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28 July 2022

• 06:3606:36, 28 July 2022 diff hist +11,040 Because we are constitutionally servant of God, but we have given up that service, we have now become the servant of maya No edit summary current
• 06:3606:36, 28 July 2022 diff hist +29 A person in the material world is a servant of maya. However, a person in the spiritual energy is a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 06:3506:35, 28 July 2022 diff hist +8 As servant of maya, Sometimes he is in heaven and sometimes in hell. Sometimes he is a demigod, and sometimes he is a demon. Sometimes he is a servant, and sometimes he is a master. In this way the living entity wanders all over the universe No edit summary current
• 06:3506:35, 28 July 2022 diff hist +8 As servant of maya, he (the living entity who forgets his position) sometimes becomes a king, sometimes an ordinary citizen, sometimes a brahmana, a sudra, and so on. Sometimes he is a happy man, sometimes a prosperous man, sometimes a small insect No edit summary current
• 06:3406:34, 28 July 2022 diff hist +5,240 Actually, our real constitutional position is to be controlled by Krsna, but because we have revolted against Krsna, therefore we are servant of maya No edit summary current

27 July 2022

• 15:1115:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,944 Whatever Krsna says or He said 5,000 years ago, we are repeating the same thing. That is called parampara system. Not that "The world has changed. Scientific advancement is very great. Now we can interpret in this way and that way." This is all nonsense No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,487 Whatever Krsna says, we accept. This is Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +6,937 That is Krsna consciousness. His will is supreme. Whatever He says, that's all. As soon as you manufacture, everything is spoiled No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,878 Our knowledge is parampara. That Krsna says, whatever He says is all right. Krsna is not common man, avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam. He's not man at all He's Supreme Personality of Godhead. Abhijnah. Experience in everything No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 July 2022 diff hist +6,407 One who is not a devotee must speak nonsensically because he does not have the power to speak about the glories of Krsna. Thus whatever he says is influenced by the illusory energy and is compared to the croaking of a frog No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 July 2022 diff hist +33 If one does whatever Krsna says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the order of Krsna, his activities were not material No edit summary
• 15:1015:10, 27 July 2022 diff hist +29,722 He (Arjuna) voluntarily accepted: "Whatever Krsna says, I shall do it." Just like all my disciples - they have not lost their individuality, but they have surrendered their individuality. That is required No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 July 2022 diff hist +77,764 Arjuna tells Krsna that he accepts whatever He says to be completely perfect. Sarvam etad rtam manye: I accept everything You say to be true. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 27 July 2022 diff hist +11 Arjuna does not cavil with Krsna but agrees with whatever He says. This is his special qualification, and this is the way of understanding Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 27 July 2022 diff hist +25,933 Understanding the inconceivability of the Absolute is the only solution to the question of duality. This is because duality arises from the inconceivable energy of the Absolute No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 27 July 2022 diff hist −9 The only effective solutions (of the three miseries) are those mentioned in Bhagavad-gita, and we have to adopt them in our practical lives for our own benefit. The three miseries of material nature are not found in the pastimes of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 27 July 2022 diff hist +29,301 Some philosophies propound that there is no nature other than the one we are presently experiencing and that the only solution to this is to nullify it and become void. But we cannot be void because we are living entities No edit summary current
• 15:0215:02, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,614 For this contradiction (the gopis have no inclination for their own enjoyment, and yet their joy increases) I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) see only one solution: the joy of the gopis lies in the joy of their beloved Krsna No edit summary current
• 15:0115:01, 27 July 2022 diff hist −13 A devotee should always be very kind to the general public in instructing Krsna consciousness because that is the only solution for getting out of the clutches of maya. That is really humanitarian work, for it is the way to show mercy No edit summary current
• 09:5109:51, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,368 When the three worlds were submerged in water, Visnu was alone, lying on His bedstead, although He appeared to be in slumber in His own internal potency, free from the action of the external energy, His eyes were not completely closed No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 27 July 2022 diff hist +6,114 When Kunti, the mother of Pandavas, saw her nephew Krsna, the SPG, she was overpowered by love & affection. She at once got up from her bedstead & appeared before Him with her daughter-in-law, Draupadi, & in maternal love & affection she embraced Him No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 27 July 2022 diff hist +7,757 We (the Kurus) have allowed the Yadu dynasty to use the royal insignias like the whisk, fan, conchshell, white umbrella, crown, royal throne, sitting place and bedstead, along with everything else befitting the royal order No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,714 This creation takes place by the glance of the Lord from His bedstead of mystic slumber. And thus all the universes and the lord of the universe, Brahma, are again and again manifested and annihilated No edit summary current
• 09:4109:41, 27 July 2022 diff hist +3,652 The Sesa who bears the globes is a potent incarnation of Sankarsana, and therefore He is sometimes also called Sankarsana. The bedstead feature of Sesa always presents himself as an eternal servitor of the Lord No edit summary current
• 09:4009:40, 27 July 2022 diff hist +9,540 The Queens knew that he must have performed great pious activities; otherwise why was Krsna, the husband of the goddess of fortune, taking care of him so much? They were still more surprised to see that the brahmana was seated on the bedstead of Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:4009:40, 27 July 2022 diff hist +6,050 The couches and the bedsteads were made of ivory and bedecked with gold and jewels, and the bedding was as white as the foam of milk and as soft as a lotus No edit summary current
• 09:3909:39, 27 July 2022 diff hist +1,780 The bedding in the palace was as white as the foam of milk and was very soft. The bedsteads were made of ivory with embellishments of gold, and the chairs, benches and other sitting places and furniture were made of gold No edit summary current
• 09:3909:39, 27 July 2022 diff hist +3,652 There are two features of Sesa. One is the bearer of the globes, and the other is the bedstead servitor No edit summary current
• 09:3809:38, 27 July 2022 diff hist +8,209 Sudama thought, "Lord Krsna was so kind to me that He allowed me to sit on the same bedstead where the goddess of fortune lies down. He considered me His real brother" No edit summary current
• 09:3809:38, 27 July 2022 diff hist +1,562 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "You might as well bring a bedstead here for Me to lie on. Jagadananda wants Me to enjoy material happiness" No edit summary current
• 09:3809:38, 27 July 2022 diff hist +1,634 Srimati Radharani's bedstead is pride itself, and it is situated in the abode of Her bodily aroma. She is always seated there thinking of Krsna's association No edit summary current
• 09:3809:38, 27 July 2022 diff hist +9,338 Lord Krsna had him seated on His own bedstead and personally brought all kinds of fruits and drinks to offer him, as is proper in receiving a worshipable guest No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 27 July 2022 diff hist +9,434 Krsna was sitting on the bedstead of Rukmini, and the maidservants were fanning Him with camaras (yak-tail fly-whisks) No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 27 July 2022 diff hist +9,585 Krsna was sitting on the bedstead of Queen Rukmini. Even from a considerable distance He could see the brahmana coming to His home, He could recognize him as His friend No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,886 Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped even by Narada, yet as soon as Krsna saw Narada enter the palace, He got down immediately from Rukmini's bedstead and stood up to honor him No edit summary current
• 09:3609:36, 27 July 2022 diff hist +1,523 I am in the renounced order, and therefore I must lie on the floor. For Me to use a bedstead, quilt or pillow would be very shameful No edit summary current
• 09:3609:36, 27 July 2022 diff hist +7,657 It is not advancement of civilization when you think that you have got good apartment, good house, and sleeping in a nice bedstead, and the cat and dog is lying on the floor or in the street. No. She sleeping; when you sleep, the enjoyment is as good No edit summary current
• 09:3409:34, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,132 If one is able to lie down on the floor, then why should one endeavor to get a good bedstead or soft cushion to lie on No edit summary current
• 09:3009:30, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,583 He (Krsna) got down from the bedstead, lifted her (Rukmini) up by her hands and, placing His cooling hands on her face, smoothed the scattered hair on her head No edit summary current
• 09:3009:30, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5 He (a devotee) thinks that by accepting such things (as garlands, bedsteads, nice ornaments, nice food and even nicely prepared pan, betel nuts) he will offend the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary
• 09:2809:28, 27 July 2022 diff hist +10,460 At the present moment they have taken that lying down on a very nice bedstead, cot, and silken bed, that is advancement of civilization. But that is not advancement of civilization No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,314 When I hear of your advancement of devotional service by book distribution, it invigorates me although I am an old man. Although I am traveling all over the world, my mind is always in Los Angeles No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,607 I have several times said that there are ample space. There is no question of scarcity. Ample space. I am traveling all over the world. So much space lying vacant in America, in Africa, Australia No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,413 I have been traveling all over the world over the past few months and it is a bit straining. Now I am thinking to sit down for a while in Los Angeles for translating work No edit summary current
• 07:2807:28, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,050 I am traveling all over the world; I see people are very busy for searching out food and shelter. But according to Vedic scripture, it is said that food and shelter is already there, given by God No edit summary current
• 07:2707:27, 27 July 2022 diff hist +3,241 I am traveling all over the world. So much space lying vacant in America, in Africa, Australia. Why the Chinese or the Indians should be congested, overpopulation? But they will not allow. "It is my country." No edit summary current
• 07:1207:12, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,573 I am traveling all over the world. My opinion is that, materially, America is happy. And spiritually some portion of India is happy. Otherwise, there is no happiness all over the world No edit summary current
• 07:1107:11, 27 July 2022 diff hist +4,114 I am this old age, I cannot move. Still I am traveling all over the world. I am simply interested that whatever I have done, it may not be vanquished in my absence. Let me go and encourage them No edit summary current
• 07:0807:08, 27 July 2022 diff hist +5,690 As I am old man, I am traveling all over the world, now to give me relief, the GBC members . . . I shall expand into twelve more, so that they can exactly work like me. Gradually they will (be) initiators. At least first initiation No edit summary current
• 06:0406:04, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2,963 Your idea that when I am in Los Angeles I shall simply lecture on Sundays, and on the weekdays the boys will lecture so I shall be free to go on with my translating work is very stimulating No edit summary current