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23 October 2025
- 19:5319:53, 23 October 2025 diff hist +20 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who is situated as antaryami, the Supersoul, in the core of everyone's heart, heard the boys talking among themselves about the artificial python - SB 10.12.25 No edit summary current
- 19:5319:53, 23 October 2025 diff hist +4,216 The supreme spiritual master is Krsna, who is therefore known as caitya-guru. This refers to the Supersoul, who is sitting in everyone's heart No edit summary current
- 19:5219:52, 23 October 2025 diff hist +20 The yogi should know that Visnu is not different from Krsna. Krsna in this form of Supersoul is situated in everyone's heart. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 19:5219:52, 23 October 2025 diff hist +2,210 You (Krsna) are the original cause of this material manifestation. You are the Supersoul, and therefore You know everything within the core of the heart of every living entity - SB 10.10.30-31 No edit summary current
21 October 2025
- 19:5619:56, 21 October 2025 diff hist +24,265 The Lord, seeing that devotional service was absent, descended Himself in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to preach devotional service. Let us all surrender unto His lotus feet and learn from Him what devotional service actually is No edit summary current
- 19:5619:56, 21 October 2025 diff hist +3,533 The Caitanya hinted in many ways that if Vallabha Bhatta wanted to know what devotional service actually is, he would have to learn from all the devotees He mentioned, beginning with Advaita Acarya, Nityananda, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and Ramananda Raya No edit summary current
- 19:5519:55, 21 October 2025 diff hist +2,522 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that devotional service is actually bhadra sati, not abhadra asati. In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette No edit summary current
- 19:5519:55, 21 October 2025 diff hist +1,577 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told him, "Do not be astonished. Actually, devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest perfection of human activity" No edit summary current
- 19:5419:54, 21 October 2025 diff hist +47,293 Lord Caitanya began His instructions to Rupa Gosvami: I shall try to explain the nature of that ocean (of devotional service) by taking just one drop out of it. In this way you can taste it and understand what that ocean of devotional service actually is No edit summary current
- 19:5419:54, 21 October 2025 diff hist +5,923 Indra addresses his mother in this manner, "My dear Mother (Aditi), persons who have given up all kinds of desire and are simply engaged in devotional service to the Lord know what is actually their self-interest" No edit summary current
- 19:5319:53, 21 October 2025 diff hist +3,285 Devotional service to the Lord is the only process actually confirmed by the Lord. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66). One must become a devotee if one wants to return home, back to Godhead, and become eternally blissful No edit summary current
16 October 2025
- 19:5619:56, 16 October 2025 diff hist +8,952 When we wish to develop our innate capacity for devotional service, there are certain processes which, by our accepting and executing them, will cause that dormant capacity to be invoked. Such practice is called sadhana-bhakti No edit summary current
- 19:5619:56, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,658 When transcendental devotional service, by which love for Krsna is attained, is executed by the senses, it is called sadhana-bhakti, or the regulative discharge of devotional service. Such devotion eternally exists within the heart of every living entity No edit summary current
- 19:5619:56, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,658 When transcendental devotional service, by which love for Krsna is attained, is executed by the senses, it is called sadhana-bhakti, or the regulative discharge of devotional service No edit summary current
- 19:5519:55, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,579 When continuous love of Godhead is mixed with the processes of devotional service, it is called vibhava, anubhava, sattvika and vyabhicari. The devotee thus enjoys a variety of transcendental bliss No edit summary current
- 19:5419:54, 16 October 2025 diff hist +7,725 When a brahmana engages in the Lord's service, fully understanding his eternal relationship, his devotional service is called abhidheya. When one attains that stage, he is called a bhagavata, or Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 19:5419:54, 16 October 2025 diff hist +23 Vidhi-marga is called bhakti-yoga. Vidhi-marga means by following the regulative principles of sastra, orders of the spiritual master, when we engage ourself in devotional service, that is called vidhi-marga No edit summary current
- 19:5319:53, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,785 Unmixed devotional service is transcendental and is called para bhakti. It alone can promote a person to the transcendental kingdom of God. Such a transcendental kingdom is not a myth, but is as factual as the moon No edit summary current
- 19:5319:53, 16 October 2025 diff hist +6,188 Unalloyed devotional service, which is transcendental to the activities of the body and mind, such as jnana (mental speculation) and karma (fruitive work), is called pure bhakti-yoga No edit summary current
- 19:5319:53, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,121 Transcendental devotional service is called gosvami-viddhi. Unfortunately many so-called gosvamis are on the platform of smarta-viddhi, yet they try to pass as gosvami-viddhi, and thus the people are cheated No edit summary current
- 19:5219:52, 16 October 2025 diff hist +6,702 Thus we hold continuous activities in devotional service twenty-four hours daily. This is called sato vrtti, or following in the footsteps of the previous acaryas who expertly filled every moment of time with Krsna conscious activities No edit summary current
- 19:5219:52, 16 October 2025 diff hist +14,076 The purifying potency of devotional service is very strong, and it is called pavitram uttamam, the purest. Uttamam means transcendental. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 19:5219:52, 16 October 2025 diff hist +4,497 The process of devotional service - beginning with chanting and hearing - is called sadhana-bhakti. This includes the regulative principles that are intended to awaken one to devotional service No edit summary current
- 19:5119:51, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,537 The original inhabitants of Vrndavana are attached to Krsna spontaneously in devotional service. Nothing can compare to such spontaneous devotional service, which is called ragatmika bhakti No edit summary current
- 19:5019:50, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,179 The conclusion is that devotional service is the only means for approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This system is therefore called abhidheya. This is the verdict of all revealed scriptures No edit summary current
- 19:5019:50, 16 October 2025 diff hist +49 The beginning of pure devotional service is called anyabhilasita-sunya. When one is situated on the platform of neutrality, he is freed from the material platform and fully situated in spiritual life No edit summary current
- 19:5019:50, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,807 The ability to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or to see Him or talk with Him depends on one's advancement in devotional service, which is called bhakti No edit summary current
- 19:4919:49, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,113 Such development of sentiment nourishes devotional service to the highest standard. Thus it is called the path of nourishment, or pusti-marga No edit summary current
- 19:4919:49, 16 October 2025 diff hist +13,872 Strict practice of regulative devotional service is called vaidhi-bhakti. The prime principle of vaidhi-bhakti is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam SB 2.1.5: tasmad bharata sarvatma bhagavan isvaro harih, srotavyah kirtitavyas ca smartavyas cecchatabhayam No edit summary current
- 19:4819:48, 16 October 2025 diff hist +4,236 Spontaneous love for Krsna can be developed only by the special mercy of Krsna or His pure devotee. This process of devotional service is sometimes called pusti-marga. Pusti means "nourishing," and marga means "path" No edit summary current
- 19:4819:48, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,586 Rupa Gosvami has defined raganuga-bhakti as spontaneous attraction for something while completely absorbed in thoughts of it, with an intense desire of love. Devotional service executed with such feelings of spontaneous love is called raganuga-bhakti No edit summary
- 19:4819:48, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,900 Rather, they are interested in the higher duties of transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such devotional service is called nistraigunya No edit summary current
- 19:4719:47, 16 October 2025 diff hist +9,014 Prakrta-bhakta means executing devotional service under the instruction of spiritual master and the regulative principles of sastra, but he's still on the platform of material understanding. That is called prakrta-bhakta No edit summary current
- 19:4719:47, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,875 One should be engaged in the Lord's devotional service to achieve the aim of life, called prayojana. The practice of devotional service to attain that goal of life is called abhidheya No edit summary current
- 19:4619:46, 16 October 2025 diff hist +39,149 One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addha means directly No edit summary current
- 19:4619:46, 16 October 2025 diff hist +4,929 Mundane religious activity is known as smarta-viddhi, but transcendental devotional service is called gosvami-viddhi No edit summary current
- 19:4519:45, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,408 I am the center of all relationships. Knowledge of Me and the practical application of that knowledge is actual knowledge. Approaching Me for devotional service is called abhidheya No edit summary current
- 19:4519:45, 16 October 2025 diff hist +18 Executing devotional service by thinking always of the Supreme Lord (man-mana), becoming His devotee, worshiping Him and always offering Him obeisances. This is called visnu-aradhana, and it is the supreme occupational duty of all human beings No edit summary current
- 19:4419:44, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,859 Even the reactionary work of the fruitive workers can lead one to liberation when it is overcoated with devotional service. Karma overcoated with devotional service is called karma-yoga No edit summary current
- 19:4419:44, 16 October 2025 diff hist +3,517 Empirical knowledge overcoated with devotional service is called jnana-yoga No edit summary current
- 19:4419:44, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,276 Devotional service which consists of raga (deep attachment) is called ragatmika, spontaneous loving service. If a devotee covets such a position, he is considered to be most fortunate No edit summary current
- 19:4319:43, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,407 Devotional service under the heading of raganuga can be further divided into two categories: one category is called sensuous attraction, and the other is called relationship No edit summary current
- 19:4319:43, 16 October 2025 diff hist +6,075 Devotional service to the Supreme Lord, which leads one to eternal, blissful and all-cognizant life, is called the superior quality of occupation. This is sometimes polluted when mixed with the inferior quality No edit summary current
- 19:4219:42, 16 October 2025 diff hist +4,707 Devotional service is called naiskarmya. Mere negation of material activity will not endure. Naiskarmyam apy acyuta-bhava-varjitam. Unless one performs activities with reference to Krsna consciousness, cessation of material activities will not be helpful No edit summary current
- 19:4219:42, 16 October 2025 diff hist +2,800 Devotional service is called kirtana-yajna, and by practicing the sankirtana-yajna, one is very easily elevated to the planet where the Supreme Lord resides No edit summary current
- 19:4219:42, 16 October 2025 diff hist +5,117 Devotional service is also called bhagavata-dharma. Without material aspirations, one should simply serve Krsna, as advised in Bhagavad-gita, Narada Pancaratra and Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 19:4119:41, 16 October 2025 diff hist +1,979 Devotional service in spontaneous love is vividly expressed and manifested by the inhabitants of Vrndavana. Devotional service that accords with their devotional service is called raganuga bhakti No edit summary current
- 19:4119:41, 16 October 2025 diff hist +7,029 Devotional service following in the footsteps of the gopis of Vrndavana or the queens at Dvaraka is called devotional service in conjugal love No edit summary current
- 19:4119:41, 16 October 2025 diff hist +13,672 Devotional service executed under the guidance of the spiritual master and according to scriptural injunctions is called vaidhi-bhakti, a part of sadhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice No edit summary current
- 19:3919:39, 16 October 2025 diff hist +21,148 Devotional service discharged with such attachment is called ragatmika, and deep attachment with deep absorption in the object of love is called ragatmika. Examples of these can be seen in the activities of the residents of Vrajabhumi No edit summary current