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  • ...entities are the marginal energy of the Lord, and therefore they are meant for being properly utilized in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. W ...of the Lord and, according to personal capacity, to distribute the message for others' welfare without motive of material gain.</p> ...
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  • ...who knows Him can transcend the bonds of birth and death. There is no way for liberation other than this knowledge of that Supreme Person.</p> ...Personality of Godhead. Modern impersonalists are still less intelligent, for they do not even follow their great predecessor Śaṅkarācārya, who has ...
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  • ...rd Viṣṇu is the root of that tree also. The root is the same—the Lord—both for the real tree and the false, but the false tree is only the perverted refle ...terial world, the yogīs can enjoy more comfortable and more pleasant lives for hundreds of thousands of years, but life in those higher planets is not ete ...
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  • ...on for his personal self. But a person acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness works for the satisfaction of the whole, without self-interest.</p> ...attempt anything for his own sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one become ...
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  • ...brothers, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. In both ways, the basic principles were for sense gratification. Happiness derived from conquering them and happiness d ...vice. Those who are engaged in this process are known to be without desire for personal sense gratification.</p> ...
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  • ...he Lord in water by its taste, and the personalist also glorifies the Lord for His kindly supplying tasty water to quench man's thirst. That is the way of ..., that scripture is the supreme revelation of the glories of Lord Govinda, for it reveals the topmost knowledge about Him. Since all conclusions are brief ...
    37 KB (5,747 words) - 06:36, 27 June 2022
  • <div class="heading">For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide s ...Godhead by revelation. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by mental speculation. For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide s ...
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  • ...exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahā ...exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahā ...
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  • ...d the personified ocean trembled in fear and offered the Lord an easy path for reaching the enemy's city.</div> ...d the personified ocean trembled in fear and offered the Lord an easy path for reaching the enemy's city. The impersonalists will see havoc in this red-ho ...
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  • ...because you are human being, if you act as an animal you'll be responsible for your acts. And you'll be punished if you do something wrong. You cannot say ...
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  • ...f he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.</div> ...comes to his senses, however, he seeks after Brahman happiness, knowing it for certain that unlimited happiness, which he is seeking, is never attainable ...
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  • ...odily plane sva-dharma is called varnasrama-dharma, or man's steppingstone for spiritual understanding. Human civilization begins from the stage of varnas ...be violent to kill his enemies, and sometimes a ksatriya has to tell lies for the sake of diplomacy. Such violence and duplicity accompany political affa ...
    29 KB (4,762 words) - 07:05, 27 June 2022
  • ...r because the scriptures like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are made for that purpose. Living beings other than human beings have no ability to hear ...omanly qualities. Similarly, the tongue, which is given to the human being for chanting the Vedic hymns, will be considered a prostitute when engaged in c ...
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  • Just like we have got a fixed time for the sunrise. Everyone knows that in the morning at 6:30 there will be sunri Mr. Wadell: Can we go back to the physician. It is possible for a physician to be wrong. ...
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  • ...situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolute plane, for they are no longer subject to dualities like good and bad. The highest perf ...stic powers are awarded such powers. In other words, everyone is dependent for success upon His mercy alone, and all kinds of spiritual processes are but ...
    61 KB (9,926 words) - 00:43, 19 May 2018
  • ...s that the devotee always absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has no anxieties for his maintenance or protection. Being constantly absorbed in Kṛṣṇa con ...s not engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service, it is useless for him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he ...
    6 KB (909 words) - 14:10, 16 July 2020
  • {{notes|Reference not found for:SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...igure in this material world. Why, then, are there severe types of penance for the perfection of devotional service? ...
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  • ...>Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness fr ...ead Kṛṣṇa. The science of the Personality of Godhead is the subject matter for study by the postgraduate students in the spiritual line. Foolish men, or m ...
    110 KB (17,886 words) - 15:06, 20 June 2020
  • ...r planetary systems enjoys a longer duration of life and better facilities for sense enjoyment, yet one is not allowed to stay there forever. One is again ...all Vedic literature. He has come to the conclusion perfectly. Of course, for the ordinary persons who are not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness or who are no ...
    88 KB (13,901 words) - 00:44, 19 May 2018
  • ...rtificial movement of the body... must always be rejected. One should wait for the natural sequence within devotional service, and at that time, when one ...
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