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19 July 2022

• 10:3210:32, 19 July 2022 diff hist +34 He (who is transcendentally situated) sees all living entities as spiritual beings. After attaining this elevated stage, one can attain pure devotional service No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 19 July 2022 diff hist +34 Devotional service to Krsna or Krsna consciousness can never be attained by any amount of speculation but by the causeless mercy of a pure devotee of Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,262 Devotional service can in fact be attained only through the mercy of a pure devotee No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,464 Devotional service can be attained only by the mercy of a pure devotee. Without a pure devotee’s mercy, one cannot even escape the bondage of material existence No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,578 Devotional service cannot be practiced by a mental speculator. Devotional service is a special attainment which can be acquired only by a person who has surrendered unto a pure devotee No edit summary current
• 10:2910:29, 19 July 2022 diff hist +43,966 Caitanya quoted: One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service - BG 18.54 No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,855 Bhava-bhakti is the platform of purified goodness. By such purified goodness, one’s heart melts in devotional service. Bhava-bhakti is the first seed of love of Godhead. This emotional stage is there before one attains pure love No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 19 July 2022 diff hist +8,597 As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.54): He (One who is transcendentally situated) never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5 As long as one is controlled by the modes of nature, one will be prone to worship the demigods for material purposes, but one who curbs this tendency and worships Krsna exclusively can rise above the modes and attain pure devotional service No edit summary current
• 10:0610:06, 19 July 2022 diff hist +25,857 There are 35 items of devotional service: (21) smelling the incense and flowers offered to the Deity, (22) accepting prasada (food offered to Krsna), (23) attending aratrika ceremony, (24) seeing the Deity, (25) offering palatable foodstuffs to the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist −19 Sense gratification is just like salt. One cannot take too much or too little, but one must take some salt in order to make one's foodstuff palatable No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,855 He (a devotee) is happy in all conditions; sometimes he may get very palatable foodstuffs, sometimes not, but he is satisfied. Nor does he care for any residential facility. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist −19 He (a devotee) is happy in all conditions; sometimes he may get very palatable foodstuffs, sometimes not, but he is satisfied. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:0410:04, 19 July 2022 diff hist +1,961 You may take from me a cow, gold, a furnished house, palatable food and drink, the daughter of a brahmana for Your wife, prosperous villages, horses, elephants, chariots or whatever You desire No edit summary current
• 10:0410:04, 19 July 2022 diff hist +1,759 The King respectfully received Durvasa Muni, who after eating varieties of palatable food was so satisfied that with great affection he requested the King to eat also, saying, "Please take your meal" No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 19 July 2022 diff hist +1,862 Sometimes I eat a very small quantity and sometimes a great quantity. Sometimes the food is very palatable, and sometimes it is stale. Sometimes prasada is offered with great respect, and sometimes food is given neglectfully No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,706 In our movement Lord Visnu is worshiped in every temple according to a schedule of twenty-four hours of engagement in performing kirtana, chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, offering palatable food to Lord Visnu and distributing this food No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,961 In our KC movement God Visnu is worshiped in every temple according to a schedule of twenty-four hours of engagement in performing kirtana, chanting the HK maha-mantra, offering palatable food to God Visnu & distributing this food to Vaisnavas & others No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 19 July 2022 diff hist −19 Instead of desiring so many things for sense gratification, one simply desires things for the service of Krsna. For example, we may desire palatable food, but instead of preparing foodstuffs for ourselves, we can prepare them for Krsna & offer them to Him No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,809 If the water supply is sufficient, there is no question of insanitation. Disease comes when there are dirty conditions. Also, don't eat more than necessary. As soon as palatable food is offered, they eat. That is the disease No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 19 July 2022 diff hist +7,247 If I want to supply you something food, it must be fresh and palatable. Then you'll enjoy. But if it is rotten, decomposed, and if we supply you that foodstuff, what you will enjoy and what you will get benefit out of it? No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,219 Bring them first class prasadam, very palatable. Foodstuff means even one has no appetite he'll eat. That is food. Not that even one has got appetite, he'll forget. That is not food No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,605 He never ate anything for sense gratification because he was already liberated from the bodily conception, which induces one to accept palatable or unpalatable food No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 19 July 2022 diff hist +1,565 Do not talk like people in general or hear what they say. You should not eat very palatable food, nor should you dress very nicely No edit summary current
• 07:3307:33, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,867 When the good people of your country are so anxious to continue the natural God-consciousness, why not give them opportunity to read a book which is full of philosophy and science in the matter of developing their firm understanding of the truth No edit summary current
• 07:3207:32, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,677 We discuss this Bhagavad-gita only for understanding that we are not blindly following a principle. It is a science. It is based on philosophy and science. But we have made the process easy, that's all, by following great stalwart personalities No edit summary current
• 07:1007:10, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,686 The subject matter of art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psychology and all other branches of knowledge should be wholly and solely applied in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 07:0807:08, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,899 Science and philosophy also should be applied in the service of the Lord. There is no use presenting dry speculative theories for sense gratification No edit summary current
• 07:0807:08, 19 July 2022 diff hist −9 Philosophy and science should be engaged to establish the glory of the Lord No edit summary
• 07:0707:07, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,989 I want that responsible persons like you should try to understand the scientific value of this movement. It is not a sentimental movement. It is based on philosophy, science, authority No edit summary
• 07:0607:06, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,086 I never studied different philosophy or science but Krishna has given me the intelligence how to defeat their nonsensical proposals. Soon these commentaries on the Western philosophies will be transcribed and published in a book entitled Thus They Talked No edit summary current
• 07:0607:06, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,171 Bhagavad-gita, although containing the high philosophy of the Vedic wisdom, is for the beginners in the transcendental science, and Srimad-Bhagavatam is for graduates and postgraduates in the transcendental science No edit summary current
• 07:0507:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,227 All the sages and devotees of the Lord have recommended that the subject matter of art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psychology and all other branches of knowledge should be wholly and solely applied in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 07:0507:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist +30,086 All acquisition of knowledge in science, philosophy, fine arts, nationalism, economic development, religion and great activities are being spoiled by being used as dresses for dead men No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 19 July 2022 diff hist +8,864 Krsna is for everyone. Don't think that Krsna, as it is stated in your English dictionary, "Krsna is a Hindu God." He's not Hindu, He's not Muslim, or He's not Christian. He's God No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,991 In the English dictionary when you consult the word God, it is stated there, "the Supreme Being." What is that Supreme Being? We are all living being, but amongst ourself there is comparative, superlative positions No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 19 July 2022 diff hist +9,102 In the English dictionary the name of Krsna as stated "a Hindu god." But actually, that is not the fact. Krsna is the name of God. Krsna means the all-attractive, all-good No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,394 He is isvara, parama-purusa, the Supreme Person. Isvara means the Supreme Person. In the English dictionary also it is said "God means the Supreme Person." God means the Supreme Person. So that Supreme Person is Krsna No edit summary current
• 06:1706:17, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,022 Don't think that Krsna, as it is stated in your English dictionary, "Krsna is a Hindu God." He's not Hindu, He's not Muslim, or He's not Christian. He's God No edit summary current
• 06:0606:06, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,669 Their (the citizens' and men of government's) duration of life is shortened, and almost everyone is wretched and bereft of bodily strength and spiritual power No edit summary current
• 06:0606:06, 19 July 2022 diff hist +9,077 That is why (because there is not a class of learned, truthful, & honest men (brahmana) in the society) people are perplexed. Today almost everyone is trained to be a sudra, a laborer: "Go to the factory." That's all. - Go to the factory and get money No edit summary current
• 06:0506:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,152 Mayavadis are attractive. They are very educated. They can put things in jugglery of words. That capacity they have got. So people become amazed, almost everyone. So therefore they are not very much pleased with this movement, that "Krsna is God" No edit summary current
• 06:0506:05, 19 July 2022 diff hist +7,289 It is not possible that simply by endeavors to accumulate more money a person will be able to do so, otherwise almost everyone would be on the same level of wealth. In reality everyone is earning and acquiring according to his predestined karma No edit summary current
• 06:0406:04, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,332 In this material world we find almost everyone has forgotten God No edit summary current
• 06:0406:04, 19 July 2022 diff hist +7,390 In this material world almost everyone, 99.9 percent, they are all pramattas No edit summary current
• 06:0406:04, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,096 In this age there are very few scholars. Almost everyone is a fallen meat-eater, drunkard, woman-hunter or gambler. Such persons are never considered learned scholars, even if they pose as such No edit summary current
• 06:0206:02, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,714 Formerly, before the beginning of Kali-yuga, almost everyone, especially among the intelligent men, the brahmanas, was a sruti-dhara. As soon as a student heard any of the Vedic wisdom from his master, he would remember it forever No edit summary current
• 06:0206:02, 19 July 2022 diff hist −13 Because in this age there are no qualified brahmanas, ksatriyas or vaisyas, almost everyone is a sudra (kalau sudra-sambhavah). The sudra mentality is causing great harm to modern civilization No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,170 These Gosvamis, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's direct disciples, they tried to establish sad-dharma, and we are trying to follow their footprints, footsteps, to establish real dharma all over the world. This is Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 19 July 2022 diff hist +10 Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, one of the direct disciples of Lord Caitanya, was the son of a very rich man. Although he had no interest in enjoying material happiness, when he was entrusted with doing something in managing the state, he did it perfectly No edit summary current