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15 July 2022

• 12:0912:09, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9 A Krsna conscious person is always dovetailed with the supreme desire, for he has no desire for personal sense gratification. He moves exactly like a part of a machine. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:0912:09, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9 A krsna-bhakta has no desire for his own personal benefit. He is completely protected by the Supreme No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,806 While fighting was going on between Arjuna and Bhisma, Bhisma's attraction was drawn by the glittering dress of Krsna, and indirectly he admired his so-called enemy Arjuna for possessing the Lord as his friend No edit summary current
• 11:5511:55, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,907 The Supreme Lord cannot have any enemy, nor can a so-called enemy harm Him because He is ajita, or unconquerable. But still He takes pleasure when His pure devotee beats Him like an enemy or rebukes Him from a superior position No edit summary current
• 11:5511:55, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,410 The Lord is very kind to His so-called enemy because one who always thinks of the Personality of Godhead as an enemy also benefits, although he thinks of the Lord adversely No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,950 Krsna has no enemy. Krsna has no friend. He is completely independent. He does not depend on enemy. But He plays like that for the benefit of the so-called friend and so-called enemy No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,829 Krsna's inimical actions are not displays of enmity toward His so-called enemies, but in the material field one thinks that He is favorable to devotees and unfavorable to nondevotees No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,219 He (the transcendentally situated person) takes everyone as his dear friend who helps him in his execution of Krsna consciousness, and he does not hate his so-called enemy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,188 Because the devotee knows that the Lord is his supreme protector, he thinks - What harm can the so-called enemy do? Thus a devotee is confident about his protection No edit summary current
• 11:5011:50, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,445 While living, a cruel person creates a hellish condition for his next birth, and therefore he should not live; but he is also advised not to die, because after death he must go to the darkest region of hell. Thus in either circumstance he is condemned No edit summary current
• 11:4911:49, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,987 Those who do not even make an attempt, who want to be covered by illusion, who are too materialistic and too attached to material enjoyment, must enter into the darkest regions of hell, as confirmed throughout the Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 11:4911:49, 15 July 2022 diff hist +7,761 Those who are envious, I (The Supreme Personality of Godhead) keep them constantly in the darkest region of hellish life No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,668 The more they (nondevotees of God) discuss the transcendental appearance and disappearance of the Lord in the asuric spirit, the more they enter into the darkest region of hell, as stated in Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 11:4611:46, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,392 The means of livelihood of those who are trying to advance in Krsna consciousness must be very fair and uncomplicated. Here it is mentioned that he who earns his livelihood by unfair means (kevalena) is sent to the darkest hellish region No edit summary current
• 11:4611:46, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9,696 They (materialistic persons) live a life characterized by chewing the chewed, and they are controlled by their uncontrolled senses. Thus they go down to the darkest regions of hellish life No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,538 One who has not been attracted by the transcendental beauty of rasa will certainly be dragged down into material attraction, thus to act in material contamination and progress to the darkest region of hellish life No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,997 One may officially be a very religious man, but if he associates with such persons (who are too much addicted to sex life and satisfaction of the palate), then he is sure to slide down to the darkest region of hell No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,636 My dear son, I am helpless and very much aggrieved. You should not give up my company. Just look at your lamenting father. We are helpless because without a son we shall have to suffer the distress of going to the darkest hellish regions No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,254 Kamsa considered that if he killed his sister, while living he would be condemned by everyone, and after death he would go to the darkest region of hellish life because of his cruelty No edit summary current
• 11:1511:15, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,580 Indeed, their (Sisupala's and Dantavakra's) tongues were not attacked by white leprosy, nor did they enter the darkest region of hellish life. We are certainly most surprised by this No edit summary current
• 11:1411:14, 15 July 2022 diff hist +7,336 His (one's) ill-gotten wealth and possessions are taken by someone else, and he goes to the darkest region of hellish life. One should not, therefore, accumulate more wealth than allotted to him by destiny No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,924 A person who is very eager to maintain his family and kinsmen simply by black methods certainly goes to the darkest region of hell, which is known as Andha-tamisra No edit summary current
• 11:1011:10, 15 July 2022 diff hist +12,594 When we are actually in the liberated stage of knowledge, we can understand that our relationship with the Lord is in a particular rasa. That platform is called svarupa-siddhi, or real self-realization No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,370 Unless one comes to the platform of bhakti-yoga, self-realization or realization of the Absolute Truth cannot be achieved No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,111 Unfortunately, in this present civilization both men and women are allowed to be attracted to one another from the very beginning of life, and because of this they are completely unable to come to the platform of self-realization No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 15 July 2022 diff hist +12 O my Lord, a person who is chanting Your holy name, although born of a low family like that of a candala (dog eater), is situated on the highest platform of self-realization. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:0211:02, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9,969 One should culture knowledge in the following way: In order to approach the platform of self-realization, one must follow the regulative principles enjoined in the revealed scriptures. One must be fixed in the tenets of the revealed scripture No edit summary current
• 11:0211:02, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,070 One should always be free from the association of atheists and nondevotees and should try to associate with devotees, for by the association of a devotee one can be elevated to the platform of self-realization No edit summary current
• 11:0111:01, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,000 My dear King, as long as conditioned soul does not conquer his six enemies and come to the platform of self-realization by awakening his spiritual knowledge, he has to wander among different places and different species of life in this material world No edit summary current
• 11:0111:01, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,233 Jada Bharata was actually situated on the platform of self-realization No edit summary current
• 11:0011:00, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,188 If one's endeavors are directed toward Krsna consciousness, one can surely attain the spiritual platform of self-realization. There is no such benefit from engaging oneself in economic development No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 15 July 2022 diff hist +8,506 All these different activities are prescribed for different persons so that they may be elevated to the platform of self-realization and from there to Krsna consciousness, devotional service No edit summary current
• 10:5610:56, 15 July 2022 diff hist −32 According to such (materialistic) leaders, the material body is the actual self, understanding everything that pertains to the body constitutes self-realization, & we have no more duty than satisfying the senses of the body & maintaining it by all means No edit summary current

14 July 2022

• 13:1413:14, 14 July 2022 diff hist +6,527 Without knowing what is divine service, one cannot be divinely compassionate. First of all one should make his own life divine; then he can make divine compassion No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 14 July 2022 diff hist +5,164 You cannot make your right cause. You can not formulate that "This is right cause." That is mental concoction. You must get it sanctioned. That is a principle of daivi life, divine life No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 14 July 2022 diff hist +8,025 We have to train our consciousness, divine. That is the duty of human form of life. If we make our consciousness divine, then we are preparing for next divine life No edit summary current
• 13:1213:12, 14 July 2022 diff hist +6,375 There is, of course, suffering in the lives of animals and plants, which are suffering due to their past misdeeds. However, human beings should voluntarily accept suffering in the form of austerities and penances in order to attain the divine life No edit summary current
• 13:1113:11, 14 July 2022 diff hist +5,648 After attaining the divine life, one can enjoy happiness eternally No edit summary current
• 12:5212:52, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,341 The word paragam is very significant. Paragam refers to one who can take the disciple to the other side. This side is conditioned life; the other side is the life of freedom No edit summary current
• 12:5112:51, 14 July 2022 diff hist +2,971 The ultimate aim of religious performances is to release oneself from material bondage and regain the life of freedom in the transcendental world, where the Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Person No edit summary current
• 12:5012:50, 14 July 2022 diff hist +5,866 In his (the living being's) liberated state he renders service to the Lord in transcendental love and thus enjoys a life of full freedom, even sometimes on an equal level with the Lord or sometimes more than the Lord No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,170 Persons who are always planning to do harm to other living entities are not eligible to understand Krsna consciousness and cannot enter into the realm of transcendental loving service to the Lord No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 14 July 2022 diff hist +4,295 The appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in this Kali-yuga is especially meant to deliver the fallen souls, who are always planning something for material enjoyment No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 14 July 2022 diff hist +29 The eleven commanders represent the ten senses and the mind. The mind is always making plans with the ten commanders to enjoy the material world No edit summary current
• 12:1712:17, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,723 Kamsa, being an asura, was always planning how to kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His mother, Devaki. Thus he was also Krsna conscious. But devotees are Krsna conscious favorably - visnu-bhaktah smrto daivah No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,649 In the material world, a servant is provided for by the master but is always planning how to capture the master's post. There have been many instances of this in history No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 14 July 2022 diff hist +6,458 Inside herself, Kunti felt like a she-deer in the midst of tigers, actually her position was like that. After the death of her husband, Pandu, she was supposed to take care of the pandavas, but the sons of Dhrtarastra were always planning to kill them No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 14 July 2022 diff hist +29 A Vaisnava is always thinking about how the fallen conditioned souls can be delivered and is always involved in making plans to do so No edit summary
• 12:1412:14, 14 July 2022 diff hist +9 A Krsna conscious being is always engaged in planning how to take all of suffering humanity back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 14 July 2022 diff hist +3,699 Without Vedic knowledge, or perfect, infallible knowledge, no one can create anything. All scientific knowledge and perfect knowledge are Vedic No edit summary current