His Holiness
Niranjana Swami
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Niranjana Swami
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Quotes Of The Day
Niranjana Swami
September 27, 2017 - Istanbul - Bhakti Retreat - Bhagavad Gita 12.13-14
We should not be attracted to the flowery words of the Vedas. Even though we may hear we can get the pious results of our activities by engaging in pious activities. A devotee considers this to be like poison. Narottama dasa Thakura says, karma-kāṇḍa, jnāna-kāṇḍa, kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa. That they are like stocks of poison. Why are they like poison? Because it makes me forget my service to Krsna. It makes me think that the goal of my life is enjoyment. While the devotee thinks that the goal of my life is Krsna's pleasure. And by meditating on Krsna's pleasure, all of one's needs are automatically fulfilled.
Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.30, Honolulu, May 29, 1976
If you say in the court, "I believe," what is the meaning of your belief? There is no question of belief. Law is law. Ignorance is no excuse. If you go in the court and if you are punished, so if you say, "My Lordship, I believe like this. I'll not be punished. So you're punishing me," so that is no excuse. You believe or not believe, the law is law. So, similarly, these philosophers theorizing so many "I believe." So these things will not do. These things will not do. That is useless, simply waste of time. You must know there is God. How we can deny it? There is supreme power. I am being controlled every moment. Who wants to die? And who is forcing me to die? How he can deny the superior power? I do not want to become old man, and superior power forces me, "You must become old man." So, so long there is force behind you, you have to act according to that. Where is your so-called belief or independence? That is foolishness.
