User contributions for Yadu Kumar

6 April 2023

• 07:0007:00, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 Interest in Krsna consciousness is not commonplace. In Bhagavad-gita it is said that out of many millions and billions of persons, only one is interested in achieving perfection No edit summary current
• 07:0007:00, 6 April 2023 diff hist +2,074 If you accept this conclusion of Mine, being unattached to material enjoyment, adhering to Me with great faith and thus becoming proficient and fully aware of knowledge and its practical application in life, you will achieve the highest perfection No edit summary current
• 06:5906:59, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,554 If they (all living beings) act accordingly, then simply by discharging their respective occupational duties they can achieve the highest perfection of life, namely eternal life, complete knowledge and inexhaustible blessings No edit summary current
• 06:5906:59, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4,302 If one is not attracted by the transcendental nature of Krsna, one is sure to continue material existence by transmigrating from one material body to another. Only in Krsna consciousness can one achieve the highest perfection of life No edit summary current
• 06:5806:58, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,086 If anyone displays the signs of understanding Krsna consciousness, he should be accepted, according to Vaisnava smrti regulations, as a prospective brahmana and should be given all facilities to achieve the highest perfection No edit summary current
• 06:5706:57, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,194 He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) said that even by a moments association with a pure devotee, one can achieve all perfection. We are not ashamed to admit that this fact was experienced in our practical life No edit summary current
• 06:5606:56, 6 April 2023 diff hist +25,781 He (a person who is puffed up by so-called education) thinks that he does not require a spiritual master and that he can achieve the highest perfection by his own efforts. Such persons are not eligible for the study of Vedanta-sutra No edit summary current
• 06:5606:56, 6 April 2023 diff hist +13 He (a Krsna counscious person) endures all such incidental occurences because he knows that they come and go and do not affect his duties. In this way he achieves the highest perfection in yoga practice. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:5506:55, 6 April 2023 diff hist +2,127 Having been instructed by the great and learned brahmana Vasistha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Iksvaku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogi, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body No edit summary current
• 06:5406:54, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4,203 Haihaya achieved all such perfection in devotional service but, because of his offense at the feet of a devotee, was killed by Lord Parasurama No edit summary current
• 06:5306:53, 6 April 2023 diff hist +24,169 For many, many lives these boys underwent austerities and penances to achieve the highest perfection of life, and now they have the opportunity to play with Krsna personally on an equal level No edit summary current
• 06:5306:53, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,141 For achieving perfection in Krsna consciousness, no qualification is required other than to be constantly engaged in the loving service of Krsna, the supreme nectar, the reservoir of all pleasure No edit summary current
• 06:5206:52, 6 April 2023 diff hist +2,771 Even those trying for liberation, or merging into the Brahman effulgence, and the yogis who try to achieve perfection in mystic power cannot have peace of mind No edit summary current
• 06:5006:50, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,866 Economic development means to get more money and to satisfy senses more and more. This is the modern theory. But Krsna says that to achieve the perfection of life, one should be nirasih. Nirasih means unnecessarily desiring for sense gratification No edit summary current
• 06:5006:50, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,599 Each and every one of these processes is so powerful that if anyone follows even one single one of them, he can achieve the desired perfection without fail No edit summary current
• 06:4906:49, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,916 Diverting even a little of one's attention toward Krsna and activities in Krsna consciousness immediately enables one to achieve the highest perfection of life. This is the purpose of the Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary current
• 06:4806:48, 6 April 2023 diff hist +15,527 Despite all the allurement of yoga practice, the eight kinds of yogic perfections are hardly achievable by the common man. But here it is described that the Lord, who appeared before the four sages, is Himself full of all eight of those perfections No edit summary current
• 06:4806:48, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,205 Dear Queen, you must have worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who delivers His devotees from the greatest danger. Persons who constantly meditate upon Him surpass the course of birth and death. This perfection is very difficult to achieve No edit summary current
• 06:4706:47, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,442 Cow protection means feeding the brahminical culture, which leads towards God consciousness, and thus perfection of human civilization is achieved No edit summary current
• 06:4606:46, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4,692 Chanting of this holy mantra is the only shelter of the desireless pure devotee of the Lord. Simply by such tapasya, or penance, the devotee of the Lord achieves all perfections like Lord Brahma No edit summary current
• 06:4506:45, 6 April 2023 diff hist +34 By thinking of Me (Krsna) constantly with love and affection, you (Devaki and Vasudeva) will achieve the highest perfection: returning home, back to Godhead - SB 10.3.45 No edit summary
• 06:4306:43, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,743 By chanting the Hare Krsna mantra constantly, one can fix the mind on the lotus feet of Krsna (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh (SB 9.4.18)) and in this way achieve the perfection of yoga No edit summary current
• 06:4006:40, 6 April 2023 diff hist +1,760 Because Yuvanasva, the father of the baby, was blessed by the brahmanas, he did not fall a victim to death. After this incident, he performed severe austerities and achieved perfection in that very spot No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 6 April 2023 diff hist +13 A serious personality can achieve the highest perfection of meeting the Lord and attain his objective simply by being guided by a pure devotee, who automatically approaches by dint of one's serious determination to meet the Lord by all means No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 6 April 2023 diff hist +10,354 A person who is puffed up by education has no humility and therefore does not seek the protection of a bona fide spiritual master. He thinks that he does not require a spiritual master and that he can achieve the perfection by his own efforts No edit summary current
• 06:3906:39, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 A person in meditation achieves the perfection of yoga practice when he can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 06:3706:37, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 A householder, a gentleman or a person living with family, wife and children, his real aim is how to achieve the relationship, lost relationship, with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His only aim is how to achieve that perfection No edit summary current
• 06:3606:36, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,027 As we learn from Bhagavad Gita, it is said there that a person who does not reach to the final goal of Krishna Consciousness is again given the opportunity to fulfill the mission of achieving perfection No edit summary current
• 06:3506:35, 6 April 2023 diff hist +12,105 As stated in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.3): Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me (Krsna) in truth No edit summary current
• 06:3506:35, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,712 As long as the body exists one can thoroughly study the Vedic instructions, and thus at the end of life one can achieve perfection. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 8.6): yam yam vapi smaran bhavam tyajaty ante kalevaram No edit summary current
• 06:3506:35, 6 April 2023 diff hist +34 As long as a devotee is in his material body, his probational activities in devotional service prepare him for being transferred to the Lord's supreme abode. Only those who are one hundred percent engaged in devotional service can achieve this perfection No edit summary current
• 06:3406:34, 6 April 2023 diff hist +13 As Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.3): "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth" No edit summary current
• 06:3406:34, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,580 Anyone who takes up Krsna consciousness achieves the highest perfection of life, regardless of whatever abominable condition of life he may have fallen into No edit summary current
• 06:3106:31, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,781 Actually there is no difference between mystic perfection and materialistic perfection. A German scholar once said that the so-called yoga perfections have already been achieved by the modern scientists, and so he was not concerned with them No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,108 Without good association, one cannot achieve transcendental knowledge No edit summary current
• 06:1506:15, 6 April 2023 diff hist +7,139 To understand Krsna superficially, that is not sufficient. That is also good, but you must have tattvatah, what is Krsna actually. That knowledge can be achieved - bhaktya, by this krsna-yoga No edit summary current
• 06:1506:15, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,752 The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, it is very difficult to achieve perfect knowledge of the Absolute Truth. Your Lordship is so kind to the fallen souls that You appear in different incarnations and execute different activities" No edit summary current
• 06:1406:14, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4,263 The internal potency is easily realized by the devotees of the Lord by dint of devotional service. Yuyudhana achieved this stage of life, just as he achieved expert knowledge in military science from Arjuna No edit summary current
• 06:1406:14, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,852 The highest perfectional knowledge is knowledge of the Supreme Lord. He cannot be understood by any process of religion other than devotional service; therefore, the immediate result of perfect knowledge is achieved by executing devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4,539 The empirical philosophers generally put forward the idea that human life is meant for achieving perfect knowledge. To them, knowledge means the ability to discern reality from illusion No edit summary current
• 06:1306:13, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 There are so many university degrees - M.A., Ph.D., D.A.C., and so on, so on, elite. Still, he does not know? Still, he's mudha? The Bhagavad-gita says, "Yes." Mayayapahrta-jnanah: The knowledge he has achieved, that has been taken away by maya No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,478 Spiritual knowledge is very difficult to achieve, and so in order to make it more easily attainable, the Supreme Lord Himself comes in His original form as Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 So that perfection of knowledge was achieved in the age of goodness by meditation, and in the age of Treta by sacrifice, and by Dvapara by worship, and in this age this krsna-kirtana No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 6 April 2023 diff hist +5,578 Second birth means by reformatory process, when he is eligible, then he is initiated by the spiritual master. That is second birth. Then initiation means he is allowed to study Vedic literature to achieve real knowledge No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 6 April 2023 diff hist +3,625 Real understanding is described here (in SB 3.26.30) as niscayah, or proved experimental knowledge. This experimental knowledge can be achieved when one has understood the false knowledge No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 Persons who have achieved knowledge by the association of devotees follow the mahajanas (mahat-krtena). Such a person always concentrates his mind upon the lotus feet of the Lord and executes one or more of the nine varieties of devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1006:10, 6 April 2023 diff hist −11 One cannot serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead unless one has achieved full perfectional knowledge in the ways and means of performing devotional service No edit summary current
• 06:1006:10, 6 April 2023 diff hist +6,248 Lord Sri Krsna agreed to become the son of Vasudeva and Devaki upon being pleased with their severe austerities. Therefore if any austerities have to be done, they must be done to achieve the end of knowledge, Vasudeva No edit summary current
• 06:0906:09, 6 April 2023 diff hist +12 Knowledge is always highly esteemed. And what is that knowledge? Perfect knowledge is achieved when one surrenders unto Krsna, as is said in the Seventh Chapter, 19th verse (of BG): bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:0906:09, 6 April 2023 diff hist +12 In this material world we are trying to achieve so many things - riches, women, fame, beauty, knowledge, etc. - but as soon as we are situated in Krsna consciousness we think - Oh, no achievement is better than this No edit summary current