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23 February 2023

• 16:0016:00, 23 February 2023 diff hist 0 Maya, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is divided into two parts No edit summary current
• 15:5915:59, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,973 Maya, the external energy, continuously imposes upon the conditioned souls the suffering of the threefold miseries of this material world No edit summary current
• 15:5415:54, 23 February 2023 diff hist +5,493 In this way the conditioned soul becomes the servant of lusty desires, and when these are not fulfilled, he becomes the servant of anger and continues to be kicked by the external energy, maya No edit summary
• 15:5215:52, 23 February 2023 diff hist +24,504 In the spiritual sky there is no change because time has no influence. Consequently, the influence of maya, the total external energy, which induces us to become more and more materialistic and forget our relationship with God, is also absent there No edit summary current
• 15:4815:48, 23 February 2023 diff hist +10,547 In the Hari-vamsa, Krsna further explains, "This brahmajyoti is an expansion of My spiritual energy." Krsna told Arjuna, "The brahmajyoti is beyond the region of My external energy, known as maya-sakti" No edit summary current
• 15:4015:40, 23 February 2023 diff hist +3,259 In Bhagavad-gita the Lord refers to maya, the external energy, which creates this material world, as mama maya, "My energy," because this energy works under the full control of the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:3015:30, 23 February 2023 diff hist +7,571 Having entered the material world, the pure soul becomes conditioned by the material atmosphere, which is created by the external energy under the control of Lord Visnu. Thus the living entity comes under the control of the external energy, daivi maya No edit summary current
• 15:2715:27, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,419 Haridasa Thakura later left Candapura and went to the house of Advaita Acarya, where he was tested by Mayadevi, the personification of the external energy. She also received his favor by being blessed with the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
• 15:2015:20, 23 February 2023 diff hist +6,443 External energy cannot come in front of God, Krsna. This is maya. Just like darkness cannot come in front of the sun No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 23 February 2023 diff hist +13,022 Eternally conditioned souls, are entrusted to His external energy, maya, for rectification of their rebellious attitude toward the Supreme Father No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 23 February 2023 diff hist +1,845 Due to his being opposed to Krsna consciousness, the conditioned soul is punished by the witch of the external energy, maya No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,512 Delusion is the perverted image of reality and is the hallmark of maya, the Lord's external energy. This delusion is totally absent in His internal, spiritual potency No edit summary current
• 15:0715:07, 23 February 2023 diff hist +6,667 Because it is the effect of His (God's) external energy (bahiranga maya) and is aloof from the internal potency (atma-maya), the whole material creation is different from Him at the same time No edit summary current
• 15:0515:05, 23 February 2023 diff hist +38 A person, when he becomes ghostly haunted, he speaks all kinds of nonsense. So maya grasta jivera sei dasa upajaya. Those who have come to this material world under the influence of the external energy of Krsna, maya, they are all madmen No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 23 February 2023 diff hist +38 A conditioned soul is instrumental in the hands of the external energy, guna-mayi maya, or the illusory energy of the Lord, and in the liberated stage the living entity is instrumental to the will of the Personality of Godhead directly No edit summary current
• 14:5514:55, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,829 As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.7.23): mayam vyudasya cic-chaktya kaivalye sthita atmani. Although the external energy belongs to the Lord, when one is in the external energy (mama maya duratyaya (BG 7.14)) He is very difficult to understand No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 23 February 2023 diff hist +19,942 As soon as the Supreme Personality of Godhead is introduced, they (the Mayavadis) consider that His personality arises from maya, or the external material energy. Such persons consider all incarnations of the Supreme Lord to be contaminated No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 23 February 2023 diff hist +6,303 And our philosophy is that everyone is God conscious; simply it is being suppressed, either by the so-called leaders or by the influence of external energy, which is called maya No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 23 February 2023 diff hist +3,209 When the potencies of spiritual pleasure and knowledge are both bestowed upon the conditioned souls, the conditioned souls can escape the clutches of the external potency, maya, which acts as a cover obscuring one's spiritual identity No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,529 When freed (from the clutches of the external potency, maya), the living entity awakens to Krsna consciousness and engages in devotional service with love and affection No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 23 February 2023 diff hist +7,490 When a person properly utilizes his initiative, or active nature, with intelligence, understanding that everything is the Lord's potency, he can revive his original consciousness, which was lost due to association with maya, the external energy No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 23 February 2023 diff hist +5,865 This is the position of a mahatma. If one is not a mahatma, he is a duratma, or a cripple-minded person. Such mentally crippled duratmas are put under the control of the Lord's external potency, mahamaya No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 23 February 2023 diff hist +39 The universe is nothing but the external potency of the Lord. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.4): maya tatam idam sarvam No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,675 The spiritual potency of the Lord is manifested in three phases - the internal or spiritual potency, the marginal potency, which consists of the living entities, and the external potency, known as maya-sakti No edit summary current
• 14:1414:14, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,544 The external potency of Godhead, called maya, can never associate with the Lord, just as darkness cannot remain in the presence of light; yet darkness, being but an illusory and temporary covering of light, has no existence independent of light No edit summary current
• 14:0814:08, 23 February 2023 diff hist +3,966 The conditioned soul is always fearful due to being controlled by the external potency; therefore the conditioned soul should always pray to the almighty Lord to conquer the external potency (maya) so that she will no longer manifest her powers No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 23 February 2023 diff hist +9 The chief pleasure potency (of Krsna) is Radharani, and so Radha-Krsna are always together. Whereas the material energy is conducted by the external potency, Maya, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency, Radharani No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 23 February 2023 diff hist +6,866 Mahamaya who is known as Durga, Kali, Candi, Bhadrakali, Mohalaksmi, etc is the embodiment of His external potency as described in the Candi & it is the thankless task of the Mahamaya to punish the asuras with Her all powerful weapons in the 10 direction No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,801 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.14) it is said, daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya: the external potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is extremely strong. Indeed, everyone is fully captivated by her activities No edit summary current
• 12:2612:26, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,696 Yes, the Bhagavata Dharma discourses here in New Vrindaban are going on very nicely and daily several hundred devotees and guests are coming to hear, and it is truly a wonderful time No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,872 We have got 102 centers, and each center you'll find hundred, two hundred, 250 devotees like that. You see the picture. No, no. First picture. All these young boys and girls, how they are happy, you can see from the picture No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 23 February 2023 diff hist +1,626 Vasudeva Datta, Murari Gupta, Vidyanidhi and many other devotees went to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All together, they numbered two or three hundred No edit summary current
• 12:1712:17, 23 February 2023 diff hist +3,527 This is the influence of a pure devotee. If there is one pure devotee, his association can create hundreds and thousands of pure devotees No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 23 February 2023 diff hist +41 The temple of the King of Jaipur is situated within the palace, but the public is allowed to assemble; if one goes there, he will see that the temple is always crowded with at least five hundred devotees No edit summary current
• 12:1312:13, 23 February 2023 diff hist +1,532 The luster of His beautiful face increased at every moment, and the eyes of hundreds and thousands of devotees drank its honey like bumblebees No edit summary current
• 12:1012:10, 23 February 2023 diff hist +1,333 Hundreds of devotees brought water in the pots, and hundreds took the empty pots away to fill them up again No edit summary current
• 12:0812:08, 23 February 2023 diff hist +3,653 There are many hundreds and thousands of devotees of Lord Caitanya among whom there are no special symptoms, but when a devotee of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu functions with specific prowess, he displays the feature called avesa No edit summary current
• 12:0412:04, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,880 Most of the devotees of Lord Caitanya were Gaudiyas and Oriyas, inhabitants of Bengal and Orissa. There are still many hundreds of thousands of His followers in Bengal and Orissa No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 23 February 2023 diff hist +2,369 All blessings upon you, O Suta Gosvami. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared in the womb of Devaki as the son of Vasudeva No edit summary current
• 11:2911:29, 23 February 2023 diff hist +4,679 Although Krsna appeared as the son of Devaki, Devaki and Vasudeva did not enjoy the jata-karma, the festival of the birth ceremony. Instead, this ceremony was enjoyed by Nanda Maharaja, as stated here (nandas tv atmaja utpanne jatahlado maha-manah) No edit summary current
• 10:3610:36, 23 February 2023 diff hist +43,782 Although the name Vasudeva indicates the plenary portion of the Personality of Godhead, and although all the different forms of the Lord are identical with Vasudeva, in this text Vasudeva principally indicates the divine son of Vasudeva and Devaki No edit summary current

22 February 2023

• 16:2716:27, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,948 Without the Lord's relation, worship of the demigods is unauthorized (avidhi-purvakam), just as it is improper to water the leaves and branches of a tree without watering its root. Therefore the demigods are also dependent on Narayana No edit summary current
• 16:2516:25, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,731 When a man pours water on the leaves and branches of a tree without pouring water on the root, he does so without sufficient knowledge or without observing regulative principles. The process of watering a tree is to pour water on the root No edit summary current
• 16:2316:23, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,074 When a man pours water on the leaves and branches of a tree without pouring water on the root, he does so without sufficient knowledge or without observing regulative principles. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 16:2116:21, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,468 Visnu said: You also executed all religious principles. In this way you were able to cleanse your heart and control the influences of the material laws. In executing your austerity, you used to eat only the leaves of the trees which fell to the ground No edit summary current
• 16:2016:20, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,228 Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead walked on the bank of the Yamuna, touching the leaves of the trees and their fruits, flowers and twigs and praising their glorious welfare activities No edit summary current
• 16:1816:18, 22 February 2023 diff hist +5,836 Those who are busy rendering service to the parts and parcels, leaving aside the whole, only spoil time and energy, as one does when watering the leaves of a tree without watering the root No edit summary current
• 16:1216:12, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,237 The leaves and branches of the tree are also the tree, but the tree itself is neither the leaves nor the branches No edit summary current
• 16:1016:10, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,707 The impersonal cosmic situation is also Mukunda because it is the emanation of the energy of Mukunda. For example, a tree is a complete unit, whereas the leaves and the branches of the tree are emanated parts and parcels of the tree No edit summary current
• 16:0716:07, 22 February 2023 diff hist +7,615 The description of Nanda Maharaj's bodily features is as follows. The hairs on his head are generally black, but some of them are grey. His garments are of greenish color, like the new-grown leaves of a banyan tree No edit summary current