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One Who Is Satisfied With His Soul, Is Called Atmarama

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 8, 2023 at 3:49

(Because self is the basic principle of this body, the soul, so one who is satisfied with his soul, he is called ātmārāma, or self-realized person)

"There is a word ātmārāma, in Sanskrit. Ātmārāma means one who is satisfied with his self. He is called ātmārāma.

Because self is the basic principle of this body, the soul, so one who is satisfied with his soul, he is called ātmārāma, or self-realized person.

One who seeks pleasure externally, he is materialist, and one who seeks pleasure internally, he is spiritualist. That is the difference. Yes."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 8, 1969, Los Angeles)

Everyone Will Be Captured By Nature, But A Devotee Is Carried With Great Care To Vaikuntha

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 8, 2023 at 3:46

(Similarly, everyone will be captured by the laws of nature, but a devotee will be carried with great care to Vaikuṇṭha, and others will be thrown again into this material existence)

"So we should be ready always that this "ka-kara-kaa," this material vibration, this lecturing, this planning, at any moment can be finished. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. If you are finished, then you go to Vaikuṇṭha immediately. Don't be practicing "ka-kara-kaa."

Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Even if we are finished . . . we can be finished. We are . . . now modern life is that we are traveling in aeroplane. It can be crashed at any moment. But those who are ka-kara-kaa's, they'll be finished; and they are chanting, they will go to Vaikuṇṭha. Finishing will be there.

It is not that because we are Kṛṣṇa conscious we will not be finished. The example is that you'll be captured by the mouth of a cat, but when the cat captures with its mouth, its kitties they feel very good pleasure. And when he captures a rat, oh, it finish

"We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. "

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 7, 2023 at 6:04

We Are Dependent, But On Account Of False Prestige We Think We Are God

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 6, 2023 at 12:25

(Everything is dependent. We are dependent. Without light, without air, without rain or water, how we can live? So we are completely dependent, but on account of false prestige, less intelligence, we are thinking that we are free, we can. . . "I am God. I can do anything." This is demonic attitude)

"These asuras, these demons, the rascals, they are simply falsely proud. That's all. They have no possession of pride; still, they are proud. So, that. . . I was speaking about the sun. So Kṛṣṇa has given you the sunlight so that you can see. Kṛṣṇa has given you the nice breeze; therefore you can live; you can breathe.

Everything is dependent. We are dependent. Without light, without air, without rain or water, how we can live? So we are completely dependent, but on account of false prestige, less intelligence, we are thinking that we are free, we can. . . "I am God. I can do anything." This is demonic attitude.

Completely being dependent, as soon as the death comes, immediatel

Krsna Says, " Anyone Who Worships My Devotee, He Renders Devotional Service Better Than By Worshiping Me Direct"

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 6, 2023 at 12:21

(So, "Anyone who worships My devotee, he renders devotional service better than by worshiping Me direct.")

"They are worshipable, Vaiṣṇava. As God is worshipable, similarly, the Vaiṣṇava, or the God's servant, they are also worshipable. And Kṛṣṇa says, mad bhakta-pūjābhyadhikā (SB 11.19.21).

So, "Anyone who worships My devotee, he renders devotional service better than by worshiping Me direct."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 6, 1971, Gorakhpur)

The Sun Is The Eye Of All The Planets, Because Unless There Is Sunshine You Cannot See

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 6, 2023 at 12:17

(The sun-god, or the sun planet, is the eye of all other planets. Because unless there is sunshine—you may be very proud of your tiny eyes—you cannot see. Therefore real eye is the sun, not your these balls, tiny balls)

"The living entities are maintained by God, and God is the maintainer. That is the difference. Eko yo bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān. We cannot maintain ourself. God maintains. Therefore, according to the Christian principle, they go to the church to beg bread from God.

Actually, that is the fact. That is the fact. We are not independent. We are dependent on God in so many things. God has engaged the servant, the sun-god. He's also demigod. He is working under the order of the Supreme Lord. Yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakraḥ.

In the Vedic literature we get information of the sun-god on the sun planet, yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇām. The sun-god, or the sun planet, is the eye of all other planets. Because unless there is sunshine—you may be very proud

Simply By Understanding Krsna, We Become Purified From Contamination Of Birth, Death,Old Age And Disease

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 5, 2023 at 6:10

(Simply by understanding Kṛṣṇa, you become purified and you escape the contamination of birth, death, old age and disease)

"So the human form is not to become a dog, hog, pig. You should become a perfect human being. Śuddhyet sattva. Purify your existence. Why you are subjected to birth, death, old age and disease? Because we are impure.

Now, if we purify our existence, then there will be no such thing as birth, death, old age and disease. That is the version of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Kṛṣṇa Himself. Simply by understanding Kṛṣṇa, you become purified and you escape the contamination of birth, death, old age and disease."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 5, 1976, Mayapur)

We Are Giving , Here Is God, His Name, Address, Occupation, Mothers's Name, Fathers Name, Everything"

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 5, 2023 at 6:07

(They are searching after God. We are giving God: "Here is God. Here is His name. Here is His address. Here is occupation. Here is His father's name, His mother's name." Everything there is) 🙏💖

"So you can research, make research work throughout the whole life, where is the original source of everything. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you not dull, if you are intelligent and if you take the sūtra, this code, janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1), the original source of everything. . . That is knowledge, that is philosophy, that is science—to find out the original source. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

So we are not searching after the original consciousness, but we are giving to the people directly that "Here is the original source of everything, Kṛṣṇa. Without your research work, you take it." That is our mission. They are searching after God. We are giving God: "Here is God. Here is His name. Here is His address. Here is occupation. Here is His father's name, His mother's name." Everything th

They Are More Afraid Of This Hare Krsna Movement, Than Atomic Weapons

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 3, 2023 at 3:11

(Our fighting weapon is Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. That's all. Sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam (BG 9.14). Astra. That astra is yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana, this saṅkīrtana, this astra weapon. They're now afraid of this astra more than atomic weapon. Is it not?")

Nanda-kumāra: "The outcome of the battle is already decided. Just like in Bhagavad-gītā, we've already won. We just have to keep . . . keep fighting."

Prabhupāda: "They are now feeling the pressure of the opposite party. So . . . fight is fight. When there is fight, my Guru Mahārāja used to say: "Some of our soldiers will die. It doesn't matter." You don't expect that not a single soldier of your party will not die. No, some of them will die. Still, fight must go on. Fight cannot be stopped. So fight like brave soldiers, Kṛṣṇa will help you. Don't make any compromise. No truce with these demons. Fight must be. Our fighting weapon is Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. That's all. Sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam (BG 9.14). Astra. That astra is yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana, this

When There Is Hare Krsna Chanting, The Ghosts Will Go Away

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 3, 2023 at 3:05

(This is fact. When there is Hare Kṛṣṇa chanting, these ghostly, demonic living entities, they'll not be able to stay there. They'll go away)

"It is practically experienced, I know that the ghost, if you go in a house ghostly-haunted, if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra they'll go away. They cannot tolerate. In my life there was several incidences like that. In my household life, I was doing business in Lucknow.

So there was one house, very big house, worth thousands of rupees' rent, but it was ghostly haunted. So nobody would take that house. I took it at two hundred rupees, (laughter) and very big house. And I was. . . All the servants, they complained, "Sir, there is ghost."

So I was chanting. He was living in several spots, especially on the gate side. So I could understand. But I would chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and I was saved. Everyone was saved. There was. . . And, say, in 1969 I was guest in the house of John Lennon in London. So there was a ghost in. . . It was a big plot.

Devasura Fight Is Going On Perpetually, Divine And Demonic Nature

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 3, 2023 at 2:54

(There are two kinds of people all over the universe. There is asuraloka and devaloka, planet. So devāsura fight, that is going on perpetually, daiva and asura, divine nature and demonic nature)

"There are two kinds of people all over the universe. There is asuraloka and devaloka, planet. So devāsura fight, that is going on perpetually, daiva and asura, divine nature and demonic nature.

There are many people, they do not like us because we are preaching God consciousness.

This is our fault. Even in our country, in India, the government do not like us, because nowadays, everywhere practically, the demonic people being very much increased, the government is also demonic. So they do not like people in divine nature.

They will tolerate all kinds of noise—barking of the dogs, the motorcar passing, the aeroplane on overhead—but as soon as there is kīrtana (chanting), they're disturbed. They'll tolerate so many different types of noise, but they'll not tolerate kīrtana."

(Pr

Krsna Is Within Everything, Even Within The Atom

Posted by Gavin Swinden on February 2, 2023 at 3:04

(He is within this universe. He is within your heart, within my heart. He is within everything. "Everything" means even within the atom, paramāṇu)

"So similarly, Kṛṣṇa is present in everyone's heart, localized. This is impersonal expansion. Just like sunshine is impersonal expansion of the sun rays, so similarly, Brahman effulgence is the impersonal expansion of Kṛṣṇa's bodily rays. And the portion by which He is present everywhere, aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham. . . .

He is within this universe. He is within your heart, within my heart. He is within everything. "Everything" means even within the atom, paramāṇu. That is His Paramātmā feature. And the last and ultimate feature is Kṛṣṇa's personal body, sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ."

(Prabhupada Lecture, February 2, 1975, Honolulu)

When We Are Washed Of All Dirty Things, Then We Can Fly Again

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 31, 2023 at 0:00

(So how it will be possible to become free and again fly unless he's taken and washed all these dirty things? Then he can fly. Freedom)

Svarūpa Dāmodara: "That's the basic point that I was driving at, that we shouldn't be too much entangled in this material . . ."

Prabhupāda: "They must be entangled. They are trying in the false way, wrong way. He is suffering on account of being placed in this material atmosphere, and he's trying to adjust things with this material . . . that means he's becoming more and more entangled.

Sometimes we have seen a fly falls down in the bee honey and he becomes entangled. So how it will be possible to become free and again fly unless he's taken and washed all these dirty things? Then he can fly. Freedom. And so long he'll try to adjust things in the prakṛti-sthāni (material atmosphere), that is nonsense, all nonsense."

(Prabhupada Conversation, January 31, 1977, Bhuvanesvara)

Srila Prabhupada's BOOKS

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 30, 2023 at 4:49

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We Can Be Liberated From Maya's Rules By Krsna Consciousness

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 30, 2023 at 0:36

(But at heart we have got a tendency to think like that, that "How I can avoid these rules and regulation?" That tendency's there. That is possible when you are liberated)

"You cannot avoid the rules and regulation of your birth; you cannot avoid the rules and regulation of your death; you cannot avoid the rules and regulation of falling sick; you cannot avoid the rules and regulation of your becoming old. You have to follow.

But at heart we have got a tendency to think like that, that "How I can avoid these rules and regulation?" That tendency's there. That is possible when you are liberated. So long you are under the rules and regulation of the material nature, you cannot avoid.

But when you're liberated from the clutches of māyā, then you can avoid. That is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement: how to become liberated from these rules and regulation."

(Prabhupada Conversation, January 30, 1974, Tokyo)

Krsna Is Within The Palms Of A Devotee

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 30, 2023 at 0:29

(For a devotee, Kṛṣṇa is within the palms of a devotee. Ajita, jito 'py asau. Although Kṛṣṇa is not conquerable, but He likes to be conquered by His devotee. That is the position)

"In this way, Kṛṣṇa becomes practically dependent on the devotees. Kṛṣṇa is the master, controller of everything, but to the pure devotee He becomes dependent. So why the pure devotee will ask for anything else? Adurlabham ātma-bhaktau. For a devotee, Kṛṣṇa is within the palms of a devotee.

Ajita, jito 'py asau. Although Kṛṣṇa is not conquerable, but He likes to be conquered by His devotee. That is the position. Just like He willingly placed Himself to be conquered by Mother Yaśodā, to be conquered by Rādhārāṇī, to be conquered by His friends. Kṛṣṇa became defeated, and He has to take His friend on the shoulder."

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 30, 1973, Calcutta)

We Can Revive Our Brightness And Shine With Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 27, 2023 at 23:58

(But we can again revive our brightness and shine with the Supreme Person)

"But we can again revive our brightness and shine with the Supreme Person. As the sun and the sunshine, they are together shining, there is light, similarly, when we are again posted in our own constitutional position, and Kṛṣṇa is like the sun and we are shining particles, then our life is successful.

That is wanted. Therefore Kṛṣṇa comes, the puruṣottama, to take us back. "Why you are now covered, your shining is stopped? You are morose. You are suffering threefold miserable condition of material existence. Why you are rotting here?"

Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). Kṛṣṇa comes Himself. He is within everyone's heart. He's instructing. He is ready to instruct, but He'll only instruct to such persons who have engaged themselves in devotional service."

(Prabhupada Lecture, January 28, 1974, Honolulu)

We Are Shining Particle Of God

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

(Similarly, we living entities, we are like that—a small particle, part and parcel of God. So we are also brightening, shining. We are not dull. But on account of our combination with the material nature, we have been covered)

"Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person enjoyer, puruṣa. Puruṣa has got different features: personal expansion, personal feature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Expansion feature also two kinds: svāṁśa, vibhinnāṁśa, His personal expansion and separated expansion.

We are all separated expansion, vibhinnāṁśa, a small particle. Just like the sun, we are. The sunshine means combination of, what is called, sparking, sparking molecules, very small. The sunshine means they are not homogenous; they are small particles of shining, part and parcel of the sun.

Similarly, we living entities, we are like that—a small particle, part and parcel of God. So we are also brightening, shining. We are not dull. But on account of our combination with the material nature, we ha

When You Chant Hare Krsna, Then Krsna Is Dancing On Your Tongue

Posted by Gavin Swinden on January 26, 2023 at 0:16

(Just like we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa—that means immediately Kṛṣṇa is on your tongue. He is dancing on your tongue)

"Just like if you want water, if you simply say, "water, water, water," that substance, water, is not there. Try to understand this. The water, liquid substance, that is different from the name water. Anything you take. Just like here is rose.

So if you simply chant, "rose, rose, rose," there is no rose. Rose is different from the name rose. Similarly, in the material world anything you take, the name is different from the substance, whereas in case of Kṛṣṇa, the name Kṛṣṇa and the person Kṛṣṇa, the same thing.

Just like we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa—that means immediately Kṛṣṇa is on your tongue. He is dancing on your tongue. This is the difference. Therefore, immediately we chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa means immediately we get in contact with Kṛṣṇa or in association."

(Prabhupada Conversation, January 26, 1975

We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on January 24, 2023 at 6:55

"We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal. Just like Dhruva Mahārāja. He, he was perfect Vaiṣṇava, but when he was king, he was fighting like anything. Not that "Oh, I am now become Vaiṣṇava. I cannot kill." What is this? He killed like anything. When the Yakṣas attacked his kingdom, he was killing like anything that the Yakṣa-rāja came and asked him to pardon this. He immediately accepted. So he wanted to give him some benediction, that "You are so great that simply on my request, you have stopped killing these rascals, Yakṣas. So you can take some benediction from me." He said, "That's all right. Thank you. You give me the benediction that I may be a pure lover of Kṛṣṇa. That's all." This benediction he asked. Although he was so powerful and the Yakṣa-rāja, he could give him the wealth of the whole universe, but he made that "Thank you very much. You give me this benediction that I may remain a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa." This is Vaiṣṇava. He is doing ev

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One Who Is Satisfied With His Soul, Is Called Atmarama

Everyone Will Be Captured By Nature, But A Devotee Is Carried With Great Care To Vaikuntha

"We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. "

We Are Dependent, But On Account Of False Prestige We Think We Are God

Krsna Says, " Anyone Who Worships My Devotee, He Renders Devotional Service Better Than By Worshiping Me Direct"

The Sun Is The Eye Of All The Planets, Because Unless There Is Sunshine You Cannot See

Simply By Understanding Krsna, We Become Purified From Contamination Of Birth, Death,Old Age And Disease

We Are Giving , Here Is God, His Name, Address, Occupation, Mothers's Name, Fathers Name, Everything"

They Are More Afraid Of This Hare Krsna Movement, Than Atomic Weapons

When There Is Hare Krsna Chanting, The Ghosts Will Go Away

Devasura Fight Is Going On Perpetually, Divine And Demonic Nature

Krsna Is Within Everything, Even Within The Atom

When We Are Washed Of All Dirty Things, Then We Can Fly Again

Srila Prabhupada's BOOKS

We Can Be Liberated From Maya's Rules By Krsna Consciousness

Krsna Is Within The Palms Of A Devotee

We Can Revive Our Brightness And Shine With Krsna

We Are Shining Particle Of God

When You Chant Hare Krsna, Then Krsna Is Dancing On Your Tongue

We do not belong to any varṇa and āśrama. But we have to show these rascal.

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