His Holiness
Niranjana Swami
During this time, he returned to Massachusetts, continued his work as a house builder, and simultaneously pursued further studies by regularly...
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Quotes Of The Day
Niranjana Swami
Lectures from a Disciple, Vol. 2, Overcoming Adversity, p. 172
If we want to know that we are advancing in Krishna consciousness, we should analyze whether we are becoming detached from matter. The more we become free from material entanglement, the more we can say that we are making advancement. If we are always dependent on Krishna, we will become free from all the obstacles of conditional life by His grace. And we can learn to depend on Him if we endeavor to always please Him.
Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.2, London, August 18, 1971
So people are becoming duskrtina. Instead of becoming sukrtina, they are becoming duskrtina. And as a result of that, na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg 7.15]. [Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.] They are becoming rascals and lowest of the mankind. And whatever their university degrees are there, that knowledge is useless. And they are not going to surrender to God. This is the present position. Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah. Those who are coming to God, they are called sukrtina, pious. But generally common men, even though he is pious, he goes to God to get some material profit.
