User contributions for Navakishora Mukunda

25 July 2025

• 08:4008:40, 25 July 2025 diff hist +2,478 We appointed this Vena king of the state in order to give protection to the citizens, but now he has become the enemy of the citizens. Despite all these discrepancies, we should at once try to pacify him No edit summary current
• 08:3808:38, 25 July 2025 diff hist +10 There may be mosquito biting or bugs biting or something in the belly troubling, crying. Mother is trying to pacify, but we are crying, crying. We cannot express. So these are the miserable condition of life No edit summary current
• 08:3708:37, 25 July 2025 diff hist +6,940 Shaking Uddhava's hand with His own hands, He (Krsna) said, "My dear gentle friend Uddhava, please go immediately to Vrndavana and try to pacify My father and mother, Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda-devi, and the gopis" No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 25 July 2025 diff hist +7,816 Radha continued, "You are just trying to pacify Me by your behavior as a flatterer, therefore you have put your head under My feet. But I know the trick you are trying to play. I know that you are a messenger coming from an even greater trickster, Krsna" No edit summary current
• 08:3608:36, 25 July 2025 diff hist +4,150 One may sometimes be faced with a grievous situation created by a brahmana, but instead of meeting him with a similar mood, one should try to pacify him with a smiling face and mild treatment No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 25 July 2025 diff hist +3,682 In this respect, the example of the father's being angry at the son and the son's trying to pacify the father with smiling and sweet words is very appropriate No edit summary current
• 08:3508:35, 25 July 2025 diff hist +1,852 Draupadi, the mother of the five children of the Pandavas, after hearing of the massacre of her sons, began to cry in distress with eyes full of tears. Trying to pacify her in her great loss, Arjuna spoke to her thus No edit summary current
• 06:3306:33, 25 July 2025 diff hist +7,706 The sankhya-sastra says that the Supreme Absolute Truth has no hands, no legs and no name: hy anama-rupa-guna-pani-padam acaksur asrotram ekam advitiyam api nama-rupadikam nasti No edit summary current
• 06:3306:33, 25 July 2025 diff hist +2,973 The smrti-sastras say, "Murderers of brahmanas are later afflicted by tuberculosis, drunkards become toothless, and those who have stolen gold are afflicted by diseased nails" No edit summary current
• 06:2606:26, 25 July 2025 diff hist +5 I have got something to eat, I have got some nice place to sleep, and I have also got some other sex for enjoying sex life, and I defend with so many weapons, latest nuclear weapon - no. Sastra says - These things are maintained by the cats and dogs No edit summary current
• 06:2606:26, 25 July 2025 diff hist −12 As far as kirtana is concerned, the sastras say, sravanam kirtanam visnoh: (SB 7.5.23) one should chant the glories of the Supreme Lord and the holy name of the Supreme Lord. This is clearly stated No edit summary current
• 06:2606:26, 25 July 2025 diff hist +17,780 According to karma, the living entity sometimes goes up & sometimes goes down. He wanders in this way, thinking how he can become materially happy & satisfy his senses. The sastras say that we should not do this, we should endeavor to understand Krsna No edit summary current
• 06:0106:01, 25 July 2025 diff hist +3,118 Without being God conscious you cannot expect perfection in the human society. It is said in the sastra that if a person is God conscious, then all good qualities manifest in his person No edit summary current
• 06:0106:01, 25 July 2025 diff hist +10,558 The Rama and Krsna, there is no difference, but why in the sastra it is said, kirtanad eva krsnasya? So Hare Krsna is quite to the rulings of the sastra. There is no discrepancies, although we have no objection. Either you chant Hare Krsna or Hare Rama No edit summary current
• 05:2405:24, 25 July 2025 diff hist +6,931 They are always conscious, the mass of people, not the so-called educated men, that "In the sastra it is said that this is sinful." So if he commits some sinful activity, he goes to a very expert brahmana. They are called bhattacarya No edit summary current
• 05:2305:23, 25 July 2025 diff hist +2,627 There are different types of incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the sastras it is said that Garuda (the carrier of Lord Visnu) and Lord Siva and Ananta are all very powerful incarnations of the Brahman feature of the Lord No edit summary current
• 05:2305:23, 25 July 2025 diff hist +3,499 Still the Vedic system is there. They are always conscious, the mass of people, not the so-called educated men, that "In the sastra it is said that this is sinful." So if he commits some sinful activity, he goes to a very expert brahmana No edit summary current
• 05:2305:23, 25 July 2025 diff hist +18,138 Siva-virinci-nutam (SB 11.5.33). In the sastra, the Vedic scriptures, it is said that Lord Krsna is offered respect even by Lord Siva and Lord Brahma, the topmost demigods No edit summary current
• 05:0305:03, 25 July 2025 diff hist +5,164 Samskara-varjita means sudra. In this age nobody observes the samskaras. Therefore in the sastra it is said, kalau sudra-sambhavah (Skanda Purana). In the Kali-yuga almost every person is a sudra. Therefore there is so much chaos No edit summary current
• 05:0305:03, 25 July 2025 diff hist +25 Saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair uktas, in every sastra it is said the guru is God, Krsna. So it is stated in the sastra and it is accepted by authorities. Not that it is simply stated. Samasta-sastrair, ukta No edit summary current
• 04:3204:32, 25 July 2025 diff hist +4,760 Not that because in the sastra it is said that guru should be honored as Krsna, as Bhagavan, therefore guru will think, "I have become Bhagavan." No. That is Mayavada No edit summary current
• 04:3204:32, 25 July 2025 diff hist +2,615 Murti means form. So there are 400,000 different forms of human being. So either you take it as species or form, that is up to you, but in the sastra it is said murti No edit summary current
• 04:3104:31, 25 July 2025 diff hist +4,277 It is sometimes said that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu disapproved of the acceptance of the sannyasa order in this Kali-yuga because in the sastra it is said: asvamedham gavalambham sannyasam pala-paitrkam, devarena sutotpattim kalau panca vivarjayet No edit summary current
• 04:3004:30, 25 July 2025 diff hist +2,574 It is said in the smrti-sastra as well as in the Ayur-veda that when the discharge of the male is greater, male children are begotten, but when the discharge of the female is greater, female children are begotten No edit summary current
• 04:2904:29, 25 July 2025 diff hist +5,131 It is said in the smrti-sastras that men who are punished by the king on the principle of a life for a life are purified of all their sins, so much so that they may be eligible for being promoted to the planets of heaven No edit summary current
• 04:2804:28, 25 July 2025 diff hist +3,025 It is said in the smrti-sastra: That tract of land wherein the footprints of a black deer can be seen is to be understood as a suitable place to execute religious rituals No edit summary current

24 July 2025

• 16:0616:06, 24 July 2025 diff hist +7,097 It is said in the sastra (CC Antya 7.11), krsna-sakti vina nahe tara pravartana: one cannot distribute the holy names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra unless he is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 15:4915:49, 24 July 2025 diff hist +2,574 It is said in the sastras that the head of the body represents the brahmanas, the arms represent the ksatriyas, the abdomen represents the vaisyas, and the legs, beginning with the thighs, represent the sudras No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 24 July 2025 diff hist +18,680 It is said in the sastras that in this age of Kali, sattva-guna, the mode of goodness, is practically nonexistent No edit summary current
• 15:4615:46, 24 July 2025 diff hist +8,848 It is said in the sastras that if the garbhadhana-samskara is not practiced among the higher castes, the entire family becomes sudra. It is also stated that in this age of Kali, everyone is sudra due to the absence of the garbhadhana-samskara No edit summary current
• 15:4415:44, 24 July 2025 diff hist +3,963 It is said in the sastras that by once uttering the holy name of the Lord (Krsna), the sinner gets rid of a quantity of sins that he is unable to commit. Such is the power of uttering the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:4315:43, 24 July 2025 diff hist +3,956 It is said in the sastras that by killing animals in a sacrifice, one immediately promotes them to human birth. Similarly, by killing their enemies on a battlefield, the ksatriyas who fight for a right cause are elevated to the heavenly planets No edit summary current
• 15:3215:32, 24 July 2025 diff hist +4,357 It is said in the sastras: kalau sudra-sambhavah. In this age of Kali, everyone is dependent on another's mercy for the maintenance of the body; therefore everyone is classified as a sudra No edit summary current
• 15:3115:31, 24 July 2025 diff hist +4,392 It is said in the sastra, striyah suna panam dyutam yatradharmas catur-vidhah, "Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex life, striyah; suna, the animal slaughter; panam, intoxication; dyutam, gambling." These are the four pillars of sinful life No edit summary current
• 15:3115:31, 24 July 2025 diff hist +6,453 In the sastra it is said that of all types of fruitive workers, he who is advanced in knowledge of the higher values of life is favored by the Supreme Lord Hari No edit summary current
• 15:3115:31, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5 In the sastra it is said that everyone is anxious to get a good job, therefore, kalau sudra-sambhavah, in this age almost everyone is sudra No edit summary current
• 15:3115:31, 24 July 2025 diff hist +7,086 In the sastra it is said that a brahmana, if he's in difficulty, he may accept the profession of a ksatriya or up to vaisya, but never accept the occupation of a sudra. These are described in the sastras No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist +3,670 In the sastra it is said that "Those who are worshiping other demigods, their intelligence is lost." So he was worshiping Kali. So he had no intelligence or spiritual realization, and he became God? No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist +4,560 In the sastra it is said kalau sudra-sambhavah. In the Kali-yuga everyone is a sudra. There is no brahmana, no ksatriya, no vaisya. That is generally accepted No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5 In the sastra it is also said that there are seven mothers. Real mother and guru-patni, the wife of spiritual master or teacher, brahmani, the wife of a brahmana. And raja-patnika, the queen, she is also mother, Dhenu, cow No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 24 July 2025 diff hist +14,863 In the sastras it is said that the forest is characterized by sattva-guna, goodness, and the city is characterized by rajo-guna, passion, because in the city there is a great deal of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2025 diff hist +6,163 In the sastras it is said that if you chant the name of Visnu, visnu-sahasra-nama, by chanting one thousand times Lord Visnu's name is equal to one name of Rama. And by chanting three times the name of Lord Rama it is equal to one name of Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2025 diff hist +10,853 In the sastras it is said that if a person, even though a demon, is killed by God, he is immediately liberated No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5,689 For Krsna's sake, we can forsake our obligatory duties. For Krsna's sake. In the sastra it is said that one who has fully surrendered to Krsna, he has no more any material duty No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2025 diff hist +3,061 Everyone has got little fortune, opulence, but nobody is comparable with Krsna. Therefore in the sastra it is said, krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: "Real Bhagavan is Krsna," the supreme controller No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5 A spiritual master is honored. Not only honored - in the sastra it is said, navamanyeta karhicit. The spiritual master should not be, taken as ordinary human being No edit summary current
• 13:2913:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist +6,679 You say, but sastra says striya, suna, pana, dyuta, four kinds of sinful activities. Illicit sex; pana, intoxication. Pana, pana, so it is intoxication. Therefore it is sinful No edit summary current
• 13:2913:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist −12 You may be pure or impure. Material condition means impure, contaminated, conditioned. So to get out of this contaminated condition, the sastra says, yah smaret pundarikaksam No edit summary current
• 13:2913:29, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5,277 You have got nice office, material point of view, nice business. So if you perform that business, office work, your duty, very nicely, but you have no Krsna consciousness, sastra says that srama eva hi kevalam. It is simply wasting time and laboring hard No edit summary current
• 13:2313:23, 24 July 2025 diff hist +5 You cannot have perfect knowledge by the experimental method. I don't say, but the sastra says there are 900,000 forms of aquatics. So you cannot say no, because you have no experience No edit summary current