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9 October 2023

• 12:2212:22, 9 October 2023 diff hist +10,595 If we consult Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, the authoritative texts for understanding the science of Krsna, then we can understand that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is not an ordinary man. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 9 October 2023 diff hist +6,340 If one directly follows the instructions of the Supreme Lord, as inculcated in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, then one gradually becomes nirguna, or above the interactions of the material qualities No edit summary current
• 12:1812:18, 9 October 2023 diff hist +49 If one adheres to these two books - Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam - one is sure to obtain the association of Krsna in the next life - tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna - BG 4.9 No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 9 October 2023 diff hist +26,012 How can one not accept Krsna as the Supreme Lord and yet dare to speak on Bhagavad-gita? We will never derive any benefit from listening to the commentaries of such people. Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam should be heard from the devotees No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 9 October 2023 diff hist +47 His (a realized student of Krsna consciousness) knowledge is perfect because it is coming from perfect books of knowledge such as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 06:1006:10, 9 October 2023 diff hist +3,197 Concerning Vamanadeva's trouble with the draft, I think that if properly utilized, my certificate of acceptance of a person as student of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam may be very helpful in avoiding the draft No edit summary current
• 06:0706:07, 9 October 2023 diff hist +3,244 Chance to take help from scriptures like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 05:5505:55, 9 October 2023 diff hist +20,917 Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, which aim only at Krsna, are to be understood to be Vedanta No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 9 October 2023 diff hist +6,579 Asuras in the dress of sannyasis even explain the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam in different ways according to their own imaginations. Thus they continue to remain asuras birth after birth No edit summary current
• 05:5005:50, 9 October 2023 diff hist +7 Why shall I taste the juice of the fruit of the Bhagavatam? Because it is the ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree. As a desire tree, whatever you want you can have from the Vedas No edit summary current
• 05:4205:42, 9 October 2023 diff hist +13,088 The Sanskrit word rasa means juice, just like the juice of an orange or a mango. And the author of the Srimad-Bhagavatam requests that you kindly try to taste the rasa, or juice, of the fruit of the Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 05:4005:40, 9 October 2023 diff hist +3,938 Simple hearing (Srimad-Bhagavatam) is not all; one must realize the text with proper attention. The word nivista means that Suta Gosvami drank the juice of Bhagavatam through his ears. That is the real process of receiving Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 05:2905:29, 9 October 2023 diff hist +14,522 If the mango is tasted by the parrot, it becomes doubly tasty. The word suka means parrot, and Sukadeva Gosvami spoke Srimad-Bhagavatam. It is therefore more relishable from his lips No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 9 October 2023 diff hist +3,601 When men have a taste for this literature (Bhgavad-Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam), the other literatures, which are catering poison to society, will then automatically cease No edit summary current

8 October 2023

• 18:2418:24, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,998 Jnana means theoretical knowledge and vijnana means practical knowledge. So we have to do it practically, not that "I have read Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavata. So I have become a devotee." No No edit summary current
• 18:2318:23, 8 October 2023 diff hist +49 You can see very beautiful Deity, you can hear very beautiful sound, you can talk on Krsna philosophically from Bhagavata and Bhagavad-gita. So everything in Krsna consciousness. There is no stoppage No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 8 October 2023 diff hist +5,096 You should all read very carefully Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, and you should be able to answer all questions like this, and only in rare cases approach me No edit summary current
• 18:2018:20, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,522 When one factually knows the opulences of the Supreme, there is no alternative but to surrender to Him. This factual knowledge can be known from the descriptions in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita and similar literatures. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 18:1718:17, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,512 We shall have varieties of show along with the kirtana, and all the varieties will be picked up from Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 18:1618:16, 8 October 2023 diff hist +16,264 The yoga system, as described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita or as recommended in the Patanjali yoga process, is different from the nowadays practiced hatha-yoga as it is generally understood in the Western countries No edit summary current
• 18:1418:14, 8 October 2023 diff hist +17,490 The only truly worthwhile books are those like Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 18:1118:11, 8 October 2023 diff hist +10,782 The Krsna consciousness movement is meant to stop the struggle for existence. The Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita give definite directions on how to stop the struggle for existence and how to survive in eternal life No edit summary current
• 18:0718:07, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,280 The Krsna consciousness movement is based on Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Because Srimad-Bhagavatam was spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami and Bhagavad-gita was spoken by Krsna, there is no difference between them No edit summary current
• 18:0618:06, 8 October 2023 diff hist +7,212 The Krsna consciousness movement has been established to give grhasthas all over the world an opportunity to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita specifically No edit summary current
• 17:5617:56, 8 October 2023 diff hist +5,296 There are many good reciters of Vedic literatures, and they recite works such as the Ramayana, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Sometimes these professional readers manifest very good scholarship and exhibit word jugglery No edit summary current
• 17:5117:51, 8 October 2023 diff hist +2,646 Presently I am in Calcutta where we just held a very successful "Hare Krishna Festival" and we were drawing 35,000 people daily for hearing discourses on Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, for seeing Aratik and taking prasadam also No edit summary current
• 17:5017:50, 8 October 2023 diff hist +24,034 One who only understands that "God is good" is in a preliminary stage, but one who actually understands how great and good God is, is further progressed. That knowledge is to be had in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 17:4617:46, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,814 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has left behind Him Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Not referring to these authorized scriptures, rascals take shelter of man-made scriptures and try to compete with Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 17:4117:41, 8 October 2023 diff hist +22,437 It is the conclusion of Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita that the direct order of the Lord is to give up everything and engage in devotional service No edit summary current
• 17:3817:38, 8 October 2023 diff hist +6,794 In every house, in addition to the singing program, there is an arrangement for Bhagavatam lectures in evening; family members sit down, hold Hare Krsna kirtana, hear narrations from Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita and enjoy music before going to bed No edit summary current
• 17:3617:36, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,218 From Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita we can know who the lawmaker is: the lawmaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 17:3517:35, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,714 Every verse in the Vedic literature, especially in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, is a Vedic mantra. Here the words yathanukirtayanti are used to recommend that this literature be presented as it is No edit summary current
• 17:3317:33, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,441 Do not be paramahamsa that now I haven't got to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Don't be a better paramahamsa than your Guru Maharaja. I go and sit and I enjoy the lectures and how they are performing kirtana. So as I am doing, you must also do No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,426 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.14.7) there is this prayer by Brahma: O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, O master of all mystery, who can calculate Your potency and pastimes in this world? BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,341 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.14.7) there is this prayer by Brahma: "O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are always expanding Your eternal potency, and therefore no one can understand You. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:5715:57, 8 October 2023 diff hist −2 At the time of Bhisma's death he was thinking of Krsna: in His fighting spirit He was coming to kill him. That is in Bhisma's prayer. There is in the Bhagavata No edit summary current
• 15:4815:48, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,737 He (Vyasadeva) is the author of eighteen Puranas as well as the theosophical thesis Brahma-sutra and its natural commentary, Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 15:3815:38, 8 October 2023 diff hist −12 Srimad-Bhagavatam is the last contribution of Vyasadeva. Vyasadeva is the original compiler of all Vedic literature. So he wrote so many books - all the Vedas, four Vedas, 108 Upanisads, eighteen Puranas, Mahabharata No edit summary current
• 15:2315:23, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,434 Original sloka, its transliteration, then its English equivalent, then translation, then purport, each and every verse is being done like that, whole Bhagavatam Purana No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 8 October 2023 diff hist +6,409 Publication of Srimad Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,758 Please assist me in the management so that I can be free to finish the Srimad-Bhagavatam which will be our lasting contribution to the world No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 8 October 2023 diff hist +2,591 Following in the footsteps of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, I am trying to translate Srimad-Bhagavatam as quickly as possible No edit summary current
• 13:5313:53, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,651 Either you be a Hindu or Muslim or Mohammedan or Buddhist, whatever you like, Srimad-Bhagavata does not stop you, but it gives you hint what is the purpose of religion. The purpose of religion is to develop your love of Godhead No edit summary current
• 13:5213:52, 8 October 2023 diff hist +5,315 This evidence from Srimad-Bhagavatam gives assurance to the pure devotee of being elevated to association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 13:5113:51, 8 October 2023 diff hist −31 The Srimad-Bhagavatam gives enunciation of the word dharma, that sa vai pumsam paro dharmah. "That is the best system of religion," yato bhaktir adhoksaje, "by which one is trained to surrender unto the SPG." That is best religion No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 8 October 2023 diff hist +2,333 I am very pleased with the book distribution that you are doing there, and I was especially glad to know that 160 Srimad-Bhagavatams were distributed in Melbourne alone last Friday. There is good potency, please try further No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 8 October 2023 diff hist +4,900 I have seen many gentlemen, as teachers and educationists - as soon as he sees SB, "Oh, it is about God. Oh, we cannot purchase. We cannot purchase. Because it is God, therefore we have no connection with it. We cannot purchase." Such is the mentality No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 8 October 2023 diff hist +2 I am trying to finish the translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam as soon as possible, but before finishing it, I have given my readers the book Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so that if I die before finishing the whole task, they may enjoy this book No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 8 October 2023 diff hist +3,505 I do not mind this curse by the parents of my disciples, but now it is necessary that I stay in one place to finish another task - this translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 8 October 2023 diff hist −24 I started this movement in 1967 in New York, in a small scale. I went there in 1965, and for one year I had no shelter, neither any means to maintain myself. I had some books only, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and some way or other, I pulled on No edit summary current