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7 October 2021
- 14:2914:29, 7 October 2021 diff hist +213 N Category:Material Variegatedness Created page with "Category:Material Category:Variegatedness Category:Material and Spiritual Category:Spiritual - Umbrella Category Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Cat..."
- 13:1613:16, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,228 From Vedic literature we learn that when the Supreme Lord glances (sa aiksata) over the material energy, the three modes of material nature become manifest and create material variety No edit summary current
- 13:0513:05, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,367 For one who becomes Krsna conscious, the distinction between material and spiritual varieties does not exist. An advanced devotee like Prahlada Maharaja sees everything as one - Krsna No edit summary
- 12:5212:52, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,764 A day may come when the people of this earth will be able to travel in outer space and see the variegatedness of these millions of planets with their own eyes. In every planet there is as much material variegatedness as we find in our own planet No edit summary
- 11:4011:40, 7 October 2021 diff hist +2,955 Because the body is material, his natural tendency is to be attracted by the varieties of the material world. Thus the living entity suffers the miseries of material existence No edit summary current
- 11:3811:38, 7 October 2021 diff hist +4,308 Being a liberated soul and completely learned, he sees all material varieties as meaningless because their basic principle is nescience No edit summary
- 06:4806:48, 7 October 2021 diff hist +5,914 In the spiritual world, every living entity is surrendered to the Supreme Lord and is completely on the spiritual platform. Although there are servitors, the served and service, all are spiritual and variegated No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 7 October 2021 diff hist +6,510 A materialist can think only of the negation of material variety; he cannot understand spiritual variety. He thinks that spiritual variety simply contradicts material variety and is a negation or void No edit summary
- 06:2706:27, 7 October 2021 diff hist +6,312 The fifth kind of liberation, merging with the Supreme, is not considered an opulence in spiritual variegated existence No edit summary current
- 06:2106:21, 7 October 2021 diff hist +2,433 This transcendental region (Brahmaloka) is undoubtedly spiritual, but it contains no manifestations of spiritual activities or variegatedness No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,967 The total exhibition of these potencies (Hladini, sandhini, and samvit) is called visuddha-sattva, and this platform of spiritual variegatedness is displayed even in the material world when the Lord appears here No edit summary current
6 October 2021
- 12:2812:28, 6 October 2021 diff hist +27,400 Material scientists cannot see any cognizant spiritual substance that might be the cause of the creation No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 6 October 2021 diff hist +4,486 It is to be concluded that the ecstatic symptoms of asaya-suddhi are visible when a devotee’s service has no material cause and is purely spiritual in nature No edit summary current
5 October 2021
- 07:1007:10, 5 October 2021 diff hist +2,861 So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahma-jyotir, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman No edit summary current
- 07:0807:08, 5 October 2021 diff hist +3,374 Revives (devotional service to God) one's normal condition of spiritual existence, even in this life, and frees one from the material winds which cause one to quiver. Only knowledge in devotional service can elevate one towards the path of liberation No edit summary current
4 October 2021
- 07:3807:38, 4 October 2021 diff hist −11 Materialists sometimes give the argument that as straw eaten by a cow produces milk automatically, so material nature, under different circumstances, produces varieties of manifestations. Thus originally matter is the cause No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 4 October 2021 diff hist +7,368 There are two parties - namely, the theists and the atheists. The theist, who accepts the Supersoul, finds the spiritual cause through mystic yoga No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 Some people are too materially attached and therefore do not give attention to spiritual life, some of them want to merge into the supreme spiritual cause. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:0007:00, 4 October 2021 diff hist +9 The material cause of the material elements absorbs the material body, and the spiritual soul assumes its original position No edit summary current
- 06:5906:59, 4 October 2021 diff hist +1,407 Lord Visnu, in His efficient aspect, glances over the material energy, and Sri Advaita, as the material cause, creates the material world No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 4 October 2021 diff hist +9 By the covering power of the material energy, the material scientist cannot look beyond the material causes No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 One should see not only the four material causes, but the supreme efficient cause as well. One who does not see the Supreme thinks himself to be the instrument. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 These (when a devotee’s service has no material cause and is purely spiritual in nature) are characteristics of transcendental love of Godhead, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - 1.2.6 No edit summary
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist +28,025 The woman, as the material cause, supplies the body of the soul, and as the efficient cause she gives birth to the child No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 The Sankhya philosophy regards the total energy (mahat-tattva), the false ego and the five objects of sense perception as the seven diverse manifestations of material nature, which has two features, known as the material cause and efficient cause No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist +3,648 The physical elements, nature, the original cause, culture, destiny and the time element are all material causes. Agitated by these material causes, the eleven functions transform into hundreds of functions and then into thousands and then into millions No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist +3,763 The mahat-tattva is the total cause of the total cosmic manifestation, and because in the total substance of the material cause there are three modes of nature, it is sometimes called Brahman. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,326 The inert matter is neither efficient nor the material cause of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 The external energy consists of two parts - the efficient cause (nimitta) and the material cause (upadana), maya being the efficient cause and pradhana the material cause No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,590 He (the Lord) is the support of the material cause and He enters into everything. He is absolute, one without a second, and He is the eyes of the illusory energy No edit summary
- 06:1506:15, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,333 Just as the external energy consists of two parts, so Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes two forms to create the material world with the efficient and material causes No edit summary
- 06:1506:15, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,187 Love means without any personal profit. If I love God for some profit, that is business; that is not love. Ahaituky apratihata. And such love of God cannot be checked by any material cause No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 Material nature is one, but because of the interaction of the three qualities, it can produce the total energy and the wonderful cosmic manifestation. Such transformations divide material nature into two features, namely the efficient and material causes No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 4 October 2021 diff hist +1,435 Four material causes No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,011 Even though a pure devotee is present on this mortal planet, he is here in relation to the Lord for engagement in transcendental loving service, and not for any material cause No edit summary
- 06:0806:08, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 By understanding the material cause, one can guess that the purusa, the enjoyer, being without activity, is aloof from all kinds of enjoyment or superintendence No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,414 Balarama and Krsna are the original efficient and material causes of the material world. As Maha-Visnu and the material energy, They enter into the material elements and create the diversities by multi-energies. Thus They are the cause of all causes No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 4 October 2021 diff hist +4,095 Avyakta, or the original material cause, is beyond this material manifestation and is the cause of the material world No edit summary current
2 October 2021
- 09:1809:18, 2 October 2021 diff hist −13 Although the material causes are the place, the worker, the endeavor and the senses, the final cause is the Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 2 October 2021 diff hist +4,957 Prthu frankly tells the Lord that the Lord's offerings of benedictions in the form of material facilities are certainly causes for bewilderment. A pure devotee is not at all interested in bhukti or mukti No edit summary
- 09:0809:08, 2 October 2021 diff hist +8 A tree is matter, but a tree produces fruit. Water is matter, but water flows. In this way, say the Sankhyites, matter is the cause of movements and production. As such, matter can be considered the material and efficient cause of everything No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 2 October 2021 diff hist +7,692 A father’s and mother’s taking care of their children is not the cause of their comfort. Sometimes it is found that in spite of all care by the parents, the children go bad or succumb to death. Therefore material causes are not sufficient for results No edit summary
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +5,481 The spiritual entities are meant for enjoyment, as stated in the Vedanta-sutra (1.1.12): ananda-mayo 'bhyasat. By nature and constitution, every living being-including the Supreme Lord and each of His parts and parcels-is meant for eternal enjoyment No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,190 This is confirmed in the Padma Purana, wherein it is said that there are two kinds of spiritual entities: one is called the jiva, and the other is called the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +10 To advance in devotional service, a devotee should see other living entities as spiritual sparks, parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord. A devotee is to offer respect to every entity that has a relationship with the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 2 October 2021 diff hist +4,211 It is the spiritual entity, or spiritual spark within the body, that is being promoted by the laws of nature under the supervision of superior authority No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,114 The influence of maya is experienced by the part and parcel spiritual entity, but it cannot influence the Supersoul, the Paramatma No edit summary current
- 07:1507:15, 2 October 2021 diff hist +2,730 My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge? Under whose protection are you standing? And under whom are you working? What is your real position? Do you alone create all entities with material elements by your personal energy No edit summary current
- 07:1207:12, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,598 The Supreme Lord is the creator of everything, and this means that He existed when there was no creation. In other words, His name, form and qualities are not materially created entities; they are transcendental always No edit summary current
- 07:1107:11, 2 October 2021 diff hist +1,657 The authority for such acts is the prerogative of Ramananda Raya alone, for I can understand that his body is not material but has been completely transformed into a spiritual entity No edit summary current