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  • ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...
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  • ...ly utilized in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. When this is not done, one's situation is called māyā. Therefore the illusion of māyā is ...r than the grass on the street and more tolerant than the tree. One should not be proud or falsely puffed up. In this way one will surely advance in spiri ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...Lord becomes the devotee of His devotees. If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...
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  • ...gods and not the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. When we mention the name Kṛṣṇa, we do not refer to any sectarian name. Kṛṣṇa means the highest pleasure, and it ...rport]]:''' Conditioned souls seek after perpetual happiness in all places—not only on this earth but also on other planets throughout the universe—beca ...
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  • ...ng">There are two kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordan ...s liberated, one's sva-dharma -- specific duty -- becomes spiritual and is not in the material bodily concept. In the bodily conception of life there are ...
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  • ...he Absolute Truth, and thus the Absolute Truth cannot be impersonal. It is not possible to be impersonal and contain pure sex life. Consequently, the impe ...rever we turn our face we see sex life prominent. Consequently sex life is not unreal; its true reality is experienced in the spiritual world. Material se ...
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  • ...r, exhibiting such ecstatic symptoms just to get credit from the public is not approved by pure devotees. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda ...
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  • ...of our knowledge. We are engaged in various activities. Undoubtedly we do not know what sort of activities we should adopt to gain relief from the action <div class="heading">He who has not attained perfection of knowledge, as indicated in the Vedānta-sūtra, bec ...
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  • ...g">Perfection of human life is attained when one can understand that he is not the product of matter but is in fact spirit. And as soon as one understands ...
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  • {{notes|Reference not found for:SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...e perfection of devotional service. But in the present status of our life, not only have we forgotten the Supreme Lord, but we have forgotten our eternal ...
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  • ...n the eternal abode, reaches the highest perfection of human life and does not have to come back to the miserable material world.” ...methods as hearing and chanting and executing Your orders. If a person is not engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service, it is useless ...
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  • ...sublime. When one is engaged in the duties of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need not act in relationship to the material world with obligations to family tradit ...s material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to a ...
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  • ...d from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the same category.</p> ...ervasive aspect of the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. The Paramātmā manifestation is not eternal in the spiritual world. Therefore the factual Absolute Truth is the ...
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  • <div class="heading">Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are.</div> ....16, Purport]]:''' Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are. But in this verse ...
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  • ...l, however moral he may be, however pious he may be, so-called. If he does not know Kṛṣṇa, it has no meaning. Therefore, the first condition was tha ...pism, nationalism, communism, this "ism" and that "ism." These "isms" will not help us unless you come to the platform of Kṛṣṇa-ism, that "Everythin ...
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  • ...ne has to see. Simply by external features, that one is working and one is not working, that we cannot... What is the standard of work? Under what conscio ...animal family, lower class birth, or become a fool, illiterate, and become not very good looking. So many things. These are the reactions of pious and vic ...
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  • ...within our consciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish. ...within our consciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish.</p> ...
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  • ...strain the 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 thin ...
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  • ...crifices as recommended in revealed scriptures. And, similarly, if one has not understood that the purpose of the Vedas is to reach Kṛṣṇa and simply ...knows how to use everything in the service of the Lord; therefore he does not become a victim of material consciousness. ...
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  • ...e sentiments are all on the absolute plane. Such sentiments are definitely not absent in the Absolute, as the impersonalists think, making their mundane e ...waited the arrival of Samudra, the ocean personified, but when Samudra did not come, the Lord, the master of Samudra, became angry. Then Samudra came to t ...
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  • ...ly rising in exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī C ...ly rising in exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī C ...
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  • <div class="heading">For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, ...ation. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by mental speculation. For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, ...
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  • ...tion of the greatness of the Lord is called śānta-rati. This is attachment not to the personal feature but to the impersonal feature. Generally, one in th <div class="heading">The Lord's equal disposition is not without varieties of personalism. ...
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  • ...ng his prime duty, he wanted to cease fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the ...t ceases fruitive activities out of fear, so that the resultant action may not be a stumbling block on the path of self-realization, but the personalist k ...
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  • ...onal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material desire, but it is not without self-interest. Similarly, the mystic yogī who practices the yoga s ...sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcendentally si ...
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  • ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven.</div> ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven. Indeed, all of the demigods, ...
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  • ...ciety gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade t ...hem. The human tongue is especially given for chanting the Vedic hymns and not for croaking like frogs. The word asatī used in this verse is also signifi ...
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  • ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...
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  • ...ce:SB 4.29.51|SB 4.29.51, Purport]]:''' A person who is self-realized does not recommend the worship of anyone but the Supersoul. He knows that to worship ...bona fide spiritual master if he is not a devotee of the Lord. One should not mistakenly think that a bona fide spiritual master has to be born in a so-c ...
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  • ...sī should have an institution meant to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness; he need not accumulate money for himself. We recommend that as soon as money accumulate ...people are more or less prone to sense gratification, immature sannyāsa is not recommended. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī writes in his Nectar of Instruction: ...
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  • ...by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. A devotee does not create enmity with anyone, but if someone becomes his enemy, that person wi ...
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  • ...ven those who have material desires and who resort to the Supreme Lord are not so much attracted by external nature; because of approaching the right goal ...tee does not have to worry about the material necessities of life; he need not be anxious, because when he removes the darkness from his heart, everything ...
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  • ...ufferings of an orphan and the sufferings of a beloved child of a king are not one and the same. An orphan is really poor because he has no one to take ca ...dfast in his family duty or so-called social or family obligation but does not take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness receives no profit.</p> ...
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  • Śyāmasundara: Qualitatively that's not a very high pleasure, so he would not recommend it. ...
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  • ...t a murderer should 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 pu ...ācīnabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver Prajāpati Dakṣa. Prajāpati Dakṣa saw Nārada before him becau ...
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  • ...he whole world. He certainly cannot succeed by mental concoction, which is not meant for devotees or religious people. Only an empowered personality can d ...display: inline;">The Māyāvādī philosopher, puffed-up and incompetent, can not understand variegatedness in spiritual energy. He consequently falsely beli ...
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  • [[Category:Do Not Speculate - videos]] <div class="heading">Unfortunately, we do not wish to carry out order of the ācāryas. We manufacture our own ways. We h ...
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  • {{terms|"a devotee of the Lord naturally does not like to see anyone falling down from his real position"}} [[Category:Does Not]] ...
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  • ...ns he has no desire for self-interest. Perfect peace belongs to him alone, not to them who strive for personal gain. Whereas a jñāna-yogī, karma-yogī ...ld one restrict himself to temple worship? But if God is everywhere, is He not in the temple or in the Deity? Although the personalist and the impersonali ...
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  • <div class="heading">It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...2.8.25|SB 2.8.25, Purport]]:''' It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...
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  • ...of a goat, although they look like breastly nipples. Similarly, we should not expect any creative power from the material ingredients; we must believe in ...ess mercy to different living beings, He does so by His own potency. He is not subject to any condition of the material modes of nature, and He descends a ...
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  • ...stem. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...f the Supreme and know Him also at the same time. He reserves the right of not being exposed to such a challenging spirit of an insignificant spark of the ...stem. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...ledge and detachment from this material world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-called happiness or so-called distress of this world.' ...ntally, because of the explosion of a chunk. Such nonsensical theories are not accepted by Vedic students. The first created living being is Brahmā, who ...
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  • ...body by any means of material administration. Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul. In the M ...pratihatā. "Because they are children, they cannot become a devotee"—it is not that, the fact. Everyone can become devotee, provided he is properly guided ...
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  • ...this type of meditation or in the mystic yoga system, which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see Him face to face and beco ...nanda Rāya that simply by executing the duties of varṇāśrama-dharma one is not guaranteed liberation. Finally Rāmānanda Rāya referred to the process of ...
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  • ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. Humanity begins when this sort of i ...
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  • ...ving entities, and other planets there are no living entities. No, that is not a fact. Anyway, here the proposal is how to achieve perfect happiness of ā ...ause everyone is imperfect. How they can give you perfect happiness? It is not possible. ...
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  • ...hārāja does not follow the instructions of brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas or does not follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he ...
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  • ...o such conception of coming to the point of sattva-guṇa, goodness. They do not know even what it is, sattva-guṇa. Simply they are studying the animal bo ...?" Kim idaṁ svit kuto veti deva-deva na vedmi. We cannot understand. It is not possible. So many things are there even in this material world we cannot un ...
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