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16 July 2022

• 07:1107:11, 16 July 2022 diff hist +5,621 One should therefore not take to the demoniac activity of claiming to be a Vaisnava just for false prestige, without performing service to the Lord No edit summary current
• 07:1107:11, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,895 Krsna satisfied all great sages by His wonderful pastimes. He demolished all of the demoniac activities of the cruel royal order, protected all pious men, and killed all cruel fighters on the battlefield. Therefore He is all-auspicious for all men No edit summary current
• 07:1007:10, 16 July 2022 diff hist +3,369 He (Krsna) can remain with His devotee in any suitable form, yet He is unapproachable by any amount of demoniac activities No edit summary current
• 07:1007:10, 16 July 2022 diff hist +3,569 Devotees should stick to their principles as sincere servants of the Lord and rest assured that the demoniac activities directed against them will not be able to stop their devotional service No edit summary current
• 07:0907:09, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,285 Because the people of Kali-yuga are fallen, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of kindness, did not bring any weapon to kill them. Rather, by spreading KC, love of Krsna, He wanted to kill their nefarious, demoniac activities. This is the purpose of the KCM No edit summary

15 July 2022

• 14:1714:17, 15 July 2022 diff hist +9,118 The word - creation - refers to the material creation because in the spiritual world everything exists eternally and there is no creation or dissolution No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,864 The whole creation ultimately rests in the Supreme Lord. He is the cause of creation, maintenance and dissolution. And when the whole manifestation is dissolved, in its subtle form as the Supreme Lord’s energy it rests within His body No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,604 The Vedic injunctions define the source of creation and dissolution as yato va imani bhutani jayante, "He from whom this cosmic manifestation has emanated and in whom, after annihilation, everything will merge" No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,174 The Vedanta-sutra confirms, janmady asya yatah: (SB 1.1.1) the creation, maintenance and dissolution of this cosmic manifestation are due to the existence of the Supreme Lord. Nonetheless, God is unaffected by all these changes in the material elements No edit summary current
• 14:1514:15, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,681 The maya-sakti, Durga, is in charge of srsti-sthiti-pralaya, creation and dissolution, and she acts under the direction of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,035 The Lord accepts the material energy for His material pastimes in creation, maintenance and dissolution. But the conditioned soul is covered; he cannot understand that beyond this material energy there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 15 July 2022 diff hist −9 The complete calculation of the time of creation, maintenance and dissolution, measured in terms of the circulation of the total planetary systems until the end of creation, is known as the supreme kala No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,911 The Almighty - for creation, maintenance and dissolution, and we three have grown with many branches. Therefore I offer my obeisances unto You, the tree of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 15 July 2022 diff hist +15,307 The Absolute Truth is the cause of creation, maintenance and dissolution No edit summary current
• 14:0914:09, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,810 O Lord, You assume incarnations for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation, and therefore we all take shelter of Your lotus feet because they always award remembrance and courage to Your devotees No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,523 My dear Lord, although personally You have nothing to do, You have distributed Your energies in the interactions of the material modes of nature, and for that reason the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation take place No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,803 I offer my obeisances unto Him who by His pastimes enjoys the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,628 It is advised in the Vedic literatures that one should take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Lord of the universe and the master of creation, maintenance and dissolution No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 15 July 2022 diff hist +38 In order to maintain the regular procedures of the cosmic manifestation and to be visible to the eyes of persons who are in the mode of goodness, the Lord appears. He is the cause of the creation and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,279 Everything in this material world is limited, and for this reason there is creation, sustenance and dissolution. However, in the world of unlimited energy, the spiritual world, there is neither creation nor destruction No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 15 July 2022 diff hist +1,398 Creation, maintenance and dissolution come from Him. He is the original shelter of all gross and subtle cosmic manifestations No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 15 July 2022 diff hist +8,994 Before the creation and after its dissolution, only the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His associates exist; there is no existence of the material elements. This is confirmed in the Vedic literature No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,793 As explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.7), the material creation takes place at intervals by the will of the Lord, and in the periods between dissolution and creation, the living entities and the material energy remain dormant in Him No edit summary current
• 13:5413:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,844 This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and fire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in the course of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to do with this creation and dissolution of the body No edit summary current
• 13:5413:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,294 This entire material creation comes from the body of the SP of G and at the time of annihilation again enters into Him. This process of creation and dissolution is made possible by the breathing of the Maha-Visnu, who is only a plenary portion of Krsna No edit summary current
• 13:5413:54, 15 July 2022 diff hist +8,500 This entire material exhibition - its creation, its growth, its maintenance and its dissolution - is an emanation from the Supreme Person. In Bhagavad-gita also, the Lord says, "I am the beginning, the source of birth of everything No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,238 To love the Supreme Personality of Godhead more, we want a form of the Lord like Krsna or Rama. We can engage in loving transactions with Krsna especially No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,110 There is brief mention of the process of making loving transactions with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and making friends with the devotees No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,893 Mayavadi philosophers, they do not know that there is relationship that the Parabrahman and Brahman can be engaged in loving transaction No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 15 July 2022 diff hist +8,072 Krsna says that "Anyone who offers Me a little fruit, a little water, and little leaf with devotion and love, I accept it." Krsna is not hungry that He is begging some food from us. No. He is trying to create loving transaction No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 15 July 2022 diff hist −10 It is not that Krsna is hungry and is begging food from us. The purpose of this offering is to create a loving transaction. Krsna wants this transaction: You love Me, and I'll love you No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 15 July 2022 diff hist +7 The impersonalist cannot enjoy life due to his artificial renunciation; and for this reason, a slight agitation of the mind pulls him down again into the pool of material existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,823 The great reservoir of pleasure, Lord Sri Krsna, thus thought to Himself, "Now she has bound Me up to a wooden mortar. So I shall do something more mischievous than before." And thus He thought of pulling down the two very tall arjuna trees" No edit summary current
• 13:4213:42, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,776 Maya has two phases of activities. One is called praksepatmika, and the other is called avaranatmika. Avaranatmika means "covering," and praksepatmika means "pulling down No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 15 July 2022 diff hist +1,893 Some of the soldiers pulled down the pillars which were supporting the pandal of sacrifice, some of them entered the female quarters, some began destroying the sacrificial arena, and some entered the kitchen and the residential quarters No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,458 Everything is being pulled down by the laws of material nature No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,404 A sawman was cutting wood by the saw. So at the end of business it was half cut so he pulled down a plug so that next day he will come and he'll again begin sawing. So went away. So one monkey came. So monkey sat down there and began to pull on the plug No edit summary
• 13:3713:37, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,704 Although the elephant was harassed and angry, the caretaker riding on its head tried to provoke it further. The elephant then rushed madly toward Krsna. As soon as it came within reach, Krsna caught hold of the trunk and pulled the elephant down No edit summary current
• 13:3213:32, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,376 The Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya is a disciplic succession from Madhvacarya. This fact has been accepted in the authorized books known as Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika and Prameya-ratnavali, as well as by Gopala Guru Gosvami No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 15 July 2022 diff hist +7,745 One should take initiation from a bona fide spiritual master coming in the disciplic succession, who is authorized by his predecessor spiritual master. This is called diksa-vidhana No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 15 July 2022 diff hist −13 At the present moment also there are so many editions of the Gita (especially in English), but almost all of them are not according to authorized disciplic succession. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,586 The demigods are called sakama devotees, or devotees with material desires in mind, while the pure devotees are called niskama devotees because they have no desires for their personal interests No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,530 The wonderful characteristics of the gopis are beyond imagination. They have no desire for personal satisfaction, yet when Krsna is happy by seeing them, that happiness of Krsna makes the gopis a million times more happy than Krsna Himself No edit summary
• 12:3012:30, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,998 This perfect realization of the self by the devotee helps him to become desireless, to desire nothing for his personal self, and thus the devotees are called niskami, without any desire No edit summary current
• 12:2812:28, 15 July 2022 diff hist +7,480 They (the inhabitants of Vrndavana) were always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna and did not desire any personal benefits, and they were all so much in love with Him that in His absence their voices faltered when they began to inquire from Balaramaji No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 15 July 2022 diff hist +4,301 Everyone wants to act as the proprietor of his actions so that he can enjoy the result. A devotee, however, has no such desire; he acts because the Personality of Godhead wants him to act in a particular way. He has no personal motive No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 15 July 2022 diff hist +2,682 In other words, Maharaja Gaya was able to derive all benefits from the earth and thus satisfy the desires of his citizens. However, he personally had no desire No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 15 July 2022 diff hist +5,177 In the Bhagavad-gita we can see that Arjuna desired not to fight with his brothers and relations just to satisfy his own personal desires. But when he heard the message of the Lord, Srimad Bhagavad-gita, he changed his decision and served the Lord No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 15 July 2022 diff hist +3,436 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) am submitting that I personally have no desire to add or subtract anything. I have only written what I have heard in the disciplic succession No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 15 July 2022 diff hist +6,426 Krsna says, kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati: (BG 9.31) - O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes - Since Krsna gives this assurance, the devotee lives in Krsna and has no desire for personal benefit No edit summary current