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13:0313:03, 22 January 2023 diff hist +5,067 Whoever takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His pure devotee is elevated to the spiritual order and purified from material contamination. This is also confirmed by Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita - BG 9.32 No edit summary current
13:0313:03, 22 January 2023 diff hist +45 To take the shelter of a pure devotee means he knows what is pravrtti and what is nivrtti. All our Vedic literature is meant for nivrtti No edit summary current
13:0213:02, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,421 To take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord means to take shelter of the pure devotees No edit summary current
13:0113:01, 22 January 2023 diff hist +45 To save oneself, one must take shelter of a pure devotee. Narottama dasa Thakura therefore says, chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payeche keba No edit summary current
12:5912:59, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,322 This confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to understand, yet it is very easy to understand if one takes shelter of a pure devotee. This confidential knowledge is also mentioned at the end of Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
12:5612:56, 22 January 2023 diff hist +4,793 One should take shelter of a pure devotee, who has nothing to do with this material world but is simply engaged in devotional service. By serving him only, one can transcend the qualitative material condition No edit summary current
12:5412:54, 22 January 2023 diff hist +45 Krsna se tomara, krsna dite para. Krsna is the property of His pure devotee, and if we take shelter of a pure devotee, he can deliver Krsna very easily No edit summary current
12:5412:54, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,066 It is a fact that if one takes shelter of a pure devotee, one attains all perfection, even if the association is a short one. A sadhu is a pure devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
12:5212:52, 22 January 2023 diff hist +5,357 Even if one wanders for many millions of years, from the time of creation until the time of annihilation, one cannot get free from the path of material existence unless one receives shelter at the lotus feet of a pure devotee No edit summary current
12:5012:50, 22 January 2023 diff hist +5,586 A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord, taking shelter of His lotus feet, and therefore he has a direct connection with the saffron mercy-particles that are strewn over the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
12:4912:49, 22 January 2023 diff hist +45 A Krsna conscious person is fully electrified spiritually, and therefore anyone who touches or takes shelter of such a pure devotee becomes similarly electrified with spiritual potencies. Such devotees are never puffed up with material opulences No edit summary current
12:4812:48, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,550 Anyone who takes shelter of the lotus feet of a pure devotee by accepting the pure devotee as his spiritual master can be at once purified No edit summary current
12:4712:47, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,760 Anyone can be purified if he takes shelter of a pure devotee and molds his character according to the pure devotee's direction. Then, even if one is a Kirata, Andhra, Pulinda or whatever, he can be purified and elevated to the position of a maha-paurusya No edit summary current
12:4612:46, 22 January 2023 diff hist +3,457 Although unfortunate people also get this opportunity (association with devotees), due to their great misfortune they cannot take shelter of pure devotees, and consequently they continuously suffer No edit summary current

03:4603:46, 19 January 2023 diff hist +24,254 Everyone rises early in the morning to offer worship to the Deities. The devotees prepare nice food for Krsna, they decorate the temple, make garlands, go out chanting, and sell books No edit summary current
03:4603:46, 19 January 2023 diff hist +2,805 Devotees engaged in temple worship should not, therefore, manufacture their own methods, but should strictly follow the regulative principles of cleanliness, and then offerings will be accepted No edit summary current
02:4202:42, 19 January 2023 diff hist +5,682 A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple, but who does not know how to behave toward devotees or people in general is called a prakrta-bhakta, or kanistha-adhikari No edit summary current
02:4102:41, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,742 As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw Lord Jagannatha in the temple, He was immediately overwhelmed with love and affection. He chanted and danced with His devotees for a long time No edit summary current
02:4102:41, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,733 As much as possible go to our temple in Mexico City, nearby you, and associate with the devotees there No edit summary current
02:4102:41, 19 January 2023 diff hist +37 Any householder devotee who is working full-time (with his wife) as a sankirtana book distributor, of temple managerial duties, artist, cook, etc. shall be provided food, shelter, and other bare minimum necessities by the temple itself No edit summary current
02:3802:38, 19 January 2023 diff hist +3,616 Any householder devotee who is working full-time (with his wife) as a sankirtana book distributer, of temple managerial duties, artist, cook, etc. shall be provided food, shelter, and other bare minimum necessities by the temple itself No edit summary current
02:3802:38, 19 January 2023 diff hist +4,929 Any devotee coming into the temple should always offer something to the Deity - fruit, flowers, incense, etc. If one cannot offer anything in cash, something else must be offered No edit summary current
02:3802:38, 19 January 2023 diff hist +8,704 Amongst all these the very big temples in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit can be specially mentioned. In these temples the minimum number of devotees attached is 50 and maximum 250 No edit summary current
02:3802:38, 19 January 2023 diff hist +4,885 Although you are not formally initiated, you have associated with our devotees in the New York temple, and it has acted. The seed is already there in you and it has to be helped to grow and fructify No edit summary current
02:3702:37, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,951 All the devotees engaged in the cleansing ceremony of the Gundica temple and danced in front of the Ratha-yatra chariot, just as they had done in the past No edit summary current
02:3702:37, 19 January 2023 diff hist +1,464 All the devotees within the temple began to wash. Each one had a broom in his hand, and in this way they cleansed the temple of the Lord No edit summary current
02:3702:37, 19 January 2023 diff hist +2,022 After seeing the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu washed and cleaned Sri Gundica temple with the assistance of many devotees No edit summary current
02:3702:37, 19 January 2023 diff hist +2,099 After concluding His pastimes in the water, Lord Govinda returned to His residence. Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the temple, taking all His devotees with Him No edit summary current
02:3602:36, 19 January 2023 diff hist +4,008 Actually there is no difference between devotees living inside the temple and devotees living outside the temple. You are right that the important thing is to remember Krsna, whatever is your activity. So try to remember Krsna always No edit summary current
02:2302:23, 19 January 2023 diff hist −13 Many words used in those days could be understood only by local inhabitants, yet this book (Sri Krsna-vijaya) is still so popular that no bookstore is complete without it. It is valuable for those who are interested in advancing in Krsna consciousness No edit summary
02:2302:23, 19 January 2023 diff hist +2,501 It is understood that silken rope was being manufactured by the local inhabitants of Kulina-grama; therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja Khan to get ropes every year for Lord Jagannatha's service No edit summary current
02:2302:23, 19 January 2023 diff hist −13 For the last 50 years Gaudiya Math people are there but their relationship with local inhabitants is not so cordial. If we continue this philanthropic work to give them enlightenment & food without any discrimination, it will be appreciated by all people No edit summary current

05:2205:22, 13 January 2023 diff hist −13 Unless one is saturated with love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot appreciate the transcendental value of Lord Ramacandra; one cannot see Him with material eyes No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 13 January 2023 diff hist +2,391 The Lord is transcendental to our sense experience, but He reveals Himself to the sincere devotee. Because Vidura was always absorbed in thought of the Lord, Maitreya could estimate Vidura's transcendental value No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 13 January 2023 diff hist +5,013 They cannot understand the transcendental value of performing devotional service or chanting the Hare Krsna mantra No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 13 January 2023 diff hist +4,884 Lord Caitanya advised all His disciples to preach krsna-katha all over the world without discrimination because the transcendental value of krsna-katha can purify one and all from material contamination No edit summary current
05:1705:17, 13 January 2023 diff hist +6,578 Real goodness means without being attacked by the other modes, passion and ignorance. That goodness is in God No edit summary current
05:1705:17, 13 January 2023 diff hist +81,278 Real goodness lies in the activities of karma-yoga, even if one is only in the preliminary stages. Further, a karma-yogi makes progressive headway life after life, and this is confirmed as follows in the Bhagavad-gita - 6.43 No edit summary current
05:1705:17, 13 January 2023 diff hist +4,540 Real goodness is in the transcendental world. Here in the material world, the quality of goodness is not pure. Goodness may exist, but there must also be some tinges of passion and ignorance No edit summary current
05:1605:16, 13 January 2023 diff hist +81,561 Only when one has transcended the limits of sensory pleasure can he be classified as a karma-yogi, or a worker for transcendental results. Real goodness lies in the activities of karma-yoga, even if one is only in the preliminary stages No edit summary current
05:1305:13, 13 January 2023 diff hist +3,879 Wise kings can become chastisers of upstarts and uprooters of Kali, or quarrelsome elements No edit summary current
05:1305:13, 13 January 2023 diff hist +3,400 This child (Pariksit) will be the father of kings who will be like sages. For world peace and for the sake of religion, he will be the chastiser of the upstarts and the quarrelsome No edit summary current
05:1205:12, 13 January 2023 diff hist +2,942 The age of Kali is the most condemned age due to its quarrelsome features. Kali-yuga is so saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest misunderstanding No edit summary current
05:1205:12, 13 January 2023 diff hist +4 However expert such quarrelsome impersonalists (the Mayavadis) are in putting forward their so-called logic, we defeat them in every respect and go forward with our Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
05:1205:12, 13 January 2023 diff hist +3,254 For world peace and for the sake of religion, Pariksit Maharaja will be the chastiser of the upstarts and the quarrelsome No edit summary current
05:1205:12, 13 January 2023 diff hist +1,059 Burning with lust they became quarrelsome No edit summary current
05:0005:00, 13 January 2023 diff hist +15,063 Mayavadi philosophers deprive human society of the real message of Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
04:5904:59, 13 January 2023 diff hist +4,813 In order to receive the real message of Srimad-Bhagavatam one should approach the current link, or spiritual master, in the chain of disciplic succession No edit summary current

13:0613:06, 9 January 2023 diff hist +10 Matter does not increase or decrease unless it is spiritually touched. Matter is a product of spirit and increases only by the touch of spirit No edit summary current
13:0313:03, 9 January 2023 diff hist +5,605 The greatest intelligent man of the world or the greatest man of science can present everything very beautifully only insofar as the spirit life is there or insomuch as the spiritual touch is there No edit summary

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