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  • ...) "Only by devotional service can one understand Me." Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has composed a nice verse in this regard, which states, "My dear Lord, let othe ...
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  • ...varṇas, then āśrama. The brāhmaṇa, one who is qualified as a brāhmaṇa, he has to observe the four āśramas, a brāhmaṇa: the brahmacārī-āśrama, th ...
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  • ...ne of the 8,400,000 species of life according to the fruits of the work he has performed. In the next life, persons who are too much attached to family co ...o to the moon or the planet Venus to exploit resources there. But the Lord has warned us in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.16) about the worthlessness of all the ...
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  • ...thing is changed. Whole thing is, becomes fire. Just like, in India now it has become. So we should remember that here in this material world, padaṁ pad ...iness is already there, engage them. Then bring further engagement. Now he has understood the situation. Do it very carefully. Don't make plan for squande ...
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  • .... Although not independent always, but even it is higher officer, everyone has to consult the higher authorities. Similarly, this means that I shall not i ...varṇas, then āśrama. The brāhmaṇa, one who is qualified as a brāhmaṇa, he has to observe the four āśramas, a brāhmaṇa: the brahmacārī-āśrama, th ...
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  • ...I have included a copy of my letter to Mr. Dindayal who is the person who has extended our invitation.</p> ...m Hayagriva saying that he is prepared to invest money for a press, and he has found out a nice two-story house adjacent to our New Vrindaban colony, and ...
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  • <div class="heading">The demoniac man is enamored by the possessions he has already, such as land, family, house and bank balance, and he is always pla ...t good deeds. He is given an opportunity to accumulate such things, but he has no conception of past causes.</p> ...
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  • ...The sun is this, the moon is this, perfect knowledge. Even not perfect, he has got some knowledge. That is goodness. And passion means he identifies with ...nd when I go India, this is not required. So they are taking that the body has evolved like that. But no. Here, under certain condition, I accept this dre ...
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  • ...re is possibility of being transferred to the spiritual world. So long one has got a pinch of desire that "If I would have become like Brahmā, or like ki ...hey have become involved in more difficulties. That Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, sat-saṅga chāḍi' kainu asate vilāsa te-kāraṇe lāgila ye kar ...
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  • ...ine;">Hayagriva has not yet replied my letter. Please ask him to write. He has many things to do in the library cases and I want his assistance greatly in ...r teaching our Krishna Conscious children and I understand Satyabhama Devi has some qualifications as a teacher. This school may be set up either in New V ...
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  • ...tyle="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">One has to become faithful by practicing the controlling process of the yoga system ...thout artificially meditating on His form. His vision is divine because he has no other engagement. At this stage of spiritual realization it is not neces ...
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  • ...a's entrance, and he was thinking, "Everyone has entered except Kṛṣṇa, who has killed my brother and sister."</p> ...have... Immediately, hand comes. Svābhāvikī, by nature. Similarly when God has to create, as soon as He desires "Let there be a creation," immediately cre ...
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  • ...merry-go-round. The real happiness is in the kingdom of God, where no one has to undergo the pangs of material existence.</p> ...e, like birth, death, disease and old age. He is actually happy because he has no anxieties of material existence, but as a compassionate sympathizer he f ...
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  • ...ay: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">n the Vaikuṇṭhas there are airplanes, but they make no tumultuous sounds. Material airplanes ...ssion. For the last twenty years they are making simply plans, and no plan has become successful. ...
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  • ...dy even the religious fanatic will take objection to it. Every human being has a conception of the supreme truth. That conception is presented in some con ...
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  • ...t, not scientist, so he is also not scientist, not philosopher, because he has been taught by another andha. Just like one blind man leads other blind man ...ks that eating in healthy condition is also the same. This is Māyāvāda. He has no experience what is healthy eating.</p> ...
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  • ...riend Arjuna from the ocean of material grief. And the path of realization has been recommended: buddhi-yoga, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Sometimes Kṛ ...take of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me." One who has not surrendered to Kṛṣṇa does not know the true principle of religion ...
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  • ...dition of life in the womb of the mother or outside of the mother. But one has to make a solution to the problems of life. A sane man should understand th ...worshipable. From this concept of life, the modern ideology of nationalism has sprung up. Lord Kṛṣṇa condemned such ideas, and He also condemned per ...
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  • ...aling on the platform of material existence. Neither of these philosophies has spiritual significance. There is spiritual significance only after one acce ...da Ṭhākura explains, "In developing his philosophy of monism, Śaṅkarācārya has established vivarta-vāda, or the Māyāvāda theory of illusion." ...
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  • ...yogurt are simultaneously one and different; both are milk, but the yogurt has become changed. In order to achieve real peace, one should see everything a ...in the Brahma-saṁhitā, advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam: (Bs. 5.33) He has many forms, yet they are advaita—one and unchanging. Since the Lord is al ...
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  • <div class="heading">In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa has taught the philosophy of surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</ ...erefore it is wonderful that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the form of Lord Gaurāṅga, has made it easy for everyone to approach Him.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">This Sāṅkhya has nothing to do with Sāṅkhya philosophy of the atheist Kapila.</div> ...escribed here as Sāṅkhya, in terms of the Nirukti dictionary. This Sāṅkhya has nothing to do with Sāṅkhya philosophy of the atheist Kapila. Long before ...
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  • ...called for military service. Just see, how discrepancy! The foolish person has no knowledge that "This boy is being trained up in higher science. Why he s ...varṇas, then āśrama. The brāhmaṇa, one who is qualified as a brāhmaṇa, he has to observe the four āśramas, a brāhmaṇa: the brahmacārī-āśrama, th ...
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  • ...orary, as the material world is temporary. But in the Vaikuṇṭha planets He has His transcendental form with four hands as Nārāyaṇa. There are innumera ...of that shining sky is full of spiritual planets, which are called Vaikuṇṭhas, chief of which is Goloka Vṛndāvana.</p> ...
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  • ...here will be no danger even on the safest road. The sense enjoyment spirit has been current a very long, long time, owing to material association. Therefo ...d exactly according to the orders of the Vedic injunctions. Pṛthu Mahārāja has already explained that the chief duty of the government is to see that ever ...
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  • <div class="heading">One has to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of religious principles in o ...e friend or relative, one should not deviate from his prescribed duty. One has to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of religious principles in o ...
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  • ...derstand his intimate relationship with God, or Viṣṇu. Every living entity has an intimate relationship with God. One should therefore glorify the Lord in ...ody like that of Nārāyaṇa. Therefore in two or three places the Bhāgavatam has confirmed that Aghāsura attained sārūpya-mukti. One may then argue, How ...
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  • ...ffer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has no material senses but through whose direction and will all the material se ...
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  • <div class="heading">“Kṛṣṇa has unlimited potencies, out of which three are chief—willpower, the power of ...">'''[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.252|CC Madhya 20.252, Translation]]: “Kṛṣṇa has unlimited potencies, out of which three are chief—willpower, the power of ...
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  • ...a. So Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's struggle for this movement has come out successful.</div> ...
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  • <p>"Since my mind has been engaged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and I ha ...nya Mahāprabhu, the great preacher of the principles of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, has stressed the importance of association with sādhus, pure devotees of the L ...
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  • ...of Godhead, liberation from this material world is guaranteed, even if he has previously been addicted to sinful habits."</p> ...ne;">Nevertheless, until by firmly practicing devotional service to Me one has completely eliminated from his mind all contamination of material passion, ...
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  • ...d by the Lord, he may fall down from his spiritual position; therefore one has to pray constantly to the Lord for protection and the blessing to carry out ...;">The Supreme Personality of Godhead is undoubtedly equal to everyone. He has no friend and no enemy, but as one desires benefits from the Lord, the Lord ...
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  • ...ly a little sincere in the matter of spreading this movement, Lord Krishna has already guaranteed our success. It is good that there is a large population ...
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  • ...ting the saṅkīrtana movement with His associates. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu has already sanctified the entire universe by His presence five hundred years a ...><p style="display: inline;">“In this Age of Kali, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has descended to preach the religion of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore th ...
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  • ...c succession, and by virtue of these famous verses Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has become known as the highest of devotees.</p> <div class="heading">Even a Vaiṣṇava has to face some difficulty while preaching devotional service; even Nārada. ...
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  • ...or spiritual master. That is not Caitanya philosophy. Caitanya philosophy has nothing to do with this body, external body. Caitanya philosophy is concern ...
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  • ...ferent phases, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. If someone not only has this knowledge but is able to clear all doubts if questioned about the Abso ...otprints of the previous Acaryas authorized in the matter. The whole thing has been disturbed in the set of Sanatana Dharma only by violating this princip ...
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  • ...ishing work Mr. Chatterjee used to invite me to speak at his house, and he has very highly spoken of my Srimad-Bhagavatam English commentaries. Your appreciation of my adventure at this part of my life has encouraged me, and I think that by the prayers of good souls like you I may ...
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  • ...by executing these nine processes, beginning with hearing and chanting, he has attained the fifth platform of success and the limit of life’s goals.'''< ...
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  • ...thereby getting his sincere blessings. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has sung in his famous eight stanzas on the spiritual master as follows: "I off ...ritualistic performances, if one cannot satisfy the spiritual master, one has no access to spiritual perfection.</p> ...
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  • ...omes self-illuminated by the grace of the Lord, and therefore he no longer has any obligations to the Vedic injunctions. Such a Kṛṣṇa conscious pers ...
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  • ...dependent. I am eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa." That is self-realization. That has been taught by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic life.</div> ...of a prostitute, he loses all independence. Similarly, if a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic life. Frustrated by ma ...
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  • ...d Caitanya, therefore, has given the greatest boon: in this age one simply has to chant the holy name of God to attain perfection in spiritual life.</div> <div class="heading">One who has properly worshiped Him and then chooses the benediction of mundane sense gr ...
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  • ...ence is realized, scientific knowledge of the Supreme Lord is lacking. One has to surpass the brahminical stage and reach the vasudeva stage to understand ...d Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the supreme authority of all religious principles, the Vedas, has personally pointed out these differences, and He is about to explain the re ...
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  • ...'' The artificial means of the yogic processes to make the senses inactive has proved to be abject failure, even in the case of great yogīs like Viśvām ...Chapter, verses 12 and 13, Śrīla Kapiladeva, while instructing His mother, has given the following characteristics of pure devotional service: "My dear mo ...
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  • ...ra, he may be whatever. That is past. That is his past life. Now, when one has become kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, really Kṛṣṇa conscious, he comes to ...arth. So therefore our direct perception with the experience of these eyes has no value. Similarly all the senses, either eyes or nose, by smelling, by to ...
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  • ...the transcendental position of love of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta hoilo sei, balarāma hoilo nitāi. ...
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  • ...advanced he should not accept the renounced order of life. But even if one has accepted the renounced order of life without sufficient knowledge, he shoul ...ecause the Personality of Godhead wants him to act in a particular way. He has no personal motive. When Lord Caitanya preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness, ...
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  • ...ace, bhagavān. And aghavān means lowest place. So here it is said that one has to become aghavān to the stage of bhagavān. This is Kṛṣṇa consci Nowadays it has become a fashion to become bhagavān. So bhagavān is not so cheap. Ever ...
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  • ...ey are the perfect example of noble life. They are like a noble person who has sacrificed everything possible—his body, mind, activities, intelligence a ...ext"><p style="display: inline;">So far as the Deities are concerned, this has been discussed many times, so just do it nicely using your best judgment to ...
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  • ...ns we are in the blazing fire of this material world. Blazing fire. It is, has been... Blazing fire... Bhava-mahā-dāvāgni. Mahā-dāvāgni. Dāvāgni m ...ssess anything or to renounce anything or to show some magic power. No. He has nothing to do all these things. Kṛṣṇa-bhakta does not want that "I sh ...
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  • ...the name and style of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has already been started, then by the grace of the Almighty Lord there can be a ...ot give up his service at the lotus feet of the Lord. Although Lord Brahmā has a long life-span (4,320,000,000 years constitute twelve hours in a day of B ...
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  • ...the Lord cannot be appreciated by the blunt material senses; therefore one has to engage himself in devotional service so that the senses may be purified ...
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  • ...ck to Godhead, for life in complete bliss and eternity. Therefore the mind has to be manipulated by good and unalloyed intelligence. Perfect intelligence ...rforms saṅkīrtana to please the Lord is very, very glorious. Such a person has perfect intelligence, whereas others are in the ignorance of material exist ...
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  • ...[[Vanisource:SB 3.27.22|SB 3.27.22, Translation]]: This devotional service has to be performed strongly in perfect knowledge and with transcendental visio ...in his prayers, has described the transcendental qualities of the Lord and has also described how the various abodes of the demigods and demons, regardles ...
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  • ...he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a conception of bodily existence, is always bewildered by the modes of ...servant of God. Because you cannot escape by not being a servant. Everyone has to become a servant, this side or that side.</div> ...
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  • ...he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a conception of bodily existence, is always bewildered by the modes of ...
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  • ...nd thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict ...nd thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the all-per ...e total society. Hearing is solidified by the process of chanting. One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the all-per ...
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  • ...ttle fraction of the Lord's mercy. Bhagavatam says, "My Dear Lord, one who has a little bit of mercy of the rays of Your lotus feet can understand You a l ...
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  • <div class="heading">For the perfect yogī who has attained success in the method of leaving his body in perfect consciousness ...r and so on is the overcoating of the soul. As such, any advanced soul who has realized himself by the yogic process, who knows the relationship between m ...
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  • ...d the Absolute Truth simply by mental speculation or logical argument. One has to follow the authorities. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Cc. Madhya ...approach a perfect person, guru. The child is not perfect, but because he has heard from the perfect authority, what he is speaking, although he is child ...
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  • ...t because he partially possesses all the qualities of the Lord. Anyone who has some independence may sometimes misuse it due to ignorance. When the living ...
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  • [[:Vanipedia:Category:Prabhupada 0127 - in all Languages|''' This page has been translated in many languages.''']] ...
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  • ...ctional stage of life by worshiping the Supreme Lord, from whom everything has emanated, through his occupational duty.</p> ...feet. In other countries, especially in the Occident, tremendous progress has been a made in the various fields of material science—but it is all based ...
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  • <div class="heading">Similarly, violence also has its utility, and how to apply violence rests with the person in knowledge. ...h so that in his next life he will not have to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore, the king's punishment of hanging a murderer is actual ...
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  • ...sed to keep aloof from the objects of the senses. But aside from that, one has to strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engag ...ld of a king are not one and the same. An orphan is really poor because he has no one to take care of him, but a beloved son of a rich man, although he ap ...
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  • ...nto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the end of the Ninth Chapter He has said, man-manāḥ: "Just always think of Me." The same instruction is repe ...h pure devotees of the Lord, Devarṣi Nārada is the chief, and therefore he has been described herein as the greatest of all philosopher devotees.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">A sādhu has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his charac ...are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his charac ...
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  • ...he Lord. One should not mistakenly think that a bona fide spiritual master has to be born in a so-called brāhmaṇa family. The idea is that a spiritual ...
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  • ...ssible to be made either by life, wealth, intelligence or words. Every one has got some of the above assets of the above four principles if not at least o ...m. "The absolute is sentient Thou hast proved all impersonal calamity Thou has moved." These lines were presented by me to my spiritual master and He was ...
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  • <div class="heading">A perfect devotee has no desire other than to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead ...karma-yogī or haṭha-yogī has his own selfish interests, a perfect devotee has no desire other than to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefor ...
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  • ...1973]]:''' " So... We are all fools like that. Arjuna is not fool. Arjuna has been been described as Guḍākeśa. How he can be fool? But he is playing ...are doing. Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are preaching what Kṛṣṇa has said, that's all. Not that we have manufactured something new. No. That is ...
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  • ...ll the respect ordinarily paid to God because he has knowledge of God. One has to learn the distinction between God and the living entity. Lord Śrī Kṛ <div class="heading">One has to realize the constitutional position of the living entity, his relationsh ...
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  • {{terms|"The cosmic manifestation has been made possible because of the entrance of the Supreme Personality of Go The cosmic manifestation has been made possible because of the entrance of the Supreme Personality of Go ...
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  • ...n for the Supreme Lord and is directed by the spiritual master, in whom he has similar unflinching faith, can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead by re ...
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  • ...[[Vanisource:SB 2.7.24|SB 2.7.24, Purport]]:''' The Personality of Godhead has every sentiment of a sentient being, like all other living beings, because ...opular vote, He constructed a wonderful bridge over the ocean. Nowadays it has become fashionable to create some artificial God who performs no uncommon a ...
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  • ...d sacrifices as recommended in revealed scriptures. And, similarly, if one has not understood that the purpose of the Vedas is to reach Kṛṣṇa and si ...nline;">By development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness one can know that everything has its use in the service of the Lord. Those who are without knowledge of Kṛ ...
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  • ...([[Vanisource:BG 9.30 (1972)|BG 9.30]])? Unwillingly, by his practice, he has committed. That is excused. Not that "Because I have become a Vaiṣṇava, ...
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  • ...of view, it is not so. From spiritual point of view, it is not so. So one has to see. Simply by external features, that one is working and one is not wor ...
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  • ...may be, however pious he may be, so-called. If he does not know Kṛṣṇa, it has no meaning. Therefore, the first condition was that we are interested to he ...The aim, he has nothing to say except sense gratification, that's all. He has no more aim. He may think that "I have got a big family, I have to maintain ...
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  • ...ducation or intellectual gymnastics. One can know the Supreme Truth if one has unflinching faith in the bona fide spiritual master as well as in the Lord. ...gavad-gītā, the greatest scholar and so-called philosopher in modern India has protested that it is "not to Kṛṣṇa" that we have to surrender. ...
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  • ..., but everything is actually under the control of the Lord. No one but Him has any independence. The puruṣa (the enjoyer) and prakṛti (the enjoyed) ar ...that the child was speaking Māyāvāda philosophy, mother Śacī replied, "Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that justifies eating dirt?"</p> ...
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  • <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark ...point. In the history of human society, no one, at any time or any place, has been liberated because of too much affection and attachment for his family. ...
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  • ...has to become detached from matter, and in the devotional yoga process one has to attach himself to the work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Factually, both ...e. Either by devotional service directly or by philosophical research, one has to find the same destination, which is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.< ...
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  • ...d Rāma as the Supreme he thinks of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as impersonal because he has no idea of service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus his only business is punaḥ punaś ...wing statement by an impersonalist who had just seen Kṛṣṇa: "When a person has passed completely from all contamination of material existence, he relishes ...
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  • ...make him happy. Instead of satisfying his own personal material senses, he has to satisfy the senses of the Lord.</p> ...ṛṣṇa conscious person is always dovetailed with the supreme desire, for he has no desire for personal sense gratification.</p> ...
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  • ...sees everything on an equal level because he knows perfectly well that he has nothing to do with material existence. Social and political issues do not a ...powers of His personal Self. Everything is related to Him, and everything has its identity in Him. It is stated herein that the name of Kṛṣṇa is fe ...
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  • <div class="heading">Of course everyone has a particular relationship with the Lord, and that relationship is evoked by ...ving being, out of the many, many billions and trillions of living beings, has a particular relationship with the Lord eternally. That is called svarūpa. ...
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  • ...h the little independence of the living entity. In Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord has explained in all respects how one can elevate his living condition. The bes ...ct of matter but is in fact spirit. And as soon as one understands that he has nothing to do with matter, he at once ceases his material hankerings and be ...
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  • <div class="heading">He is actually learned who has attained to such perfection of knowledge. ...servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is actually learned who has attained to such perfection of knowledge. Development of this knowledge of ...
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  • ...lass="heading">Man without information of the actual spiritual form of sex has accepted perverted material sex life as the all in all.</div> ...Consequently, man without information of the actual spiritual form of sex has accepted perverted material sex life as the all in all. There is a distinct ...
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  • ...inds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordance with religious p ...inds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordance with religious p ...
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  • ...rce:BG (1972) Introduction|BG Introduction]]:''' "Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the part ...he spiritual world." To counteract the distress of this material body, one has to take on another distressed condition. Both situations are only illusion. ...
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  • ...sophy, but law will not allow you. Ignorance is no excuse. (long pause) It has become a philosophy now to become like animals.</div> ...
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  • ...leader of the living entities, showed this by his personal example. Brahmā has a fabulous duration of life, but he was obliged to give up his body due to ...ink of abominable sex life is sinful, and to compensate for such acts, one has to give up his body. In other words, one's duration of life, blessings, opu ...
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  • ..."|"Absolute Truth is the supreme personality"|"Absolute Truth, Lord Krsna, has both form and personality"|"Bhagavan feature of the Absolute Truth"|"person ...an realize only the Brahman feature of the Absolute Truth. The student who has advanced still further can know the sun disc, which is compared to knowledg ...
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