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27 August 2022

• 15:1115:11, 27 August 2022 diff hist +28 Out of His great magnanimity and humility, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a subordinate disciple of Prakasananda Sarasvati No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 August 2022 diff hist +2,000 One day Balarama Acarya requested Haridasa Thakura with great humility to come to the assembly of the Majumadaras, Hiranya and Govardhana. Thus Balarama Acarya went there with Haridasa Thakura No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 August 2022 diff hist +4,111 Murari Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,645 In great humility, considering Himself a conditioned soul of the material world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again expressed His desire to be endowed with service to the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,727 In great humility, both brothers took bunches of straw between their teeth and, each binding a cloth around his neck, fell down like rods before the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,434 In great haste Paramananda Puri Gosani went before Him and with great humility persuaded Him to sit down in His room No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,334 He offered his obeisances to Pradyumna Misra with all respect and then, with great humility, spoke as follows No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 27 August 2022 diff hist +5,567 He (Vidyadhara, the serpent) offered obeisances to Lord Krsna and stood before Him with great humility. Krsna then asked the demigod, "You appear to be a very nice demigod and to be favored by the goddess of fortune" No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 27 August 2022 diff hist +26,105 He (Prakasananda Sarasvati) was the chief amongst the impersonalist sannyasis, and he addressed Lord Caitanya with great humility, asking Him to come and sit amongst them No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 27 August 2022 diff hist −13 Haridasa Thakura, out of his great humility, did not want to violate these existing rules - that only brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras can enter the temple of Jagannatha Puri No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,476 From a distance, the brothers Rupa Gosvami and Sri Vallabha fell on the ground and offered obeisances to Vallabha Bhatta with great humility No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 27 August 2022 diff hist +5,483 At that time, however, Vasudeva, the father of Lord Krsna and the most celebrated of all pious men, approached the sages and with great humility offered his respects by falling down at their feet No edit summary current
• 15:0715:07, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,565 Approaching him with great humility, Vallabha Bhatta said, "I have taken shelter of you, my dear sir. Kindly be merciful to me and save my life" No edit summary current
• 15:0715:07, 27 August 2022 diff hist −13 Although personally called by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu to take prasadam with Them, still, out of great humility, Haridasa Thakura submitted - I shall take the prasadam outside of the house No edit summary current
• 15:0715:07, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,893 After stopping the kirtana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is a great example of humility, offered prayers unto the feet of Prakasananda Sarasvati. At this, Prakasananda Sarasvati immediately came forward and clasped the Lord's lotus feet No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,545 After receiving the Lord's causeless mercy, the two brothers folded their hands and in great humility offered the following prayers unto the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:0215:02, 27 August 2022 diff hist +10,055 To understand Krsna is not easy job. But Krsna in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu is so compassionate, not only He's giving Himself, Krsna, but He's giving krsna-prema, love of Krsna. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's avatara. Daya. Maha-vadanyavatara No edit summary current
• 15:0115:01, 27 August 2022 diff hist +9,641 To understand God, to understand Krsna, is not very easy job; very, very difficult job. Therefore we don't find anyone is interested in Krsna. Anywhere you go, all over the world, you make a statistic: nobody is interested in Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 27 August 2022 diff hist +4,583 To become a spiritual master is not easy job. One must be very learned scholar and must have full realization of the self and everything No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 27 August 2022 diff hist +5,461 Such performances (Rajasuya sacrifice) required hundreds of millions of dollars, and it was not an easy job for a petty king No edit summary current
• 14:4514:45, 27 August 2022 diff hist +23,247 Out of many thousands who are liberated, only one or two may understand what and who Krsna is. So understanding Krsna is not such an easy job No edit summary current
• 13:4213:42, 27 August 2022 diff hist +5,209 Sweet is intoxication. Perhaps you know, all. The liquor is made from sugar. Sugar is fermented with acid, sulphuric acid, and then it is distilled. That is liquor. Therefore too much sweet eating is prohibited No edit summary current
• 13:4113:41, 27 August 2022 diff hist +4,012 Everything should be regulated in devotional service. Just like eating. Eating is necessary to remain fit, but too much eating means disease and too little eating means starving. One must adjust things properly, that is the program of Krsna Consciousness No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 27 August 2022 diff hist +6,743 Especially for devotee, too much eating is very, very bad No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 27 August 2022 diff hist +3,619 Eating should be minimized. Too much eating leads to too much sleeping, and then sex desire. So, management should be done very carefully to see that there is not easy-going, lazy attitude which will only end in fall down No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 27 August 2022 diff hist −13 A neophyte devotee should neither eat too much nor collect more money than necessary. Eating too much or collecting too much is called atyahara. For such atyahara one must endeavor very much. This is called prayasa No edit summary current
• 13:0513:05, 27 August 2022 diff hist −28 We should always remember the maxim that one man's food is another man's poison. We should not, therefore, reject the stories and histories of the Puranas as imaginary No edit summary current

25 August 2022

• 15:1915:19, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,044 The Bhagavad-gita religion is not Hindu religion or Christian religion or Mohammedan religion. It is the real religion, between the soul and God. The reciprocation, the exchange of dealings between the Supreme and the subordinate No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 25 August 2022 diff hist +3,661 Religion means to find out the supreme controller who is forcing everything. That is religion. That is stated in the dictionary. Religion is not some sentiment, some ritualistic ceremony. No. This inquiry about the supreme controller No edit summary current
• 15:1915:19, 25 August 2022 diff hist +7,937 Religion means the law which is given by God, and if you follow, then your life is successful. This is religion. Religion is not that concocted, you manufacture some religion. That is not religion No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 25 August 2022 diff hist +2,706 Religion is not manufactured, but it is given by God. That is our point No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 25 August 2022 diff hist +2,660 Our religion is not a part time transcendental recreation. We live in God No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 25 August 2022 diff hist +8,211 If there is no conception of God, there is no direction of God, that is not religion. Religion is not a kind of blind faith. Religion is factual No edit summary current
• 13:2313:23, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,275 Hold classes at least five hours. As in the schools and colleges there are regular classes, forty-five minutes' class, then five or ten minutes' recess, again forty-five minutes' class, in this way, so we have got enough subject matter to study No edit summary current
• 13:2313:23, 25 August 2022 diff hist +6,263 As soon as you get time, read. I do that. Reading, writing, or chanting. But when there is no other way, you sleep little. Not to enjoy sleep, but because it is not possible to continue, all right, sleep 1, 2, 3, 4, or five hours. Not more than that No edit summary current
• 13:0413:04, 25 August 2022 diff hist +6,389 To be more clear, we may understand that the various feelings of happiness derived from discharging devotional service may be termed the "mellows" of devotional service No edit summary current
• 13:0413:04, 25 August 2022 diff hist +4,160 The householder's lif it is said, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham: (SB 7.9.45) the householder's life is based on sense gratification, and therefoe is based on sense gratification, and therefore the happiness derived from it is very meager No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 25 August 2022 diff hist +8,892 The happiness in the Lord is also identical with the Lord on account of absolute knowledge. So the happiness derived from the Lord may be measured by the Lord, but the happiness increases again, and the Lord measures it again No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,319 The happiness derived from merging in the impersonal Brahman and the happiness derived from the eight perfections of mystic yoga (anima, laghima, prapti and so on) do not give any pleasure to the devotee No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 25 August 2022 diff hist +4,446 The conditioned soul is sometimes attracted to the little happiness derived from sense gratification. Thus he has illicit sex or steals another's property. At such a time he may be arrested by the government or chastised by the woman's husband No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 25 August 2022 diff hist +6,952 The 4 progressive realizations of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, all combined together, cannot compare, any more than a straw could, to the happiness derived from hearing about the transcendental activities of God No edit summary current
• 13:0113:01, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,208 Rupa Gosvami divided happiness into three categories, 1) happiness derived from material enjoyment, 2) happiness derived by identifying oneself with the Supreme Brahman, and 3) happiness derived from Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 13:0113:01, 25 August 2022 diff hist +2,034 Pure devotional service is so sublime that one can very easily forget the happiness derived from material enjoyment, material liberation and mystic or yogic perfection. Thus the devotee is bound by Krsna's mercy and His uncommon power and qualities No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,780 It is said that even one drop of happiness in Krsna consciousness stands beyond comparison with an ocean of happiness derived from any other activity No edit summary current
• 13:0013:00, 25 August 2022 diff hist +8,006 In the asamprajnata-samadhi there is no longer any connection with mundane pleasure, for one is then transcendental to all sorts of happiness derived from the senses. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:5912:59, 25 August 2022 diff hist +13 He (the person who is acting in Krsna consciousness) becomes accustomed to not taking pleasure in anything beyond the transcendental happiness derived from the service of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:5812:58, 25 August 2022 diff hist +15,594 Happiness derived from religiousness No edit summary current
• 12:5812:58, 25 August 2022 diff hist +5,455 Happiness derived from pure devotional service is the highest because it is eternal. But the happiness derived from material perfection or understanding oneself to be Brahman is inferior because it is temporary No edit summary current
• 12:5712:57, 25 August 2022 diff hist +8,159 Happiness derived from conquering them and happiness derived by seeing kinsmen alive are both on the basis of personal sense gratification, for there is a sacrifice of wisdom and duty. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:5712:57, 25 August 2022 diff hist +4,673 Foolish men seek after material sense pleasure as a substitute for real happiness, but such foolish men forget that temporary so-called happiness derived from sense pleasures is also enjoyed by the dogs and hogs No edit summary current