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11 December 2022
- 14:1514:15, 11 December 2022 diff hist +5,172 One should also respect the demigods and understand how they are situated, how they act and how they manage the activities of the various departments of this material world No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 11 December 2022 diff hist +3,082 I have given you a department to manage nicely, and if there is some profit, you may give some for my book fund, but I cannot be consulted for advice in how you should manage the particulars of your business No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 11 December 2022 diff hist +7,689 In this way, all the demigods began to present their respective gifts according to their different capacities. There are thirty-three million demigods, each entrusted with a particular department of universal management No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 11 December 2022 diff hist +2,464 In governmental management there may be departmental officials to give justice to different persons, but the law must be one, and that central law must control everyone No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 11 December 2022 diff hist +37 God is one without a second, and He is the primal cause of all causes. As there are many departmental heads of governmental affairs, so there are many heads of management of the universal affairs No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 11 December 2022 diff hist +7,876 As a government officer is sometimes accepted as the entire government although he is actually but a departmental manager, so the demigods, having achieved power of attorney from Visnu, act on His behalf, although they are not as powerful as He No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 11 December 2022 diff hist +4,071 The demigods, or controlling deities, are entrusted with departmental management of all the different functions of the material world No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 11 December 2022 diff hist +2,248 Regarding your fraternal quarrel, these departmental management sometimes creates such trouble No edit summary current
- 14:1314:13, 11 December 2022 diff hist +3,534 In the Brahma-samhita it is said, isvarah paramah krsnah (Bs. 5.1). Undoubtedly there are many controllers in the departmental management of this universe, but the supreme controller is Krsna No edit summary current
8 December 2022
- 04:5504:55, 8 December 2022 diff hist +5,217 In Bhagavad-gita it is stated by the Lord Himself that the acts and character of great authorities are followed by people in general. Leaders of ideal character are therefore needed in society No edit summary current
- 04:5504:55, 8 December 2022 diff hist +7,782 Everyone has got some idea. He has surrendered there. Either political, social, economical, religious, anything. Everyone has got some idea. And the leader of that ideal is also there. So our business is to surrender No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 8 December 2022 diff hist +16,517 It is most unfortunate that people are more or less attracted by material activity and that the leaders of these activities are accepted as mahajanas, great ideal leaders No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 8 December 2022 diff hist +4,567 For ourselves when we are in perfect stage of devotional service, we can know our eternal relation with Krishna and as such one of the associates of Lord Krishna becomes our ideal leader No edit summary current
- 03:5303:53, 8 December 2022 diff hist +5,818 The personified Vedas continued, "Generally if a person is breathing he is accepted to be alive. But a person without Krsna consciousness may be compared to a bellows in a blacksmith's shop" No edit summary current
- 03:5303:53, 8 December 2022 diff hist +6,643 The conclusion is that if a human being does not fulfill the mission of his life by worshiping the Supreme Lord and does not go back home, back to Godhead, it is to be understood that he is breathing just like a blacksmith's bellows No edit summary current
- 03:5303:53, 8 December 2022 diff hist +4,753 The Bhagavatam says that the bellows of the blacksmith breathes very soundly, but that does not mean that the bellows has life No edit summary current
- 03:5203:52, 8 December 2022 diff hist +5,780 Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen No edit summary current
- 03:5003:50, 8 December 2022 diff hist +6,131 This (bhagavata-dharma) is the best of all religious systems. Whereas so-called religions are meant for a particular type of person who believes in a particular way, such discrimination has no place in Krsna consciousness, or bhagavata-dharma No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 8 December 2022 diff hist +25 The devotee follows the best yoga system of God-realization, which is enunciated in the Bhagavad-gita. His activities are not selfishly motivated, aimed at realizing his own cherished dreams, but are directed toward fulfilling the will of God No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 8 December 2022 diff hist +7 The best system of religion is that which best trains us to surrender unto the Supreme Lord. This is the basic principle underlying Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 8 December 2022 diff hist +6,096 There are different types of yoga, of which bhakti-yoga is the best. In other yoga systems, one must undergo various processes before attaining perfection, but bhakti-yoga is direct No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 8 December 2022 diff hist +4,281 One who always thinks of Krsna within the core of his heart is the best yogi. By practicing this best of all yoga systems, one is liberated from the material condition No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 8 December 2022 diff hist +5,976 Bhagavata-dharma is called sarvotkrsta, the best of all religious systems, because those who follow bhagavata-dharma are not envious of anyone No edit summary current
5 December 2022
- 15:5615:56, 5 December 2022 diff hist +10,194 The Vaisnava cult conclusion should be taken. Otherwise we cannot preach. Without becoming Vaisnava, one cannot become guru. Without becoming guru, how one can preach? These are the formulas No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 5 December 2022 diff hist +6,154 There are many arguments about the existence of this material world, but the Vaisnava philosophical conclusion is the best No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 5 December 2022 diff hist +1,812 I am a great Vaisnava. Having learned all the conclusions of Vaisnava philosophy, I can understand the meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam and explain it very well No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 5 December 2022 diff hist +25,949 It is the conclusion of Vaisnava philosophy that this cosmic manifestation is a by-product of the inconceivable energies of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 15:5615:56, 5 December 2022 diff hist +9 Writing poetry, especially poetry concerning the Vaisnava conclusion, is very difficult No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 5 December 2022 diff hist +7,073 Srila Nityananda Prabhu was praising Srila Advaita Acarya through friendly mock fighting. He was giving the Vaisnava conclusion in terms of the Bhagavatam’s conclusive words, vadanti tat tattva-vidah No edit summary current
- 15:5015:50, 5 December 2022 diff hist +2,411 You, and the others who have signed your proposal, should know that the BBT advanced to Spiritual Sky money without my consent. Now Spiritual Sky cannot return the money to BBT. What is the answer of Karandhara to this implication? No edit summary current
- 15:4915:49, 5 December 2022 diff hist +1,636 Without the consent of all your friends and relatives, it is not possible to give me your daughter in charity. Just consider the story of Queen Rukmini and her father, Bhismaka No edit summary current
4 December 2022
- 04:0404:04, 4 December 2022 diff hist +4,236 One must approach the acarya. So the acarya is coming by parampara system, disciplic succession. Therefore Krsna recommends, tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya: "One should approach the acarya and try to understand by pranipata, surrender" No edit summary
- 04:0404:04, 4 December 2022 diff hist +8,640 One is not considered a perfectly cultured man without being initiated and trained by an acarya. It is said, therefore, that one who has approached an acarya is actually in perfect knowledge No edit summary current
- 04:0404:04, 4 December 2022 diff hist +2,853 Maha-jano yena gatah sa panthah: "We have to follow in the footsteps of great authorities coming down in the parampara system." If we approach a bona fide acarya and keep faith in his words, spiritual realization will be easy No edit summary current
- 04:0404:04, 4 December 2022 diff hist +15,528 Dronacarya is the son of Bharadvaja Muni. Others say that Bharadvaja the father of Drona is a different person from Maharsi Bharadvaja. He was a great devotee of Brahma. Once he approached Dronacarya and requested him to stop the Battle of Kuruksetra No edit summary current
- 04:0304:03, 4 December 2022 diff hist +2,234 As recommended in Bhagavad-gita, acaryopasanam: one must approach the acarya for real knowledge No edit summary current
3 December 2022
- 12:2312:23, 3 December 2022 diff hist +5,101 Just like during the lifetime of our Guru Maharaja, all our Godbrothers now who are acting as acarya, they did not do so No edit summary
- 12:2312:23, 3 December 2022 diff hist +30 Acaryopasanam. Krsna is personally acting as acarya. He's coming again as acarya, Caitanya has got so many representatives acarya: Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami, so many acaryas. Evam parampara-praptam. So take lesson from the acaryas No edit summary current
- 12:2212:22, 3 December 2022 diff hist +11,999 Acarya's disciple becomes acarya when he assimilates the knowledge received from bona fide acarya. So he becomes bona fide to act as an acarya. Acarya means one who has become a rigid disciple of his acarya No edit summary current
- 12:2212:22, 3 December 2022 diff hist +7,468 When we are completely, cent per cent follower of acarya, then you can also act as acarya. This is the process. Don't become premature acarya. First of all follow the orders of acarya, and you become mature No edit summary current
- 12:2212:22, 3 December 2022 diff hist +5,605 There are many Vaisnava families in Bengal whose members, although not actually born brahmanas, act as acaryas by initiating disciples and offering the sacred thread as enjoined in the Vaisnava tantras No edit summary current
- 02:2302:23, 3 December 2022 diff hist +3,897 The Gosvamis are represented by one’s spiritual master. One cannot be an acarya (spiritual master) without following strictly in the disciplic succession of the acaryas No edit summary current
- 02:2302:23, 3 December 2022 diff hist +3,658 One cannot become an acarya simply by mental speculation No edit summary current
- 02:2202:22, 3 December 2022 diff hist +3,858 A disciple of Kali cannot become an acarya by the decision of some high-court. Mundane votes have no jurisdiction to elect a Vaisnava acarya. A Vaisnava acarya is self-effulgent, and there is no need for any court judgment No edit summary current
- 02:1302:13, 3 December 2022 diff hist +2,624 The Lord (Krsna) is cent percent perfect, whereas others, namely Narayana, Brahma, Siva, the demigods and all other living beings, possess only different percentages of such perfection. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He is unrivaled No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 3 December 2022 diff hist +6,844 Directly Krsna revealing. This is the process of understanding God. You cannot create your imagination, imaginative God. No. God reveals unto you being pleased upon you by your devotional activities No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 3 December 2022 diff hist +7,484 Arjuna is not understanding Krsna by his philosophical speculation. Directly Krsna revealing. This is the process of understanding God. You cannot create your imagination, imaginative God No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 3 December 2022 diff hist +6,549 You cannot create God by imagination. That is not possible. God is God, always. You have to know simply what is God. He is never cyuta No edit summary current
- 02:0902:09, 3 December 2022 diff hist +7,065 Man or woman, you cannot create God. That is the first proposal. God is not your creation. You are creation of God. You cannot say, "God should be like this. God should be like that." That is nonsense. God is not under your dictation No edit summary current