User contributions for SharmisthaK

17 July 2022

• 05:3805:38, 17 July 2022 diff hist +4,767 Slow but sure, that is our motto - and class, not mass. So never mind some other Christian movements are getting many followers. The competition is beneficial for us. Everything is beneficial for Krishna consciousness if it is utilized properly No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 17 July 2022 diff hist +2,200 Our process is slow but sure, not that we must do everything immediately and then later on regret it No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 17 July 2022 diff hist +3,558 Now we have got a little place here. If by combined effort, it doesn’t matter it takes time, but slowly but surely we can develop this center. Especially Bhuvanesvara is going to be the capital of Orissa No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 17 July 2022 diff hist +2,877 Never mind it takes little time to make progress, our process is slow but sure, and we are confident that if we continue in this way we shall go one day back to home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 05:3505:35, 17 July 2022 diff hist +2,361 I am so pleased to learn about your slow but sure progress in the matter of your most glorious London yatra. I am sure Krishna will help you fully and do it seriously No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 17 July 2022 diff hist +4,151 The sastras warn, arcye visnau sila-dhih . . . naraki sah: one should never think of the arca-murti, the Deity within the temple, as stone, wood or any other material element No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 17 July 2022 diff hist +6 The conversation between Lord Sri Krsna and the brahmana is proof that the Lord in His arca-murti, or form made of material elements, is not material, for those elements, although separated from the Lord, are also a part of the Lord’s energy No edit summary current
• 05:2805:28, 17 July 2022 diff hist +7,487 These forms are (of God) called arca-murtis, or forms of the Lord which can be easily appreciated by the common man. The Lord is transcendental to our mundane senses. He cannot be seen with our present eyes, nor can He be heard with our present ears No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 17 July 2022 diff hist +7,580 No one, should think the arca in the temple to be an idol. Such an arca-murti is God Himself, and to the proportion to which one is free from sins, he is able to know the significance of the arca-murti. The guidance of pure devotees is therefore required No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 17 July 2022 diff hist +5,536 Krsna is ready to talk with you. He has come. He has descended in arca-murti to talk with you, to be visible by you. Now you make yourself ready and fit to talk with you; then He will exchange conversation. This is possible. This is a qualification No edit summary current
• 05:2305:23, 17 July 2022 diff hist +2,543 In the material world, the Lord is situated in different arca-murtis (Deities) in the temples just to decrease the material activities of the conditioned soul and increase his spiritual activities No edit summary current
• 05:2305:23, 17 July 2022 diff hist +3,704 If one puts letters in postboxes authorized by the general post office, the function of carrying letters is performed without a doubt. Similarly, the arca-murti can also deliver the same unlimited potency of the Lord as when He is personally present No edit summary current
• 05:2205:22, 17 July 2022 diff hist +7,547 Even though we are not free from sins, the Lord is kind enough to allow us the facility of seeing Him in His arca-murtis in the temple. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He is able to accept our service by presentation of His arca form No edit summary current
• 05:2205:22, 17 July 2022 diff hist +5,134 Even if one has not developed this consciousness (that whatever we see to be the energy of the Supreme Lord), one should accept it theoretically from the instructions of the spiritual master and should worship the arca-murti, or form of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 17 July 2022 diff hist +6,294 As clearly said in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.4), bhinna prakrtir astadha: the material elements are separated energies of the Supreme Lord. If He transforms Himself into the arca-murti, the worshipable Deity, which we see as stone or wood, He is still Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 17 July 2022 diff hist −13 Any neophyte devotee who simply gives his attention to the arca-murti, the form of the Supreme Lord in the temple, and does not respect other living entities is uselessly worshiping the form of the Lord in the temple. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 17 July 2022 diff hist −13 Although the arca-murti, the worshipable Deity form of the Lord, appears to be made of material elements, it is as good as the spiritual forms found in the spiritual Vaikunthalokas No edit summary current

16 July 2022

• 08:1408:14, 16 July 2022 diff hist −10 According to Viraraghava Acarya, alaka means "uncommonly beautiful." In the region of Alaka the demigods saw, there is a type of lotus flower known as Saugandhika that distributes an especially fragrant scent No edit summary current
• 08:0608:06, 16 July 2022 diff hist −4 The word rasayam is sometimes interpreted to mean Rasatala, the lowest planetary system, but that is not applicable in this connection, according to Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura No edit summary current
• 08:0608:06, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,720 The Vrsnis and Bhojas were directly dispatched because they had no attraction for material planets. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura also suggests that according to the Amara-kosa dictionary, akrti also means "signal." No edit summary current
• 08:0508:05, 16 July 2022 diff hist −4 According to the interpretation given by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, niraham means nirniscayena aham No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 16 July 2022 diff hist −4 According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the Lord's sitting posture - keeping His back against the newly grown banyan tree - is also meaningful No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 16 July 2022 diff hist +5,208 According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the breathing dead body is a ghost No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 16 July 2022 diff hist +7,738 According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, there are two kinds of impediments to devotional service. The first is an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava. This is called vaisnava-aparadha No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 16 July 2022 diff hist −4 According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, sons always outlive their fathers in other planetary systems and other lands in this universe, especially on Svargaloka No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,678 According to Srila Jiva Gosvami and Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the word used here is nirvana-vilambitani, that which minimizes the value of liberation No edit summary current
• 07:5207:52, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,265 The gigantic work of churning the milk ocean by the combined effort of the demigods and the demons required a gigantic resting ground or pivot for the gigantic Mandara Hill No edit summary current
• 07:5207:52, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,750 Thakura Bhaktivinode, in the year of my birth, first attempted to introduce these missionary activities in McGill University and the same attempt is being renovated by your combined efforts No edit summary current
• 07:5107:51, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,675 I have nominated you as one of the members of the Governing Body because I know you are a very good soul and I shall be very pleased if the mistake which has already crept in our society can be rectified by your combined effort No edit summary current
• 07:5107:51, 16 July 2022 diff hist +6,086 Do not think for a moment that my interest is different from that of your Guru Maharaja. We are executing the will of Srila Prabhupada according to our own capacity. But combined effort would have been by far more better No edit summary current
• 07:5007:50, 16 July 2022 diff hist +6,646 Abhimanyu was the son of Subhadra, Krsna's younger sister. He was killed at the Battle of Kuruksetra by the combined efforts of all the commanders in King Duryodhana's army - namely, Karna, Asvatthama, Jayadratha, Bhisma, Krpacarya and Dronacarya No edit summary current
• 07:3907:39, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,308 We want that at every center there should be this doll exhibition. In the new New York building, one flat should be for this exhibition No edit summary current
• 07:3807:38, 16 July 2022 diff hist +3,416 This idea of doll exhibitions to demonstrate our philosophy has long been proposed, and my Guru Maharaja was very keen to execute this idea. Therefore I am just trying to give some shape to what my Guru Maharaja wanted No edit summary
• 07:3807:38, 16 July 2022 diff hist −10 There is a proposal to make a very grand (Doll Exhibit) exhibition in the capital of the country, Washington D.C. It is proposed to have a restaurant and bookshop attached, and everything will be held within a specially built building No edit summary current
• 07:3807:38, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,278 I want very extensive doll exhibits in every center. My guru maharaj used to spend lots of money on doll exhibitions on Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 07:3807:38, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,119 I am sure that if we make doll exhibitions very prominent many tourists and visitors will throng in our temples No edit summary current
• 07:2607:26, 16 July 2022 diff hist +6,234 When the sun is not visible at night or when it is covered by a cloud in the day, it is not possible to uncover it, either by bodily or mental strength or by scientific instruments, although the sun is there in the sky No edit summary current
• 07:2507:25, 16 July 2022 diff hist +6,775 The devotee has that much mental strength, and he prays to the Lord: "May I be born again and again, but let me be born in the home of Your pure devotee so that I may again get a chance to develop myself No edit summary current
• 07:2407:24, 16 July 2022 diff hist +5,125 The crocodile, however, being an animal of the water, had no difficulties. He was getting food and was therefore getting mental strength and sensual encouragement No edit summary current
• 07:2207:22, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,942 Taking advantage of the occasion of the lunar eclipse, Advaita Acarya, by His mental strength, distributed various types of charity to the brahmanas No edit summary current
• 07:2207:22, 16 July 2022 diff hist +3,036 It is not possible for persons who depend on the strength of their mental speculations to see Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,132 In this way all the devotees, wherever they were situated, in every city and every country, danced, performed sankirtana and gave charity by mental strength on the plea of the lunar eclipse, their minds overwhelmed with joy No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,556 In this verse He (Lord Krsna) is described as the original source of everything, even our body, senses, mind, activities, prowess, bodily strength, mental strength and determination for securing the necessities of life No edit summary current
• 07:2107:21, 16 July 2022 diff hist +2,132 His mental and bodily strength as well as the boon conferred upon him had made him proud. He feared death at the hands of no one, and there was no checking him No edit summary current
• 07:2007:20, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,823 God is described as the original source of everything, even our body, senses, mind, activities, prowess, bodily strength, mental strength and determination for securing the necessities of life. Indeed, the Lord's energies can be perceived in everything No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 16 July 2022 diff hist +1,990 Acaryaratna (Candrasekhara) and Srivasa Thakura were overwhelmed with joy, and immediately they went to the bank of the Ganges to bathe in her waters. Their minds full of happiness, they chanted the Hare Krsna mantra and gave charity by mental strength No edit summary current
• 07:1607:16, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,158 Unless the demoniac activities on the surface of the world are diminished or vanquished, no one can be happy. The program for the conditioned soul is fully described in Bhagavad-gita, and one simply has to follow these instructions to become happy No edit summary current
• 07:1407:14, 16 July 2022 diff hist +11 The purpose of an incarnation (of the Supreme Personality of Godhead) is to liberate His devotees and to stop the demoniac activities of nondevotees. These are the two functions of the Supreme Lord when He incarnates No edit summary current
• 07:1407:14, 16 July 2022 diff hist +4,130 The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for devas, or devotees. Demons cannot take part in Krsna conscious activities, nor can devotees in Krsna consciousness take part in demoniac activities or work like cats and dogs simply for sense gratification No edit summary current
• 07:1307:13, 16 July 2022 diff hist −13 Such (demoniac) activity does not appeal to those in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current