User contributions for Madana Mohana

24 April 2023

• 15:1115:11, 24 April 2023 diff hist +4,157 They (impersonalists) think that when Krsna comes into the material world He accepts a material body. They therefore overlook the transcendental body of Krsna No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 24 April 2023 diff hist +4,563 Such sentiments (anger and mercy) are definitely not absent in the Absolute, as the impersonalists think, making their mundane estimation of the transcendental world No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 24 April 2023 diff hist +8,817 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that this verse (SB 6.4.34) is especially meant for the impersonalist, who thinks that he himself is the Supreme because there is no difference between the living being and God No edit summary current
• 15:0715:07, 24 April 2023 diff hist −6 Sometimes materialists consider Lord Visnu a material conception. Impersonalists think that above Lord Visnu is the impersonal Brahman No edit summary current
• 15:0615:06, 24 April 2023 diff hist +9,441 Since impersonalists cannot understand the source of the Brahman energy, they mistakenly choose to think this impersonal Brahman the ultimate or absolute goal No edit summary current
• 15:0115:01, 24 April 2023 diff hist +7,298 Nondevotee impersonalists think that Krsna has a body made of this material nature and that all His activities, His form and everything, are maya. These impersonalists are known as Mayavadi. They do not know the ultimate truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 24 April 2023 diff hist +13 It is a great falldown on the part of the impersonalists to think that the Supreme Lord appears within a material body and that one should therefore not meditate upon the form of the Supreme but should meditate instead on the formless No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,375 In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, The impersonalists think that I have no form, that I am formless, but that at present I have accepted a form to serve a purpose, and now I am manifested. But such speculators are factually without sharp intelligence No edit summary current
• 14:2114:21, 24 April 2023 diff hist −6 Impersonalists think that “material” refers to the forms within our experience and that “spiritual” refers to an absence of form No edit summary current
• 14:1914:19, 24 April 2023 diff hist +7,408 Impersonalists not knowing the Supreme Truth, think Krsna to be only the son of Devaki and Vasudeva, or a prince, or a powerful living entity. This is also condemned in Bhagavad-gita: "Only the fools regard Me as an ordinary person". BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:5013:50, 24 April 2023 diff hist +3,660 He (Krsna) does not assume any form, as the impersonalists think, because He comes at His own will, and the form in which He descends is His eternal form No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 24 April 2023 diff hist +13 Falsely think that "I am the supreme, I am controlling everything. The sun is moving under my direction, the everything, the water is, seas, I mean to say, there under my direction." This is their meditation. Impersonalists No edit summary current
• 13:3513:35, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,625 Anadrta-yusmad-anghrayah. The impersonalists do not think that the service of the Lord is more valuable than serving the poor man or starting a school or hospital No edit summary current
• 13:2513:25, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,081 When Satrajit wore this jewel in a locket around his neck, he appeared exactly like an imitation sun-god. Putting on this jewel, he entered the city of Dvaraka, and people thought that the sun-god had come into the city to see Krsna No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 24 April 2023 diff hist +2,648 The demon (Hiranyaksa) employed many conjuring tricks against the Personality of Godhead (Varahadeva), who is the Lord of yogamaya. At the sight of this the people were filled with alarm and thought that the dissolution of the universe was near No edit summary current
• 13:1813:18, 24 April 2023 diff hist +7,032 People thought, "What is the use of calling a brahmana for puja part? There is no necessity. Stop it." So naturally the brahmanas were obliged to accept to the business or occupational duties of the ksatriyas or the vaisyas or even sudras No edit summary current
• 13:1413:14, 24 April 2023 diff hist +1,766 Hearing all these statements, all the people gathered there became a little doubtful. They thought it quite possible that because of attraction for riches one might give up his religious principles No edit summary
• 13:1213:12, 24 April 2023 diff hist +6,793 During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of Sankaracarya in society was very strong. People thought that one could accept sannyasa only in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya No edit summary current
• 13:1113:11, 24 April 2023 diff hist −26 Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His mystic power in presenting Himself simultaneously in each and every sankirtana group. Most people thought that He was one, but some saw that He was many No edit summary current
• 13:0813:08, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,367 Unfortunately, instead of doing so, people are absorbed in thoughts of society, friendship, love and relatives. This Krsna consciousness movement, however, is educating people throughout the world and informing them how to conquer death No edit summary current
• 13:0713:07, 24 April 2023 diff hist +3,952 This Krsna consciousness movement was first attempted in India, but the people of India, being absorbed in political thoughts, did not take to it. They were entranced by the political leaders. We preferred, therefore, to come to the West No edit summary current
• 13:0613:06, 24 April 2023 diff hist +3,443 O people of the world! Please try to translate the Gita's message into action and channel your thoughts toward Lord Krsna's lotus feet No edit summary current
• 13:0513:05, 24 April 2023 diff hist +4 In the material way of life, people are embarrassed with the thoughts of how I shall sleep, how I shall eat, how I shall mate, and how I shall defend. That is the way of material life No edit summary current
• 11:1611:16, 24 April 2023 diff hist +25,862 When Krsna came on this earth He had many girlfriends and over 16,000 wives, and some people think that He was very sensual. But this was not the fact No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 24 April 2023 diff hist +3,926 When a devotee is fit to receive worldly reputation, he is envied by many people. This is quite natural. When a person, out of humility, does not desire fame, people generally think him quite humble and consequently give him all kinds of fame No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 24 April 2023 diff hist −7 Whatever Krsna likes, He'll do. You cannot oblige Him, that "You have to do it." No. That is karma-mimamsa, that "If good work gives good result, so why should we care for Krsna? We shall do the good work." Ordinary people, they think like that No edit summary current
• 11:0011:00, 24 April 2023 diff hist +2,479 We have to all cooperate amongst ourselves, otherwise what will people think if we ourselves fight with one another? A devotee is always ideal in behavior No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 24 April 2023 diff hist +10 We can offer history of the world, of the universe, from millions and millions of years ago. But these people with petty knowledge for three thousand years or four thousand years, they are thinking they have advanced No edit summary current
• 10:5610:56, 24 April 2023 diff hist +4,541 We are not dull matter. We have got our flexible hands and legs to work. People think that "These Krsna conscious men, Hare Krsna people, they are escaping." What is that, escaping? We are not escaping. We are practically taking the real activities No edit summary current
• 10:5410:54, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,814 Unintelligent people think that the Supreme Lord accepts a body composed of the material energy No edit summary current
• 10:5310:53, 24 April 2023 diff hist +2,899 Unfortunately, people are thinking of different interests, and blind leaders are misleading them No edit summary current
• 10:5210:52, 24 April 2023 diff hist +27,508 Unfortunately, people are so dull in this age that they have no idea how birth and death can be stopped. They think that birth and death cannot be stopped; even famous scientists admit this No edit summary current
• 10:3510:35, 24 April 2023 diff hist +16,468 Thinking in these bodily terms, people consider their wives and children to be theirs and the land of their birth to be worshipable. Thinking thus, people are willing to fight and die for their country No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 24 April 2023 diff hist +7,485 The word tirascam refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As Western people think, from the monkeys come the human beings, who are more comfortably situated No edit summary current
• 10:2110:21, 24 April 2023 diff hist +19,222 The knowledge is received, not manufactured. Some people think, "Why should I listen to Him? I can think for myself. I can manufacture something new." This is not the Vedic process of descending knowledge No edit summary current
• 10:1610:16, 24 April 2023 diff hist +7,512 The foolishness of gross materialism is that people think of making a permanent settlement in this world, although it is a settled fact that one has to give up everything here that has been created by valuable human energy No edit summary current
• 10:1510:15, 24 April 2023 diff hist +12,866 The European and American youths in the KC movement have been accustomed to many bad habits since birth, but now they have given these up. Many people think that it is impossible to live without illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling No edit summary current
• 10:1410:14, 24 April 2023 diff hist +4,297 The entire world is bewildered because people are thinking, "This is my land," "America is mine," "India is mine." Not knowing the real value of life, people think that the material body and the land where it is produced are all in all No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 24 April 2023 diff hist +5,447 The difficulty is that people are not educated to understand this simple philosophy. They think that advancement of civilization means increasing sense gratification No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 24 April 2023 diff hist +24,658 They (people) think that the perfection of life is in eating a great supply of food, or in sleeping twenty hours, or in having a new mate every night or every day. People are interested in these things, but not in the perfection of life No edit summary current
• 09:5509:55, 24 April 2023 diff hist +10,897 They (in America) take it (marriage) purely for prostitution, that's all. So therefore people are thinking, - What is the use of keeping a regular prostitute at such heavy expenditure? Better not to have this No edit summary current
• 09:5109:51, 24 April 2023 diff hist +20,570 There may be fireworks going on, and this may be happiness for someone but distress for us. Some people are thinking that these fireworks are very enjoyable, and we are thinking that they are very inconvenient. That is the material world No edit summary current
• 09:3809:38, 24 April 2023 diff hist +10,977 There are fights between nations, societies, communities and families. People are thinking, "Why are you interfering with my business?" Then there is a fight. Because of illusion, we do not consider these situations temporary No edit summary current
• 09:2709:27, 24 April 2023 diff hist −7 Suppose in the old age I am traveling all over the world. People think that I have taken some hardship. But for Krsna's sake, even it is hardship . . . Actually, there is no hardship No edit summary current
• 09:2009:20, 24 April 2023 diff hist −7 Sri Krsna is saying that there is no authority greater than Him, and this appears to be very dogmatic. If I say, "There is no one greater than me," people would think, - Oh, Swamiji is very proud No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 24 April 2023 diff hist +27,594 Some people think that Radha and Krsna are so cheap that They may be seen every night, but this is not the teaching of the gosvamis who were always searching after Krsna crying - Where are You Krsna? Are You there by Govardhana Hill No edit summary current
• 09:1009:10, 24 April 2023 diff hist +27,888 Some people think that Radha and Krsna are so cheap that They may be seen every night, but this is not the teaching of the gosvamis who were always searching after Krsna crying - Where are You? Where are You Radharani? Where are You Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:0509:05, 24 April 2023 diff hist +6,039 Sometimes people think that the cause of an earthen pot is the earth. We see on a potter's wheel a sufficient amount of earth to produce many pots, and although unintelligent men will say that the earth on the wheel is the cause of the pot No edit summary current
• 08:5808:58, 24 April 2023 diff hist +9,918 Sometimes people criticize these American and European devotees, that they think that "They are American devotee; we are Hindu devotee. There is difference." This is not bhakti-marga. This is upadhi. Why you should think yourself as Hindu? No edit summary current
• 08:5208:52, 24 April 2023 diff hist +2,431 Sankirtana means chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The Hare Krsna movement is not a new movement as people sometimes mistakenly think No edit summary current