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10 July 2022

• 10:4910:49, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,313 One should follow the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:4910:49, 10 July 2022 diff hist +2,917 One should follow the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge No edit summary current
• 10:4810:48, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,444 One may understand the science of the SPG from the Vedic literatures & thus become a devotee & worship Him within the regulative principles described in the scriptures, but one will not know in this way how Krsna is served by the residents of Vrajabhumi No edit summary current
• 10:4710:47, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,410 One has to follow these different regulative principles by the order of the spiritual master or on the strength of authoritative scriptures, and there can be no question of refusal. That is called vaidhi, or regulated No edit summary current
• 10:4710:47, 10 July 2022 diff hist +4,296 Intelligent persons, avoiding useless argument and speculation, should accept what is stated in scriptures like the Vedas, Gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam and follow the principles they set down. This will lead one to understanding (God). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,514 In this Age of Kali there are no genuine religious principles other than those established by Vaisnava devotees and the Vaisnava scriptures. This is the sum and substance of everything No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,311 In the temple (in Canpahati) as it now exists, the Deity of Sri Gaura-Gadadhara is worshiped strictly according to the principles of the revealed scriptures. Canpahati is 2 miles away from both Samudragarh and the Navadvipa station of the Eastern Railway No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +2,900 In the Sixteenth Chapter (BG), it is concluded that one who does not follow the principles laid down in the scriptures is called an asura, demon, and one who follows the scriptural injunctions faithfully is called a deva, or demigod. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +4,882 In the beginning, everyone should strictly follow the regulative principles of devotional service, according to the injunctions of the scriptures and the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 10:4510:45, 10 July 2022 diff hist +4,235 In the beginning one has to render service strictly according to the regulative principles set forth by the revealed scriptures and the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 10 July 2022 diff hist +28,041 Impersonal speculation aims at disproving the conclusion of the Vedas. Therefore any impersonal speculative presentation should be understood to be against the principles of the Vedas, or standard scriptures No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,854 I can understand from the words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that He wants you to write books about the conclusive decision of devotional service and about the regulative principles ascertained from the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 10 July 2022 diff hist +9,185 By following the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master in conjunction with the principles of revealed scriptures, the student will rise to the plane of complete knowledge No edit summary
• 10:4310:43, 10 July 2022 diff hist +5,606 Brahmanas were not paid servants of the king & therefore they had the strength to dictate to the king on the principles of scriptures. This system continued even up to the time of Maharaja Candragupta, & the brahmana Canakya was his unpaid prime minister No edit summary current
• 10:4010:40, 10 July 2022 diff hist +8,007 Along with his (Vasudeva) eighteen wives, headed by Devaki, sat before the priests to be purified by the abhiseka ceremony. While the ceremony was observed strictly according to the principles of the scriptures, he resembled the moon encircled by stars No edit summary current
• 10:4010:40, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,492 Advaita Acarya replied, "My dear Haridasa, do not be afraid. I shall behave strictly according to the principles of the revealed scriptures" No edit summary current

8 July 2022

• 11:2611:26, 8 July 2022 diff hist −9 To advance in spiritual life and at the same time indulge in sinful activities will not help us. The sinful act... The basic principles of sinful activities are mentioned in the sastra-striya, suna, dyuta, pana No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 8 July 2022 diff hist +14 There are many regulative principles in the sastras and directions given by the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 8 July 2022 diff hist +4,754 Sadhana-siddha refers to one who has become a devotee by regular execution of the regulative principles mentioned in the sastras, as ordered and directed by the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 11:2211:22, 8 July 2022 diff hist +7,062 In the Vedic literature there are twenty kinds of religious principles mentioned, and each of them is described in different sastras. But Lord Krsna is so kind to the fallen conditioned souls of this age that He personally appeared No edit summary current
• 11:2211:22, 8 July 2022 diff hist −8 In all, there are sixty-four items listed for the rendering of service unto Krsna, and these are the regulative principles enjoined in the sastras and given by the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 8 July 2022 diff hist +4,564 If one regularly executes such devotional service (regular execution of the regulative principles mentioned in the sastras, as ordered and directed by the spiritual master), he will certainly attain perfection in due course of time No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,307 Everyone should strictly follow the principles of varna and asrama as given in the sastra No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,855 The real aim of life is to mitigate distress, and one can do this very easily by following the principles of sastra No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,115 There is devotional service performed according to the direction of the spiritual master and the injunctions and regulative principles of sastra, and there is devotional service in the spiritual world, rendered directly in association with the SPG No edit summary current
• 11:1911:19, 8 July 2022 diff hist +8,623 One should be initiated into following the principles of sastra No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 8 July 2022 diff hist +23,915 The brahmana (Srutadeva) had no desire to get more than what he needed, and thus he was peacefully executing the regulative principles of a brahmana's life, as enjoined in the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 8 July 2022 diff hist +10,568 The general principles of devotional service, the execution of devotional service, ecstasy in devotional service and ultimately the attainment of love of Godhead are described - in the purva-vibhaga of the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 8 July 2022 diff hist +5,901 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: truthfulness, mercy, austerity (observing fasts on certain days of the month), bathing twice a day, tolerance, discrimination between right and wrong, control of the mind No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,167 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: seeing every soul (especially in the human form) as a part of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,902 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: performing worship, offering obeisances, becoming a servant, becoming a friend, and surrendering one's whole self No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,856 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: hearing about the activities and instructions given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead (who is the shelter of the saintly persons), chanting about these activities and instructions No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,167 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: control of the senses, nonviolence, celibacy, charity, reading of scripture, simplicity, satisfaction, rendering service to saintly persons No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,444 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: considering whether one is the body or the soul, distributing food equally to all living entities (both men and animals) No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,651 These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: always remembering these activities and instructions (the activities and instructions given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead), trying to render service No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,100 Once Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was asked by one of His householder devotees about the general principles of Vaisnavism, as well as the general routine activities of the Vaisnava No edit summary current
• 09:0309:03, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,064 The neophyte or third-class devotee is one whose faith is not strong and, at the same time, does not recognize the decision of the revealed scripture No edit summary current
• 09:0309:03, 8 July 2022 diff hist +5,412 There are so many pains when you're old. The body is not strong. We suffer in so many ways, especially rheumatism and indigestion. Then blood pressure, headache, so many things. Therefore one should be trained up how to become dhira No edit summary current
• 09:0209:02, 8 July 2022 diff hist +5,021 From this (asvamedham gavalambham, sannyasam pala-paitrkam, devarena sutotpattim, kalau panca vivarjayet - CC Adi 17.164) we can understand that in this age the sannyasa-asrama is forbidden because people are not strong No edit summary current
• 09:0109:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,359 The invincibly powerful deluding energy of the Personality of God, or the third energy, representing nescience, can bewilder the entire world of animation, but still she is not strong enough to be able to stand in front of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 09:0109:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,087 The entire issue was so complicated that those who were not strong enough forgot their positions, and thus cursing and countercursing went on in that great assembly No edit summary current
• 09:0109:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,769 One who is engaged in devotional service, he is liberated. Officially he is liberated. But if he falls down by the attraction of these three modes of nature, that is a different thing. That is possible. That is possible if we are not strong enough No edit summary current
• 09:0109:01, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,858 Every person engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord is prone to so many material activities, and if one is not strong enough to protect himself against the onslaught of material affection, he may be diverted from the spiritual energy No edit summary current
• 09:0009:00, 8 July 2022 diff hist +2,735 Even after the British period in India this practice (the saha-gamana) was rigidly observed, but soon it degraded to the point that even when the wife was not strong enough to enter the fire of her dead husband, the relatives would force her to enter No edit summary current
• 07:4607:46, 8 July 2022 diff hist +4,320 My point is unless it is authoritatively mentioned in the sastra, we reject No edit summary current
• 07:4407:44, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,516 Hiranyakasipu thus passed a long time being very much proud of his opulences and transgressing the laws and regulations mentioned in the authoritative sastras. He was therefore subjected to a curse by the four Kumaras, who were great brahmanas No edit summary current
• 07:4407:44, 8 July 2022 diff hist +6,276 By following the instructions of sadhu, guru and sastra - the saintly persons, the spiritual master and the authoritative scriptures - one can understand Krsna, and then one makes his life successful by returning home, back to Godhead No edit summary
• 07:4307:43, 8 July 2022 diff hist −13 As the living entities are concerned, the authoritative sastras state that the living entity has neither birth nor death. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 06:2806:28, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,373 Cow urine and cow dung are uncontaminated, and since even the urine and dung of a cow are important, we can just imagine how important this animal is for human civilization No edit summary current
• 06:2706:27, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,010 Cow dung is accepted as purified and antiseptic. A person can keep stacks of cow dung in one place, and it will not create a bad odor to disturb anyone. We can take it for granted that in the spiritual world, stool and urine are also pleasantly scented No edit summary current