User contributions for SharmisthaK

5 July 2022

• 07:3407:34, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4 Without self-realization, philosophy is dry speculation or a waste of time and energy No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,411 Unfortunately people do not know that there is life after death; therefore mundane people waste their time amassing material profit which has to be left behind at the time of death. Such profit has no eternal benefit No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,670 My Guru Maharaja, he convinced me (Prabhupada) that "Dependence, independence, they are temporary. But we are concerned with the eternal benefit of the human kind, and therefore you should take up this matter" No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,559 Lord Krsna tells Uddhava, "My dear friend, if someone offers Me the best thing in his possession, or anything which is very pleasing to him, he will be eternally benefitted" No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,798 I am glad that you have understood the importance of my books, therefore I am stressing it so much. Let everyone take these books. If he simply reads one page then he is getting something substantial, a real eternal benefit No edit summary current
• 07:2707:27, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,840 If they see us on television show then the next moment they will forget. But if they come to a festival and participate that is eternal benefit No edit summary current
• 07:2707:27, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,779 Book distribution is our real business. If we give them a record, they simply hear some magical sounds and take it for sense gratification, but if they receive one of our books and read even one page, they get eternally benefited No edit summary current
• 06:5806:58, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,762 Our scope is unlimited, resources unlimited, so we must be exceptionally enthusiastic and sober-minded and responsible for working in that spirit No edit summary
• 06:5506:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,467 If one pretends to be a devotee of the Lord but does not understand the difference between dry speculative knowledge and knowledge of the Supreme Absolute Truth, then such a person's devotion borders on impersonalism and is rank with cheap sentimentalism No edit summary current
• 06:5406:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,584 This Caitanya is a sannyasi in name only. Actually He is a first-class magician. In any case, His sentimentalism cannot be very much in demand here in Kasi No edit summary current
• 06:4806:48, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,975 According to the moral instructions of Canakya Pandita, "What is the use of a son who is neither a learned man nor a devotee of the Lord?" If a son is not a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he is just like blind eyes - a source of trouble No edit summary current
• 06:4706:47, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,563 According to the moral instructions of Canakya Pandita, atmavat sarva-bhutesu: one should observe all living entities to be on the same level as oneself No edit summary current
• 06:4706:47, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,346 According to the moral instructions of the great politician Canakya Pandita: even a moment of one's lifetime could not be returned in exchange for millions of dollars No edit summary current
• 06:3406:34, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,801 As you have already stated, the principle of religion that doesn't hinder one's economic development, sense gratification, fame & means of livelihood is the real occupational duty of the householder. I also think that this religious principle is correct No edit summary current
• 06:3406:34, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,903 A pure devotee should always engage in the service of the Lord, for that is his real occupation. Simply by sticking to that position, one can overcome the stringent laws of material nature No edit summary current
• 06:3306:33, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,297 Bali Maharaja's grave answer (the principle of religion that does not hinder one's economic development, sense gratification, fame and means of livelihood is the real occupational duty of the householder) to Sukracarya is meaningful No edit summary current
• 06:3306:33, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,216 Krsna came to give us the real occupational duty - not of the body or the mind No edit summary current
• 06:3306:33, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,064 Our real business, our real occupation, is to serve Krsna, God. That is our... That service spirit, because we have forgotten God, or Krsna, we are serving somebody else No edit summary current
• 06:3206:32, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,552 Service is the real constitutional occupation of all living entities. The living entities are meant to render service to the Lord, and they can attain religious perfection by this service attitude No edit summary current
• 06:3206:32, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,477 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the central point of all relationships, acting in devotional service to Him is one's real occupation, and the attainment of love of Godhead is the ultimate goal of life" No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,553 The real purpose of life, especially human life, is meant for reviving our sanatana-dharma, sanatana occupation, eternal occupation No edit summary current
• 06:3006:30, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,273 Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata (BG 4.7). Dharma means the real occupation of the living entity. When there is a discrepancy in the eternal occupation of the living entity, the Lord comes and introduces the real occupation of life No edit summary current
• 06:1906:19, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,367 As the monkeys are too sexually inclined & dogs are shameless in sexual intercourse, the general mass of population born of illegitimate connection will systematically go astray from the Vedic way of qualitative engagements in the castes & orders of life No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,872 As the monkeys are too sexually inclined and dogs are shameless in sexual intercourse, the general mass of population born of illegitimate connection will systematically go astray from the Vedic way of good manners No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,121 One who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sadhya demigod No edit summary current
• 06:1706:17, 5 July 2022 diff hist −10 The thieves and rogues of modern democracy seek election by misrepresentation of votes, and the successful rogues and thieves devour the mass of population No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 Because the blue lotus flower blossoms with the rising of the sun, the sun is the friend of the blue lotus. The cakravaka birds also appear when the sun rises, and therefore the cakravakas and blue lotuses meet No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,854 Blue and red lotus flowers are unconscious objects, whereas cakravakas are conscious and alive No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,088 Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "Sri Krsna's complexion is as polished as powdered eye ointment. It surpasses the beauty of a newly formed cloud and is softer than a blue lotus flower" No edit summary current
• 06:0706:07, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,804 Many white lotus flowers were floating in the water, and as many bluish lotus flowers came nearby. As they came close together, the white and blue lotuses collided and began fighting with one another No edit summary current
• 06:0706:07, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,249 There are many lakes and reservoirs with clear, transparent water, agitated by jumping fish and decorated with many flowers such as lilies, kuvalayas, kahlaras and blue and red lotuses No edit summary current
• 06:0606:06, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,506 The beauty of Srimati Radharani's eyes forcibly devours the beauty of newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,748 The Lord's beautiful face appeared to them like the inside of a blue lotus, and the Lord's smile appeared to be a blossoming jasmine flower No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,143 The most beautiful object in the material world may be compared to the blue lotus flower or the full moon in the sky, but even the lotus flower and the moon were defeated by the beauty of the bodily features of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:5105:51, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,424 With His (Krsna's) soft bluish-black arms and legs, which resemble blue lotus flowers, He has created a festival for Cupid No edit summary current
• 05:4705:47, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,011 GBC means that one must be ideal Vaisnava. That means there must be strict observance in following all the rules and regulations No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 5 July 2022 diff hist +9,514 In human society, therefore, there must be an ideal class of men, brahmanas, who can bestow blessings upon others, namely, upon the ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras, so that everyone will be happy No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +8,530 It is not expected that cent percent of the population will become first-class, but there must be ideal groups of first-class, second-class, third-class and the rest, fourth-class No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,100 I am depending on you as one of my elder disciples to set a nice example for the others to follow. This is very much wanted. You must become ideal in all respects No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,881 One who fills this post must be ideal in behavior, for Brahma sets the example for all living entities. Brahma, the living entity who is the most pious and spiritually elevated, is entrusted with a post next to that of the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 05:4105:41, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,864 Others rascals may be misled, but in India at least there must be an ideal class. That I want. Why India's name should be defamed? No edit summary current
• 05:4105:41, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,821 So there must be somebody ideal No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +8,698 They must be all ideal acarya-like. In the beginning we have done for working. Now we should be very cautious. Anyone who is deviating, he can be replaced No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,752 They must be ideal mahatmas No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,352 The king or head of state must see that things go on well under proper guidance, and he must be an ideal devotee, as exemplified by Maharaja Ambarisa No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,406 The most important thing is that we must be ideal Krsna Conscious persons, and then we can attract others. This means chanting, reading my books, going on sankirtana, following the regulative principles and worshiping the deity No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,420 We must all become ideal in our character and then people will be very impressed with such purity. A devotee is faultless. He has no flaws No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,720 You cannot expect cent percent will be sinless. But there must be an ideal section - "Oh, here is..." That is wanted. That is wanted. Not that you can expect cent percent ideal No edit summary current
• 05:3605:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,445 You must become ideal in all respects No edit summary current
• 05:3605:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,566 You yourself must be ideal in following the rules and regulations, rising early, and restricting eating and sleeping. The less a person is concerned with material enjoyment such as eating, sex and sleeping, the more he is spiritually advanced No edit summary current