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11 October 2022
- 14:0914:09, 11 October 2022 diff hist +23,553 Yajna was primarily for kings, and charity, on a much smaller scale, was meant for householders. Those who actually believed in scriptures usually adopted some of these principles No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 11 October 2022 diff hist −3 Those who do believe in the scriptures are, by and large, attached to pious philanthropic activities. They believe that religion means yajna (sacrifice), dana (charity) and tapas - penance No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 11 October 2022 diff hist +18 Practically, if we believe the sastras, the scriptures, then we can see: Who can be more powerful than Krsna? Who can be more beautiful than Krsna? Who can be more famous than Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 11 October 2022 diff hist +46,818 Out of those who believe in the value of the scriptures and the advancement of human civilization, there are two classes - the righteous and the unrighteous No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 11 October 2022 diff hist −3 In the present day most people claim to be devoted to some religion - Christian, Hindu, Moslem, Buddhist, etc. - but in fact they do not really believe in the scriptures No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 11 October 2022 diff hist +46,903 It is very difficult to find a few human beings who believe in the scriptures and the existence of God, or, for that matter, in proper behavior No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 11 October 2022 diff hist +6,114 Sukadeva, out of compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience No edit summary
- 13:3913:39, 11 October 2022 diff hist +4,100 Krsna told Arjuna: Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the Self No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 11 October 2022 diff hist +6,837 Because I am part and parcel of the Supreme Self, so my establishment with the Supreme Self means I will be active for Krsna. This is the simple philosophy. As soon as I am active in Krsna consciousness, that means I am established in the self No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 11 October 2022 diff hist +4,036 The whole business is how to develop attachment for Krsna. If you have developed that attachment within a second, oh, then the business is finished within a second No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 11 October 2022 diff hist +4,753 By such tiny advancements in material science the false egoist tries to challenge even the strength of the Supreme Lord, who can finish all man's tiny endeavors in less than a second No edit summary current
- 13:3213:32, 11 October 2022 diff hist +6,407 If one is intelligent, he takes immediately: "Oh, it is so nice. He'll give me all protection? Let me surrender." Business finished in one second. But if he's a rascal, he wants to search out, make research work, then after many many births it will take No edit summary current
10 October 2022
- 12:1212:12, 10 October 2022 diff hist −7 Whatever you say, it must be supported by the authority. Just like a good lawyer, he gives good evidence from other courts' judgment, authority No edit summary current
- 12:1212:12, 10 October 2022 diff hist +5,063 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the highest authority in explaining this knowledge. Still, as a matter of course, learned scholars and standard authorities always give evidence from previous authorities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 12:1212:12, 10 October 2022 diff hist +2,926 The best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgment of the court without taking much trouble to establish his case. This is called the parampara system, and learned authorities follow it without manufacturing rubbish interpretations No edit summary current
- 12:1212:12, 10 October 2022 diff hist +9,072 There are many authentic Vedic literatures. They are accepted by the spiritual societies. And one's learning is proved if he can give evidences from these Vedic literatures No edit summary current
- 12:0912:09, 10 October 2022 diff hist +4,751 Our method, Vedic method, is as soon as we speak something, we immediately give evidence from the Vedas. Then it is perfect. There is no question of arguing No edit summary current
- 12:0812:08, 10 October 2022 diff hist +5,403 Nowadays it has become a fashion; everyone is becoming guru and he is giving his own opinion, "I think," "In my opinion." That is not guru. Guru means he should give evidences from sastra No edit summary current
- 12:0812:08, 10 October 2022 diff hist +33 No, our ideas are standard. We are not manufacturing any idea. Just like whatever we speak, immediately we give evidence from the sastra. That is our standard No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 10 October 2022 diff hist +6,794 Formerly, the society was not so much degraded. They, as soon as you give evidence from the Vedic literature, they would accept No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 10 October 2022 diff hist +6,330 Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh. This is the acarya. Acarya will never interpret things like that. You see Ramanujacarya's comments on Bhagavad-gita. Nothing changed. But in every sloka he has given evidence from the Vedas, from the Upanisads No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 10 October 2022 diff hist +33 Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives evidence from Brahma-samhita of the transcendental properties of Lord Krsna's body No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 10 October 2022 diff hist +7,380 If one can give evidence from the quotation of the Vedas, then it has to be accepted. Nobody can deny the Vedic evidence. That is the system No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 10 October 2022 diff hist +1,340 He too prays for attachment and devotion to the lotus feet of Lord Krsna, as the words from his own mouth give evidence No edit summary current
- 07:2507:25, 10 October 2022 diff hist +4,596 Amongst the learned society, if you give evidence from the Vedas, it is accepted. Immediately accepted. Just like in the law court, if you give reference from the lawbooks section, it is accepted No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 10 October 2022 diff hist +4,070 According to the statement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, there are two classes of men. The Vedas give evidence of this, so there is no doubt about it. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
9 October 2022
- 15:5615:56, 9 October 2022 diff hist +6,749 This is the duty of every Indian, that you should learn Bhagavad-gita perfectly well and preach it No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 9 October 2022 diff hist +5,091 The heavenly planets may be very famous for offering better facilities of material enjoyment, but as we learn from the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.20-21), one has to come back again to the earth planet as soon as the acquired virtue is finished No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 9 October 2022 diff hist +2,369 Take instruction from Bhagavad-gita in this way. Your handwriting is so nice, so by printing such booklets and learning Bhagavad-gita you can then instruct others and Krishna will bless you No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 9 October 2022 diff hist +7,330 Simply like layman if you dismiss that "There is no God, there is no soul," this is simply rascaldom, simply rascaldom. Don't remain rascals. Here is Bhagavad-gita. Learn everything very particularly, very minutely. And it is open for everyone No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 9 October 2022 diff hist +17,512 Krsna's direct instruction is there: Bhagavad-gita. But you have to learn it through the disciplic succession, otherwise you will misunderstand it No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 9 October 2022 diff hist +3,237 I am sure they can learn from me only the true teachings of the Bhagavad-gita; from me and from my students who are already trained up in this connection No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 9 October 2022 diff hist +3,769 You learn from the sastra. You learn from Bhagavad-gita what Krsna says and do it. Then you are not responsible for anything. Just like there is lawbook No edit summary
- 15:4415:44, 9 October 2022 diff hist +3,272 When we learn Bhagavad-gita, then we can have some glimpse of idea of Krsna No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 9 October 2022 diff hist +21 We have got Bhagavad-gita and all Vedic literatures. By learning, by practicing, we can make our life perfectly and then distribute the knowledge. This is India's business No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 9 October 2022 diff hist +3,194 If we accept that, that Krsna is the supreme authority, then you'll learn Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 15:3615:36, 9 October 2022 diff hist +40 He (Vaivasvata Manu) learned the principles of Bhagavad-gita from his father, Vivasvan, the sun-god, and he reinstructed the same to his son Maharaja Iksvaku No edit summary current
- 15:3615:36, 9 October 2022 diff hist +76,197 From Bhagavad-gita we must learn what God is, what the living entities are, what prakrti is, what the cosmic manifestation is and how it is controlled by time, and what the activities of the living entities are. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 15:3515:35, 9 October 2022 diff hist +6,418 For instance, Krsna's nice dress, the all-auspicious symptoms on His body, His strongly-built body, His knowledge of different languages, His learned teachings in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
7 October 2022
- 14:4714:47, 7 October 2022 diff hist +22 The Absolute Truth remains above the philosophers and their acquired knowledge. The conception of the Absolute is never perfectly attained by such an ascending process, because of its being born of imperfect, material senses No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 7 October 2022 diff hist +6,107 The absolute truth and His bodily effulgence are in the same way simultaneously one and different. Kamsa and Sisupala attained to the absolute truth, but they were not allowed to enter into the Goloka Vrndavana abode No edit summary current
- 10:5710:57, 7 October 2022 diff hist +2,173 There are three ways to attain the lotus feet of the Absolute Truth, Krsna. There is the process of philosophical speculation, the practice of mystic yoga and the execution of devotional service. Each of these has its different characteristics No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 7 October 2022 diff hist +3,911 Realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's omnipresence is the perfect realization of the Absolute Truth to be attained through the study of the Vedic literatures No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 7 October 2022 diff hist +4,059 One who acts without following the regulations of the scriptures will not attain the Absolute Truth. He will get some temporary result, but not the ultimate end of life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 7 October 2022 diff hist +13,119 One must accept a principle of standard knowledge because one cannot attain the Absolute Truth simply by intellectual speculation No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 7 October 2022 diff hist +22 One cannot concentrate one's mind and energy upon the Supreme unless one is detached from the material world. Following detachment from the material world, one can actually attain transcendental knowledge of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 7 October 2022 diff hist −6 No one can attain the Absolute Truth by argument No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 7 October 2022 diff hist +24,856 Because there are three main stages of realization, the Supreme Absolute Truth is not attained in one birth. Bahunam janmanam ante (Bg. 7.19). If one is fortunate, he can achieve the ultimate in one second No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 7 October 2022 diff hist +6,688 After studying the Vedas and attaining the understanding of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is supposed to be on the platform of perfect knowledge No edit summary current