User contributions for Amala Sundari

4 July 2022

• 10:5610:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 God is neither Moslem nor Hindu nor Christian - He is God. Nor are we to be considered Hindu, Moslem or Christian. These are bodily designations. We are all pure spirit, part and parcel of the Supreme No edit summary current
• 10:5110:51, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11 After receiving initiation from a bona fide spiritual master, one must abandon all kinds of sinful activities, namely illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,384 The Lord is within every living entity as the Supersoul, and He initiated Brahma because Brahma was willing to receive the initiation. The Lord can similarly initiate everyone who is inclined to have it No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +25,594 One should generally accept the following principles to properly execute devotional service: (1) take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, (2) receive initiation from the spiritual master, (3) serve the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,289 I have just yesterday received one letter from a boy in Seattle named Charles McCollogh, & he has desired to come here to Los Angeles and receive initiation from me. Please inform me of the situation with this boy so I may reply to his letter there after No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,924 That point is missing. Real enjoyer or proprietor is Krsna. Bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram. He's the proprietor No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,996 Just like in a house, rented house, you are living. If the proprietor of the house, landlord, eject you, you cannot live there. You cannot use it. Similarly, we can use this body as long as the real proprietor of the body, Hrsikesa, allows me to stay here No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,805 It is confirmed in the Fifth Chapter (5.29) that when one understands that Krsna is the proprietor of all universal manifestations, that He is the real friend of all living entities, then only can one have real peace. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,372 It is clearly declared (Bg. 5.29) that the Lord is the supreme enjoyer of the benefits of all sacrifices and penances, the proprietor of all that is manifested and the friend of all living entities. That is His real identity No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,604 Hrsikesa means the real proprietor is Krsna. I have been given this property No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,172 Everything we see in the material manifestation is but the creation of the Lord.Therefore He is the real proprietor of everything in the universes No edit summary current
• 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,615 The Absolute Truth will remain inconceivable to them (the conditioned souls) because a materialistic person cannot measure the length and breadth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's unlimited existence No edit summary current
• 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,878 That is the inconceivable potency of the Lord. No one can measure the length and breadth of God by speculation or by false identification with God. These attempts are symptoms of lunacy No edit summary current
• 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,661 No one can measure the length and breadth of the one fourth of My energy manifested in the material world. Who then can measure the three fourths that is manifested in the spiritual world No edit summary current
• 08:4508:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5 It is not possible to measure the length and breadth of Krsna by one's minuscule knowledge, and one who arrives at this conclusion is considered intelligent by Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 08:4408:44, 4 July 2022 diff hist −16 A frog in a well was informed of the gigantic Pacific Ocean, and he began to puff himself up in order to understand or measure the length and breadth of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately the frog burst and died No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,823 This rope almost always hung from the shoulders of the boys, and it was not absent from the shoulders of Krsna and Balarama No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,934 The pilgrimage site of Kedaranatha still exists near Kashmir. It is almost always covered by snow, but for part of the year, during the month of July, it is possible to see the deity, and devotees go there to offer their respects No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,976 The person experiencing such ecstatic love for Krsna is almost always in the neutral stage of devotional service, or santa-rasa. A description of ecstatic love caused by ghastliness is found in the following statement No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,492 Their (the four Kumaras) complexions are very fair, there is an effulgence in their bodies, and they always travel naked. These four saintly persons almost always remain together No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,825 Their (Four Kumaras) complexions are very fair, there is an effulgence in their bodies, and they always travel naked. These four saintly persons almost always remain together No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,754 Mercury, which is the son of the moon, is almost always very auspicious for the inhabitants of the universe, but when it does not move along with the sun, it forbodes cyclones, dust, irregular rainfall, and waterless clouds No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,838 Kings greedy for sense gratification on this earth almost always kill their enemies indiscriminately. To satisfy their own whims, they may kill anyone, even their mothers, fathers, brothers or friends - SB 10.1.67 No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,335 It is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone's heart No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,825 It is said that because Krsna was constantly performing various types of sacrifices and was inviting the demigods from the higher planetary systems, the demigods were almost always absent from their consorts No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,049 It (Mars) almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7 A patient suffering from a particular type of malady is almost always inclined to accept eatables which are forbidden for him No edit summary current
• 07:4707:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,284 Thus the students, infidels, fruitive workers and critics all came to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
• 07:4707:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist −2 These (foolish) critics think that only Indians or Hindus should be offered sannyasa to preach, but their knowledge is practically nil No edit summary current
• 07:4607:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,390 Such ecstatic love is palatable, and expert critics have compared such ecstatic love with a mixture of curd, sugar candy and a little black pepper. The combined taste is very palatable No edit summary current
• 07:4607:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,374 Such critics (who criticize the activities of the ISKCON) cannot do anything personally to spread Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,605 Sometimes the critics of SB find it difficult to find Radharani's holy name in that book, but the secret is disclosed here in the word aradhita, from which the name Radha has come. Of course, the name of Radharani is directly mentioned in other Puranas No edit summary current
• 07:4507:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,232 It is this daiva-varnasrama that should be established all over the world to continue a perfect society for Krsna consciousness. This may be astonishing to foolish critics, but it is one of the functions of a Krsna conscious society No edit summary
• 07:3307:33, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,682 How long can we tolerate the blasphemy by Your critics against Your conduct? We should give up our lives rather than hear such blasphemy No edit summary current
• 07:3207:32, 4 July 2022 diff hist +19,481 After Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order, all agnostics, critics, atheists and mental speculators became His students and followers No edit summary current
• 07:2707:27, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,928 Among the human species, some denounce sensual pleasures and are honored by the world as a saints, yogis, philosophers, scholars, and so on No edit summary current
• 07:2607:26, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 There are 8,400,000 different species of life, and these varieties are the creation of the material nature. They arise from the different sensual pleasures of the living entity, who thus desires to live in this body or that. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:2407:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,451 To deny an offering that has come of itself is not commendable even for one absolutely free from all attachment, much less one addicted to sensual pleasure No edit summary current
• 07:2407:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,165 The youthful duration of their lives is very pleasing, and both men and women enjoy sexual union with great pleasure for a long time. After years of sensual pleasure - when a balance of one year of life remains - the wife conceives a child No edit summary current
• 07:2307:23, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,480 The power of movement and the legs should be given to Lord Visnu. Sensual pleasure, along with the genitals, should be bestowed upon Prajapati. The rectum, with the power of evacuation, should be bestowed, in its proper place, unto Mrtyu No edit summary current
• 07:2207:22, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,406 Renunciation means renunciation of sensual pleasure, especially the pleasure of sex. Therefore a brahmacari, sannyasi or vanaprastha is strictly prohibited from having relationships with women No edit summary current
• 07:2207:22, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,281 One should not waste semen on sensual pleasure, violating the principles of Vedic life. Restraint in sex is possible, however, only when the populace is trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, it is not possible No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,136 In this human form of life, men and women unite for the sensual pleasure of sex, but by actual experience we have observed that none of them are happy. Therefore, seeing the contrary results, I have stopped taking part in materialistic activities No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,923 Demons have a very high standard of sensual pleasure, wealth and influence No edit summary current
• 07:1707:17, 4 July 2022 diff hist +35 A devotee should also perform the duties of his practical life in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 07:1507:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,998 Narottama dasa Thakura sings that our only desire should be to perform the duties of KC. We should not be misled by the karma-mimamsa philosophy, which concludes that if we work seriously the results will come automatically. This is not a fact No edit summary current
• 07:1307:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,482 When there is no such training, one simply claims that because he is born in a brahmana or ksatriya family, he is therefore a brahmana or a ksatriya, even though he performs the duties of a sudra No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,683 When by learning from the self-realized spiritual master one actually engages himself in the service of Visnu, functional devotional service begins. The procedures of this devotional service are known as abhidheya, or actions one is dutybound to perform No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,975 The householder is duty-bound to maintain the members of all three of the other asramas, namely the brahmacaris, the vanaprasthas, and sannyasis No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,564 The common man thinks of violence and nonviolence in terms of the body, but that is a kind of delusion. Everyone is duty-bound according to one's occupational duties No edit summary current