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5 July 2022

• 05:3305:33, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 The (Fifth) chapter (Brahma-samhita) also presents methods of devotional service, the eighteen-syllable Vedic hymn, discourses on the soul, the Supersoul and fruitive activity, an explanation of Kama-gayatri, kama-bija and the original Maha-Visnu No edit summary current
• 05:3205:32, 5 July 2022 diff hist +26 The (Kama-gayatri) mantra depicted in letters is also Krsna, and the mantra rises just like the moon. Due to this, there is a perverted reflection of desire in human society and among all kinds of living entities No edit summary current
• 05:3105:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +46,342 The kama-gayatri is not uttered under certain circumstances. In any case, the chanting of Hare Krsna is sufficient to elevate one to the highest spiritual platform No edit summary current
• 05:3105:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +45,806 The kama-gayatri mantra is composed of 24 1/2 syllables No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 5 July 2022 diff hist +9,808 The Kama-gayatri mantra is just like a Vedic hymn, but it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. There is no difference between the Kama-gayatri and Krsna. Both are composed of twenty-four and a half transcendental syllables No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 5 July 2022 diff hist +14,158 The Vedic hymn known as kama-gayatri describes the face of Krsna as the king of all moons. In metaphorical language, there are many different moons, but they are all one in Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 5 July 2022 diff hist +45,903 The word klim added to the gayatri mantra is explained in Brahma-samhita as the transcendental seed of love of Godhead, or the seed of the kama-gayatri No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 This Kama-gayatri (klim kama-devaya vidmahe puspa-banaya dhimahi tan no ’nangah pracodayat) simply does not belong to this material world No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,123 According to the rules of rhetorical arrangement for efficient composition in literature, a subject should be mentioned before its predicate No edit summary current
• 05:2005:20, 5 July 2022 diff hist +8,040 Nimai Pandita at once memorized all the slokas without an error. He quoted the sixty-fourth sloka and pointed out certain rhetorical and literary irregularities No edit summary current
• 05:2005:20, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,046 One may speak very nicely from the rhetorical or grammatical point of view, which may be very much appreciated by a materialistic audience, but if one's words are not offered to the service of the Lord, they are useless No edit summary current
• 05:2005:20, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2 This (CC Adi 2.74) rhetorical rule appears in the Ekadasi-tattva, 13th Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words. An unknown object shouldn't be put before the known subject because the object has no meaning if the subject isn't first given No edit summary current
• 05:1905:19, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,088 This rhetorical rule (one should not state a predicate before its subject, for it cannot thus stand without proper support) appears in the Ekadasi-tattva, Thirteenth Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words No edit summary current
• 05:1905:19, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2 Unless one accepts this fact (liberated sages like Vyasadeva never commit errors in their rhetorical arrangements), there is no use in trying to obtain help from the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2 We do not have to be very learned or very scholarly, nor do we have to present our prayers in nicely selected words that are poetical, rhetorical or metaphorical. None of this is required, although if it is there it is very nice No edit summary current
• 05:1505:15, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,667 The meaning of the word 'udara-dhi' is buddhiman - intelligent or considerate. Because of this, even for one's own sense gratification one engages in the devotional service of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:1505:15, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,378 The Lord received him with adoration, but because Kesava Kasmiri was very proud, he talked to the Lord very inconsiderately No edit summary current
• 05:1405:14, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,089 King Anga (father of King Vena) said: Who, if he is considerate and intelligent, would desire such a worthless son (a sinful son)? Such a son is nothing but a bond of illusion for the living entity, and he makes one's home miserable No edit summary current
• 05:1405:14, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,911 A person who is very peaceful, forbearing, considerate and obliging is called dhira-prasanta. This dhira-prasanta trait of Krsna was exhibited in His dealings with the Pandavas No edit summary current

4 July 2022

• 15:5015:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,593 The upper planetary system, beginning from Surya, they are called devaloka. They are all devotees of the Lord; therefore they are called devata. They are not pure devotees, but they are not disobedient to the orders of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 15:5015:50, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,433 The living entity receives different kinds of knowledge by means of two ears, and some living entities are promoted to Pitrloka and some to Devaloka. All this is made possible by the two ears No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,714 In the upper planetary system, beginning from the sun, there are Suryaloka, Candraloka, Mangala, Bhur, Brhaspati, up to Saturn, there are different lokas. So the upper planetary system, beginning from Surya, they are called devaloka No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7,192 As explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.25), yanti deva-vrata devan. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planetary systems (Devaloka or Svargaloka) must prepare to do so No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,994 In all conditions and in all circumstances, remembrance of Narayana is essential. The narayana-parayana (the self-surrendered devotee of the Lord) practices this constantly No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,063 He already possesses all the perfections of yoga. Unless one comes to the platform of narayana-parayana and passes over the platform of bhukti-mukti-siddhi, he cannot be fully satisfied. That is the pure devotional stage No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,351 A self-surrendered devotee of the Lord is called narayana-parayana. Such a person is never afraid of any place or person, not even of death. For him nothing is as important as the Supreme Lord, and thus he gives equal importance to heaven and hell No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,991 A devotee is narayana-parayana, or vasudeva-parayana, which means that the path of Vasudeva, or the devotional path, is his life and soul No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,852 According to Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 6.17.28): narayana-parah sarve na kutascana bibhyati. Such a person (a narayana-parayana) is never afraid of anything. For him, heaven and hell are the same No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,893 When the Asvini-kumaras beg for Dadhyanca's body on your behalf, he will surely give it because of affection. Do not doubt this, for Dadhyanca is very experienced in religious understanding No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,480 Talks of religion or religious experience without Krsna consciousness are a useless waste of time No edit summary current
• 14:4914:49, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,996 As soon as one is freed from all the dirt of material contamination, as Maharaja Yayati was, one's original position as an associate of the Lord is revealed. This is called svarupa-siddhi, or personal perfection No edit summary current
• 14:4914:49, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,317 By chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, we gradually develop our eternal relationship with the Supreme Person and thus attain the perfection called svarupa-siddhi. We should take advantage of this benediction and go back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 4 July 2022 diff hist −13 Svarupa-siddhi, the eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, may be situated in any one of the transcendental mellows. Each and every one of them is as perfect as the others No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,761 This attachment for a particular form of the Lord is called svarupa-siddhi No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,544 This lalasa-mayi stage of submission comes in the stage of perfect liberation, which is technically called svarupa-siddhi, when the living entity understands, by perfect spiritual advancement and revelation, his original relationship with the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 4 July 2022 diff hist +8,510 When one is completely free from material attachment, the feelings of the transcendental mellows are awakened in the heart of the devotee. That is svarupa-siddhi, the perfection of one’s eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,613 You can be engaged in everything but if you utilize everything according to the instruction of Krsna then it will be successful. Otherwise it will be failure No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,006 We must always sincerely try to do our best with great determination. This is the transcendental position. Success or failure, this is not our business. We leave that up to Krishna No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,246 We do not calculate the so-called success or failure; we are simply to discharge our duties in Krishna Consciousness and chant HARE KRISHNA loudly No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,176 The worker who is free from all material attachments and false ego, who is enthusiastic and resolute and who is indifferent to success or failure, is a worker in the mode of goodness. BG 18.26 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,566 Success or failure has no meaning for a pure devotee because he is a soldier in the field No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,912 Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,558 On the Absolute world there is no such relativities as a success and failure. The one thing in the Absolute world is to serve Krishna. Don't care for the result. Krishna must know that we are working very seriously and that is our success of life No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,641 In the Absolute field both success and failures are glorious. Even Lord Nityananda pretended to be a failure to convert Jagai and Madhai in the first attempt, rather he was personally injured in such attempt but that was certainly not ludicrous No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist −10 He (a Krsna conscious person) is steady both in success and in failure. These signs are visible when one is fully in transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,952 Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga. BG 2.48 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,704 When they (student of Krsna consciousness) are dressed with saffron-colored cloth, with tilaka on their foreheads and beads in their hands and on their necks, they look exactly as if they come directly from Vaikuntha No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 4 July 2022 diff hist +3,736 The kasaya, or saffron loincloth of a sannyasi, indicates freedom from all attractive material garments, and thus he (Maharaja Yudhisthira) changed his dress accordingly No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,176 The body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was naturally very beautiful. It was like molten gold dressed in saffron cloth. Indeed, He was most beautiful for being ornamented with the ecstatic symptoms No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1,607 They were of the same complexion, and both had gigantic bodies. Both wore saffron cloth, and both were very grave No edit summary current