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. 165
Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita, su-sukham kartum avyayam: this process is everlasting and joyfully performed. We can therefore experience happiness in the midst of suffering. When devotees see their suffering in connection with Krishna, they are joyful because they understand that their suffering helps them come closer to Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 1.41-42, London, July 29, 1973
Bhagavad-gita is not meant for the demons or the abhaktas. The first condition is that he must be a devotee of Krsna. Then it will be revealed. Otherwise it is not possible. Naham prakasah sarvasya yoga-maya-samavritah [Bg 7.25]. {I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yoga-maya]; and so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.} Na mam duskrtino mudha 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.] These things are there. So if one is devotee of Krsna, he can understand Bhagavad-gita very easily. Just like Arjuna understood within half an hour.
