User contributions for Madana Mohana

21 January 2023

• 16:0416:04, 21 January 2023 diff hist +4,261 A man may see a tiger swallowing him in a dream, and he may cry for this calamity. Actually there is no tiger and there is no suffering; it is simply a case of dreams. In the same way, all calamities of life are said to be dreams No edit summary current
• 16:0216:02, 21 January 2023 diff hist +3,677 Actually the living being has no connection with this material enjoyment nor with lusty desires. He is simply imagining or dreaming while asleep No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 21 January 2023 diff hist +4,127 There are many redundant churches because the Christian people are gradually deviating from their religious beliefs on account of stereotype presentation of the Bible by sophisticated priests No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 21 January 2023 diff hist +6,017 ISKCON is a bona fide religious society strictly following the principles described in the Vedic scriptures and practiced in India for thousands of years. Our basic beliefs are as follows No edit summary current
• 14:5014:50, 21 January 2023 diff hist +7,058 Foolish creatures, especially in this age of Kali, instead of knowing God scientifically, make propaganda against religious belief & the existence of God, even though they are always bound by God's laws by the symptoms of birth, death, old age & disease No edit summary current
• 14:2314:23, 21 January 2023 diff hist +3,220 When the eyes lose their power to see color or form due to morbid affliction of the optic nerve, the sense of sight becomes deadened. The living entity, who is the seer of both the eyes and the sight, loses his power of vision No edit summary current
• 14:1814:18, 21 January 2023 diff hist +5,777 The sun controls the power of our vision, we can see the sun because the sun has its body, and the sunlight is useful only because we have eyes No edit summary current
• 14:1314:13, 21 January 2023 diff hist +4,026 Such liberated persons as Vyasadeva are perfect not only by the power of vision and wisdom, but also in aural reception, in thinking, feeling and all other sense activities No edit summary current
• 14:1014:10, 21 January 2023 diff hist +2,569 O spiritually powerful one, you can understand the movements of eternal time, which is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because you are a self-realized person, you can see everything by the power of mystic vision No edit summary current
• 12:1212:12, 21 January 2023 diff hist +3,145 We have seen in the history of India that Aurangzeb killed his brother and nephews and imprisoned his father to fulfill political ambitions. There have been many similar instances, and Kamsa was the same type of king No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 21 January 2023 diff hist +4,490 Kamsa had killed many of his own nephews, yet Jarasandha did not take notice, but because Krsna had killed His maternal uncle, Kamsa, Jarasandha tried to criticize Him No edit summary current
• 11:2611:26, 21 January 2023 diff hist +2,748 You are sannyasi and the people will automatically respect you. So be ideal in behavior following strictly the rules and regulations No edit summary current
• 11:2311:23, 21 January 2023 diff hist +18,160 The ideal sannyasi was Lord Caitanya Himself, and we can learn from His life that He was very strict in regards to women. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:1211:12, 21 January 2023 diff hist +3,119 The ideal sannyasi strictly follows the ways practiced by the Gosvamis No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 21 January 2023 diff hist +5,065 Srila Madhvacarya, the original acarya for those who belong to the Madhva-Gaudiya-sampradaya No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 21 January 2023 diff hist +7,714 The hearts of us poor queens are all dried up, and our bodies are skinny because we are now devoid of loving affairs with Madhupati. Are you (river), like us, dry and without beauty because you are devoid of Krsna’s loving glance No edit summary current
• 10:2710:27, 21 January 2023 diff hist +2,551 They hold Their flutes to Their mouths and glance lovingly upon the residents of Vrndavana. For those who have eyes, we think there is no greater object of vision No edit summary current
• 10:2210:22, 21 January 2023 diff hist +6,478 One girl said to another, "My dear friend, it is very difficult to guess what kind of pious activities these queens have performed, for they are always enjoying the smiling face and loving glances of Krsna" No edit summary current
• 10:1510:15, 21 January 2023 diff hist +8 It is at this stage (of madhura-rati) that Krsna and the damsels of Vraja glanced at one another, for on this platform there is an exchange of loving glances, motions of the eyes, pleasant words, attractive smiles, etc No edit summary

20 January 2023

• 15:3815:38, 20 January 2023 diff hist +6 They (the sahajiya class) do not know that humility and meekness are appropriate when one's own honor is insulted but not when Lord Visnu or the acaryas are blasphemed. In such cases one should not be humble and meek but must act No edit summary current
• 15:3315:33, 20 January 2023 diff hist +7,824 I am glad that you have admitted about the GBC members not very appropriately discharging their duty. I do not mind this discrepancy but you should be alert; you and all GBC members No edit summary current
• 15:3115:31, 20 January 2023 diff hist +2,317 Humility and meekness are not appropriate when the acaryas are blasphemed No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 20 January 2023 diff hist +2,259 He (The demigod Pusa) could not use his teeth for eating, since he had laughed at Lord Siva, deriding him by showing his teeth. In other words, it was not appropriate for him to have teeth, for he had used them against Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 15:2715:27, 20 January 2023 diff hist −38 Being addicted to stealing, the thief began making plans to steal the other pilgrims' baggage, but he thought - I'm going on a pilgrimage, so it doesn't seem appropriate that I should steal this baggage. No, I shall not do it No edit summary current
• 15:2115:21, 20 January 2023 diff hist +1,782 After speaking to them in this way, I bade them farewell. As I was leaving, Sanatana told Me, 'It is not appropriate for one to be followed by a crowd of thousands when going to Vrndavana' No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 20 January 2023 diff hist +2,628 When a person blames himself for committing an inappropriate action, his feeling is called guilt No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 20 January 2023 diff hist +3,697 The devotee said, "My dear kadamba tree, do not be worried. Just after defeating the Kaliya snake in the Yamuna River, Krsna will come and satisfy your desire." This is an instance of inappropriate hopelessness in ecstatic love for Krsna No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 20 January 2023 diff hist +3,140 Sanatana Gosvami had adopted the dress of a paramahamsa; therefore it was inappropriate for him to wear the saffron cloth on his head No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 20 January 2023 diff hist +1,599 Of course, a sannyasi or brahmana may beg for up to five gandas, but why should he be granted the inappropriate sum of 200,000 kahanas of conchshells No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 20 January 2023 diff hist +1,573 One of the bhagavatas is the great scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in the mellows of loving devotion No edit summary current
• 14:5314:53, 20 January 2023 diff hist +12,840 He (one German scholar who became a devotee) came to India not to learn the methods of the yogis’ mystic powers but to learn the path of transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord, as mentioned in the great scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 14:5114:51, 20 January 2023 diff hist +4,734 Great scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 20 January 2023 diff hist +51,129 Although all these great scriptures are on the absolute level, for the sake of comparitive study Caitanya-caritamrta is considered to be on the highest platform. Every verse in it is perfectly composed No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 20 January 2023 diff hist +4,562 These debts must be paid, that is important business. Along with our preaching and propaganda work, we must also give attention to financial matters, otherwise the whole thing will collapse and it will be a farce No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 20 January 2023 diff hist +3,173 I know the BBT, Negotiations with Dai Nippon and financial matters are being taken care of even though Karandhara has left his post. Your desire to give me relief from having to worry about these matters shows that you have understood my desires No edit summary
• 14:3014:30, 20 January 2023 diff hist +3,845 It is very difficult for such inexperienced persons (who desire elevation to the heavenly planets) to be situated in the determined action of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:2612:26, 20 January 2023 diff hist +26,677 We must always remember that the Supreme Lord has His creative function and that the infinitesimal living entities have their creative functions also. It is not that their creative function is lost when they are liberated and enter into the Supreme No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 20 January 2023 diff hist +8,054 The Supreme Lord inspired the secondary creator, Brahma, in order that Brahma could carry out his creative functions. So, the supreme intelligence behind all creations is the Absolute Godhead, Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 20 January 2023 diff hist +4,646 The sound vibration created by the flute of Krsna caused Lord Brahma, who was sitting on the lotus flower for the creative function, to become astonished No edit summary current
• 12:1012:10, 20 January 2023 diff hist +4,006 Any creative function in the universe always has a direct connecting link with the Lord No edit summary current
• 12:0412:04, 20 January 2023 diff hist +43,788 In the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that the Supreme Lord inspired a secondary creator, Brahma, and enabled him to carry out his creative functions. In this way the Supreme Lord is the supervising engineer No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 20 January 2023 diff hist +5,780 When a man dies, he is called dead, but when he again appears in a subtle form not visible to our present vision and yet acts, such a dead body is called a ghost No edit summary current
• 10:0910:09, 20 January 2023 diff hist +4,034 Sometimes, because of too much sinful activity, the living entity does not get a material gross body, but hovers on the subtle platform. This is called ghostly life No edit summary current

19 January 2023

• 15:2615:26, 19 January 2023 diff hist +3,068 Lalayanti. Sometimes a mother lifts her child, and when the child falls in her hands, the child laughs, and the mother also enjoys pleasure. Yasoda used to do this, but this time Krsna became very heavy, and she could not bear His weight No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 19 January 2023 diff hist +2,953 By our calculation, a universe may be very, very heavy, but because the Lord is ananta (unlimited), He feels the weight to be no heavier than a mustard seed No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,383 Due to the Lord's heavy weight, the boat began to tilt. It began filling up with water and was on the verge of sinking No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 19 January 2023 diff hist −13 A drowning man with a heavy weight on his head is sure to go down more swiftly than those who have no heavy weight No edit summary current
• 11:5011:50, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,396 I was greatly pleased to have the garland signifying the order of the Lord, and then and there I commenced to write this book No edit summary current
• 10:4510:45, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,489 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) was greatly pleased to have the garland signifying the order of the Lord, and then and there I commenced to write this book (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta) No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 19 January 2023 diff hist +8,810 In this verse SB 10.2.32 where such persons (who say that whatever process one accepts will lead to the same goal) are referred to as vimukta-maninah, signifying that although they think they have attained the highest perfection, in fact they have not No edit summary current