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26 July 2022

• 11:3111:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,870 The falsity of Sripada Sankaracarya’s explanation of vivarta-vada and parinama-vada has been detected by the Vaisnava acaryas, especially Jiva Gosvami, whose opinion is that actually Sankara did not understand the Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,216 The descendants of Irreligion and Falsity, born one after another, are Bluffing, Cheating, Greed, Cunning, Anger, Envy, Quarrel, Harsh Speech, Death, Fear, Severe Pain and Hell No edit summary current
• 11:3011:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,499 The cosmic manifestation is flickering and temporary does not mean that it is false. The definition of falsity is "that which never had any existence but which exists only in name" No edit summary current
• 11:3011:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,378 The conception of the falsity of this material world is due to a lack of knowledge, but a person advanced in Krsna consciousness sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead in everything No edit summary current
• 11:2911:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2 The age of Kali began with gold standardization, and therefore falsity, intoxication, animal slaughter and prostitution are rampant all over the world, and the saner section is eager to drive out corruption No edit summary current
• 11:2911:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,685 Quarrel is one of the descendants of Irreligion and Falsity No edit summary current
• 11:2211:22, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,259 Modern administrators want to issue licenses for gambling houses, wine & other intoxicating drug houses, brothels, hotel prostitution & cinema houses, & falsity in every dealing, even in their own, at the same time to drive out corruption from the state No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,668 Maharaja Pariksit thus gave him (Kali) permission to live in a place where there is gold, because wherever there is gold there are all the above-mentioned four things (falsity, intoxication, lust, envy) and over and above them there is enmity also No edit summary current
• 11:2111:21, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,666 In whatever form one knows the Lord, one speaks of Him in that way. In this there is no falsity, since everything is possible in Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 26 July 2022 diff hist +21 Descendants of Irreligion and Falsity No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,837 Citraketu was not in a temperament of renunciation, but after the death of his son, when he was overwhelmed by his great plight, he was awakened to the platform of renunciation by instructions regarding the falsity of this material world & possessions No edit summary current
• 11:1511:15, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,299 All these descendants are described as signs of devastation (descendants of Irreligion and Falsity). If a person is pious & hears about these causes of devastation, he will feel hatred for all these, and that will cause his advancement in a life of piety No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,056 Where do you find void? This void philosophy is another illusion. There cannot be any void No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,929 Voidness philosophy is simply nirvana, or absence of material manifestation No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,389 Voidness philosophy has created atheism. Because, just try to understand clearly, I am spiritual being. I want enjoyment. That is my life. I want enjoyment. But as soon as my future is void, I must be inclined to enjoy this material life No edit summary
• 11:0911:09, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,674 Under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from all material attachment, from the fearfulness of one's individual spiritual personality, and from the frustrations that result in void philosophy No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,968 The void philosophy, nirvana, that indicates that you should completely finish these material desires. That is Lord Buddha's philosophy, nirvana No edit summary current
• 11:0611:06, 26 July 2022 diff hist −13 The Sankarites and Buddhists claim that the world beyond is void, but Bhagavad-gita does not disappoint us like this. The philosophy of voidness has simply created atheists No edit summary current
• 11:0511:05, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,319 The negative way, to make it zero. That is void philosophy. But actually that is not the case. The case is that you are in trouble on material condition. You get out of this material condition. Then there is real life, eternal life No edit summary current
• 11:0211:02, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,070 The impersonalists, Sankarites, even the Buddhists, they also, some way or other, they accept that there is the voidness. But the Bhagavad-gita does not disappoint you in that way. That voidness philosophy has created atheism No edit summary current
• 11:0111:01, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,206 So, by the slow process of devotional service, under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from the frustrations resulting from void philosophy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:0111:01, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,981 Sankara's philosophy of impersonalism and Lord Buddha's philosophy void is almost the same. Real life, real spiritual life is this Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,242 Nirvana means void of material existence. Nirvana, this impersonal conception is also nirvana. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that this impersonal philosophy is another phase of the void philosophy No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,866 Lord Siva was ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to preach the impersonal, or Mayavada, philosophy for a particular purpose, just as Lord Buddha preached the philosophy of voidness for particular purposes mentioned in the sastras No edit summary current
• 10:5610:56, 26 July 2022 diff hist +9,070 Married life is called grhastha-asrama. It is as good as sannyasa-asrama. Asrama means where there is bhagavad-bhajana. It doesn't matter whether one is sannyasi or one is grhastha or a brahmacari. The main principle is bhagavad-bhajana No edit summary current
• 10:5210:52, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,097 When you form this society, Krsna conscious society, and you discuss about this apavarga from the authoritative literature, just we are doing, then it becomes relishable. You cannot discuss all these thing with a storekeeper No edit summary current
• 10:5210:52, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,223 The storekeeper mother No edit summary current
• 10:5110:51, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,754 According to the Vedic injunction atma vai putra-namasi, the father becomes the son. The mother is simply like a storekeeper, because the seed of the child is placed in her womb, but it is the father who is responsible for maintaining the son No edit summary current
• 10:4510:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist −13 When a person is too much entangled in family life, he cannot think of his real benefit - to escape from material life No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,957 The function of the acarya is to change the activities of both the first-class and third-class prisoners for their real benefit. This endeavor makes him a very dear devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,312 There are an unlimited number of living entities, and our resources are limited; therefore we cannot be of any real benefit to the people in general No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,247 Professional speakers and a materially absorbed audience cannot derive real benefit from such (on Transcendence) discourses No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist −13 Lord Krsna clearly says in the Bhagavad-gita that no one in human society is dearer to Him than a devotee who constantly engages in His service by finding ways to preach the message of Godhead for the real benefit of the world No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,470 If you read these literatures carefully you will realize the topmost science of Krsna Consciousness and be more inspired to spread the same to all persons as their real welfare benefit No edit summary
• 10:4210:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,642 Garga Muni had no interest to serve by going to Nanda Maharaja, but Nanda Maharaja, as a grhastha, was always perfectly ready to receive instructions from a mahatma to gain the real benefit in life. Thus he was ready to execute Garga Muni's order No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +12,888 Especially in this age, because people are interested in hearing Bhagavad-gita from unscrupulous persons who depart from the simple presentation of Bhagavad-gita and distort it for their personal satisfaction, they fail to derive the real benefit No edit summary
• 10:3610:36, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,737 Krsna personally demonstrates that everyone has the right to live. This is Vrndavana life. Why should I live and you die? No. That is material life No edit summary current
• 10:3610:36, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,947 Let them engage in kirtana. There will be more water for gardening, and it will be moist, and then produce fodder for the animals and food for you. And animal gives you milk. That is Vrndavana life No edit summary current
• 10:3310:33, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10,092 The inhabitants of Krsna's abode have such unflinching love for Krsna. That is Vrndavana life. The cows, the calves, the trees, the flowers, the water, the elderly men, Krsna's parents Nanda Maharaja & Yasodamayi - everyone is intensely attached to Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:3210:32, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,317 Here is picture, Krsna's. Everyone can get this opportunity. Therefore Krsna comes to show practically how enjoyable life with Krsna in Vrndavana. Krsna is simply jolly, anandamayo 'bhyasat No edit summary current
• 10:3210:32, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,571 For Krsna you can endeavor multifariously. That is wanted. That is the contribution of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Before that, Vaisnavas, they used to live retired life in Vrndavana or some other place - no preaching activities No edit summary current
• 10:3110:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10 A devotee like Mother Yasoda, a devotee like Radharani, devotees like gopis, devotees like the cowherds boy, they can control Krsna. That is Vrndavana life. So this Krsna consciousness movement is trying to take you there No edit summary current

24 July 2022

• 16:3116:31, 24 July 2022 diff hist +15,082 When Lord Balarama saw that Romaharsana Suta did not understand the highest principle of religion in spite of his having studied all the Vedas, He certainly could not support his position No edit summary current
• 16:2816:28, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,203 A society without Vedic laws and regulations will not be very helpful to humanity. As stated in this verse (SB 6.7.13), dharmam te na param viduh: such a society does not know the aim of life and the highest principle of religion No edit summary current
• 16:2816:28, 24 July 2022 diff hist +7,738 He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Himself, appearing in the role of a devotee just to distribute the highest principles of devotional service No edit summary current
• 16:2816:28, 24 July 2022 diff hist +6,075 It propounds the highest principle of eternal religion, which can factually mitigate the threefold miseries of a living being and award the highest benediction of full prosperity and knowledge No edit summary current
• 16:2716:27, 24 July 2022 diff hist +10 Lord Caitanya is complete in renunciation as well as all other opulences. He is therefore the highest principle of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
• 16:2716:27, 24 July 2022 diff hist +4,615 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally approaches the fallen conditioned souls of the iron age to deliver the highest principle of transcendental relationships with the Lord No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +2,924 Srimati Radharani is the personified embodiment of these three aspects of transcendental consciousness. She is therefore the highest principle in love of Godhead and is the supreme lovable object of Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 24 July 2022 diff hist +5,423 The highest principle of any religion is there in Vaisnavites, or the followers of Krsna consciousness No edit summary current