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12 July 2022
- 15:3115:31, 12 July 2022 diff hist +2,516 Bhagavata-dharma is purely devotional service of the Lord to which the monist has no access. The monist is not counted amongst the paramahamsas (the most perfect of the renounced order of life) No edit summary current
- 15:3115:31, 12 July 2022 diff hist +4,933 Although they have no access to the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the followers of the Mayavada (impersonalist) school sometimes screw out an imaginary explanation of the original four verses, but we must accept the actual explanation given herein by Maitreya Muni No edit summary current
- 15:3115:31, 12 July 2022 diff hist +3,885 All of these three classes (women, sudras and brahma-bandhu) are called less intelligent; they have no access to the study of the Vedas, which are specifically meant for persons who have acquired the brahminical qualifications No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 12 July 2022 diff hist −13 Visnu impregnates maya, the material nature, simply by glancing at her. This is the spiritual method - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 12 July 2022 diff hist +50,721 Visnu impregnated Maya or material nature simply by glancing at her. This is the spiritual method No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 12 July 2022 diff hist +3,403 The subtle science of chanting hymns is also material, but it has yet to be known by the modern material scientists. Subtle material science is not spiritual, but it has a direct relationship with the spiritual method, which is still subtler No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 12 July 2022 diff hist +7,450 Spiritual cultivation is not exactly meant for the sannyasi’s or vanaprastha's it is meant for everyone. Everybody, just like our spiritual method we are also, we are women, children, men but the purpose is different No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 12 July 2022 diff hist +4,835 Atheists will not believe in this spiritual method of producing grains (for performing sacrifices), but whether they believe or not, the fact remains that we are not independent to produce grain by mechanical means No edit summary current
11 July 2022
- 14:1314:13, 11 July 2022 diff hist +3,144 Those who are born with divine qualities follow a regulated life; that is to say they abide by the injunctions in scriptures & by the authorities. 1 should perform duties in the light of authoritative scripture. This mentality is called divine. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 11 July 2022 diff hist +2,457 The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pandu, for you are born with the divine qualities. BG 16.5 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 11 July 2022 diff hist +24,691 There are many divine qualities (of a person in Krsna consciousness), but Lord Caitanya describes only some of them to Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 11 July 2022 diff hist +2,894 O son of Prtha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demonic. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac. BG 16.6 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:1214:12, 11 July 2022 diff hist +2,838 Lord Krsna, having assured Arjuna that he was born with the divine qualities, is now (in BG 16.6) describing the demoniac way. The conditioned living entities are divided into two classes in this world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
10 July 2022
- 04:3904:39, 10 July 2022 diff hist +5,626 Uddhava prayed to be constantly honored by the dust from the lotus feet of the gopis, whose chanting of Lord Krsna's transcendental pastimes has become celebrated all over the three worlds No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,693 Uddhava desires to take on his head the dust of the gopis' lotus feet. I have learned about all these transcendental loving affairs of Lord Krsna from Svarupa Damodara No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 10 July 2022 diff hist +5,340 The person who has not at any time received upon his head the dust from the feet of a pure devotee of God is certainly a dead body No edit summary current
- 04:3904:39, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,558 Raghava Pandita then said, People are always coming and going through that door. The dust from their feet blows up and touches the ceiling No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 10 July 2022 diff hist +2,514 Only initiated disciples should be allowed to take this advantage (of taking dust from feet of Vaisnava), not others. Those who are full of sinful activities should generally be avoided No edit summary
- 04:3704:37, 10 July 2022 diff hist +7,762 My dear King, a devotee who has taken shelter of the dust from the lotus feet of the Lord can transcend the influence of the six material whips - namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death - and he can conquer the mind and five senses No edit summary current
- 04:3704:37, 10 July 2022 diff hist +3,244 I shall thus be relieved of my obligations to the reactions of my karma, and my fortune will be to receive the dust from the lotus feet of great devotees like Narada Muni No edit summary current
- 04:3604:36, 10 July 2022 diff hist +30 In due course of time, when these yogis attain the perfection of controlling the mind, they will still be unable to taste even a particle of dust from the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - SB 10.12.12 No edit summary current
- 04:3404:34, 10 July 2022 diff hist +7,798 As soon as one approaches the pure devotee and takes the dust of his lotus feet and puts it on his head, immediately, anartha apagamah, he'll be freed from all this nonsense. That means he'll forget this idea that "Materially we can advance" No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 10 July 2022 diff hist +6,561 Another gopi said, "With leaves and flowers decorating His (Krsnas) body, He looks like some hero. When He plays on His flute and calls the cows with Balarama, the river Yamuna stops flowing and waits for the air to carry dust from His lotus feet" No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,654 After taking dust from the feet of Raghava Pandita, Raghunatha dasa returned to his home, feeling greatly obligated to Lord Nityananda Prabhu because of having received His merciful benediction No edit summary current
- 04:3304:33, 10 July 2022 diff hist +2,332 According to the parampara system, I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) wish to take the dust from the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, and all the associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
9 July 2022
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,387 Unless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a Vaisnava completely freed from material contamination, persons very much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 Unless one takes the dust of the lotus feet of a pure Vaisnava on one's head, one cannot understand what the Supreme Personality of Godhead is, and unless one knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one's life remains imperfect No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,489 Unless one is fortunate enough to have the dust of the lotus feet of a mahatma on one's head, there is no possibility of perfection in spiritual life No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,471 Unless one accepts the dust of the lotus feet of a pure devotee, who is free from all material contamination, one cannot enter into the devotional service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,590 This is bhakti-marga, devotional service, to become very humble, meek, always pray to Krsna, "Kindly consider me as one of the particle of the dust of the lotus feet of Your Lordship," this very simple thing No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,765 The two stages of executing devotional service are 2) second, attaining sincere attachment for serving the particles of the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,322 The river (Ganges, by which the King sat to fast) carries the most auspicious water, which is mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord and tulasi leaves No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,871 The first condition of devotional service to the Lord is to be a servant of a pure devotee, and this condition is fulfilled by the statement "reception of the dust of the lotus feet of a pure devotee who has also served another pure devotee No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,792 The crown of a king is simply a big load if the king or head of the state does not actually bear the dust of the lotus feet of brahmanas and Vaisnavas No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +1,912 They (the demigods) also saw the two rivers named Nanda and Alakananda. These two rivers are sanctified by the dust of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,638 That (reception of the dust of the lotus feet of a pure devotee who has also served another pure devotee) is the way of pure disciplic succession, or devotional parampara No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 Sri Narottama dasa Thakura sings: "I am the servant of the six Gosvamis, and the dust of their lotus feet provides my five kinds of food." A Vaisnava always desires the dust of the lotus feet of previous acaryas and Vaisnavas" No edit summary current
- 12:5612:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,821 One must become blessed by the dust of the lotus feet of a pure devotee who is completely freed from the contamination of material desires No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,191 My dear King Rahugana, unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,644 Mahiyasam pada-rajo-'bhisekam: the dust of the lotus feet of great personalities offers all good to the recipient, but the same dust can also do harm. Those who are offenders at the lotus feet of a great personality dry up; their godly qualities diminish No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 9 July 2022 diff hist +1,501 I decorate my head with the dust of the lotus feet of my audience. Now you have all drunk this nectar, and therefore my labor is successful No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 It is significant that these rivers, Nanda and Alakananda, are sanctified by the dust of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,528 In this verse (SB 6.11.18), therefore, we find the words manasvinam pada-rajah prapatsye: "I shall receive the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees." The word manasvinam refers to great devotees who always think of Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +12 In the Bhagavatam it is said, mahat-pada-rajo-'bhisekam, which means to be blessed by the holy dust of the lotus feet of a mahat, a great devotee No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 If one receives the dust of the lotus feet of a manasvi, a great devotee, he certainly returns home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,087 Having lamented over them (the dead relatives) and sufficiently offered Ganges water, they (the Pandavas, with Draupadi) bathed in the Ganges, whose water is sanctified due to being mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 A person who neither takes advantage of the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees nor smells the tulasi leaves offered to the lotus feet of the Lord must be considered dead even though he is supposedly working No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +30 A devotee simply aspires to become the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 12:4612:46, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,471 The person who has not at any time received the dust of the feet of the Lord's pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body No edit summary current
- 12:4612:46, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,063 They are diminished by the dust of the feet of great personalities No edit summary current