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6 July 2022

• 05:0505:05, 6 July 2022 diff hist +45 The Personality of Godhead, the original source of all energies, is able to convert spirit into matter and matter into spirit. For Him there is no difference between matter and spirit. He is therefore called kaivalya No edit summary current
• 05:0505:05, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,493 The original source of all energies, or the summum bonum, is the Absolute Truth, which is called Parambrahma, etc., and Bhagavan is the last word of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current

5 July 2022

• 13:5113:51, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,622 He (Krsna) began to think within Himself about His mission as an incarnation how to tackle the present situation before Him. He thought that since He was not going to conquer the kingdom of Magadha, to kill the King of Magadha, Jarasandha, was useless No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,781 The whole purpose of the mission of incarnations is to arouse Krsna consciousness everywhere. Such consciousness is manifest and nonmanifest only under different circumstances. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:2813:28, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,266 This statement (of Sanatana Gosvami in CC Madhya 20.99) about how one can become fallen in this material world is made by the greatest authority in the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya No edit summary current
• 13:2413:24, 5 July 2022 diff hist +17 Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, a great acarya of the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya, advises us not to travel to different places of pilgrimage No edit summary current
• 13:2413:24, 5 July 2022 diff hist +17 Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who is known as a smrty-acarya in the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-sampradaya, later accepted the tridanda-sannyasa order from Tridandipada Prabodhananda Sarasvati No edit summary current
• 13:2413:24, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,179 Narottama dasa Thakura, a great devotee and acarya in the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya, says that all spiritual activities should be understood from three sources, namely saintly persons, standard scriptures and the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 13:2413:24, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,504 In this way, they (a class of priestly persons) exercised their artificial power for some time, until Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, the powerful acarya of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, completely smashed their idea No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,290 As far as possible both should go on in parallel lines but still bhagavata marga is more important than the other. So you are all intelligent boys, so you should judge the desire of my guru maharaj and help me in that way No edit summary
• 13:0113:01, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,343 Both distribution of books and construction of temples must continue side by side in parallel lines No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,152 One must perform these two different functions along parallel lines, because a conditioned soul cannot give up the maintenance of his body No edit summary current
• 12:5912:59, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,583 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura recommended that one follow both processes (sankirtana & the arcana) simultaneously. We strictly follow his principle of performing Deity worship and sankirtana along parallel lines. This we should continue No edit summary current
• 12:5912:59, 5 July 2022 diff hist +28 Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya has said, vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga (CC Madhya 6.254). Vairagya-vidya and bhakti-yoga are parallel lines. One is essential for understanding the other No edit summary current
• 12:4812:48, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,014 From sastra, or authentic literature like Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic scriptures, we understand that behind this wonderful cosmic manifestation is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,068 Nanda, Sunanda, Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumuda, Kumudaksa, Visvaksena, Patattrirat (Garuda), Jayanta, Srutadeva, Puspadanta and Satvata were all associates of Lord Visnu. They were as powerful as ten thousand elephants No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,921 Nanda continued, "If Krsna were not a great personality, how could He have killed Kamsa, who possessed the strength of ten thousand elephants? Besides Kamsa, there were the very strong wrestlers, as well as the giant elephant Kuvalayapida" No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,464 The invincible King Jarasandha is as strong as ten thousand elephants. Indeed, other powerful warriors cannot defeat him. Only Bhima is equal to him in strength No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,124 The messenger said, "Dear Lord, it is known to You (Krsna) that Jarasandha possesses the power of ten thousand elephants, and with this power he has imprisoned us, just as a lion hypnotizes a flock of sheep" No edit summary current
• 12:2612:26, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,269 Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. BG 2.17 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 12:2512:25, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,374 The body is perishable, but the soul within the body is imperishable No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,132 One who first accepts sannyasa but then returns to such materialistic activities is to be called a vantasi, or one who eats his own vomit. He is indeed a shameless person No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,318 Such a mentality is only for shameless persons. Here it is clearly said, "When I come to confess my sinful activities I become ashamed" No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,853 The goddess Parvati said: Alas, has this upstart now received a post from which to punish shameless persons like us? Has he been appointed ruler, carrier of the rod of punishment? Is he now the only master of everything? No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,399 When a person competent to drink that nectar does not do so, that shameless person continues his life uselessly No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,145 Daksa was open to such offenses, and strictly speaking, he was not actually favored by the Supreme Lord. One should not seek the favor of the Lord for unlimited potency in sex life No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,598 It is said in the Vedic scriptures, atmaiva putro jayate: the husband's body is represented by the son. Strictly speaking, a woman is never widowed if she has a grown son No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,470 Strictly speaking, both Buddhist philosophy and Sankara's philosophy are but different types of Mayavada dealing on the platform of material existence. Neither of these philosophies has spiritual significance No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,186 Strictly speaking, if a devotee ignores the regulative principles and acts according to his whims - if, for example, he does not eat krsna-prasadam but eats anywhere and everywhere, such as in restaurants - there is every possibility of his falling down No edit summary current
• 12:1312:13, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,376 Strictly speaking, the word atma can be applied only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because the living entities are His parts and parcels, sometimes the word atma is applied to them also No edit summary current
• 12:1312:13, 5 July 2022 diff hist +9,519 Strictly speaking, we do not accept any system of religion as bona fide. They are all rejected. They do not know what is God. What is that religion? Strictly speaking, that is not religion. But if we speak publicly, they will be angry No edit summary current
• 12:1312:13, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,457 Strictly speaking, when chanting the names of the Panca-tattva, one should fully offer his obeisances: sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda No edit summary current
• 12:1312:13, 5 July 2022 diff hist +51,113 There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service. To acknowledge that God is great is something, but not much No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist −10 There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service. To acknowledge that God is great is something, but not much - CC Intro No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,964 Widow means one who hasn't got husband or husband is dead. So if the husband's representative is there, strictly speaking, she is not widow No edit summary current
• 07:5407:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist +38,811 All those who have tried their utmost to do good for others but have failed despite all honest endeavors should approach Sri Krsna or His bona fide servitors, following the footsteps of Marshal Arjuna No edit summary current
• 07:5407:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,153 Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy No edit summary current
• 07:5307:53, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,813 It is not possible to repeat all that one has heard from his spiritual master, but one can narrate as far as possible by one's honest endeavor. It does not matter whether the Lord's glories are fully explained or not No edit summary current
• 07:5007:50, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,245 Crucial point of testing an Acarya false or real No edit summary current
• 07:4907:49, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,106 Thousands of millions of such activities may be very good in the estimations of the fools and rascals, but it may not be accepted by Krsna. That is the crucial point. Our point is that unless accepted by Krsna, it is simply a simply waste of time No edit summary current
• 07:4507:45, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,073 Because Ramacandra Puri had been rejected by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with finding faults in others and advising them according to dry Mayavada philosophy. For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 07:4507:45, 5 July 2022 diff hist +28 Dry philosophical speculation is a subtle sense enjoyment of the mind. Sense enjoyment leads one to the path of darkness. Those who are self-controlled can make progress on the path of liberation from the conditional life of material existence No edit summary current
• 07:4307:43, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,262 It is not that we are a dry philosophy of dogmas and slogans. No. The language of Krishna Consciousness is ever-fresh and we can explain everything by it, just like my Guru Maharaja once lectured for three months on one verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 07:4207:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4 It is the poetic cuckoo that eats the seeds of the mango. The unfortunate transcendentalists simply speculate on dry philosophy, whereas the transcendentalists who are in love with Radha and Krsna enjoy fruit just like the cuckoo No edit summary current
• 07:4207:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,672 I have read with great interest your article especially the one which is named as "CHALAR PATHE." It is not only very amusing but also instructive. Simple dry philosophical arguments will not be appealing now a days to people in general No edit summary current
• 07:4107:41, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 Such pretenders (who make a show of meditation while actually dwelling upon sense enjoyment) may speak on dry philosophy in order to bluff sophisticated followers, but according to this verse (BG 3.6) these are the greatest cheaters. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:4007:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,827 The Bhagavad-gita can be understood in the association of pure devotees only, and not by the interpretations of politicians or dry philosophical speculators No edit summary current
• 07:3607:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,186 The unfortunate transcendentalists simply speculate on dry philosophy, whereas the transcendentalists who are in love with Radha and Krsna are just like cuckoos enjoying the buds of the mango tree of love of Godhead No edit summary current
• 07:3607:36, 5 July 2022 diff hist +28 Those who're engaged in the pure DS of the Lord, who're without any desire for self-aggrandizement & who're freed from the effects of fruitive actions & dry philosophical speculations are capable of getting out of the estrangements of this complicated age No edit summary current
• 07:3507:35, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 Water is the substance most needed in the desert. The transient pleasure derived from mundane topics of art, culture, politics, sociology, dry philosophy, poetry and so on is compared to a mere drop of water - in CC Adi 2.2 No edit summary current