User contributions for Akshi
28 May 2026
- 14:1214:12, 28 May 2026 diff hist +9 When King Bhismaka heard that Krsna and Balarama had come, he invited Them to see the marriage ceremony of his daughter (Rukmini). Immediately he arranged to receive Them, along with Their soldiers, in a suitable garden house No edit summary current
27 May 2026
- 14:2614:26, 27 May 2026 diff hist +9 The Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritualistic marriage ceremony should help one another advance in spiritual life No edit summary current
25 May 2026
- 07:0307:03, 25 May 2026 diff hist +9 Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 25 May 2026 diff hist +9 King Bhismaka was from the very beginning inclined to hand over his beautiful daughter to Krsna. In one way or another his purpose had been served, and so he was pleased to join the marriage ceremony, even though his eldest son was degraded in the fight No edit summary current
- 06:3306:33, 25 May 2026 diff hist +9 In that meeting, King Sisupala was also present. He was an avowed enemy of Krsna for many reasons, especially because of Krsna's having stolen Rukmini from his intended marriage ceremony No edit summary current
- 05:0905:09, 25 May 2026 diff hist +9 A real wife is dharma-patni. That is, a woman accepted in marriage by ritualistic ceremony is called dharma-patni, which signifies that she is accepted in terms of religious principles No edit summary current
22 May 2026
- 07:2807:28, 22 May 2026 diff hist +9 If a woman becomes faithful, chaste wife, then the next life there is chance of her becoming a male. Because according to Vedic literature, to take a birth as woman is low-grade No edit summary current
- 07:0507:05, 22 May 2026 diff hist +9 When one becomes completely faithful in regard to this instruction, one's strong faith becomes the basis for advancing in spiritual life No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 22 May 2026 diff hist +9 We have to learn something from the dog. The dog also is a teacher: how to become faithful to the master. That teaching we can have even from the dog No edit summary current
- 06:3306:33, 22 May 2026 diff hist +9 These two qualifications required. She must learn how to prepare first-class foodstuff, and she must learn how to become chaste and faithful to the husband. Only these two qualification required. Then her life is successful. So try to do that No edit summary current
18 May 2026
- 14:0014:00, 18 May 2026 diff hist +11 Prahlada Maharaja offers his blessings to his class friends, saying, "Also become faithful like me. Become bona fide Vaisnavas." A devotee of the Lord desires for everyone to take to Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 13:5313:53, 18 May 2026 diff hist +9 One has to become faithful by practicing the controlling process of the yoga system and must elevate himself to the platform of unalloyed devotional service by chanting and hearing about Me No edit summary current
17 May 2026
- 03:3103:31, 17 May 2026 diff hist +11 I do not mean faith by blind faith. This Bhagavad-gita is not blind faith. Everything is being explained step by step, scientifically, authoritatively. So try to understand. And if you fortunately become faithful, then your life is successful No edit summary current
- 03:2803:28, 17 May 2026 diff hist +9 How do we become faithful? Control of the senses (samyatendriyah) is required. We are in the material world because we want to gratify our senses No edit summary current
- 03:2603:26, 17 May 2026 diff hist +9 Gurukula means to teach how to become very, very faithful, cent percent faithful, to the bona fide guru No edit summary current
15 May 2026
- 14:3014:30, 15 May 2026 diff hist +9 Forgetting her natural inclination for passion and ignorance, the woman becomes obedient and faithful to her husband, who is situated in goodness. Such a life becomes very welcome No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 15 May 2026 diff hist +9 Educate the girls how to become faithful, chaste wife and how to cook nicely. Let them learn varieties of cooking. Is very difficult? These two qualifications, apart from Krsna consciousness, materially they should learn No edit summary current
- 13:5513:55, 15 May 2026 diff hist +9 Although chaste women may follow the rules and regulations of Vedic principles to become ever faithful to their husbands, Krsna is able to break their stonelike chastity with the chisel of His beauty No edit summary current
11 May 2026
- 14:4314:43, 11 May 2026 diff hist +10 The materialists and the foolish human beings worship Brahma and Siva respectively. But the pure transcendentalists worship the form of goodness, Visnu, in His various forms No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 11 May 2026 diff hist +10 O King Yudhisthira, after all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, were properly worshiped by Prahlada Maharaja, they offered Prahlada their utmost benedictions and then returned to their respective abodes No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 11 May 2026 diff hist +10 In the Brahma-samhita, the important demigods - Lord Siva, Lord Brahma and even the incarnations and expansions of Lord Krsna like Maha-Visnu - are all worshiped by the process of worshiping Govinda with the words govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 11 May 2026 diff hist +10 In the Brahma-samhita there are mantras offering obeisances to Lord Siva, Lord Brahma, the sun-god and Lord Ganesa, as well as Lord Visnu, all of whom are worshiped by the impersonalists as pancopasana No edit summary current
10 May 2026
- 03:2503:25, 10 May 2026 diff hist +10 In some of the satvata-tantras, there is a description of the nine varsas and the predominating Deity worshiped in each: (1) Vasudeva, (2) Sankarsana, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Narayana, (6) Nrsimha, (7) Hayagriva, (8) Mahavaraha, and (9) Brahma No edit summary current
9 May 2026
- 04:3704:37, 9 May 2026 diff hist +10 In Bhagavad-gita Krsna admits that it is He only who superintends the creative energy, the sum total of matter. Thus Vyasadeva neither worships Brahma nor the sun but the Supreme Lord, who guides both Brahma and the sun in their creative activities No edit summary current
- 03:5203:52, 9 May 2026 diff hist +11 He (Lord Brahma) is devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead without deviation, and therefore in one sense he is not different from the Lord. Nevertheless, he should be worshiped not as the monists worship him, but in duality No edit summary current
8 May 2026
- 09:1409:14, 8 May 2026 diff hist +10 Bilvamangala Thakur, in his book Krsna-karnamrta, says, "Let the impersonalists be engaged in the process of transcendental realization by worshiping the impersonal Brahman" No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 8 May 2026 diff hist +10 With a laugh full of deep significance, the worshipful Brahma evolved by his own loveliness, which seemed to enjoy itself by itself, the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsaras No edit summary current
27 April 2026
- 03:2303:23, 27 April 2026 diff hist +11 The worshipful Brahma first laughed at their stupidity (they wanted to copulate wih Lord Brahma), but finding the shameless asuras close upon him, he grew indignant and ran in great haste out of fear No edit summary current
- 03:1603:16, 27 April 2026 diff hist +11 Recognizing himself to be full of desire and energy, the worshipful Brahma, the creator of the living entities, evolved from his own invisible form, from his navel, the hosts of Sadhyas and Pitas No edit summary current
- 03:1203:12, 27 April 2026 diff hist +11 Only surrender to Me. - So this is the verdict of all Vedic literatures. But if somebody thinks that "I can worship Brahma, I can worship Kali, I can worship Siva, or many other demigods, and still the same thing," this is impersonalist view No edit summary current
- 03:0103:01, 27 April 2026 diff hist +10 O worshipful one (Brahma), please give us (Svayambhuva Manu and Satarupa) your direction for the execution of duty within our working capacity so that we can follow it for fame in this life and progress in the next No edit summary current
1 April 2026
- 05:1605:16, 1 April 2026 diff hist +10 If they are graciously offered the advantage of partaking of the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Visnu, gradually they will develop a transcendental sense of spirituality and rise to the same status as that of spiritually advanced personalities No edit summary current
30 March 2026
- 04:1904:19, 30 March 2026 diff hist +10 If somebody regularly executes such service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master, then gradually he rises to the platform of serving in pure love of God No edit summary current
- 04:0904:09, 30 March 2026 diff hist +5 If he (the Brahman realized person) wants, he can continue to stay in the Brahman position and then gradually rise up to Paramatma realization and then to the realization of the SPG. There are many examples of this in Vedic literature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
27 March 2026
- 14:0314:03, 27 March 2026 diff hist +5 By practicing sadhana-bhakti one may gradually rise to the point of raga-bhakti, and by performing raga-bhakti in loving transcendental service one can even control the Supreme Powerful Lord No edit summary current
26 March 2026
- 08:3808:38, 26 March 2026 diff hist +10 Those who are regulated by scriptural injunctions and thus gradually rise to Krsna consciousness certainly progress in life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 26 March 2026 diff hist +10 They (Vaisnavas) worship the body by the yogic process of meditation on the different bodily parts, such as manipuraka, dahara and hrdaya, gradually rising to the brahma-randhra, on the top of the head No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 26 March 2026 diff hist +10 These lower grade persons gradually rise to become sauriyas (worshipers of the sun-god) or ganapatyas - worshipers of the mass of people as janata janardana or daridra-narayana, etc., in the form of Ganapati No edit summary current
- 08:2108:21, 26 March 2026 diff hist +10 There are also followers of the rsi known as Aruna. Following his path, they observe the activities of the arteries. Thus they gradually rise to the heart, where subtle Brahman, Paramatma, is situated. They then worship Him No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 26 March 2026 diff hist +10 The yogis begin their practice of yoga by worshiping the abdomen, and they try to concentrate their attention on their intestines. Gradually their meditation rises to the heart and concentrates on the mind and the heart No edit summary current
24 March 2026
- 10:3110:31, 24 March 2026 diff hist +10 The yogi is advised to meditate upon the transcendental form of the Lord, beginning from the soles of the feet and then gradually rising to the knees, to the thighs, and finally arriving at the face No edit summary current
22 March 2026
- 04:1404:14, 22 March 2026 diff hist +10 The neophyte and intermediate devotees can gradually rise to the platform of uttama-adhikari and become first-class devotees. Symptoms of a first-class devotee are given in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 11.2.45 No edit summary current
- 04:1204:12, 22 March 2026 diff hist +10 The Vedic principles certainly prescribe a gradual process for rising to the spiritual platform, but if one remains attached to the Vedic principles, there is no chance of his being elevated to spiritual life No edit summary current
17 March 2026
- 03:4903:49, 17 March 2026 diff hist +10 The purport is that even though material conditions are miserable, if these (BG 16.1-3) qualities are developed by practice, by all classes of men, then gradually it is possible to rise to the highest platform of transcendental realization. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
11 March 2026
- 07:3807:38, 11 March 2026 diff hist +10 The Mahabharata is history, and simply by studying, hearing and memorizing the transcendental activities of Krsna, the less intelligent can also gradually rise to the standard of pure devotees No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 11 March 2026 diff hist +5 The idea is that gradually such neophytes (who are advised to worship different types of demigods according to their situation in the different modes of material nature) may rise to the transcendental plane and engage in the service of Visnu, the SPG No edit summary current
9 March 2026
- 14:2214:22, 9 March 2026 diff hist +10 The distinction between human life & animal life begins with the scientific system of varna and asrama, guided by the experience of the sages in relation with the demigods, gradually rising to the summit of reestablishing our eternal relation with Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 9 March 2026 diff hist +10 Somehow or other if one gets in touch with a pure devotee and thus develops a desire to render devotional service to Krsna, he gradually rises to the platform of love of Godhead and is thus freed from the clutches of material energy No edit summary current
- 14:1114:11, 9 March 2026 diff hist +10 Rising very gradually and wiping his two eyes, Lord Brahma looked up at Mukunda. Lord Brahma, his head bent low, his mind concentrated and his body trembling, very humbly began, with faltering words, to offer praises to Lord Krsna - SB 10.13.64 No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 9 March 2026 diff hist +10 Since the potent and potencies are identical, even the conception of His impersonal cosmic feature helps the conditioned soul to associate with the Lord indirectly and thus gradually rise to the stage of personal contact No edit summary current