User contributions for Navakishora Mukunda

11 December 2024

• 06:3306:33, 11 December 2024 diff hist +20,149 The entire material atmosphere is surcharged with the false lordship of the living beings. The illusioned beings are all struggling for false lordship, and thus no one wants to serve No edit summary current
• 06:2906:29, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,919 The devotees of the Lord do not want anything like that (material enjoyment or liberation) for self-satisfaction. They want only to serve the Lord because He is great and as living entities they are eternally subordinate parts and parcels of the Lord No edit summary current
• 06:2706:27, 11 December 2024 diff hist +9,465 The CC states if one wants to serve Krsna & at the same time wants to satisfy his own lusty desires, Krsna will handle the situation so that the devotee forgets his lusty desires & becomes fully purified & constantly engaged in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 06:2506:25, 11 December 2024 diff hist +5,260 The basic principle of creation is that this material world is the field of activities of the rebellious living entity. "I don't want to serve Krsna. I want to serve my senses." That is the whole world, going on No edit summary current
• 06:1606:16, 11 December 2024 diff hist +8,691 They are pointing out the irregularities in others. They came to serve, now they don't want to serve so there is some excuse. Oh, irregularity, let me go away. The workers should not suggest irregularities No edit summary current
• 05:5605:56, 11 December 2024 diff hist +5,338 They (devotees) want only to serve the Lord anywhere in the material or spiritual worlds that the Lord desires, and the Lord is always specifically compassionate towards such devotees No edit summary current
• 05:5605:56, 11 December 2024 diff hist +20,150 They (devotees) simply want to serve Krsna, they are waiting for the order of Krsna, and that is their satisfaction No edit summary current
• 05:5605:56, 11 December 2024 diff hist +7,785 There must be intelligent class of men, there must be martial spirit, administrative class of men, there must be business minded men. There must be sudras, they do not know anything, they want to serve only, master No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 11 December 2024 diff hist +18,236 There is no question of disbelieving; it is simply foolishness. The dormant relationship is there. You want to serve Krsna, but simply by the spell of illusion we think we have no connection with Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:5405:54, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,554 There is no question of demanding to become the Lord or the president or this. "I want to serve," that's all. And that is the crucial test. Service is the original nature. Now in this material world also you are serving No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,118 Then if you could not learn the art, at the same time you miss Krsna's service. So that is not our principle. We want to serve Krsna No edit summary current
• 05:5305:53, 11 December 2024 diff hist +5,490 That special mercy of the power to preach is given to a devotee who does not want anything material from his spiritual master but wants only to serve him. The story of the demon Ravana illustrates this point No edit summary current
• 05:3905:39, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,409 Subuddhi Raya wanted to serve the Vaisnavas according to their needs. Therefore he would supply yogurt to ease the digestion of food eaten in Mathura, particularly the capatis and rotis made with wheat No edit summary current
• 05:1905:19, 11 December 2024 diff hist +4,712 Srimati Kunti wanted to serve the Lord without diversion, and that was her prayer. This unalloyed devotion is the ultimate goal of life No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 11 December 2024 diff hist +4,177 Sometimes a pure devotee may have a habit or attraction for wife, children and home but at the same time want to serve the Supreme Lord to the best of his ability. For such a devotee, the Lord makes a special arrangement to take away his false attachment No edit summary current
• 05:1805:18, 11 December 2024 diff hist +7,176 Rukmini was very eager to get the opportunity to serve her husband, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She therefore wanted to serve the Lord personally and took the handle of the camara from the hand of a maidservant and began to move the fan No edit summary current
• 05:1705:17, 11 December 2024 diff hist +4,573 People are suffering due to Godlessness, and, if you want to serve the people, your society, your country, the whole human society, then try yourself, try your best, you just rise up to the occasion of becoming Krsna conscious No edit summary current
• 05:1605:16, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,253 On the contrary, he (the devotee of the Lord) will accept any body, material or spiritual, for he wants to serve the Lord. This is real liberation No edit summary current
• 04:5904:59, 11 December 2024 diff hist +15 One who wants to serve Krsna in conjugal love can attain a body under the guidance of the gopis. In this connection, the most vivid example is provided by those saintly personalities known as the srutis, who represent the Upanisads No edit summary current
• 04:5704:57, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,447 One who is actually devotee, he doesn't care where he is placed, in the hell or heaven, he doesn't care. He simply wants to serve Krsna, never mind where, not even heaven or hell No edit summary current
• 04:5704:57, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,651 Nobody wants to serve. Everyone wants to be served. Purusa attitude No edit summary current
• 04:2304:23, 11 December 2024 diff hist +21,485 Krsna has to satisfy them all. He does not need any help from these devotees, but because they want to serve Him in a particular way, the Lord reciprocates. These sixteen thousand devotees wanted Krsna as their husband, and therefore Krsna agreed No edit summary current
• 04:2204:22, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,025 I prayed to Radha-Krsna that, - I am leaving You, Sir, with these innocent boys and girls. They want to serve You, but they are not yet competent. Kindly take care of Yourself and give them intelligence so that they can serve You No edit summary current
• 04:2204:22, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,470 It is not my business, nor Brahmananda's, nor Hayagriva's. It is the business of Krishna, and we want to serve Him in the best way No edit summary current
• 04:1904:19, 11 December 2024 diff hist +4,648 In Vrndavana everyone is happy. The calf is happy, the cat is happy, the dog is happy, the man is happy - everyone. Everyone wants to serve Krsna in a different capacity, and thus there is no envy No edit summary current
• 04:1904:19, 11 December 2024 diff hist +4,342 If you want to serve Krsna in His gigantic form, universal form, you do not know where to catch Him. That is not possible. Krsna showed His gigantic form to Arjuna, and he was terrified, - Please again become in Your original Krsna form No edit summary current
• 04:0004:00, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,545 If one actually wants to serve Krsna, it doesn’t matter whether one is a sudra, vaisya or even a woman No edit summary current
• 04:0004:00, 11 December 2024 diff hist +2,286 If he wants to serve Krishna and he doesn't spend anything for Krishna, then it is not at all good No edit summary current
• 03:4903:49, 11 December 2024 diff hist +2,742 He (young brahmana) wanted only to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the older brahmana, who was also a Vaisnava and very much devoted to the Lord No edit summary current
• 03:4903:49, 11 December 2024 diff hist +17,110 He (Lord Caitanya) requests Lord Krsna's service birth after birth. It is not that He is seeking salvation; rather, He simply wants to serve Krsna one life after another No edit summary current
• 03:4803:48, 11 December 2024 diff hist +6,037 He (a devotee) will want to serve the Lord by assisting Him in controlling the cows in the pasturing ground No edit summary current
• 03:4603:46, 11 December 2024 diff hist +3,012 Here in the material world we serve somebody with a motive, for some material gain. But in the spiritual world, to serve God means - It is my duty. I love him. I want to serve Him No edit summary current
• 03:4503:45, 11 December 2024 diff hist +7,595 Foolish people say that "If you cannot see God, where is the question of devotion? You want to serve God, but if you cannot see God, then how you can serve?" No edit summary current
• 03:4403:44, 11 December 2024 diff hist +5,623 Even Mahatma Gandhi, the great servant of India He served India so nicely. Still, the master was not satisfied, and the master killed him. He wanted to serve his country, but the result was that his countrymen killed him No edit summary current

10 December 2024

• 14:3214:32, 10 December 2024 diff hist +9,408 Devotee means pure devotee, anyabhilasita-sunyam, without any other desires. Devotee means he wants to serve Krsna, that's all. Not that in return he wants something. He is devotee. Devotion is not business No edit summary current
• 14:2814:28, 10 December 2024 diff hist +3,075 Devotee never asks to Krsna anything. He simply asks for the opportunity to serve His servant. Prahlada Maharaja says: "Give me opportunity to serve Your servant." He doesn't want to serve Him directly No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 10 December 2024 diff hist +3,261 Caitanya continues, "This is the natural result of intense love of Godhead. The devotee does not consider personal inconveniences or impediments. In all circumstances he wants to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead" No edit summary
• 14:2614:26, 10 December 2024 diff hist +36 Because you are devotees, you want to serve Krsna, Krsna has come in your temple in a form which you can very easily serve. Krsna does not require your service, but He is so kind that He is accepting your service No edit summary current
• 14:2514:25, 10 December 2024 diff hist +6,069 A pure devotee does not accept any kind of mukti. He wants only to serve Krsna in a transcendental relationship. This is the perfectional stage of spiritual life No edit summary current
• 14:2114:21, 10 December 2024 diff hist +17,823 A Krsna conscious person wants only to serve the foremost yogi, Yogesvara (varimnah sarva-yoginam). Because we are trying to become His devotees, we accept the Supreme Lord, Yogesvara, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 10 December 2024 diff hist +4,657 At that time there is an awakening of natural affection, such as is felt by a son who grows up and begins to appreciate his father's benedictions. At this stage the living entity wants to serve the Supreme Lord instead of serving maya, illusion No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 10 December 2024 diff hist +22,705 As Rupa Gosvami points out, we have to serve Krsna favorably. Generally we want to serve God for some material purpose or gain No edit summary current
• 14:1914:19, 10 December 2024 diff hist +47,367 At dasya-rati stage, there is an awakening of natural affection, such as is felt by a son who grows up and begins to appreciate his father's benedictions. At this stage the living entity wants to serve the Supreme Lord instead of serving maya, illusion No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 10 December 2024 diff hist +2,220 Yes, we want to develop our land there and Bhaktivedanta Manor very nicely with cows and gardens No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 10 December 2024 diff hist +8,246 When we say so many no's they think it is brainwash. Not brainwash. It is actual. If you want to develop your spiritual life, then you have to stop so many nuisance. That is nivrtti-marga No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 10 December 2024 diff hist +5,126 The temple now is in your charge. I want to develop the Montreal temple under your supervision No edit summary current
• 13:2613:26, 10 December 2024 diff hist +18,210 The madhyama-adhikari knows that Krsna is God: krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28). He wants to develop his love for Krsna No edit summary current
• 13:2613:26, 10 December 2024 diff hist +32 These boys and girls who have taken to Krsna consciousness movement seriously, they are all first-class yogis because they are always thinking of Krsna. So if you want to develop Krsna consciousness, then you kindly associate with these devotees No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 10 December 2024 diff hist +2,990 Mathura and Vrndavana are the abodes of Lord Krsna. Therefore these two places are very dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He wanted to develop their glories through Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 10 December 2024 diff hist +11 I want to develop Gauda-mandala. So in yoga-pitha they could not build even a darsana-mandapa in fifty, sixty years. So we can construct a, what is called, hall No edit summary current