User contributions for VrajendraKumar

20 July 2022

• 06:3006:30, 20 July 2022 diff hist −39 A demon never cares for any good instruction. He is just like a determined thief: one can give him moral instruction, but it will not be effective No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +1,497 You are just like a thief, for instead of coming near, you stay away at a distant place. Now that I have captured you, I shall punish you No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,995 Sisupala continued, "He (Krsna) has constructed a fort within the water and is living in a place where there is no discussion of Vedic knowledge. And whenever He comes out of the fort, He simply harasses the citizens like a dacoit, thief or rogue" No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 20 July 2022 diff hist +1,793 All the Mayavadi sannyasis said, "Your Holiness, kindly know from us that we actually have no quarrel with Your refutation of these meanings, for You have given a clear understanding of the sutras" No edit summary current
• 06:2306:23, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,021 If Krsna says that "You give me meat," then we can offer Krsna meat also. But Krsna does not say that. Krsna says, "Give Me fruits, flowers, grains." So we have no quarrel with the meat-eaters. Let them do whatever he likes No edit summary current
• 06:2206:22, 20 July 2022 diff hist +11,258 Every religion as a matter of principle accepts authority, God being the supreme authority, and His representative also as authority. So we have no quarrel with any type of religion but we simply teach that awaken your dormant love of God No edit summary current
• 05:5705:57, 20 July 2022 diff hist +13,243 If everyone is an authority, or if everyone accepts his own intelligence as the ultimate criterion - as is presently fashionable - the scriptures will be interpreted in many different ways, and everyone will claim that his own philosophy is supreme No edit summary current
• 05:5705:57, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,743 If someone is fortunate enough to understand Bhagavad-gita in that line of disciplic succession, without motivated interpretation, then he surpasses all studies of Vedic wisdom, and all scriptures of the world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:5605:56, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,922 According to them (the demons), one interpretation of the scriptures is as good as another, for they do not believe in a standard understanding of the scriptural injunctions. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:3005:30, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,860 Varuna said, "I beg Your (Krsna's) pardon for the offense of my servant. I think that it was Your plan to show me Your mercy by Your personal presence here" No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,237 To protect the devotees, the Lord not only satisfies them by His personal presence but also teaches them so that they will not fall down from devotional service No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,937 The younger brothers of Lord Ramacandra were at home enjoying the personal presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but the Lord ordered Them to go out and achieve victory all over the world No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +9 The senses have their utility for the service of the Lord, and if properly engaged they can reach the highest perfection by being directly engaged in the service of the Lord in His personal presence No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +31 The saksat feature of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is His personal presence. Avesa refers to invested power, like that invested in Nakula Brahmacari No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,889 The priests in Maharaja Nabhi's sacrificial arena appreciated the personal presence of the Supreme Lord Visnu, and they considered themselves very much obliged No edit summary current
• 05:2805:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,015 The priests are pointing out that the Lord's personal presence is very rare even for such elevated sages but that He was so kind to them that now He was personally present. Therefore the priests were very much obliged No edit summary current
• 05:2805:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,903 They have attained Your qualities and are self-satisfied. Yet even for those who feel spiritual bliss in chanting Your attributes, Your personal presence is very rare No edit summary current
• 05:2805:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +8,716 There is no difference between the sound representation of the Lord and the Lord Himself. One can derive the same benefit from the Bhagavad-gita as Arjuna did in the personal presence of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:2805:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,671 Such people are satisfied by chanting the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The Lord's personal presence is not actually required No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,958 One can derive from the study of the Bhagavatam all benefits that are possible to be derived from the personal presence of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,695 I am dealing with all neophytes. If I don't keep them alive by personal presence No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 20 July 2022 diff hist +1,838 In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered the entire three worlds, not only by His personal presence but also by empowering others. I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) shall briefly describe how He empowered a living being in Bengal No edit summary current
• 05:2605:26, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,123 His (Krsna's) name, fame, quality, form, pastimes and entourage are all identical to the Lord, and therefore chanting the glories of the Lord invokes the personal presence of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:2505:25, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,117 During the personal presence of the Lord on the earth, all paraphernalia for our peace and prosperity, especially religion and knowledge, were in full display because of His presence, as there is a full flood of light in the presence of the glowing sun No edit summary current
• 05:2505:25, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,240 Because the Lord (Krsna) is absolute, there is no difference between His remembrance and His personal presence. Thus Uddhava remained completely silent for a moment, but then he appeared to be going deeper and deeper into ecstasy No edit summary current
• 05:1905:19, 20 July 2022 diff hist +1,996 Where ever you stay you must chant 16 rounds daily and strictly adhere to the regulative principles as well as try to study my books No edit summary current
• 05:1905:19, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,784 What is painful for saintly persons who strictly adhere to the truth? How could there not be independence for pure devotees who know the Supreme Lord as the substance - SB 10.1.58 No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,918 O best of munis (Sukadeva Gosvami), you have also described the descendants of Yadu, who were very pious and strictly adherent to religious principles - SB 10.1.2 No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,974 Our life is so short that we must strictly adhere to the principles laid down by the Vaisnava acaryas and peacefully execute Krsna consciousness. There is no need to become despondent No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,564 If in all his activities a person strictly adheres to the mode of goodness, he will certainly develop his dormant Krsna consciousness and ultimately become a pure devotee of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,621 If a person is carried away by such achievements, then his devotional service becomes slackened. One should, therefore, strictly adhere to the principles of disciplic succession No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 20 July 2022 diff hist +21,519 Devotee always thinks of his special devotional service & attachment. Such attachment does not violate the regulative principles of devotional service, & a real devotee adheres to these principles strictly; yet always thinks of his particular attachment No edit summary current
• 05:0405:04, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,773 I want that all of these big plans should be realized, and there will be no end to the resources Krishna will provide, but first there must be good management No edit summary current
• 05:0405:04, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,559 If you can introduce this Govardhana puja, I have no objection, but it requires hard labor, good management and much money also. But the process is bona fide No edit summary current
• 05:0305:03, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,164 If there is no good management, where is the use of office? Simply occupying seats? No edit summary current
• 03:2803:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,199 Devotees who worship Krsna in opulence cannot understand the parental devotional feelings of the residents of Mathura and Vrndavana, who follow the path of spontaneous love No edit summary current
• 03:2803:28, 20 July 2022 diff hist +7,705 When the gopis were talking in this way, their feelings for Krsna became more and more intense, and they were experiencing Krsna's smiling, Krsna's words of love, Krsna's attractive features, Krsna's characteristics and Krsna's embraces No edit summary current
• 03:2703:27, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,407 When there are dealings between Krsna and His friends which are completely devoid of any feelings of respect and they all treat one another on an equal level, such ecstatic love in friendship is called sthayi No edit summary current
• 03:2103:21, 20 July 2022 diff hist +10,038 Out of all kinds of perfections attained by the process of knowledge, yoga perfection in devotional service is the highest of all and the most mysterious also, even more mysterious than the eight kinds of mystic perfection No edit summary current
• 03:2003:20, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,177 No one can attain the perfectional stage of devotional service without bowing down before exalted devotees. Learned sages like Markandeya Rsi attained perfection in devotional service simply by executing such regulative principles of service No edit summary current
• 03:2003:20, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,062 Nor did they devoutly execute any regulative principle. Nor did they undergo any kind of austerity. It is simply by My association that they have attained the highest perfection of devotional service No edit summary current
• 03:2003:20, 20 July 2022 diff hist +8,574 Govinda is the reservoir of all pleasures. When by the grace of Krsna and the devotees one reaches perfection in devotional service, he can appreciate Krsna as Gopijana-vallabha, the pleasure Deity of the damsels of Vraja No edit summary current
• 03:1903:19, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,435 Lord Krsna is worshiped by regulative devotional service, but the highest perfection of devotional service is spontaneous love of Godhead No edit summary current
• 03:1903:19, 20 July 2022 diff hist +13,195 Formal execution of rituals and religion is useless unless it culminates in the perfection of devotional service No edit summary current
• 03:1903:19, 20 July 2022 diff hist +81,361 Fallen women or professional prostitutes, ignorant manual laborers, and the merchant class - all shall attain perfection and reach the Kingdom of God, if they actually take shelter of the devotional service of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,783 Everyone has got a particular relationship with the Lord and that relationship is evoked by the perfection of devotional service. At the present status of our life we have not only forgotten the Supreme Lord, but also our eternal relationship with Him No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +77,858 Everyone has a particular relationship with the Lord, and that relationship is evoked by the perfection of devotional service. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,962 Even for material prosperity, name and fame, one has to undergo severe types of penance, otherwise no one can become an important figure in this material world. Why, then, are there severe types of penance for the perfection of devotional service No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,047 Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms this favor (the special mercy of both guru and Krsna awards the perfection of pure devotional service): guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija - CC Madhya 19.151 No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,829 A person who is cent-percent engaged in the service of the Lord is the emblem of all knowledge. Such a devotee of the Lord in full perfection of devotional service is also perfect by the qualification of the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current