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4 December 2024
- 15:0415:04, 4 December 2024 diff hist +3,934 The entire world is suffering for want of this knowledge. People should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything No edit summary current
- 15:0415:04, 4 December 2024 diff hist +3,999 The best way to show mercy is to spread Krsna consciousness. The entire world is suffering for want of this knowledge. People should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 4 December 2024 diff hist +4,783 Our Krsna consciousness society is giving the most valuable thing, chanting of Hare Krsna, without any charge.They are canvassing, "Please take it. You'll be happy. Please take." So people should know how much valuable service they are rendering No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 4 December 2024 diff hist −13 God is great, we are all subordinate, and we are maintained. Eko yo bahunam vidadhati kaman. This is the Vedic information. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad). So this principle should be broadcast. People should know what is his position No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 4 December 2024 diff hist +4,651 First of all, people should know what is the aim of life, what is culture, how the human activity should be directed. The people should know first of all this. Otherwise, changing from frying pan to the fire, it is useless. That is going on No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 4 December 2024 diff hist +10,067 Everywhere, but in India especially, people should know that the real religion is this Vedic system. Vedic religion means varnasrama-dharma. Krsna says - God says - catur-varnyam maya srstam - BG 4.13 No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 4 December 2024 diff hist +3,203 People should know how to do this (chanting the mantras to give protection to children with the help of cow dung and cow urine), for this is a part of Vedic civilization No edit summary current
3 December 2024
- 09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,864 Remaining fixed in devotional service gives one the utmost in self-satisfaction. Actually self-satisfaction can be achieved only by pure devotees, who have no desire other than to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +6,453 Prthu Maharaja has explained in the previous verse (SB 4.21.37) the importance of devotional service for both the rulers and the citizens of the state. Now he explains how one can be steadily fixed in devotional service No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,085 One who is always grave and satisfied in all circumstances, who doesn't care for any residence, and who is always fixed in devotional service - such a person is very dear to Me No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,119 One then (after being freed from all unwanted things) becomes fixed in devotional service and increases his desire to act in devotional service. Thus one becomes attached to the Lord and His devotional service No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,224 One becomes fixed in devotional service, and his faith cannot be shaken by any material allurement No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,280 Indra was surprised to see that Vrtrasura, undisturbed, was fixed in devotional service to the Lord, for such a mentality is impossible for a demon. However, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, anyone can become an exalted devotee No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,249 If one is fixed in devotional service at the lotus feet of the Lord, he is not agitated, for he is introspective. He does not look outside to material nature, but he looks in to the spiritual nature of his existence No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,974 If one is fixed in devotional service, he realizes his own self without false identification with matter and without affection for material possessions No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +4,491 He (devotees of God) is fixed in devotional service, a devotee does not regard any position in the material world as important No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +4,486 Even if one is fixed in devotional service like Maharaja Pariksit, he must still inquire from the realized spiritual master all about this No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,138 Demigods are supposed to be fully fixed in devotional service, or Krsna consciousness; that is the auspicious path that should be protected No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +4,229 By regular hearing of the glories and pastimes of the Lord, the impurities in the student's heart begin to be washed off. The more one is cleansed of impurities, the more one becomes fixed in devotional service No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +4,709 A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be fixed in devotional service and expert in the knowledge of the Vedas. These are the twelve qualifications for a brahmana No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,715 As soon as I (Narada) heard them with great attention, the influence of the modes of material ignorance and passion disappeared, and I became firmly fixed in devotional service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57 As soon as he (the devotee firmly fixed in devotional service) remembers Lord Visnu, his eyes fill with tears. This is a symptom of a maha-bhagavata No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +9,339 Krsna said, "One should be fixed in devotional service. Thus one can live a very happy & peaceful life, even within this material condition. In other words, one should be callous to the material body & its by-products and should be unaffected by them" No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,294 King Kulasekhara has written in his book Mukunda-mala-stotra (5) : My only desire is to be fixed in devotional service to the lotus feet of the Lord, even though I may continue to take birth here life after life No edit summary
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,787 In Bharata-varsa, all the acaryas contributed their experience, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally appeared to teach the people of Bharata-varsa how to progress in spiritual life and be fixed in devotional service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,617 He will take the fourth order of spiritual life (sannyasa) and will be very much self-controlled. He will be distinguished from Mayavadi sannyasis in that He will be fixed in devotional service and will spread the sankirtana movement No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,744 Such a great devotee (one who is fixed in devotional service) is never in trouble with others because he sees everyone from the platform of spiritual understanding; he sees himself and others in the right perspective No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,298 When one is strongly fixed in devotional service and free from all material attachment, uncontaminated by the material modes of nature, he becomes fit to return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +4,382 When one is not affected by the bodily conceptions, one can advance to the Lord's devotional service. The more we advance our freedom from the bodily conception, the more we are fixed in devotional service, and the more we are happy and peaceful No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,203 When one is fixed in devotional service, he is above the material platform. On the material platform there are higher and lower positions, but when one is above the material platform he is always fixed in a spiritual position No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +1,909 When one is firmly fixed in devotional service, whether he executes one or many processes of devotional service, the waves of love of Godhead will awaken No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,205 When a person is firmly fixed in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is described as vira-vrata, fully determined. Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +5,208 To become fixed in devotional service one has to become completely cleansed from the contamination of the material modes of nature. For work in devotional service the first item is adau gurv-asrayam No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +6,552 Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavan, Krsna, or His instruction, Bhagavad-gita. Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram: their path actually leads toward hellish life No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +3,170 The more one hears about the Supreme God, the more one becomes fixed in devotional service. One should always hear about the Lord in the association of devotees; that will enhance one's devotional service. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,810 Thus one is freed from all unwanted habits and becomes firmly fixed in devotional service. Thereafter, one develops taste and attachment. This is the way of sadhana-bhakti, the execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 3 December 2024 diff hist +2,587 They (devotees) are without material possessions, and they perform welfare work for everyone. They are peaceful, surrendered to Krsna and desireless. They are indifferent to material acquisitions and are fixed in devotional service No edit summary current
2 December 2024
- 05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +6,158 The government may create a prisonhouse, but why do you go there? Does the government invite you there? No, you become a criminal and go there No edit summary current
- 05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +2,769 Ordinarily, just like in your country (USA), "Keep to the right." If you drive your car on the left side, immediately you become a criminal No edit summary current
- 05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11 Everything is open. Not that government says that you become a criminal and he prefers somebody, "You become a high-court judge" No. Everything is in your hand. If you like, you can become so No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9 You have got practical experience that if you violate the law of the state you become criminal and punished. But if the cats and dogs or animals, they violate the law, they are not punishable No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11 Thief knows he has heard it from law books that stealing is not good, and from religious scripture also, that "It is sinful. Do not commit theft. Do not become criminal" But still he does No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9 There are many unmanifested living entities covered by the mode of ignorance who will gradually come to the mode of passion. Most of them will become criminals because of their fruitive activities and again fill the prisons No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist +4,849 Just like if you have become criminal and you are arrested by the state. Suppose you are millionaires. Your money will save you? No. That will not save No edit summary current
- 05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9 If you kill somebody, then you become criminal. But when a soldier kills hundreds of men, he is not criminal. The process is the same, but because one is acting on behalf of the supreme lawgiver, he is immune No edit summary current
- 05:2205:22, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11 Education means enlightenment. If you foolishly do something, immediately you become criminal. So education means to enlighten them to know what is right, what is wrong. That is education No edit summary current
- 05:2205:22, 2 December 2024 diff hist +3,061 When the (sati rite) rite became a formality only and force was applied upon a lady to follow the principle, actually it became criminal, and therefore the ceremony was to be stopped by state law No edit summary current
- 05:2005:20, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11 A criminal, if you say: "In the beginning, how he became criminal," is that very intelligent question No edit summary current
28 November 2024
- 08:1908:19, 28 November 2024 diff hist +2,857 The words buddhim ekanta-samsthitam indicate that as an effect of Prahlada Maharaja's preaching, the students who listened to him became fixed in the conclusion that Krsna consciousness is the only object of human life No edit summary current
- 08:1908:19, 28 November 2024 diff hist +2,666 She (Devahuti) heard from Narada Muni that Kardama Muni was just fit to be her husband; therefore she became fixed in her heart that she would marry him, and she expressed her desire to her father (Manu), who therefore brought her before him No edit summary current