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“The father and the spiritual master are on the same platform because a spiritual master is the second father. The higher classes are called dvija, twice-born. Whenever there is a question of birth, there must be a father. The first birth is made possible by the actual father, and the second birth is made possible by the spiritual master.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.24.13 Purport)
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Friend1: Alright, so I recently heard some teachings against television.
Friend2: You have to be more specific. What teachings? From which person? And what kind of television?
Friend1: All kinds. Basically, don’t even have one in your home. The person is obvious, a teacher of the bhakti-yoga way of life. A practicing devotee who travels around the world and gives seminars. By the way, that is another problem I have. Where did they get this idea to have…
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“Once Bhima was administered poison in a cake, once they were put into the house made of shellac and set afire, and once Draupadi was dragged out, and attempts were made to insult her by stripping her naked in the vicious assembly of the Kurus. The Lord saved Draupadi by supplying an immeasurable length of cloth, and Duryodhana’s party failed to see her naked.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.8.24 Purport)![[Worshiping Vishnu]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/image24.png?w=119&h=129 "[Worshiping Vishnu]")
“The yogi should fix in his heart the activities of Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune, who is worshiped by all demigods and is the mother of the supreme person, Brahma. She can always be found massaging the legs and thighs of the transcendental Lord, very carefully serving Him in this way.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.28.23)![[Krishna's lotus feet]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_4260.jpg?w=119&h=95 "[Krishna's lotus feet]")
“The demons’ lust is never satiated. They will go on increasing and increasing their insatiable desires for material enjoyment. Although they are always full of anxieties on account of accepting nonpermanent things, they still continue to engage in such activities out of illusion. They have no knowledge and cannot tell that they are heading the wrong way. Accepting nonpermanent things, such demoniac people create their own God, create their own hymns and chant accordingly. The result is that they become more and more attracted to two things-sex enjoyment and accumulation of material wealth.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 16.10 Purport)![[Pandavas escaping house of lac]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/image20.png?w=119&h=119 "[Pandavas escaping house of lac]")
“O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.14)![[winter]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/image21.png?w=204&h=173 "[winter]")
Friend2: Don’t forget going outside. Heating up the car before driving. Clearing off snow. One difficulty after another.![[Yashoda and Krishna]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/b28i4sqewkkgrhqzjqepqshs3nbmkb7e20q_3.jpg?w=119&h=121 "[Yashoda and Krishna]")
“In the Shrimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, 8th Chapter, 35th verse, it is stated by Shukadeva Gosvami that Mother Yashoda accepted Lord Krishna as her son, although He is accepted in the Vedas as the King of heaven, in the Upanishads as the impersonal Brahman and in philosophy as the supreme male. By the yogis he is accepted as the supersoul and by the devotees as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 43)![[Krishna and Yashoda]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/308f_1.jpg?w=119&h=176 "[Krishna and Yashoda]")
“When ecstatic love develops into the relationship of parenthood and becomes steadily established, the relationship is called vatsalya-rasa. The exhibition of this vatsalya-rasa standard of devotional service can be found in the dealings of Krishna with His devotees who represent themselves as superior personalities like father, mother, teacher, etc.” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 43)![[Krishna dancing on Kaliya]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/krishna_kaliya.gif?w=119&h=174 "[Krishna dancing on Kaliya]")
“One servant of Krishna named Patri once addressed Him like this: ‘My dear Lord, You protected the cowherd boys from the hunger of the Aghasura demon, and You protected them from the poisonous effects of the Kaliya snake. And You also saved them from the fierce forest fire. But I am suffering from Your separation, which is more severe than the hunger of Aghasura, the poison of Lake Kaliya, and the burning of the forest fire. So why should You not protect me from the pangs of separation?’” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 42)![[Krishna's lotus feet]](http://krishnasmercy.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_4310.jpg?w=119&h=102 "[Krishna's lotus feet]")
“The demoniac conclude that the world is phantasmagoria. There is no cause, no effect, no controller, no purpose: everything is unreal. They say that this cosmic manifestation arises due to chance material actions and reactions. They do not think that the world was created by God for a certain purpose. They have their own theory: that the world has come about in its own way and that there is no reason to believe that there is a God behind it. For them there is no difference between spirit and matter, and they do not accept the Supreme Spirit. Everything is matter only, and the whole cosmos is supposed to be a mass of ignorance.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 16.8 Purport)
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