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19 July 2022

• 04:2404:24, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,659 The bona fide spiritual master, by his personal activities, teaches the disciple the principles of devotional service No edit summary current

14 July 2022

• 00:3800:38, 14 July 2022 diff hist +7,363 Lord Siva teaches us the principles of sanatana-dharma No edit summary current

13 July 2022

• 17:0817:08, 13 July 2022 diff hist +7,729 For everyone who is born in the land of India has a natural spiritual inclination and is taught the basic principles of spiritual life; they merely need to be a little more educated in the Vedic principles No edit summary current
• 17:0017:00, 13 July 2022 diff hist +3,143 An unrestricted life of sense gratification is animal life, and Lord Brahma, in order to teach all concerned within the jurisdiction of his generations, taught the same principles of sense control for executing higher duties No edit summary current
• 16:5816:58, 13 July 2022 diff hist +3,883 A person who personally practices the tenets of religion as they are enjoined in the sastras and who also teaches others the same principles is called religious No edit summary current

1 July 2022

• 12:5712:57, 1 July 2022 diff hist +3,645 While sitting (under the tree) they (Krsna, Baladeva and the other cowherd boys) ate simple food like rice, dal, vegetables, bread, and curd, which they had brought from their homes and which they shared in friendly exchanges No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 1 July 2022 diff hist −19 The cowherd boys brought simple foodstuffs from home, and the Lord, who is constantly served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune, is always glad to accept such simple foodstuffs from His devotee friends No edit summary current
• 12:5312:53, 1 July 2022 diff hist +25,110 The brahmana's (Srutadeva's) wife cooked simple foods like rice and dal, and Lord Krsna and His followers (Narada and others) were very much pleased to accept them because they were offered in devotional love No edit summary current
• 12:5112:51, 1 July 2022 diff hist +9,156 The brahmana's wife cooked simple foods like rice and dhal, and Lord Krsna and His followers were very much pleased to accept them because they were offered in devotional love No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 1 July 2022 diff hist +4,583 In Kali-yuga, the duration of life is shortened not so much because of insufficient food but because of irregular habits. By keeping regular habits and eating simple food, any man can maintain his health No edit summary current

30 June 2022

• 13:1513:15, 30 June 2022 diff hist +11,524 Change of names at the time of initiation is essential No edit summary current

29 June 2022

• 08:2708:27, 29 June 2022 diff hist −10 The devotees are obliged at the time of initiation to begin engaging in Deity worship No edit summary current

26 June 2022

• 12:1012:10, 26 June 2022 diff hist +6,124 Some of the princes, as a matter of etiquette, appeared before Sisupala. They saw that Sisupala was discouraged, like one who has lost his wife. His face appeared dried up, he had lost all his energy, and all the luster of his body had disappeared No edit summary current
• 12:0712:07, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,592 Not only the swamis, even the grhasthas, they are called dasa adhikari, and brahmacaris, everyone can, whoever is initiated, he is competent to make disciples. But as a matter of etiquette they do not do so in the presence of their spiritual master No edit summary current
• 12:0412:04, 26 June 2022 diff hist +3,170 Krsna has sent you some new devotees, now keep them and train them. They should not feel inconvenience. As a matter of etiquette you should tell them that if they feel any inconvenience they should inform you and you can fix their situation No edit summary current
• 12:0012:00, 26 June 2022 diff hist +4,017 Even though one plays the part of a spiritual master, he should not accept obeisances or permit a disciple to wash his feet before the Deity. This is a matter of etiquette No edit summary current
• 03:2303:23, 26 June 2022 diff hist −13 Devotees do not identify with the body, so offering respect to a Vaisnava means offering respect to Visnu. As a matter of etiquette as soon as one sees a Vaisnava one must immediately offer him respect, indicating the Supersoul sitting within No edit summary current

25 June 2022

• 17:5317:53, 25 June 2022 diff hist +2,551 First you should put the cheese in a frying pan and stir vigorously, adding 1/4 of sugar. While on the fire it should be stirred and mixed as nicely as possible. Then while it is cooling it should still be stirred as nicely as possible No edit summary current
• 17:2417:24, 25 June 2022 diff hist +2,113 This consciousness (of the material body) is inferior, destructible and perverted. But superconsciousness of the supramind in the spiritual plane is as good as the spirit soul and is never annihilated No edit summary current
• 17:2217:22, 25 June 2022 diff hist +4,080 Then, as the Supersoul, He enters each body and influences the qualities of creation, maintenance and annihilation, using sattva-guna for maintenance, rajo-guna for creation and tamo-guna for annihilation No edit summary current

24 June 2022

• 15:4015:40, 24 June 2022 diff hist +3,257 The body is not at all good; it is simply a cause of bondage to the material world. Unfortunately, even though the body is destined for destruction, fools and rascals invest all their faith in the body and are never eager to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 15:3915:39, 24 June 2022 diff hist +12 The gross material body is a result of the interaction of the modes of material nature, and it is doomed to destruction No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 24 June 2022 diff hist +12 The soul is the master of the body, and after the destruction of the body he transfers to another form. In that way he is master. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:3515:35, 24 June 2022 diff hist +16,409 The temporary material body is certainly a foreign dress. The Bhagavad-gita (2.20) clearly says that after the destruction of the material body the living entity is not annihilated, nor does he lose his identity No edit summary current
• 15:3215:32, 24 June 2022 diff hist +5,352 There are many plans for making the body comfortable, and these plans are carried in the subtle body after the destruction of the gross body. It is not a fact that after the gross body is destroyed the living entity is finished No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 24 June 2022 diff hist +12 Such (materialistic, godless) leaders do not know that their temporary gains will vanish along with the destruction of their temporary body No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 24 June 2022 diff hist +8,745 Socrates was firmly convinced that "Even if I drink this poison... My body will be destroyed, but by destruction of my body, I am not going to be destroyed." He was convinced. So he did not lament No edit summary current
• 15:1515:15, 24 June 2022 diff hist +12 Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable, and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata - BG 2.18 No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 24 June 2022 diff hist +2,923 Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata. BG 2.18 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 15:0315:03, 24 June 2022 diff hist +12 A frog is eaten by a snake, a snake is eaten by a mongoose, and the mongoose is eaten by another animal. In this way the process of destruction goes on by the supreme will of the Lord No edit summary current

5 May 2022

• 15:0915:09, 5 May 2022 diff hist +77,707 In the Gita it is stated that the living entity is never born, and he never dies. He is eternal and indestructible, and he continues to live after the destruction of his temporary material body. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,793 Trained in brahmacari life from the beginning of childhood No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,337 Soon Krsna and Balarama had grown sufficiently to be given charge of the calves. Cowherd boys, from the very beginning of their childhood, are trained to take care of the cows, and their first responsibility is to take care of the little calves No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 5 May 2022 diff hist +6,027 Now from the very beginning of student life, because there is no education, he is trained up as demon. What can be done? So many things have to be reformed by pushing on Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 14:4414:44, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,760 Haridasa Thakura was born in a Mohammedan family. From the very beginning of his life he was never trained in the karma-kanda system No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,952 From the very beginning of childhood one should be trained up to act according to the bhagavata-dharma." That is real life No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 5 May 2022 diff hist +8 Both of us (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja and Srila Prabhupada) were trained in the devotional service of the Lord from the very beginning of our lives. Later on we met by the order of the transcendental system. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,456 According to the regulations of the sanatana-dharma institution, one is trained from the beginning to depend fully on the protection of the Lord in all circumstances No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 5 May 2022 diff hist +7,895 A brahmacari, from the very beginning of his life, he is trained to act only for guru. That is brahmacari. It is enjoined that a brahmacari live at the shelter, at the care of guru just like a menial servant No edit summary current
• 13:5513:55, 5 May 2022 diff hist +2,599 I am concerned that the Gurukula experiment should come out nicely. These children are the future hope of our Society, so it is a very important matter how we are training them in Krishna consciousness from the very childhood No edit summary current
• 13:4413:44, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,386 It is especially the case in the acarya families (that the children receive a spiritual impetus from the very beginning of their life). Such families are very learned and devoted by tradition and training, & thus they become spiritual masters. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
• 13:3113:31, 5 May 2022 diff hist −13 Only when a person is perfectly situated in the realization that he isn't the body but a spirit soul can he begin the process of bhakti, or devotional service No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 5 May 2022 diff hist +6,420 Both of these pitfalls - rejection of the body as false and acceptance of the body as all in all - can be avoided when one is fully situated in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 13:2613:26, 5 May 2022 diff hist +3,619 One must first acquire the qualities of the perfectly situated person, the qualities of goodness according to the laws of material nature, in order to chant the Gayatri mantra. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:2013:20, 5 May 2022 diff hist −13 He (Krsna) maintains the material universes through His external energy. The material universes are perfectly situated because they are created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 5 May 2022 diff hist −13 Even those yogis who are attracted by the siddhis (perfections) in the process of yoga are not perfectly situated. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 5 May 2022 diff hist +4,749 After being initiated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Bhattacarya was perfectly situated in the spiritual order; therefore it was quite possible for him to offer blessings even to a sannyasi. He was always engaged in the service of the Lord, even at home No edit summary current
• 13:0813:08, 5 May 2022 diff hist +5,148 The soul is never vanquished, even when the body is destroyed. An intelligent man, therefore, should care for the happiness of the spirit soul, not of the body No edit summary current
• 13:0513:05, 5 May 2022 diff hist +12 It is impossible to see with the material eyes how the living entity is in contact with this body and how he is out of it after the destruction of the body. No one in science can ascertain this. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:0413:04, 5 May 2022 diff hist +12 The concept that the material body is the living entity and that with the destruction of the body the consciousness is also destroyed is called knowledge in the mode of passion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current