User contributions for ManiGopal

19 February 2023

• 09:2009:20, 19 February 2023 diff hist −10 The karmis will say: "Let us act nicely," I mean to say: "virtuously. We are karmis. So God must give us the result." This is called karma-mimamsa No edit summary current

14 February 2023

• 02:5002:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +100 Category:Activities of Yogamaya No edit summary current
• 02:4802:48, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,701 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that one cannot be blamed for protecting one's own child at the sacrifice of another's. Furthermore, Vasudeva cannot be accused of callousness, since his actions were impelled by the force of Yogamaya No edit summary current
• 02:4702:47, 14 February 2023 diff hist +36 The spiritual world and all spiritual activities are under the direction of the internal, spiritual energy, and such activities are performed by Yogamaya, the spiritual energy No edit summary current
• 02:4302:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +6,528 Those under the spell of the material energy cannot at all appreciate the activities of yogamaya, for a conditioned soul can hardly understand the pure reciprocation between the Lord and His devotee No edit summary current
• 02:4302:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,893 The activities of Yogamaya are distinctly visible in this chapter (SB 10.4), in which Devaki and Vasudeva excuse Kamsa for his many devious, atrocious activities and Kamsa becomes repentant and falls at their feet No edit summary current
• 02:4302:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +6 Everywhere, Krsna’s beauty merges everyone in the ecstasy of transcendental bliss. Actually the activities of yogamaya are absent in the spiritual sky and the Vaikuntha planets No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +5,021 When the living entity is bewildered or illusioned by the external energy, he becomes forgetful of his eternal relationship with the Lord, but as soon as he becomes aware of his constitutional position, he is liberated No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +7,183 Those bewildered by the spell of Your (Krsna's) external energy embrace the threefold miseries of material existence & are subjected to the dualities of pain and pleasure, sometimes drowning in the ocean of attachment and sometimes being taken out of it No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +28 The scientists who are bewildered by Krsna's external energy have no relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet they are accepted by some as mahajanas No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +6,737 The living entities are expansions of His (Sri Krsna's) marginal energy, and thus they are sometimes bewildered by the internal energy and sometimes by the external energy No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +7,061 The goal of life is to reach Visnu, but instead of reaching Visnu, people are bewildered by the external manifestation of the material energy No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,033 The external energy, which now bewilders the living being into continuation of birth and death, is turned into internal potency by the will of the Lord to lead the living being to eternal life No edit summary current
• 01:5001:50, 14 February 2023 diff hist +5,638 The devotee whose heart has been completely cleansed by the process of devotional service and who is favored by Bhaktidevi does not become bewildered by the external energy, which is just like a dark well No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +6,348 The bewilderment regarding Sri Krsna is due to the action of His twofold internal and external energies upon the third one, called marginal energy No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,510 Srila Dhruva Maharaja realized that this cosmic manifestation bewilders living entities like a dream or phantasmagoria because it is a creation of the illusory, external energy of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,356 Pure devotees of the Lord carry the message of Godhead in order to deliver the fallen souls, and the common man who is bewildered by the influence of the external energy of the Lord should avail himself of their association No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +7,189 Just as a devotee is never bewildered by his material body, the Lord is never bewildered by the external energy of this material world No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +4,640 Having concluded that Krsna was the S.P of Godhead, the sages addressed Him thus, "Dear Lord, we, the leaders of human society, are supposed to possess the proper philosophy of life, yet we are bewildered by the spell of Your external energy" No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +4,898 Foolish persons, bewildered by the external energy of Visnu, do not know that the ultimate goal of the progressive search after happiness is to get in touch directly with Lord Visnu, the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 01:4901:49, 14 February 2023 diff hist +5,094 Because all of us are bewildered by the illusory external energy of the Supreme Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability No edit summary current
• 01:4801:48, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,009 A Vaisnava is never bewildered by the influence of the external energy because he is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 01:4801:48, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,960 A pretender is bewildered by the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and one should either reject him from any position, or taking compassion upon him, teach him, if possible, to resume his original position No edit summary current
• 01:4401:44, 14 February 2023 diff hist +7,319 Those who are actually bewildered by the Mayavada philosophy and are still in the darkness of ignorance consider Lord Visnu to be a demigod, in defiance of the Rg-vedic mantra om tad visnoh paramam padam - Visnu is always in a superior position No edit summary current
• 01:4401:44, 14 February 2023 diff hist +4,806 This bewilderment, this maya, was caused by the supreme controller, prabhavatah - the all-potent Supreme person, Krsna - and we shall see the result No edit summary current
• 01:4401:44, 14 February 2023 diff hist +12,342 The atheists are faithless on account of their many misdeeds in their present and past lives. They fall into four categories: (3) the number-one fools, and (4) those who are bewildered by maya despite their mundane erudition No edit summary current
• 01:4301:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +28 They (those who do not follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu) are virtually lost in the bewildering network of Mayadevi No edit summary current
• 01:4301:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +28 No one among these four classes of atheist (the gross materialists, the immoral sinners, the number-one fools and bewildered by maya despite their mundane erudition) ever believes in the SPG, what to speak of offering prayers unto His lotus feet No edit summary current
• 01:4301:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +2,743 Material life means indulging in sense gratification which diverts our attention from spiritual importance and thus we remain captive under the bewilderment of Maya No edit summary
• 01:4301:43, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,655 Dhruva Maharaja said, daivim mayam upasritya: the cause of his bewilderment was his association with the illusory, material energy No edit summary current
• 01:4201:42, 14 February 2023 diff hist +3,920 A conditioned soul is bewildered by the Lord's illusory energy (maya). Maya’s business is to keep the conditioned soul forgetful of his real relationship with Krsna No edit summary current

8 February 2023

• 09:5509:55, 8 February 2023 diff hist +5,652 Without worshiping the lotus feet of a great devotee, one cannot be freed from maya's influence. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says: "Who has been freed from maya's clutches without serving the lotus feet of a Vaisnava No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 8 February 2023 diff hist +18 To surpass the influence of the illusory energy is very difficult, but those who are determined to catch hold of the lotus feet of the Lord are freed from the clutches of maya No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 8 February 2023 diff hist +3,887 This should be the standard of determination for all Krsna conscious persons. A Krsna conscious person should free himself from the clutches of maya, and he should also be compassionate to all others suffering in those clutches No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 8 February 2023 diff hist +44 The transcendentalist desiring freedom from the clutches of maya, or the illusory activities of life, is warned herewith not to be captivated by the external features of fruitive actors No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 8 February 2023 diff hist +4,765 The pure devotee is always free from the clutches of maya and her influence No edit summary current
• 08:3408:34, 8 February 2023 diff hist +18 The holy name and the Lord are identical. One who is completely free from the clutches of maya can understand this fact No edit summary current
• 08:3108:31, 8 February 2023 diff hist +3,058 The Brhan-naradiya Purana repeatedly emphasizes the chanting of the holy name so that people may take it seriously and thus free themselves from the clutches of maya No edit summary current
• 08:2908:29, 8 February 2023 diff hist +5,227 That is the verdict of all scriptures. By the slight association of a devotee, one can be freed from the clutches of maya No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 8 February 2023 diff hist +39,502 When the chanting of the holy name, form, qualities and paraphernalia is heard from the mouth of a pure devotee, his hearing and chanting are very pleasing. Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden us to hear the chanting of an artificial devotee or nondevotee No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 8 February 2023 diff hist +48 When heard from the mouth of a pure devotee, glorification of the Lord is immediately effective No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 8 February 2023 diff hist +6,589 We should strictly follow this injunction and never try to hear from Mayavadis, impersonalists, voidists, politicians or so-called scholars. Strictly avoiding such inauspicious association, we should simply hear from pure devotees No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 8 February 2023 diff hist +5,036 To serve the topmost devotee means to hear from him about the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To hear the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from the mouth of a pure devotee is to acquire a pious life No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 8 February 2023 diff hist +3,431 This (chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra and simply hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead from pure devotees) is the process recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and this is the purpose for studying the Vedas No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 8 February 2023 diff hist +5,155 The process of hearing from a pure devotee is recommended in all Vedic scriptures, especially by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 08:0308:03, 8 February 2023 diff hist +39,624 The Lord has innumerable forms and names and devotees may meditate upon a particular form and chant the holy name according to his attraction. The best course is to hear of the holy name, form and so on from a pure devotee of the same standard as oneself No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 8 February 2023 diff hist +5,079 That is acceptable for everyone, especially in this age. One should engage himself in hearing from pure devotees about the activities of the Lord. That is considered the supreme benediction for mankind No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 8 February 2023 diff hist +48 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advises that we not worry about the Vedic system of varnasrama-dharma. Rather, we should take directly to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra and simply hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead from pure devotees No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 8 February 2023 diff hist +2,383 Srimad-Bhagavatam trains the conditioned soul to this stage of perfection by submissive hearing from the pure devotee No edit summary current
• 07:3107:31, 8 February 2023 diff hist +39,397 Sridhara Svami has remarked that a pure devotee takes advantage of another pure devotee by trying to hear from him about the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord. If there is no such opportunity, he alone chants and hears the Lord's holy name No edit summary current