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10 January 2024

• 12:5212:52, 10 January 2024 diff hist +7,139 There are many so-called religions devoted to the worship of various demigods, but here (in SB 5.5.10-13) good association means association with one who simply accepts Krsna as his worshipable Deity No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,820 Some commentators on the Gita say that one who worships a demigod can reach the Supreme Lord, but here it is clearly stated that the worshipers of demigods go to the different planetary systems where various demigods are situated. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,162 Sometimes the Lord would go with other children to bathe in the Ganges, and the neighboring girls would also come there to worship various demigods No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,212 Raksasas and demons worship various demigods, such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, just to take the post of these demigods No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 10 January 2024 diff hist +6,941 People who are too lusty worship various demigods instead of worshiping Lord Visnu, the Supersoul of all living entities, but ultimately it is Lord Visnu they worship because He is the Supersoul of all demigods No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,708 Our senses are also controlled by different demigods; our senses are representations of various demigods, and the mind is the representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,731 One should worship Lord Visnu or His devotee for spiritual advancement in knowledge, and for protection of heredity and advancement of a dynasty one should worship the various demigods No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,510 My Lord, we, the various demigods, the directors of this universe, have come to Your lotus feet. Please fulfill the purpose for which we have come No edit summary current
• 12:4612:46, 10 January 2024 diff hist +7,875 Lord Krsna said, "One should be careful to discharge duties according to his natural instinct and not divert attention to the worship of various demigods" No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,204 It is recommended in the Vedic scriptures that if one wants money, health or education, then he should worship the various demigods No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,820 In the Visnu-rahasya there is a statement to the effect that one should prefer to embrace a snake, a tiger or an alligator rather than associate with persons who are worshipers of various demigods and who are impelled by material desire No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist −13 His (Krsna's) purpose was to teach that we need not satisfy the various demigods in charge of the various departments of cosmic affairs; instead we must offer sacrifices to the Supreme Lord, for the Lord is the master and all others are His servants No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,305 He (a self-realized person) knows that to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead is easier than to worship various demigods under the influence of lust and the desire for material enjoyment No edit summary current
• 12:4512:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,939 Generally, such people (who take shelter of demigods) do not go to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because they are in particular modes of nature (ignorance and passion) and therefore worship various demigods. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,816 For the protection of the child, he (Nanda Maharaja) had worshiped various demigods and forefathers and given charity to everyone's satisfaction No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,050 For that sacrifice, the various demigods who control the winds offered foodstuffs, and the Visvedevas were members of the assembly No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,444 Foolish people who are after more wealth, more wives and more children worship various demigods. The aim of life is to end the miseries of life and not to increase them No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 10 January 2024 diff hist +12,059 Everyone is a servant. No one can actually claim to be master. If we simply take shelter of Krsna, we do not have to offer sacrifices to various demigods. If we water the root of a tree, we do not have to water the branches, twigs, flowers or fruits No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 10 January 2024 diff hist +5,470 As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20), kamais tais tair hrta jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah: those who are unintelligent approach the various demigods for temporary material benefits No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 10 January 2024 diff hist +9 A devotee knows that various demigods are but different parts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that these parts need not be worshiped No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 10 January 2024 diff hist +5,141 Although in all cases Visnu is the chief Deity on the sacrificial altar, the performers of fruitive rituals aim to satisfy various demigods to achieve in return some material prosperity No edit summary current
• 12:4312:43, 10 January 2024 diff hist +20,738 All the helmets of the various demigods and Brahmas shone brightly in the great assembly, and the prayers of the demigods made a great sound No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,556 While Sukadeva was narrating various activities of Krsna in playing the role of an ordinary human being, he also narrated the history of the battle between the dynasty of Yadu & the demon Salva, who had managed to possess a wonderful airship named Saubha No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,067 When the Lord is worshiped with pure love, the various activities performed in the course of that worship awaken transcendental bliss in the heart of the devotee No edit summary current
• 12:3112:31, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,799 We should not accept any rascal as God or an incarnation of God, for God displays special features in His various activities No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,483 The Vaisnava sannyasis have nothing to do with material activities, and yet they perform various activities in their devotional service to the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,859 The Supreme Lord is unborn, there is no cessation to His appearance in different forms as incarnations like Lord Krsna and Lord Rama. Since His incarnations are eternal, the various activities performed by these incarnations are also eternal No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 10 January 2024 diff hist +9,432 The Lord says that when He endeavors or breathes, the material universes come into existence, and various activities gradually develop No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,375 These various activities are described in Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.41) as bahu-sakha hy anantas ca buddhayo 'vyavasayinam. The conditioned soul is bewildered into various activities for want of pure consciousness No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 10 January 2024 diff hist +11 There are various activities in Krsna consciousness, and all of them will be described in the following verses (BG 24-42). But, for the present, just the principle of Krsna consciousness is described. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,451 Only the Supreme Lord is self-sufficient. When Lord Krsna appeared on earth five thousand years ago, He displayed His full manifestation as the Personality of Godhead through His various activities No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,047 One must constantly be engaged in various activities (of devotional service to God), and the hard labor involved is certainly an austerity No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 10 January 2024 diff hist +5,815 One may be able to see the universal form of Krsna by adding a little tinge of devotional service to various activities like penance, Vedic study and philosophical speculation, etc. But without a tinge of bhakti, one cannot see. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:2412:24, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,557 Krsna appeared Himself five thousand years ago in India, and He exhibited His godly qualities, established Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His various activities, and still people are dying to see God. That is very regrettable No edit summary current
• 12:2412:24, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,546 In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that one who knows the truth about Sri Krsna's descent and His various activities is at once liberated and does not have to fall again to this existence of birth and death after he leaves his present material body No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,689 In human society there are various activities performed for the protection of one's wealth and life by one's words, one's mind and one's actions, but they are all performed for one's personal or extended sense gratification with reference to the body No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,174 Generally pure devotees utilize their valuable time in chanting and discussing various activities of Lord Krsna or Lord Caitanya amongst themselves No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +32 Generally, pure devotees utilize their valuable time in chanting and discussing various activities of Lord Krsna or Lord Caitanya amongst themselves No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +7,147 Everyone is attracted to hard labor for becoming happy in this material world, but although various activities are going on all over the world simply for the sake of happiness, unfortunately only problems are being created from such fruitive activities No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +1,696 During the day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged in various activities with His devotees, but at night He felt great separation from Krsna and used to cry No edit summary current
• 12:2312:23, 10 January 2024 diff hist +4,485 Demigod worhsip by the general populace is also advised in the Vedic literature just so people can accept the superior power of God. The demigods are servants of the Lord deputed to look after the management of various activities of universal affairs No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 10 January 2024 diff hist +5,275 A pure devotee never wants to see the Lord unnecessarily. The Lord is engaged in various activities, and the pure devotee does not want to see Him whimsically, for his own sense gratification. The pure devotee simply depends on the Lord's mercy No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 10 January 2024 diff hist +11 A devotee does not care about his own happiness and distress; he is simply interested in seeing that Krsna is happy, and for that purpose he engages in various activities No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,651 Assisted by the descendants of Bhoja, Vrsni, Andhaka, Madhu, Surasena, Dasarha, Kuru, Srnjaya and Pandu, Lord Krsna performed various activities No edit summary current
• 12:2212:22, 10 January 2024 diff hist +3,153 Although the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed by the cowherd boys could not be stopped, unless they stopped the transcendental pleasure of their various activities they could not eat their lunch No edit summary current

31 December 2023

• 14:0114:01, 31 December 2023 diff hist +2,171 Yawning so hard as to make ripples on His abdomen, Lord Baladeva, the bearer of the plow, returned to His deep sleep. This is an instance of sleepiness in ecstatic love No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 31 December 2023 diff hist +10,369 When we are awakened, and we are acting with our intelligence, this is one stage. Then the another stage, that we are sleeping, dreaming. Another stage is that we are in deep sleep, forgetting everything. That is susuptih, or deep sleep No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 31 December 2023 diff hist +4,428 When the living entity is in deep sleep, when he faints, when there is some great shock on account of severe loss, at the time of death, or when the body temperature is very high, the movement of the life air is arrested No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 31 December 2023 diff hist −13 When one becomes unconscious due to being bitten by a snake, one cannot understand what is taking place outside the body. This unconscious condition is the condition of deep sleep No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 31 December 2023 diff hist +5,183 When a person is in deep sleep, he dreams and sees in himself many other objects, such as great mountains and rivers or perhaps even the entire universe, although they are far away No edit summary current