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  • ...s in the midst of the ocean. In the midst of the ocean, volcanic eruptions can do very little harm, and similarly, those who are against devotional servic ...āti: ([[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 ...
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  • ...eavals and disturbances. He does not attempt anything for his own sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not att ...rs of water like the rivers. A powerful pure devotee of the Lord, however, can deliver not only his personal self but also many others in his association. ...
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  • ...f the material sky. In the higher planets of the material world, the yogīs can enjoy more comfortable and more pleasant lives for hundreds of thousands of ...question of transferring your present property to the society's name. You can go on saving taxes as you are now doing, and similarly there is no question ...
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  • ...wledge of the Paramātmā feature of the Absolute Truth. And the student who can enter into the heart of the sun planet is compared to those who realize the ...nscendental to all material conceptions of darkness. Only he who knows Him can transcend the bonds of birth and death. There is no way for liberation othe ...
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  • ...wers of the material energy. Such control of the material energy, however, can be most successfully carried out if one is a soul surrendered unto the Supr <div class="heading">It appears that the soul can exist even through the bones, as shown by the personal example of Hiraṇya ...
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  • Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They can say though that the material nature is mother and father in this way, that ...
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  • <div class="heading">By other processes the conditioned soul can reach anywhere, but even if he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain ...is binding upon him like the shackles of a prisoner. By other processes he can reach anywhere, but even if he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain ...
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  • <div class="heading">One should beget a child who can perform the duties of Viṣṇu, otherwise there is no need to produce chil ...en born of good fathers: one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that he can be delivered from the clutches of māyā in that very life, and the other i ...
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  • ...e way of religion. The way of religion is made by the Supreme Lord. No one can manufacture a new path of religion, as is the fashion for certain ambitious ...
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  • ...ing or enjoying the results of our activities from time immemorial, but we can change the results of our karma, or our activity, and this change depends o ...ing or enjoying the results of our activities from time immemorial, but we can change the results of our karma, or our activity, and this change depends o ...
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  • ...e temporarily engaged in different activities, but all of these activities can be purified when we give up all these temporary activities and take up the ...From any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional servic ...
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  • ...ernally. That is called svarūpa. By the process of devotional service, one can revive that svarūpa, and that stage is called svarūpa-siddhi—perfection ...iddhi) constitute very little of his godly opulence. A devotee like Nārada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is tryi ...
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  • ...iving entities, keep friendship only with devotees of the Lord; they alone can very easily achieve the perfection of going back home, back to Godhead.</p> ...isplay: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Devotees can show mystic yoga so powerful that a demon could not even dream of it, but t ...
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  • ...pervasive by His diverse material and spiritual energies. The Supreme Lord can be preliminarily perceived by His different energies, and in this way He is ...ading">Due to the dazzling sunshine, we cannot see any stars. At night, we can see millions of stars, there are. Similarly, that is the impersonalism and ...
    37 KB (5,747 words) - 06:36, 27 June 2022
  • ...attempts to control the senses by the so-called practice of yogic postures can never help a man toward spiritual life. He must be trained in Kṛṣṇa c ...philosophical speculation. Therefore it is clearly stated here that no one can see Him or enter into understanding of these matters.</p> ...
    112 KB (16,749 words) - 01:30, 19 May 2018
  • ...tachment from matter and attachment to Kṛṣṇa are one and the same. One who can see this sees things as they are.</p> ...the supreme cause of creation, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can be understood only by bhakti-yoga. He cannot be understood by speculative p ...
    50 KB (7,704 words) - 10:03, 7 March 2022
  • ...k, feel and will cannot be separated from Kṛṣṇa. But the stage in which he can understand his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa is called Kṛṣṇa <div class="heading">Who can produce such literature as Vyāsadeva has given? From any angle of vision, ...
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  • <div class="heading">The pure devotees of the Lord can equally relish the nectar in the form of the profound philosophical discour ...f the Lord's rāsa dance and music. The pure devotees of the Lord, however, can equally relish the nectar in the form of the profound philosophical discour ...
    50 KB (7,743 words) - 16:58, 17 January 2022
  • ...who is full in Himself take pleasure in the association of many women? How can He take wives and, just like a householder, take pleasure in the associatio ...
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  • ...ad, April 20, 1974]]:''' When you come to the spiritual platform, then you can understand that "This dog is also a spirit soul; this learned brāhmaṇa i ...therwise we have no interest. This should be the principle of devotees. We can take part in everything—politics, sociology or philanthropism, altruism, ...
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  • ...lar. These are the results of pious work. Janmaiśvarya-śruta, and śrī. You can become very beautiful by pious work. These are the results of pious work. ...
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  • ...to Kṛṣṇa to please forgive him for all his sinful activities. So then this can be taken as prayers too.</p> ...? Tomorrow, early in the morning, at four, we are going to Bombay. But you can hold this meeting and discuss this Bhāgavatam, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...
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  • ...water to the leaves and branches, so by acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness one can render the highest service to everyone—namely self, family, society, coun ...
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  • ...mundane origin, how could it disturb the whole ocean and its inhabitants? Can any mundane red-hot eye generate heat in the great ocean? These are factors ...he Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Rāmacandra is omnipotence. The Lord can act without regard to material impediments or inconveniences, but to prove ...
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  • ...here to indicate that no other process can be used, can be recommended, or can be successful in understanding Kṛṣṇa.</div> ...
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  • ...s “food.” After this one lives in the consciousness of being alive. If one can continue his life without being attacked or destroyed, one thinks himself h ...
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  • <div class="heading">Real knowledge can be obtained from a person who is in perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness ...ke shelter of the perfect, bona fide Kṛṣṇa conscious spiritual master. One can know God and one's relationship with God only when one actually meets a rep ...
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  • ...nowledge is perfect. Just like we are speculating, "Who is my father?" You can speculate who is your father, but that speculation will not help you. You w ...umber of 16 rounds daily on the beads. Without these two principles no one can make advancement on the path of regulated bhakti. Teach them the science of ...
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  • ...was His perfect devotee and friend. Therefore, the instruction of the Lord can be understood by the devotees only and no one else. ...was His perfect devotee and friend. Therefore, the instruction of the Lord can be understood by the devotees only and no one else.</p> ...
    110 KB (17,643 words) - 05:43, 23 April 2019
  • ...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. Srimad-Bhagavatam gives all informa ...imilarly, if you allow free passage for some of my American disciples they can come to India and take training from me at Vrindaban. The idea is that in t ...
    20 KB (3,305 words) - 04:58, 5 June 2022
  • ...ains that even the nondevotees hovering under the spell of material energy can be delivered from such clutches if they hear the narration of the Śrīmad- ...
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  • ...qualified brāhmaṇa and at the same time has all the symptoms of a devotee can become a spiritual master for all classes of men. Such a devotee and spirit ...
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  • ...the foolish cannot imagine how Kṛṣṇa, who appears just like a human being, can control the infinite and the finite, those who are pure devotees accept thi <div class="heading">By studying Bhagavad-gītā, one can become a soul completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord</div> ...
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  • ...reach the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Only after maturing in devotion can he sit down in a solitary place to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra ...evotee, even though he cannot support his position with śāstric reference, can gradually become a first-class devotee by studying the śāstras and associ ...
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  • ...ducational culture"|"even an inexperienced boy with no educational culture can be saved"}} <div class="heading">Even an inexperienced boy with no educational culture can be saved from the ocean of nescience.</div> ...
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  • ..." class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord is one, but He can appear in everyone's heart by His inconceivable potency. Thus although the ...at is not possible. Sac-cid-ānanda vigrahaḥ is Kṛṣṇa only (Bs. 5.1). So we can also become like Kṛṣṇa along with Kṛṣṇa. Not outside.</p> ...
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  • {{terms|"human being can"|"human beings can"}} ..."purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The lowest amongst human beings can be delivered by this submissive hearing process only, but unfortunately the ...
    109 KB (16,842 words) - 07:07, 17 May 2018
  • ...l master, representative of Kṛṣṇa, it is also not very difficult. Everyone can become representative of Kṛṣṇa. How? If you simply carry the message ...he bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa. Then our life is successful. Then we can understand Kṛṣṇa in truth. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam ([[Vaniso ...
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  • ...grace of God, we have complete freedom. Because the Lord is kind to us, we can live anywhere—either in the spiritual sky or in the material sky, upon wh ...law. That is... A tiger is made by nature's law in that way; therefore he can do that. You cannot do it. Your nature is different. You have got discrimin ...
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  • ...They are exacting taxes. That is their means of livelihood. The government can levy tax for expenditure. You cannot levy tax. So there are living means of ...
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  • <div class="heading">Besides Your Lordship, I do not see anyone who can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to ...Yourself to Your devotees. Besides Your Lordship, I do not see anyone who can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to ...
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  • ...cs of the Lord, and the devotee of the Lord must speak loudly so that they can hear. The frogs loudly croak, with the result that they invite the snakes t ...urce and follow the principles for practical application in life; thus one can attain the highest perfection of life—liberation—and go back home, back ...
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  • <div class="heading">The Lord has unlimited potencies, and thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to ...nce by the will of the Lord. The Lord has unlimited potencies, and thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to ...
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  • ...Perfect knowledge is acquired from the ācāryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the paramparā system</div ...Perfect knowledge is acquired from the acaryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the parampara system. Prth ...
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  • ...an or woman within this world, within this universe, who is not a servant? Can anyone of you say that you are not servant? Is there anyone? Everyone is se ...
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  • ...e shall act. Kindly award us Your perfect knowledge and potency so that we can render You service in the different departments of subsequent creation.'''< ...e, one can raise himself to the position of perfect knowledge, and thus he can renounce all sinful activities.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">The soul is atomic in size and can be perceived by perfect intelligence.</div> ...nsciousness, and that is the proof of the presence of the soul. Any layman can understand that the material body minus consciousness is a dead body, and t ...
    12 KB (1,939 words) - 10:43, 6 February 2022
  • ...e himself in devotional service so that the senses may be purified and one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here, however, it is indicated that ...
    5 KB (775 words) - 11:12, 29 September 2020
  • ...ess has already been started, then by the grace of the Almighty Lord there can be a thorough change of heart in human beings all over the world because th ...the perfection of the living entity. A brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra can perfect his occupational duties only by rendering service unto the Lord. A ...
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  • ...ical party to this... That is not. Because everyone is imperfect. How they can give you perfect happiness? It is not possible. ...ical party to this... That is not. Because everyone is imperfect. How they can give you perfect happiness? It is not possible. They are themselves andha. ...
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