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13 September 2022
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,606 Heat and light are not fire, but without fire there cannot be heat or light. In that sense, heat and light are nondifferent from fire. This material world is like the heat and light of the supreme fire No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,831 On this earth we have created so many dharmas - Hindu dharma, Muslim dharma, Christian dharma. These are all manufactured dharmas, but real dharma is attained when we come to the conclusion that Sri Krsna is everything No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,616 The sun is situated in one place, and its light and heat expand throughout the entire solar system. As soon as we perceive light and heat, we can understand that the sun is there No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 Since light and heat can be perceived by everyone, Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.8), prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh - I am the light of the sun and the moon No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,524 Presently there is a different God on every street, but Krsna is not that kind of God. He is the Supreme God. As Krsna Himself states in Bhagavad-gita - 7.7 No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,414 The purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement is to inform everyone that no one is superior to Krsna, God No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,587 Many young Americans and Europeans are fortunate and know nothing of any hodgepodge god, they have taken this bona fide Krsna consciousness movement seriously No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,950 Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: (SB 1.3.28) Bhagavan, God, means Sri Krsna. We have simply presented this information, saying, "Here is God. Sri Krsna." Because they have taken this seriously, many young Americans and Europeans are advancing in KC No edit summary current
- 07:5807:58, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,601 The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for the propagation of this message. We are not preaching a particular sectarian religious system but a real religion, dharma No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,678 The simplest definition of dharma is that dharma is the order of the Supreme Being. Since the Supreme Being, God, is one, His order must be one. How, then, can there be different dharmas? It is not possible No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,499 Gold is gold. If a Christian possesses some gold, does it become Christian gold? Gold is gold whether possessed by a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,206 God is one; there cannot be two Gods. When there is competition, there is no God No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,892 Understanding one's spiritual identity is called dharma. The ultimate goal of dharma is enunciated by Sri Krsna Himself in BG (18.66). Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: - Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,332 Unless one is enlightened by spiritual knowledge, he remains animalistic No edit summary current
- 07:4807:48, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,726 We are all Brahman, spirit soul, but somehow or other we have come in contact with these material elements (bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh (BG 7.4)), and we have acquired bodily coverings. Consequently we think, "I am this body." This is ignorance No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,357 Gold is gold, even if it is covered with some dirt, which can certainly be removed No edit summary current
11 September 2022
- 10:2710:27, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,448 After hearing Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna addressed Krsna as param brahma param dhama (BG 10.12), - the Supreme Brahman and supreme abode No edit summary current
- 10:2510:25, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,895 We should not remain in ignorance like cats and dogs, thinking, "I am this body, I am American, I am Indian, I am brahmana, I am ksatriya, I am Hindu, I am Muslim," and so on. These are all bodily designations No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,526 Arjuna was in perfect knowledge, yet Krsna instructed him for our benefit. Arjuna requested Krsna's instructions, which are set forth for all human society No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,652 Yet there are mahatmas, great souls, who can understand Krsna. Arjuna could understand that although Krsna was playing the part of his friend, He was nonetheless the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 10:1110:11, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,607 After his son grew up, Kardama Muni, being a strict follower of the Vedas, left home and put his wife in the charge of his grown son, Kapiladeva No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,810 It is not that one should rot in this material world throughout one's whole life. Pancasordhvam vanam vrajet. According to the Vedic injunctions, there are four asramas and four varnas, and these used to be followed very strictly No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,887 Some hundreds & thousands years ago Lord Krsna appeared as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva. His father's name was Kardama Muni. After Kapiladeva grew up, His father, according to the Vedic system, retired, took sannyasa & left home to cultivate spiritual life No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,656 This process is not Caitanya Mahaprabhu's invention, but is advised by the sastras, the puranas. The process for this Kali-yuga is very simple. One need only chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,452 According to Srimad-Bhagavatam there will eventually be no rain and consequently a scarcity of food. The governments will also levy very heavy taxes No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,707 Actually human life is meant for understanding spiritual values, but because everyone in this age is a sudra, no one is interested. People have forgotten life's real purpose No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,335 The people in this age are very short-lived and slow in understanding spiritual life No edit summary current
- 09:5309:53, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,808 According to the Vedic conception, there must be men in society who are factually brahmanas, capable of expounding the real truth. If everyone becomes a sudra, the Absolute Truth cannot be understood No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,517 According to Bhagavad-gita (18.42), those possessing brahminical qualifications are situated in sattva-guna No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,700 We cannot understand the Absolute Truth or the Supreme Person by mental speculation, especially when we are under the influence of the three modes of material nature - sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,467 The word sankhyata means "expounder," and tattva means "the Absolute Truth." The Absolute Truth is Bhagavan Sri Krsna Himself No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,921 Bhagavan, Krsna or His incarnation, occasionally visits the earth to give humanity information about the aim of life. Thus the Supreme Lord descended as Kapiladeva, tattva-sankhyata No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,277 Later, another Kapiladeva appeared who expounded atheistic Sankhya philosophy, which dealt with the twenty-four elements but gave no information about God. The original Kapila is called the Devahuti-putra Kapila, and the other is called the atheist Kapila No edit summary current
7 September 2022
- 16:3616:36, 7 September 2022 diff hist +7,124 Authority of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 16:3316:33, 7 September 2022 diff hist +8,706 The four Vaisnava acaryas who are the great authorities of the four Vaisnava disciplic successions, as well as Sripada Sankaracarya of the Mayavada school, appeared in the Panca-dravida provinces No edit summary current
- 16:3216:32, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,615 Test for bona fide spiritual masters is that there should be no difference between the instruction of the Lord originally imparted to His devotee and that which is imparted by the authority in the line of disciplic succession No edit summary current
2 September 2022
- 10:0610:06, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,555 The living entity cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of the desires. A materially desireless person certainly knows that everything belongs to Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,138 The living entity cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of the desires. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,636 The Lord is purna, complete, and therefore He eats everything offered by His devotees. However, by the touch of His transcendental hand, all the food remains exactly as before. It is the quality that is changed No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,493 The mind is the pivot of the active sense organs, and as such if the quality of thinking, feeling and willing is changed, naturally the quality of actions by the instrumental senses will also change No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,825 The quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,726 There was no longer a need for material activities. The activities of the mind cannot be stopped, for they are the reflection of the eternal soul, but the quality of the activities can be changed from matter to the transcendental service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5909:59, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,226 We cannot change the quality of printing for the matter of a little change in the price. This printing is not approved by me. Repeatedly changing of printers is not at all good. We cannot approve any printing less than quality of printing of Dai Nippon No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,540 One can very easily understand that the mind is constantly flickering, changing in the quality of its thinking, feeling and willing No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,234 Mind or desire cannot be stopped, but to develop a desire to function for spiritual realization, the quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,999 Krsna appears on this earth or within this universe without any change in His spiritual body or spiritual qualities No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,702 For the present, we are all being controlled by the external energy of the Lord, and just to change the quality of the influence, we must endeavor to cultivate spiritual energy No edit summary current
- 09:4909:49, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,373 Consciousness is pure, for the spirit soul is pure. But consciousness is changed according to the association of the material qualities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,750 By the will of the Supreme Lord the different qualitative changes in the material world take place, but there is no possibility of material affection, change or contamination for Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,961 All culture of knowledge, austerities, sacrifice and activities should be aimed at changing the quality of the influence that is acting upon us No edit summary current