Bhakti Vikasa Swami's Blog, page 341
June 2, 2012
A chaste sweeper woman
Prabhupada: We have got experience in our school, college days. I was
sitting in a friend’s house and one sweeper woman, sweeper, with broomstick
and with, what is called, covering?
Devotee: Shawl.
Prabhupada: She was standing, say, about twenty yards distant from our
sitting place. So I asked my friend that: “Your, this sweeper woman wants to
come in. She’s waiting because we are sitting. She is ashamed to come. So
let us come here.” So we stood separately. That means although she was a
sweeper woman, still we had to honor her to enter. We stood up separately.
She was feeling that; “How can I go between two men?” This we have seen in
our… So this is Vedic culture.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 1.40 — London, July 28, 1973
sitting in a friend’s house and one sweeper woman, sweeper, with broomstick
and with, what is called, covering?
Devotee: Shawl.
Prabhupada: She was standing, say, about twenty yards distant from our
sitting place. So I asked my friend that: “Your, this sweeper woman wants to
come in. She’s waiting because we are sitting. She is ashamed to come. So
let us come here.” So we stood separately. That means although she was a
sweeper woman, still we had to honor her to enter. We stood up separately.
She was feeling that; “How can I go between two men?” This we have seen in
our… So this is Vedic culture.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 1.40 — London, July 28, 1973
distant rascal
…a new disciple stopped coming to classes and said he felt distant from
Prabhupada and Krsna. Prabhupada said the son is always close to the father.
If the son says he is distant he is a rascal. And then he gave the
acintya-bhedabheda-tattva example, in reference to both the guru and Krsna.
From Satsvarupa dasa Goswami VP offering, 2004
Prabhupada and Krsna. Prabhupada said the son is always close to the father.
If the son says he is distant he is a rascal. And then he gave the
acintya-bhedabheda-tattva example, in reference to both the guru and Krsna.
From Satsvarupa dasa Goswami VP offering, 2004
Purusa
[B]Where:[/B] Salem, Tamil Nadu, India[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 16 Jan 12[BR]
[B]Scripture:[/B] Visnu Sahasranama, Verse 2[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English[BR]
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June 1, 2012
Drink the Nectar of Immortality
As by drinking nectarine, one can become immortal, similarly, by drinking
the nectarine of devotion, one becomes immortal. Therefore we have named the
book Nectar of Devotion. You drink it and become immortal.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.20-23 — Gorakhpur, February 14,
1971
the nectarine of devotion, one becomes immortal. Therefore we have named the
book Nectar of Devotion. You drink it and become immortal.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.20-23 — Gorakhpur, February 14,
1971
May 30, 2012
A devotee is always joyful
…a devotee does not attach much importance to the pains and trouble
pertaining to the body because he knows perfectly well that he is not the
material body. He does not identify with the body; therefore he is freed
from the conception of false ego and is equipoised in happiness and
distress. He is tolerant, and he is satisfied with whatever comes by the
grace of the Supreme Lord. He does not endeavor much to achieve something
with great difficulty; therefore he is always joyful.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 12.13, Bg 12.14, Bg 12.13-14
pertaining to the body because he knows perfectly well that he is not the
material body. He does not identify with the body; therefore he is freed
from the conception of false ego and is equipoised in happiness and
distress. He is tolerant, and he is satisfied with whatever comes by the
grace of the Supreme Lord. He does not endeavor much to achieve something
with great difficulty; therefore he is always joyful.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 12.13, Bg 12.14, Bg 12.13-14
calm, quiet and patient
A pure devotee is never disturbed in any circumstances. Nor is he envious of
anyone. Nor does a devotee become his enemy’s enemy; he thinks, “This person
is acting as my enemy due to my own past misdeeds. So it is better to suffer
than to protest.” In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.8) it is stated: tat te
‘nukampam su-samiksamano bhunjana evatma-krtam vipakam. Whenever a devotee
is in distress or has fallen into difficulty, he thinks that it is the
Lord’s mercy upon him. He thinks, “Thanks to my past misdeeds I should
suffer far, far greater than I am suffering now. So it is by the mercy of
the Supreme Lord that I am not getting all the punishment I am due. I am
just getting a little, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
Therefore he is always calm, quiet and patient, despite many distressful
conditions. A devotee is also always kind to everyone, even to his enemy.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 12.13, Bg 12.14, Bg 12.13-14
anyone. Nor does a devotee become his enemy’s enemy; he thinks, “This person
is acting as my enemy due to my own past misdeeds. So it is better to suffer
than to protest.” In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.8) it is stated: tat te
‘nukampam su-samiksamano bhunjana evatma-krtam vipakam. Whenever a devotee
is in distress or has fallen into difficulty, he thinks that it is the
Lord’s mercy upon him. He thinks, “Thanks to my past misdeeds I should
suffer far, far greater than I am suffering now. So it is by the mercy of
the Supreme Lord that I am not getting all the punishment I am due. I am
just getting a little, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
Therefore he is always calm, quiet and patient, despite many distressful
conditions. A devotee is also always kind to everyone, even to his enemy.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 12.13, Bg 12.14, Bg 12.13-14
May 29, 2012
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Sexual Attraction Blocks Krishna’s Attraction
[B]Where:[/B] Mumbai, Maharastra, India[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 27 Jan 12[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English[BR]
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May 28, 2012
Srila Prabhupada’s judgment on bhakti in India, 1973
Prabhupada: There is no devotee in India, real devotee, at the present
moment.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — December 31, 1973, Los Angeles
moment.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — December 31, 1973, Los Angeles
Pancavati Dhama, Karumandurai, Tamil Nadu, India
kamasya nendriya-pritir
labho jiveta yavata
jivasya tattva-jijnasa
nartho yas ceha karmabhih
(SB 1.2.10)
Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one's works.
First Visit of Maharaj
Hut Construction for Maharaj
Welcoming Maharaj
Forest
Scenery and Devotees
labho jiveta yavata
jivasya tattva-jijnasa
nartho yas ceha karmabhih
(SB 1.2.10)
Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one's works.
First Visit of Maharaj
Hut Construction for Maharaj
Welcoming Maharaj
Forest
Scenery and Devotees
