him from further deterioration No edit summary current
28 June 2022
- 08:4708:47, 28 June 2022 diff hist +51,244 Devotional service is performed on this excellent platform, and knowledge of the devotee's relationship to Krsna as lover and beloved was given by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It was never given by any previous incarnation or acarya No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 28 June 2022 diff hist +3,050 Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: "Do not mix freely with the residents of Mathura; show them respect from a distance. Because you (Jagadananda Pandita) are on a different platform of devotional service, you cannot adopt their behavior and practices" No edit summary current
- 08:4508:45, 28 June 2022 diff hist +5,531 Caitanya-caritamrta says, "By the mercy of the spiritual master who is a pure devotee and by the mercy of Krsna one can achieve the platform of devotional service. There is no other way" No edit summary current