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Concentrating Our Mind To Be Transferred To Krsnaloka In The Spiritual World

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 26, 2022 at 8:34

(So far we are concerned, we are concentrating our mind to be transferred to the spiritual world, in the highest, topmost planet there, Kṛṣṇaloka, Goloka)

"So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching, educating people in such a way that not only he goes to the spiritual world, but he goes to the highest planet of the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa is there. Where Kṛṣṇa is there. So viduro 'pi parityajya prabhāse deham ātmanaḥ. Deha, parityajya deham.

So we give up this body. I am not lost; I am transferred to another body. We give up this body. Just like I give up one kind of dress; I take another kind of dress. Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya (BG 2.22). These are all stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. As we change our dress, similarly, we change our body. And this way, transmigration is going on.

So this human life should be engaged in such knowledge and cultivation of knowledge that after leaving this body, we are not going to accept another material body, b

Ecstatic Eagerness Or Greed To Serve Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 26, 2022 at 8:31

(Simply this ecstatic, intense desire, "How I shall get Kṛṣṇa?" Then you'll get Kṛṣṇa. He'll take you. That is the example of the gopīs, intense desire)

"Laulyam means just like we become very much greedy in achieving some success or receiving something sometimes. We become mad. That is required. Laulyam eka mūlyam. To achieve Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfectly, this ecstatic eagerness or greediness, to serve Kṛṣṇa, that is the only price to achieve success in devotional service. That is the only price. Not money, not anything.

Not prestige, not good parentage, not beauty—nothing. Simply this ecstatic, intense desire, "How I shall get Kṛṣṇa?" Then you'll get Kṛṣṇa. He'll take you. That is the example of the gopīs, intense desire. Tatra laulyam eka mūlyam. Now, janma-koṭi, na labhyate janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtinaḥ. This ecstatic desire that, "I, this life, I shall get recognition by Kṛṣṇa, that I have sacrificed everything for Kṛṣṇa," this is required."

(Prabhupada Lecture, December

You Can Talk And Dance And Eat with Krsna Even In This Life

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 25, 2022 at 0:30

(Even in this life. Because Kṛṣṇa is omnipotent, if you are really devotee of Kṛṣṇa, He will talk with you, He will dance with you, He will eat with you—everything)

"If we become devotee of Kṛṣṇa, then you can live with Kṛṣṇa, face to face, talk with Kṛṣṇa, eat with Kṛṣṇa, dance with Kṛṣṇa, even in this life. Even in this life. Because Kṛṣṇa is omnipotent, if you are really devotee of Kṛṣṇa, He will talk with you, He will dance with you, He will eat with you—everything. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. Again this bhakti. By bhakti, prema, love.

Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva. Santaḥ, saintly person. This word, Sanskrit word, santa, is also I think Latin. "Saint," santa. Santa means saintly person. So santa, those who are saintly person, those who have developed love of Kṛṣṇa, they can see Kṛṣṇa every moment. Santaḥ sadaiva. Sadaiva means "every moment." They do not see anything except Kṛṣṇa. That is saintly person. Rascals inquire, "Have you seen G

We Can Issue Every Second A Newspaper About Spiritual News

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 25, 2022 at 0:28

(We can issue every second a newspaper about spiritual news." So this sixty book is not sufficient. It is simply an introduction to the spiritual activities of the spiritual world)

"So this politician inquired from Guru Mahārāja, "You are publishing a daily paper about God consciousness?" "Yes." "No, what you are writing?" He was surprised. The politicians think that newspaper can be filled up with rubbish political news only. That's all. They cannot think that newspaper can be filled up by news from spiritual world. Yes. They have no idea. They have no idea there is spiritual world.

So my Guru Mahārāja explained that, "Why you are thinking of only one small newspaper? You do not know what is spiritual world. This material world is one-fourth portion of the whole creation of the Lord. And the three-fourth portion is the spiritual world. And in this one-fourth portion there are innumerable universes. And in one of the universe . . . this is one of the universe.

And in each

Wherever You Are You Can See God In The Heart

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 25, 2022 at 0:26

(The location is given there in the Bhagavad-gītā, that you can see God, not you have to go very far away from your place. Wherever you are, you can see, because God is within your heart)

"Kṛṣṇa is already there. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61). The location is given there in the Bhagavad-gītā, that you can see God, not you have to go very far away from your place. Wherever you are, you can see, because God is within your heart. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe. Sarva-bhūtānām. Not only for human being, but also animals, beasts, trees, plants, aquatics, insect—everyone, beginning from Brahmā down to the ant.

God is everywhere.Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham. God is within this universe, within your heart, even within the atom. So where is the difficulty? Simply you have to make your eyes to see Him. That's all. That is premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. Love. It is not very difficult to understand. If you love somebody, then you can see h

Perfection of yoga, by Srila Prabhupada

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on December 24, 2022 at 4:53

Perfection of Yoga
''A devotee becomes accustomed to serving the Supreme Lord by purification of his senses. In other words, the yoga principles of meditation are required as long as one is not situated in pure devotional service.''............
Question: What is the Difference Between Nirbija-Yoga, or Lifeless Yoga, and Sabija-Yoga, or Living Yoga??...........
Prabhupada: Here it is clearly mentioned that meditation, which is an action of the mind, is not the perfect stage of samädhi, or absorption. In the beginning the mind is employed in attracting the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in the higher stages there is no question of using the mind. A devotee becomes accustomed to serving the Supreme Lord by purification of his senses. In other words, the yoga principles of meditation are required as long as one is not situated in pure devotional service. The mind is used to purify the senses, but when the senses are purified by meditation, there is no need to sit i

Real Destruction Is When We Lose Our Identity, Our Spiritual Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 20, 2022 at 9:47

(The destruction of this body is not his destruction. The real destruction is that when we lose our spiritual consciousness, we lose our identity. That is destruction)

"The destruction of this body is not his destruction. The real destruction is that when we lose our spiritual consciousness, we lose our identity. That is destruction. That is destruction, that now, in our material conception of life, we are practically destroyed because, destroyed in this way, because as spiritual being, I have got my eternal life, I have got my blissful life, I have got my knowledge, full knowledge, but here I am living in a wretched condition that my life is not eternal, I am not blissful, and I am not in full knowledge.

So don't you think that we are already destroyed? We are thinking that, "I am very much advancing in civilization," but unless you revive your original life of eternity and full knowledge and bliss, you should know that you are not advancing; you are being defeated by the il

Love Is Reciprocation. God Becomes A Devotee Of The Devotee

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 20, 2022 at 9:45

(Just like love is never one-sided. Love is reciprocation. Reciprocation. Similarly, although God is great, He becomes a devotee of the devotee)

"Just like we become devoted, similarly, God also becomes devoted to us. You don't think that one-sided devotion. No. Just like love is never one-sided. Love is reciprocation. Reciprocation. Similarly, although God is great, He becomes a devotee of the devotee.

He takes pleasure in that way. It is clearly stated that, "I also try to devote Myself for his service." As we take pleasure in serving God, similarly, God also takes pleasure by serving the devotee. That is reciprocation."

(Prabhupada Lecture, December 20, 1966, New York)

As You Purify Your Heart By Hearing The Transcendental Messages Of Godhead, Those Transcendental Qualities Automotically Develop

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 20, 2022 at 9:42

(Those transcendental qualities again revive themself by this process: śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte. As you purify your heart by this process of hearing transcendental messages from Godhead, as your heart becomes purified, those transcendental qualities automatically develop)

"Those transcendental qualities . . . you have got the list, twenty-six qualities of the devotee. Those are transcendental qualities. Those transcendental qualities are in God as well as in the living entity. But when the living entity comes in contact with material nature, those transcendental qualities are covered by the material qualities.

So they are not manifested. But as soon as one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, those transcendental qualities automatically develop. Because they are already there. It is stated that kṛṣṇa . . . what is that? The idea is that these qualities are already there. Nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-bhakti sādhya kabhu naya (CC Madhya 22.107). These qualities are not acquired. The transcendental qua

Krsna Is Neutral But He Cannot Deviate Himself From His Pure Devotees

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 19, 2022 at 2:30

(He says: "I am neutral, but still, I cannot deviate Myself from My devotee who is always thinking of Me." This is His admission)

"Those who are advanced in spiritual consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they always see Kṛṣṇa. Always see Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, as the devotee sees always Kṛṣṇa, similarly Kṛṣṇa also always sees that devotee. This is reciprocation. Although He is neutral . . . He says: "I am neutral, but still, I cannot deviate Myself from My devotee who is always thinking of Me." This is His admission"

(Prabhupada Lecture, December 19, 1966, New York)

If You Dovetail Your Activities In Krsna Consciousness, Then You Become Liberated From Good And Bad Reactions

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 19, 2022 at 2:27

("If you dovetail . . . dovetail your activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you become liberated from all reactions, either good or bad." Transcendental. Because in Kṛṣṇa consciousness you are not achieving any future reactionary resultant . . . your place will be transcendental. You will be transferred to the spiritual world)

"So every action has got its reaction. That we can experience in this material world, that if we eat more, the reaction will be that for two days there will be indigestion. Similarly, this material world is so situated that every action has got its reaction. But Kṛṣṇa says that if you act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness for Kṛṣṇa, then there will be no reaction. Śubhāśubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣyase karma-bandhanaiḥ. In the Fourth Chapter we have discussed that what sort of work we shall do.

That is prescribed. Yajñārthe karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ (BG 3.9). Karma-bandhanaḥ means you become bound up by the resultant reaction. But if you act for yajñār

God Wants Everyone To Be Krsna Conscious And To Be Happy

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 19, 2022 at 2:24

(What God wants? God wants that make everyone God conscious, Kṛṣṇa conscious. He sends His son. He sends His books. He comes Himself. That is His mission. He wants that all these suffering living entities, they should become Kṛṣṇa conscious and be happy. God wants it.)

"We should be in love of God means, "Oh, God has supplied us so many things. Why not?" Therefore pure devotees, they like to supply God. They want to become order-supplier of God, not to make God as order-supplier. What God wants? God wants that make everyone God conscious, Kṛṣṇa conscious. He sends His son. He sends His books. He comes Himself. That is His mission.

He wants that all these suffering living entities, they should become Kṛṣṇa conscious and be happy. God wants it. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is clearly stated. So if you wants to supply the want of God, God wants it. If you become yourself Kṛṣṇa conscious and try to serve God by spreading this mission all over the world, that is the best service. That

The Inhabitants And Planets In Vaikuntha Are Self Effulgent

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 19, 2022 at 2:22

(You are so brilliant that immediately on your appearance the darkness is dissipated. Immediately." They are so much, I mean to say, glowing, their body, in Vaikuṇṭha)

"You are so brilliant that immediately on your appearance the darkness is dissipated. Immediately." They are so much, I mean to say, glowing, their body, in Vaikuṇṭha. Therefore in the Upaniṣad it is said that in the Vaikuṇṭhaloka, in the spiritual sky, there is no need of sun, moon.

The planets and the bodily effulgence of the inhabitants, they are all glowing. So on account of everything glowing in the spiritual world, there is no necessity of sunshine or moonshine or electricity. They are self-effulgent."

(Prabhupada Lecture, December 19, 1970, Surat)

Gopis Are Expansion Of Krsna's Pleasure Potency And They Are Increasing Their Pleasure

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 19, 2022 at 2:19

(That is called ananta. It is increasing. Just like Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, they are also in pleasure. Gopīs are expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. So they are increasing their pleasure. There is no decrease)

"That is unlimited enjoyment, without any stoppage. Ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam (CC Antya 20.12). Simply increasing, increasing. There is no decrease. That is called ananta. It is increasing. Just like Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, they are also in pleasure. Gopīs are expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. So they are increasing their pleasure. There is no decrease. In the material world there is no question of increasing; it is decreasing. That is the difference.

Therefore, those who are yogīs, they are also enjoying. Ramante yoginaḥ anante satyānande. That is real happiness, which increases. Which decreases, that is not real happiness. That is illusion. Ramante yoginaḥ anante satyānande cid-ātmana. Cit, that is spiritual, spiritual ānanda. Really we want ānanda, happiness,

Avatara Means Who Descends From The Spiritual World

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 17, 2022 at 4:06

(Avatāra means who comes down from the spiritual world)

"Actually, avatāra . . . this Sanskrit name is avatāra. Avatāra means who comes down from the spiritual world. Avatāratī. Avatāratī means descends. Descends. They are not born of this material energy. They descend from the spiritual world."

(Prabhupada Lecture, December 17, 1966, New York)

If You Constantly Think Of Lotus Eyed Krsna , You Become Purified

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 17, 2022 at 2:49

("If you always constantly think of Puṇḍarīkākṣa, the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu," yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhyābhyantara-śuciḥ, "he becomes externally and internally śuci, purified)

"Similarly, we living entities, part and parcel of God, we are as pure as God. Kṛṣṇa, God, is pure. Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān (BG 10.12). Pavitra. So similarly . . . pavitra means without material contamination. That is pavitra. So the . . .

apavitraḥ pavitro vā

sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā

yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ

sa bāhyābhyantara-śuciḥ

(Garuḍa Purāṇa)

This is the process, that you may be pure or impure. Material condition means impure, contaminated, conditioned. So to get out of this contaminated condition, the śāstra says, yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam: "If you always constantly think of Puṇḍarīkākṣa, the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu," yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhyābhyantara-śuciḥ, "he becomes externally and internally śuci, purified."

(Prabhupada Lecture, Decemb

The Soul Is More Valuable Than The Sun

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 17, 2022 at 0:10

(The soul is more valuable than the sun, because the sun is, after all, a matter, and the soul is spirit. Therefore the vast difference of value. You cannot revive the life of a dead body by thousands of suns' heat. It is not possible)

Prajāpati: "Spirit soul, it is also luminous like that?"

Prabhupāda: "Yes. . . . is luminous, how it is keeping your body warm? As soon as it goes away, immediately cold. Immediately cold. Finished. All temperature finished. These are the evidences."

Rūpānuga: "It is said that the soul glows with a light brighter than a thousand suns. In the Vedas? It is stated that the soul glows with a light brighter than a thousand suns. Yes?"

Prabhupāda: "I do not remember. Maybe. (break) The soul is more valuable than the sun, because the sun is, after all, a matter, and the soul is spirit. Therefore the vast difference of value. You cannot revive the life of a dead body by thousands of suns' heat. It is not possible. It can burn, but it cannot give

You Become More Beautiful By Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 17, 2022 at 0:05

(They have named you "bright-faced." Why? You are naturally very beautiful, but they understand, your countrymen, that you have become more beautiful by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That's a fact)

"Just like in your country they are very much satisfied by seeing your face. They have named you "bright-faced." Why? You are naturally very beautiful, but they understand, your countrymen, that you have become more beautiful by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That's a fact.

(aside:): You can sit down there. This is disturbing.

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that naturally it will make you beautiful—not morose—beautiful face. That is the sign of spiritual advancement. By the face you'll understand that, "Here is a man who is spiritually advanced." Pratyakṣam avagamaṁ dharmyam (BG 9.2). This process of spiritual consciousness can be directly perceived.

It is not theoretical, "Oh, I am a very great devotee." No. Simply theoretical understanding, "I am a great devotee . . ." From the very face

Once You Engage In Krsna Consciousness, There is No Way Out

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 16, 2022 at 5:02

(Because He is God, He will take your everything. (laughs) Once you agree to offer something, then He will take yourself also." God is very intelligent. Once you engage yourself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no way out. You cannot go out. (laughter))

"Just like there is a nice story, Bali Mahārāja. Bali Mahārāja, he became a very strong king, and he . . . nowadays, as in the modern age, we find a strong government or a strong king, he simply tries to conquer other countries. Formerly they were able to conquer other planets also. They were so powerful. So this Bali Mahārāja became so powerful that he conquered many of the higher planets of the demigods, so he became a disturbing element.

So God, as incarnation of Vāmanadeva, He . . . Bali Mahārāja was also a grandson of a great devotee, Prahlāda Mahārāja. He had that blood of devotional blood. He had some devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa also. But at the same time he was king. He was conquering life. He was making disturbance like that.

You Have To Follow The Footprints Of The Acarya

Posted by Gavin Swinden on December 16, 2022 at 4:47

(You have to follow the footprints of ācārya. Not only in the . . . everywhere, the footprints of ācāryas are followed. Just like in your country you are following the footprints of Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, that is the way. Or any ācārya. Because the ācārya, they come here to teach us about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or God consciousness. That is their business)

"Therefore the Vedic literature says that you have to follow the footprints of great ācāryas. Ācārya means great devotees who come to teach the people in general about God consciousness or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He is called ācārya. He behaves in his life how? To think of Kṛṣṇa, and he teaches his students about that.

He is called ācārya. Acinoti śāstrāṇi. He knows the purport of the scriptures, and he behaves in his life and he teaches his student in that way. He is called ācārya. So we have to . . . in the Bhagavad-gītā in the Thirteenth Chapter you have read it that ācāryopāsanam. Ācāryopāsanam. You have to approach an ācārya. T

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Concentrating Our Mind To Be Transferred To Krsnaloka In The Spiritual World

Ecstatic Eagerness Or Greed To Serve Krsna

You Can Talk And Dance And Eat with Krsna Even In This Life

We Can Issue Every Second A Newspaper About Spiritual News

Wherever You Are You Can See God In The Heart

Perfection of yoga, by Srila Prabhupada

Real Destruction Is When We Lose Our Identity, Our Spiritual Consciousness

Love Is Reciprocation. God Becomes A Devotee Of The Devotee

As You Purify Your Heart By Hearing The Transcendental Messages Of Godhead, Those Transcendental Qualities Automotically Develop

Krsna Is Neutral But He Cannot Deviate Himself From His Pure Devotees

If You Dovetail Your Activities In Krsna Consciousness, Then You Become Liberated From Good And Bad Reactions

God Wants Everyone To Be Krsna Conscious And To Be Happy

The Inhabitants And Planets In Vaikuntha Are Self Effulgent

Gopis Are Expansion Of Krsna's Pleasure Potency And They Are Increasing Their Pleasure

Avatara Means Who Descends From The Spiritual World

If You Constantly Think Of Lotus Eyed Krsna , You Become Purified

The Soul Is More Valuable Than The Sun

You Become More Beautiful By Krsna Consciousness

Once You Engage In Krsna Consciousness, There is No Way Out

You Have To Follow The Footprints Of The Acarya

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