User contributions for Madana Mohana

6 February 2023

• 13:5213:52, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,294 While passing over the mountainous region from Mexico to Caracas, we actually saw so many mountains that we doubt whether their height, length and breadth have been properly measured No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,164 The width and height of all these mountains is 2,000 yojanas (16,000 miles). Sumeru, a mountain of solid gold shining as brilliantly as fire, is surrounded by these eight mountains No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,223 Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhu-mandala planetary system. The mountain's height is the same as the width of Jambudvipa - or, in other words, 100,000 yojanas (800,000 miles) No edit summary current
• 13:4413:44, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,447 Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas (800 miles) and a height of 1,100 yojanas (8,800 miles) No edit summary current
• 13:4113:41, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,294 On the four sides of the great mountain known as Sumeru are four mountains-Mandara, Merumandara, Suparsva and Kumuda - which are like its belts. The length and height of these mountains are calculated to be 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 6 February 2023 diff hist +4,852 One of the cowherd boys said, "Its (the snake's) mouth appears to be like a big mountain cave, and its height cannot be estimated. The chin is also raised just like a mountain summit" No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,202 Of that, 16,000 yojanas (128,000 miles) are within the earth, and therefore the mountain's height above the earth is 84,000 yojanas (672,000 miles). The mountain's width is 32,000 yojanas (256,000 miles) at its summit and 16,000 yojanas at its base No edit summary current
• 13:3413:34, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,839 Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the height of them all is the same No edit summary current
• 12:0712:07, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,576 In the middle of that island is a great mountain named Manasottara, which forms the boundary between the inner side and the outer side of the island. Its breadth and height are 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) No edit summary current
• 11:5111:51, 6 February 2023 diff hist +1,413 You are the most neutral among My associates. This is very good, for without being neutral one cannot protect religious principles No edit summary current
• 11:4911:49, 6 February 2023 diff hist +9,644 Without being neutral one cannot protect religious principles No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 6 February 2023 diff hist +5,178 The Lord is the personality of religious principles. In three millenniums religious principles are protected by three kinds of spiritual culture, namely austerity, cleanliness and mercy. The Lord is called tri-yuga in that way also No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 6 February 2023 diff hist +1,886 The elderly brahmana prayed, "My dear Lord Gopala, I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, and therefore I request You to please protect my religious principles from disturbance and at the same time save my kinsmen from dying" No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,451 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, for the sake of protecting the cows, brahmanas, demigods, devotees, the Vedic literature, religious principles, and principles to fulfill the purpose of life, the SPG accepts the forms of incarnations No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,345 Now that Sri Krsna, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His own abode, please tell us by whom religious principles are presently protected No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 6 February 2023 diff hist +4,817 May Kalkideva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared as an incarnation to protect religious principles, protect me from the dirt of the age of Kali No edit summary current
• 11:0411:04, 6 February 2023 diff hist +5,047 In three millenniums religious principles are protected by three kinds of spiritual culture, namely austerity, cleanliness and mercy No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,653 From the Lord's personal activities, human society should learn how to give protection specifically to the brahmanas and cows. Then the protection of religious principles, fulfillment of the aim of life and protection of Vedic knowledge can be achieved No edit summary
• 10:5710:57, 6 February 2023 diff hist +4,132 Dhruva Maharaja was endowed with all godly qualities; he was very respectful to the devotees of the Supreme Lord and very kind to the poor and innocent, and he protected religious principles No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 6 February 2023 diff hist +14 As stated in Bhagavad-gita, whenever there is a discrepancy in the discharge of religious principles, the Lord descends on the surface of the earth to protect religious principles and to annihilate the miscreant No edit summary current
• 10:3910:39, 6 February 2023 diff hist +7,059 The Lord is worshiped as brahmanya-deva. The Lord is very fond of devotees, or brahmanas. This does not refer to so-called caste brahmanas, but to qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
• 10:3810:38, 6 February 2023 diff hist +7,035 The Lord is very fond of devotees, or brahmanas. This does not refer to so-called caste brahmanas, but to qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 6 February 2023 diff hist +9,464 System of four social divisions, according to quality and work, is ordained by Me." But the difficulty is that this so-called caste system has come in, on account of the false notion that in order to be a brahmana, one must be the son of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 10:3210:32, 6 February 2023 diff hist +2,785 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that although the brahmana (who cooked for Lord Caitanya) did not belong to a superior community, he fearlessly chastised so-called caste brahmanas because he was situated on the platform of pure ds No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 6 February 2023 diff hist +5,285 In this age there are many so-called caste brahmanas and caste Gosvamis who, taking advantage of the sastra and of the innocence of people in general, claim to be brahmanas and Vaisnavas by hereditary right No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 6 February 2023 diff hist +6,426 If this (Varnasrama) system is neglected & the qualities & divisions of society are not considered, the result will be brahma-vit-ksatra-sudranam yo bali bhavita nrpah: the so-called caste system of brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya & sudra will be meaningless No edit summary current
• 10:2210:22, 6 February 2023 diff hist +8,966 Krsna does not say that. He says "according to quality and work." He never says "according to birth." So this so-called caste system in India is a false notion of catur-varnyam, the system of four social divisions No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,810 All the sannyasis in the Krsna consciousness movement, who are preaching all over the world, are regular brahmana-sannyasis. Thus the so-called caste brahmanas should not object to offering them respectful obeisances No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,666 Even though a politician may be allowed to take birth in his so-called homeland, he still has to undergo suffering due to his sinful activities in his previous life No edit summary current
• 09:4309:43, 6 February 2023 diff hist +6,197 To prepare oneself for the better next life, one must get out of one's so-called home. The system of varnasrama-dharma, or sanatana-dharma, prescribes retirement from family encumbrances as early as possible after one has passed fifty years of age No edit summary current
• 09:4109:41, 6 February 2023 diff hist +3,740 The material world, created by this external energy, becomes the so-called home of the conditioned soul No edit summary current

3 February 2023

• 12:0412:04, 3 February 2023 diff hist +5,034 Within this material world, everything is nonpermanent, temporary. Anything you take, it has got its creation, it stays for some time, it produces some by-products, then it grows, and then it dwindles, and then it vanishes No edit summary current
• 11:5511:55, 3 February 2023 diff hist +4,381 Who else but the gross materialists will neglect such transcendental thought and take to the nonpermanent names only, seeing the mass of people fallen in the river of suffering as the consequence of accruing the result of their own work No edit summary current
• 11:3611:36, 3 February 2023 diff hist +25 We don't wish to die, because in actuality we are permanent. Nor do we want to grow old or be diseased, because these are all external or nonpermanent states No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 3 February 2023 diff hist +4,130 We are delivering the genuine goods to the human society on behalf of God, Krishna. If someone wants to check us, it is for the time being only and not permanent situation No edit summary current
• 11:2911:29, 3 February 2023 diff hist +6,265 Those who have realized the Absolute Truth, they have concluded that the matter has no permanent existence and spirit soul has no annihilation. These two things would be understood No edit summary current
• 11:2711:27, 3 February 2023 diff hist −19 Those who are completely in ignorance are called sudras. And those who are less than that are animals or animal life. However, these designations are not permanent. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 3 February 2023 diff hist +2,254 Those ostentatious penances and austerities which are performed in order to gain respect, honor and reverence are said to be in the mode of passion. They are neither stable nor permanent. BG 17.18 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 11:1311:13, 3 February 2023 diff hist +15,219 The world or the cosmic creation is not false, as maintained by the Mayavada school. It simply has no permanent existence. A nonpermanent thing cannot be called false altogether. But the conception that the material body is the self is certainly wrong No edit summary
• 11:0811:08, 3 February 2023 diff hist +3,686 The street or road of your American cities, it looks so nice, so many lights and so many night-illuminating signboards. But we should always remember that this nice situation is not permanent settlement. Any moment I'll have to give up everything No edit summary current
• 11:0211:02, 3 February 2023 diff hist +25 The problem, then, is how to get out, just as you try to get out of a fever. The fevered condition is not your permanent life. Permanent life is enjoyment, but due to the fever you cannot enjoy life No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 3 February 2023 diff hist +2,164 The living entity is eternal, but because of his accepting nonpermanent things, misidentifying his interest, he is put into ignorance, and therefore he suffers material pangs No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 3 February 2023 diff hist +14,661 The incarnation of Hamsa and Mohini are not permanent, but Kapila, Dattatreya, Rsabha, Dhanvantari and Vyasa are five eternal forms, and they are more celebrated No edit summary current
• 10:3910:39, 3 February 2023 diff hist +20,461 The impersonalist's position in the spiritual world is nonpermanent, for out of loneliness he will attempt to acquire some association. Because he does not associate personally with the Supreme Lord, he has to return again to the world No edit summary current
• 10:3810:38, 3 February 2023 diff hist +3,983 The field is a nonpermanent material thing. However, the ksetrajna, the knower of the field, its proprietor, is different. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:3510:35, 3 February 2023 diff hist +10,922 The external energy means we are captivated by the external energy. But the external energy is not permanent. The internal energy is permanent. The spiritual world is permanent, and we are also permanent No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 3 February 2023 diff hist +26,953 The above quoted verse from Bhagavad-gita indicates that one who has conquered the mind and has overcome all attachment to nonpermanent things can be absorbed in thought of the Paramatma No edit summary current
• 10:2110:21, 3 February 2023 diff hist +8,486 They (material measures of protection) may be beneficial temporarily, but they afford no permanent benefit No edit summary current
• 10:1910:19, 3 February 2023 diff hist +3,522 These visible objects like wife, children and property are like dreams and mental concoctions. Actually what we see has no permanent existence. It is sometimes seen and sometimes not No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 3 February 2023 diff hist +3,059 There may be some temporary reactions to such propaganda, but there are no permanent effects. Therefore such activities are a waste of time No edit summary current