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15 July 2022

• 06:3806:38, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,378 Although sacrifice may be offered to please Krsna, He is more pleased when grains and ghee, instead of being offered in the fire, are prepared as prasada & distributed, first to the brahmanas and then to others. This system pleases Him more than anything No edit summary current
• 06:3806:38, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9,802 According to the Vedic system, there are two classes of food. One is called raw food, and the other is called cooked food. "Raw food" does not indicate raw vegetables and raw grains but food boiled in water, whereas cooked food is made in ghee No edit summary current

14 July 2022

• 10:3210:32, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,347 When performing sacrifices, one offers oblations to the sacrificial fire, but when such oblations are offered to Vaisnavas, they are certainly more effective No edit summary current
• 10:3110:31, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,841 When food is thus offered unto Me, I eat it with full satisfaction. Indeed, I derive more pleasure from food offered in that way than from the food offered in the sacrificial fire No edit summary current
• 10:3110:31, 14 July 2022 diff hist +8,487 When Brahmaji was performing a great sacrifice on behalf of Varuna, Maharsi Bhrgu was born from the sacrificial fire. He was a great sage, and his very dear wife was Puloma No edit summary current
• 10:3110:31, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,414 We have just begun the performance of this fruitive activity, a sacrificial fire, without certainty of its result due to the many imperfections in our action No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,404 Virabhadra tore off the mustache of Bhrgu, who was offering the sacrificial oblations with his hands in the fire No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,917 Virabhadra then took the head and with great anger threw it into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, offering it as an oblation. In this way the followers of Lord Siva devastated all the arrangements for sacrifice No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,771 To perform a sacrifice successfully, at least four expert priests are needed: one who can offer (hota), one who can chant (udgata), one who can kindle the sacrificial fire without the aid of separate fire (adhvaryu), and one who can supervise - brahma No edit summary current
• 10:2910:29, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,045 The sages of Naimisaranya were practically sufferers from the smoke of a sacrificial fire and were doubtful about the result, but by hearing from a realized person like Suta Gosvami, they were fully satisfied No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,781 The sacrificial fire kindled by the sages of Naimisaranya was certainly full of smoke and doubts because of many flaws. The first flaw is that there is an acute scarcity of expert brahmanas able to carry out performances successfully in this age of Kali No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,523 The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.26): "If one offers Me (Krsna) with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." Therefore, all these items may be offered in the sacrificial fire, and Lord Visnu will be satisfied No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,731 The Lord also relishes giving to the Vaisnava's mouth all eatables offered to Him. It is clear from this verse that the Lord eats through the sacrificial fire and the brahmana's mouth No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,858 The brahmanas thereafter began to offer oblations to the sacrificial fire with yogurt, butter, kusa grass and water. They worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the good fortune of the child (Lord Krsna) No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 14 July 2022 diff hist +5,406 The animal offered in the sacrificial fire is, so to speak, destroyed, but the next moment it is given a new life by dint of the Vedic hymns chanted by the expert priest No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,744 They broke all the pots made for use in the sacrifice, and some of them began to extinguish the sacrificial fire. Some tore down the boundary line of the sacrificial arena, and some passed urine on the arena No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,678 These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brahmanas No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,770 Sipi-vistaya appears in this verse (SB 4.13.35). Sipi means "the flames of the sacrifice." In the sacrificial fire if the oblations are offered into the flames, then Lord Visnu is situated there in the form of the flames. Visnu is known as Sipivista No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 14 July 2022 diff hist +5,761 Out of His (Krsna's) many religious duties, the first was to offer oblations into the sacrificial fire and silently chant the Gayatri mantra No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,347 One day, after finishing their morning duties by burning a sacrificial fire and offering a seat of esteem to Srila Suta Gosvami, the great sages made inquiries, with great respect, about the following matters No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,240 Oblations offered in the sacrificial fire are meant for the demigods, and on behalf of the demigods the three sons of Agni and Svaha, namely Pavaka, Pavamana and Suci, accept the oblations No edit summary current
• 10:2510:25, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,815 Killing on the battle on the religious principle and the killing of animals in the sacrificial fire are not at all considered to be acts of violence, because everyone is benefitted by the religious principles involved. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:2510:25, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,204 I do not enjoy the oblations offered by the sacrificers in the sacrificial fire, which is one of My own mouths, with the same relish as I do the delicacies overflowing with ghee which are offered to the mouths of the brahmanas No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,853 In the battlefield, a king or ksatriya, while fighting another king envious of him, is eligible for achieving heavenly planets after death, as the brahmanas also attain the heavenly planets by sacrificing animals in the sacrificial fire. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 14 July 2022 diff hist +8,185 In one palace he (Narada) found Krsna offering oblations to the sacrificial fire and performing the ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedas as enjoined for householders No edit summary current
• 10:2210:22, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,902 From the southern side of the sacrificial fire known as Anvaharya came a fearful personality who looked like the destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the millennium No edit summary current
• 10:2110:21, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,562 Everyone has to perform yajna according to the Vedic hymns. As stated in the Upanisads, fire, the altar, the auspicious full moon, the period of four months called caturmasya, the sacrificial animal, and the beverage called soma are necessary requisites No edit summary current
• 10:2110:21, 14 July 2022 diff hist −13 Especially in India, there is practically no ghee; for everything that should be done with ghee, people use a certain type of oil preparation. Oil, however, is never recommended for offering in a sacrificial fire No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,808 Bhrgu Muni saw the danger and, offering oblations into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, immediately uttered mantric hymns from the Yajur Veda by which the destroyers of yajnic performances could be killed immediately No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 14 July 2022 diff hist +8,020 Bhrgu: When Brahmaji was performing a great sacrifice on behalf of Varuna, Maharsi Bhrgu was born from the sacrificial fire. He was a great sage, and his very dear wife was Puloma No edit summary current
• 10:1910:19, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,581 Animal killing is intended for different purposes. It tests the proper pronunciation of Vedic mantras, and an animal being put into the sacrificial fire should come out with a new life No edit summary current
• 10:1810:18, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,729 Although still at home, Lord Rsabhadeva lived like a madman, naked and with disheveled hair. Then the Lord took the sacrificial fire within Himself, and He left Brahmavarta to tour the whole world No edit summary current
• 10:1710:17, 14 July 2022 diff hist +1,342 After Lord Sri Vamanadeva set a sacrificial fire, He offered worship and performed a fire sacrifice on the sacrificial field No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 14 July 2022 diff hist +8,007 According to Vedic regulations, the ksatriyas were allowed to kill prescribed animals on certain occasions, either to maintain peace in the forests or to offer the animals in the sacrificial fire No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,282 You cannot jump over. You must go through the parampara system. You have to approach through your spiritual master to the Gosvamis, and through the Gosvamis you will have to approach Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +6,357 Yogis meditate upon the Supreme person within the mind. For a devotee, however, the Lord is present, and His presence need only be awakened through initiation by a bona fide spiritual master No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,040 Yogis and jnanis practice in many ways to conquer the senses, but the bhakta immediately attains the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the mercy of the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,593 When one is very anxious to get free from the material entanglement, he gets enlightenment through a spiritual master and Krsna No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,654 When a thing is offered to the Spiritual Master, he immediately offers to the Lord. That is the system & as we come by parampara system, it is our duty to go through the right channel - namely, first the Spiritual Master, then Lord Caitanya & then Krishna No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +22,556 When a conditioned soul becomes a devotee of Krsna, the Lord, by His causeless mercy, trains him in two ways: He trains him from without through the spiritual master, and He trains him from within through the Supersoul No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +9,998 What is the aim of performing tapasya? The aim is to please the Supreme Lord through the spiritual master. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado: "One can attain the mercy of the Lord only by attaining the mercy of the spiritual master." This is the idea No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 14 July 2022 diff hist +15,464 We should be fixed up on the order of Krsna coming through the spiritual master. Then our life is successful. This is the secret of success in spiritual life. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. This is assured No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,786 We should always remember that Krishna is the only order-giver. His order is received through the agency of the spiritual master. The bona fide spiritual master is the manifest representative of Krishna No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 14 July 2022 diff hist +42 This order (to preach Krsna consciousness in every village and town in the world) comes down through the parampara system, and the spiritual master presents these orders to the disciple so that he can spread the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,008 The spiritual master is the mercy representative of the Lord. Therefore, a person burning in the flames of material existence may receive the rains of mercy of the Lord through the transparent medium of the self-realized spiritual master No edit summary current
• 08:5208:52, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,921 The order is received from the Lord, either directly or through the bona fide spiritual master, and to execute that order, however painstaking, is the severe type of penance No edit summary current
• 08:5208:52, 14 July 2022 diff hist +7,324 The material attempt changes from one position to another, and no one actually gains relief from the struggle for existence. The only resort is the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master, and, through him, the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary
• 08:5208:52, 14 July 2022 diff hist +21 The Lord's order descends in disciplic succession through the bona fide spiritual master, and thus execution of the order of the bona fide spiritual master is factual control of the senses No edit summary current
• 08:5108:51, 14 July 2022 diff hist +21 The human form is an opportunity to take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master and, through him, the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 08:5108:51, 14 July 2022 diff hist +7,386 The devotional service of the Lord with perfect knowledge through the training of a bona fide spiritual master is advised for everyone, even if one happens not to be a human being No edit summary current