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22 July 2022

• 01:1601:16, 22 July 2022 diff hist +5,286 In such a society (where people would accept one God, Krsna; one scripture, the Bhagavad-gita; and one activity, devotional service), there would be no question of scarcity, famine or cultural or religious degradation No edit summary

21 July 2022

• 10:5910:59, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,750 Those who collect contributions on behalf of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness should be very careful not to use even a farthing of the collection for any purpose other than the transcendental loving service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,237 Those who collect contributions on behalf of ISKCON should be very careful not to use even a farthing of the collection for any purpose other than the transcendental loving service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,080 The ultimate purpose of Vedic knowledge is to know the Lord and not to misuse the knowledge for any other purposes No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,244 The results of our activities must be used to serve the interest of the Lord, and not for any other purpose. Only by serving the Lord's interest can we perceive the atma-bhuta interest mentioned herein No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,326 The most auspicious constellation of stars takes place during the appearance of the Lord in this material world, and it is specifically called jayanti, a word not to be abused for any other purposes No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,381 The Lord told Daksa in this verse (SB 6.4.52), "This girl is offered to you only for sex life to beget children, not for any other purpose. She is very fertile, and therefore you will be able to have as many children as you can beget No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,646 The Lord has sufficient energies and agents who can vanquish atheists, but it pleases Him to personally favor a devotee. Therefore He descends as an incarnation. Actually, He descends only to favor His devotees and not for any other purpose No edit summary current
• 10:5710:57, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,520 Such (pancaratrika system) a purificatory process is allowed only for spiritual upliftment and not for any other purpose. Spiritual upliftment is never conditioned by higher or lower parentage No edit summary current
• 10:5710:57, 21 July 2022 diff hist −5 Sex life should be utilized only to produce a nice child, not for any other purpose. Human life is especially meant for complete devotion to the service of the Lord. That is the philosophy of Lord Caitanya No edit summary current
• 10:5710:57, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,867 One should not use the body for any other purpose (than advancing in devotional service). One must know that if he uses the body for any other purpose he is simply wasting time, for as soon as the time is ripe, the soul will automatically leave the body No edit summary current
• 10:5610:56, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,334 It is not that other devotees who are less complete in knowledge are not dear to the Lord. The Lord says that all are magnanimous because anyone who comes to the Lord for any purpose is called a mahatma or great soul. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 21 July 2022 diff hist −26 Fasting twice or four times a month is a sort of austerity which may be voluntarily accepted for spiritual realization only, and not for any other purposes, political or otherwise No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,407 Even if there are opportunities for sex life, one should voluntarily accept the limitation of having sex only for progeny, not for any other purpose No edit summary current
• 10:5410:54, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,141 Because a devotee never uses material possessions for any purpose other than the service of the Lord, the possessions of a devotee are not to be compared to those of a karmi No edit summary current
• 08:0508:05, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,106 The vaisyas and ksatriyas may also engage in this worship (of the salagrama-sila), but it is compulsory in the house of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 08:0508:05, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,562 The small Deities, salagrama, They are worshiped. And big Deity, They are decorated nicely. No need of washing No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 21 July 2022 diff hist −34 The salagrama-sila personally worshiped by Mangala Thakura still exists in the village of Kandada. A temple has been constructed there for the worship of Vrndavana-candra No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,654 The qualified brahmanas worship the visnu-tattvas represented by the salagrama-sila, and some of the higher castes like the ksatriyas and vaisyas also generally worship the visnu-tattvas No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,570 Since the Lord is supremely powerful, it is logical that He can manifest Himself in His energy. Deity worship or worship of the salagrama-sila is not idol worship No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,541 Sannyasis generally take prasadam in the house of a brahmana because the brahmana worships the Lord Narayana sila, or salagrama-sila, and therefore there is prasadam that the sannyasi may take No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 21 July 2022 diff hist +6,090 It was customary for members of the three higher classes - namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas - to worship the salagrama-sila, or a small Deity of Radha-Krsna or Sita-Rama in each and every home. This made everything auspicious No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 21 July 2022 diff hist +11 It is understood that the wooden murti of Uddharana Thakura was taken away by Sri Madana-mohana Datta and is now being worshiped with a salagrama-sila by Srinatha Datta No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 21 July 2022 diff hist +39 In the fifth vilasa (of Hari-bhakti-vilasa), one is instructed on how to make a place to sit for meditation, and there are descriptions of breathing exercises, meditation and worship of the salagrama-sila representation of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,713 In the days of Haridasa Thakura, all the brahmanas worshiped Narayana in the form of the salagrama-sila. Therefore begging from a brahmana’s house meant taking krsna-prasadam, which is transcendental - nirguna No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 21 July 2022 diff hist +9,982 In our KC society, some of the members are very anxious to introduce worship of the salagrama-sila, but we have purposely refrained from introducing it because most of the members of the KCM do not originally come from families of the brahmana caste No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,459 If a grhastha devotee worships the salagrama-sila, or the form of the Deity at home, his home also becomes a very great place No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,480 Among the followers of the Vedic way, the salagrama-sila, the vigraha of Narayana, is worshiped in the form of a stone ball. In India, every brahmana still worships the salagrama-sila in his home No edit summary current
• 08:0008:00, 21 July 2022 diff hist −10 After some time, when we find that they (members of the Krsna consciousness movement) are actually situated strictly in the line of brahminical behavior, salagrama-sila worship will be introduced No edit summary current
• 08:0008:00, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,266 Accepting disciples born in brahmana families, they (Thakura Raghunandana Acarya, Thakura Krsnadasa, Navani Hoda and Rasikananda-deva (a disciple of Syamananda Prabhu)) are bona fide spiritual masters who have the facility to worship the salagrama-sila No edit summary current
• 06:5706:57, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,115 The six Gosvamis came from greatly rich and aristocratic families, but when they adopted the life of mendicants at Vrndavana, superficially they appeared to be in wretched conditions of life, but factually they were the richest of all in spiritual value No edit summary current
• 06:5706:57, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,725 If one connects himself with Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord takes away all his miseries, and in the beginning the Lord also superficially appears to take away all his material possessions, reputation, education and beauty No edit summary current
• 06:5606:56, 21 July 2022 diff hist −7 A devotee in full Krsna consciousness appears superficially to be a great karmi, always working, but the inner significance of the devotee's activities is that they are meant for the satisfaction of the Lord. This is called bhakti, or devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 21 July 2022 diff hist +18,949 Those who are pure devotees always remain in the ocean of transcendental loving service to the Lord and have no business with the other processes, which are compared to the rivers that only gradually come to the ocean No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 21 July 2022 diff hist +7,487 You take a rasagulla, give it to the stomach. This is the process. Similarly, whatever you possess, you give it to Krsna and take prasadam. Then you will be happy. Otherwise it will not bring happiness, because that is not the process No edit summary current
• 06:1706:17, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,070 The process of bhakti is understood by the paramahamsa, one who has accepted the essence of everything. The results of bhakti are reserved for such a paramahamsa, and this stage cannot be obtained by any Vedic process other than devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 21 July 2022 diff hist +1,809 The other processes cannot yield results unless they are associated with devotional service. Devotional service, however, is so strong and independent that it can give one all the desired results No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,024 The miracles of meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord with eagerness and devotion are so great that no other process can compare to it No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 21 July 2022 diff hist +32,144 There is no need to undergo the many lesser disciplines, nor to follow any other process. In actuality, there is no possibility of even following the other Vedic processes to perfection No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 21 July 2022 diff hist +31,955 Sridhara Svami, the original commentator on Srimad-Bhagavatam, explains that one can reach the perfection of life simply by devotional service (kevalaya bhaktya); one need not be dependent on any other process No edit summary current
• 06:1506:15, 21 July 2022 diff hist +15,065 It is very easy and practical for this age (chanting Krsna's holy name), especially for those who are serious about success in yoga. No other process of yoga can be successful in this age No edit summary current
• 06:1506:15, 21 July 2022 diff hist −10 Other processes, such as karma, jnana and yoga, cannot cleanse the heart absolutely No edit summary current
• 06:1406:14, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,051 She (Queen Suniti) advised him (Dhruva Maharaja) not to accept worship of the demigods or any other process, but simply to take to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the result would be all perfection No edit summary
• 06:1406:14, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,460 Bhaktya mam abhijanati: factual understanding of the Absolute Truth, who is the Supreme Person, cannot be obtained by any process other than devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 21 July 2022 diff hist +8,107 Bhakti is so sublime that only through bhakti can one understand the constitutional position of the Lord. That is clearly stated in the BG (18.55): bhaktya mam abhijanati. One can understand the SG through devotional service, and by no other process No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 21 July 2022 diff hist −40 A Krsna conscious person, being naturally purified, has no need of developing any other purificatory process of thought or action No edit summary current
• 05:5005:50, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,283 To keep oneself free from material contamination and attain the Lord’s favor, one must be sincerely eager to render service to the Lord. This is the only qualification necessary No edit summary current
• 05:4905:49, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,740 We must sincerely serve the Lord and not be deterred by so-called enemies No edit summary current
• 05:4705:47, 21 July 2022 diff hist +2,901 The more fallen one is, the greater one’s claim to the favor of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One must only be very sincere and serious No edit summary current
• 05:4605:46, 21 July 2022 diff hist +7 Since the spiritual master is the captain (to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience), one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current