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4 July 2022

• 14:2814:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,224 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then suggested, "If Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would like, I could bring Him into a first-class sampradaya by offering Him saffron cloth and performing the reformatory process again" No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,069 Regarding your taking sannyasa, I think you are already a sannyasi although not in saffron colored cloth No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 4 July 2022 diff hist +27 He (Krsna) wears saffron cloth, a garland around His neck and a peacock feather in His hair. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6 Brahmananda Bharati gave it up and accepted a loincloth of saffron color, as used by Vaisnava sannyasis. For some time he lived with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,153 They (materialists) devise many systems - such as capitalism and materialistic communism - to advance their material position. They are not interested in the laws of God or in a higher goal No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,247 Krishna Consciousness Movement is so nice that it can adjust the disagreement between socialism and capitalism No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,303 Communism is a movement of sudras, and capitalism is meant for vaisyas No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,951 The conditioned soul and its duties, the truth about Lord Visnu, prayers, Vedic hymns, Lord Siva, the Vedic literature, personalism and impersonalism, good behavior, and many other subjects are also discussed - in Brahma-samhita No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,953 The santa-rati realization of Krsna is in the neutral stage between the conception of impersonalism and personalism. This means that one is not very strongly attached to the personal feature of the Lord No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,736 This is another example of uparasa, or a perverted reflection of impersonalism and personalism No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,029 This perverted reflection of mellows is called santa-uparasa, or a perverted reflection of mixed impersonalism and personalism No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 4 July 2022 diff hist +20,200 Unfortunately, at times of need we seek our friends in the mundane world, not knowing that one needy man cannot help another No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 4 July 2022 diff hist +12,305 The philosophers and those who are inquisitive are better than those in categories (1 ) - needy and (2) - those who have fallen into difficulty No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 The needy pious man prays to God for a better standard of life, and the pious man who has fallen into material difficulty prays in order to get rid of his trouble No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist +12,719 Pious men also belong to four categories: (1) the needy, (2) those who have fallen into difficulty, (3) those who are inquisitive about the transcendental science, and (4) the genuine philosophers No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,732 O best among the brahmanas (Maitreya), those who are spiritual masters are very kind to the needy. They are always kind to their followers, disciples and sons, and without being asked by them, the spiritual master describes all that is knowledge No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 4 July 2022 diff hist +20,237 No mundane man is full in every respect; even a man possessing the greatest riches is himself needy if he is devoid of a relationship with the Lord No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +12,226 Needy pious men pray to God to improve their economic condition because all they know is sense gratification, while those in difficulty ask Him to free them from a hellish life of tribulations. Such ignorant people do not know the value of human life No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,506 Jnani has been eulogized. So even I am not jnani, even I am a needy person, if I take to Krsna and ask Him, that process is also recommended because ultimately, when I shall be purified, I shall know my real nature No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,836 In this material world, activities for material enjoyment which are considered to be pious are also sinful. For example, one sometimes gives something in charity to a needy person with a view to getting back the money four times increased No edit summary current
• 12:5412:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,586 He (Sanatana Gosvami) had a touchstone with him, and this stone was left in a pile of refuse. A needy man took it, but later on wondered why the valuable stone was kept in such a neglected place No edit summary current
• 12:5412:54, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 Generally the distressed, the needy, the intelligent and the inquisitive, who have performed some pious activities, worship or begin to worship the Lord (Krsna) No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 Four kinds of pious men - the needy, the distressed, the enlightened and the inquisitive - approach the Lord in devotional service, and their devotion is mixed with material affection No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,355 During the rainy season, there are strong winds blustering all over the country and carrying clouds from one place to another to distribute life-giving water to the needy living entities No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 By quoting this verse (CC Adi 9.46), Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should be tolerant like trees and also beneficial like trees, which give everything to the needy persons who come underneath them No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 A pure devotee is far above these 4 classes of pious men ((1) the needy, (2) those who have fallen into difficulty, (3) those who are inquisitive about the transcendental science, & (4) the genuine philosophers), for he is in the transcendental position No edit summary current
• 12:5112:51, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1 Attracted by electricity throughout the sky and driven by forceful winds, clouds gradually cover the surface of the earth to satisfy the needy people by supplying water, which is the substance of their life No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,523 Veda-vada-rata people, however, have their own acaryas, who are not in the chain of transcendental succession. Thus they progress into the darkest region of ignorance by misinterpreting the Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +9,244 The veda-vada-rata people progress into the darkest region of ignorance by misinterpreting the Vedic literature. They fall even further into ignorance than those who have no knowledge of the Vedas at all No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,294 The veda-vada-rata people, instead of realizing that the purpose of the Vedas is to revive the forgetful soul's lost relationship with the SPG, take it for granted that such side issues as the attainment of heavenly pleasure for sense gratification No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,103 They (veda-vada-rata people) fall even further into ignorance than those who have no knowledge of the Vedas at all No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,267 There is no feeling of nationality because they are not thinking of the nation; they are thinking of their own pocket, that's all. Where is the nationality? They are simply bogus slogans. Actual unity, nationality, universality, is in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 12:3712:37, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,909 The Lord (Krsna) says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: "Give up all kinds of material engagement and simply surrender unto Me." (BG 18.66) This is the primary principle of religion No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,641 These two primary principles of separation from material bondage can be realized on the strength of bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
• 12:3312:33, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,324 Such bewildered persons (such as nationalists or altruists) may even be engaged in such primary moral principles of life as nonviolence and similar materially benevolent work. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:3212:32, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,682 Now, the total regulative principles come to an aggregate of sixty-four items. As we have mentioned, the first are the primary ten regulative principles No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +11 A person gradually reaches this stage (of anartha-nivrtti) by regularly performing the primary principles of devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,444 When you are spiritually strong, if you speak something on spiritual subject matter, then it will be effective. Otherwise it will be just like tape record playing. So this is required No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,827 This is the biggest institution of spiritual activities so everyone of us should be spiritually strong. Otherwise, superficially if we want to manage, it will not be possible No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,159 The process of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra with a vow before the tulasi plant has such great spiritual potency that simply by doing this one can become spiritually strong No edit summary current
• 11:3011:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,586 He (Kasyapa Muni) could have refused her (Diti) with strong words expressing impossibility, but he was not as spiritually strong as Vidura No edit summary current
• 11:2711:27, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,267 We hope we shall get very good response from the student community here, because one of the representatives of the student newspaper came to see me and there was nice discussion, and I hope a good report will come out No edit summary current
• 11:2611:26, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,682 The proud student community did not become submissive. On the contrary, the students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere. In a laughing manner they criticized the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,931 The Boston center is also very important because there are many students & Boston is educational center so if you concentrate your energy & can organize the student community to understand our philosophy it will be a great service No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,307 I have already invitation from Columbus and North Carolina, so our future hope is this student community No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,353 Boston is educational center, especially there are so many universities so if you concentrate your energy and can organize the student community to understand our philosophy it will be a great service No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 4 July 2022 diff hist −12 Inquisitive and sincere disciple No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,356 He (Mahesh Yogi) is not so fortunate as I am, that I have so many sincere disciples that I do not have to pay them any salary nor do they ever ask for any vacation. Instead they are working twice as hard to double the book distribution No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,250 By serving her devotee husband, Kardama Muni, Devahuti shared in his achievements. Similarly, a sincere disciple, simply by serving a bona fide spiritual master, can achieve all the mercy of the Lord and the spiritual master simultaneously No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,138 The anthropologists say that 40,000 years ago Homo sapiens had not appeared on this planet because evolution had not reached that point No edit summary current