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6 July 2022

• 14:3114:31, 6 July 2022 diff hist +7 Samadhi means particularly concentrated attention, so one who has achieved the qualification of always meditating on the Personality of Godhead is to be understood to be always in trance and enjoying brahma-nirvana, or brahmananda No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,366 One who stands fast in Krsna consciousness, controlling the abovementioned passions, remains factually in the transcendental stage, or brahma-nirvana No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 6 July 2022 diff hist −13 If one advances further from the brahma-nirvana platform, one enters the stage of devotional service - mad-bhaktim labhate param No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,770 Before ending this life, if one fortunately becomes Krsna conscious, he at once attains the stage of Brahma-nirvana. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,810 These are the necessary qualifications of a prospective candidate who can expect to be elevated to the position of a pure unadulterated devotee. Such a candidate must always seek the association of pure devotees No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,345 Even the demigods had come to offer prayers to Devaki, but she played the part of a poor, piteously afflicted woman because she wanted to save the daughter of Yasoda No edit summary
• 14:0314:03, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,805 Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Laksmana, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3 Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Piteously embracing her daughter and crying, Devaki begged Kamsa for the child, but he was so cruel that he chastised her and forcibly snatched the child from her hands - SB 10.4.7 No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 6 July 2022 diff hist +10,094 When she (Yasoda) was rolling over on the ground, there were many scratches on her body, and in that piteous condition she began to cry No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,504 Then the younger brahmana addressed the Deity, saying, "My dear Lord, You are my witness. I shall call for You to testify if it is necessary later on" No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 6 July 2022 diff hist +8,380 Transgressions of religious principles by the supreme controller testify to His great power. For example, fire can consume any abominable thing; that is the manifestation of the supremacy of fire No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 6 July 2022 diff hist +15,378 Those who have taken to this most sublime bhakti-yoga system, who practice devotional service in transcendental love of Krsna, can testify to its happy and easy execution No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,979 So they approached goddess Katyayani to have Krsna as their husband. There are many other circumstances which also testify to the supreme authority of Krsna and show that He is not bound by the rules and regulations of the material world No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,777 There is a type of spiritual master and disciple much advertised in this age of Kali. It is said that the master injects spiritual force into the disciple by an electrical current generated by the master, and the disciple begins to feel the shock No edit summary current
• 10:1110:11, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,178 It is said in the Upanisads that the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is beyond the range of the thinking power of the greatest philosopher No edit summary current
• 10:1110:11, 6 July 2022 diff hist −15 The Vaisnavas are by far the greatest philosophers in the world, and the greatest among them was Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhu, whose philosophy was again presented less than four hundred years later by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Maharaja No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,298 Between the two creations - the material creation and the spiritual creation - is a river known as Viraja, as well as a place known as Brahmaloka. Viraja-nadi and Brahmaloka are shelters for living entities disgusted with material life No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,315 In order to approach a bona fide spiritual master, one must be very much disgusted with this material way of life No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,087 The hippy philosophy is nice as they are disgusted with the materialistic way of life. Therefore they want to renounce this stereotyped way of life. Unfortunately, they have no good leader, neither information that there is another beautiful life in KC No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,955 Those who are feeling frustration, confused, this is a good qualification. Good qualification in this sense: that those who are feeling frustration and confused, they are disgusted with this materialistic way of life. That is a good qualification No edit summary current
• 05:5205:52, 6 July 2022 diff hist −8 Viraja-nadi and Brahmaloka are shelters for living entities disgusted with material life and inclined to impersonal existence by way of denying material variegatedness No edit summary current
• 05:4605:46, 6 July 2022 diff hist +8,217 The nondevotees challenge the authority of the Supreme Lord, and therefore the Lord dictates in such a way that the nondevotees forget the Lord's service, life after life, and are punished by the laws of nature No edit summary current
• 05:4605:46, 6 July 2022 diff hist +8,332 The Lord is situated in everyone's heart, giving dictation according to the attitude of the servant. However, the Lord gives different dictation to the nondevotees and devotees. The nondevotees challenge the authority of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 05:4505:45, 6 July 2022 diff hist +17,405 The authority of the Vedas is unchallengeable and stands without any question of doubt. And whatever is stated in the Vedas must be accepted completely, otherwise one challenges the authority of the Vedas No edit summary current
• 05:4505:45, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,129 Perfect knowledge is called parampara, or deductive knowledge coming down from the authority to the submissive aural receiver who is bona fide by service and surrender. One cannot challenge the authority of the Supreme No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 6 July 2022 diff hist +37 He (Ravana) challenged the authority of Sri Rama, the Personality of Godhead, and kidnapped His wife, Sita. Of course Lord Rama came to chastise this atheist, answering the prayer and desire of the demigods No edit summary current
• 05:3905:39, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,524 You have manifested the holy name of Krsna throughout the entire world. Anyone who sees You is immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,721 While dancing absorbed in Srimati Radharani’s ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in Her very form. Seeing this from a distant place, Nityananda Prabhu offered prayers No edit summary current
• 05:3405:34, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,592 Ramananda Raya is extremely aware of transcendental mellows. He is incessantly absorbed in the happiness of ecstatic love of Krsna. It is he who has taught Me all this No edit summary current
• 05:3305:33, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,737 Lord Caitanya mistook that garden for Vrndavana and very quickly entered it. Absorbed in ecstatic love of Krsna, He wandered throughout the garden, searching for Him No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,515 His devotees, dressed like cowherd boys, surrounded His feet like so many bees and also chanted "Krsna, Krsna," absorbed in ecstatic love No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,449 Feeling separation from the Lord, the three used to meet and glorify the holy qualities of the Lord. Thus they were absorbed in ecstatic love No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 6 July 2022 diff hist +1,684 All the confidential devotees who were cowherd boys, headed by Sri Ramadasa, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They thought the bank of the Ganges to be the bank of the Yamunas No edit summary
• 05:2205:22, 6 July 2022 diff hist +5,600 Synonyms for the supreme source of all energies, as explained in the very beginning of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, are called Parambrahma, Paramatma or Bhagavan No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 6 July 2022 diff hist +17,691 Persons with a poor fund of knowledge are captivated by one part of His (God's) energy and therefore fail to penetrate into the original source of the energy No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,205 One has to understand Your appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You (Krsna). You are the original source of the material energy, just as the sun is the source of the sunshine No edit summary
• 05:1805:18, 6 July 2022 diff hist −6 Medical science accepts the importance of the red corpuscles, but it cannot ascertain that the source of the energy is the soul. Medical science, however, does admit that the heart is the seat of all energies of the body. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 6 July 2022 diff hist +6,986 Medical science accepts the importance of the red corpuscles, but it cannot ascertain that the source of the energy is the soul. Medical science, however, does admit that the heart is the seat of all energies of the body No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 6 July 2022 diff hist +27,758 Matter is a product of spirit. According to the Bhagavad-gita, the supreme spirit, the Personality of Godhead, is the source of all energies No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 6 July 2022 diff hist +3,279 Just as heat is the source of material energy, the inspiration of Lord Aniruddha is the energy by which one can engage in executing devotional service No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 6 July 2022 diff hist +2,555 In the material world the sun is considered to be the source of all productivity and material energy, and only due to the sun can we have the necessities of life No edit summary current
• 05:1605:16, 6 July 2022 diff hist +51,217 In all cases, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the source of energy for all His devotees. Since this is the case, if we take shelter of Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the successful execution of Krsna consciousness, we are sure to make progress No edit summary current
• 05:1205:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist −12 For one who does not understand the power of the Supreme PG or His diverse energies because of not knowing the relationship between the source of the energies and the energies themselves, there is always a chance of error, which is known as vivarta No edit summary current
• 05:1205:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist +9,536 For Him (God) there is no difference between the material and spiritual energies, because He is the source of all energies No edit summary current
• 05:1205:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,818 Even some of the modern scientists who do not believe in the existence of the soul, but at the same time cannot explain the source of energy from the heart. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:1205:12, 6 July 2022 diff hist +34 Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the source of energy for all His devotees. Since this is the case, if we take shelter of Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the successful execution of Krsna consciousness, we are sure to make progress - CC Intro No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 6 July 2022 diff hist +7,392 As stated in the Vedas, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the source of material energy. Consequently He is sometimes called maya-maya, or the Supreme person, who can create His pastimes through His potency known as the material energy No edit summary current
• 05:1005:10, 6 July 2022 diff hist −12 According to their (the atheistic Sankhya philosophers') conclusions, the source of the energy is also a product of the energy. Such philosophers wrongly observe that the living creatures within the cosmic manifestation are caused by the material energy No edit summary current
• 05:0705:07, 6 July 2022 diff hist +8,689 Vasudeva said - One has to understand Your (Krsna's) appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You. You are the original source of the material energy, just as the sun is the source of the sunshine No edit summary
• 05:0605:06, 6 July 2022 diff hist +4,839 The production is never identical with the original source of the energy, but the original source of energy, being the prime factor, is simultaneously one with and different from the product No edit summary current