User contributions for Amala Sundari

19 July 2022

• 05:4105:41, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,482 I have got very good respect for Japanese people. So far I have met the Japanese boys and girls in our temple there, they are so well behaved that I was astonished that they were more respectful than my direct disciples No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,914 By personally tasting the mellows of love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His direct disciples the process. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a wealthy capitalist possessing the touchstone of love of God No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,851 Important direct disciples No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,279 Vyasa is as bona fide as Arjuna because he comes in the disciplic succession, and Sanjaya is the direct disciple of Vyasa. Therefore by the grace of Vyasa, his senses were purified, and he could see and hear Krsna directly. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,653 The direct disciple of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami was Srila Narottama dasa Thakura No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,733 Sincere candidates must, therefore, approach an expert spiritual master for such a progressive march, and the bona fide, expert spiritual master is competent to direct a disciple from any stage of life: tamas, rajas or sattva No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 19 July 2022 diff hist −18 Madhava is the disciple of Narahari, Aksobhya is the direct disciple of Madhava, and Jayatirtha is the disciple of Aksobhya. Jayatirtha’s disciple is Jnanasindhu, and his disciple is Mahanidhi. Vidyanidhi is the disciple of Mahanidhi No edit summary current
• 05:3505:35, 19 July 2022 diff hist −18 Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, stands as the direct disciple of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami No edit summary current
• 05:3505:35, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2 A direct disciple of Srila Rupa Gosvami was Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami No edit summary current

9 July 2022

• 15:2215:22, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,624 The once-born scions of brahmana families are equal with the once-born sudras, and such brahma-bandhus, or unqualified once-born scions, must be rejected for any purpose of religious or Vedic function No edit summary current
• 15:2115:21, 9 July 2022 diff hist +10 The material distresses are birth, old age, disease and death, but those who are interested in pravrtti-marga hold various religious functions at the time of birth, old age, disease and death No edit summary current
• 15:2115:21, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,493 Somewhere Lord Krsna was found enjoying the company of a particular wife by exchanging joking words with her. Somewhere else He was found engaged with His wife in religious ritualistic functions No edit summary
• 15:2015:20, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,782 Service was manifested from the legs of the Personality of Godhead for the sake of perfecting the religious function. Situated on the legs are the sudras, who satisfy the Lord by service No edit summary current
• 15:2015:20, 9 July 2022 diff hist +43,885 Pious activities and religious functions are performed with an aim to acquire some material gain, and if such material gain is obtainable in another way, this so-called religion is neglected. This can be seen in modern human civilization No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,701 Lord Krsna, as the ideal householder, executed all the religious functions of a householder without deviation No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,851 He (Dhaumya) acted as the priest in many religious functions of the Pandavas (samskara), and also each of the Pandavas was attended by him at the betrothal of Draupadi No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 9 July 2022 diff hist +8,771 Formerly marriage was a religious ceremony. Marriage was, this boy and this girl should be married, it is a religious function where the father and mother will see their horoscope and see if they are compatible, they will agree, they will live peacefully No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 9 July 2022 diff hist +11,662 Driven by such consciousness, man turns to religion. He thus performs pious activities or religious functions in order to gain something material. But if such material gains are obtainable in other ways, then so-called religion is neglected No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,701 After His meditation, Lord Krsna would regularly bathe early in the morning with clear, sanctified water. Then He would change into fresh clothing, cover Himself with a wrapper and engage Himself in His daily religious functions No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,600 When this perverted consciousness is gradually transformed into Krsna consciousness, then the path of liberation is opened. So it is not that one is unable to approach the Absolute Truth by the senses and the mind No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 9 July 2022 diff hist +10,050 You can open your path of liberation even without marriage, remaining brahmacari, but for girls brahmacari system is not recommended. Therefore girls are advised to get a husband No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,600 If you get the chance of getting such mahatma, then try to give him service. Become his servant. Then your path of liberation will be open. And tamo-dvaram yositam sangi-sangam No edit summary
• 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,295 It is the order of Lord Caitanya that krsna-katha should be spread all over the world, because if the conditioned souls, suffering under the pangs of material existence, take to krsna-katha, then their path of liberation will be open and clear No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,684 If one associates with mahatmas, or devotees, his path of liberation is opened No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 9 July 2022 diff hist +13 From the beginning of devotional service the path of liberation immediately opens, just as the coconut taken from the tree immediately begins to dry; it simply takes some time for the shell and pulp to separate from one another No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,164 To understand the personal activities of the Lord, one has to seek the association of devotees, & by such association, when one contemplates and tries to understand the transcendental activities of the Lord, the path to liberation is open, & he is freed No edit summary
• 14:5314:53, 9 July 2022 diff hist +11 The opposite type of religious performance, which is called nivrtti, is to act for the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,191 The four principles of material success are (1) religious performance, (2) economic development, (3) sense gratification and (4) liberation, or merging into the impersonal effulgence of Brahman. These things do not interest the devotee No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +7,047 Real religion develops this spiritual consciousness and also attachment for the messages of God, without which all labor in the performance of religious rites is only a waste of energy No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,991 From all the evidence the conclusion is that without bhakti, devotional service, there is no question of religious principles. God is the central figure in the performance of religious principles No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +27,612 By performance of religious rituals one ultimately reaches the supreme goal of knowledge by understanding that Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of everything No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +1,700 When we keep a night-long vigil to observe religious performances for the worship of Mangalacandi and Visahari, playing on musical instruments, dancing and chanting are certainly fitting customs No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,747 The word mangalah is significant. Mangala means one who is elevated in every respect in the opulences of religious performances, ruling power, cleanliness and all other good qualities No edit summary current
• 14:5014:50, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,126 There are two kinds of religious performances. One is called pravrtti-dharma, which means the religious activities performed by the grhamedhis for elevation to higher planets or for economic prosperity, the final aim of which is sense gratification No edit summary current
• 14:4914:49, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,438 Only advanced devotees performing religious ritualistic performances can come to this stage of dharma-vira No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,099 Even in the Vedic literatures, for all sorts of religious performances an allurement of material gain is offered, and most people are attracted by such allurements or blessings of religiosity No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,153 Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, must be considered dead, although he is breathing No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 9 July 2022 diff hist −26 We must come to understand that Krsna is the ultimate proprietor of the fruits of all our works. Hundreds of people may be working in an office, but they understand that whatever profit the business makes belongs to the proprietor No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,618 The worker who is attached to work and the fruits of work, desiring to enjoy those fruits, and who is greedy, always envious, impure, and moved by joy and sorrow, is said to be in the mode of passion No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,803 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said, ‘One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work - BG 6.1 No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,204 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, works just like an ordinary human being, yet He does not desire to enjoy the fruits of work. He is full in knowledge, free from material desires and diversions, and completely independent No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,851 The fruits of our work is always given to Krishna and so Krishna accepts the responsibility of what these fruits shall be. So this is our principle of work and I request you to always remember this No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,909 The criterion of perfection is to act in KC, and not with a view to enjoying the fruits of work. To act in Krsna consciousness is the duty of every living entity because all are constitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,318 The Blessed Lord said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work. - BG 6.1 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 9 July 2022 diff hist +81,165 One must not enjoy the fruits of his work himself, but must dedicate the same for the transcendental loving service of the Personality of Godhead. This is the first step on the ladder of devotional activities No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist −9 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 6.1) it is said: "One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work" No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,233 In Bhagavad-gita (6.1) it is said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work No edit summary current
• 14:2514:25, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,082 Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahma, are dvijas, or twice-born No edit summary current
• 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,889 The Vedas recommend many ritualistic ceremonies to be performed with one's wife, on the birthdays of one's children, or during funeral ceremonies, and there are also personal reformatory methods like initiation No edit summary current
• 14:1314:13, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,987 The higher castes, the brahmanas, ksatriyas especially, and the vaisyas also, they must observe the dasa-veda samskara, ten kinds of reformatory methods. The first method is garbadhana-samskara No edit summary current