Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.5–6
But there are devotees in the spiritual world, in the Vaikuṇṭha-loka, they never come down, never come down in this material world.
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But there are devotees in the spiritual world, in the Vaikuṇṭha-loka, they never come down, never come down in this material world.
So this is the process of getting knowledge: to approach the proper person, guru, and submissively hear from him about transcendental knowledge.
Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja, when he was asked by his father, \"My dear boy, what best thing you have learned from your teachers?
So foolish people, they do not know what is the miserable condition of this material life.
So we are reciting from our latest edition of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
That is the teaching of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, not that we go to God and beg our daily bread.
These are for the karmīs, bodily concept of life.
In the society, friendship and love, we are seeking that happiness, and it is exactly like seeking water in the desert.
Similarly, to take the side of the devotee and to kill the enemy of Kṛṣṇa, they are all the same.
They should have given to us for distributing Kṛṣṇa consciousness all...
So this Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to become immortal, and he underwent penances, severe penances, so much so, the whole universe became trembled, so that Brahmā, Lord Brahmā, had to come to pacify him, \"What do you want?
They are on the material platform; they're not on the spiritual platform.
This is the device, that He agitated Indra, and he came down and surrendered unto Him.
Kṛṣṇa made a test, that \"These brāhmaṇas are very much proud of their learning, Vedic knowledge.
For this purpose, arrange meeting in the school, colleges, societies, big, big halls.
When one sees that \"This is better quality than the other,\" then he takes.
So charity, or sacrificing your possession for the benefit of others, this is also yajña.
being done in America because it is not to be done here.
Actually, it is very difficult to control the mind.
Because original is taken away, and He has to satisfy their mother, other the mothers will cry, \"Oh, Kṛṣṇa, my boy went with You.
And how we are trying to be master or enjoyer of this material world?
There are different types of yajña, sacrifices, and the person who offers sacrifices, he is called yogī.
They are researching for something which is useless.
So to hear about Kṛṣṇa it does not appeal to everyone.
presence of a brāhmaṇa, of a sannyāsī in the household, in the house of a householder, means to enlighten.
Most American boys and girls, they are all beautiful.
This ghost means the living entity in subtle life without any material body.
So our falldown, this I have explained the other day, is there when we wanted to compete with Kṛṣṇa or become Kṛṣṇa.
When one comes to the point of supreme intelligence, that is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
To keep your health and body, and the body and the soul together, you must live very nicely so that you may not be diseased.
Because in the Vaikuṇṭha world there is no chance of fighting, therefore He sends His devotees to become His enemy, and there He fights.
Those who are sūraya, devas, demigods, they are simply worshiping tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Mahārāja Ikṣvāku is the first king of the sun dynasty, sūrya-vaṁśa, kṣatriya, the forefather of the dynasty where Rāmacandra, Lord Rāmacandra, appeared.
Mad-bhāvam means by devotional service one attains the nature of Kṛṣṇa—no more interested with the material distress and material happiness.
So the ultimate goal of life is to understand Viṣṇu.
Because they don't believe anything that they cannot see with their gross senses.
Now, when we act something on account of my persistence by the sanction of the Lord, then I become subjected to the fruits of such resultant action, and we get a different type of body.
So there was good festival, saṅkīrtana, and procession.
So again the same beginning: cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [[bg/4/13|[Bg.
Just like in this particular case, about our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that so many people are giving me the credit.
Now, in this verse three times, four times, the word has been used, pūrvataram, pūrvatamaiḥ.
Therefore they cannot understand that how Kṛṣṇa, just like a human being, He can be more important than this gigantic cosmic manifestation.
Therefore the karma should be systematized, and it should be regulated by brahminical culture, by kṣatriya culture, by vaiśya culture, by śūdra culture.
\"Because these things are to be spoken to My dear devotees, priyamāṇāya, for the special benefit of the devotees, not for the ordinary man.
Kṛṣṇa says, \"These four varṇas are created by Me.
Similarly, those who are sinful, they are given chance in material manifestation, \"Now work for Kṛṣṇa consciousness.\" But they do not do that.
Antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ [[bg/2/18|[Bg.
Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, is the ādi-puruṣa, original Personality of Godhead.
You cannot expect that you go on doing all these material activities and at the time of death you'll remember Kṛṣṇa.
So it requires a little qualification, how to go to the sun planet.