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13:2213:22, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,672 We forget that the real yogi, the Supreme Lord Himself, has created millions of gold mines and is floating them in space. Those who are Krsna conscious are not befooled by yogis who claim to be Bhagavan No edit summary current
13:1613:16, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,635 There is a Bengali proverb: Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is being burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, - Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe No edit summary current
13:1513:15, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,421 It is further stated, na hy asya varsmanah: "No one is greater than Him." No one is greater than Bhagavan or equal to Him. Everyone is inferior No edit summary current
13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,363 According to Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Adi 5.142), ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya. There is only one master - Krsna. All others are subservient No edit summary current
13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,557 Beginning with Lord Brahma, Visnu, Mahesvara, Indra, Candra and all the demigods (there are thirty-three million demigods) and the middle and lower species. Everyone is bhrtya, or servant No edit summary current
13:1313:13, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,625 When Krsna orders, "My dear Mr. So-and-So, now please give up your place and leave,', one must go. Therefore everyone is a servant. This is the position of Lord Brahma and the ant as well No edit summary current
13:1013:10, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,315 Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord, is not in this (conditioned) position. It is therefore said: bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
13:0813:08, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,657 Every moment people are dying, but those who are living are thinking, 'My friend has died, but I shall live forever. - (Mahabharata, Vana-parva 313.116) Soft cow dung thinks the same way. This is typical of conditioned beings No edit summary current
13:0513:05, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,739 Real knowledge means knowing that however great one may be, the four principles of material life are present: birth, old age, disease and death. These exist in the highest planetary system (Brahmaloka) and in the lowest - Patalaloka No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,391 Foolish people are unaware of the miserable conditions of material life. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (13.9), janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam No edit summary current
13:0313:03, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,375 One cannot say, "My dear death, please give me some time to adjust." There is no adjustment; one must immediately get out No edit summary current
13:0213:02, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,579 Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (10.34), mrtyuh sarva-haras caham: "I am all-devouring death." Krsna comes as death and plunders everything - bank balance, skyscrapers, wife, children and whatever No edit summary current
13:0113:01, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,627 Eventually everyone will dry up and be thrown in the fire. That is a fact. We may survive for a few years, but we cannot avoid death. In fact, it is said, - As sure as death No edit summary current
13:0013:00, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,329 What is the result of death? One loses everything - all honor, money, position and material life itself No edit summary current
12:5712:57, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,261 Human life is actually meant for getting in touch with the lotus feet of Krsna. That should be our only business No edit summary current
12:5312:53, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,607 Throughout the world there are problems everywhere. One country has one type of problem, and another country has another. There is strife within governments themselves, and even presidents are fraught with problems No edit summary current
12:5112:51, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,867 It was Caitanya Mahaprabhu who said to Rupa Gosvami - The living entity is wandering up & down, from one planet to another, & he is very fortunate if by the mercy of the spiritual master & Krsna Himself he can get the seed of devotional service to Krsna No edit summary current
12:4912:49, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,783 Everyone is thinking, "May my child live happily" or "May I get so much money." We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it No edit summary current
12:4512:45, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,538 We should not worry about eating and sleeping, for the needs of the body are already arranged. We do not have to work independently to maintain the body No edit summary current
12:4312:43, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,289 The word upari indicates the higher planetary systems. There are seven higher planetary systems, and we are in the middle system, in Bhurloka No edit summary current
12:4012:40, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,789 In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna never says, "Do this or that, and I will then maintain you." Rather, He states that not only will He maintain us, but He will also protect us from the results of sin, from sinful karma (BG 18.66). All of this assurance is there No edit summary current
12:3712:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,584 In our Krsna consciousness movement, we have over a hundred centers, and Krsna is maintaining them all. None of our devotees are employed for independent incomes, yet they are all being maintained No edit summary current
12:3412:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,541 Those who are devotees of the Lord and have taken shelter at His lotus feet, leaving everything aside simply to render service unto Him, will certainly be cared for No edit summary current
06:2706:27, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,926 We cannot conceive how many living entities are being maintained by the Supreme Lord. All the great elephants, all the small ants, all the 8,400,000 species of life are maintained by Bhagavan. Why do we worry that He will not maintain us No edit summary current
06:2506:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,463 There is no limit to the jivas; no one can count them. The word ananta means that they are without limit. All these jivas, living entities, are being maintained by the Supreme One No edit summary current
06:2406:24, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,294 Nitya, bhagavan, is the singular, and nityanam are the plural jivas, or living beings. Nityo nityanam: we are many, but God is one No edit summary current
06:2306:23, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,333 The word bhaga means "opulence," and van means "one who possesses." All the opulences of the creation are present in Bhagavan No edit summary current
06:2006:20, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,389 In the previous verse (SB 3.25.1), the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva has been explained as bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
05:3205:32, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,495 We need only hear about Krsna. That's all. We have therefore opened all these centers of Krsna consciousness throughout the world No edit summary current
05:3105:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,711 Understanding Krsna is therefore not so easy. As stated by Krsna, out of many thousands one person may become a siddha, a self-realized being. And out of many siddhas, one may be able to understand Krsna No edit summary current

10:2210:22, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,523 Krsna comes at intervals or sends His representative, the pure devotee. Sometimes He comes personally, and sometimes He sends His incarnation No edit summary current
10:1910:19, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,991 When Krsna or His incarnation come, they do not depend on karma for their bodies. The Supreme Lord is above karma and is fully independent. It is therefore said, atma-mayaya. The Supreme Lord comes by His own energy, not by the external energy or by force No edit summary current
10:1910:19, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,420 Kapiladeva is an incarnation of the Supreme Person, Krsna. Therefore it is stated: kapilas tattva-sankhyata bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
10:1810:18, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,753 When the governor visits the prison, he is not forced to do so. He is not to be considered a condemned person; rather, he goes by his own good will just to see how things are going on No edit summary current
10:1510:15, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,273 Vedic knowledge is the mother, and the spiritual master is the father No edit summary current
10:1410:14, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,670 When one is twice-born (dvija), he receives a sacred thread from the spiritual master and begins to learn about spiritual life. He is then allowed to read the Vedic literatures. In this way one becomes a son of Vedic literature No edit summary current
10:1210:12, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,494 Vedic knowledge is perfect, and if we want to come to know it, we must take shelter of a bona fide guru (tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet) - MU 1.2.12 No edit summary current
10:1010:10, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,485 Unfortunately, in this age everything is mismanaged. People forget the aim of life, and at such a time the Supreme Lord Himself comes No edit summary current
10:0810:08, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,463 The Supreme Lord descends out of compassion because He is more anxious to have us return home, back to Godhead, than we are to go No edit summary current
10:0510:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,592 The word dvija means "twiceborn." One is first born through the womb of a mother, and one's next birth is given by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,617 When one comes to detest material enjoyment, one can understand that he has advanced spiritually. Spiritual life does not mean taking sannyasa and then smoking or drinking tea No edit summary current
10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,716 One must actually come to detest material life. One comes to lose interest in material activities and becomes interested only in the understanding of God, the Supreme Being, and His service No edit summary current
10:0210:02, 13 September 2022 diff hist +26,045 Hogs work hard day and night simply eating stool, and because stool contains chemicals, hypophosphates, the hog gets strength, becomes very fat and enjoys sex. In any case, human life is meant not for imitating the life of a hog but for tapasya, austerity No edit summary current
10:0110:01, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 When one goes to school, he begins with the first grade, then progresses to the second, third and so forth. In this way one makes progress No edit summary current
09:5709:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,536 They (disciples of Krsna Consciousness) are simply interested in sitting on the floor and learning about Krsna consciousness. Why is this? They have actually rejected the material world No edit summary current
09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,399 People are saying, "Can you show me God?" while not realizing that they are seeing God daily at every moment No edit summary current
09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,425 Because people are foolish in this age, they cannot understand that when we perceive the energy of the Lord, we can feel the presence of the Lord No edit summary
09:5409:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,773 The young devotees in the Krsna consciousness movement are presently worshiping Krsna. What are the signs of a devotee? The actual sign of a devotee is that he is no longer interested in material enjoyment: bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca No edit summary current
09:4509:45, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,661 So have Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers. They all accept Krsna as the Supreme, just as Arjuna himself did. This is the simplest method No edit summary current
09:4109:41, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,370 There is no need to speculate, "What is God? Where is God?" Why foolishly go on searching? Here is God - Krsna No edit summary current

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