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  • ...ms|"plan for happiness"|"plan to be happy"|"planning for happiness"|"plans for happiness"|"plans to be happy"}} [[Category:Planning for Happiness|1]] ...
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  • ...ientists, educators, administrators, etc., but who pose themselves as such for material gain, do not accept the plan or path of the Supreme Lord. They hav ...lanning commissions as passengers, nor do they carry cargo or postal bags, for these are all unknown there. ...
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  • ...est planet, through some sort of mechanical contrivance by maybe traveling for forty thousand years (and who would live that long?), we will still find th ...
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  • ...having fighting spirit, they should be selected as kṣatriya. Those who are for increasing money, mercantile mentality, they should be also collected. Simi ...ys who are spiritually inclined, and now unnecessarily we are being called for military service. Just see, how discrepancy!</div> ...
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  • ...eing the food or by touching it. Nor should one think that it is necessary for Kṛṣṇa to eat. He does not become hungry like an ordinary human being; ...eing the food or by touching it. Nor should one think that it is necessary for Kṛṣṇa to eat. He does not become hungry like an ordinary human being; ...
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  • ...ill always remain and will always criticize anything that is actually good for human society. But the preachers of the saṅkīrtana movement should not b ...a vidyate. Simply by seeing the Lord on the chariot, one makes advancement for stopping the repetition of birth and death. ...
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  • ...ut one cannot say that the living entity (jīva) takes birth or is created, for such a statement is against the injunction of the Vedas. As stated in the K ...
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  • ...derful that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the form of Lord Gaurāṅga, has made it easy for everyone to approach Him.</div> ...
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  • ...of us is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This accounts for unity in diversity. There are diverse manifestations, but, at the same time ...nally renders service unto Him as a plenary portion. This is inconceivable for Māyāvādīs because they think in terms of mundane sense perception and t ...
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  • ...y of monism, for it was required at that time. Otherwise there was no need for his preaching Māyāvāda philosophy. ...nto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Generally people worship Lord Śiva for some material benefit, and although they cannot see him personally, they de ...
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  • ...dane topics than in the philosophy of life. The Vedānta-sūtra was compiled for persons already above the mundane topics, who might already have tasted the ...and Purport]]: O Lord, persons who are entangled by undesirable eagerness for the temporary body and kinsmen, and who are bound by thoughts of "mine" and ...
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  • ...stand Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Superficially, such persons are not very greedy for material possessions, but they are too attached to wife, children and famil ...sing the will-o'-the-wisp. Such men do not know that after a hard struggle for life one must change his body, with no certainty of what kind of body he wi ...
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  • ...the jail rules and regulations, and violating the rules means another term for extension of prison life. Similarly, we in this material existence are alwa ...How could the honor of the devotees be increased unless Sāṅkhya were meant for devotional service? Devotees are not interested in speculative knowledge; t ...
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  • ...eans. It is specially suitable for this age. How many people, they are fit for studying philosophy? Very few. It requires very learned knowledge to unders ...7 May, 1957|Letter to Sri Padampat Singhania -- Kanpur 7 May, 1957,]]''': For all practical purposes if we systematically preach to chant the holy name o ...
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  • ...philosophical theses. Nonetheless, Tapana Miśra has been very kind to me, for he speaks about topics relating to Lord Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...>Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī prays to his spiritual master, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, for the protection of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu—"The Ocean of the Pure Nectar ...
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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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  • ...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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  • ...reds of years without any knowledge of the problems of life—better to live for a moment with full consciousness of the supreme interest to be fulfilled. T <div class="heading">For the perfect yogī who has attained success in the method of leaving his bod ...
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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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  • ...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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  • {{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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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