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- 15:5815:58, 9 July 2025 diff hist −4 The people in general, they do not know what is the goal of life, and still they are leaders. That is the defect of the modern civilization. It is the defect of material world, but especially in this Kali-yuga, it is the most abominable, fallen age No edit summary
- 15:5515:55, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,845 The Kalki avatara is the fierce incarnation who vanquishes the class of the atheists born in this age of Kali No edit summary current
- 15:5315:53, 9 July 2025 diff hist +26 The conclusion of the sastra is kalau sudra-sambhavah: in this age of Kali, there are only sudras. Practically there is no brahmin, no ksatriya, no vaisyas. Maybe some vaisyas. But this is the position No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 9 July 2025 diff hist −49 The business is: "They are claiming all kinds of sinful conditioned souls." Their only business is. Because in this age, Kali-yuga, you cannot find any perfectly pious man or saintly person. Everyone is addicted to so many sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 9 July 2025 diff hist +24 That was animal sacrifice. Sometimes horses, sometimes cows were offered. But in this age, Kali-yuga, they are forbidden because there is no such yajnika-brahmin No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 9 July 2025 diff hist −17 Sukadeva Goswami recommends that there are so many rules and regulations, which is difficult also to follow, especially in this age, Kali-yuga. We are in this age very much irresponsible No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,780 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "As in other ages an incarnation is accepted according to the directions of the sastras, in this Age of Kali an incarnation of God should be accepted in that way" No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 9 July 2025 diff hist +1,853 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is certainly a great, uncommon devotee, but we cannot accept Him as an incarnation of Lord Visnu because, according to sastra, there is no incarnation in this Age of Kali No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,622 Sometimes horses, sometimes cows were offered. But in this age, Kali-yuga, they are forbidden because there is no such yajnika-brahmana. All kinds of sacrifices are forbidden in this age No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,874 Simply we can waste our time by so-called meditation, but real meditation is not achievable at the present age. In this age of Kali, simply by chanting Hare Krsna you can attain the perfection. So these are the prescription. We have to follow No edit summary current
- 14:5514:55, 9 July 2025 diff hist +23,487 Practically speaking, this process is not very easy in this age of Kali. In Srimad-Bhagavatam a description is given of the people of this age. Their duration of life is said to be very short No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 9 July 2025 diff hist +2,339 Please chant sixteen rounds of japa mala daily and try to observe the regulative principles of no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling and no illicit sex life. These four are the pillars of sinful life, especially in this age of Kali Yuga No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 9 July 2025 diff hist +5,361 People should take advantage of the injunctions in different sastras concerning sacrifices in this age and not create unnecessary disturbances during the sinful age of Kali No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4 Nowadays they are educated, but they must have a good service. That means he's a sudra. Without finding a master, his education has no value. So therefore in the sastra it is said, - In this age, Kali-yuga, everyone is sudra No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 9 July 2025 diff hist +25,237 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu also confirmed that in this age of Kali, Krsna has descended in the form of sound vibration. Sound is one of the forms which the Lord takes. Therefore it is stated that there is no difference between Krsna and His name No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 9 July 2025 diff hist +6,633 In this Kali-yuga, mandah sumanda-matayo (SB 1.1.10), everyone is fallen, manda-bhagya. So this human life should be utilized for understanding the Vedic knowledge, divya-jnana; then he'll be purified Undo revision 1475047 by Somnath (talk) Tag: Undo
- 14:0414:04, 9 July 2025 diff hist +18 Now, in this age, called Kali-yuga, the estimate is 100 years. But gradually, as the Kali-yuga progresses, our duration of life will decrease still further. This is the so-called progress of our modern civilization No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 9 July 2025 diff hist −25 No other method will help you - yoga, karma, jnana, nothing. Bhakti-yoga is always strong, especially in this age, Kali-yuga. Therefore it is said, kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva, especially No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,798 Lord Caitanya has announced, according to the scriptural injunctions for this Age of Kali, that in this age no process of realizing the Supreme is possible except the chanting of the holy names of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,267 My dear King, although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still 1 good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage & be promoted to the transcendental kingdom - SB 12.3.51 No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 9 July 2025 diff hist +9,711 Lord Caitanya, has appeared in Kali-yuga to shower His kindness upon the afflicted souls. The extent of the Supreme Lord's mercy is decidedly more generous in this age than in any other No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 9 July 2025 diff hist +195 Krsna is advaya-jnana, so in this age Krsna has descended in His sound vibration form: kali yuga nama rupe krsnavatara (CC Adi 17.22). This age . . . Because these fallen men in this age, they are . . . They have no qualification No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 9 July 2025 diff hist +27,875 Krsna consciousness is being distributed freely everywhere, yet not everyone takes to it, especially in this age of Kali. Because of this, Srimad-Bhagavatam characterizes people in the age of Kali as unfortunate No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 9 July 2025 diff hist +7,147 Krsna asked everyone to give up all kinds of religious rites & simply surrender unto Him. It is said that this Age of Kali is three-fourths devoid of religious principles. Hardly one fourth of the principles of religion are still observed in this age No edit summary current
- 08:5708:57, 9 July 2025 diff hist +8,445 Kali-yuga means the age of disagreement. Nobody agrees. Even husband, wife does not agree, what to speak of others. The father, son does not agree. Nobody agrees with anyone. This is the age like that No edit summary current
- 08:5308:53, 9 July 2025 diff hist −25 Kali-yuga is not very good age, simply faults. We have several times discussed that in this age, people's duration of life, mercifulness, bodily strength and so many things, eight kinds of things, will be reduced No edit summary current
- 08:4608:46, 9 July 2025 diff hist +2,924 It is said, kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara: Krsna descends in this Kali-yuga in the form of His holy name - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama. If we chant offenselessly, Rama and Krsna are still present in this age No edit summary
- 08:4208:42, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,184 It is said that in this age of Kali everyone will be extremely disturbed by three kinds of tribulations: scarcity of rain, famine, and heavy taxation by the government No edit summary
- 08:3508:35, 9 July 2025 diff hist +25,843 It is said that at the present moment in Kali-yuga everyone is a sudra (kalau sudra-sambhavah), and it is very difficult in this age to find qualified brahmanas, for they are very rare. There is practically not a single qualified brahmana in this age No edit summary current
- 08:2708:27, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,054 It is said in the scriptures, kalau sudra-sambhavah. In the age of Kali everyone will be like sudras. The traditional social customs are not followed in this age, although formerly they were followed strictly. No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 9 July 2025 diff hist +2,470 It is not possible that we can give up sinful activities by our own endeavor, because in this age, Kali-yuga, everyone is addicted to some sort of sinful activities No edit summary current
- 08:0808:08, 9 July 2025 diff hist +10,641 Is (the sankirtana-yajna) especially recommended in this age of Kali. In Kali-yuga, performance of other types of sacrifice is not feasible due to insufficient arrangements and inexpert priesthood No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,402 Instead of spending money unnecessarily on performing yajnas impossible to perform in this age of Kali because of the scarcity of yajnika-brahmanas, one who is intelligent performs sankirtana-yajna No edit summary
- 07:5807:58, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,053 Inferior people cannot accept the real God, yet they are very eager to accept an imitation God who can simply bluff foolish people. All this is going on in this Age of Kali No edit summary current
- 07:5307:53, 9 July 2025 diff hist +23,089 In this present age, Kali-yuga, people who are not in full knowledge are still attempting this meditative process which was recommended for a previous age No edit summary current
- 07:4907:49, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,836 In this material world, we are always under troublesome condition. Especially in this age, Kali-yuga. So that we may come to our sense, if there is any possibility of making a solution of this miserable condition of life No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 9 July 2025 diff hist +18,916 In this Kali-yuga, the present age, the dangerous modes of rajo-guna and tamo-guna, passion and ignorance, are especially prominent. Practically everyone in this age is contaminated by lusty desire, greed and ignorance No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 9 July 2025 diff hist +2,135 In this Kali-yuga, Ksemaka will be the last monarch No edit summary current
- 07:3607:36, 9 July 2025 diff hist +5,173 In this Kali-yuga people are very much embarrassed. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah (SB 1.1.10). Manda-bhagya. Even nobody is happy in his family life, so unfortunate, manda-bhagya. That is practical No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,791 In this age, when everything is polluted by Kali, it is instructed in scriptures & preached by Caitanya that by chanting the holy name of God, we can at once be free from contamination & gradually rise to the status of transcendence & go back to Godhead No edit summary
- 06:4806:48, 9 July 2025 diff hist +27,695 In this age, there will be insufficient rainfall and food, and the government will plunder one's income by heavy taxation. All of these characteristics of Kali-yuga are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,257 In this age, persons are harassed by the influence of Kali-yuga and cannot arrange for all the requisite paraphernalia for performing sacrifice as recommended in the Vedas No edit summary current
- 06:3806:38, 9 July 2025 diff hist +6,713 In this age, Kali-yuga, to kill the demons means to stop their demonic activities by the astra, kirtana, hari-sankirtana, which is spread by His (Krsna's) associates. Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Srivasa adi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,551 In this age, Kali-yuga, the age of quarrel and fight and misunderstanding - this is called Kali-yuga - in this age this is the only means - hari-kirtanat. The sankirtana movement is hari-kirtana No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 9 July 2025 diff hist +6,547 In this age, Kali-yuga, no other sacrifices are . . . is possible. Only sacrifice . . . this is sacrifice, yajnaih sankirtana, just like we are doing, in a small scale. But it can be done in larger scale No edit summary current
- 06:1906:19, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,755 In this (ceremony known as sraddha) yajna, flesh obtained from the forest by hunting could be offered. However, in the present age, Kali-yuga, this kind of offering is forbidden No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 9 July 2025 diff hist +4,968 In this age there are many cheaters who show some jugglery and magic. They even create gold to amaze their followers, and their followers accept them as God. This type of cheating is very prominent in Kali-yuga No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 9 July 2025 diff hist +5,742 In this age of Kali-yuga sannyasa is prohibited because persons in this age are all sudras and cannot follow the rules and regulations of sannyasa life No edit summary current
- 06:1306:13, 9 July 2025 diff hist +2,951 In this Age of Kali, those who are intelligent perform the congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appears in this age always describing the glories of Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 9 July 2025 diff hist +3,250 In this age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Bhagavan) does not appear as a lilavatara, an incarnation to display pastimes. Therefore He is known as tri-yuga No edit summary current