User contributions for ManiGopal

25 July 2022

• 12:0212:02, 25 July 2022 diff hist +13,622 Before Ramananda Raya could even ask the Lord a question about the advancement of spiritual knowledge, the Lord Himself said, "Please quote some verses from scripture about the ultimate goal of human life" No edit summary current
• 12:0112:01, 25 July 2022 diff hist +7,100 Accepting the process of varnasrama-dharma will make a person's life successful because this will connect him with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the goal of human life. Therefore the Krsna consciousness movement is meant for all of humanity No edit summary current
• 06:2806:28, 25 July 2022 diff hist +6,374 We know that our honest attempt to present this great literature conveying transcendental messages for reviving the God consciousness of the people in general and respiritualizing the world atmosphere is fraught with many difficulties No edit summary current
• 06:2806:28, 25 July 2022 diff hist +8,200 Unscrupulous persons go immediately to the Tenth Canto and especially to the five chapters which describe the Lord's rasa dance. This portion of the Srimad-Bhagavatam is the most confidential part of this great literature No edit summary current
• 06:2706:27, 25 July 2022 diff hist +6,985 Those who are envious of Krsna as the SP of Godhead have no bona fide access to the great literature (of Bhagavad-gita). The nondevotee's approach to the teachings of the Gita is something like bees licking on a bottle of honey. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:2706:27, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,704 The significance of being twice-born has been explained in many places in these great literatures, and again one is reminded herewith that birth, executed by the sex life of the father and the mother, is called animal birth No edit summary current
• 06:2506:25, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,060 Pastimes of the Lord are executed in cooperation with His pure devotees, and consequently historical incidences are mentioned in this great literature because they are related to Krsna No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +19,010 I beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the contribution made by my beloved disciple Sriman Jayananda brahmacari. My thanks are due as well to the directors of ISKCON Press, who have taken so much care in publishing this great literature. Hare Krsna No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +7,539 In the Bhagavad-gita the personal feature of the Supreme Lord is especially mentioned, so much so that the last portion of the great literature has emphatically stressed that one should surrender unto the Personality of Godhead to be saved No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +7,477 If the techniques of this great literature (Srimad-Bhagavatam) are understood by the people of the world, there will be success No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +4,389 Human society is divided into four social orders of life and four spiritual divisions, applying to each and every individual person. This system is called varnasrama-dharma and has already been discussed in many places in this great literature No edit summary current
• 06:2406:24, 25 July 2022 diff hist +3,424 He (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) took permission from both of them (guru and Krsna), and when he received the mercy of both guru and Krsna, he was able to write this great literature, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. This example should be followed No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 25 July 2022 diff hist +20,958 When one compares it (love of Godhead) with other necessities (namely religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation), these other so-called necessities seem most insignificant No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,566 You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas I am a most insignificant living being. Therefore please accept a little quantity of food from my house No edit summary current
• 03:1803:18, 25 July 2022 diff hist +3,310 Whatever translation work I have done is through the inspiration of my spiritual master, because personally I am most insignificant and incompetent to do this materially impossible work No edit summary current
• 03:1703:17, 25 July 2022 diff hist +6,997 The kingdom of heaven, which he (Bali Maharaja) achieved by dint of his material power, was considered most insignificant in comparison with the kingdom of God. No edit summary current
• 03:1603:16, 25 July 2022 diff hist +11,419 Radharani said to the bumblebee: "Krsna is always served very faithfully by the goddess of fortune. In comparison with her, we are most insignificant. Indeed, we are nothing. Yet although He is very cunning, Krsna is also very charitable" No edit summary current
• 03:1603:16, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,152 One cowherd boy said, "To lift a lotus flower is a most insignificant thing for an elephant, and similarly Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill without exertion" No edit summary current
• 03:1503:15, 25 July 2022 diff hist +2,685 Lord Krsna immediately cut down Indra's pride by lifting Govardhana Hill as an umbrella to save the residents of Vrndavana. In this way Krsna proved Indra’s power most insignificant in the presence of His own omnipotence No edit summary current
• 03:1503:15, 25 July 2022 diff hist +6,114 Krsna said, "If a devotee offers Me the most insignificant things a little flower, a little piece of leaf, a little water but saturates the offering in devotional love, then not only do I gladly accept such an offering, but I eat it with great pleasure" No edit summary current
• 03:1303:13, 25 July 2022 diff hist +22,984 In the Narayana-vyuha-stava prayers it is said that if even the great Brahma is not a devotee of the Lord, he is most insignificant, whereas if a microbe is a devotee of the Lord, he is most famous No edit summary current
• 03:1103:11, 25 July 2022 diff hist −14 In comparison with her (the goddess of fortune), we are most insignificant. Indeed, we are nothing. Yet although He is very cunning, Krsna is also very charitable No edit summary current
• 03:1103:11, 25 July 2022 diff hist +9,757 In a spiritual relationship, sense gratification is most insignificant. Anyone who desires a relationship of perverted sense gratification with Krsna must be considered less intelligent. His mentality requires to be reformed No edit summary current
• 03:1103:11, 25 July 2022 diff hist +4,064 If we cannot understand the SPG, what is to be said of those who're most insignificant in their bodily constitutions, being situated in the modes of passion & ignorance? How can they understand the Lord? Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Him No edit summary current
• 03:0903:09, 25 July 2022 diff hist +5,191 He (the servant of the servant of Krsna) is most insignificant, and whatever good he does is by the grace of Krsna and the spiritual master No edit summary current

23 July 2022

• 03:2603:26, 23 July 2022 diff hist +3,911 Transcendental loving service to Krsna is the greatest achievement, superseding all other methods No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 23 July 2022 diff hist +12 The greatest achievement for a devotee is to become a servant of the servants of the Lord No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 23 July 2022 diff hist −13 Putana was always hankering for the blood of human children, and with that desire she came to kill Krsna; but because she offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement - SB 10.6.35-36 No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,014 Opposed to such ignorance, full knowledge is the greatest achievement within this material world. We can practically see that one who has sufficient knowledge is saved from many dangerous pitfalls in life No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 23 July 2022 diff hist +4,040 Lord Caitanya recommended that the greatest achievement of human life is to achieve the grace of the Lord, love of God No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 23 July 2022 diff hist +13 If Putana attained the greatest achievement, what then is to be said of those who had natural devotion for Krsna as mothers and who offered Him their breasts to suck or offered something very dear, as a mother offers something to a child - SB 10.6.35-36 No edit summary current

20 July 2022

• 11:4011:40, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,664 Whether your husband likes to take responsibility as your spiritual guide or not, that does not matter. He must do it. It is his duty because he has taken you as his wife. Therefore he must take full responsibility for you the rest of his life No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,580 The husband's duty is to give the wife all protection, even from the material maya, and the wife's duty is to see to the personal comforts of the husband No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,214 That is the duty of the husband. If wife's a little hair is infringed, he should take steps immediately. That is husband, not that accept wife today and give it up tomorrow. That is not husband No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,410 Lord Ramacandra could have produced hundreds and thousands of Sitas from His pleasure energy, but just to show the duty of a faithful husband, He not only rescued Sita from the hands of Ravana but also killed Ravana and all the members of his family No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,928 It is the duty of the husband to liquidate his debt to his wife. The wife gives her sincere service to the husband, and he becomes indebted to her because one cannot accept service from his subordinate without giving him something in exchange No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 20 July 2022 diff hist +2,223 It is the duty of the husband to leave home as soon as there is a grown son to take charge of his wife and family affairs. That is the Vedic system of household life No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,599 One who strictly follows religious principles must not neglect to provide all facilities for the complete protection of his wife. There may be some suffering because of this, but one must nevertheless endure it. That is the duty of a faithful husband No edit summary current
• 10:4710:47, 20 July 2022 diff hist +7,067 It is the duty of husband to protect wife in every way from the onslaught of material nature, and he must act always as her spiritual guide by being perfect example of devotee No edit summary current
• 04:4404:44, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,560 It is the duty of the spiritual master to test the disciple to see how seriously he desires to execute devotional service. Then he may be initiated No edit summary current
• 04:4304:43, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,038 If a disciple is very serious to execute the mission of the spiritual master, he immediately associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by vani or vapuh. This is the only secret of success in seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 04:4304:43, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,303 If a disciple is very serious to execute the mission of the spiritual master, he immediately associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by vani or vapuh No edit summary current
• 03:3403:34, 20 July 2022 diff hist +6,916 The Lord is beyond the limit of conception for mundane learned scholars, philosophers or scientists No edit summary current
• 03:3403:34, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,345 We have got absolute authority from the Source of Knowledge, Krishna, while your western mundane philosophers are simply speculating on the mental platform, which is always changing No edit summary current
• 03:3403:34, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,465 We are not afraid to challenge every mundane philosopher and defeat them No edit summary current
• 03:3303:33, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,241 The scriptural conclusion is that mundane philosophers like Dr. Radhakrishnan are not qualified to delve into spiritual subjects. The devotees of the Lord alone are eligible to understand Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 03:2603:26, 20 July 2022 diff hist +3,178 The entire world is filled with material conceptions, and people are unable to understand these conversations due to the conditioning of mundane philosophy No edit summary current
• 03:2603:26, 20 July 2022 diff hist +5,927 Such literatures (which are full of subject matter for satisfaction of the material senses) contain different kinds of mundane poems and philosophical speculations, more or less under the influence of maya, ending in sense gratification No edit summary current
• 03:2603:26, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,637 One must vehemently denounce the Western mentality of defying spiritual tradition and the scriptures. Such a mentality reveres mundane philosophies based on speculation and concocted logic, considering these practices signs of superior intelligence No edit summary current
• 03:2503:25, 20 July 2022 diff hist +4,984 Mundane philosophers, being imperfect in themselves, disagree with other philosophers because a mundane philosopher is not a philosopher at all unless he presents his own theory No edit summary current