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Vedic Knowledge Means To Revive Our Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 15, 2023 at 1:53

(What is Vedic knowledge? Vedic knowledge means to revive our Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is Vedic knowledge. If you revive your Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is the perfection of Vedic knowledge)

"In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15). The Vedic . . . What is Vedic knowledge? Vedic knowledge means to revive our Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is Vedic knowledge. If you revive your Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. But if you read only Vedas and perform formalities, ritualistic ceremonies, but you do not awaken your Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is useless waste of time. That is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁviśvaksena-kathāsu yaḥnotpādayed ratiṁ yadiśrama eva hi kevalam(SB 1.2.8)

You may be a very religious person—never mind you are Hindu, Muslim or Christian or anyone—or according to your religious principles, ritualistic ceremonies, you execute very nicely, svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām. But after doing

Prabhupāda: "It is very simple. Don't accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth."

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on March 14, 2023 at 6:36

Prabhupāda: "It is very simple. Don't accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth."

Prabhupāda: "That is the world. Therefore the whole world is the society of cheater and cheated. That is the version of my Guru Mahārāja. The whole so-called human society means a bunch of cheaters and cheated. That's all."

We Can Teach The Art Of Seeing Krsna Within The Core Of The Heart In One Minute

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 13, 2023 at 1:49

(In our bhakti-yoga we can teach this art of seeing Kṛṣṇa within the core of the heart in one minute. It is so simple. You are seeing Kṛṣṇa here. You must have impression and try to keep that impression within your heart always. Then you become first-class yogī)

"That yoga means you have to come to the platform of prema, love, not that simply official practice, you can see. You have to come to the platform . . . Without having love connection with Kṛṣṇa, it is not possible to see Him. You may practice this haṭha-yoga or gymnastic yoga for many, many births—you cannot see Kṛṣṇa.

Kṛṣṇa can be seen when you smear with love ointment in your eyes. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. And that is possible: bhakti, through bhakti. Therefore, why not practice bhakti-yoga from the beginning if you want to see Kṛṣṇa? And that is recommended by Kṛṣṇa:

yoginām api sarveṣāṁmad-gata āntarātmanāśraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁsa me yuktatamo mataḥ(BG 6.47)

Kṛṣṇa says, "He's first-class yog

Krsna First Taught Vedic Knowledge To Brahma, Therefore We Belong To The Brahma Sampradaya

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 13, 2023 at 1:38

(In this way He instructed ādi-kavi, the first learned man—*kavi *means learned man—Brahmā, Vedic knowledge. So there was no other teacher. Kṛṣṇa taught him. Therefore we belong to the Brahma-sampradāya)

"So what was the realization of Brahmā after tapasya? Now, gandham iva atisūkṣmaṁ bhūtendriya. Just like Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, *puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca *(BG 7.9): "I am the smell within the earth." So everyone knows there is smell within the earth, there is color within the earth.

Everything is there within the earth; otherwise how in a particular plant the color and the smell, the flavor and everything is . . . beauty, everything is coming? You daily see. So ordinarily you see heaps of dirt, but everything is there. Similarly, ordinarily we see this universe, but in every atom there is Kṛṣṇa.

That was realized by Brahmā. Then he became the great personality to teach us. *Tene brahma hṛdā ādi-kavaye *(SB 1.1.1). In this way He instructed ādi-kavi, the first lea

Purchase Krsna Consciousness By Your Eagerness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 13, 2023 at 1:34

(Here Rūpa Gosvāmī says that, "You purchase at any price." But what is that price? Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyam. Laulyam, eagerness. That is price)

"Rūpa Gosvāmī also recommended like that. Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyam. Rūpa Gosvāmī advised, kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ krīyatāṁ yadi kuto 'pi labhyate (Padyāvalī 14). He advises that, "Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if it is available, you purchase. You purchase anywhere it is available."

That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's advice, that one should be eager to purchase this Kṛṣṇa consciousness at any price. Generally, we think price means some . . . in terms of money, monetary transaction, say, hundred pounds or two hundred pounds or millions pounds, billion pounds, like that.

The price is different. Here Rūpa Gosvāmī says that, "You purchase at any price." But what is that price? Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyam. Laulyam, eagerness. That is price."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 13, 1974, Vrindavana

Wherefrom Naughtiness and Stealing Comes From If It Is Not In God, But Because He Is Absolute, His Stealing Is As Good As His Blessing

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 10, 2023 at 0:43

(So wherefrom this naughtiness comes if it is not in the person of God? Wherefrom this stealing propensity comes if it is not in God? But because He is absolute, His stealing is also as good as his blessing. Mākhan-cora. Kṛṣṇa is stealing butter, that is worshiped, mākhana , by the very name)

"Just like the other day . . . . . . a lady, she asked if Kṛṣṇa was a naughty boy. Yes, because He is God He must be naughty boy. Otherwise, wherefrom this idea of naughty boy comes if that quality is not in God? God is the origin of everything, creator of everything.

So if He hasn't got this naughtiness in His person, then how this thing comes to be? That is the Vedānta version, janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1) . The Supreme Absolute Truth is that from which or from whom everything emanates. So wherefrom this naughtiness comes if it is not in the person of God?

Wherefrom this stealing propensity comes if it is not in God? But because He is absolute, His stealing is also as good as his

In All These Changing Circumstances, If You Become Krsna Conscious, Then Your Position Becomes Transcendental

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 10, 2023 at 0:40

(But if in all these changing circumstances, if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious, then your position becomes transcendental. You are no more subjected to all this changing process)

"As this is winter season, so there will be a summer season. Anyone can say that after two months there will be summer season. Similarly, these ages are also, what is called, changing. So now it is Kali-yuga. After this Kali-yuga, there will be Satya-yuga. Cycle.

So everything is happening. When there is winter season, everyone feels cold. So there is no question of asking. The particular type of age and its reaction of the quality of the nature, it will be there. So as there are many Kali-yugas, so it is to be understood that many times these things happened, and many times again will happen.

Seasonal flowers, fruits. In the past, there were many times all those flowers and fruits, and in the future also they will appear. What is the difficulty to understand? But if in all these changing circumstanc

So We Have To Find Out The Real Eternal Existense, That Is Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 9, 2023 at 0:39

(So we have to find out the real existence, sanātana existence. That is Kṛṣṇa. We should not be bewildered by seeing this temporary manifestation)

"Sat means which is existing, and asad means which is no longer existing. So this material world is asat. It is simply for the time being an exhibition. So we have to find out the real existence, sanātana existence. That is Kṛṣṇa. We should not be bewildered by seeing this temporary manifestation.

Anything material is temporary. It has a date of creation. Everything, whatever you see here in the . . . Just like this microphone: it has got a date of creation, it will work for some time; and then it will go out of order, and we shall throw it in the street and again it will disappear in the earth, because everything has come out from the earth.

This is material world. But we must find out what is the reality. We should not be bewildered by the temporary things. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to take the living entity from th

Krsna Is Always With His Consort, Srimati Radharani, And He Is Playing Flute, And Radharani Is Dancing, This Is Ananda

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 9, 2023 at 0:38

(He was always full of ānanda. Here we have got Kṛṣṇa. He is ānanda-mūrti. He is not nirānanda, without blissfulness. He is always with His consort, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and He is playing flute, and Rādhārāṇī is dancing. This is ānanda)

"Ānanda means pleasure, blissfulness. He is always. . . Kṛṣṇa, while He was present on this planet, He showed how to dance with the gopīs. He was always full of ānanda. Here we have got Kṛṣṇa. He is ānanda-mūrti. He is not

nirānanda, without blissfulness.

He is always with His consort, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and He is playing flute, and Rādhārāṇī is dancing. This is ānanda. So where is our ānanda? We imitate Kṛṣṇa, but we are not able to enjoy because we are in this material body."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 9, 1975, London)

So meditation means...

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on March 8, 2023 at 23:12

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(So meditation means to understand oneself, that I am not this body; I am spirit soul, and further advancement of that meditation is to know that what are the activities of the spirit soul, and when one is actually engaged in those spiritual activities, that is the perfection of meditation. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is direct engagement of spiritual activities)

You Cannot Expect Peaceful Life In The Material World, The Only Remedy Is Take Shelter Of The Lotus Feet of Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 7, 2023 at 22:31

(In the material world you cannot expect very smooth, peaceful life. That is not possible. And the only remedy is to take shelter of the lotus feet of just Murāri. Murāri means Kṛṣṇa)

"The Caitanya Mahāprabhu's preaching is to request everyone to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa or Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said that "When I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, then all dangers go away." So this place, this material world, is a dangerous place.

Padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadām. Vipad means danger, and padaṁ padam means every step. In the material world you cannot expect very smooth, peaceful life. That is not possible. And the only remedy is to take shelter of the lotus feet of just Murāri. Murāri means Kṛṣṇa."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 8, 1975, London)

Don't Get Cheated. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on March 7, 2023 at 17:37

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To Serve The Servant Of Krsna Is Better Than To Serve Krsna Directly

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 6, 2023 at 23:50

(So to serve the servant of Kṛṣṇa is better than to serve directly Kṛṣṇa, because if the servant of Kṛṣṇa promises something, if the servant of Kṛṣṇa says, "I'll take you to Kṛṣṇaloka," you must go there)

"Even the devotee or the servant of Kṛṣṇa says something, even it is wrong, Kṛṣṇa upholds this. Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ pranaśyati (BG 9.31). So even it is wrongly done, still, Kṛṣṇa fulfills because He thinks that "My servant has promised; it must be fulfilled."

Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja, in the previous verse he has said, tava bhṛtya-pārśva. So to serve the servant of Kṛṣṇa is better than to serve directly Kṛṣṇa, because if the servant of Kṛṣṇa promises something, if the servant of Kṛṣṇa says, "I'll take you to Kṛṣṇaloka," you must go there.

Even Kṛṣṇa cannot do that. He can; I mean to say that He does not say very easily. But if a servant . . . Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Therefore our philosophy is to please the servant of God, tad-bhṛtya, bhṛtyasya bhṛty

Sri Siksastakam by Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 6, 2023 at 23:21

**Sri Siksastakam by Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu **

Text 1
ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ
śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ
sarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam

Glory to the Sri Krishna Sankirtana which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This Samkirtan movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction Moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it helps to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious.

Text 2
nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis
tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ

O my Lord! Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction upon the living bein

So To Become Immediately In Ecstasy Of Transcendental Love, If We Chant Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda , Sri Advaita, Gadadhara , Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 6, 2023 at 23:17

So to become immediately in ecstasy of transcendental love, if we chant this śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda,śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda, it is easier) 🙏💖

"So to become immediately in ecstasy of transcendental love, if we chant this śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda,śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda, it is easier. There is no offense in chanting this pañca-tattva, but there is offense if you do not properly chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

There are ten kinds of offenses, you know. But in chanting śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda, there is no aparādha. You chant in any way, you'll get the result. This is the difference, taste. This is variety.

Although there is no difference by chanting śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda and Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, mahā-mantra, but still, by chanting this pañca-tattva, you'll get immediately, quickly, result. Therefore our process is to chant the holy names of the Pañca-tattva and then we ch

The Supermost Happiness Can Be Achieved Not By These Senses, But By Transcendental Senses

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 5, 2023 at 1:15

(So the sum and substance of happiness is to satisfy the senses. But Kṛṣṇa says that sukham ātyantikam: the supermost happiness can be achieved not by these senses, but atīndriya. Atīndriya means transcendental senses)

"If I get some nice foodstuff, because I satisfy my taste, palate, I feel happiness, "Oh, very nice food I am eating." Similarly, you take any of your sense organs, when it is satisfied according to the sense object, it is called happiness. So the sum and substance of happiness is to satisfy the senses.

But Kṛṣṇa says that sukham ātyantikam: the supermost happiness can be achieved not by these senses, but atīndriya. Atīndriya means transcendental senses. Just like at the present moment our senses are gross material senses. But there is another sense . . . not another sense; this sense.

This is covered sense. Suppose you will try . . . you will be able to understand. Now, I want to touch some soft place to enjoy the sense of this hand, touch sense. But if th

We Should Always Remember That Without Krsna's Mercy, We Cannot Even Live For A Moment

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 5, 2023 at 1:10

(Without Kṛṣṇa's mercy you cannot live even for a moment. You should always remember. Kṛṣṇa bado dayāmaya. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness)

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: "Sometimes we have difficulty discriminating where the enjoying spirit stops and where the service spirit begins, especially when we take prasādam."

Prabhupāda: "No, you should remember it is Kṛṣṇa's mercy. Then it is all right. Actually, everything is Kṛṣṇa's mercy. Without Kṛṣṇa's mercy you cannot live even for a moment. You should always remember. Kṛṣṇa bado dayāmaya. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness"

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 5, 1976, Mayapur)

I Am Very Indebted To My Father, He Wanted Me To Be Preacher Of Bhagavata, And Player Of Mrdanga, And To Become Servant Of Radharani

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 3, 2023 at 1:00

(Therefore I am very much indebted to my father, and I have dedicated my book, Kṛṣṇa book, to him. He wanted me. He wanted me to be preacher of Bhāgavata, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and player of mṛdaṅga, and to become servant of Rādhārāṇī)

"Many saintly persons used to visit my father's house. My father was Vaiṣṇava. He was Vaiṣṇava, and he wanted me to become a Vaiṣṇava. Whenever some saintly person would come, he would ask him, "Please bless my son that he can become a servant of Rādhārāṇī." That was his prayer. He never prayed for anything.

And he gave me education how to play mṛdaṅga. My mother was against. There was two teachers—one for teaching me A-B-C-D, and one for teaching me mṛdaṅga. So the one teacher was waiting, and the other teacher was teaching me how to play on mṛdaṅga. So my mother would be angry, that "What is this nonsense?

You are teaching mṛdaṅga? What he will do with mṛdaṅga?" (chuckles) But perhaps my father wanted that I should be a great mṛdaṅga player in the

Two Kinds Of Atoms Are Coming From Krsna. The Spiritual Atom And The Material Atom

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 3, 2023 at 0:55

(So two kinds of atoms are coming from Kṛṣṇa. One is the spiritual atom, and the other is the material atom. So spiritual atoms, they are many, many times greater than the material atoms)

"Matter, everything is combination of atom, atomic particles. Either you take earth or take water or air or fire, everything is combination of atom. That's a fact. But we know that these atoms are coming out as the energy of Kṛṣṇa. Bhinnā. Bhinnā means the quality different; not of the same quality.

Apareyam: "This is inferior quality, but there is another, superior quality, jīva bhuta, and that is living entity." So two kinds of atoms are coming from Kṛṣṇa. One is the spiritual atom, and the other is the material atom. So spiritual atoms, they are many, many times greater than the material atoms.

And these material atoms is this universal . . ., innumerable universes. Some of the spiritual atoms, when they want to enjoy independently, they are given the chance of enjoying this material

Sri Krsna Chaitanya Is Krsna In Radha's Attitude, Radha Bhava

Posted by Gavin Swinden on March 3, 2023 at 0:20

(When you speak of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, we should understand immediately that He's Kṛṣṇa in Rādhā's attitude, rādhā-bhāva)

"When you speak of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, we should understand immediately that He's Kṛṣṇa in Rādhā's attitude, rādhā-bhāva. Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, They are one; They are not different. Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād (CC Adi 1.5).

Rādhārāṇī is expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. So Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but the pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa is prominent in His activities. Because Kṛṣṇa, in order to understand Himself, He took the position of Rādhārāṇī to understand Himself.

Personally He could not understand His potencies, but when He appeared as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the attitude of Rādhārāṇī's love for Kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-prema, then He could fully understand Him. These are very intricate subject matter to understand, but this is the fact."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lec

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Vedic Knowledge Means To Revive Our Krsna Consciousness

Prabhupāda: "It is very simple. Don't accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth."

We Can Teach The Art Of Seeing Krsna Within The Core Of The Heart In One Minute

Krsna First Taught Vedic Knowledge To Brahma, Therefore We Belong To The Brahma Sampradaya

Purchase Krsna Consciousness By Your Eagerness

Wherefrom Naughtiness and Stealing Comes From If It Is Not In God, But Because He Is Absolute, His Stealing Is As Good As His Blessing

In All These Changing Circumstances, If You Become Krsna Conscious, Then Your Position Becomes Transcendental

So We Have To Find Out The Real Eternal Existense, That Is Krsna

Krsna Is Always With His Consort, Srimati Radharani, And He Is Playing Flute, And Radharani Is Dancing, This Is Ananda

So meditation means...

You Cannot Expect Peaceful Life In The Material World, The Only Remedy Is Take Shelter Of The Lotus Feet of Krsna

Don't Get Cheated. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada

To Serve The Servant Of Krsna Is Better Than To Serve Krsna Directly

Sri Siksastakam by Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

So To Become Immediately In Ecstasy Of Transcendental Love, If We Chant Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda , Sri Advaita, Gadadhara , Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda

The Supermost Happiness Can Be Achieved Not By These Senses, But By Transcendental Senses

We Should Always Remember That Without Krsna's Mercy, We Cannot Even Live For A Moment

I Am Very Indebted To My Father, He Wanted Me To Be Preacher Of Bhagavata, And Player Of Mrdanga, And To Become Servant Of Radharani

Two Kinds Of Atoms Are Coming From Krsna. The Spiritual Atom And The Material Atom

Sri Krsna Chaitanya Is Krsna In Radha's Attitude, Radha Bhava

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