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17 January 2023

• 15:1315:13, 17 January 2023 diff hist −1 Caitanya Mahaprabhu could stay at His birthplace very nicely, without any difficulty. And what will be difficulty? But still, to show the example personally, apani acari prabhu jivere sikhaya, He left home, He took sannyasa, and He preached No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 17 January 2023 diff hist +1,262 By observing the etiquette, you have satisfied My mind. Who else but you could show this example No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 17 January 2023 diff hist +13,831 By His practical example, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has shown us that all the grains of sand must be picked up thoroughly and thrown outside. He also cleansed the outside of the temple, fearing that the grains of sand would again come within No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 17 January 2023 diff hist −1 A Krsna consciousness person practically has no duty, but to show example to the general mass of people, he has got so many duty No edit summary current
• 15:0515:05, 17 January 2023 diff hist +3,062 As far as possible, no outsider should be allowed to touch one’s feet to take dust from them. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally showed this by His example, as explained in the next verse - CC Adi 17.245 No edit summary current
• 15:0315:03, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,916 As a devotee, Vidura showed by example that anywhere that Krsna is not honored is a place unfit for human habitation No edit summary current
• 15:0115:01, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,188 All you boys and girls who are now married, follow this instruction of Lord Caitanya, and show vivid example to the world how man and woman can be united, not for sense gratification but for the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 14:0714:07, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,714 Touch the Deity means No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 17 January 2023 diff hist +6,210 Temple Deity worship is one of the functions of a devotee. He goes regularly to see the Deity nicely decorated, and with veneration and respect he touches the lotus feet of the Lord and presents offerings of worship, such as fruits, flowers and prayers No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 17 January 2023 diff hist +5,322 Only one who is properly initiated, who is properly following the rules and regulations, can enter and touch the Deity - not all No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 17 January 2023 diff hist +7,442 One should not touch the Deity in a dark room. 2) One should not fail to strictly follow the rules and regulations in worshiping the Deity. 3) One should not enter the temple of the Deity without first making some sound No edit summary current
• 13:5113:51, 17 January 2023 diff hist +39,200 In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (f) to sit on the altar or to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (g) to touch the Deity with the left hand while bathing the Deity No edit summary current
• 13:4913:49, 17 January 2023 diff hist +3,214 If there is lack of qualified brahmanas, men without sacred thread may be employed to cleanse the floor and other things which do not require their touching or gazing upon the deity at close quarter No edit summary current
• 13:4213:42, 17 January 2023 diff hist +6,802 Drinking caranamrtam (water from the bathing of the Deities which is offered to guests). 20) One must smell the incense and flowers offered to the Deity. 21) One must touch the lotus feet of the Deity No edit summary current
• 13:3413:34, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,629 According to the smarta vidhi, women cannot touch deity during menstrual period but the goswami viddhi allows. But it is better not to do it. One thing is that the seva can never be stopped for any reason. This also for the cooking No edit summary current
• 13:2013:20, 17 January 2023 diff hist +8 We think, "We are quite all right. Why should we surrender unto Krsna and go back to His kingdom?" This is called illusion, or maya. Everyone is satisfied with his standard of living, however abominable it may be No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 17 January 2023 diff hist +5,914 We should not try to overcome Krsna. Rather, instead of endeavoring to surpass Him, we should surrender to Him - sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja - BG 18.66 No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 17 January 2023 diff hist +8,575 We say, "Krsna is the authority, and you should surrender to His instruction and try to understand Him." This is the Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 17 January 2023 diff hist +5,124 The ultimate end of philosophical speculation, then, must be Krsna, with the understanding that Krsna is everything, the cause of all causes, and that one should therefore surrender unto Him No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 17 January 2023 diff hist +6,667 They (the wives of the brahmanas) came just to see Him, who was their life and soul. They were exactly following Krsna's instruction in the Bhagavad-gita: one should surrender to Him, giving up all varieties of occupational and religious duties No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 17 January 2023 diff hist +5,994 There is no need of strenuous effort to free oneself from sinful reactions. One should unhesitatingly accept Krsna as the supreme savior of all living entities. With faith and love, one should surrender unto Him. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 17 January 2023 diff hist +9,460 People understood Krsna wrongly... Sometimes big scholars say "Sophistry," that "Krsna wants full surrender." Others, they say, "Why you should fully surrender to Krsna? We have got our own gods." Therefore Krsna again came No edit summary current
• 12:0712:07, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,699 One’s real duty is to surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna, but if one is unable to do so, he should adopt this process (of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and rendering service unto the tulasi plant), as introduced by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 11:5411:54, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,896 One should simply follow the instructions of Krsna and surrender unto Him. To do this, of course, one needs very good intelligence, which may be awakened after many, many births through good association with devotees & the practice of Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 11:4711:47, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,620 One should give up all other duties and surrender unto the lotus feet of Krsna. That is the real religious principle everyone should follow. Even though one follows Vedic scriptures, one may not know this transcendental principle No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,104 One should give up all other duties and surrender unto the lotus feet of Krsna. That is the real religious principle everyone should follow No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,022 One should certainly give up all other propositions and surrender to Krsna. Krsna will then immediately take charge and relieve one of the results of past sinful life (aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah) - BG 18.66 No edit summary current
• 11:4211:42, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,892 One should be neither pious nor impious. One should be a devotee and surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna. This surrendering process is also very easy. Even a child can perform it No edit summary current
• 11:3811:38, 17 January 2023 diff hist +13,248 Lord Krsna's ultimate instruction in the Bhagavad-gita is that everyone should surrender unto Him, Lord Krsna. Krsna promises to take immediate charge of such a surrendered soul - CC Preface No edit summary current
• 11:3711:37, 17 January 2023 diff hist +12,904 Lord Krsna's ultimate instruction in the Bhagavad-gita is that everyone should surrender unto Him, Lord Krsna. Krsna promises to take immediate charge of such a surrendered soul No edit summary current
• 11:3311:33, 17 January 2023 diff hist +8,418 Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita that everyone should always think of Him, everyone should become His devotee, offer Him obeisances and worship Him, and ultimately everyone should surrender unto Him No edit summary current
• 11:3211:32, 17 January 2023 diff hist +7,206 Krsna recommends to neophyte devotees that one should surrender unto Him only (mam ekam). Because neophyte devotees cannot understand what the forms of Narayana, Vasudeva and Govinda are, Krsna directly says, mam ekam No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 17 January 2023 diff hist +4,392 Just as it is recorded that Lord Jesus Christ said that the first commandment is that one should love God with all his heart, and soul and mind. Similarly Krsna instructs that everyone should surrender unto Him in Love No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 17 January 2023 diff hist +16,562 In the process of surrender (saranagati) there are six items. The first is that one should completely depend on Krsna, and the next is that one should accept everything favorable for Krsna's service - anukulyasya sankalpah No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 17 January 2023 diff hist +18,016 In BG Krsna says (BG 18.66): "Just give up all other forms of religion & simply surrender unto Me." Now we are saying that you should give up everything & surrender to Krsna. Therefore, there is no difference between Krsna's instruction & our instruction No edit summary current
• 10:1810:18, 17 January 2023 diff hist +6,440 Either in the material field or in the spiritual field, the whole struggle is to get out of some misery. So perfect man or a very intelligent man, he should try to have the highest benefit of this life, and that is surrendering unto Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:1410:14, 17 January 2023 diff hist +6,141 After understanding the prayers offered by the personified Vedas, one should surrender unto the lotus feet of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,865 Where nirguna Brahman is found, simple unalloyed goodness prevails. Saguna Brahman is described by the Sankhya system of philosophy as consisting of twenty-five elements, including the time factor - past, present and future No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,781 When Brahman is mixed with the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance, there results the material expansion, which is sometimes called saguna Brahman and which consists of these twenty-five elements No edit summary current
• 09:5409:54, 17 January 2023 diff hist +5,224 The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of the twenty-five elements, and as the Supreme Being, the conductor of cause and effect, He causes their manifestation No edit summary current
• 09:5209:52, 17 January 2023 diff hist +3,739 The mixing element, which is known as time, is counted as the twenty-fifth element No edit summary current
• 09:4809:48, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,458 All these are considered the qualified Brahman. The mixing element, which is known as time, is counted as the twenty-fifth element No edit summary current
• 09:0909:09, 17 January 2023 diff hist −14 Ramananda raya cited verse from SB 10.14.3: If one cultivates his spiritual life by following these principles and keeping himself on the honest path in life, then although Your Lordship is never conquered, You become conquered by such a process No edit summary current
• 09:0809:08, 17 January 2023 diff hist +8,718 One should not prematurely give up the honest life of a householder to lead a life of debauchery in Vrndavana No edit summary current
• 09:0509:05, 17 January 2023 diff hist +2,295 If you feel Maya attracting, then live an honest life as a householder and contribute to our movement. As a family man you can join Svarupa Damodara to help with the Bhaktivedanta Institute No edit summary current
• 08:5808:58, 17 January 2023 diff hist −27 Srila Kaviraja Gosvami, strictly following in the footsteps of Sri Vyasadeva, gives a synopsis of the lilas of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. He has given such a description at the end of each canto No edit summary current

15 January 2023

• 09:2909:29, 15 January 2023 diff hist +9 The so-called university education, D.H.C., Ph.D., they are simply expansion of ajnana. He is again . . . therefore the more a person is so-called scientist, educated, he is more godless No edit summary current
• 09:2809:28, 15 January 2023 diff hist +4,580 The so-called educated person who does not know his own self-interest or the true goal of life becomes increasingly involved in materialism No edit summary
• 09:2709:27, 15 January 2023 diff hist +10 The more a person is so-called scientist, educated, he is more godless. That means he is going deeper and deeper into the ajnana. Because jnana means to know God. That is not real jnana No edit summary current
• 09:2609:26, 15 January 2023 diff hist +3,682 The administrative heads as a class will condemn the tenets of Vedic wisdom and will prefer to conduct a so-called secular state, and the so-called educated brahmanas will be purchased by such unscrupulous administrators No edit summary current