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17:2117:21, 3 August 2022 diff hist +2,101 Maharaja Yudhisthira, as a good soul and devotee of the Lord, was always conscious of the great loss of his aunt (Gandhari) and her sufferings as an ascetic No edit summary current
17:2117:21, 3 August 2022 diff hist +5,108 If we neglect somehow or other and if we lose even one Vaisnava, that is very great loss No edit summary current
17:2117:21, 3 August 2022 diff hist +6,237 Better allow them (the grhasthas) to live together. What can be done? But we cannot lose them. After training so much, if they are lost, then that is a great loss. This I am giving hint. Now you GBC, you change them. Make process No edit summary current
17:2017:20, 3 August 2022 diff hist −13 As far as sleeping is concerned, a Krsna conscious person is always alert in the discharge of his duties in Krsna consciousness, and therefore any unnecessary time spent sleeping is considered a great loss. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
17:2017:20, 3 August 2022 diff hist +5,239 All the devotees should be satisfied. They have given their lives to Krishna, so we should see they are always happy. Their service is voluntary. It is not that we can force anyone to do anything. If we do they will go away and that is a great loss No edit summary current
17:1517:15, 3 August 2022 diff hist +2,486 To practice austerity requires that you understand my books or else it is like army rules and regulations No edit summary current
17:1517:15, 3 August 2022 diff hist +14,045 Austerity, celibacy, equanimity and charity are all required for realization of the ultimate or Absolute Truth. Krsna consciousness is not concerned with the relative truth but with the Absolute No edit summary current
17:1517:15, 3 August 2022 diff hist +5,399 That is tapasya: eating, sleeping, mating, and defense as much as it is required. The aim should be to make it nil No edit summary current
17:1517:15, 3 August 2022 diff hist +19,671 In the Western countries especially it is a great tapasya to give up illicit sex life, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. Although we require only these austerities, it is very difficult to observe them No edit summary current
17:1417:14, 3 August 2022 diff hist +8,070 If we want really happiness, then we must accept tapasya. Tapasya is required. Without tapasya, if you think that very easily... Or "Without tapasya, I can get it simply by imagination," then you become sahajiya No edit summary
13:5613:56, 3 August 2022 diff hist +19,750 Some tapasya is certainly required. Without it, one can not advance in spiritual life or knowledge. If we simply engage in the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, not accepting the tapasya process, human life is a failure No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +5 When one desires Krsna, the Lord takes special care and encourages one to desire in such a way that one can attain to Him and be eternally happy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +4,317 Study our literatures with the help of your senior God-brothers and sisters, go on Sankirtana when possible, take special care to remain always engaged in some Krsna conscious activity, chant Hare Krsna Mantra always and be happy No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +6,577 Posana: special care and protection for devotees by the Lord No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +2,385 Lord Krsna, Srimati Radharani, everyone, has changed His position. I do not think there is any possibility of rectifying now, but in future please take special care for this No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +7,045 Posana: As a king maintains his kingdom and subjects but nevertheless gives special attention to the members of his family, so the Personality of Godhead gives special care to His devotees who are souls completely surrendered to Him No edit summary current
06:4506:45, 3 August 2022 diff hist +4,827 In India every Hindu, even those not belonging to the Vaisnava group, take special care of the tulasi tree. Even in great cities where it is very difficult to keep a tulasi tree, people are to be found very carefully keeping this plant No edit summary current
06:4406:44, 3 August 2022 diff hist +6,688 Due to Pandu's death at an early age his minor children & widow were the object of special care by all the elderly members of the family especially Bhismadeva and Mahatma Vidura. He was more or less partial to the Pandavas due to their political position No edit summary current
06:4406:44, 3 August 2022 diff hist +5 Both brahmanas were pure Vaisnavas. The younger man took special care of the older one simply to please Krsna No edit summary current

18:0118:01, 2 August 2022 diff hist +7,748 What is the meaning of Krsna consciousness? Is it a sentiment or fanaticism? No. It is a science. If you follow the rules and regulation and systematically, then all these qualities will develop. You'll practically see it No edit summary current
18:0118:01, 2 August 2022 diff hist +23,602 Whatever knowledge we receive from Bhagavad-gita should not be taken for sentimentality or fanaticism. The knowledge is both jnana & vijnana, theoretical wisdom and scientific knowledge. If one becomes well-versed in this knowledge, liberation is certain No edit summary current
18:0118:01, 2 August 2022 diff hist +9,987 Whatever knowledge we get from Bhagavad-gita, we should not think that it is sentimentalism or fanaticism. No. They're all vijnanam, science No edit summary current
18:0118:01, 2 August 2022 diff hist +5,525 These are all fanaticism. Real unity is in advancing Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +8,875 Religion where there is no discrimination of foodstuff, what is that religion? What is that religion? This is fanaticism. That is not religion. Religion is to understand God. And one cannot understand God, the purest of all pure, unless one is pure No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +4,952 Religion does not mean that you stamp some stereotype religion, "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Buddhist," and then fight. That is not religion. That is fanaticism. Religion means how one has become devoted to God No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +4,065 Love of Godhead on the basis of perfect knowledge is real love of God. Otherwise it is fanaticism No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +6,752 If you want to understand Krsna, then you must approach a person who knows Krsna. It is not fanaticism or mental speculation. You have to learn the art scientifically No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +7,203 If we follow the instruction of Bhagavad-gita and Krsna, then all problems will be solved. It is not a sectarian religious sentiment or fanaticism. It is not that. It is a science - social science, political science, cultural science No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +3,869 Both the yogas (buddhi-yoga and sankhya-yoga) are interdependant, as religion and philosophy. Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
18:0018:00, 2 August 2022 diff hist +7,303 Bhakti does not mean stop your work. Bhakti does not mean sentimental fanaticism. That is not bhakti. Bhakti means to engage all your senses for the satisfaction of the proprietor of the senses. That is called bhakti No edit summary current

17:0517:05, 31 July 2022 diff hist +24,347 Yoga is the system for linking the soul in the service of the Lord. Only under superior guidance can one practice such yoga in his life without changing his social position No edit summary current
17:0517:05, 31 July 2022 diff hist +9,110 The ass is generally engaged by the washerman, whose social position is not very respectable. And the special qualification of the ass is that it is very much accustomed to being kicked by the opposite sex No edit summary current
17:0517:05, 31 July 2022 diff hist +4,396 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu actually started a revolution against this brahminical system by inaugurating the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. By this chanting, one can be delivered regardless of caste, creed, color or social position No edit summary current
17:0517:05, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 Since one has to work even for the simple maintenance of the body, the prescribed duties for a particular social position and quality are so made that that purpose can be fulfilled. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
17:0517:05, 31 July 2022 diff hist +4,508 Ramananda replied, "If one executes the prescribed duties of his social position, he awakens his original Krsna consciousness" No edit summary current
17:0417:04, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 Lord Caitanya said that one who is master in the science of Krsna consciousness, regardless of his social position, is the real spiritual master. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
17:0417:04, 31 July 2022 diff hist +2,899 It is the duty of parents to hand over their daughters to suitable persons just befitting their family tradition in cleanliness, gentle behavior, wealth, social position, etc No edit summary current
17:0317:03, 31 July 2022 diff hist +14,349 Even a leaf, a flower, a bit of fruit, or a little water, which are all available in every part of the world, can be offered by any person (to God), regardless of social position, and will be accepted if offered with love. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
17:0317:03, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not make any distinctions as to caste or social position. Indeed, most of His foremost disciples were considered to be fallen in society No edit summary current
17:0317:03, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 By His actual behavior, Caitanya Mahaprabhu begged the blessings of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. In this way He set the example of how one should expect blessings from a Vaisnava regardless of his social position No edit summary current
17:0317:03, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 According to the Hindu conception, the drinking of wine is immoral, whereas in the Western world, wine drinking is not considered immoral but is a common thing. So morality is dependent on time, place, circumstance, social position, etc No edit summary current
14:3414:34, 31 July 2022 diff hist +5,358 This human form of life is a most valuable asset for the living entity who can ultilize it for solving the problems of life; therefore, one who does not utilize this opportunity properly is a miser. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
14:3414:34, 31 July 2022 diff hist +9,674 This human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, guru-karnadharam, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience. The instruction of Krsna is a favorable breeze No edit summary
14:3314:33, 31 July 2022 diff hist +4,215 The fifth answer (of Ramananda Raya to the questions of Sri Caitanya) is compared to the most valuable gem, touchstone, because it deals with unalloyed devotion, the ultimate goal of devotional life, and illuminates the preceding four subordinate answers No edit summary current
14:3314:33, 31 July 2022 diff hist +1,836 The Brahma-samhita and Krsna-karnamrta were two books that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered to be most valuable jewels. Therefore He took them with Him on His return trip No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 31 July 2022 diff hist +6,197 Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead No edit summary current
14:3114:31, 31 July 2022 diff hist +2,059 Offering my obeisances unto Caitanya, let me describe a particle of His opulence and sweetness. He is most valuable for a fallen conditioned soul bereft of spiritual knowledge, and He is the only shelter for those who do not know the real goal of life No edit summary current
14:2714:27, 31 July 2022 diff hist −13 Lord Caitanya asked Ramananda Raya, "What is the most valuable thing in the world?" Ramananda Raya replied that he who has love for Radha-Krsna possesses the most valuable jewel and the greatest riches No edit summary current
14:2614:26, 31 July 2022 diff hist +2,326 I was searching after a piece of glass, but instead I have found a most valuable jewel. Therefore I am so satisfied that I do not wish to ask any benediction from You No edit summary current
14:2614:26, 31 July 2022 diff hist +3,133 It is stated in the Vedic literature that to purchase the most valuable thing, Krsna consciousness, one has to develop intense eagerness for achieving success. This intense eagerness is very nicely expressed by Bilvamangala Thakura No edit summary current

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