User contributions for Navakishora Mukunda

22 June 2025

• 10:4010:40, 22 June 2025 diff hist +17,811 The conclusion is that we should not endeavor for so-called happiness or distress, but should try to attain that position whereby we can understand Krsna and get shelter at His lotus feet. This should be the real human endeavor No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 22 June 2025 diff hist −10 Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatam upary adhah (SB 1.5.18). Srimad-Bhagavatam says that one should try to attain that which cannot be attained by traveling all over the universe No edit summary current
• 09:5909:59, 22 June 2025 diff hist +17,324 Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovidah. The word kovidah means "intelligent." An intelligent person should try to attain shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:4909:49, 22 June 2025 diff hist +16,118 Srimad-Bhagavatam says that one should try to attain that which cannot be attained by traveling all over the universe. What is that? Kevalaya bhaktya - pure devotion No edit summary current
• 09:4809:48, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,879 Some unnecessary creepers growing with the bhakti creeper are the creepers of behavior unacceptable for those trying to attain perfection, diplomatic behavior, animal-killing, mundane profiteering, mundane adoration and mundane importance No edit summary current
• 09:1309:13, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,174 Sometimes it is found in places like Vrndavana that a person with a slight devotional attitude of neutral love for Krsna may immediately and artificially try to attain to the platform of conjugal love No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 22 June 2025 diff hist +7,198 Since the creation of the material world, everyone has been trying to attain a permanent life, but the laws of nature are so cruel that no one has been able to avoid the hand of death. No one wants to die, nor does anyone want to become old or diseased No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,054 Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the Vrsnis and Vrndavana denizens are called raganuga devotees, which means that they are trying to attain to the perfection of those devotees No edit summary current
• 09:1209:12, 22 June 2025 diff hist +3,588 People should try to attain that perfect transcendental position so that he is fully satisfied, no more want. So that is called bhakti-yoga, and we are teaching and propagating this bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
• 09:1009:10, 22 June 2025 diff hist +2,595 Narada Muni was speaking to Vyasadeva, who was morose even after he had compiled all the Vedic literatures. In this connection, Narada Muni advised Srila Vyasadeva to try to attain devotional service and nothing else No edit summary current
• 09:1009:10, 22 June 2025 diff hist +1,516 Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is offered sublime, poetic prayers by those trying to attain His favor No edit summary current
• 09:0909:09, 22 June 2025 diff hist +4,767 Jnanis are not as sinful as karmis, but they do not try to reclaim others back to Godhead. They perform austerities for their own liberation. Yogis are also engaged in self-aggrandizement by trying to attain mystic powers No edit summary current
• 08:1108:11, 22 June 2025 diff hist +3,137 It is better to be situated in one's position and to try to attain Krsna consciousness under superior training (than to give up one's prescrbied duties and become a so-called yogi). Thus one may be freed from the clutches of maya. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 08:1008:10, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,936 Instead of wasting time trying to attain a better position in material life, one should simply endeavor to return home, back to Godhead. Then all problems will be solved No edit summary current
• 08:1008:10, 22 June 2025 diff hist +8,546 Instead of being very anxious to stimulate our senses to increase material happiness, we should try to attain spiritual happiness by practicing Krsna consciousness No edit summary
• 07:2307:23, 22 June 2025 diff hist +2,483 A devotee like Narada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is trying to attain. Srila Narada is a cent-percent perfect living being, although not equal to the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 22 June 2025 diff hist +20,048 At present we are trying to attain eternity, bliss, and knowledge by means of an imperfect instrument No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,031 As for jnanis, they cannot be peaceful because they are too busy trying to attain liberation or merge into the existence of the Supreme. Similarly, yogis are also restless to get mystic power No edit summary current
• 07:1907:19, 22 June 2025 diff hist +5,022 After giving up this body, one who is fully Krsna conscious does not accept another material body but returns home, back to Godhead. Everyone should try to attain this perfection No edit summary current
• 06:0806:08, 22 June 2025 diff hist +3,972 The contact of the spiritual spark with material elements creates a knot which must be cut if one wants to be liberated from the actions and reactions of fruitive work. Liberation means freedom from the cycle of reactionary work No edit summary current
• 06:0706:07, 22 June 2025 diff hist +4,540 These processes (ritualistic sacrificial performances) are mentioned in the Vedas, and one can take advantage of them. It is similar with those who want to be liberated from this material world No edit summary current
• 05:5005:50, 22 June 2025 diff hist +9,813 There is a similar prayer by a brahmana who says, "Let others worship the Vedas and the Upanisads, and let others worship the Mahabharata if they are afraid of material existence and want to become liberated from that condition" No edit summary current
• 04:4904:49, 22 June 2025 diff hist +77,744 One who wants to become free, who wants to become liberated, must first of all learn that he is not this material body. Mukti or liberation means freedom from material consciousness. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 04:4604:46, 22 June 2025 diff hist +3,620 One who actually wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world and go back home, back to Godhead, is actually a mystic yogi No edit summary current
• 04:4604:46, 22 June 2025 diff hist +7,485 One has to get free from the bodily conception of life. That is the preliminary activity for a transcendentalist who wants to get free, who wants to be liberated. And he has to learn first of all that he is not this material body No edit summary current
• 04:3504:35, 22 June 2025 diff hist +3,402 It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one actually wants to be liberated he must render service to the devotees; but one who associates with materialistic people is on the path leading to the darkest region of existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 04:3504:35, 22 June 2025 diff hist +4,615 In Bhagavad-gita the Lord affirms: anyone who wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world is given liberation by the Lord No edit summary current

21 June 2025

• 12:5712:57, 21 June 2025 diff hist +6,674 Mucukunda continued, "You (Krsna) are the S P of Godhead, and You can offer me anything I want, including liberation. But who is such a fool that after pleasing You he would ask from You something which might cause entanglement in this material world" No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 21 June 2025 diff hist +4,332 One Vedic mantra says: tam ha devam atma-buddhi-prakasam mumuksur vai saranam aham prapadye. One must surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he at all wants liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 21 June 2025 diff hist +11,294 Liberation from material contamination is the stage at which devotional service can be achieved. For a person who simply wants to have liberation and to merge into the impersonal brahmajyoti, attachment to Krsna is not possible to acquire No edit summary current
• 12:5312:53, 21 June 2025 diff hist +23,758 Krsna can give us whatever we want, even mukti, liberation, but bhakti is a special consideration because when He gives someone bhakti He becomes purchased by the bhakta and becomes a tool in the hands of the bhakta, even though He is the supreme powerful No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 21 June 2025 diff hist +4,962 I do not even want liberation. All I want, life after life, is to be a faithful servant of Your Lordship No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 21 June 2025 diff hist +2,290 I do not desire to be master of the powers of mystic yoga, nor do I want liberation if I have to give up Your lotus feet No edit summary current
• 12:0412:04, 21 June 2025 diff hist +8 If you want to get liberation from this material world, then that attachment (between man and woman) should be reduced to nil No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 21 June 2025 diff hist +4,385 If you want liberation from this material entanglement, then you must take to mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh. You must. There is no alternative No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 21 June 2025 diff hist +6,714 If one wants material happiness like the King of heaven, he can derive that benediction from the hand of Krsna; if one wants liberation from the pangs of material existence, he can also get that benediction from the hand of Krsna No edit summary
• 11:3211:32, 21 June 2025 diff hist +6,424 If one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose No edit summary current
• 11:3211:32, 21 June 2025 diff hist +8 If a devotee wants simple liberation, he gets it very easily from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed by Bilvamangala Thakura No edit summary current
• 11:3211:32, 21 June 2025 diff hist +1,860 If a devotee wants liberation or material sense gratification from the Lord, Krsna immediately delivers it, but pure devotional service He keeps hidden No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 21 June 2025 diff hist +14,486 He (a pure devotee) does not even want liberation, to say nothing of material things No edit summary current
• 11:1411:14, 21 June 2025 diff hist +3,248 Although those who are interested only in worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not desire anything material from the Lord and do not even want liberation, Lord Krsna fulfills all their desires No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 21 June 2025 diff hist +6,582 A pure devotee does not want liberation so that he may be relieved from the miseries of life. Even without so-called liberation, a pure devotee is aspirant for the satisfaction of the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 21 June 2025 diff hist +32 A devotee does not want mystic powers or liberation or material prosperity. He is satisfied in any condition of life, as long as he is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 21 June 2025 diff hist +14 A devotee, not to speak of rejecting material sense gratification, does not even want any of the five kinds of liberation No edit summary current
• 08:4608:46, 21 June 2025 diff hist +22,961 Whoever is engaged in his occupational duty must simultaneously cultivate Krsna consciousness in devotional service if he wants liberation from material clutches No edit summary current
• 08:0608:06, 21 June 2025 diff hist +5,960 The material forms of the conditioned souls are all foreign dresses, and when the conditioned soul becomes liberated from the clutches of material energy, he attains his original form No edit summary current
• 08:0508:05, 21 June 2025 diff hist +9,349 The faithful human being who is desirous of being liberated from the clutches of material existence can very easily take advantage of the Bhagavad-gita, and with this in view, the Lord instructed Arjuna as if Arjuna were in need of it No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 21 June 2025 diff hist +4,794 The conditioned soul has a tendency to cheat; therefore this quality is also visible in a person like King Indra. It is understood that even King Indra is not liberated from the clutches of material contamination No edit summary current
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• 06:3206:32, 21 June 2025 diff hist +4 A-tattva-jna refers to one who has no knowledge of the Absolute Truth or who worships his own body as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current