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5 January 2023
- 11:4811:48, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,205 N After many, many births understanding the Brahman . . . Brahman understanding is certainly transcendental, but because Brahman is only partial realization of the Absolute Truth, only the eternity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After many, many births understanding the Brahman . . . Brahman understanding is certainly transcendental, but because Brahman..."
- 11:3911:39, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,141 N We have to reach to the point of Personality of Godhead, person. Before that, Brahman realization and Paramatma realization, that is partial realization of the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we have to reach to the point of Personality of Godhead, person. Before that, Brahman realization and Paramātmā realization,..."
- 11:2011:20, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,674 N Brahman realization means Krsna's partial realization. Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, brahmano 'ham pratistha: "The Brahman, the all-pervading Brahman, impersonal Brahman, is situated in Me." That's a fact Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahman realization means Kṛṣṇa's partial realization. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, brahmaṇo 'haṁ prati..."
- 11:1411:14, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,190 N We cannot understand Krsna by our speculative knowledge. If we try to do that, then we can approach up to the impersonal Brahman feature of Krsna. Brahmeti. That is not full Krsna. That is Krsna's partial realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by our speculative knowledge. If we try to do that, then we can approach up to the impersonal..."
- 08:4808:48, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,066 N You have to approach Krsna through these (Buddha, Sankara and Vaisnava) different types of philosophy. They are partial realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"you have to approach Kṛṣṇa through these different types of philosophy. They are partial realization"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
- 08:3608:36, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,662 N It is very difficult subject matter (how to stop accepting bodies), of course, to understand, but Bhagavad-gita teaches, yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati - BG 4.7 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is very difficult subject matter, of course, to understand, but Bhagavad-gītā teaches, yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir b..." current
- 08:2308:23, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,752 N We are satisfied with some temporary knowledge. We have no ultimate knowledge. And because it is very difficult subject matter, we have avoided it very carefully Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we are satisfied with some temporary knowledge. We have no ultimate knowledge. And because it is very difficult subject matter..." current
- 08:1708:17, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,786 N If we take the philosophers, so one philosopher differs from another philosopher. Na casav rsir yasya matam na bhinnam. Therefore, to approach the Absolute Truth, God, is very difficult subject matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we take the philosophers, so one philosopher differs from another philosopher. Na cāsāv ṛṣir yasya mataṁ na bhinnam..."
- 08:0808:08, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,945 N With all these blunt senses, how can we... We cannot understand even the Personality of Godhead, what to speak of other things? "God is a person:" - it is a very difficult subject matter for ordinary man to take it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With all these blunt senses, how can we . . . we cannot understand even the Personality of Godhead, what to speak of other thi..."
- 07:5807:58, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,239 N According to Vedic system, the students are first of all taught the Sanskrit grammar, because it is very difficult subject Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Vedic system, the students are first of all taught the Sanskrit grammar, because it is very difficult subject"}}..." current
- 07:5107:51, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,890 N Nowadays people with teeny knowledge, they are trying to practice yoga system as if they're..., he has become more than Arjuna. It is very difficult subject matter. It is not possible for ordinary man Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"nowadays a paltry people with teeny knowledge, they are trying to practice yoga system as if they're . . . he has become more..."
- 07:4307:43, 5 January 2023 diff hist 0 m The process is first of all you try to understand Krsna. Without understanding Krsna, which is very difficult subject matter . . . Krsna says that yatatam api siddhanam kascid vetti mam tattvatah - BG 7.3 Soham moved page The process is first of all you try to understand Krsna. (coughs) Without understanding Krsna, which is very difficult subject matter . . . Krsna says that yatatam api siddhanam kascid vetti mam tattvatah - BG 7.3 to The process is first of all you try to understand Krsna. Without understanding Krsna, which is very difficult subject matter . . . Krsna says that yatatam api siddhanam kascid vetti mam tattvatah - BG 7.3 current
- 07:4207:42, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,758 N The process is first of all you try to understand Krsna. Without understanding Krsna, which is very difficult subject matter . . . Krsna says that yatatam api siddhanam kascid vetti mam tattvatah - BG 7.3 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process is first of all you try to understand Kṛṣṇa. (coughs) Without understanding Kṛṣṇa, which is very diffi..."
- 06:2206:22, 5 January 2023 diff hist +3,407 N That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?" So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these universities, they are setting aside - very difficult subject Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am"|"So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these un..." current
- 06:0406:04, 5 January 2023 diff hist +2,661 N That (death) is the real problem. But because it is very difficult subject matter, nobody touches it. "Oh, death - we shall peacefully die." But nobody peacefully dies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That is the real problem. But because it is very difficult subject matter, nobody touches it. "Oh, death—we shall peacefully..." current
4 January 2023
- 15:5615:56, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,543 N She (Devahuti) thinks herself, because woman, yosa, durbodham. So she is accepting her son as guru and very submissively, and she wants to understand the very difficult subject matter very easily by the grace of Kapiladeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"she thinks herself, because woman, yoṣā, durbodham. So she is accepting her son as guru and very submissively, and she want..."
- 15:4815:48, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,935 N It is very difficult subject matter, but it is made easy because . . . Devahuti says, sukham buddhyeya: "Very easily I can understand, because I am woman." Krsna is open to everyone: striyo vaisyas tatha sudrah - BG 9.32 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is very difficult subject matter, but it is made easy because . . . Devahūti says, sukhaṁ buddhyeya: "Very easily I can..." current
- 15:3815:38, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,141 N The vrndavana-lila, Krsna's lila with the gopis, is the most confidential lila. We should not entertain this confidential lila unless we are liberated. It is very difficult subject Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The vṛndāvana-līlā, Kṛṣṇa's līlā with the gopīs, is the most confidential līlā. We should not entertain this c..." current
- 15:2815:28, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,843 N Because we are trying to understand Krsna through Caitanya Mahaprabhu, therefore it has become easy. Otherwise it is very difficult subject Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because we are trying to understand Kṛṣṇa through Caitanya Mahāprabhu, therefore it has become easy. Otherwise it is ve..." current
- 15:2315:23, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,507 N These Krsna consciousness movement, the Westerners, they are understanding Krsna. It is very, very difficult subject matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"these Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, the Westerners, they are understanding Kṛṣṇa. It is very, very difficult subje..." current
- 15:1315:13, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,605 N To understand Krsna is very difficult subject matter. But by the grace of Lord Caitanya we can understand little about Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To understand Kṛṣṇa is very difficult subject matter. But by the grace of Lord Caitanya we can understand little about K..." current
- 15:0715:07, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,534 N Just talk with them (my students). They will be able to explain how they are understanding. So similarly, you will also be able to understand. It is not very difficult subject Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just talk with them. They will be able to explain how they are understanding. So similarly, you will also be able to understan..." current
- 14:5914:59, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,996 N When we were walking, the question was raised that, "Why war takes place?" That is not a very difficult subject to understand, because every one of us has got a fighting spirit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when we were walking, the question was raised that, "Why war takes place?" That is not a very difficult subject to understand,..." current
- 14:5214:52, 4 January 2023 diff hist +1,557 N My father's eldest brother, he inquired, "Is your mother dead?" I consider like that. No, no . . . "So I am also dead." He died later on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"my father's eldest brother, he inquired, "Is your mother dead?" I consider like that. No, no . . . (indistinct) . . . "So I am..." current
- 14:4614:46, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,156 N Getting the girl married rests on the father. In the absence of the father, the eldest brother. The girl must be married. That is it. It is called daya, kanya-daya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"getting the girl married rests on the father. In the absence of the father, the eldest brother. The girl must be married. That..." current
- 14:1914:19, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,053 N There was not much difference of Their (Krsna and Balarama) age, say one year or two years, like that. So Balarama was eldest brother Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there was not much difference of Their age, say one year or two years, like that. So Balarāma was eldest brother"}} {{notes|}..." current
- 14:1114:11, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,141 N His brother was so faithful that so long His eldest brother was away, Ramacandra requested him that, - Your mother wants that you should be king, and I also wish that in My absence you should be king Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His brother was so faithful that so long His eldest brother was away, Rāmacandra requested him that, "Your mother wants that..." current
- 14:0414:04, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,712 N Arjuna and his brother. His brother . . . eldest brother Maharaja Yudhisthira, he was very moralist, Dharmaraja. His name was "The king of religious principles," Dharmaraja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna and his brother. His brother . . . eldest brother Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, he was very moralist, Dharmarāja. His na..." current
- 13:5413:54, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,551 N Krsna also happens to be grandfather of Maharaja Pariksit, and Maharaja Yudhisthira also happens to be grandfather, being the eldest brother of his grandfather. So Krsna is the authority Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa also happens to be grandfather of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira also happens to be grandf..."
- 13:4813:48, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,748 N When Lord Ramacandra returned from the forest, His brother, Bharata, was ruling as a saintly person. But as soon as the eldest brother came back, He entreated that - Now You sit down on the throne Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Lord Rāmacandra returned from the forest, His brother, Bharata, was ruling as a saintly person. But as soon as the eldes..." current
- 13:4213:42, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,155 N On this account of family dissension, he (Vidura) left home. And after the battle of Kuruksetra, when everything was finished, so still, he had affection for his eldest brother Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on this account of family dissension, he left home. And after the battle of Kurukṣetra, when everything was finished, so sti..."
- 13:3413:34, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,960 N Vidura was also very much obliged to his eldest brother, and he was always giving him good advice, and a great devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vidura was also very much obliged to his eldest brother, and he was always giving him good advice, and a great devotee"}} {{no..."
- 13:2913:29, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,724 N Maharaja Yudhisthira, the topmost pious person. His name is Dharmaraja, the king of religiosity. He is the eldest brother. And Bhima and Arjuna, they are devotees and so great hero. They can kill thousands of men. They're so powerful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the topmost pious person. His name is Dharmarāja, the king of religiosity. He is the eldest broth..." current
- 13:1813:18, 4 January 2023 diff hist +4,371 N I have already explained in a previous letter, if we can establish a bona fide language school then our American and European disciples can acquire student visas for coming to India. This will solve our visa problem Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I have already explained in a previous letter, if we can establish a bona fide language school then our American and European..."
- 13:1413:14, 4 January 2023 diff hist +1 If you are very much eager to receive them, about six or eight of my foreign American and European disciples, you can invite them to Chittagong and they shall be happy to stay with you there and hold programs of kirtana and preaching No edit summary current
- 13:1013:10, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,374 N If you are very much eager to receive them, about six or eight of my foreign American and European disciples, you can invite them to Chittagong and they shall be happy to stay with you there and hold programs of kirtana and preaching Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if you are very much eager to receive them, about six or eight of my foreign American and European disciples, you can invite t..."
- 13:0113:01, 4 January 2023 diff hist +2,690 N We have got already our office in Vrindavan and my representative from Vrindavan, Gurudas Adhikary, my American disciple, whenever he goes to Delhi I will ask him to see you Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have got already our office in Vrindavan and my representative from Vrindavan, Gurudas Adhikary, my American disciple, when..." current
- 12:5412:54, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,326 N Our Madras programme has been fixed from 11th to 14th of this month, then on the 16th I shall be free to come to Vishakhapatnam along with a party of some of my American and foreign disciples Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our Madras programme has been fixed from 11th to 14th of this month, then on the 16th I shall be free to come to Vishakhapatna..." current
- 12:4912:49, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,761 N I may inform you that although there is no law by which the Temples can bar anyone's entry in India, still sometimes practically I have felt the difficulty in respect of my American and European disciples Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I may inform you that although there is no law by which the Temples can bar anyone's entry in India, still sometimes practical..." current
- 12:4212:42, 4 January 2023 diff hist +8 The Radha Krsna Deity in this family called me to meet Him, and therefore last time when I was in Calcutta, I stayed in that temple along with my American disciples No edit summary current
- 12:4112:41, 4 January 2023 diff hist +7,891 N The Radha Krsna Deity in this family called me to meet Him, and therefore last time when I was in Calcutta, I stayed in that temple along with my American disciples Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Radha Krsna Deity in this family called me to meet Him, and therefore last time when I was in Calcutta, I stayed in that t..."
- 12:3412:34, 4 January 2023 diff hist +5,254 N First of all it (Back to Godhead magazine) was published in Calcutta, than in Allahabad, then at Delhi. In this way at last it has come to U.S.A. and my American disciples are taking care of this transcendental magazine Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First of all it was published in Calcutta, than in Allahabad, then at Delhi. In this way at last it has come to U.S.A. and my..." current
- 12:2812:28, 4 January 2023 diff hist +3,497 N He (Acyutananda) is alone there, and when you go you will be two, and maybe another two American disciples may go there so jointly you can develop a nice center for the foreign students who may go to visit the holy birthplace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is alone there, and when you go you will be two, and maybe another two American disciples may go there so jointly you can d..." current
- 12:2012:20, 4 January 2023 diff hist +7,673 N In our London branch, already about six young English men have joined seriously, and although they are not officially initiated, they are exactly following my other initiated, American disciples who are now working there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in our London branch, already about six young English men have joined seriously, and although they are not officially initiate..." current
- 12:1112:11, 4 January 2023 diff hist −41 On your approval of this scheme, I may at once go to India along with some of my American and European disciples to do the needful No edit summary current
- 12:0912:09, 4 January 2023 diff hist +12,764 N On your approval of this scheme, I may at once go to India along with some of my American and European disciples to do the needful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on your approval of this scheme, I may at once go to India along with some of my American and European disciples to do the nee..."
- 11:3211:32, 4 January 2023 diff hist −41 In 1967, when I went to India, five American disciples were with me. One of them, Kirtanananda (Keith Ham, B.A.), was given sannyasa by me at Vrindaban No edit summary current
- 11:1911:19, 4 January 2023 diff hist +12,873 N In 1967, when I went to India, five American disciples were with me. One of them, Kirtanananda (Keith Ham, B.A.), was given sannyasa by me at Vrindaban Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In 1967, when I went to India, five American disciples were with me. One of them, Kirtanananda (Keith Ham, B.A.), was given sa..."
- 11:1311:13, 4 January 2023 diff hist −41 If you agree to this, then I can send some of my American disciples to join you. Your children and these American boys under your guidance may do very good service to the cause of Srila Prabhupad in spreading this Samkirtan movement No edit summary current
- 11:1211:12, 4 January 2023 diff hist +7,200 N If you agree to this, then I can send some of my American disciples to join you. Your children and these American boys under your guidance may do very good service to the cause of Srila Prabhupad in spreading this Samkirtan movement Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if you agree to this, then I can send some of my American disciples to join you. Your children and these American boys under y..."