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Animal People, c/o Gavin Swinden Prabhu.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 22, 2023 at 7:23

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"Otherwise, to live like cats and dogs—sa eva go-kharaḥ (SB 10.84.13), cows and asses, animal life—this is not civilization. So our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is an attempt, however small it may be, to bring back the human society to real civilization. It is not ordinary movement. They are not civilized. Mūḍha. This is a civilization of rascals and fools. But to bring them back to knowledge, that is civilization. That civilization is spiritual life." -HDG Srila Prabhupada.

You Can Understand Krsna Simply By Concentrating Upon Him

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 22, 2023 at 3:08

(You can understand Kṛṣṇa simply by concentrating upon Him. That you can do. Everyone can do that. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you know everything. So why not take this path?. Simple)

Devotee: "One should therefore begin yoga practice as directed in the last verse of the Sixth Chapter. Concentration of the mind upon Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme, is made possible by prescribed devotional service in nine different forms."

Prabhupāda: "Yes. The instruction is that, "How by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me"—this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness—"with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full." And if you know Kṛṣṇa in full, you know everything. And you can know Kṛṣṇa simply by your concentrating mind upon Kṛṣṇa.

And as soon as you know Kṛṣṇa, you know everything. Therefore your knowledge is perfect. Is that argument fallacious? You can understand Kṛṣṇa simply by concentrating upon Him. That you can do. Everyone can do that. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you know ever

If You Become Pure, There Is No Influence Of This Kali Yuga

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 21, 2023 at 0:37

(So if you become pure, there is no influence of this yuga)

"So one who has taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, becomes devotee, he has no sinful life, although he is in the Kali-yuga. He is not affected. Just like there is police, but if you are not a criminal, the police has nothing to do with you; and if you are a criminal, you may be on the street or in your very nice flat, apartment, the police will be after you and arrest you. So if you become pure, there is no influence of this yuga."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, February 21, 1973, Auckland)

So If You Train Your Consciousness Into Krsna, Then It Will Carry You To Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 21, 2023 at 0:36

(So if you make your consciousness, train your consciousness, into Kṛṣṇa, then it will carry you to Kṛṣṇa. This is not very difficult to understand)

"No, let me explain this. "By virtue of divine consciousness." We are preparing this consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, divine consciousness. And the consciousness will go. Just like the flavor, the aroma, of a rose flower is carried by the air, and if the air passes through us we also experience the rose flavor.

Similarly, when we die, this material body is finished. "Dust thou art, dust thou beist." This is made of five elements: earth, water, air, fire, ether. So the . . . so far earthly materials are concerned, that is mixed up. Somebody burns this body, somebody buries or somebody throws it for being eaten by the animals.

The three system in the human society . . . just like in India, Hindus, they burn the body. So the body comes transformed into ashes—means earth. Ash means earth. Those who are burying the bodies of th

Krsna Wants Only Your Heart

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 20, 2023 at 5:12

(Kṛṣṇa wants only your heart—"Kṛṣṇa, You are my eternal master. I am Your eternal servant. Please engage me in Your service.")

"So Kṛṣṇa can be offered in any circumstances. Kṛṣṇa can be pleased, provided you want to please Kṛṣṇa, provided you want to serve Kṛṣṇa. There is no question of . . .

That is already explained, that dana, jana, riches or learning or respectability, all these things cannot satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa wants only your heart—"Kṛṣṇa, You are my eternal master. I am Your eternal servant. Please engage me in Your service."

na danaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁkavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmayemama janmani janmanīśvarebhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi(CC Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)

This is the prayer. A devotee never asks Kṛṣṇa, "You give me money. You give me many followers. You give me nice wife." No. Na danaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye. "Then what you want?" "I want to be engaged in Your service."

Not "I want." A devotee never says "I want." "Please

You Can Forget All Things But Dont Forget Krsna, Then You Are Richest

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 20, 2023 at 2:56

(That is perfection of life. Simply don't be lost to Kṛṣṇa. You can forget all things, but don't forget Kṛṣṇa. Then you are richest)

Viṣṇujana: Verse thirty: "For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me." (BG 6.30)

Prabhupāda: "That's all. How you can (laughs) be lost of Kṛṣṇa? That is sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (BG 8.6). So if you practice your life in this way, never lost to Kṛṣṇa, so at the time of death you are sure to go to Kṛṣṇa. Where you are going? You are not lost to Kṛṣṇa. Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati (BG 9.31).

And Kṛṣṇa promises, "My dear Arjuna, My pure devotee is never lost to Me." So don't be lost to Kṛṣṇa. That is perfection of life. That is perfection of life. Simply don't be lost to Kṛṣṇa. You can forget all things, but don't forget Kṛṣṇa. Then you are richest."

(His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, February 19, 1969, Los Angeles)

Every Devotee's Duty Is To Extinguish The Blazing Fire Of The Material World

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 20, 2023 at 1:47

(Every devotee, every pure soul, duty is how to extinguish the blazing fire. And that can be done only by pushing on this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.)

"So take shelter of the holy name of the Lord, then disturbing condition of this material world will not touch you. *Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam *(CC Antya 20.12). Bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam. There is a blazing fire. That is the duty, that is the business of . . . Vande guroḥ śrī caraṇāravindam.

How to extinguish the blazing fire of this material world—that is the duty. Every devotee, every pure soul, duty is how to extinguish the blazing fire. And that can be done only by pushing on this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Otherwise, it is not possible."

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, February 20, 1976, Mayapur)

Sivaratri, Feb 18, 2023 Mahadeva, KiJaya ! Hare Krsna

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 18, 2023 at 3:33

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If We Are Awakened To Krsna Consciousness, The Maya Dream Will Never Come

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 18, 2023 at 3:15

(Therefore we have to keep ourself always in Kṛṣṇa-thinking, so that this dream will never come. If you are always awakened, then dream never comes. So keep yourself always awakened by Kṛṣṇa consciousness)

Bhaktijana: "If I was once liberated . . ."

Prabhupāda: "You are liberated. You are liberated. Simply just a cloud has covered you. Drive away the cloud. There is no question that you were ever. You are ever-liberated. That, the sky is always spiritual, but it is sometimes overcrowded with cloud, this māyā.

This is called māyā. Actually, you are not conditioned. You are thinking. Just like in the dream you are thinking that tiger is eating you. You were never eaten by tiger. There is no tiger. So we have to get out of this dream. Don't you sometimes dream that tiger is eating you? Is there any tiger?

You are simply thinking. So if you keep in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that nonsense thinking will go away. Therefore we have to keep ourself always in Kṛṣṇa-thinking, so that

When You Get The Valuable Spiritual Body, There Will Be No More Change

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 18, 2023 at 3:12

(Similarly, so long you are getting this cheap body, material body, you have to change. And as soon as you get the most valuable body, spiritual body, there will be no more change. Why don't you understand like that?)

"Now, when you are Kṛṣṇa conscious fully, this change of body will take place also, but that body will be spiritual. So long you get material body, you have to change, one after another, one after another, one after another.

Just like if you have a cheap thing, it goes wrong, you have to purchase another new thing.

But if you purchase a real, nice thing it will go, continue for good. Similarly, so long you are getting this cheap body, material body, you have to change. And as soon as you get the most valuable body, spiritual body, there will be no more change. Why don't you understand like that?"

(Prabhupada Conversation, February 17, 1971, Gorakhpur)

Krsna Wants To Be Controlled By His Devotees

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 18, 2023 at 3:10

(Kṛṣṇa wants that, that "My bhakta. . . Be My bhakta and control Me. Everyone worships Me with awe and veneration. I want somebody should come forward and control Me." That He wants) 🙏💖

"Only through bhakti you can approach, you can talk with God on equal level just like friend. The cowherd boys, they were treating Kṛṣṇa on the same status: "Kṛṣṇa is like us." But they loved Kṛṣṇa very, very intensely. That is their qualification. Therefore Kṛṣṇa sometimes agreed to take the cowherd boys on His shoulder.

So this is the . . . Kṛṣṇa wants that, that "My bhakta . . Be My bhakta and control Me. Everyone worships Me with awe and veneration. I want somebody should come forward and control Me." That He wants. Therefore He has accepted Mother Yaśodā to control Him. How God can be controlled? Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ. He's the supreme controller. Who can control Him? It is not possible. But He agrees to be controlled by His pure devotee"

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 17, 1977, Mayapur)

WISDOM ABOUT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 15, 2023 at 3:32

*WISDOM ABOUT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG*

*These words were spoken by the great sage Kasyapa Muni to King Vidura* (from Sabha Parva, Section 67, Mahabharata)

He that knows the truth, but remains silent due to gain, anger or fear, casts upon himself a thousand sufferings.

He who is witness by seeing or hearing,

but does not speak up, casts upon himself a thousand sufferings.

In an assembly where a truly censurable act is not rebuked and allowed to occur, half the merit of that act goes to the head of that assembly, one fourth unto the perpetrator and one fourth unto each who witnessed the act. By their silence, they are considered.

to be of similar minds.*WISDOM ABOUT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG*
*These words were spoken by the great sage Kasyapa Muni to King Vidura* (from Sabha Parva, Section 67, Mahabharata)
He that knows the truth, but remains silent due to gain, anger or fear, casts upon himself a thousand sufferings.
He who is

I Am The Seer Of The Day Dream And Night Dream

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 13, 2023 at 8:20

(So this is also day dream, and the dream at night, that is also dream. But I, the seer of this dream and that dream, I am the eternal)

"At night I saw one dream, but the dream is no more existing, but I remember that last night I saw the dream. Therefore I am nitya (eternal) and the dream is anitya (temporary). The dream is anitya.

Similarly, this phenomenal world, when I am not sleeping, but I am so-called awakened, so I am seeing. I am seeing you, I am seeing this table, this book, you see, but . . . . . but when I am asleep I forget all these things.

I forget. I am in a different world. I am seeing different things. So this is also day dream, and the dream at night, that is also dream. But I, the seer of this dream and that dream, I am the eternal."

(Prabhupada Conversation, February 13, 1975, Mexico)

We Are A Small Spirit Particle, But Spirit Can Expand

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 13, 2023 at 8:18

(Your position is that small particle, but spirit can expand. This expansion in the material world is being done in contact with matter. And in the spiritual world, that expansion can be done in spirit)

Devotee: "Prabhupāda? You said that the spirit soul is one ten-thousandth the tip of a hair. In the spiritual sky, is the spirit soul still just that big?"

Prabhupāda: "Hmm?"

Devotee: "The spirit soul, when he goes back . . ."

Prabhupāda: "That is his constitutional position. Either in the spiritual sky or in material sky, he's the same. But as you develop in the material world material body, similarly, in the spiritual world you can develop a spiritual body. You follow? Your position is that small particle, but spirit can expand.

This expansion in the material world is being done in contact with matter. And in the spiritual world, that expansion can be done in spirit. Here in the material world I am spirit soul. I am different from this body, because this body is

Because according to voidism, everything is manifested originally void.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 13, 2023 at 4:15

Gavin Swinden quotes His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada;
"This another theory, that voidism, that before our this manifested life there was void, and after this manifestation is over, still there will be void. Because according to voidism, everything is manifested originally void.
So Kṛṣṇa puts forward this argument that before this manifested form of life there was void, and after this manifested life, there will be void, according to the void philosophy. Then where is the cause of lamentation? There is no cause of lamentation. It was void, and it is going to be void. So where is the cause of lamentation?
But actually, that is . . . originally, it was not void. That is a Bhagavad-gītā and Vaiṣṇava theory. Just like Kṛṣṇa said that "There was no such time when we did not exist."

Prabhupada " The whole Western world is full of voidism and impersonalism, and we are presenting Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person. They want to make God void or without any form, but we a

Vaisnava Philosophy Is To Associate With Krsna, Face To Face

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 12, 2023 at 1:13

(Real life, real spiritual life, is this Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Vaiṣṇava philosophy: to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face)

"And nirvāṇa, nirvāṇa, the Buddha philosophy, is just above the material conditional life but on the margin of spiritual existence. That is . . . nirvāṇa means void of material existence. Nirvāṇa, this impersonal conception is also nirvāṇa.

Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that this impersonal philosophy is another phase of the void philosophy. Covered void philosophy. Impersonalism is covered void philosophy. They are all the same. Śaṅkara's philosophy of impersonalism and Lord Buddha's philosophy void is almost the same.

Real life, real spiritual life, is this Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Vaiṣṇava philosophy: to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Just like we are sitting here face to face. We are talking; you are hearing. You can have this perfection. That is personal conception of spiritual perfection."

(Prabhupada

The Devotees Are Always Protected By The Visnudutas

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 12, 2023 at 1:11

(So the devotees are protected by the Viṣṇudūtas always, constantly. They are invisibly wandering all over the universe)

"So the devotees are protected by the Viṣṇudūtas always, constantly. They are invisibly wandering all over the universe. We may see or not see, because we cannot see spiritual body with these material eyes. So even we do not see, the Viṣṇudūta is always protecting the devotees from the enemies.

As I have explained yesterday, devotees will have enemies. Kṛṣṇa had enemies. This world is such: envious. Ordinarily, they are envious. The whole world is full of enviousness. Even the greatest personalities like Indra, he is also envious. If somebody is undergoing great austerities, the Indra becomes envious.

Just like Viśvāmitra. Viśvāmitra was meditating by the *yoga *process. Immediately Indra became disturbed, "Oh, this man is practicing so much severe austerities. He may capture my post some day. So this man must be curbed down immediately." Just like in politica

A Maha Bhagavata Never Forgets Krsna, In Any Circumstances

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 11, 2023 at 5:59

(Eternally mahā-bhāgavata never forgets Kṛṣṇa, in any circumstance. That is the sign of mahā-bhāgavata, nitya-siddha. Prahlāda Mahārāja was put into so many trials when he was only a child, still he never forgot Kṛṣṇa)

"Eternally mahā-bhāgavata never forgets Kṛṣṇa, in any circumstance. That is the sign of mahā-bhāgavata, nitya-siddha. Prahlāda Mahārāja was put into so many trials when he was only a child, still he never forgot Kṛṣṇa. That is the sign of mahā-bhāgavata. In any circumstances.

It does not mean that because one is mahā-bhāgavata he should not be put into trials. He can be put into trials, because the material world is like that. The Western country, they, Lord Jesus Christ, he was put into trials but he never forgot Kṛṣṇa. This is sign of mahā-bhāgavata, nitya-siddha."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 11, 1976, Mayapur)

There Are Many Millions Of Nitya Siddhas Who Never Fall Down To The Material World

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 11, 2023 at 5:57

(But there are multi-millions and millions of living entities in the vaikuṇṭha-loka, (spiritual world) they never fall down. They are called nitya-siddha.They never come here)

"Nitya-siddha means there are living entities, every living entity is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. So one who does not fall down, he is called nitya-siddha. One who does not fall down.

Just like in this material world there are millions and millions of living entities, but they have fallen down. But there are multi-millions and millions of living entities in the vaikuṇṭha-loka, they never fall down.

They are called nitya-siddha. They never come here. So we have no information. This is only one-fourth manifestation of God's creation, and the three-fourths creation of God is there. Not creation; it is everlasting."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 11, 1976, Mayapur)

When They Are In Danger, These Godless Persons Think Of God

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 10, 2023 at 3:01

(These godless persons, when they're actually in danger, they think of God. I have seen it. Automatically they think of God. So this godlessness is not our natural life. To love God, that is our natural life)

"But our relationship with God is so permanent that artificially we may try to banish God some way or other—it cannot be. To become atheist, not to believe in God, they're simply artificial.

These godless persons, when they're actually in danger, they think of God. I have seen it. Automatically they think of God. So this godlessness is not our natural life. To love God, that is our natural life."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 10, 1969, Los Angeles)

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Animal People, c/o Gavin Swinden Prabhu.

You Can Understand Krsna Simply By Concentrating Upon Him

If You Become Pure, There Is No Influence Of This Kali Yuga

So If You Train Your Consciousness Into Krsna, Then It Will Carry You To Krsna

Krsna Wants Only Your Heart

You Can Forget All Things But Dont Forget Krsna, Then You Are Richest

Every Devotee's Duty Is To Extinguish The Blazing Fire Of The Material World

Sivaratri, Feb 18, 2023 Mahadeva, KiJaya ! Hare Krsna

If We Are Awakened To Krsna Consciousness, The Maya Dream Will Never Come

When You Get The Valuable Spiritual Body, There Will Be No More Change

Krsna Wants To Be Controlled By His Devotees

WISDOM ABOUT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG

I Am The Seer Of The Day Dream And Night Dream

We Are A Small Spirit Particle, But Spirit Can Expand

Because according to voidism, everything is manifested originally void.

Vaisnava Philosophy Is To Associate With Krsna, Face To Face

The Devotees Are Always Protected By The Visnudutas

A Maha Bhagavata Never Forgets Krsna, In Any Circumstances

There Are Many Millions Of Nitya Siddhas Who Never Fall Down To The Material World

When They Are In Danger, These Godless Persons Think Of God

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