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| {{terms|"The conditioned soul cannot revive his Krsna consciousness by his own effort"|"jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana"|"maya-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana"}} | | {{terms|"The conditioned soul cannot revive his Krsna consciousness by his own effort"|"jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana"|"maya-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana"}} |
| {{notes|VedaBase query: "madhya 20.122" or "The conditioned soul cannot revive his Krsna consciousness by his own effort" or "jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana" or "maya-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana"}} | | {{notes|VedaBase query: "madhya 20.122" or "The conditioned soul cannot revive his Krsna consciousness by his own effort" or "jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana" or "maya-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana"}} |
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| <div id="BGIntroduction_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Preface_and_Introduction" book="BG" index="3" link="BG Introduction" link_text="BG Introduction"> | | <div id="BGIntroduction_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Preface_and_Introduction" book="BG" index="3" link="BG Introduction" link_text="BG Introduction"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG Introduction|BG Introduction]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In life we are accustomed to thinking either of the material or of the spiritual energy. Now, how can we transfer our thoughts from the material energy to the spiritual energy? There are so many literatures which fill our thoughts with the material energy-newspapers, magazines, novels, etc. Our thinking, which is now absorbed in these literatures, must be transferred to the Vedic literatures. The great sages, therefore, have written so many Vedic literatures, such as the Purāṇas. The Purāṇas are not imaginative; they are historical records. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.122|CC Madhya 20.122]]) there is the following verse:</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG (1972) Introduction|BG Introduction]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In life we are accustomed to thinking either of the material or of the spiritual energy. Now, how can we transfer our thoughts from the material energy to the spiritual energy? There are so many literatures which fill our thoughts with the material energy-newspapers, magazines, novels, etc. Our thinking, which is now absorbed in these literatures, must be transferred to the Vedic literatures. The great sages, therefore, have written so many Vedic literatures, such as the Purāṇas. The Purāṇas are not imaginative; they are historical records. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.122|CC Madhya 20.122]]) there is the following verse:</p> |
| :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna | | :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna |
| :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa | | :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa |
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| :mayy arpita-mano-buddhir | | :mayy arpita-mano-buddhir |
| :mām evaiṣyasy asaṁśayaḥ | | :mām evaiṣyasy asaṁśayaḥ |
| <p>"Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa and at the same time continue your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt." ([[Vanisource:BG 8.7|BG 8.7]])</p> | | <p>"Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa and at the same time continue your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt." ([[Vanisource:BG 8.7 (1972)|BG 8.7]])</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SB4268_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1121" link="SB 4.26.8" link_text="SB 4.26.8"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.26.8|SB 4.26.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">"By forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has become materialistic since time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa is giving him different types of miseries in material existence." ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.117|CC Madhya 20.117]])</p> |
| | :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna |
| | :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa |
| | <p>"When a living entity is enchanted by the external energy, he cannot revive his original Kṛṣṇa consciousness independently. Due to such circumstances, Kṛṣṇa has kindly given him the Vedic literatures, such as the four Vedas and eighteen Purāṇas." ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.122|CC Madhya 20.122]]) Every human being should therefore take advantage of the Vedic instructions; otherwise one will be bound by his whimsical activities and will be without any guide.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CCMadhya20122_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4611" link="CC Madhya 20.122" link_text="CC Madhya 20.122"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.122|CC Madhya 20.122, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">“The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Renunciation_Through_Wisdom" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Renunciation Through Wisdom"><h3>Renunciation Through Wisdom</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RTW35_0" class="quote" parent="Renunciation_Through_Wisdom" book="OB" index="31" link="RTW 3.5" link_text="Renunciation Through Wisdom 3.5"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:RTW 3.5|Renunciation Through Wisdom 3.5]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The first step in learning the process of surrendering to the Lord is to surrender to the pure devotee of the Lord. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 20.120 and 122), we find this statement:</p> |
| | :sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha haya |
| | :sei jīva nistare, māyā tāhāre chāḍaya |
| | :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna |
| | :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa |
| | <p>If the conditioned soul becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious by the mercy of saintly persons who voluntarily preach scriptural injunctions, he is liberated from the clutches of Māyā, who gives him up.</p> |
| | <p>The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas.</p> |
| | <p>All the Vedas and Purāṇas deal with the subject of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In the Lord's own words in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo: "By all the Vedas, I am to be known."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB1315LosAngelesSeptember201972_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="112" link="Lecture on SB 1.3.15 -- Los Angeles, September 20, 1972" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.3.15 -- Los Angeles, September 20, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.3.15 -- Los Angeles, September 20, 1972|Lecture on SB 1.3.15 -- Los Angeles, September 20, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is called māyā-mohita.</p> |
| | :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna |
| | :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa |
| | <p>That is stated in the Caitanya-cari... We are so much engrossed by the influence of māyā that we are trying to do so many things, but our only business is how to forget Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Our real business is how we can kill Kṛṣṇa—"There is no God"—how we can forget Kṛṣṇa. And we are very busy in finding out petroleum energy.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Lectures" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures"><h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila20121124NewYorkNovember251966_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="72" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, "Anyone who surrenders unto Me fully, he, he alone can get rid of these two kinds of influence of māyā. Others cannot."</p> |
| | :māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna |
| | :jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa |
| | <p>These, I mean to say, illusioned, māyā-mugdha, illusioned living entities, they have forgotten. They have forgotten their relationship with the Supreme Lord. Mostly: "Oh, what is God?" Somebody says, "God is dead." So these things are going on. Not now. Now the number has increased. It is always.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila20121124NewYorkNovember251966_1" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="72" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">They have forgotten. That there is something like God, altogether they have forgotten by the illusion. Yes. Māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi kṛṣṇa smṛti-jñāna. And just to revive their memory, Kṛṣṇa... Jīvere kṛpāya kaila kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa. Veda-purāṇa. Veda means the Vedic literatures. Veda, real literal meaning is veda means knowledge. Vetti veda vido jñāne. There is a Sanskrit root, vid-dhātu. From that vid-dhātu, veda. Veda means knowledge. And Purāṇa, Purāṇa means supplementary, Vedic instruction described in story form. That is called Purāṇa, story.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila20121124NewYorkNovember251966_2" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="72" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.121-124 -- New York, November 25, 1966]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Vyāsadeva is the first man who wrote this Vedic knowledge into writing. Before that, there was no writing. Only by hearing, by memory, the students will grasp the whole thing and coming down, tradition, tradition. Yes. Śruti, by hearing.</p> |
| | :So jīvere kṛpāya kaila kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa. |
| | :'sādhu-guru-ātma'-rūpe āpanāre jānāna |
| | <p>'kṛṣṇa mora prabhu, trātā'-jīvera haya jñāna</p> |
| | <p>So what is the utility of this Vedic knowledge? Now, by understanding, by hearing from authorized sources, or by reading from authorized sources, the forgetful living entities will come to his senses. That is the purpose.</p> |
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