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One Should Be Conscious That I Have Got This Opportunity Of The Human Form Of Life, I Must Be Krsna Conscious

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 4, 2023 at 22:21

(One should be conscious that "I have got this opportunity of human life. I must be, in this life, simply Kṛṣṇa conscious. I shall simply think of Kṛṣṇa)

"Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings very nice song, hari hari biphale janama goṅāinu: "My dear Lord, Hari, I have simply spoiled my life." Hari hari biphale, janama goṅāinu. Manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā: "I got very nice body, just fit for worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa."

Manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa . . . jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu: "Knowingly I have drunk poison." Jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu. This is the life of mūḍha. One should be conscious that "I have got this opportunity of human life. I must be, in this life, simply Kṛṣṇa conscious. I shall simply think of Kṛṣṇa."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 5, 1971, Bombay)

He Can See In Everything The Hand Of God, That Is Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 4, 2023 at 22:19

(He can see in everything the hand of God. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness)

"Even if you study scrutinizingly, very scientifically or, whatever you may say, philosophically, you will have to accept a supreme arrangement, a supreme hand over everything. That is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means a person who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, he can see everything.

He can see in everything the hand of God. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you see . . . a Kṛṣṇa conscious person sees a flower. He sees the flower—created . . . creation of God, Kṛṣṇa. "Oh, Kṛṣṇa is so artistic that He has created this flower by His energy so nicely, so decorately, so good flavor.

So it is Kṛṣṇa's thing. Let me offer it to Kṛṣṇa." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you become in everything Kṛṣṇa conscious, then your life is successful. That we are teaching."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 5, 1972, Melbourne)

In The Sky, If There Was Thousands Of Suns, Then The Brilliance Of The Virat Rupa Could Be Understood

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 3, 2023 at 1:56

(In the sky, if there were thousands of suns at a time, then the brilliance of the virāṭa-rūpa could be understood)

Dr. Patel: "There were so many lines. I will again. Aneka divya . . . divi-sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā . . ."

Prabhupāda: "Ah, this is the comparison now, that divi, "In the sky, if there were thousands of suns at a time, then the brilliance of the virāṭa-rūpa could be understood." This is an example."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Morning Walk, April 3, 1974, Bombay)

When You Read Bhagavd Gita, If You Feel That," Here Is Krsna Speaking Before Me", The Your Life Is Successful

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 2, 2023 at 22:34

(When you read Bhagavad-gītā, if you feel like that, that "Here Kṛṣṇa is speaking before me," then your life is successful. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Actually, it is a fact) 🙏💖

"All rascals and fools and rogues, they are claiming that, "I am Kṛṣṇa. I am Rāma." They have taken because India has fallen. Because there is no brahminical culture, they cannot understand these rascals, that the fools and rascals, they are claiming to be Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is so cheap? No.

That is our misfortune, that instead of Kṛṣṇa, we are accepting some imitation, rogue Kṛṣṇa. This is our misfortune. But we should not do that. There is Kṛṣṇa. Here is Kṛṣṇa, in His words. Kṛṣṇa is Absolute. He is not different from Kṛṣṇa. The words of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference.

When you read Bhagavad-gītā, if you feel like that, that "Here Kṛṣṇa is speaking before me," then your life is successful. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Actually, it is a fact. It is a fact. It is not that "Kṛṣṇa is no longer here. Five th

You Cannot Forget Your Lovable Objects Even For A Moment, Similarly One Who Has Real Love For Krsna, Cannot Do Without Thinking And Talking And Acting For Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 2, 2023 at 22:05

(Just like your loveable objects, you cannot forget even for a moment, similarly, one who has developed real love for Kṛṣṇa, he cannot do without thinking of Kṛṣṇa, without talking of Kṛṣṇa, without acting for Kṛṣṇa)

Prabhupāda: "Ramanti ca, yes. So instead of talking of Kṛṣṇa, they talk of politics, sociology, all nonsense. Simply waste of time."

Dr. Patel: "Mad-gata-prāṇāḥ."

Prabhupāda: "Mad-gata . . . one cannot talk of Kṛṣṇa unless he is kṛṣṇa-gata-prāṇāḥ. Kṛṣṇa-gata-prāṇāḥ. Just like your loveable objects, you cannot forget even for a moment, similarly, one who has developed real love for Kṛṣṇa, he cannot do without thinking of Kṛṣṇa, without talking of Kṛṣṇa, without acting for Kṛṣṇa. Mad-gata-prāṇāḥ."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Morning Walk, April 3, 1974, Bombay)

Spiritual Body Means Freedom Life, We Do Not Know In Our Spiritual Body How Powerful We Can Be

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 1, 2023 at 1:51

(Spiritual body means your freedom life. We do not know; we have no conception that in our spiritual body how much we can be powerful)

"Spiritual body means your freedom life. We do not know; we have no conception that in our spiritual body how much we can be powerful. We do not know that. There . . . there is calculation. There is calculation that suppose God is cent percent perfect.

So when you get you, your spiritual body, you may not be as powerful as God, but almost near to God. You get seventy-eight percent. You get seventy-eight percent of the whole power. That is a calculation by the great sages. They have calculated that a living entity can attain to the perfection of seventy-eight percent."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, April 1, 1966, New York)

No Messiah Says,"You Make Adjustment Here And Live Peacefully"

Posted by Gavin Swinden on April 1, 2023 at 1:48

(You take any, I mean to say, messiah. You take Lord Jesus Christ or Buddha or Lord Caitanya or Kṛṣṇa, or anyone you take, nobody says that, "You make adjustment here and live peacefully." No. Nobody says)

"And we are searching after happiness. So real happiness is not in this world. You take any, I mean to say, messiah. You take Lord Jesus Christ or Buddha or Lord Caitanya or Kṛṣṇa, or anyone you take, nobody says that, "You make adjustment here and live peacefully."

No. Nobody says. You know that. So religious principle means to know that this is not the place to live happily. This is the principal aim of teaching religion. We are trying to live here, making things nicely adjusted, peace and prosperity. That will never be possible. This is foolishness."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Conversation, April 1, 1969, San Francisco)

Why Not Take The Lift And Go Immediately, So Krsna Consciousness Is that

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 31, 2023 at 0:57

(But . . . why don't you take this opportunity of taking the lift and go immediately, within a minute? So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is that. If you are actually serious to go to the spiritual world, take the bhakti-yoga process)

"You can . . . just like in a building, high building, there are two ways, the staircase is there and the lift is there. You can take either of them. If you go to the topmost flat step by step, you can go. But . . . why don't you take this opportunity of taking the lift and go immediately, within a minute?

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is that. If you are actually serious to go to the spiritual world, take the bhakti-yoga process. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is preaching personally bhakti-yoga. Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ.So take opportunity of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. It is very, very easy. And anyone can take it.

You have seen that our process, chanting, this process is accepted even by a small child. He also dancing, he's also chanting. Don't t

The Whole World Was In Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 31, 2023 at 0:55

(We think, from Vedic evidences, the whole world was in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There was one God: Kṛṣṇa; one scripture: Bhagavad-gītā; one consciousness: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and one work: service of the Lord)

"In the modern age, any religion you can take into consideration, they are not older than 2,600 years. But so far this Bhagavad-gītā is concerned, it was spoken in the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra five thousand years ago. We should consider what were the religion of the world 2,600 years ago, because modern history cannot place before you any chronological list of religious evolution within 2,600 years.

There was human society before 2,600 years. And what was their religion? We think, from Vedic evidences, the whole world was in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There was one God: Kṛṣṇa; one scripture: Bhagavad-gītā; one consciousness: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and one work: service of the Lord. From Mahābhārata, the great history of India, we can understand that up to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the

The Devotees Of Krsna are Maho Baho, Strongly Armed By The Weapons Of Krsna, They Cannot Be Defeated

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 22:57

(Therefore all the devotees, all the preachers of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, they are mahā-bāho, strongly armed by the weapons of Kṛṣṇa. They cannot be defeated. They will push on the fight with māyā, this illusion)

"Who is great fighter? Who is acting under Kṛṣṇa, he is great fighter. Just like Arjuna is fighting.

So when you take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and fight with these material opposing elements . . . these preachers, they are also mahā-bāho. They are fighting with persons who are not Kṛṣṇa conscious. They are pushing on Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement by fighting. But this fighting is in different way.

This was taught by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam (SB 11.5.32). Sa aṅga upāṅga astra. Astra means weapons. Just like these Pakistanis are fighting with machine gun, Caitanya Mahāprabhu fought with māyā not with machine gun but with His most confidential associates.

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda

śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-

Lord Rama Appeared On This Planet At Least 2 Million Years Ago In Ayodhya

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 22:26

(That means at least two million years before Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet. So, now Lord Rāmacandra appeared in Ayodhyā)

"Just like Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet, say millions of years before. He appeared in the Treta-yuga. Treta-yuga . . . we have passed only five thousand years of this age, Kali-yuga. Before that, there was Dvāpara-yuga. Dvāpara-yuga means 800,000's of years.

And before that, there was Tretā-yuga, which continued for twelve thousands . . . twelve hundred thousands of years. That means at least two million years before Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet. So, now Lord Rāmacandra appeared in Ayodhyā. There is a place in Ayodhyā, in northern India. There He appeared.

As Kṛṣṇa appeared in . . . that is also northern India. And Mathurā is about ninety miles down southward from New Delhi. You have heard the name of New Delhi, the capital of India. So Ayodhyā is also situated about five hundred miles northeast of New Delhi. So Lord Rām

If We Hear About Lord Rama's Life, That Means We Are Associating with Lord Rama

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 22:23

(So Rāmacandra's life, God's activities, pastimes, if we hear, that means we are associating with Rāmacandra. There is no difference between His form, His name, His pastimes and Himself)

"So Rāmacandra's life, God's activities, pastimes, if we hear, that means we are associating with Rāmacandra. There is no difference between His form, His name, His pastimes and Himself. He's absolute.

Therefore either you chant the holy name of Rāma or you see the statue of Rāma or you talk of His pastimes, transcendental pastimes, everything, that means you are associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

So we take advantage of these days when the incarnation of God appears or disappears, and we try to associate with Him. By His association we become purified. Our process is purification."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 27, 1969, Hawaii)

Love Is The Basic Principle For Understanding Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 2:31

(He says, teṣāṁ satata-yuktānām (BG 10.10), if you engage all your senses for understanding Kṛṣṇa with devotion and faith, prīti-purvakam, with love . . . the love is the basic principle of understanding Kṛṣṇa)

"Kṛṣṇa is very kind. He says, teṣāṁ satata-yuktānām (BG 10.10), if you engage all your senses for understanding Kṛṣṇa with devotion and faith, prīti-purvakam, with love . . . the love is the basic principle of understanding Kṛṣṇa. But you will develop your love.

The love means, just like it is said, dadāti pratigṛhṇāti. You are coming into the temple. If you give something, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ, little things, "Kṛṣṇa, I have brought it. I could not bring any very costly thing, but I've collected these patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ," Kṛṣṇa is pleased, tad aham aśnāmi. Kṛṣṇa says:

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁyo me bhaktyā prayacchatitad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtamaśnāmi . . .(BG 9.26)

Because he has brought it. Kṛṣṇa is not beggar. Kṛṣṇa can create millions of fruits a

There Is No Educational Institution To Understand The Science Of The Soul, Which Is The Most Important Science

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 2:26

(There is no educational institution all over the world to understand this science, although it is the most important science for the human being)

"Modern education, they do not know even what is soul, what is this body, how the transmigration of the soul taking place. All blunt. There is no educational institution all over the world to understand this science, although it is the most important science for the human being."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lercture, March 29, 1974, Bombay)

When You Read Bhagavad Gita Or Krsna Book Seriously, Then Krsna Understands "Now He Is Serious To Understand Me

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 29, 2023 at 2:24

(Kṛṣṇa is within your heart, so when you read Bhagavad-gītā or Kṛṣṇa Book with little seriousness, then Kṛṣṇa understands, "Now he is serious to understand Me." He's with the . . . you haven't got to search out Kṛṣṇa. He's already within you. Simply you have to become little serious)

"If you simply read Kṛṣṇa Book, although it looks like story, then you become delivered from these clutches of repetition of birth and death. It is so nice. Because you will understand Kṛṣṇa, what is Kṛṣṇa, and here it is said, janma karma me divyaṁ ye jānāti tattvataḥ (BG 4.9).

It is explained. The people who are reading Kṛṣṇa Book very seriously, and tries to understand Kṛṣṇa, he will understand. Kṛṣṇa is very kind. As soon as he begins reading Kṛṣṇa book with a little faith and adherence, Kṛṣṇa will be very much pleased. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17).

Kṛṣṇa is within your heart, so when you read Bhagavad-gītā or Kṛṣṇa Book with little seriousness, then Kṛṣṇa

We are proposing successful life

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on March 28, 2023 at 4:21

"We are proposing successful life. So whatever you do, you just become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and at least he will feel that, "I am . . . my future hope is there. There is Kṛṣṇa." That is successful life. At least he is hopeful that he is going to Kṛṣṇa."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 23, 1969, Hawaii)

Srila Prabhupada; " This is unsuccessful life, laboring whole life, and he does not know where he is going. Next life, what is, whether cat or dog or animal or this or that, he does not know. He's in the darkness."

As Soon As The Heart Is Cleansed, Then We Can See Our Relationship With Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 28, 2023 at 2:45

(And as soon as the heart is cleansed of all dirty things, material contamination, then we can see what is our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, Kṛṣṇa recommends that "Somehow or other, you try to be attached to Me.")

"With every living entity there is an eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. But we have forgotten that. That is our position. But if we practice this yoga, as Kṛṣṇa recommends, mayy āsakta-manāḥ . . . if we become attached, then our original relationship will be revealed.

That is called svarūpa-siddhi. How we are . . . how I am related with Kṛṣṇa, that will be revealed. I have got a relationship with Kṛṣṇa eternally. Now it is covered. So practice this yoga means reviving our original relationship with Kṛṣṇa. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said:

nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema 'sādhya' kabhu nayaśravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya(CC Madhya 22.107)

It is simply awakened. Not that artificially we are imposing some impression to the minds of our students that they a

We As Pure Soul, Naturally We Are Aloof From Material Contamination

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 27, 2023 at 23:55

(The whole thing is misunderstanding. We, as pure soul, pure consciousness, naturally we are aloof from material contamination)

"The saṅkīrtana just now we have performed, it is vibration of the transcendental sound. This will help us in clearing the dust which we have accumulated on the surface of our mind. The whole thing is misunderstanding.

We, as pure soul, pure consciousness, naturally we are aloof from material contamination. But due to our long association with this material atmosphere, we have accumulated a great, thick layer of dust on the mind. So as soon as the dust is cleared off, then we can see ourself, what we are.

So we are discussing for the last few days on the constitutional position of ourself, myself, yourself—the soul, pure soul. Now, we have discussed that this pure soul is distinct from this material body. And we can understand this constitution of the soul by the presence of consciousness."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhu

The Soul Is Sarva-Ga, Which Means He Can Go Anywhere And Everywhere, Just Like Narada Muni

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 27, 2023 at 23:51

(So one of the qualification of the spirit soul is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga means he can go anywhere and everywhere. Nārada, because he is free, he has got full spiritual body, he can go anywhere he likes)

"As spirit soul we are free, sarva-ga. We can go everywhere, anywhere. Even those who get some mystic powers by perfection of yoga practice, they can also exhibit some powers. So why? As we become free from material conditions, our original freedom comes.

So one of the qualification of the spirit soul is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga means he can go anywhere and everywhere. Nārada, because he is free, he has got full spiritual body, he can go anywhere he likes."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 28, 1968, San Francisco)

Nobody Can Count How Many Living Entities Are There, Just Like We Cannot Count How Many Atoms Are Within The Universe

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 26, 2023 at 23:20

(Nobody can count how many living entities are there. Paramāṇu. Just like we cannot count how many paramāṇus or atoms are there within this universe. It is not possible)

"There are unlimited number of living entities, asaṅkhya. The living entities, they are also calculated in the Padma Purāna:

keśāgra-śata-bhāgasya

satadhā kalpitasya ca

jīvo bhāgasya vijñeyaḥ

sa anantāya kalpate

(Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.9)

Anantāya: there is no limit. Nobody can count how many living entities are there. Paramāṇu. Just like we cannot count how many paramāṇus or atoms are there within this universe. It is not possible. Similarly, we cannot count.

In the Vedas also it is stated, nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). So the nitya, eternal; and cetana means living being. So Kṛṣṇa, or God, He is the chief living being, or the chief eternal, nityo nityānām, and we living entities—innumerable.

He is one, but we are many, plural number, nityo nityānām. So one nitya is sin

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One Should Be Conscious That I Have Got This Opportunity Of The Human Form Of Life, I Must Be Krsna Conscious

He Can See In Everything The Hand Of God, That Is Krsna Consciousness

In The Sky, If There Was Thousands Of Suns, Then The Brilliance Of The Virat Rupa Could Be Understood

When You Read Bhagavd Gita, If You Feel That," Here Is Krsna Speaking Before Me", The Your Life Is Successful

You Cannot Forget Your Lovable Objects Even For A Moment, Similarly One Who Has Real Love For Krsna, Cannot Do Without Thinking And Talking And Acting For Krsna

Spiritual Body Means Freedom Life, We Do Not Know In Our Spiritual Body How Powerful We Can Be

No Messiah Says,"You Make Adjustment Here And Live Peacefully"

Why Not Take The Lift And Go Immediately, So Krsna Consciousness Is that

The Whole World Was In Krsna Consciousness

The Devotees Of Krsna are Maho Baho, Strongly Armed By The Weapons Of Krsna, They Cannot Be Defeated

Lord Rama Appeared On This Planet At Least 2 Million Years Ago In Ayodhya

If We Hear About Lord Rama's Life, That Means We Are Associating with Lord Rama

Love Is The Basic Principle For Understanding Krsna

There Is No Educational Institution To Understand The Science Of The Soul, Which Is The Most Important Science

When You Read Bhagavad Gita Or Krsna Book Seriously, Then Krsna Understands "Now He Is Serious To Understand Me

We are proposing successful life

As Soon As The Heart Is Cleansed, Then We Can See Our Relationship With Krsna

We As Pure Soul, Naturally We Are Aloof From Material Contamination

The Soul Is Sarva-Ga, Which Means He Can Go Anywhere And Everywhere, Just Like Narada Muni

Nobody Can Count How Many Living Entities Are There, Just Like We Cannot Count How Many Atoms Are Within The Universe

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