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18 July 2024
- 18:5918:59, 18 July 2024 diff hist +4,217 They (Brahma, Visnu and Lord Siva) said, "Since you were thinking of having a son exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the universe, your determination will be fulfilled No edit summary current
- 18:5718:57, 18 July 2024 diff hist +2,592 In this verse (SB 4.12.20) it is distinctly stated that they (inhabitants of Visnuloka) had four hands and were nicely dressed; the description of their bodily decorations corresponds exactly to that of Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:5518:55, 18 July 2024 diff hist +2,545 Another reason why Lord Siva is called Siva, which means "all-auspicious," is that he is self-illuminated, exactly like Lord Visnu, who is the Paramatma No edit summary current
- 18:5118:51, 18 July 2024 diff hist +4,644 Seeing You in the form of Lord Visnu, Your symptoms and form being transcendental, Your legs extending from the lower planets, Lord Brahma achieved transcendental bliss No edit summary current
- 18:4718:47, 18 July 2024 diff hist +8,024 Devaki said - You are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental, eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:4618:46, 18 July 2024 diff hist +5,191 Devaki said, "You (Krsna) are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental, eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Visnu" No edit summary current
16 July 2024
- 17:4817:48, 16 July 2024 diff hist +5,370 The Absolute Truth appears to neophytes as impersonal Brahman and to advanced mystic yogis as Paramatma, the Supersoul, but devotees, who are further advanced, understand the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Lord, Visnu No edit summary current
- 17:4517:45, 16 July 2024 diff hist +20,902 The Mayavadi philosophers understand Visnu to be a product of material nature, but if Visnu is a product of material nature, He can only be counted amongst the demigods. One who considers Visnu to be a demigod is certainly mistaken and misled No edit summary current
- 17:4317:43, 16 July 2024 diff hist +22 Unfortunately persons who are enamored by the external beauty of visnu-maya do not understand that culmination of perfection or self-realization depends on Visnu No edit summary current
13 July 2024
- 08:2108:21, 13 July 2024 diff hist +81,096 There are various kinds of sacrifices that will be examined later on, but we should understand that the ultimate goal of all sacrifices is to please the Supreme Godhead, Visnu No edit summary
- 08:1808:18, 13 July 2024 diff hist +9,519 Some understand the Absolute Truth as impersonal Brahman, some as localized paramatma, and others as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, or Visnu No edit summary current
- 08:1408:14, 13 July 2024 diff hist +5,594 Sanandana said, "The personified Vedas sing, 'Actually, we, as personified Vedic knowledge, are always engaged in Your service by helping the conditioned souls understand You (Visnu)'" No edit summary current
- 08:1308:13, 13 July 2024 diff hist +14,137 Prahlada Maharaja say - They (people in this material world who are enamored with the material energy) have forgotten that life is an opportunity to understand the ultimate goal of perfection, Visnu No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 13 July 2024 diff hist +2,244 Prahlada Maharaja admitted frankly, "My dear teachers, you wrongly think that Lord Visnu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone No edit summary current
9 July 2024
- 16:4516:45, 9 July 2024 diff hist +4,672 The whole system of Vedic knowledge is based on this principle (understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead), but people have lost the clue (na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum) - SB 7.5.31 No edit summary current
- 16:4216:42, 9 July 2024 diff hist +22,204 There were Napoleon, Hitler, Gandhi, Nehru and many others, but they could not ultimately prevail. This is durasaya. The ultimate goal of life is to understand Visnu, yet people are going on blindly trying to satisfy their senses No edit summary
- 16:4016:40, 9 July 2024 diff hist +21,637 They are thinking, "You are my enemy; I am your enemy," and they fight like cats and dogs. But as soon as we come to the Visnu understanding, the Krsna understanding, these advanced cities, these advanced civilizations, can be maintained very nicely No edit summary current
- 16:3416:34, 9 July 2024 diff hist +33 Unfortunately, the living entities have forgotten that this is in their best interest (to understand the Supreme Lord), and therefore Srimad-Bhagavatam says, na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum - SB 7.5.31 No edit summary current
3 July 2024
- 17:5417:54, 3 July 2024 diff hist +7,444 When Visnu expands in His all-pervading aspect, we should understand Him to be the nirakara-nirvisesa-brahmajyoti No edit summary
2 July 2024
- 18:2518:25, 2 July 2024 diff hist +5,374 The purusa, the original person - Bhagavan, Visnu - can be understood only by devotional service. Bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah: (BG 18.55) only by devotional service can one understand the Supreme Person, who is behind everything No edit summary current
- 18:2418:24, 2 July 2024 diff hist +2,832 The ultimate goal of life is Krsna, or Visnu, but those who are addicted to sex life cannot understand that their ultimate interest is Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 18:2318:23, 2 July 2024 diff hist +3,194 The Vedic hymns also confirm this: om tad visnoh paramam padam. The goal of life is to understand Visnu. The Bhagavatam also confirms this elsewhere No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 2 July 2024 diff hist +4,162 Those who are not devotees cannot understand the different forms of Visnu and their positions in regard to the creation No edit summary current
- 18:1718:17, 2 July 2024 diff hist +3,267 Those who are serious students of the Vedas are very much attached to the ritualistic ceremonies mentioned in the Vedas, and therefore these veda-vadis cannot understand that the ultimate goal of the Vedas is to understand Lord Krsna, or Visnu No edit summary current
- 18:1518:15, 2 July 2024 diff hist +3,148 Those who have transcended the qualitative Vedic attractions, can understand Krsna, who is never contaminated by the material qualities. Therefore Lord Visnu is addressed here (SB 4.7.27) as ananjana - free from material contamination No edit summary current
30 June 2024
- 18:1218:12, 30 June 2024 diff hist +33 To understand Visnu, or Krsna, and go back to Him. That is the goal of life. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti (BG 4.9). That is being taught in the Bhagavad-gita. This is the goal of life No edit summary current
- 18:0818:08, 30 June 2024 diff hist +9 We are opening centers in different parts of the world to give an opportunity for people to understand their real interest: Visnu, Krsna. That is our mission. Kindly help us and join us No edit summary current
- 18:0618:06, 30 June 2024 diff hist +4,927 We are opening centers in different parts of the world to give opportunity to the people to understand his real interest: Visnu, his real interest. That is our mission No edit summary current
29 June 2024
- 13:4713:47, 29 June 2024 diff hist +3,630 We can understand from the Vedic literature that this universe is half filled with water, on which Garbhodakasayi Visnu is lying. From His abdomen a lotus flower has grown, and within the stem of that lotus flower all the different planets exist No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 29 June 2024 diff hist +33 You cannot create this big mass of water. That is not possible. Somebody has created. That is stated in the sastra. There is perspiration. This water is perspiration of Maha-Visnu. We can understand, because we are minute particle of Maha-Visnu No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 29 June 2024 diff hist +7,618 From the Rg Veda we understand, om tad visnoh paramam padam: the original substance is the all-pervading Lord Visnu, who is also Paramatma and the effulgent Brahman No edit summary current
- 13:2713:27, 29 June 2024 diff hist +20,174 In hatha-yoga one undergoes various physical disciplines, but the real purpose is to understand Visnu, the Supreme No edit summary
- 13:2613:26, 29 June 2024 diff hist +2,397 In this regard (various names of the demigods, Brahma, Siva, Indra & so on are not personal names; they are names of different posts), we understand that Lord Visnu sometimes becomes Brahma or Indra when there is no suitable person to occupy these posts No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 29 June 2024 diff hist +3,459 It is understood that the Maha-Visnu is the source of all incarnations in the material world. But because of His greater extraordinary opulence, we can understand that the son of Nanda Maharaj is the source of the Maha-Visnu also No edit summary current
22 June 2024
- 15:4115:41, 22 June 2024 diff hist +5,530 I understand that this transcendental form is generally perceived in meditation by the great sages, but I am still afraid because as soon as Kamsa understands that You (Visnu) have appeared, he might harm You - Devaki expressed her motherly affection No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 22 June 2024 diff hist +33 Jnana, knowledge, simply material knowledge, is not perfection of knowledge. Real knowledge is to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth, Visnu. That is real knowledge No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 22 June 2024 diff hist +2,723 Materialists should understand that the goddess of fortune should be worshiped along with Lord Visnu and should not be regarded separately No edit summary
- 15:2615:26, 22 June 2024 diff hist +3,914 One should not invest any material contamination or impersonalism in the Visnu form. Everyone should try to understand the real identity of Lord Visnu, for by such knowledge one can attain the highest stage of perfection No edit summary
- 15:1915:19, 22 June 2024 diff hist +31,191 The yoga system is especially difficult for this age. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam we understand that yoga means to concentrate one's attention on the Superself, Visnu. He is situated in your heart No edit summary current
12 June 2024
- 18:4318:43, 12 June 2024 diff hist +4,911 When he (Srila Ramanujacarya) understood that the kurma-murti was another form of Lord Visnu, he instituted very gorgeous worship of Lord Kurma. This statement is found in the Prapannamrta - Chapter Thirty-six No edit summary current
- 18:3618:36, 12 June 2024 diff hist +7,011 When one understands all of these twenty-six subjects (the twenty-four elements, the individual soul, and Lord Visnu as Paramatma), he becomes adhyatma-vit, an expert in understanding the distinction between matter and spirit No edit summary current
- 18:3218:32, 12 June 2024 diff hist +8,505 Aim of civilization is to understand Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But they're missing the point. They're thinking motor tire civilization, very nice road and running motorcar in seventy, eighty miles speed, that is civilization No edit summary current
11 June 2024
- 12:0012:00, 11 June 2024 diff hist +3,047 The Visnudutas resemble the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their bodily features, transcendental qualities and nature. In other words, the Visnudutas, or Vaisnavas, are almost as qualified as the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 11:5911:59, 11 June 2024 diff hist +5,741 By His (Visnu) transcendental nature, He is always merciful; therefore, before giving any benediction, He considers whether it will prove beneficial for the devotee No edit summary current
10 June 2024
- 17:2217:22, 10 June 2024 diff hist +33 It is the opinion of Sadananda Yogindra that since everything is nirakara (formless), the conception of Visnu and the conception of the individual soul are both products of ignorance No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 10 June 2024 diff hist +2,760 This (CC Adi 2.67) statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.3.28) definitely negates the concept that Sri Krsna is an avatara of Visnu or Narayana No edit summary current
- 17:1717:17, 10 June 2024 diff hist +69 By a gross conception of God through the material manifestations of His energy, one is enabled to spiritualize the mind and the senses and gradually concentrate the mind upon Lord Visnu No edit summary current
7 June 2024
- 16:5116:51, 7 June 2024 diff hist +5,507 This department of knowledge (spiritual knowledge of transcendence) is called jnana-kanda, and above this there is the upasana-kanda. The culmination of upasana-kanda is the devotional service of the Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 7 June 2024 diff hist +8,592 The Garbhodakasayi Visnu is the Lord of the universe, and although He appears to be lying within the universe, He is always transcendental No edit summary current
- 16:4516:45, 7 June 2024 diff hist +4,967 One who is foolish about the transcendental science of the Lord will find it difficult to understand how Lord Visnu can equally manifest Himself in every society of living entities No edit summary current