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17:0217:02, 8 November 2022 diff hist +45,981 It (the exchange of feelings between Radha and Krsna) can only be understood by purified senses freed from all the designations of the material world No edit summary current
15:1515:15, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,387 Unless one engages in the devotional service of the Lord, it is impossible to understand the ultimate form of the Lord No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,631 The transcendental name, form, attributes, pastimes, etc., of the Personality of Godhead are impossible to understand with the present material senses No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +2,942 Materialistic so-called chemists and atheistic philosophers always try to avoid even the name of God in relation to the cosmic manifestation. For them God's creation is impossible to understand because they are too materialistic No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +7,547 In the material world of duality, it is impossible to understand one thing without understanding its opposite. It is not possible to understand what honor is unless I understand dishonor No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,214 For them (ordinary speculators like the so-called philosophers of this material world) He (the Supreme Lord) is impossible to understand. Therefore we must accept the statements given by the Supreme when He kindly incarnates to instruct us No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,276 Clear knowledge is impossible to understand under the spell of ignorance, and to drive away such ignorance the Lord teaches the Bhagavad-gita for the enlightenment of all living entities for all time. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
15:1415:14, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,819 Although the material and spiritual energies both belong to the Lord, He is impossible to understand as long as we are in the material energy. And when we come to the spiritual energy, He is very easy to know No edit summary current
15:1115:11, 8 November 2022 diff hist +2,844 This is culture: one must subdue the modes of passion and ignorance No edit summary current
15:0615:06, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,018 There are many such instances in history, just like Visvamitra Muni's falling a victim to the beauty of Menaka. But Thakura Haridasa was allured at midnight by the well-dressed Maya, and still she could not induce that great devotee into her trap No edit summary current
15:0615:06, 8 November 2022 diff hist +3,024 Sometimes in spite of our full Krishna Consciousness we fall a victim to maya but that is temporary No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 8 November 2022 diff hist +3,974 Maya is very strong and she can victimize anyone of us at any moment. We shall therefore always keep ourselves vigilant, and this is only possible by rigid engagement in Krishna's service No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 8 November 2022 diff hist +5,283 Maya is very strong & we can fall a victim at her hand at any moment. The only means of protecting us from the attack of maya is to be fully Krishna Conscious No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 8 November 2022 diff hist +3,276 Maya is so strong that unless one is determined not to fall victim, even the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot give protection No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 8 November 2022 diff hist +4,385 LSD, marijuana, opium, liquor, coffee and tea is indulged in to fulfill illicit demands. If we can practice accepting only remnants of food offered to Krsna, it is possible to get free from maya's victimization No edit summary current
15:0515:05, 8 November 2022 diff hist +7,605 It is to be understood that he is victimized by the stroke of maya. I do not know what is awaiting his future lot, but I am sure that his service to Krishna and to his Spiritual Master will not go in vain No edit summary current
15:0415:04, 8 November 2022 diff hist +5,358 Because we understand that Krishna is our Protector under all circumstances, we have no more any anxiety, so we become very liberal and tolerant of all kinds of seeing others' sinful activities, and we see them innocent victims of maya No edit summary
15:0015:00, 8 November 2022 diff hist +3,529 I am very glad to learn that the regulative principles are being strictly followed, otherwise we shall fall down, victim of Maya No edit summary current

05:5305:53, 7 November 2022 diff hist +12 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Purusottama, is above both impersonal Brahman and the partial realization of Paramatma. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
05:5105:51, 7 November 2022 diff hist +24,960 Dry Vedic knowledge makes you impersonalist, only a partial realization. Therefore bhakti must be there. Bhakti means without any result or karma and jnana No edit summary current
04:5004:50, 7 November 2022 diff hist +2,569 Lord Caitanya is the Absolute Truth, Krsna Himself. This is substantiated by evidence from the authentic spiritual scriptures. Sometimes people accept a man as God on the basis of their whimsical sentiments & without reference to the revealed scriptures No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 7 November 2022 diff hist +4,092 We should not have any hesitation whatsoever in accepting the statements of the authentic scriptures like Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
04:4304:43, 7 November 2022 diff hist +4,878 Vedic knowledge means ultimately to understand the Supreme Lord, and the process of entering into His kingdom is devotional service. That is accepted by all authentic scriptures No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 7 November 2022 diff hist +6,146 The Brahma-samhita describes the avataras. Indeed, all the avataras are described in the authentic scriptures. No one can become an avatara, or incarnation, although this has become fashionable in the age of Kali No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 7 November 2022 diff hist +11 The avataras are described in the authentic scriptures (sastras), and therefore before one risks accepting a pretender as an avatara, one should refer to the sastras No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 7 November 2022 diff hist +5,213 The authentic scriptures describe the transcendental activities, features, form and qualities of Krsna, and Krsna explains Himself in the Bhagavad-gita, the most authentic scripture in the world No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 7 November 2022 diff hist +3,232 They (modern men) should see through the pages of authentic scriptures and should not simply believe their unqualified eyes. Even in these days, God can also be seen by qualified eyes tinged with the ointment of love of God No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 7 November 2022 diff hist +3,811 Since the days of the Battle of Kuruksetra, about five thousand years ago, the influence of the age of Kali began manifesting, and from authentic scriptures it is learned that the age of Kali is still to run on for 427,000 years No edit summary current
04:4104:41, 7 November 2022 diff hist +5,446 Nowhere in authentic scriptures is it said that one will ultimately reach the same goal by doing anything or worshiping anyone No edit summary current
04:4104:41, 7 November 2022 diff hist +4,695 From the authentic scriptures it is evident that beyond the sky is a covering of seven layers, each ten times thicker than the one preceding it. The covering layers are vast, but with or without coverings, space is limited No edit summary current

14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +8,316 It is instructed in the sastras the one should follow the great authority and the infallible Lord without any personal motive and manufactured ideology No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +19,720 It is not necessary for us to practice such severe austerities (like Dhruva Maharaja), but simply by following in the footsteps of Vedic authorities we also can see God eye to eye. This vision of God is the perfection of life No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +6,402 It is the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna who gives liberation. By thinking of His lotus feet at every second, following in the footsteps of authorities, the devotee in trance can see the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +4,102 It is very difficult to find out the real path how to realize perfection of life, but it is advised that if you simply follow the footsteps of the great personalities, authorities, or their representatives, then you will be led to the perfectional stage No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +2,470 They (monarchs) scrupulously followed the authoritative decisions of the saints and sages in terms of Vedic injunction No edit summary current
14:5914:59, 6 November 2022 diff hist +5,007 It is instructed in the sastras that one should follow the great authority and the infallible Lord without any personal motive and manufactured ideology No edit summary current
14:4314:43, 6 November 2022 diff hist +2,519 Your comment is well taken that you have little or no knowledge of the politics. So you remain uninvolved and just continue to simply follow the authorities and concentrate on improving the Deity worship No edit summary
14:4314:43, 6 November 2022 diff hist +12,248 We are following in the footsteps of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It is not whimsical. You have to follow the authority in all circumstances No edit summary
14:4214:42, 6 November 2022 diff hist −4 The fact is that the wisdom of the Absolute Truth is very confidential, but if we follow the authorities, it can be understood No edit summary current
14:4214:42, 6 November 2022 diff hist +4,728 In the Bhagavad-gita also the same process of understanding the Gita is stated in the Fourth Chapter. If one does not follow the authoritative version of the acaryas, he will vainly search after the truth mentioned in the Vedas No edit summary current
14:4214:42, 6 November 2022 diff hist +19 Great authorities should be followed; otherwise, if we simply depend on the scriptures, we are sometimes misled by rascals, or else we cannot understand or follow the different spiritual injunctions. The best path is to follow the authorities No edit summary current
14:4114:41, 6 November 2022 diff hist +3,258 Disciple means discipline. Without discipline there cannot be any spiritual progress. Therefore our system is to follow the authority or our superiors, no that we can independently question, not this is right and this is wrong. That is not the way No edit summary current

13:0513:05, 4 November 2022 diff hist +4,065 The basic principle of married life in Krishna Consciousness is not whimsical lusts, but it is the eternal principle of rendering devotional service to Krishna No edit summary current
13:0513:05, 4 November 2022 diff hist +3,644 O King, in all circumstances, whether you consider the soul to be an eternal principle, or the material body to be perishable, or everything to exist in the impersonal Absolute Truth, or everything to be an inexplicable combination of matter and spirit No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 4 November 2022 diff hist +2,950 In comparison with the path followed by the followers of Bhutarat, the Vedic system is certainly excellent, for it promotes people to spiritual life as the highest eternal principle of human civilization No edit summary current
10:2810:28, 4 November 2022 diff hist +4,709 The real principle of religious faith is situated in the mode of pure goodness, but because the heart is tainted, we find different types of religious principles. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
10:2810:28, 4 November 2022 diff hist +5 Religious principle means to surrender unto God and nothing more. But that's all. That is the real principle of religion. Religion without God consciousness, that is no religion, at least according to Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
10:2710:27, 4 November 2022 diff hist +4,698 Pious activities (dharma), economic development (artha), satisfaction of the senses (kama), and finally liberation from material bondage (moksa) are all external factors. And the real dharma or religious principle is devotional service to the Lord No edit summary current
10:2110:21, 4 November 2022 diff hist +5,130 To vanquish the false pride of so-called renunciates and learned scholars, He spreads real religious principles, even through a sudra, or lowborn, fourth-class man No edit summary current
10:2110:21, 4 November 2022 diff hist +3,385 To vanquish the false pride of so-called renunciants and learned scholars, He spreads real religious principles, even through a sudra, or lowborn, fourth-class man No edit summary current

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