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Mundane sex desires

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 7:05pm

The conditioned soul in the material world is in a state of madness. Nunam pramattah kurute vikarma. (SB 5.5.4) Forgetting his eternal, blissful relationship with Krishna, he is suffering life after life, being kicked and spat upon by maya. But he is smiling, taking it as enjoyment. Why? Because he is charmed by the glitter of false happiness, beginning with sex pleasure. Sex desire is the main symptom of insanity exhibited by the conditioned soul.

Such foolish beings are always intrigued and cha

Brahmachari is also a designation

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 6:30pm

Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu declared: “I am not a brahmana, a kshatriya, a vaishya, or a shudra. I am not a brahmacari, a grihastha, a vanaprastha, or a sannyasi. I identify myself only as the servant of the servant of Krishna, the maintainer of the gopis.”(Cc. Madhya 13.80) The goal of life is not to be a brahmacari, nor a grihastha, nor even a sannyasi. It is to be a pure devotee of Krishna. Shrila Prabhupada often quoted from the Narada-pancaratra:

sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam
tat-paratvena nirmalam
hri

Instructions to Brahmacharis by HH Radhanath Swami

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 2:15pm

In any building, at the beginning of the construction, the foundation is the only visible thing that is, but in due course of time everything is seen except the foundation. But it is the foundation that supports the growth, the expansion & the sustenance of a structure. So this ashram began with certain foundational principles and upon that foundation so much has been built. Expansion of the temple, building itself, expansion of the number of deities, expansion of the Brahmachari ashram, congreg

Association with a Sadhu

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:57pm

SB Canto 3

If we want to associate with a sādhu, we cannot expect him to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition, but he will give us instructions on how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction and how to elevate ourselves in devotional service. That is the result of associating with a sādhu.

SB 3.25.20, Translation and Purport:

Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul. But that same

Srila Rupa Gosvami on Material Attraction

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:52pm

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī indirectly instructs that one who has been captivated by the beautiful smiling face of Kṛṣṇa has lost all attraction for material enjoyments. This is the test of advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness: a person advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must lose interest in material activities and personal sense gratification.

Krsna Book 29:

While all the gopīs were hurriedly leaving their respective places, their husbands, brothers and fathers were all struck with wonder to know where they

Progress in spiritual culture brings about the disintegration of false ego and material attraction

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:46pm

Light of the Bhagavata

This false identification and attraction for matter gradually dry up and fade away by success in the cultivation of the human spirit. That is the effect of such higher cultivation. Progress in spiritual culture brings about the disintegration of false ego and material attraction.

Light of the Bhagavata 36, Translation and Purport:

36. With the progress of the autumn season the moist earth and muddy places begin to dry up, and the green vegetation begins to fade. This drying u

Teaching of Lord Caitanya on Chanting

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:16pm

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

By developing chanting and hearing, one can advance further and further in regulative devotional service to the Supreme Lord. As one so advances, his misgivings about devotional service and his attraction for the material world proportionately diminish.

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 13:

If, due to some righteous activities which provoke devotional service, one is influenced by the service attitude and takes shelter of the good association of pure devotees, he develo

The story of Srutadeva

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:04pm

Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead

There was a householder brāhmaṇa in the city of Mithilā, the capital of the kingdom of Videha. This brāhmaṇa, whose name was Śrutadeva, was a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Because he was fully Kṛṣṇa conscious and always engaged in the service of the Lord, he was completely peaceful in mind and detached from all material attraction.

Krsna Book 86:

There was a householder brāhmaṇa in the city of Mithilā, the capital of the kingdom of Videha. This brāhmaṇa, who

What is Material Attraction Part 02

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 1:00pm

SB Canto 8

SB 8.1.15, Purport:

The living entities are actually minute forms who are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is full in everything, and the small particles of the Lord are also originally qualified like Him, but because of their minute existence, they are infected by material attraction and thus entangled. We must therefore follow the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and then, like Kṛṣṇa, who is never entangled by His material activities of creatio

What is Material Attraction Part 01

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:58pm

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 13 - 18

BG 15.6, Purport:

For one who is too much attached to this material world, it is very difficult to cut that attachment, but if he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness there is a chance of gradually becoming detached. One has to associate himself with devotees, those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One should search out a society dedicated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and learn how to discharge devotional service. In this way he can cut off his attachment to the materia

Why detachment from sex life is required

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:51pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 2

The highest benefit that can be awarded to a human being is to train him to be detached from sex life, particularly because it is only due to sex indulgence that the conditioned life of material existence continues birth after birth.

SB 2.6.20, Purport: The climax of the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, or sanātana-dharma, is clearly expressed here in this particular verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The highest benefit that can be awarded to a human being is to train him to be d

Why controlled sex life is so important

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:49pm

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 1 - 6

In the bhakti school, a householder brahmacārī is allowed controlled sex life because the cult of bhakti-yoga is so powerful that one automatically loses sexual attraction, being engaged in the superior service of the Lord.

BG 6.13-14, Purport: No one can perform correct yoga practice through sex indulgence. Brahmacarya is taught, therefore, from childhood, when one has no knowledge of sex life. Children at the age of five are sent to the guru-kula, or the p

Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 02

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:42pm

Lecture on SB 5.5.2 -- Hyderabad, April 11, 1975:

So that bhakti-yoga—Kṛṣṇa consciousness means bhakti-yoga—by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu we are distributing. We are distributing not whimsically, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted it.

bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra

janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra

(CC Adi 9.41)

This is injunction. This is also injunction of Kṛṣṇa. What Kṛṣṇa said, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said the same thing. The difference is that Kṛṣṇa commanded as the Supreme Pers

Sex Life is the cause

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:33pm

SB Canto 2

n the material world, sex life is the cause of many distresses on account of material contact.

SB 2.6.8, Purport: The genitals and the pleasure of begetting counteract the distresses of family encumbrances. One would cease to generate altogether if there were not, by the grace of the Lord, a coating, a pleasure-giving substance, on the surface of the generative organs. This substance gives a pleasure so intense that it counteracts fully the distress of family encumbrances. A person is s

Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 01

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:28pm

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 1.40 -- London, July 28, 1973:

So these are the principles. This is called human society. Varnāśramācaravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān (CC Madhya 8.58). In human society, viṣṇur ārādhyate, the Lord is worshiped. But ne te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuḥ. At the present moment, these rascals, they do not know. Andhā yathāndair upanīyamānāḥ. And the so-called leaders, they are blind, themselves, and they are trying to lead other blind men. This is the social p

Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 01

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:26pm

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 1.40 -- London, July 28, 1973:

So these are the principles. This is called human society. Varnāśramācaravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān (CC Madhya 8.58). In human society, viṣṇur ārādhyate, the Lord is worshiped. But ne te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuḥ. At the present moment, these rascals, they do not know. Andhā yathāndair upanīyamānāḥ. And the so-called leaders, they are blind, themselves, and they are trying to lead other blind men. This is the social p

Grace of Lord Caitanya

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:23pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 3

SB 3.23.7, Purport:

What are the graces of the Lord? It is stated here that the graces of the Lord are abhaya, free from fearfulness. In the material world, if someone accumulates a million dollars, he is always full of fear because he is always thinking, "What if the money is lost?" But the benediction of the Lord, bhagavat-prasāda, is never to be lost. It is simply to be enjoyed. There is no question of loss. One simply gains and enjoys gaining. Bhagavad-gītā also co

Lecture on SB 1.1.1 (by Srila Prabhupada)

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:15pm

Prabhupäda: Come on. Hm. What is that?
Devotee: Sanskrit.
Prabhupäda: Bhägavata? So from the very beginning, oà namo bhagavate, janmädy asya yataù [SB 1.1.1].
Pradyumna: (chants oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya and then the verse one word at a time with devotees and Çréla Prabhupäda repeating until Çréla Prabhupäda stops him at the word abhijïaù.)
Prabhupäda: (chants whole verse one word at a time with devotees repeating) Like that.
Devotee: (indistinct)
Prabhupäda: Yes.
Pradyumna: Janmädy asya yato 'nvayä

Lecture of SB 1.1.1

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:11pm

janmädy asya yato 'nvayäd itarataç cärtheñv abhijïaù svaräö
tene brahma hådä ya ädi-kavaye muhyanti yat sürayaù
tejo-väri-mådäà yathä vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'måñä
dhämnä svena sadä nirasta-kuhakaà satyaà paraà dhémahi
[SB 1.1.1]
So Vyäsadeva is offering his obeisances to satyaà param, the Absolute Supreme Truth, not to the relative truth. Everyone has to offer obeisances to somebody. Somebody... In our practical life, at least, we have to offer obeisances to the police constable. When you go on

The perception of a pure devotee (Lecture by HH BCS)

Posted by Vrindavana Das LNS on February 7, 2013 at 12:02pm

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Srimad Bhagavatam, third Canto, chapter nine “Brahma’s Prayers For Creative Energy”, text thirty one.

tata atmani loke ca
bhakti-yuktah samahitah
drashtasi mam tatam brahman
mayi lokams tvam atmanah

Synonyms:
tatah — thereafter; atmani — in yourself; loke — in the universe; ca — also; bhakti-yuktah — being situated in devotional service; samahitah — being completely absorbed; drashta asi — you shall see; mam — Me; tata

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SB Canto 3

Srila Rupa Gosvami on Material Attraction

Progress in spiritual culture brings about the disintegration of false ego and material attraction

Light of the Bhagavata

Teaching of Lord Caitanya on Chanting

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

The story of Srutadeva

Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead

What is Material Attraction Part 02

SB Canto 8

What is Material Attraction Part 01

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 13 - 18

Why detachment from sex life is required

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 2

Why controlled sex life is so important

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 1 - 6

Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 02

Sex Life is the cause

SB Canto 2

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Grace of Lord Caitanya

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 3

Lecture on SB 1.1.1 (by Srila Prabhupada)

Lecture of SB 1.1.1

The perception of a pure devotee (Lecture by HH BCS)

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