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2 October 2022
- 09:2009:20, 2 October 2022 diff hist +2,923 If I did not travel there would be no nice organization. Traveling and preaching, that is the Sankirtana movement. But now I am old man; let me retire for writing books in my last years No edit summary current
- 09:2009:20, 2 October 2022 diff hist +2,358 They must have nice economic organization No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 2 October 2022 diff hist +3,385 When ignorance is removed and it is perfectly realized that there is nothing existing without the Personality of Godhead, then nescience is removed No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 2 October 2022 diff hist +5,503 One who does not understand the real nature of the Lord as the eternal, blissful, all-knowing Personality of Godhead, is certainly fool number one. Ignorance can be removed by gradual acceptance of the principles of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 2 October 2022 diff hist +4,860 Nobody in ignorance can be happy. This ignorance has to be removed if we actually want to be happy and peaceful No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 2 October 2022 diff hist +5,648 Men and demigods, out of ignorance, think that they are absolute and independant of the Supreme Lord Krsna. That ignorance is removed perfectly by the discharge of devotional service. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 2 October 2022 diff hist +3,808 Ignorance is the cause for all these anomalies in human society, and to remove this ignorance, especially in this age of degradation, the powerful sun is there to distribute light in the shape of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 2 October 2022 diff hist +12 Ignorance can be removed by this process of chanting Hare Krsna. How is this? A sleeping man may be awakened by sound vibration No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 2 October 2022 diff hist +5,879 Ignorance is removed perfectly by the discharge of devotional service. This is already explained in the previous verse by the Lord. Now by His grace, Arjuna is accepting Him as the Supreme Truth, in concordance with the Vedic injunction. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 2 October 2022 diff hist +3,456 By the instruction of the spiritual master, the darkness of ignorance is removed, and thus the disciple is enabled to go to the side of freedom No edit summary current
- 06:0906:09, 2 October 2022 diff hist +22,923 There are eight divisions of human society created to facilitate the execution of duty: the brahmanas, or intellectuals; the ksatriyas, or administrators; the vaisyas, or businessmen and farmers; and the sudras, or laborers No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 2 October 2022 diff hist +4,100 You (the Visnudutas) have dissipated the darkness of this material world with your own effulgences. Why then should you endeavor to stop us (the Yamadutas) from executing our duty No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 2 October 2022 diff hist +29,057 In our practical life, Krsna instructs us how to invoke Krsna consciousness. It is not that we are to stop executing our duty or to cease from activity. Rather, activities have to be conducted in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 06:0106:01, 2 October 2022 diff hist +36,328 Our position is to follow in the footsteps of great authorities like Sankaracarya, Ramanujacarya and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If we keep our faith by executing our duties and following in their footsteps, success is guaranteed No edit summary current
- 05:1505:15, 2 October 2022 diff hist +2,435 You report that Bhagaji is tired of dealing with the politics of ISKCON. Of course as soon as there are a number of men dealing, there are politics, but we still have to execute our duty No edit summary current
- 05:1305:13, 2 October 2022 diff hist +6,939 One has to execute his prescribed duties according to his social position as a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra. The prescribed duties of the four classes of men in human society are also described in Bhagavad-gītā No edit summary current
- 05:1205:12, 2 October 2022 diff hist +4,421 Mukunda has already protested such rascal and we have to go on with our own work positively. Fault-finding men will always be there, that is the history of the world, but one has to execute his prescribed duties No edit summary current
- 05:1205:12, 2 October 2022 diff hist +3,408 I am confident that you are all trying your best so there is no question of doing things hastily. You can execute your respective duties peacefully and I am confident that you will be successful No edit summary current
- 05:1005:10, 2 October 2022 diff hist −5 He whose consciousness is agitated, who is like a madman, cannot execute any duty. We should execute our duty properly, but we should do it thinking to satisfy Krsna No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 2 October 2022 diff hist +13 A brahmana especially should execute his occupational duties not for material gain but to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The ksatriya, vaisya and sudra should work in a similar way No edit summary current
1 October 2022
- 13:3613:36, 1 October 2022 diff hist +4,301 Never try to become the purusa or the master. That is very dangerous. Always remain prakrti. Prakrti means to be controlled or controlled, and purusa means the controller No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 1 October 2022 diff hist +18 With the execution of devotional service, real knowledge develops, and one becomes detached from all material activities. In no other activity but devotional service is there such detachment from matter and attachment for the Supreme No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 1 October 2022 diff hist +6,775 We have to develop real knowledge. The real knowledge is that God is one, God is great, we are part and parcel of God, and therefore we have to serve God. This is knowledge No edit summary
- 08:4908:49, 1 October 2022 diff hist +10,073 These eighteen items (ways to culture knowledge) combine to form a gradual process by which real knowledge can be developed. Except for these, all other methods are considered to be in the category of nescience No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 1 October 2022 diff hist +9,796 Sri Isopanisad warns us of this faulty type of education, and the Bhagavad-gita gives instructions as to the development of real knowledge No edit summary
- 08:4808:48, 1 October 2022 diff hist +2,781 Our program at these colleges is so important, because we are giving all these young people an opportunity to develop real knowledge and make their lives successful No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,794 From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, grief develops; and from the mode of ignorance, foolishness, madness and illusion develop. BG 4.17 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,837 From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, grief develops; and from the mode of ignorance, foolishness, madness and illusion develop. BG 14.17 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,873 From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,769 Anyone who has learned the essence of all the Vedic scriptures is to be known as a first-class educated person, with full knowledge of all sastra No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 1 October 2022 diff hist +9,284 Bhagavad-gita is the essence of all Vedic knowledge, and therefore it is the scripture whose instructions should be especially accepted. In this essence of all sastras, Krsna personally advises that one give up all other duties and surrender unto Him No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,277 If one does not know the essence of all revealed scriptures but still becomes a teacher, his teaching is like the disturbing braying of an ass No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 1 October 2022 diff hist +6,608 Narayana Rsi informed Narada Muni that the essence of all the Vedas and Vedic scriptures (namely, the four Vedas, the Upanisads, the Puranas and the Vedanta-sutra) is to render transcendental loving service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,636 O sage, please select the essence of all these scriptures and explain it for the good of all living beings, that by such instruction their hearts may be fully satisfied No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 1 October 2022 diff hist +3,600 Taking into consideration the fallen condition of the people in general in this age of Kali, the sages of Naimisaranya suggested that Sri Suta Gosvami relate the essence of all such scriptures No edit summary
- 08:0608:06, 1 October 2022 diff hist +25,008 The conclusion is that when all the rules, regulations, recommended and prohibited activities revealed in scriptures are taken together, the remembrance of the Supreme Lord is invariably the essence of everything No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 1 October 2022 diff hist +7,782 The essence of all revealed scriptures and all knowledge is present when one addresses the Lord and His energy by the Hare Krsna mantra, for this transcendental vibration can completely liberate a conditioned soul No edit summary current
26 September 2022
- 02:1502:15, 26 September 2022 diff hist +4,677 That is called Indian cultural mission. We should learn to look upon every living being as our own brother and treat him in that love No edit summary current
- 02:0002:00, 26 September 2022 diff hist +4,244 The perfection of life is to satisfy the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, beginning from this earth up to the celestial kingdom, everyone engaged in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 02:0002:00, 26 September 2022 diff hist +9,722 The demigods came to Mathura from their celestial kingdom. This indicates that Mathura is still more important than the celestial kingdom of the upper planetary system No edit summary current
- 02:0002:00, 26 September 2022 diff hist +5,120 They (the pure devotees, who are like bees and swans) chant like the flowing of the Ganges, the river of the celestial kingdom. The author (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) desires such sweetly flowing waves to cover his tongue No edit summary current
- 01:5901:59, 26 September 2022 diff hist +1,432 Mother Saci said, "I also saw another wonder. People were coming down from the celestial kingdom and crowding the entire courtyard No edit summary current
- 01:5901:59, 26 September 2022 diff hist +9,678 In this connection (to Krsna's birth), even the demigods from the celestial kingdom were also bewildered. As it is stated, muhyanti yat surayah (SB 1.1.1). They came to offer their prayers to Devaki, thinking that the Supreme Lord was within her womb No edit summary current
- 01:5901:59, 26 September 2022 diff hist +1,774 After saying this, the sun-god discharged his semen into the womb of Prtha and then returned to the celestial kingdom. Immediately thereafter, from Kunti a child was born, who was like a second sun-god No edit summary current
25 September 2022
- 03:0103:01, 25 September 2022 diff hist +2,165 You are the chief of all famous persons within this world, and Your lotus feet are worshiped by sages who are beyond the jurisdiction of punishment. O Lord Ramacandra, let us offer our respectful obeisances unto You No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 25 September 2022 diff hist +5,474 Thus the demons, on the plea that they were all highly advanced students of Vedic knowledge and were all famous for their birth and activities, protested that they wanted to hold the front of the snake No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 25 September 2022 diff hist +6,554 The transcendental qualities of Krsna as follows: 42) most powerful; 43) all-famous; 44) popular; 45) partial to devotees; 46) very attractive to all women; 47) all-worshipable; 48) all-opulent; 49) all-honorable; 50) the supreme controller No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 25 September 2022 diff hist +6,896 The all-famous Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, entered the great city of Hastinapura, which was opulent in every respect No edit summary current
- 02:4102:41, 25 September 2022 diff hist +5,853 One's lifetime, one's home and everything one has, if not properly used in the service of the Lord, are all sources of material conditions of perpetual suffering under the threefold miseries - adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika No edit summary current
- 02:4102:41, 25 September 2022 diff hist +2,694 My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the Supreme Soul. If one meditates upon Your transcendental body, You naturally protect him from all sources of fear, even the imminent danger of death No edit summary current