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“Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.”

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant

accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for the dogs and hogs that eat stool.” Hogs work hard day and night simply eating stool, and because stool contains chemicals, hydrophosphates , the hog gets strength, becomes very fat and enjoys sex.

“Rather, my dear boys, one should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever.”

Some hundreds and thousands of years ago Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Devahūti-putra Kapiladeva. After Kapiladeva grew up, His father, according to the Vedic system, retired, took sannyāsa and left According to the Vedic injunctions, there are four āśramas and four varṇas, and these used to be followed After his son grew up, Kardama Muni, being a strict follower of the Vedas, left home and put his wife

The sun is situated in one place, and its light and heat expand throughout the entire solar system. As soon as we perceive light and heat, we can understand that the sun is there. Since light and heat can be perceived by everyone, Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.8), prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ : “I am the light of the sun and the moon.”

“After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is.

The disciples of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement do not go to cinemas, restaurants or clubs, and they In European and American countries all these things are available and are very cheap, but these young They are simply interested in sitting on the floor and learning about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Spiritual life does not mean taking sannyāsa and then smoking or drinking tea. God, the Supreme Being, and His service.

They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.10) The people in this age are very short-lived and slow in understanding spiritual The word manda means both slow and bad, and everyone in this age is either bad or slow or a combination People are unfortunate and disturbed by so many things. According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there will eventually be no rain and consequently a scarcity of food.

Because many young Americans and Europeans are fortunate and know nothing of any hodgepodge god, they Because they have taken this seriously, many young Americans and Europeans are advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness Consequently many people are surprised to see how Americans and Europeans have become such great devotees and are dancing in ecstasy. These young Westerners have touched fire, and consequently it is acting as fire.

One is first born through the womb of a mother, and one’s next birth is given by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge. Vedic knowledge is the mother, and the spiritual master is the father. When one is twice-born (dvija), he receives a sacred thread from the spiritual master and begins to learn It is a wish-fulfilling tree, and we can take whatever we want from it.

So have Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, Nimbārka and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His followers Heat and light are not fire, but without fire there cannot be heat or light. In that sense, heat and light are nondifferent from fire. This material world is like the heat and light of the supreme fire.

“Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s heart and the who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and

varṇāśrama-dharma – composed of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, gṛhasthas, vānaprasthas, brahmacārīs and The whole aim of the different varṇas and āśramas is the worship of the Supreme Lord. When one goes to school, he begins with the first grade, then progresses to the second, third and so

“Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom, knowledge and

“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection

We should not remain in ignorance like cats and dogs, thinking, “I am this body, I am American,” “I am Indian,” “I am brāhmaṇa,” “I am kṣatriya,” “I am Hindu,” “I am Muslim,” and so on. but somehow or other we have come in contact with these material elements (bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ), and This is ignorance, and unless one is enlightened by spiritual knowledge, he remains animalistic.

And out of many siddhas, one may be able to understand Kṛṣṇa. It is our great fortune that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself, has appeared and given us a very

People forget the aim of life, and at such a time the Supreme Lord Himself comes. Sometimes He comes personally, and sometimes He sends His incarnation.

The original Kapila is called the Devahūti-putra Kapila, and the other is called the atheist Kapila. The word saṅkhyātā means “expounder,” and tattva means “the Absolute Truth.” especially when we are under the influence of the three modes of material nature (sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and