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24 July 2022

• 14:4414:44, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,138 You (Sanatana Gosvami) should describe the ritualistic duties to be performed every day, and you should also describe the fortnightly duties - especially how to observe the fortnightly Ekadasi fast No edit summary current
• 14:4414:44, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,763 When there is an important Dvadasi, the Ekadasi fasting is transferred on the Dvadasi, and this is called Mahadvadasi No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,875 The real reason for observing fasting on Ekadasi is to minimize the demands of the body and to engage our time in the service of the Lord by chanting or performing similar service No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 24 July 2022 diff hist +40,775 The Lord (Caitanya) also advised that one should hear Srimad-Bhagavatam constantly. Also to be followed are duties of the day and duties of the fortnight, as well as fasting on Ekadasi day No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 24 July 2022 diff hist −13 The injunction to fast on Ekadasi is especially meant for devotees; on Ekadasi there are no restrictions regarding food that may be offered to the Lord. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took the food of Lord Visnu in His ecstasy as visnu-tattva No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,335 Real Ekadasi means fasting and chanting and no other business No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,385 Regular prasadam is offered to Lord Visnu on Ekadasi because although fasting is recommended for devotees on Ekadasi, it is not recommended for Lord Visnu No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 24 July 2022 diff hist +25,447 One should generally accept the following principles to properly execute devotional service: (9) observe fasting on Ekadasi day, (10) show respect to devotees, cows and sacred trees like the banyan tree No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 24 July 2022 diff hist +3,495 One should fast on the two Ekadasi days, which fall on the eleventh day of the waxing and waning moon, and on the birthdays of Lord Krsna, Lord Rama and Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,087 One should acquire a livelihood that is just sufficient to keep body and soul together. (9) One must fast on the Ekadasi day No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,022 Observing Fasting on Ekadasi. In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana it is said that one who observes fasting on Ekadasi day is freed from all kinds of reactions to sinful activities and advances in pious life No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 24 July 2022 diff hist +1,992 Mother Saci said, "You have spoken very nicely. I shall not eat grains on Ekadasi." From that day, she began to observe fasting on Ekadasi No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 24 July 2022 diff hist −13 In the fifteenth vilasa (of Hari-bhakti-vilasa), there are instructions on how to observe Ekadasi fasting without even drinking water No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +5,342 However, if we observe fasting days like Ekadasi and Janmastami, we can restrain the demands of the belly No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,776 From the very beginning of His childhood life Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the system of observing a fast on the Ekadasi day No edit summary current
• 14:2514:25, 24 July 2022 diff hist −2 All these rules and regulations (like fasting on Ekadasi and etc.) are offered by the great acaryas for those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the SPG in the transcendental world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current

23 July 2022

• 11:2211:22, 23 July 2022 diff hist +2,682 Within the abdomen of the mother, the nourishment of the child was being carried on by nature's own arrangement No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 23 July 2022 diff hist +5,212 The water of the rivers began to flow with various tasty liquids and give nourishment to the trees, producing fruits and flowers of different colors and tastes. The trees began to pour drops of honey No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,326 There is, however, an intimate relation between the hairs on the body and the vegetation on the body of the earth. The vegetables are nourishment for the skin both as food and medicine No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 23 July 2022 diff hist +8,327 Pusti, the energy for nourishment; Sri, the energy of beauty; Kirti, the energy of reputation; and Aja, the energy of material creation No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 23 July 2022 diff hist +38,637 How long can one enjoy external happiness? It is like soaping the outer garments without putting any nourishment into the stomach No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 23 July 2022 diff hist +80,982 For want of sufficient nourishment of the whole body through the medium of the stomach, the whole system of bodily structure and function would become weakened, deteriorated, and diseased No edit summary current
• 11:1911:19, 23 July 2022 diff hist +2,785 Deity worship is the practical demonstration and hearing from the Spiritual Master is the nourishment of the idea No edit summary current
• 11:1411:14, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,947 Of course, humanitarianism is not a sign of the pure devotee, but unless he did like that no one would hear him. So Lord Jesus Christ was acting a part suitable for the particular circumstances No edit summary current
• 11:1411:14, 23 July 2022 diff hist +6,051 Material contamination is so strong that everyone is working very hard day & night for material happiness. The show of religion, austerity, penance, humanitarianism, philanthropy, politics, science - everything is aimed at realizing some material benefit No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 23 July 2022 diff hist +2,936 A sadhu is one who has given up all responsibility to society, family, and worldly humanitarianism, simply for the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 23 July 2022 diff hist +12,377 Although the monist philosopher is elevated to the status of being one with the effulgence of the Lord, his service propensity is satisfied by materialistic welfare activities like humanitarianism, altruism and philanthropy No edit summary current
• 11:1111:11, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,627 That is our mission, that why God in trust? Are we trusting God should be a slogan? Let it be a fact by scientific study, by scientific understanding. There is way to understand why God is trustworthy. It's not the question of faith. It is a fact No edit summary current
• 11:1011:10, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,541 O trustworthy brahmanas, I now ask you about my immediate duty. Please, after proper deliberation, tell me of the unalloyed duty of everyone in all circumstances, and specifically of those who are just about to die No edit summary current
• 11:1011:10, 23 July 2022 diff hist +5,409 I have sent a letter to your government asking them questions that you write on the bills, "In God We Trust." So you trust in God blindly or knowingly? That was my question. Suppose I trust you. you must be trustworthy. Otherwise why shall I trust you? No edit summary current
• 11:0411:04, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,486 Under the spell of such designations (such as altruism or nationalism), they are always busy in the material field; for them spiritual realization is a myth, and so they are not interested. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:0411:04, 23 July 2022 diff hist +7,024 This intuition of the living being is sometimes manifested even during the conditioned stage in the material world and it is expressed in the manner of altruism, philanthropy, socialism, communism etc. by the undeveloped minds of less intelligent persons No edit summary current
• 11:0211:02, 23 July 2022 diff hist +5,476 The karmi thinks of this world as "mine," and the jnani thinks "I am" everything. The whole material conception of politics, sociology, philanthropy, altruism, etc., conceived by the conditioned souls is on the basis of this misconceived "I" and "mine" No edit summary current
• 11:0011:00, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,590 Maya is very strong. In the name of philanthropy, altruism and communism, people are feeling compassion for suffering humanity throughout the world No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,366 In politics, social service, altruism, philanthropy and ultimately in religion or even in salvation, the very same tint of sense gratification is ever-increasingly predominant No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,647 All these activities (sense gratification under the flags of industrialism, economic development, altruism, political activism) are more or less based on satisfaction of the senses, to the exclusion of the kind of God consciousness No edit summary current
• 10:4910:49, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,014 I have heard with great pleasure how in only one month's time you have distributed 50,000 Bhagavad gita As It Is in the Japanese language. I think there has never been a case in history when so many religious books were distributed in such a short time No edit summary current
• 10:4910:49, 23 July 2022 diff hist +2,596 I do not know how you are selling so many books. There is no instance in history where religious books were sold with such enthusiasm and success No edit summary current
• 10:4910:49, 23 July 2022 diff hist +5,460 By the grace of Krsna, it is unique in the history that religious book can be sold forty lakhs of rupees per month. It is record-breaking. There is no such instance No edit summary current
• 10:4810:48, 23 July 2022 diff hist −13 Although such persons (materialists) may call themselves preachers, live in Vrndavana or Navadvipa, and also print many religious books, it is all for the same purpose, namely to earn a living to maintain their wives and children No edit summary current

21 July 2022

• 14:5514:55, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,462 The practice of yoga is similar to the yoga-nidra of Maha-visnu. Yogis are advised to keep their eyes half closed, but this state is not at all one of sleep, although imitation yogis, especially in the modern age, manifest their so-called yoga by sleeping No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 21 July 2022 diff hist +9,383 The so-called yoga practice by the professional protagonists may be physiologically beneficial, but such small successes cannot help one in the attainment of spiritual emancipation No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,431 The so-called yoga societies in big cities may be successful in earning material benefit, but they are not at all suitable for the actual practice of yoga. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,616 The ultimate goal of yoga is to come in contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unless this point is achieved, one's so-called yoga practice is simply labor without any benefit No edit summary current
• 14:5314:53, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,070 This yoga system recognizes the soul, and thus it is distinct from the so-called yoga process for controlling the cells of the body, which has been discovered in the modern age No edit summary current
• 14:5314:53, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,614 Unless the karmis, jnanis and yogis come to the point of devotional service to Lord Krsna, their so-called austerities and yoga have no value No edit summary current
• 14:5014:50, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,318 Regarding competition with other so-called yoga groups, certainly we have to win the race because we represent Krishna directly, and others are all mostly impersonalists or less than that No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 21 July 2022 diff hist +4,887 Modern so-called yogis and yoga systems manifest some magical feats, and ignorant persons are attracted by such false things, or they accept the yoga system as a cheap healing process for diseases of the gross body No edit summary
• 14:4814:48, 21 July 2022 diff hist +5,896 It is very difficult to push on this movement, but still we have to do it. This is the highest yoga. If you push on this movement of Krsna consciousness, then you'll be performing the highest type of yoga. Don't be misled by so-called yogas. This is yoga No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 21 July 2022 diff hist +3,142 Foolish persons may even make a show of so-called yoga, but they are unable to control the senses and mind, which is the real purpose of yoga practice. Such people can have no opulence in their lives. In a word, they are very unfortunate No edit summary current