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23 July 2022

• 10:4610:46, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,535 In vanaprastha life, one can live with his wife without any sexual connection, and the most important factor in all orders of life - brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa - is to chant the Hare Krishna Mantra No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,038 A sannyasi is not supposed to take his wife with him. At the vanaprastha stage of retired life, or the stage midway between householder life and renounced life, one may keep his wife as an assistant without sex relations No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 23 July 2022 diff hist −22 A person engaged in Krsna consciousness can work with greater vigor without sex pleasure, which he avoids. That is the test in spiritual realization. Spiritual realization and sex pleasure go ill together. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,711 For one who is actually surrendered to the lotus feet of the Lord, there is no question of any separate endeavor for economic development No edit summary current
• 09:5609:56, 23 July 2022 diff hist −14 Unless one is completely conversant with the fact that one is not the body, it is not possible to become self-realized No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,482 Our Vaisnava philosophy does not allow that you shall become self-realized by your own endeavor No edit summary current
• 09:4609:46, 23 July 2022 diff hist +6,675 In the Mundaka Upanisad (3.2.3) it is said: one cannot become self-realized simply by having an academic education, by presenting lectures in an erudite way (pravacanena labhyah), or by being an intelligent scientist who discovers many wonderful things No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 23 July 2022 diff hist +20,529 By chanting the holy names of the Lord, which are innumerable, one can actually associate with the Lord personally, and by such constant personal touch with the all-spiritual Lord, one will become spiritually self-realized No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,872 A progressive brahmana must necessarily become a Vaisnava, for a Vaisnava is a self-realized, learned brahmana No edit summary current
• 09:4309:43, 23 July 2022 diff hist −11 When one is fixed in the understanding that he is part and parcel of the Supreme Soul and that his eternal position is to serve in association with the Supreme Lord, he becomes self-realized No edit summary current
• 09:4209:42, 23 July 2022 diff hist +2,818 One must be well conversant with the sources of all the bodily constituents. Then one becomes a self-realized person, or atmavan, one who knows the self No edit summary current
• 09:4109:41, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,758 My devotee actually becomes self-realized by My unlimited causeless mercy No edit summary current
• 09:4009:40, 23 July 2022 diff hist +6,743 My (the Lord's) devotee becomes self-realized by My unlimited causeless mercy, and thus, when freed from all doubts, he steadily progresses towards his destined abode, which is directly under the protection of My spiritual energy of unadulterated bliss No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,752 As soon as one does this (purify the heart), the flow of one's natural affection begins to glide toward the Lord, and with the progress of this flow one becomes more and more self-realized in various relations with the Lord No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 23 July 2022 diff hist +46,843 After many, many births of worshiping Brahman and Paramatma, when one surrenders unto Vasudeva as the supreme master and accepts himself as the eternal servant of Vasudeva, he becomes a great transcendentally realized soul No edit summary current
• 09:1109:11, 23 July 2022 diff hist +10,120 Practically everyone has been brought up eating meat. yet I say, "Don't eat meat." Therefore that is troublesome. But if one is serious about becoming self-realized, one must accept the order. That is tapasya No edit summary current

22 July 2022

• 08:2008:20, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,376 These are the wonderful arrangements of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nothing takes place by accident No edit summary current
• 08:1908:19, 22 July 2022 diff hist +29,043 The activities of this (illusory) energy function according to principles and regulations, and they act consciously under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Everything is done by nature in full consciousness; nothing is blind or accidental No edit summary current
• 08:1908:19, 22 July 2022 diff hist −12 The creation of the material world is not blind or accidental No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 22 July 2022 diff hist +7,058 According to the Vedic literature, living entities have knowledge, and thus they are called cetana, which means "in knowledge." Their situation in different conditions of life, therefore, is not accidental No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,484 You have now got the golden opportunity of this human form of life, and it is not by accident that you have met your spiritual master No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,804 There is no question of accidents. The so-called scientist, they cannot explain. "Accidents." Why accidents? A rose flower seed, rose will come. Why not accident by, lemon? No. There is no such things as accidents. This is all rascaldom No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 22 July 2022 diff hist +6,963 Their (living entities) situation in different conditions of life, therefore, is not accidental. It is by their choice, because they have knowledge No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 22 July 2022 diff hist −14 Nothing is accidental. Everything is done by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the Lord Himself confirms in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.10). Mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram No edit summary current
• 08:1708:17, 22 July 2022 diff hist +2,974 In the material existence we find so many species of life-animals, insects, men, and so on. All are arranged by the superior power. They are not accidental. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,243 From the semen of one body, another body is produced, and the life symptoms are visible due to the soul's taking shelter of this body No edit summary current
• 06:1406:14, 22 July 2022 diff hist +33 They (prakrta-sahajiyas) are opposed to addressing a pure Vaisnava as Prabhupada No edit summary current
• 06:1406:14, 22 July 2022 diff hist +30,733 Srila Prabhupada addressing his female disciples as "Prabhu" No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 22 July 2022 diff hist +13 The pure Vaisnava is addressed as prabhu, and this address is an etiquette observed between Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 22 July 2022 diff hist +4,118 The mistake is that being addressed as boss or prabhu one thinks himself as exactly Prabhu or the boss. One should not forget himself as humble servant even though one is addressed as prabhu No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 22 July 2022 diff hist +33 The acarya, the spiritual master, is generally respected by others as Sripada, and the initiated Vaisnavas are addressed as Prabhu No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 22 July 2022 diff hist +13 Sometimes the spiritual master is addressed as Prabhupada. Prabhu means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and pada means post No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,309 Regarding the art of management, constant changing is not good. Even if there is some fault in management it should be corrected, not changed. Besides that, Vaisnava philosophy is that everyone is addressed as prabhu, or master No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 22 July 2022 diff hist +4,904 Unfortunately, no education is there to understand this science. So in other words, it may be taken that the modern civilization is killing the prerogative of the human being. He has got a chance to understand himself and to stop No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 22 July 2022 diff hist +14,323 There are so many departments of knowledge all over the world and many huge universities, but there is, unfortunately, no university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 22 July 2022 diff hist +28,315 Although this process of growth (of the body) is always taking place, the educational system in modern universities, though considered advanced, unfortunately does not deal with this. Actually there is no education without spiritual knowledge No edit summary current
• 05:3505:35, 22 July 2022 diff hist +6,439 Whatever you have spoken about me is not false because unless and until one is aware of the Personality of Godhead, who is the ultimate truth beyond me, one is sure to be illusioned by observing my powerful activities No edit summary current
• 05:3405:34, 22 July 2022 diff hist +2,561 The activities of the Lord (Krsna) are always inconceivable to the tiny brain of the living entities. Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Lord, but all His actions are wonderful for us, and thus He is always beyond the range of our conceivable limits No edit summary current
• 05:3405:34, 22 July 2022 diff hist +7,800 Sankaracarya says, narayanah paro 'vyaktat. "Narayana is transcendental, beyond this cosmic creation." In this way, nothing within this cosmic manifestation is separate from Krsna, although Krsna's original form is not visible in everything No edit summary current
• 05:3405:34, 22 July 2022 diff hist +6,654 With great love and affection, the maha-bhagavata observes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, devotional service and the devotee. He observes nothing beyond Krsna, Krsna consciousness and Krsna's devotees No edit summary current
• 05:3305:33, 22 July 2022 diff hist +4,682 As far as the gopis of Vrndavana were concerned, from the very beginning of their lives they did not know anything beyond Krsna. Krsna and Balarama were their life and soul No edit summary current
• 05:1205:12, 22 July 2022 diff hist +10,503 You will see Krsna gradually. He will be revealed. He'll be present immediately. It is all revelation. Not that by your eyes you can see. But if you follow the prescription, the direction, you will see Krsna daily, always, twenty-four hours No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 22 July 2022 diff hist +37 One who wishes to advance to the platform of raganuga-bhakti must follow the injunctions of the authoritative scriptures under the direction of the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 22 July 2022 diff hist +7,267 Narayana does not speak personally, but Krsna, or Vasudeva, does, as in Bhagavad-gita for example. Therefore, to follow the direction of Bhagavad-gita means to surrender unto Krsna, and to surrender in this way is the highest perfection of bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 22 July 2022 diff hist +3,640 I am teacher, my business is to give them direction. So if they follow the direction, their business is successful No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 22 July 2022 diff hist +4,305 If you are situated in the third stage nicely - that means if you follow the regulative principles under my direction - then the fourth stage automatically comes No edit summary current
• 05:1105:11, 22 July 2022 diff hist −6 A brahmana is supposed to know this fact (one can perfect his duties only serving God) due to his perfection in Vedic wisdom. The other sections are supposed to follow the direction of the brahmana Vaisnava No edit summary current
• 05:1005:10, 22 July 2022 diff hist +4,708 You should be assured that "Because I'm following strictly the direction of my spiritual master and sastras, certainly I shall meet Krsna" No edit summary current
• 05:1005:10, 22 July 2022 diff hist +6,461 Sometimes the mind is compared to a maddened elephant. Without following the direction of a spiritual master one cannot control the mind and the senses No edit summary current
• 05:0905:09, 22 July 2022 diff hist +2,675 I understand you are now at the Bhaktivedanta Manor assisting Mukunda in strictly following the parampara and encouraging all the devotees in that direction No edit summary current