etāḥ saṁsṛtayaḥ puṁso
guṇa-karma-nibandhanāḥ
yeneme nirjitāḥ saumya
guṇā jīvena citta-jāḥ
bhakti-yogena man-niṣṭho
mad-bhāvāya prapadyate
O gentle Uddhava, all these different phases of conditioned life arise from work born of the modes of material nature. The living entity who conquers these modes, manifested from the mind, can dedicate himself to Me by the process of devotional service and thus attain pure love for Me.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.32
tulayāma lavenāpi
na svargaṁ nāpunar-bhavam
bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya
martyānāṁ kim utāśiṣaḥ
The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.18.13
ye kaivalyam asamprāptā
ye cātītāś ca mūḍhatām
trai-vargikā hy akṣaṇikā
ātmānaṁ ghātayanti te
Those who have not achieved knowledge of the Absolute Truth, yet who are still beyond the darkness of complete ignorance, generally follow the threefold path of pious material life, namely religiosity, economic development and sense gratification. Not having time to reflect on any higher purpose, they become the killers of their own soul.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.5.16
akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā
mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
yajeta puruṣaṁ param
A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.10
After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Kṛṣṇa consciousness is possible only for a human being.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.9.29
Today's Shringar Darshan of Shri Shri Radha Giridhari (Iskcon VV nagar) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…During the rainy season the swollen rivers rush into the ocean, and during the dry summer the rivers, now shallow, severely reduce their supply of water; yet the ocean does not swell up during the rainy season, nor does it dry up in the hot summer. In the same way, a saintly devotee who has accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the goal of his life sometimes will receive by providence great material opulence, and sometimes he will find himself materially destitute. However, such a devotee of the Lord does not rejoice in a flourishing condition, nor is he morose when poverty-stricken.
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.8.6
Today's Shringar Darshan of Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar (Iskcon Vadodara) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…A civilization which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is certainly not a human civilization. The present human civilization is, of course, grossly misled by the modes of passion and ignorance. It is a very dangerous age, and all nations should take care to provide the easiest process, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to save humanity from the greatest danger.
- BG 14.16, Purport by Śrīla Prabhupāda
Today's Shringar Darshan of Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar (Iskcon Vadodara) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…Today's Shringar Darshan of Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar (Iskcon Vadodara) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…Today's Mangal Darshan of Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar (Iskcon Vrindavan) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā
sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ
harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā
manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ
All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord’s external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.12
jñānaṁ yad āpratinivṛtta-guṇormi-cakram
ātma-prasāda uta yatra guṇeṣv asaṅgaḥ
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogaḥ
ko nirvṛto hari-kathāsu ratiṁ na kuryāt
Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the material modes. Such knowledge is self-satisfying due to its being free from material attachment, and being transcendental it is approved by authorities. Who could fail to be attracted?
- Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.12
Today's Shringar Darshan of Jagganath ji, Subdra ji, Baldev ji (Iskcon Vadodara) 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Читать полностью…O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek friendship in the association of Your pious and enlightened devotees. My attachment to my body, wife, children and home is continuing by the spell of Your external energy, but I wish to be attached to them no longer. Let my mind, my consciousness and everything I have be attached only to You.
- ŚB 6.11.27, Śrī Vṛtrāsura to Indradeva
*He Is Sure To Become Fearless*
If one can chant and hear Hare Kṛṣṇa and always remember Lord Kṛṣṇa, then he is sure to become fearless at death, which may come at any moment.
THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION, CHAPTER 2
Goodbye to this material world
Real Krsna consciousness means goodbye to this material world. We are no more interested with your these big, big street, big, big buses or anything, whatever you think that is improvement, advancement.
So Krsna conscious person are no more interested. Why not interested? They are disgusted.
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Srila Prabhupada
Lecture -- July 25, 1976, London
*You Will Have A Taste For Chanting*
When the quality comes, there is no force. You will have a taste for chanting. You will desire at that time, "Why sixteen rounds? Why not sixteen thousand rounds?" That is quality.
MORNING WALK - NAIROBI, NOVember 2, 1975