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  • ...rmerly, although the blacks were born, they were treated like animals. But one of your president has given them the right. But there are so many defects. ...ture on SB 5.5.7 -- Vrndavana, October 29, 1976]]:''' Philanthropy is when one becomes interested in Kṛṣṇa's interest, that is real philanthropy. Ot ...
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  • ...from Saṅkarṣaṇa, and that Aniruddha, the ego, has come from Pradyumna. But one cannot say that the living entity (jīva) takes birth or is created, for su ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who joins with an ulterior purpose, to get material benefit or personal gra ...h us, will gradually also come to say that this movement is very good. But one who joins with an ulterior purpose, to get material benefit or personal gra ...
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  • ...dental senses. He can eat by seeing the food or by touching it. Nor should one think that it is necessary for Kṛṣṇa to eat. He does not become hungr “If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will ...
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  • ..., purified person in the society. If there is one brāhmaṇa in a family, or one society, the whole family, whole society becomes sanctified.</div> ...ha. And the vaiśyas, two āśramas: brahmacārī and gṛhastha. And śūdra, only one āśrama, only gṛhastha. A śūdra is never offered sannyāsa. A... Only ...
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  • <div class="heading">Amongst all of the planets in the spiritual sky there is one supreme planet called Goloka Vṛndāvana, which is the original planet in ...l inconveniences. Amongst all of the planets in the spiritual sky there is one supreme planet called Goloka Vṛndāvana, which is the original planet in ...
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  • ...Him in His spiritual sky. Here also in Śrī Īśopaniṣad it is verified that one achieves different results by different modes of worship. If we worship the ...ernment, central government, there is a planning commission. Perhaps every one of you know it, planning commission. From, for the last twenty years they a ...
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  • ...on a merry-go-round. The real happiness is in the kingdom of God, where no one has to undergo the pangs of material existence.</p> ...lanning for happiness in the material world can never be replaced, even if one spends millions of coins of gold. ...
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  • ...how to take all of suffering humanity back home, back to Godhead. Even if one is not successful in reclaiming all the fallen souls back to Godhead, still ...er the posts of their masters. It is learned from Caitanya literature that one big Zamindar, Subuddhi Rāya, kept a Mohammedan boy as a servant. Of course ...
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  • ...he same. The personalities may be different, but the aim of the mission is one and the same, namely, to deliver the fallen souls back home, back to Godhea ...tra and thus become fully pure, free from all material contamination. Once one becomes a pure Vaiṣṇava, he transcends all material conceptions of life ...
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  • ...of the man's desire. The laws of nature do not allow a second beyond what one is destined to enjoy.</p> ...is to reestablish his lost relationship with God. Under the circumstances, one should never be encouraged in making a plan for sense enjoyment in the name ...
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  • ...taught the philosophy of surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who has surrendered to the Supreme can make further progress by learning to ...unto the Supreme, the sambhūta. Real service to humanity is rendered when one teaches surrender to and worship of the Supreme Lord with full love and ene ...
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  • [[Category:Simultaneously One and Different|2]] ...are three, and therefore they are separate, but at the same time they are one. This is the philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference, which is ca ...
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  • ...ywhere, but due to being differently received, it appears to be different. One should not, therefore, accept the reflection of the moon on the water as ac ...were impersonalists or protagonists of the philosophy of monism, becoming one with the Lord. But as soon as they saw the Lord's features, their minds cha ...
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  • ...root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in materialistic knowledge. ...root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in materialistic knowledge. It is good, ...
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  • ...layed by the Lord in His rāsa-līlā. But without having the Vedic knowledge one can hardly understand the transcendental nature of the Lord's rāsa dance a ...ion, a fool considers himself the ruler and controller of everything. When one understands, however, that the real controller is the Supreme Personality o ...
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  • ...ing">Prahlāda Mahārāja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark well of family life and go to the forest to take sh ...erse also, he stresses the same point. In the history of human society, no one, at any time or any place, has been liberated because of too much affection ...
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  • <div class="heading">By Sāṅkhya philosophical research one comes to the conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of th ...ment. Detachment from matter and attachment to Kṛṣṇa are one and the same. One who can see this sees things as they are.</p> ...
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  • ...style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One should not, therefore, misunderstand that the sāṅkhya-yoga mentioned her ...f. The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and the other process i ...
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  • ...([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]) "Only by devotional service can one understand Me." Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has composed a nice verse in thi ..."My dear Vyāsadeva, you are great personality, but do you think as long as one is situated in the bodily plane or in the mental plane, does he derive any ...
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  • ...ding">Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak such things touching philosophical truths.</div> ...one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak such things touching philosophical truths. The Emperor, being ...
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  • <div class="heading">Philosophy means to seek after the right knowledge of one's own self, or the knowledge of self-realization. ...soners are always fearful as within a prison house. In the prison house no one can violate the jail rules and regulations, and violating the rules means a ...
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  • ...s not advisable to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa in a secluded place, where one may acquire only cheap adoration from the innocent public. Arjuna also thou ...sons also cannot understand the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Even if one is not greedy for material possessions but is too attached to family life, ...
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  • ...opt the service of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. If one is convinced of this philosophy of life, that is faith.</div> ...e in a condemned life of miseries. This material body continues as long as one is not detached from the false conception of lording it over material natur ...
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  • <div class="heading">Politics means planning for one's own happiness. That is politics. ...he Vaiṣṇava, therefore, will have no politics. Politics means planning for one's own happiness. That is politics. So in our society there should be no dip ...
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  • ...ause our mind is the factory of creating so many plans, so many plans. But one who has dovetailed himself, he has nothing to do for planmaking because eve ...new, new methods of engagement. Avidvāṁsaḥ. They do not know how to engage one brain and talent.</p> ...
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  • ...ting my mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna. This idea is not manufactured by me, but it is author ...ent boy, so if you along with all of the members combine to cooperate with one another in our mission of spreading Krishna Consciousness that will be very ...
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  • ...e of Lord Caitanya, said, kaivalyaṁ narakāyate: "The happiness of becoming one with the Supreme Lord, which is aspired for by the Māyāvādīs, is consid ...l form of the impersonal Absolute Truth for the time being, but as soon as one becomes liberated the worship stops. That is the theory put forward by the ...
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  • ...robi, October 29, 1975]]:''' So what is that siddhi? Siddhi, to understand one's constitutional position, "What I am." I am trying to lord if over the mat ...
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  • ...in the Ganges or Yamunā or to visit the temples situated in those places. One should also find representatives of Vidura who have no desire in life save ...process of liberation is very nicely explained in this verse. The cause of one's becoming conditioned by material nature is his thinking himself the enjoy ...
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  • ...ntelligence, which brings various conditions of happiness and distress. If one performs fruitive activities under such conditions, what will be the benefi ...man becomes the husband of a prostitute, he cannot be happy, and similarly one who follows the dictations of material intelligence and material consciousn ...
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  • ...bances. Lord 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 ...ife and go to the forest. Vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta [SB 7.5.5]. There one should seek shelter at the lotus feet of Hari.</div> ...
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  • ...cendence is realized, scientific knowledge of the Supreme Lord is lacking. One has to surpass the brahminical stage and reach the vasudeva stage to unders ...herefore, as by birth only one does not become a high-court judge, so also one does not become a brāhmaṇa simply by birthright but by acquiring the nec ...
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  • ...devotee, hear from him about self-realization and follow in his footsteps, one will be gradually elevated to the position of a pure devotee</div> ...lled philosophers, faithful hearing from an authoritative person will help one transcend this material existence and go back to Godhead, back to home.</di ...
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  • ...re talking like a learned man, but you do not know that one who is learned—one who knows what is body and what is soul—does not lament for any stage of ...śūdra, he may be whatever. That is past. That is his past life. Now, when one has become kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, really Kṛṣṇa conscious, he come ...
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  • <div class="heading">There are also discussions of the transcendental state one achieves after attaining the devotional platform, which is the exact positi ...f how to obtain it. There are also discussions of the transcendental state one achieves after attaining the devotional platform, which is the exact positi ...
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  • ...nishes and one can be fixed up in the devotional service of the Lord. When one is fixed up in the modes of goodness and devotional service of the Lord, he According to authorized Vedic Scriptures liberation means to be fixed up in one's original position. The original position is that each and every living en ...
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  • ...re on Uddhava because he was a spotlessly pure devotee. A jñāna-bhakta, or one whose devotion is mixed with the monistic viewpoint, is not a pure devotee. ...
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  • ...s unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master. Only by his satisfaction can one please the Personality of Godhead, and when he is dissatisfied there is onl ...ading">It is clearly stated that simply by satisfying the spiritual master one can achieve the supreme success in life. ...
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  • ...e can equal him in strength, power or wealth, he can act in any way and no one can stop him. If he has an enemy who might check the advancement of his sen ...e can equal him in strength, power or wealth, he can act in any way and no one can stop him. If he has an enemy who might check the advancement of his sen ...
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  • ...d, how to become happy, "why I am in this world." Just like you are taking one animal to the slaughterhouse, it will go. But a man will protest. So this i <p>Prabhupāda: No. The rascal says that I am trying in so many ways; one of them by chance becomes... But I am not working in so many ways. We had a ...
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  • ...there 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 lik ...knowledge about God. This is the only cause. This is the only cause. Every one of us is part and parcel of God, so our real hankering is God. Just like ch ...
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  • ...there, and I have encouraged them in that idea. My dream is that at least one dozen students shall remain in Vrindaban and trained up nicely, and sent fo ...ing your time on such world tour. Better you chant Hare Krishna sitting in one place, that is far better. What for you want to go on world tour—people e ...
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  • ...age himself in the service of the Lord his attempts are spoiled. Therefore one should gradually raise himself to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness ...age himself in the service of the Lord his attempts are spoiled. Therefore one should gradually raise himself to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness ...
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  • <div class="heading">Unless one is situated on the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he ...ion and to try to attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness under superior training. Thus one may be freed from the clutches of Kṛṣṇa's māyā.</p> ...
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  • ...p to the platform of knowledge, because by knowledge and devotion only can one liberate himself from the clutches of māyā (illusion). ...p to the platform of knowledge, because by knowledge and devotion only can one liberate himself from the clutches of māyā (illusion).</p> ...
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  • ...Him. That platform of love is the pure state of devotional service. Unless one is advanced to this pure state of devotional service, there is a tendency t ...God, or Viṣṇu. Every living entity has an intimate relationship with God. One should therefore glorify the Lord in the adoration of śānta-rasa or reviv ...
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  • ...akti-yoga, by elevating oneself to the highest platform of loving service, one can automatically be relieved from the bodily concept of life and see the S ...akti-yoga, by elevating oneself to the highest platform of loving service, one can automatically be relieved from the bodily concept of life and see the S ...
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  • ...give instructions to ordinary human beings. The point is that even though one plays the part of a spiritual master, he should not accept obeisances or pe ...ya-caritamrta. He composed -- he was a very learned scholar -- he composed one hundred verses about Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and handed it over. But in all th ...
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  • ...follow the Vaisnava principles, then he is not situated on a higher level. One must be able to clear all doubts and simultaneously be situated in the brah ...ciple of following the Acarya. So far the Bhagavad-gita is concerned every one, let him be a very great scholar in the mundane sense, must be in confirmed ...
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  • With knowledge one has to respect. That is called tapasya. With knowledge. Otherwise, to beco Dhīra and adhīra, there are two classes of men. One is sober, even there is cause of agitation, still he remains firm. He is ca ...
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  • ...iv style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draw ...the method of leaving his body in perfect consciousness, transferring from one planet to another is as easy as an ordinary man's walking to the grocery st ...
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  • ...ave a little 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 ...
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  • ...lso traveled in space. Actually, the perfect yogī can do that. But even if one can travel all over the universe and show wonderful feats like Kardama Muni ...ent in the behavior of the gopīs; therefore Lord Caitanya declared that no one can worship the Supreme Lord by any method which is better than the method ...
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  • ...s above, therefore He is not within this creation. We cannot take Kṛṣṇa as one of the created beings like us. We are all created beings. But Kṛṣṇa i ...s not want that "I shall show some magic and people will be attracted." If one is Kṛṣṇa-bhakta, he attracts thousands without any magic. The only ma ...
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  • ...wn as Pālapāḍā, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cākadaha railway station. The Ganges flows nearby. It is ...
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  • Self-realization means knowing one's constitutional position in relationship to the Supreme. The individual so ...
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  • ...want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. ...
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  • ...s the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga if one at all wants security in life.</div> ...: to think of the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Śiva therefore advises that one who is actually serious about purification must engage himself in this type ...
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  • ...such dictations of different temperaments, he is perpetually unhappy. When one actually feels this and turns his intelligence to inquiring about it from t ...fice of saṅkīrtana. According to the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, if one compares saṅkīrtana-yajña to other yajñas, he is a pāṣaṇḍī, an ...
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  • ...be performed strongly in perfect knowledge and with transcendental vision. One must be strongly renounced and must engage in austerity and perform mystic ...Vanisource:SB 4.24.43|SB 4.24.43, Purport]]:''' Without perfect knowledge, one cannot act perfectly. The real source of knowledge is the vācaḥ, or soun ...
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  • ...them have presented a philosophical path by themselves. Patañjali is also one of them, and all these six great ṛṣis have their own way of thinking, e ...stand the Absolute Truth simply by mental speculation or logical argument. One has to follow the authorities. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Cc. Ma ...
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  • ...the Deity? Although the personalist and the impersonalist will fight with one another perpetually, a perfect devotee in Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows t ...the instruction of the Lord can be understood by the devotees only and no one else. ...
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  • ...y Krsna Consciousness mission"|"cooperate with my mission"|"cooperate with one another in our mission"|"cooperate with the mission"|"cooperate with this a ...got some of the above assets of the above four principles if not at least one of them must we have and we can engage them in the service of the Lord. Sri ...
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  • ...ther to forget. Actually, His mercy is not exhibited in partiality towards one and enmity towards another. The living entity, as part and parcel of the Lo ...
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  • ...from the tattva-vit, not from the so-called scholars and politicians. No. One who knows the truth, you have to hear from him. And if you stick to that pr ...
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  • ...et liberation. The theory that there is no need of austerity in life, that one can go on speculating and everything will be nice, is recommended neither i ...satisfying Him. The purport is that human life is meant for understanding one's relationship with the Supreme Lord, and by acting in that way any human b ...
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  • ...vanced he comes to the knowledge of impersonal Brahman and Paramātmā. When one is fully purified, he realizes that his constitutional position is to be th ...n—ārta (one who is distressed), arthārthī (one in need of money), jijñāsu (one who is inquisitive) and jñānī (a person in knowledge)—try to understan ...
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  • ...eatures in the ocean of nescience. By the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu one can have real understanding of the essence of knowledge by avoiding these s ...
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  • ...strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by complete surrender unto the Supreme ...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 appears t ...
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  • ...all material lust. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is recommended that whether one is a pure devotee and is free from all material desires, or is full of mate <div class="heading">By studying Bhagavad-gītā, one can become a soul completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord</div> ...
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  • ...a vānaprastha and finally a sannyāsī to take advantage of the duration of one's life by engaging oneself fully in self-realization. Sannyāsa does not me "One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the follow ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who enlightens his disciple and saves him from rotting in the darkness of i ...Therefore everyone needs to be enlightened with transcendental knowledge. One who enlightens his disciple and saves him from rotting in the darkness of i ...
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  • ...upreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet. One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken. Śrī ...
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  • ...many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, or when one attains Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as e ...o the submissive aural receiver who is bona fide by service and surrender. One cannot challenge the authority of the Supreme and know Him also at the same ...
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  • ...ng">Perfect knowledge is acquired from the ācāryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the paramparā system< ...e." Perfect knowledge is acquired from the acaryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the parampara system. ...
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  • ...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 of the Vedas.</div> ...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 of the Vedas.</div> ...
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  • ...sun disc and the inner affairs of the sun planet cannot be separated from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the <p>From these verses one concludes that the Supreme Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of God ...
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  • ...es), but actually they are self-interested because their goal is to become one with the impersonal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material des ..., but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcendentally situated.</p> ...
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  • ...ction is to render immediate service to the Lord. By the spell of illusion one tries to be happy by serving his personal sense gratification in different ...ot satisfying their senses. The same is applicable in all other fields; no one is serious about the problems of life.</p> ...
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  • ...ally speaking, there is no conflict between personalism and impersonalism. One who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception ...initiation of Lord Brahmā, and the vision of transcendental love enabling one to see the Lord. The steps of devotional service are also explained. The mi ...
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  • <div class="heading">For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiri ...head by revelation. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by mental speculation. For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiri ...
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  • ...the forms of steadiness, firm faith, taste, realization and assimilation, one after another. These different stages of gradual development increase love ...mmary study of Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu entitled The Nectar of Devotion, and one may consult this book for more detailed information on the science of devot ...
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  • ...supported by the one eternal, and thus both the eternals are qualitatively one. Due to such oneness, both the eternals constitutionally have a complete ra One feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Rāmacandra is omnipoten ...
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  • ...sness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolut ...ly self, family, society, country, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied.</p> ...
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  • ...mind from unnecessary thoughts; that is called śama. One should not spend one's time pondering over earning money. That is a misuse of the thinking power ...
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  • ...any causes. One should be cautious, that's all. Therefore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We s ...any causes. One should be cautious, that's all. Therefore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We s ...
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  • ...ice. Service of the devotee is more valuable than the service of the Lord. One should therefore choose a bona fide servant of the Lord constantly engaged ...ord. Such devotees have no desire for material gain. They are conducted by one single desire: to go back to Godhead. This awaits them in due course on qui ...
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  • ...is worse than animal. You kill one animal for your eating purpose, that is one thing, but if you keep slaughterhouse for business, then you are more (indi ...
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  • ...heading">The conclusion is that one cannot be perpetually happy as long as one exists in this material world. The only remedy is to get out of this materi ...trouble. The conclusion is that one cannot be perpetually happy as long as one exists in this material world. The only remedy is to get out of this materi ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the ...ds of the total society. Hearing is solidified by the process of chanting. One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the ...
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  • ...gavad-gītā. By my mental speculation, by rascal interpretation, by showing one's scholarship, you cannot understand Bhagavad-gītā. That is not possible. <div class="heading">In order to know that science, one has to approach a perfect teacher.</div> ...
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  • ...xt"><p style="display: inline;">A strong faith that by Kṛṣṇa consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmi ...sness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolut ...
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  • ...gītā, “My supreme abode is a transcendental place from which, having gone, one never returns to this material world. Anyone who attains the supreme perfec ...ed prāṇa-maya, or consciousness of one’s existence. After this stage, when one is situated on the mental platform, his consciousness is called mano-maya. ...
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  • ...revive that svarūpa, and that stage is called svarūpa-siddhi—perfection of one's constitutional position.</p> <div class="heading">One has to undergo severe types of penance, otherwise no one can become an important figure in this material world. Why, then, are there ...
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  • ...ng">From any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional se ...So, from any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional se ...
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  • ...ves in the cycle of birth and death on higher and lower planetary systems. One should better take to the spiritual world to enjoy an eternal life full of <div class="heading">One should reach up to that platform of understanding the Supreme Personality o ...
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  • ...for the natural sequence within devotional service, and at that time, when one cries or dances or sings, it is approved. A person artificially showing sym ...
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  • ...ern civilization, sex life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. Therefore, sex life is not un ...eme Lord. Unless, therefore, one is beyond the boundary of this nescience, one cannot get free from the threefold miseries of material life. That is the l ...
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