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17 September 2022

• 12:5412:54, 17 September 2022 diff hist +4,154 In our books we have scientifically covered demons & if these books are introduced in the schools & colleges, so many beautiful souls will be saved. Your are doing a great service to humanity to introduce our books to the people in general No edit summary current
• 12:5412:54, 17 September 2022 diff hist +8,075 If you (David Lawrence) take that process and allow this Krsna consciousness among the students, oh, it will be great service to the humanity. As a teacher, you will give the greatest service No edit summary current
• 12:5412:54, 17 September 2022 diff hist +9,473 As soon as he hears "Krsna," oh, he advances immediately one step. So this is the nicest and the great service to the humanity. Chant Hare Krsna. And then they'll be profited No edit summary current
• 12:5312:53, 17 September 2022 diff hist +10,663 All great men or great personalities who have appeared on this earth and rendered great service to the humanity, they are still remembered No edit summary current
• 12:3812:38, 17 September 2022 diff hist +4,006 They (the Kumaras) have their sampradaya (disciplic succession), and even to date the sampradaya is being maintained and is known as the Nimbarka-sampradaya. Out of the four sampradayas of the Vaisnava acaryas, the Nimbarka-sampradaya is one No edit summary current
• 12:3712:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +3,730 There are four Vaisnava sampradayas (systems) of disciplic succession. One sampradaya comes from Lord Brahma, one from the goddess of fortune, one from Sanat-kumara, and one from Lord Siva. These four systems of disciplic succession are still going on No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +6,181 Leaders of the four desireless Vaisnava sampradayas No edit summary current
• 12:3412:34, 17 September 2022 diff hist +25,826 All the great acaryas of the four Vaisnava sampradayas have made commentaries on the Vedanta-sutra, but the so-called devotees known as prakrta-sahajiya carefully avoid the study of Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
• 11:5311:53, 17 September 2022 diff hist +2,944 Yasoda pleased her son Krsna without understanding His Godhood (but when Krsna appeared as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva, Vasudeva worshiped his son as Lord Visnu). This is the difference between Krsna as the son of Yasoda and as the son of Devaki No edit summary current
• 11:5311:53, 17 September 2022 diff hist +6,492 With the knowledge of the Godhood of Krsna, Yasodamayi would have lost the temper of her love for Krsna as a natural mother No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21 When an incarnation gives up the understanding of His Godhood and plays the part of a servitor, He enjoys a greater taste of transcendental mellows than when He plays the part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 17 September 2022 diff hist +3,794 All these acts are transcendental and certainly prove without any doubt His Godhood No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 17 September 2022 diff hist +1,668 Vrtrasura said, "O most abominable one, when I pierce your stonelike heart with my trident, I shall be freed from my debt to my brother" No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 17 September 2022 diff hist +4,644 The son of a brahmana must undergo celibacy (brahmacarya) to clear his debts to the saintly persons, he must perform ritualistic ceremonies to clear his debts to the demigods, and he must beget children to become free from his debts to his father No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 17 September 2022 diff hist +4,084 Prajapati Daksa said: My sons were not at all freed from their three debts. Indeed, they did not properly consider their obligations No edit summary current
• 11:4711:47, 17 September 2022 diff hist +4,812 Everyone is indebted to the demigods, to living entities in general, to his family, to the pitas and so on, but if one fully surrenders to Krsna, Mukunda, who can give one liberation, even if one performs no yajnas, one is freed from all debts No edit summary current

11 September 2022

• 15:5315:53, 11 September 2022 diff hist +5,208 The Vedic performances are meant for those whose intelligence has been dulled by the flowery language of the Vedas, which describe fruitive activities intended to elevate one to the higher planets No edit summary current
• 15:5315:53, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,699 In Bhagavad-gita, it is said that this flowery language of the Vedas mostly attracts persons who identify with the body. To them such happiness as that of the heavenly kingdom is everything No edit summary current
• 14:4414:44, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,192 The Vedic wisdom forbids us to be attracted by false beauty. But because we are now in the darkness of ignorance, the Vedic civilization allows very restricted mixing of woman and man No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,669 The mentality of the demons in being enamored by the false beauty of this material world is expressed herein. The demoniac can pay any price for the skin beauty of this material world No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,070 Decorate the Deity as nicely as possible with nice flowers and dress. You will forget all other false beauty No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,415 The welcome addresses were full of facts and figures, and those who presented such addresses were sufficiently rewarded No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,086 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have already given a synopsis of all the facts and figures of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's last pastimes, and I have a desire to describe them elaborately No edit summary current
• 13:0913:09, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,916 There are many traditionally pious activities in human society, such as altruism, philanthropy, nationalism, internationalism, charity, sacrifice, penance, and even meditation in trance No edit summary current
• 13:0913:09, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,884 In our ignorance we may create nationalism, philanthropy, internationalism, science, philosophy and so many other things. The basic principle behind all these is ignorance No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,343 A person who does not disturb or cause painful action in the mind of any living entity, who treats everyone just like a loving father does his children, whose heart is so pure, certainly very soon becomes favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:4212:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,129 Krishna has given me many obedient and loving children, even though I am in a foreign country. That is my happiness No edit summary current
• 12:2412:24, 11 September 2022 diff hist +1,991 Those who are known as the impersonalist Vedantists regard You as the impersonal Brahman. Others, known as the Mimamsaka philosophers, regard You as religion No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 11 September 2022 diff hist +1,946 The Mimamsaka philosophers conclude that if there is a God, He is subject to our fruitive activities. Similarly, the Sankhya philosophers, who analyze the cosmic manifestation, say that the cause of the cosmos is material nature No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 11 September 2022 diff hist +7,073 The Mimamsaka philosophers, following the principles of Jaimini, stress fruitive activity and say that if there is a God, He must be under the laws of fruitive activity No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,810 The conclusion of the Mimamsaka philosophers that pious activities will lead one to the Absolute Truth is not valid No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,083 The conclusion of the Mimamsaka philosophers is not actually the truth which can lead one to real understanding No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 11 September 2022 diff hist +15 There are different types of philosophers - mimamsakas, atheists, astronomers, sexualists and so many other classifications of mental speculators No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,861 Such philosophers (the Mimamsaka philosophers) do not accept the Vedic principle of bhakti-yoga. Instead, they give stress to following one's prescribed duty No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,907 In India there are many parties of philosophers, such as the dvaita-vadis, advaita-vadis, vaisesikas, mimamsakas, Mayavadis and svabhava-vadis, and each of them opposes the others No edit summary current
• 12:2112:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +7,027 According to these philosophers (the Mimamsaka philosophers), there is no need to become a devotee of God. If one strictly follows moral principles, one will be recognized by the Lord, who will give the desired reward No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,959 When an individual living entity surrenders to the Supreme Lord, Krsna, he can then develop natural transcendental love for Him. This surrendering process should be the primary concern of a human being No edit summary current
• 11:4311:43, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,665 When an individual living entity surrenders to the Supreme Lord, Krsna, he can then develop natural transcendental love for Him No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,447 The devotees of Vrndavana are also spontaneous lovers. They are not required to strictly follow regulative principles because they are already naturally developed in transcendental love for Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +9,698 Krsna's family and friends never understood that Krsna is God. Their natural love for Krsna was so intense. Therefore Vrndavana life is so exalted No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 11 September 2022 diff hist +3,435 In Vrajabhumi, there are no regulative principles set forth for Krsna’s service. Rather, everything is carried out in spontaneous, natural love for Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 11 September 2022 diff hist +7,544 If you do not understand Krsna, if you do not increase your natural love for Krsna, then na mucyate deha-yogena tavat. There is no chance. They have no chance No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 11 September 2022 diff hist +5,118 Being cultured, educated, very active and religious means developing natural love for Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:1410:14, 11 September 2022 diff hist +9,445 You cannot imagine what my spiritual master said. Or even if you read some books, you cannot understand unless you understand it from me. This is called parampara system. You cannot jump over to the superior guru, neglecting the next acarya No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +4,647 Just like a critical student under a professor, he becomes a first-class professor, similarly, a person who is a very rigid student of bona fide acarya, he becomes next acarya No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +6,300 Just after his (Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's) passing away, his leading secretaries made plans, without authority, to occupy the post of acarya, and they split into two factions over who the next acarya would be No edit summary current
• 10:1210:12, 11 September 2022 diff hist +5,531 Bhaktisiddhanta did not instruct a particular man to become the next acarya No edit summary current
• 09:2609:26, 11 September 2022 diff hist +5,708 If you are not ideal, then it will be useless to open center. You behave nicely, they will come, they will see, and they will learn. If you go to some school and the professors are rascals, then what you will learn? It is both, reciprocal No edit summary current
• 09:1509:15, 11 September 2022 diff hist +2,523 The Nrsimha temple (in Puri) is a nice temple just outside the Gundica temple. In this temple there is a great festival on the day of Nrsimha-caturdasi. There is also a Nrsimha temple at Navadvipa where the same festival is observed No edit summary current
• 09:1309:13, 11 September 2022 diff hist +39,550 Observing the various types of festivals, such as Sri Janmastami, Rama-navami and Nrsimha-caturdasi, is also included in the process of Deity worship. In other words, it is compulsory for householder devotees to observe these festivals No edit summary current