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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Swami Prabhupada
Niranjana Swami
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Quotes Of The Day
Niranjana Swami
Lectures from a Disciple, Vol. 2, Forgiveness, p. 160
For those who cultivate Krishna consciousness, forgiveness manifests automatically in the heart. It is difficult for non-devotees to forgive others, because without Krishna conscious vision, one sees only duality, and in duality, we see things only as good or bad according to our own mind. We have to transcend the conception of good or bad, right or wrong. The only way to transcend such duality is to become Krishna conscious and to see Krishna present everywhere and in every act.
Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.10, Montreal, July 10, 1968
Vipra means one who is fully conversant with Vedic knowledge. He is called vipra. For spiritual elevation there are gradual evolutionary stages. Vipra stage is just before becoming a qualified brahmana. That is called vipra. The first stage, by birth, everyone is sudra. Sudra means affected by the miseries of this world. He is sudra. Socati. The material condition is full of anxiety, so anyone who is full of anxiety, he is sudra. So if you analyze the present society, that who is not anxiety, full of anxiety, oh, nobody will say that "I am not full of anxiety." "I have got so many anxieties." So that means he is a sudra. Kalau sudra-sambhavah [Skanda Purana]: "In this age, everyone is sudra." That is concluded.
