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14 June 2024
- 13:2513:25, 14 June 2024 diff hist +6,872 He (Prahlada Maharaja) says to his friends that this Krsna consciousness is easy to attain. Why? Krsna consciousness is actually very dear to us, but we have forgotten it No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 14 June 2024 diff hist −12 When a child is five year, four years some months, he is old, his education begins. So Prahlada Maharaja says from the very beginning of education the bhagavata-dharma must be taught. This is kaumara acaret prajno No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 14 June 2024 diff hist +5 Why you are giving so much importance to the man, even if he is born in a lower family? He (Prahlada Maharaja) says, manye tad-arpita-mano-vacana iha. Iha means endeavor No edit summary current
- 11:5811:58, 14 June 2024 diff hist +4,406 Prahlada Maharaja said: "This kind of endeavor you should not do." Exploitation. Not exploitation; I mean to say, unnecessarily trying for developing economic condition. The modern civilization is: "Exploit nature and materially be opulent" No edit summary current
- 11:5211:52, 14 June 2024 diff hist +8,760 As Prahlada Maharaja says - Although your life in this human body is temporary, it is very valuable. So instead of trying to increase your material sense enjoyment, your duty is to dovetail your activities in some way in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 11:5011:50, 14 June 2024 diff hist +4,890 Any education or activity not on the brahma-bhuta platform, the platform of self-realization, is considered to be material and Prahlada Maharaja says that anything material cannot be the Absolute Truth, for the Absolute Truth is on the spiritual platform No edit summary current
- 11:4711:47, 14 June 2024 diff hist −12 So long we are attached to this nonpermanent body, there should be anxiety. Prahlada Maharaja says, asad-grahat, sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat (SB 7.5.5). Because we have accepted this temporary body, therefore we are full of anxiety No edit summary
- 11:0911:09, 14 June 2024 diff hist +14,340 His (Prahlada Maharaja's) little friends reply, "Oh, we shall now play. Why take up Krsna consciousness?" In answer to this, Prahlada Maharaja says - If you are intelligent, then you must begin bhagavata-dharma from childhood No edit summary current
- 10:5610:56, 14 June 2024 diff hist +4,489 According to Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 7.5.23-24): This is a statement given by Prahlada Maharaja in answer to a question raised by his father. Prahlada Maharaja said - To hear or chant about Visnu, to remember Him, to serve His lotus feet, to worship Him No edit summary current
13 June 2024
- 10:2610:26, 13 June 2024 diff hist +8 Then what about the material necessities of life? Prahlada Maharaja replies - You are after sense gratification, but sense gratification is automatically achieved by contact with this body No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 13 June 2024 diff hist +15,126 Prahlada replied, "this (death) is not the object of human life. Human life is meant for moksa, liberation." Unfortunately, foolish people do not understand this No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 13 June 2024 diff hist +7,941 Prahlada Maharaja wanted to reply that an attitude favorable toward Visnu can develop only when the Lord is favorable (sa yadanuvratah). As stated in Bhagavad-gita, Krsna is the friend of everyone No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 13 June 2024 diff hist +3,659 Prahlada Maharaja replied that a man engrossed in the material consciousness of duality, thinking, "This is mine, and that belongs to my enemy," should give up his householder life and go to the forest to worship the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 13 June 2024 diff hist +6,035 Prahlada Maharaja replied: Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward hellish conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been chewed No edit summary
- 07:4807:48, 13 June 2024 diff hist +21,913 Prahlada Maharaja immediately replied, tat sadhu manye 'sura-varya dehinam sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat (SB 7.5.5). "I have learned that materialists have accepted the asad guna." Asat means - that which is not No edit summary current
- 05:1005:10, 13 June 2024 diff hist +4,284 m As such, he (Prahlada) used to shed tears and lie down on the floor as though unconscious Rahul moved page As such, he (Prahlad) used to shed tears and lie down on the floor as though unconscious to As such, he (Prahlada) used to shed tears and lie down on the floor as though unconscious current
12 June 2024
- 09:2309:23, 12 June 2024 diff hist +3,539 When this verse (SB 7.4.36) says vasudeve bhagavati, one should understand that Prahlada Maharaja's attachment for Nrsimhadeva was attachment for Krsna, Vasudeva, the son of Vasudeva. Prahlada Maharaja is described as a great mahatma No edit summary
- 09:1409:14, 12 June 2024 diff hist +5,109 Prahlada Maharaja is the approved maha-bhagavata, the supreme devotee. In the previous verse it was stated that he had natural attachment (naisargiki ratih). The symptoms of such natural attachment for Krsna are described in this verse - SB 7.4.37 No edit summary current
- 09:1209:12, 12 June 2024 diff hist +3,630 Although Prahlada was born in the family of Hiranyakasipu, an atheist, he was never attached to any kind of materialistic enjoyment No edit summary current
- 09:0309:03, 12 June 2024 diff hist +2,365 Seeing the saintly person to be quite fat, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear sir, you undergo no endeavor to earn your livelihood, but you have a stout body, exactly like that of a materialistic enjoyer No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 12 June 2024 diff hist +6,419 When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, whenever I chant I immediately merge in an ocean of transcendental bliss. I only lament to see others bereft of Your love No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 12 June 2024 diff hist +2,918 The SPG said: You shall be able to see Me there in My usual feature with conchshell, disc, club and lotus in My hand. Because of your transcendental bliss due to always personally seeing Me, you will have no further bondage to fruitive activities No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 12 June 2024 diff hist +4,556 Those who are greedy see everything as a source of money-making and those who are lusty see everything as being conducive to sex, the most perfect devotee, Prahlada Maharaja, saw Narayana even within a stone column No edit summary current
- 07:3607:36, 12 June 2024 diff hist +2,327 The saintly brahmana said: O best of the asuras, Prahlada Maharaja, who are recognized by advanced and civilized men, you are aware of the different stages of life because of your inherent transcendental eyes, with which you can see a man's character No edit summary current
- 07:3307:33, 12 June 2024 diff hist +2,462 Prahlada Maharaja who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ajagara-vrtti and becoming very fat No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 12 June 2024 diff hist +2,407 Prahlada Maharaja was unhappy seeing the people, degenerated people, suffering in this material world No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 12 June 2024 diff hist +6,465 I (Prahlada Maharaja) see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himalayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence (mauna-vrata) No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 12 June 2024 diff hist +3,223 It is predicted herewith (SB 3.14.50) that the grandson of Diti, Prahlada Maharaja, would not only see the Personality of Godhead within himself by meditation but would also be able to see Him personally with his eyes No edit summary current
11 June 2024
- 08:3608:36, 11 June 2024 diff hist +3,595 Prahlada Maharaja is a vivid example of a pure devotee. Someone might argue that since Prahlada Maharaja, even though very old, was attached to his family, and specifically to his grandson Bali Maharaja, how could he be an ideal example? No edit summary current
10 June 2024
- 17:3617:36, 10 June 2024 diff hist +3,596 Prahlada Maharaja, Bali Maharaja, Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami and other great sages came to visit Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Upon seeing Him, they became unconscious in ecstatic love for Krsna No edit summary current
29 April 2024
- 15:4115:41, 29 April 2024 diff hist +1,980 It mentions dhyana and raja-yoga in that chapter (sixth chapter of Bhagavad-gita). Can you explain the meaning of these two yogas? No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 29 April 2024 diff hist +2,441 In Krsna Book and Bhagavad-gita both, you explain there are five states of consciousness, beginning with annamaya, manomaya, pranamaya, like that. Do these states of consciousness manifest in different species of life? No edit summary current
- 15:0215:02, 29 April 2024 diff hist +2,736 If (Arjuna did) not (understand proper perspective of Bhagavad-gita), the Lord was ready to re-explain any point, or the whole Bhagavad-gita if so required. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 29 April 2024 diff hist +3,272 He delivered all living beings by offering the gift of krsna-bhakti. He explained the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam in the light of devotional service No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 29 April 2024 diff hist +4,522 He (Lord Caitanya) offered His blessings to Haridasa Thakura, and at this time He also asked Advaita Prabhu to explain the Bhagavad-gita as it is (gitara satya-patha) and showed special favor to Mukunda No edit summary current
- 14:2514:25, 29 April 2024 diff hist +2,213 Can Swamiji please explain how is it that Sanjaya is to Dhrtarastra and how it came to pass that Vyasadeva wrote the Bhagavad-gita? No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 29 April 2024 diff hist +42 This (CC Madhya 22.94) is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.66) spoken by Lord Krsna. For an explanation, refer to Madhya-lila 8.63 No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 29 April 2024 diff hist +42 This (CC Madhya 20.116) is a verse from the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.5). For an explanation, see Adi-lila, Chapter Seven, verse 118 No edit summary current
- 14:0914:09, 29 April 2024 diff hist +8,526 Did Krsna mean that "I leave Bhagavad-gita ambiguous and some learned scholar will come. He will explain"? What is this nonsense? Everything is clear No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 29 April 2024 diff hist +8,625 The same Lord Sri Krsna, in the garb of a devotee of Sri Krsna, descended to this mortal world to reclaim the fallen human beings who had misunderstood the Personality of Godhead even after the explanation of the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 29 April 2024 diff hist +14,903 Every intelligent and sane man must abandon the philosophical explanation of the Mayavadis and accept the explanation of Vaisnava acaryas. One should read Bhagavad-gita As It Is to try to understand the real purport of the Vedas No edit summary current
- 12:1512:15, 29 April 2024 diff hist +4,971 As stated in Bhagavad-gita, the Lord appears through His internal potencies. We should therefore reject the Mayavada explanation that the Lord appears in a body given by the external potency, the material energy No edit summary current
26 April 2024
- 18:4618:46, 26 April 2024 diff hist +17 The present attempt is to offer the original manuscript of this great book of knowledge (Bhagavad-gita As It Is) with full parampara explanation in order to establish the Krsna consciousness movement more soundly and progressively. BG 1972 Preface No edit summary current
- 18:4218:42, 26 April 2024 diff hist +6,823 The Gita cannot be touched by persons who envy the very existence of the Lord. Therefore, the Mayavadi explanation of the Gita is a most misleading presentation of the whole truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 26 April 2024 diff hist +6,216 The Bhagavad-gita is being spoken in the battlefield, full of violence, and he is trying to prove that the Bhagavad-gita is nonviolent. These are all artificial attempts. These explanations will never give you the real light from Bhagavad-gita No edit summary
- 18:1418:14, 26 April 2024 diff hist +4,074 My question is: A pure devotee, when he comments Bhagavad-gita, someone who never sees him physically, but he just comes in contact with his commentary, explanation, is this the same thing? No edit summary current
- 17:1117:11, 26 April 2024 diff hist +58 Krsna is violent to demons, and to attempt to prove that Krsna is not violent is ultimately to deny Krsna. As such explanations of the Bhagavad-gita are absurd No edit summary current
- 16:5716:57, 26 April 2024 diff hist +5,092 Just like Bhagavad-gita, if you read yourself, you get one kind of impression, and if you hear explanation from an authorized person, you get another impression No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 26 April 2024 diff hist +5,668 We followed the principles especially explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura in his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita verse beginning vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana - BG 2.41 No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 26 April 2024 diff hist +77,740 There are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and one may question the necessity for another one. This present edition can be explained in the following way. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current