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6 November 2023
- 16:2316:23, 6 November 2023 diff hist +1,593 At the entrance to Jagannatha Puri is a bridge with eighteen arches called Atharanala - Athara means eighteen No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As you inquire what is svami, svami means master. And master, what does it mean? Master of the senses. Generally people are driven by the dictation of the senses. So if you can control your senses, then you become a svami No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As we understand from Brahma-samhita, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam (BS 5.33). Ananta means "innumerable No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 6 November 2023 diff hist +13,607 As stated in this verse, sadrso 'sti sivah pantha. Para-brahman is Krsna, and brahma-siddhaye means understanding our relationship with Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:1316:13, 6 November 2023 diff hist +4,344 As stated in Srinivasacarya's prayer to the six Gosvamis (Sad-gosvamy-astaka): sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau. The word sankhya-purvaka means "maintaining a numerical strength No edit summary current
- 16:1116:11, 6 November 2023 diff hist +3,018 As Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains, the word nirapeksa means not being affected by anything material and remaining fixed in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 6 November 2023 diff hist +2,613 As soon as we speak of karma, there must be somebody else to judge. And that judgment is said, daiva netrena. Daiva means divine supervision No edit summary current
- 16:0016:00, 6 November 2023 diff hist +5,654 As described in the beginning of the Vedanta-sutra, the Supreme Person is the origin of all qualities. He is generally called nirguna. Nirguna means "whose qualities are beyond estimation." Guna means "quality," and nir means "beyond estimation" No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 Arthadam means you can derive the greatest value in this life. Arthadam. Artha means money, and paramartha means spiritual consciousness No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 6 November 2023 diff hist +6,397 Anyone who is well-versed in bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam, he can become guru. Not others. And in many places this is confirmed, that sat-karma-nipuno vipro. A brahmana, very well expert in his business. Brahmana's business means sat-karma, 6 kinds of karma No edit summary current
3 October 2023
- 06:4406:44, 3 October 2023 diff hist +4,367 Apaurusa means "not spoken by any person materially created." It is stated in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 3 October 2023 diff hist +5,631 Anukulyena krsnanusilanam means when you have accepted the bona fide spiritual master, you should work in such a way that your spiritual master is pleased with you. Then your path is very clear No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 3 October 2023 diff hist +6,678 Anu means "following", and anu also means "always." So one must always follow the disciplic succession and not hear from any stray professional reciter, whether a Mayavadi or an ordinary man No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 3 October 2023 diff hist +1,496 Antardhana means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 3 October 2023 diff hist +11,922 Ahimsa, nonviolence, means that one should not do anything which will put others into misery or confusion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
28 September 2023
- 12:0112:01, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,718 Another word in this verse (SB 3.25.29), bhagavad-banah, is very significant. Banah means arrow No edit summary current
- 12:0012:00, 28 September 2023 diff hist +2,903 Another medha means killing. So one who keeps himself in household life, he kills himself. Killing No edit summary current
- 11:5311:53, 28 September 2023 diff hist +7,247 Anna means "food." After this one lives in the consciousness of being alive. If one can continue his life without being attacked or destroyed, one thinks himself happy No edit summary current
- 11:5011:50, 28 September 2023 diff hist +3,981 Aniketanah means "without lodging." He (a sannyasi) should not have his own house, but should depend completely on the Supreme Lord for his food and lodging. He should travel No edit summary current
- 11:4811:48, 28 September 2023 diff hist +7,469 Anartha means things which are not wanted. We are accustomed to so many things, rascal things, which is not at all wanted. But we have been accustomed. By bad association No edit summary current
- 11:4511:45, 28 September 2023 diff hist +20 Ananya-cetah, without any deviation from this path of Krsna consciousness and devotional service in submission, if anyone thinks always of Krsna . . . Krsna says, tasyaham sulabhah. Sulabha means - I am very easily available for him No edit summary current
- 11:4411:44, 28 September 2023 diff hist +20 Anantam means unlimited. You are searching after happiness, but this is limited. Even if you enjoy sex life, that is also limited for a few moments. But anantam. That is... You will enjoy it eternally No edit summary current
- 11:4211:42, 28 September 2023 diff hist +3,521 Ananta indicates that there is nothing which is not covered by the influence and energy of the Supreme Lord, and devesa means that He is the controller of all demigods and is above them all. He is the center of the whole universe. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 11:4011:40, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,173 Ananda means the reservoir of all pleasure. The impersonalists are seeking to merge into the Brahman effulgence of eternity and knowledge, but the major portion of the absolute pleasure which is in Krsna is avoided by them No edit summary current
- 11:3911:39, 28 September 2023 diff hist +20 Ananda means blissfulness, joyfulness. There cannot be any joyfulness in this body. There are three kinds of miserable condition of material life: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. So either these three or one or two is always there No edit summary current
- 11:3611:36, 28 September 2023 diff hist +20 Anadir adir govindah. Go means senses, go means cow, and go means land. He is the proprietor of all land, He is the proprietor of all cows, and He is the creator of all senses No edit summary current
- 11:3111:31, 28 September 2023 diff hist +2,471 An Aryan means advanced, advanced in knowledge, and one who is advanced in knowledge, he is advanced civilized No edit summary current
- 11:2811:28, 28 September 2023 diff hist +18,054 Although Krsna is the Supreme Lord and is unborn and unchangeable, He appears in His original transcendental nature. The word prakrti means - nature No edit summary current
- 11:2611:26, 28 September 2023 diff hist +2,512 Although God is equally disposed to everyone, He is especially inclined to His devotees. Sat means the Absolute Truth. And persons who are servitors of the Absolute Truth are called satvatas No edit summary current
- 11:1811:18, 28 September 2023 diff hist +3,539 Akincana means one who has nothing to give materially No edit summary current
- 11:1711:17, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,024 Akhanditam means not exactly "fragmented" but "constitutionally always infinitesimal." No one can separate the molecular parts of the sunshine from the sun, but at the same time the molecular part of the sunshine is not as expansive as the sun itself No edit summary current
- 11:1511:15, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,642 Akartrtvat means not doing anything for sense gratification. When one does something at his own risk, there is a sense of proprietorship and a reaction, but when one does everything for Krsna, there is no proprietorship over the activities No edit summary current
- 11:1011:10, 28 September 2023 diff hist +3,783 Ahimsa means not being violent. There are eighteen processes for attaining knowledge and perfection, and by his vow, Kardama Muni adopted all the principles of self-realization No edit summary current
- 11:0811:08, 28 September 2023 diff hist +15,231 Ahankara means the point where the pure soul touches matter. That junction is called ahankara. Ahankara is still finer than intelligence No edit summary current
- 11:0611:06, 28 September 2023 diff hist +7,467 Agra means "first," and puja means "worship." This Agra-puja is similar to the election of a president No edit summary current
- 11:0311:03, 28 September 2023 diff hist +3,633 Advaita Acarya especially intended to teach the conditioned souls about devotional service. The word acarya means "teacher." The special function of such a teacher is to make people Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 10:5910:59, 28 September 2023 diff hist +2,503 Adhoksaja means beyond the perception of the senses No edit summary current
- 10:5510:55, 28 September 2023 diff hist +7,192 Actually, married couples should be paramahamsas. Paramahamsa means the topmost stage of sannyasi. Paramahamsa. A sannyasi has got four stages: kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya and paramahamsa No edit summary current
- 10:4510:45, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,547 According to the impersonalists, there are no transcendental qualities in the impersonal Brahman; therefore we should understand that brahmani means "in the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 10:4210:42, 28 September 2023 diff hist +4,177 According to Sri Jiva Gosvami, nidhanam means the transcendental abode of the Lord. Ni means the highest, and dhanam means opulence No edit summary current
26 August 2023
- 09:5709:57, 26 August 2023 diff hist +3,104 Acarya means he must show by example. Apani acari prabhu jiveri sikhaimu No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 26 August 2023 diff hist +5,151 Acarati. Practically you have to behave; then you can preach. Otherwise you cannot become acarya. Acarya means one who practices the acara and then teaches. He is acarya No edit summary current
19 August 2023
- 10:4810:48, 19 August 2023 diff hist +5,139 A sadhu means one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is a devotee of the Lord No edit summary current
7 August 2023
- 16:2716:27, 7 August 2023 diff hist +20 A devotee is considered to be on the brahma-bhuta platform when he has no material contamination. In the Padma Purana this is also confirmed: mukti means engagement in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
3 August 2023
- 11:2311:23, 3 August 2023 diff hist +20 A devotee is also called a muni. The word muni means "thoughtful No edit summary current
- 11:0011:00, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,030 A person who acts exactly according to the tenets of scripture is called Sastra-caksus. Sastra-caksus means one who sees through the eyes of the authorized scriptures No edit summary current
- 10:4410:44, 3 August 2023 diff hist +3,192 A devotee like Narada Muni is addressed as suvrata. Su means "good," and vrata means "vow." Thus the word suvrata refers to a person who has nothing to do with the material world, which is always bad No edit summary current
26 July 2023
- 17:0517:05, 26 July 2023 diff hist +34,967 Guru means heavy No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 26 July 2023 diff hist +5 Your knowledge has not benefited you. Our taking your so-called science has benefited you because you are using it for Krsna. You have worked so hard, so result is going to Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 26 July 2023 diff hist +6 Your duty is to appoint nice physician, nice medicine. But is there any guarantee that he will live? Why does he die? You can say that "I have given the best medicine and best medical treatment," still, he dies. What is the cause No edit summary current