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4 August 2022

• 13:2213:22, 4 August 2022 diff hist +9,478 The learned brahmanas, who had no other source of income, were completely dependent on the vaisya community for their maintenance, and they received gifts on such festive occasions as birthdays and marriages No edit summary current
• 13:2113:21, 4 August 2022 diff hist +7,461 The ksatriyas must be, must have some land to collect taxes. That is the ksatriya's source of income. The brahmana's source of income, pathana pathana yajana yajana ... They must be learned scholar, they must teach others No edit summary current
• 13:2113:21, 4 August 2022 diff hist +8,714 The hogs are stool-eater, and they are working very hard day and night, and the business is kastan kaman, to satisfy the senses, these two business: where to find out source of income, and eat anything without any discrimination No edit summary current
• 13:2113:21, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,437 Now, find some future main source of income for our institution, and main source is publications. So if we can organize a good sales organization, that is our main hope No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,169 Krsna said: "If I specially favor anybody, then I take away all his sources of income." Very dangerous. I have got my practical experience in this connection No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 4 August 2022 diff hist +7,420 It is condemned in this sense, that those who are thinking that "I have got this temple. Let people come here out of sentiment and they'll pay, and it will be a source of income for my filling up belly..." This is most condemned No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,273 In name there are so many loans, like to Spiritual Sky and now it is not beng repaid. And everyone is taking loan from BBT. That is the only source of our income. But if everyone takes loan, then how can it go on? No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 4 August 2022 diff hist +10,332 If you become a family man you must have some source of income. That source of income is land, as Rayarama was explaining you. Actually the land is the source of income. If you can utilize the land, then there is everything stocked there No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4 A king is not allowed to take contribution. Because he is administrator, he can tax, so his source of income is tax. And the brahmanas' source of income is contribution because they are rendering transcendental service No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 4 August 2022 diff hist +3,748 Any person whose constant occupation is Krishna Consciousness, he is not a karmi; he is a devotee in all circumstances. So you should accept the best source of monetary income and use it for Krishna. And that is better than sannyasa No edit summary current
• 13:1213:12, 4 August 2022 diff hist +8,893 Vivekananda preached for Daridra Narayana seva and the practical Americans question the swamijis of Ramakrishna Mission why there are still so many Daridra Narayanas lying on the streets and foot paths in India No edit summary current
• 13:1213:12, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,805 In Kali-yuga there is a scarcity of food almost every year, and thus philanthropists spend lavishly to feed the poor. For this they invent the term daridra-narayana-seva. This is prohibited No edit summary
• 13:1213:12, 4 August 2022 diff hist +7,192 Everyone is working, daridra-narayana seva or this community seva, the country seva, nationally seva, this seva, that seva ... Nobody is for Krsna seva. Nobody will be happy, sir. Go on with your so-called seva. It will never be successful No edit summary current
• 13:0413:04, 4 August 2022 diff hist +14,392 This process (of devotional service) is so potent that even without performing the religious process regularly, 1 can be raised to the highest perfection. How is this possible? This is also confirmed in Vedic literature: acaryavan puruso veda. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,729 The principle of service was generated from the legs of the Lord for the sake of perfecting the religious process, but this transcendental service is different from the idea of service in the material world No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 4 August 2022 diff hist +6,188 Just like in some religious process it is said that you commit all kinds of sins and go to the church and simply confess, you are free. So this doing and confessing, doing and confessing is going on No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 4 August 2022 diff hist +7,530 I spoke in many of the churches there. My host arranged for that. So it was not with that purpose that I came here, to defeat some religious process. That was not my purpose. Our mission is, Lord Caitanya's mission is, to teach everyone how to love God No edit summary current
• 12:5712:57, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,654 He (Lord Caitanya) appeared in that mode (Lord Caitanya assumed the role of the gopis to taste the predominated happiness of transcendental mellows) but simultaneously He propagated the religious process for this age in a most fascinating way No edit summary current
• 12:5712:57, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,166 Hearing and speaking Srimad-Bhagavatam is the religious process which elevates one to the platform of serving and loving the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 4 August 2022 diff hist +16,399 From early morning till late at night the devotees are engaged in Krsna's service. This is called kevalaya, pure; for them there is no other business. This process is recommended for all, and it is the perfection of all religious processes No edit summary current
• 12:5512:55, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,353 Any systematic religious process is to be understood: "It is given by God." Man cannot make any religious system. So this Aryan system, progressive system, is catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah No edit summary current
• 12:4912:49, 4 August 2022 diff hist +6,099 We should not hear the commentaries and explanations of nondevotees, for this is strictly forbidden by Srila Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
• 12:4812:48, 4 August 2022 diff hist +12,702 Unless one is personally a realized soul in the science of Krsna consciousness, a neophyte should not approach him to hear about the Lord, for this is strictly forbidden by Srila Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
• 12:4812:48, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,016 This type of religious system, which misguides its poor followers, is strictly forbidden. Such pretentious religions should be stopped altogether No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 4 August 2022 diff hist +3,308 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has therefore strictly forbidden us to associate with Mayavadi philosophers. Mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa: if one associates with the Mayavada philosophy, his devotional life is doomed No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 4 August 2022 diff hist +3,235 Quoting from Padma Purana, Sri Sanatana Gosvami has strictly forbidden us to hear about the activities of the Lord and His devotees from the mouths of nondevotees No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 4 August 2022 diff hist −13 Others cannot imitate Him but can only follow in His footsteps (Lord Caitanya's) as far as possible. Those who are unfit for this order of life are strictly forbidden by the injunctions of the sastras to accept it No edit summary current
• 12:3912:39, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,884 It is strictly forbidden for one to accept any kind of grain on Ekadasi, even if it is offered to Lord Visnu No edit summary current
• 12:3812:38, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,081 A sannyasi is strictly forbidden to see the visayis, the materialistic people. But Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of His boundless and causeless mercy, could show favor to anyone, regardless of birth and position No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 4 August 2022 diff hist +6,602 When there is no attachment or no spontaneous loving service to the Lord, one is engaged in the Lord's service simply out of obedience to the spiritual master's order or in pursuance of the scriptures, such obligatory service is called vaidhi-bhakti No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 4 August 2022 diff hist +40 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service - SB 10.9.21 No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 4 August 2022 diff hist +40 The real form of religion is spontaneous loving service to Godhead. This relationship of the living being with the Absolute Personality of Godhead in service is eternal No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,845 The Lord is svarat, or fully independent, and the servant is also fully independent, or svarat, in the spiritual atmosphere because there is no forced service. There the transcendental loving service is due to spontaneous love No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,086 The advanced devotee who is inclined to spontaneous loving service should follow the activities of a particular associate of Krsna's in Vrndavana No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 4 August 2022 diff hist +5,350 These beings don't have to learn anything about devotional service; they are already perfect in all regulative principles and have achieved the spontaneous loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,528 Spontaneous loving service to the Lord is called devotional service with an intimate attachment between the servitor and the served. This intimacy is called mamata No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,651 Some are servants, some are friends, some are parents, and some are conjugal lovers. Devotees who are situated in one of these attitudes of spontaneous love according to their choice are considered to be on the path of spontaneous loving service No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 4 August 2022 diff hist +5,743 Pure devotional service must always be free from such fruitive activities and philosophical speculations. One has to learn Krsna consciousness or pure devotional service from the authorities by spontaneous loving service No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 4 August 2022 diff hist +5 One has to follow the rules & regulations of devotional service as they are set down by the spiritual master; then one can come to the point of spontaneous loving service. This love is already there within the heart of everyone - nitya-siddha krsna-prema No edit summary current
• 09:5709:57, 4 August 2022 diff hist +1,392 If one engages in spontaneous loving service to the Lord, his affection for the lotus feet of Krsna gradually increases No edit summary current
• 09:5709:57, 4 August 2022 diff hist −31 Henceforward the basic principle underlying the talks between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya will be spontaneous loving service to the Lord No edit summary current
• 09:5709:57, 4 August 2022 diff hist +2,750 Hearing up to the point of spontaneous love, the Lord said, "This is all right, but if you know more, please tell Me." In reply, Ramananda Raya said, "Spontaneous loving service in servitude - as exchanged by master, servant - is the highest perfection" No edit summary current
• 09:5409:54, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,954 Flawless execution of regulative principles is exhibited in the Vaikuntha planets. By strictly executing these principles one can be elevated to the Vaikuntha planets. But spontaneous pure loving service is found in Krsnaloka alone No edit summary current
• 09:5409:54, 4 August 2022 diff hist +6,717 Everyone's prescribed duty is glorious if it is performed in devotional service of the Lord, without desire for profit. Such loving service must be performed without reason, without impediment, and spontaneously No edit summary current
• 09:5309:53, 4 August 2022 diff hist +7,152 Devotional service begins from the neophyte stage - the stage of observing the rules and regulations - and extends to the point of spontaneous loving service to the Lord. The purpose of all stages is to satisfy Lord Vasudeva No edit summary current
• 09:4809:48, 4 August 2022 diff hist +4,458 When you become Krsnized, then you'll get more comfort than at the present moment. That's a fact. I am living alone for the last twenty years, but I have no difficulty No edit summary current
• 09:4609:46, 4 August 2022 diff hist +8,460 The guru is essential. But why go to a bogus guru? You will be cheated No edit summary current
• 09:4509:45, 4 August 2022 diff hist +3,193 Dr. Vajpeye's review we are going to print and widely distribute, especially in Bombay and Madras, where there is so much propaganda from these bogus gurus and yogis. He has got practical experience of how they are cheating the innocent people No edit summary current
• 09:3709:37, 4 August 2022 diff hist +23,017 The human form of life is an opportunity to get this boon (of reaching Krsna's supreme abode), and it is the duty of the state, parents, teachers, and guardians to elevate those who have acquired this human form of life to attain this perfection of life No edit summary current
• 09:3609:36, 4 August 2022 diff hist +5,725 The duty of the head of the state to maintain the general populace in such a way that people will ultimately know the goal of life. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum No edit summary current