User contributions for VrajendraKumar

5 July 2022

• 12:0012:00, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,826 The horse sacrifice performed by the saintly brahmanas relieved Indra of the reactions to all his sins because he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in that sacrifice No edit summary current
• 12:0012:00, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,976 Such funds (from tax collection and fines) were sufficient only for the state budget, and having no excess fund, the King was anxious to get more wealth in some other way in order to perform the horse sacrifice No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,200 It is said in the Vedas that by performing the Asvamedha-yajna (horse sacrifice) one can get relief from even brahma-hatya (killing of a brahmana) No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,479 He had to undergo a severe series of sinful reactions, and when he was freed by such suffering, the brahmanas allowed him to perform the horse sacrifice No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,116 During the time of the horse sacrifice ceremony of Maharaja Pariksit, the demigods from other planets were visible even to the common man, due to the sacrificial ceremony No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,056 The householder should not foolishly ask a saint to deliver what is available in the market. That should be the reciprocal relation between the saints and the householders No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +13,992 Sanskrit is very nice language. From one verbal root, you can manufacture many words; therefore it is difficult to make Sanskrit dictionary. It is very difficult. The so-called Sanskrit dictionaries available in the market, you won't find all the words No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +10,644 There are many books available in the market, full of good instruction, knowledge, but why we are giving so much stress on the Bhagavad-gita? Because it is spoken by a personality who is above all imperfections No edit summary current
• 11:2611:26, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,768 The spirit soul is always apart from the material body. There is no change in the spiritual form of the living entity. Any person above the bodily conception of life is pure and can receive transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,633 The Society is registered in each and every country as a religious and cultural institution under specific statutes No edit summary current
• 11:1211:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 Whether one is Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish or whatever, everyone has some religious institution No edit summary current
• 11:1211:12, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,836 It is very good that you have registered the society. It is very important. Actually we are not a religious institution. We are presenting a cultural program, making men of good character. Therefore it is a cultural institution No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +1,698 I think you should consult your Godbrothers in this connection. So I have no objection if you decide to marry as a matter of necessity No edit summary
• 10:5510:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,738 As far as your marriage, I have no objection if you marry in a civil wedding, but so far a Krishna Consciousness wedding, there is no question until the girl has been initiated No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,261 After marrying, certainly there will be some disagreement or misunderstanding between husband and wife. So consider all these points, and you can decide yourself. But if you marry, I have no objection No edit summary current
• 07:5607:56, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,851 Youngsters who have had no taste of sex life can easily follow the vow of celibacy, and once fixed in the principle of such a life, one can very easily continue to the highest perfectional stage, attaining the kingdom of the three-fourths energy of God No edit summary current
• 07:5607:56, 5 July 2022 diff hist +11 When one takes a vow to remain a complete celibate, his mind may still be agitated by sexual desire; therefore in India those practicing the traditional yoga under strict vows of celibacy are not allowed to sit alone even with a mother, sister or daughter No edit summary current
• 07:5607:56, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,206 The principle of brahmacarya is celibacy. There are two kinds of brahmacaris. One is called naisthika-brahmacari, which means one who takes a vow of celibacy for his whole life No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,644 The householders and persons who have deliberately broken the vow of celibacy cannot enter into the kingdom of deathlessness No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist −10 The brahmacari life is for students who are educated to follow strictly the vow of celibacy No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,948 Simply by desiring to go back to home, back to Godhead one is supposed to follow the vow of brahmacari. Brahmacari, to live the life of celibacy, this is called brahmacari No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,033 Lord Caitanya was very strict in advising His followers in this matter of celibacy. One of His personal attendants, Chota Haridasa, was severely punished by Lord Caitanya because of his failure to observe the vow of celibacy No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,041 In the rules of celibacy written by the great sage Yajnavalkya it is said: "The vow of brahmacarya is meant to help one completely abstain from sex indulgence in work, words and mind-at all times, under all circumstances, and in all places." BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
• 07:5507:55, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,933 In order to award the highest benefit of human life, the varnasrama system trains the follower to adopt the vow of celibacy beginning from the order of brahmacari No edit summary current
• 07:5407:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,536 Great vows of austerity are undertaken by sages to achieve success in self-realization. Human life is meant for such tapasya, with the great vow of celibacy, or brahmacarya. In the rigid life of tapasya, there is no place for the association of women No edit summary current
• 07:5407:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist −10 For promotion to the highest status of perfection, namely freedom from birth and death, anxiety and fearfulness, not one of these processes allows the follower to break the vow of celibacy No edit summary current
• 07:5407:54, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,321 Brahmacaris or grhasthas who have taken the vow of celibacy as described above should not indulge in the following: applying powder or ointment to the eyes, massaging the head with oil, massaging the body with the hands No edit summary current
• 07:5307:53, 5 July 2022 diff hist +29 A devotee should observe the vow of celibacy. Celibacy does not necessitate that one be absolutely free from sex life; satisfaction with one's wife is permitted also under the vow of celibacy No edit summary
• 07:5207:52, 5 July 2022 diff hist +7,377 Any form of religious principles in which the followers are trained to pursue the vow of celibacy is good for the human being because only those who are trained in that way can end the miserable life of material existence No edit summary current
• 07:5207:52, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,719 Abrhad-vratas are those who have broken the vow of celibacy. The vanaprasthas, or those retired from family life, and the sannyasis, or the renounced persons, cannot break the vow of celibacy if they want success in the process No edit summary current
• 06:4306:43, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,685 I request all my spiritual sons and daughters to help me in this great adventure, and if you all help me, I am sure I shall be successful No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,710 Although I am overcrowded by so many letters from my beloved spiritual sons and daughters, still if I don't receive a letter from one, I become anxious for it No edit summary current
• 06:4006:40, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,115 Radha and Krishna have been so much merciful upon me to have given me so many nice spiritual sons and daughters as yourselves No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,331 I want that all of my spiritual sons and daughters will inherit this title of Bhaktivedanta, so that the family transcendental diploma will continue through the generations No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,763 How is it that people who have done some pious activity, they get a nice birth in this statement, but usually people who are not wealthy or not so educated, sometimes they more or less take to worshiping Krsna or God? No edit summary current
• 05:5105:51, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,117 Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me (Krsna). I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear. (BG 18.66) People do not understand this No edit summary current
• 05:0705:07, 5 July 2022 diff hist +15,078 All confidential knowledge culminates in devotional service. Generally, people are not educated in this confidential knowledge; they are educated in external knowledge No edit summary current
• 05:0605:06, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,131 This is the problem at the present moment. People are not educated about the vital force of this body No edit summary current
• 05:0605:06, 5 July 2022 diff hist +13,857 Generally, people are not educated in this (BG 9) confidential knowledge; they are educated in external knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:0505:05, 5 July 2022 diff hist +10,815 Democracy has proved a farce. It has no meaning, because people are not educated. People are mostly sudras. There must be four classes of men No edit summary current

4 July 2022

• 09:1909:19, 4 July 2022 diff hist +6,493 Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
• 09:1709:17, 4 July 2022 diff hist +41 Paramatma, the Supersoul, is the middle, the second stage in transcendental realization, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:1609:16, 4 July 2022 diff hist +16 Mayavadi philosophers study the Vedic literature, but they do not understand that in the last stage of realization the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:1609:16, 4 July 2022 diff hist +2,944 Knowledge is dependent on devotional service for the ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth No edit summary current
• 09:1509:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +16,404 Bhagavan is the last word in the realization of the Absolute Truth; one should reach up to that platform of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead & engage in the devotional service of the Lord. That is perfection of knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:1509:15, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4,907 Then there is pranamaya; this means that after realizing the Supreme Absolute Truth in foodstuff, one can realize the Absolute Truth in the living symptoms, or life forms. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:1409:14, 4 July 2022 diff hist +5,087 Somebody is realizing the Absolute Truth as imperson and somebody is realizing the Absolute Truth as all-pervading Paramatma, Antaryami, and some persons are realizing the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 09:1309:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +7 The ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth is knowing and seeing face to face the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 09:1309:13, 4 July 2022 diff hist +41 Book knowledge without realization of the Supreme Truth is useless. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 4 July 2022 diff hist +16,199 Beginning from practicing humility up to the point of realization of the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, this process is just like a staircase beginning from the ground floor up to the top floor. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current