User contributions for Iswaraj

11 September 2020

• 05:0405:04, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,489‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was a liberated soul, and actually he was not angry with anyone. But because he was the ruler, it was his duty to become angry for some time in order to keep law and order in the state ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Maharaja was a liberated soul, and actually he was not angry with anyone. But because he was the ruler, it was his duty..."
• 04:5804:58, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,930‎ N By the grace of Lord Krsna, the sages and Lord Manu reminded Dhruva Maharaja that he should not continue this material conception of "I" and "mine." Simply by devotional service unto the Lord his illusion could be eradicated without difficulty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the sages and Lord Manu reminded Dhruva Mahārāja that he should not continue this material..." current

10 September 2020

• 11:3111:31, 10 September 2020 diff hist +2,463‎ N The whole material world is working on the basis of "I" and "mine." This is the root of attraction to the material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The whole material world is working on the basis of"|"This is the root of attraction to the material world"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
• 11:0611:06, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,033‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was already a liberated person because at the age of five years he had seen God. But even though liberated, he was, for the time being, afflicted by the illusion of maya, thinking himself the brother of Uttama in the bodily concept of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja was already a liberated person because at the age of five years he had seen the Supreme Personality of Godhe..." current
• 11:0211:02, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,454‎ N Observation of differentiation subsides as soon as one is situated in his original position as an eternal servant of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such observation of differentiation subsides as soon as one is situated in his original position as an eternal servant of the..."
• 11:0011:00, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,514‎ N Indirectly Manu pointed out to Dhruva Maharaja that out of material affection Dhruva thought of his brother as his kin and the Yaksas as his enemies ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indirectly Manu pointed out to Dhruva Mahārāja that out of material affection Dhruva thought of his brother as his kin and t..."
• 10:5710:57, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,860‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was advised by Lord Manu to see with that vision (seeing all living entities as spirit souls). He was specifically advised to do so because he was a great devotee and should not have looked upon other living entities with ordinary vision ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja was advised by Lord Manu to see with that vision. He was specifically advised to do so because he was a grea..."
• 10:5010:50, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,824‎ N Factually no one is an enemy or a friend. Everyone is passing through different types of bodies under the law of karma, but as soon as one is situated in his spiritual identity, he does not see differentiation in terms of this law ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Factually no one is an enemy or a friend. Everyone is passing through different types of bodies under the law of karma, but as..."
• 10:4610:46, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,639‎ N Lord Manu wanted to change the vision of Dhruva Maharaja, who was looking upon the Yaksas as different from him or as his enemies ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Manu wanted to change the vision of Dhruva Maharaja, who was looking upon the Yaksas as different from him or as his enem..."
• 10:2910:29, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,412‎ N When living entities are viewed in the bodily concept of life, one appears to be different from another ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When living entities, therefore, are viewed in the bodily concept of life, one appears to be different from another"}} {{notes..."
• 10:2310:23, 10 September 2020 diff hist +2,679‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was especially requested not to do anything unbefitting a surrendered soul because Dhruva Maharaja had already surrendered to the Supreme Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because Dhruva Mahārāja had already surrendered to the Supreme Godhead, he was especially requested not to do anything unbef..."
• 10:1910:19, 10 September 2020 diff hist +2,698‎ N The Sanskrit word for man is manusya, which means "descendant of Manu." Not only is Dhruva Maharaja the glory of the family of Svayambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Sanskrit word for man is manuṣya, which means"|"Not only is Dhruva Mahārāja the glory of the family of Svāyambhuva Ma..." current
• 10:1610:16, 10 September 2020 diff hist +80‎ Factually, Dhruva Maharaja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu ‎No edit summary current
• 10:1210:12, 10 September 2020 diff hist +2,413‎ N Factually, Dhruva Maharaja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Factually, Dhruva Mahārāja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu"}} {{not..."
• 10:0210:02, 10 September 2020 diff hist +2,953‎ N Manu was very proud that Dhruva Maharaja was one of the descendants in his family because at the age of only five years Dhruva began meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and within six months he was able to see the Supreme Lord face to face ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Manu was very proud that Dhruva Maharaja was one of the descendants in his family because at the age of only five years Dhruva..." current
• 09:5809:58, 10 September 2020 diff hist +4,030‎ N One may put forward the argument, "Why are the demigods worshiped?" The answer is given here that demigods are worshiped by less intelligent men. The demigods themselves accept sacrifices for the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may put forward the argument"|"The answer is given here that demigods are worshiped by less intelligent men. The demigods..."
• 09:5109:51, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,722‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was advised to surrender unto Him in all respects, without keeping any personal ambition ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja was advised to surrender unto Him in all respects, without keeping any personal ambition"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
• 09:4609:46, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,670‎ N He (God) is death for demons and immortality for devotees. He is the ultimate goal of everyone because He is the cause of all causes ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is death for demons and immortality for devotees. He is the ultimate goal of everyone because He is the cause of all causes..." current
• 09:3809:38, 10 September 2020 diff hist +4,053‎ N They (devotees of God) will simply change their material bodies for spiritual bodies. Unlike the demons, they no longer have to change material bodies. The Lord, therefore, is simultaneously death and immortality ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They will simply change their material bodies for spiritual bodies. Unlike the demons, they no longer have to change material..."
• 09:3109:31, 10 September 2020 diff hist +3,894‎ N The demons repeatedly meet death after death and create a network of involvement in the material world. The Lord is death for the demons, but for devotees He is amrta, eternal life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demons repeatedly meet death after death and create a network of involvement in the material world. The Lord is death for..." current

9 September 2020

• 15:5815:58, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,583‎ N The demons' business is to continually struggle for existence as lords over material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demons' business is to continually struggle for existence as lords over material nature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}}..." current
• 15:4115:41, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,873‎ N The words mrtyum amrtam, "death and immortality," are significant. In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, "I am ultimate death, who takes away everything from the demons" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words mṛtyum amṛtam"|"are significant. In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says"|"I am ultimate death, who takes away everythi..." current
• 15:3615:36, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,902‎ N In this verse (SB 4.22.27) Svayambhuva Manu seeks to eradicate the last tinge of false ambition in Dhruva by explaining the position of the supreme controller ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse, therefore, Svāyambhuva Manu seeks to eradicate the last tinge of false ambition in Dhruva by explaining the po..." current
• 15:3315:33, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,847‎ N Dhruva Maharaja was advised to stop fighting by his grandfather, who was concerned that Dhruva was adhering to a personal ambition to fight to annihilate the whole race of Yaksas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja was advised to stop fighting by his grandfather, who was concerned that Dhruva was adhering to a personal am..."
• 15:3115:31, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,769‎ N Everyone in the material world is trying his best to become the supreme controller - individually, nationally, socially and in many other ways ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone in the material world is trying his best to become the supreme controller"|"individually, nationally, socially and in..."
• 15:2715:27, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,867‎ N The material disease is to declare independence from the supreme controller. Factually, our material existence begins when we forget the supreme controller and wish to lord it over material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material disease is to declare independence from the supreme controller. Factually, our material existence begins when we..." current
• 15:2315:23, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,056‎ N In the material world, wherever the Lord is personally present is to be understood as being the spiritual world. For example, the Lord is worshiped in the temple by pure devotees. The temple is therefore to be understood as being the spiritual world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world also, wherever the Supreme Lord is personally present is to be understood as being the spiritual world...."
• 15:1815:18, 9 September 2020 diff hist +2,734‎ N In Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.4) the Lord says, mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na caham tesv avasthitah: "All living entities are living on Me or on My energy, but I am not everywhere." He is personally always situated in the spiritual world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord says, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ"|"All living entities are living on Me or on My ene..."
• 15:1415:14, 9 September 2020 diff hist +2,460‎ N He (God) is always associated with the internal energy, but He is always aloof from the material energy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is always associated with the internal energy, but He is always aloof from the material energy"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Isw..." current
• 15:1215:12, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,012‎ N There are two kinds of energies in the matter of creation. The Lord creates this material world through His external, material energy, whereas the spiritual world is a manifestation of His internal energy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of energies in the matter of creation. The Lord creates this material world through His external, material..." current
• 06:1906:19, 9 September 2020 diff hist +4,264‎ N Krsna has no false ego, for He does not identify Himself with the false and temporary body. His body is always eternal; He descends to this world in His own original, spiritual body. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita as param bhavam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa has no false ego, for He does not identify Himself with the false and temporary body. His body is always eternal"|..." current
• 06:1306:13, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,992‎ N The real situation is that the body of the conditioned soul, even if he has a large accumulation of material goodness, is material, whereas Krsna's body is never material; it is transcendenta ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real situation, however, is that the body of the conditioned soul, even if he has a large accumulation of material goodnes..."
• 06:0706:07, 9 September 2020 diff hist +4,072‎ N The Lord says to Arjuna, "You and I had many, many births previously, but I remember everything, whereas you do not." That is the difference between the living entity, or conditioned soul, and the Supreme Soul ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord says to Arjuna"|"You and I had many, many births previously, but I remember everything, whereas you do not"|"That is..."
• 05:5105:51, 9 September 2020 diff hist +4,137‎ N The Lord says, na mam karmani limpanti: (BG 4.14) He is not affected by anything He does, because He is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. That we have a material body proves that we are infected by the three material modes of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord says, na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti"|"He is not affected by anything He does, because He is never contaminated by the..."
• 05:4705:47, 9 September 2020 diff hist +4,268‎ N For the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no distinction between the body & the soul. Bhagavad-gita, therefore, certifies that anyone who thinks of Krsna as an ordinary human being is without knowledge of His transcendental nature & is a great fool ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But for the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no such distinction between the body and the soul. Bhagavad-gītā, theref..."
• 05:4105:41, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,801‎ N Sometimes he (conditioned soul) gets the body of a demigod, and he thinks that body to be his identity. Similarly, when he gets the body of a dog he identifies his self with that body ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes he gets the body of a demigod, and he thinks that body to be his identity. Similarly, when he gets the body of a dog..."
• 05:3805:38, 9 September 2020 diff hist +3,926‎ N In this verse (SB 4.11.25) the word anahankara means "without ego." The conditioned soul has a false ego, and as a result of his karma he gets different types of bodies in this material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word anahaṅkāra means"|"The conditioned soul has a false ego, and as a result of his karma he gets differ..."
• 05:3205:32, 9 September 2020 diff hist +5,699‎ N Bhagavad-gita is to be accepted as a revealed scripture spoken by the Absolute Truth Himself when He descended to this planet ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā is therefore to be accepted as a revealed scripture spoken by the Absolute Truth Himself when He descended to..." current
• 05:2805:28, 9 September 2020 diff hist +5,574‎ N The Lord gives one the intelligence to cross over the ocean of nescience and come back home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord gives one the intelligence to cross over the ocean of nescience and come back home, back to Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 05:2505:25, 9 September 2020 diff hist +6,096‎ N A devotee completely surrenders unto the Supreme, who reveals Himself by His causeless mercy. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, dadami buddhi-yogam tam. The Lord says, "I give him intelligence." What is that intelligence? Yena mam upayanti te ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee completely surrenders unto the Supreme, who reveals Himself by His causeless mercy. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, da..."

7 September 2020

• 15:4115:41, 7 September 2020 diff hist +5,747‎ N Not only does He (God) have the material energy which we see and experience, but He has also many reserve energies that He can manifest in due course of time when necessary ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only does He have the material energy which we see and experience, but He has also many reserve energies that He can manif..." current
• 15:3515:35, 7 September 2020 diff hist +5,613‎ N The Lord is equipped with varieties of energies, as stated in the Vedic literature (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate (CC Madhya 13.65, purport)). He is equipped with the energy of eternal time ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is equipped with varieties of energies, as stated in the Vedic literature"|"He is equipped with the energy of eternal..." current
• 15:3115:31, 7 September 2020 diff hist +6,044‎ N Unless one comes to this point of understanding atma-tattva, one remains in the darkness in which he was born. Under the circumstances, no one can understand the plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless, however, one comes to this point of understanding ātma-tattva, one remains in the darkness in which he was born. Unde..."
• 15:2615:26, 7 September 2020 diff hist +6,192‎ N The Absolute Truth may be known in the same way as the sun covered by a cloud or covered by night, for when the sun rises in the morning, in its own way, then everyone can see the sun, everyone can see the world, and everyone can see himself ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Absolute Truth may be known in the same way as the sun covered by a cloud or covered by night, for when the sun rises in t..." current
• 15:2215:22, 7 September 2020 diff hist +6,116‎ N The word avyakta, "unmanifested," in this verse indicates that the Absolute Truth cannot be manifested by any strain of so-called scientific advancement of knowledge. Transcendence is not the subject matter of direct experience ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in this verse indicates that the Absolute Truth cannot be manifested by any strain of so-called scientific advancement of know..."
• 15:1815:18, 7 September 2020 diff hist +5,865‎ N No one can say that he has discovered a torchlight so powerful that if one goes on a roof and focuses the torchlight on the night sky, the sun will then be seen. There is no such torchlight, nor is it possible ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one can say that he has discovered a torchlight so powerful that if one goes on a roof and focuses the torchlight on the ni..." current
• 15:1215:12, 7 September 2020 diff hist +5,674‎ N The cause of all causes, the Absolute Truth, can be known from the Absolute Truth Himself, and not by our ascending process to reach Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cause of all causes, the Absolute Truth, can be known from the Absolute Truth Himself, and not by our ascending process to..." current
• 15:0515:05, 7 September 2020 diff hist +5,992‎ N The mental speculator may be called Dr. Frog. The story is that a frog in a three-foot well wanted to calculate the length and breadth of the Atlantic Ocean on the basis of his knowledge of his own well. But it was an impossible task for Dr. Frog ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mental speculator may be called Dr. Frog. The story is that a frog in a three-foot well wanted to calculate the length and..."
• 15:0115:01, 7 September 2020 diff hist +6,178‎ N The question may be raised, "Since there are so many varieties of philosophers theorizing in different ways, which of them is correct?" The answer is that the Absolute Truth, Transcendence, is never subject to direct experience or mental speculation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The question may be raised"|"Since there are so many varieties of philosophers theorizing in different ways, which of them is..."
• 14:5614:56, 7 September 2020 diff hist +4,029‎ N We are drawn into this material world by desire, but the same desire must be purified and employed in the devotional service of the Lord. Then our disease of wandering in the universe under different forms and conditions will end ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are drawn into this material world by desire, but the same desire must be purified and employed in the devotional service o..."