User contributions for Amala Sundari

11 September 2022

• 09:0609:06, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,748 That one can transcend this material world does not imply that there is no transcendental variegatedness No edit summary current
• 09:0309:03, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,917 Anything done without the satisfaction of Visnu, or Yajna, produces bondage, so here it is also prescribed by Kapila Muni that one can transcend material entanglement by acting in Krsna consciousness, which means seriously engaging in devotional service No edit summary current
• 08:3808:38, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,583 There are many competitors in ordinary business affairs, and the karma-kanda chapters of the Vedas sometimes cause competition and envy amongst karmis No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 11 September 2022 diff hist +1,818 Raghunatha dasa was inwardly completely renounced, even in family life, but he did not express his renunciation externally. Instead, he acted just like an ordinary businessman. Seeing this, his father and mother were satisfied No edit summary
• 08:3708:37, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,969 Process of concocting an incarnation of God has become an ordinary business, especially in Bengal. Any popular personality with a few traits of mystic powers will display some feat of jugglery and easily become an incarnation of Godhead by popular vote No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 11 September 2022 diff hist +81,056 Although we may take so many precautions against these vices and sinful reactions, even in the course of ordinary business exchanges and ventures we have to commit so many sins No edit summary current
• 08:2208:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,608 On both sides of every path (in Dvaraka) there were bushes, and at regular intervals there were large trees that shaded the avenues so that the sunshine would not bother the passersby No edit summary current
• 08:2208:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +5,853 At the present moment if one man is attacked, the passersby will not care for it because they have lost their sympathy or mercifulness for others. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care for it No edit summary current
• 08:2108:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,993 As they rode from Vrndavana to Mathura, all the passersby along the way who saw Krsna and Balarama could not help but look at Them again and again No edit summary current
• 08:1408:14, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,177 With sword in hand, intelligent men cut through the binding knots of reactionary work (karma) by remembering the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, who will not pay attention to His message No edit summary current
• 08:1408:14, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,200 When Madhumangala, an intimate friend of Krsna, was dancing before Krsna in a joking manner, no one was paying attention to him No edit summary current
• 08:1408:14, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,855 Whatever you might write due to false pride, trying to surpass Sridhara Svami, would carry a contrary purport. Therefore no one would pay attention to it No edit summary current
• 08:1308:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,277 One who has knowledge of the soul and how the soul transmigrates from one body to another does not pay attention to the body, which is nothing but a covering dress No edit summary current
• 08:1308:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,260 If our temples cannot even be maintained then it is a great defect in our management of the society. Neither can I be expected to deal in these matters and also pay attention fully to the translating of my books No edit summary current
• 08:1308:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,423 Before that (war, pestilence, famine and so on), they (atheistic political leaders) pay no attention to God, not caring to know God or His will, but when kala appears, they say - God willing. Death is but another feature of the supreme kala, the SPG No edit summary current

7 September 2022

• 11:5711:57, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,969 Utsaha, endeavor. "In this life I must fulfill my mission of Krsna consciousness." That is called utsaha. Dhairya. Don't be agitated because it is not giving result immediately. Just patiently go on working No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,549 The important thing now for GBC members is that they go on working. It is not important to hold a meeting for passing resolutions etc. The best time and place is Mayapur on Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,227 There was a slight indication of heart attack but Krishna saved me. It was not very acute. So long Krishna will keep me fit I will go on working, so you devotees should pray to Krishna that I might go on serving Him up to the last point of my death No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,656 So long as Krishna will keep me fit I will go on working. So you devotees should pray to Krishna that I can go on giving Him service up to the last point of my death No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,228 I do not think there is immediate prospect for my retiring. Therefore, as long as Krishna desires, I must go on working, but I am trying to give more time to my writing works No edit summary
• 11:5511:55, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,492 It is so gratifying that you have already saved $600 for the improvement of the temple. So I am very much pleased. Go on working like this and Krishna will give you ample money - there is no scarcity No edit summary current
• 11:5511:55, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,242 If you go on working for better standard of life, then you'll be attached to this work, and your mind will be absorbed in such work. And if the mind continues to be absorbed in working so hard No edit summary current
• 11:4611:46, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,973 The learned Krsna conscious person may act in such a way that the ignorant person working for sense gratification may learn how to act and how to behave. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:4611:46, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,034 They (the materialistic) have no idea how to behave toward one another. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,309 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya informed the King, "The Lord is very satisfied with you. By pointing you out, He was teaching His personal associates how to behave with mundane people" No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 7 September 2022 diff hist −15 It is not that He (Krsna) needed to do all these things to acquire material gain, but all of these acts were performed just to teach us how to behave in this material world No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,984 Your vivid description of the prearrangement of Rathayatra ceremony was so nice and elaborate that it has moved my heart. I thank you very much for grasping the momentum of Krishna Consciousness, by your advanced service attitude No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,610 Vivid description of how the rays of the sun are distributed throughout the different planetary systems of the universe is very scientific No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 7 September 2022 diff hist +9,706 This place is also known as Viraja, because it is free from the influence of the three qualities of the material world. In the Mrtyunjaya-tantra, a Vedic scripture, there is a vivid description of this Karana Ocean, or Viraja No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 7 September 2022 diff hist +5,731 The asuras cannot recognize the existence of the Lord, although there are vivid descriptions of the Lord in the revealed scriptures, although the Lord incarnates and exhibits His uncommon strength and energy No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,030 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Ramananda Raya a vivid description of His travels to the holy places and told him how He had acquired the two books named Krsna-karnamrta and Brahma-samhita. The Lord delivered the books to Ramananda Raya No edit summary current
• 11:0611:06, 7 September 2022 diff hist −13 In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa (11.127-140) there is a vivid description of what is required in Deity worship. There are sixty-four items mentioned No edit summary current
• 11:0511:05, 7 September 2022 diff hist +1,766 In the First Chapter I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have given a synopsis of the last pastimes (antya-lila). Within this chapter is a vivid description of some of the pastimes of the Lord that took place toward the end of His life No edit summary current
• 11:0511:05, 7 September 2022 diff hist +1,699 Being afraid of his book's becoming too voluminous, he left some places without vivid descriptions. I shall try to fill those places as far as possible No edit summary current
• 11:0511:05, 7 September 2022 diff hist +12 A vivid description of these raghavera jhali (of CC Adi 10.28) is to be found in Chapter Ten of the Antya-lila portion of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,379 When a devotee is situated on the platform of santa-rasa, he desires neither elevation to the heavenly planets nor liberation. These are the results of karma and jnana, and the devotee considers them no better than hell No edit summary current
• 10:4910:49, 7 September 2022 diff hist +5,201 Sudama thought, "Aspiring for elevation to the heavenly planets, liberation, all kinds of material opulence, or perfection in the powers of mystic yoga, everyone throughout the universe worships the lotus feet of Lord Krsna" No edit summary current
• 10:4810:48, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,658 Maharaja Nabhi is so desirous of having a son that he is worshiping You for a son, although You can offer him any exalted position, including elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,520 In the Vedas many sacrifices are recommended for elevation to the heavenly planets, especially the jyotistoma sacrifices. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,121 Elevation to the heavenly planets, liberation from material bondage, and condemnation to hell are all equal to the devotee. The devotee’s only desire is to be attached to the lotus feet of Krsna and to engage in His transcendental loving service No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 7 September 2022 diff hist −6 A pure devotee who has been trained in the practice of chanting and hearing the holy name of the Lord and His fame, qualities, form, paraphernalia and so on is never interested in elevation to the heavenly planets No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,897 A pure devotee is never interested in elevation to the heavenly planets, even though such places are extremely dear even to the demigods No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,094 A person who is a devotee of Narayana is not afraid of a hellish condition, because he considers it the same as elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation. The devotees of Lord Narayana are accustomed to seeing all these things on the same level No edit summary current
• 10:4310:43, 7 September 2022 diff hist +5,139 After performing various sacrificial rituals for elevation to the heavenly planets, the karmis go there and enjoy themselves with the demigods to the extent that they have obtained the results of pious activities - Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.10.23 No edit summary current
• 09:1909:19, 7 September 2022 diff hist −11 We should not optimistically think, "Everyone is dying, but I shall live." Why will you live if everyone is dying? Your grandfather has died, your great-grandfather has died, other relatives of yours have died - why should you live? You will also die No edit summary current
• 09:1909:19, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,702 We are going three times, four times India. Who is dying? Everyone is dying natural death. This is all propaganda, to make their position secure. That's all. I have never seen anyone dying for starvation No edit summary current
• 09:1909:19, 7 September 2022 diff hist +4,730 Here the most wonderful thing is that everyone is seeing that everyone is dying every moment, but the man seeing, he's thinking that he will live forever. This is the most wonderful thing No edit summary current
• 09:1809:18, 7 September 2022 diff hist −11 Everyone is dying, for no one can live here permanently, but one who dies after executing a life of tapasya is a brahmana, and one who dies like a cat or dog, without executing tapasya, is called a krpana No edit summary current
• 07:0907:09, 7 September 2022 diff hist +2,632 The sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing kirtana. In this way He inundated the whole world by distributing love of Godhead No edit summary current
• 07:0807:08, 7 September 2022 diff hist −13 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, The Sakha-nirnaya, verse 35 mentions Uddhava dasa as being greatly qualified in distributing love of Godhead to everyone No edit summary current