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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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  • ...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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  • ...a dog, or a pig, or a tree." So there are 8,400,000 varieties of body. He has to manage all these. How He is managing? Is He managing personally? No. He ...
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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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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">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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...s described by Lord Kapila in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, but even that Sāṅkhya has nothing to do with the current topics.</p> ...on. It may be possible, but without a tinge of bhakti one cannot see; that has already been explained. Still, beyond that universal form, the form of Kṛ ...
    112 KB (16,749 words) - 01:30, 19 May 2018
  • ...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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  • <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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  • ..., 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> ...
    50 KB (7,743 words) - 16:58, 17 January 2022
  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...([[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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  • ...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: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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  • ...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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  • {{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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  • ...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 ...
    61 KB (9,926 words) - 00:43, 19 May 2018
  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • [[:Vanipedia:Category:Prabhupada 0127 - in all Languages|''' This page has been translated in many languages.''']] ...
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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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...[[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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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 ...
    52 KB (8,477 words) - 09:17, 21 March 2022
  • ...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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