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27 July 2022

• 03:1203:12, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,838 One should approach a sadhu or great sage not to see but to hear him. If one is not prepared to hear the words of a sadhu, there is no profit No edit summary current
• 03:1203:12, 27 July 2022 diff hist +30 Narottama dasa Thakura says, sadhu-sastra-guru-vakya, cittete kariya aikya: “One should accept as one’s guide the words of the sadhus, the sastra and the guru” No edit summary current
• 03:1203:12, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,704 A sadhu is he who talks in terms of scripture. Similarly, guru is he who talks in terms of scripture. Guru cannot manufacture words which is not in the scriptures. And that is not scripture which does not tally with the words of guru and sadhu No edit summary current

26 July 2022

• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +20,733 The philosophy of Sankaracarya is mainly based on the principle that we should not think that we are products of this material nature. It is by some unfortunate accident that we are in contact with material nature No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +13 The most prominent Mayavadi scholar, Sadananda Yogindra, has written a book called Vedanta-sara, in which he expounds the philosophy of Sankaracarya, and all the followers of Sankara’s philosophy attribute great importance to his statements No edit summary
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,459 The Lord then quoted some verses from the Puranas by which He established that Sankaracarya was ordered to teach Mayavada philosophy by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,954 There was no need for his (Sripada Sankaracarya) preaching Mayavada philosophy - other than to overcome the effects of Buddhist philosophy and spread Vedanta philosophy No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +12,076 There was even an attempt to prove that the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya was not in line with Vedic principles. A person named Pundarika Puri, a follower of the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, came before Madhvacarya to discuss the sastras No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,917 Sripada Sankaracarya preached the Mayavada philosophy for a particular purpose. Such a philosophy was necessary to defeat the Buddhist philosophy of the nonexistence of the spirit soul, but it was never meant for perpetual acceptance No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,881 Sripada Sankaracarya has given special stress to the study of Vedanta philosophy: "A sannyasi, accepting the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth, should always enjoy the philosophical statements in the Vedanta-sutra" No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,311 Sripada Sankaracarya, who preached Mayavada philosophy and stressed the impersonal feature of the Absolute, also at last recommended that one must take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, for there is no hope of gain from debating No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,220 Some follow the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, and others follow Kapila's Sankhya philosophy or the mystic yoga system of Patanjali No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +37 Sankaracarya wanted to support his impersonalism through the aphorisms of the Vedanta philosophy. Actually, however, he failed to do so because he could not put forward strong arguments No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 26 July 2022 diff hist +21,097 Sankaracarya preached Mayavadi philosophy in order to bewilder a certain type of atheist. He never considered the Supreme Lord to be impersonal or to have no body or form. It is best for intelligent persons to avoid lectures on Mayavadi philosophy No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,217 My dear Devi (Parvati), sometimes I (Siva as Sankaracarya) teach Mayavada philosophy for those who are engrossed in the mode of ignorance No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10,332 In explaining Vedanta I (Siva as Sankaracarya) describe the same Mayavada philosophy in order to mislead the entire population toward atheism by denying the personal form of the Lord No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,017 He (Sankaracarya) propagated the Mayavada philosophy under the order of the Supreme Lord. We have already discussed this point in text 114 of this chapter: tanra dosa nahi, tenho ajna-kari dasa No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +61,089 Even though Lord Siva appeared to preach Mayavada philosophy, at the end of his pastime in the form of Sankaracarya, he preached the Vaisnava philosophy: bhaja govindam bhaja govindam bhaja govindam mudha-mate No edit summary current
• 06:4206:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,714 As a brahmana boy, I (Siva as Sankaracarya) manufacture this philosophy in the Age of Kali to mislead the atheists. Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His transcendental body, but I describe the Supreme as impersonal No edit summary current
• 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,369 Anyone in the mode of goodness who happens to hear this Mayavada philosophy falls down, for when I (Siva as Sankaracarya) teach Mayavada philosophy I say that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are one and the same No edit summary current
• 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +12,165 Although Sankaracarya preached the false philosophy of Mayavada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu nevertheless said that since he did it on the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there was no fault on his part No edit summary current
• 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,180 Although Lord Siva, in the form of a brahmana (Sankaracarya), preached the false philosophy of Mayavada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu nevertheless said that since he did it on the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there was no fault on his part No edit summary current
• 06:4106:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +21,208 According to Mayavadis, Vedanta refers to the Sariraka commentary of Sankaracarya. When impersonal philosophers refer to Vedanta & the Upanisads, they are actually referring to the commentaries of Sankaracarya, the greatest teacher of Mayavadi philosophy No edit summary current
• 06:4006:40, 26 July 2022 diff hist +37 According to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sripada Sankaracarya preached the Mayavada philosophy for a particular purpose No edit summary current
• 06:3206:32, 26 July 2022 diff hist +25,392 Without devotional service to Krsna, one may have some motive in exhibiting such symptoms (of highly developed devotional service), but it should be known that the symptoms are not actual No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,497 Those who are surcharged with the mode of ignorance are degraded to the lower planetary systems or to the animal kingdom. The demigods are highly developed in the mode of goodness, and thus they are situated in the heavenly planets No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +10 Those who are highly developed in Krsna consciousness try their best to give this knowledge to the people in general, for their conditional life is very much troublesome. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
• 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +25,537 The symptoms of highly developed devotional service, which are exhibited by the pure devotees, are sometimes imitated by those who are not actually pure devotees. This is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +11,906 The power of thought should be developed in association with persons who are authorities in the scriptures, saintly persons and spiritual masters and those whose thinking is highly developed. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,307 The living entity takes on different bodies according to his pious and vicious activities. The human body is highly developed and has full consciousness No edit summary current
• 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +6,024 Sometimes neophyte devotees think that they can continue the sravana-kirtana process without worshiping the Deity, but the execution of such sravana-kirtana is meant for highly developed devotees like Haridasa Thakura No edit summary current
• 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,994 One can enter the kingdom of the Supreme Lord only when one is highly developed in desirable qualities. All good qualities develop in the person of a devotee No edit summary current
• 06:3006:30, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,285 Highly developed consciousness means No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +22,753 He (a pure devotee) becomes highly developed in Krsna consciousness. At this stage he does not distinguish between the devotee and the nondevotee, for he sees everyone in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,259 After this spontaneous attraction becomes highly developed, the devotee is placed in either of the above-mentioned categories No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 26 July 2022 diff hist +7,143 After spontaneous attraction becomes highly developed, the devotee is placed in either of the above-mentioned categories (one is indirect conjugal love, the other direct) No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +9 The vanaprasthas and sannyasis nowadays are those who were unsuccessful in family life. Thus the so-called sannyasis try to construct another home in the name of the sannyasa-asrama and glide down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,749 The so-called vanaprasthas and sannyasis who come out of such grhastha-asramas are easily deviated from the rigid path No edit summary current
• 05:4305:43, 26 July 2022 diff hist +32 The so-called sannyasis try to construct another home in the name of the sannyasa-asrama and glide down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others. So all these varnas and asramas have now become so many transcendental frauds No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,251 The so-called sannyasis sometimes drink with the excuse that without alcohol, fish and meat, it is impossible to remain in the cold countries near the Arctic zone No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,442 The sinful activities forbidden by the sastras are illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. These so-called sannyasis indulge in all these activities. They eat meat and flesh, fish, eggs and just about everything No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 26 July 2022 diff hist +15,204 The Lord indicated that in the Mayavadi sampradaya there are many so-called sannyasis who, even though illiterate & unintelligent, hear Vedanta-sutra from their spiritual master just as a matter of formality. Although they listen, they do not understand No edit summary current
• 05:4105:41, 26 July 2022 diff hist +2,993 These so-called sannyasis are very much appreciated by sinful men because they are all godless atheists and very expert in putting forward arguments and reasons to support their case No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,491 There are many instances of so-called sannyasis who gave up the world as untruth, but again came to the material world because they were not seeking their real repose at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:3905:39, 26 July 2022 diff hist +11,073 So-called sannyasis, they rise to the brahma-pada, aham brahmasmi, but because they cannot stay there, they come down again to this material world and they are busy for opening hospitals, schools, and philanthropism No edit summary current
• 05:3905:39, 26 July 2022 diff hist +4,731 So-called brahmacari, so-called grhastha, or so-called sannyasi, then you will fall down No edit summary current
• 05:3905:39, 26 July 2022 diff hist +5,878 Since they (so-called sannyasis) are not freed from these four principles (sinful life, namely illicit sex life, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling), they are cheating the public by posing as svamis No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,111 Our students, they have very quickly given up the four principles of sinful activity. And that is actually surprising to all these so-called sannyasis also. They are surprised No edit summary current
• 05:3805:38, 26 July 2022 diff hist +8,944 It is the greatest misfortune that in India many so-called missionary workers are spreading irreligion in the name of religion. They claim an ordinary human being to be God and recommend meat-eating for everyone, including so-called sannyasis No edit summary current
• 05:3705:37, 26 July 2022 diff hist +3,653 It is nonsensical to say that animal-killing has nothing to do with spiritual realization. By this dangerous theory many so-called sannyasis have sprung up by the grace of Kali-yuga who preach animal-killing under the garb of the Vedas No edit summary current