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  • ...(the enjoyer) and prakṛti (the enjoyed) are under the control of the Lord, for it is by His supervision that everything works systematically. Not seeing t ...reme Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, associates, or paraphernalia, for they wrongly consider these transcendental subjects illusory. They act capr ...
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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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  • ...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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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...principle of sex life. In modern civilization, sex life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. ...r nescience. And out of such desire the living being makes different plans for material enjoyment centered about a perverted sex life.</div> ...
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  • ...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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  • ...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 ...
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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 ...
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  • {{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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  • ...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 ...
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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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  • ...arīkṣit admitted in the previous verse that the Lord is inconceivable even for the greatest learned scholars. ...arīkṣit admitted in the previous verse that the Lord is inconceivable even for the greatest learned scholars. Why then should he again request Śukadeva G ...
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  • ...t for the Englishmen or Americans," or "I am for the human being. I am not for the cows and goats. They should be sent to the slaughterhouse"—these thin ...ṣṇa consciousness. That is possible. So far your body is concerned... Take for example, just all of you, you were accustomed to the Western way of life, e ...
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  • ...refused to work, refused to fight, that "My dear Kṛṣṇa, it is not possible for me to fight with my relatives, brothers. I am not going to fight," but from ...amily. Just like in the family of a brāhmaṇa, in the family of a rich man. For pious work, one can get his janma. And aiśvarya. Aiśvarya means you can b ...
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  • ...any great devotees of Kṛṣṇa offered prayers to Kṛṣṇa to please forgive him for all his sinful activities. So then this can be taken as prayers too.</p> ...
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  • ...Sukham, pleasure or happiness, should always be in that which is favorable for the cultivation of the spiritual knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness</di ...unfavorable for the cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Anything favorable for the development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be accepted, and anythi ...
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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 ...xt"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedic rites and rituals are imperative for neophytes: comprehending all kinds of prayer three times a day, taking a ba ...
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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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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 ...
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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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  • ...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 ...
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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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  • {{terms|"cooperate fully for preaching the Mission"|"cooperate in this very important mission"|"cooperat <div class="heading">We invite you to cooperate with the mission for collective welfare and help in the matter of wider circulation of the spiri ...
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  • {{terms|"a very dear scripture for all the devotees"}} [[Category:Srimad-Bhagvatam is Certainly a Very Dear Scripture for All Devotees of God]] ...
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  • ...han to worship various demigods under the influence of lust and the desire for material enjoyment. The devotee is therefore always engaged in the loving d ...same time has all the symptoms of a devotee can become a spiritual master for all classes of men. Such a devotee and spiritual master must be respected a ...
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  • ...ty per cent of it should be invested in printing books, and fifty per cent for expenditures, especially in establishing centers all over the world.</div> ...tion. Sannyāsa does not mean begging from door to door to accumulate money for sense gratification. However, because in Kali-yuga people are more or less ...
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  • ...ce:BG 1.15 (1972)|BG 1.15, Purport]]:''' The impersonalists cannot account for the senses of the living entities, and therefore they are always anxious to ...trol the infinite and the finite, those who are pure devotees accept this, for they know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore ...
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  • ...e devotee foolishly thinks of accumulating some material power in exchange for devotional service. Such foolish devotees are sometimes put into difficulty ...usness, he falls down, being attracted by Cupid, and takes to another wife for sex enjoyment. The fall of the neophyte devotee from the path of Kṛṣṇ ...
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  • ...the ultimate goal of life. Let us all worship Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His gracious mercy to the conditioned souls.</div> ...
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  • ...be condemned to death 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 ...akṣa in his bereavement because the time of bereavement is a suitable time for appreciating bhakti-yoga. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (7.16), four kinds o ...
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  • ...trol the infinite and the finite, those who are pure devotees accept this, for they know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore ...and tongue. That is tapasya. The entire varṇāśrama-dharma society is meant for tapasya. Without tapasya, or austerity, no human being can get liberation. ...
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  • ...thought, "Let me try in this old age"|0126|I will never die, I shall live for my books, and you will utilize|0128}} ...41]]). If you stick to the order of spiritual master, then, without caring for your own convenience or inconvenience, then you become perfect.</p> ...
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  • ...do not care for the path of realization get full facilities from the Lord for executing their proclivities to the fullest extent, and Brahmā helps in th ...
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  • ...to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Lord says that for anyone who is unflinchingly devoted to Him, He is easy to attain.</p> ...her, Hiraṇyakaśipu, chastised him severely when he was only five years old for his becoming an unalloyed devotee of the Lord. He was the first son of Hira ...
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  • ...re these atheist fools, they want to deny next life. That is very horrible for them. That is very horrible to them. If they accept next life... They know <div class="heading">For perfect knowledge, we have to take it from the perfect authority, not by ou ...
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  • ...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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  • ...d philosophers should become familiar with the Supreme Lord's perfect plan for universal maintenance.</div> ...d philosophers should become familiar with the Supreme Lord's perfect plan for universal maintenance.</div> ...
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  • ...Perfect knowledge is that the Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa, is the supreme shelter for all living entities, and giving up such shelter, the living entities are de ...
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  • ...different occupational engagements, including those of religion, are meant for material gain.</div> ...elf, and for bodily interest, he commits so many sinful activities, simply for satisfaction of the senses. But if he's cultured, if he's given proper know ...
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  • ...e transcendental loving service of the Lord. Instead of serving materially for the abovementioned different humors of the body, the living entity's intell ...m intelligence so that he can forget Kṛṣṇa for good. Not for good—at least for some time.</div> ...
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  • {{terms|"perfect institution for humanity"}} ...brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra and which is the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga if one at all wants security in ...
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  • ...tanding Bhagavad-gītā. The sincere student should also have a firm respect for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a student was Arjuna.</p> ...ccept the supremacy of the Lord and agree to render loving service to Him. For this they have been created. Without this, there cannot be any peace or tra ...
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  • ...ato]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Hayagrīva: Now for Plato, perfect happiness is in attempting to become godlike.</p> ...s, you surrender unto Me, I will make you happy.' " Then he becomes happy. For this message, God comes. Because this rascal will not do according to the d ...
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  • ...es not follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he cannot benefit the citizens. Mahārāja Pṛthu is the perfect example o ...sake of worshiping Kṛṣṇa. Thus Pṛthu Mahārāja serves as a perfect example for yogīs also. Whatever he did, he did to please the Supreme Personality of G ...
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  • ...B 1.7.26 -- Vrndavana, September 2, 1976]]:''' Therefore Arjuna knows, but for our education he's asking Kṛṣṇa that "Wherefrom this high temperature ...ng means: paṭhana pāṭhana yajana yājana dāna pratigraha. Brāhmaṇa is meant for teaching others and become himself a learned scholar. That is brāhmaṇa b ...
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