User contributions for Iswaraj
12 September 2020
- 06:0606:06, 12 September 2020 diff hist +3,185 N Mukti-devi is just waiting at the door of the devotee to offer liberation, or more than that, at any time. To be a devotee is therefore an exalted position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mukti-devī is just waiting at the door of the devotee to offer liberation, or more than that, at any time. To be a devotee is..." current
- 06:0206:02, 12 September 2020 diff hist +3,271 N Srila Bilvamangala Thakura stated that for persons who engage in the devotional service of the Lord, all material benedictions wait like maidservants Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura stated, therefore, that for persons who engage in the devotional service of the Lord, all ma..."
- 05:5905:59, 12 September 2020 diff hist +3,260 N Kuvera is the treasurer of the demigods, and he is personally offering whatever benediction Dhruva Maharaja would like to have from him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuvera is the treasurer of the demigods, and he is personally offering whatever benediction Dhruva Maharaja would like to have..." current
- 05:5605:56, 12 September 2020 diff hist +3,299 N A pure, uncontaminated devotee of the Lord is worthy to have all the benedictions that can be offered by the demigods. He does not have to worship the demigods separately for such benedictions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a pure, uncontaminated devotee of the Lord is worthy to have all the benedictions that can be offered by the demigods. He..."
11 September 2020
- 09:2709:27, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,130 N Dhruva Maharaja, the son of King Uttanapada, was already known throughout the universe as a great devotee of the Lord, constantly thinking of His lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Maharaja, the son of King Uttanapada, was already known throughout the universe as a great devotee of the Lord, constan..." current
- 09:2409:24, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,621 N The Lord is described herewith (SB 4.12.6) as bhava-cchidam, one who can give deliverance from the entanglement of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is therefore described herewith as bhava-cchidam, one who can give deliverance from the entanglement of material exis..."
- 09:2109:21, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,907 N Those who are not devotees become involved in such (material) activities, whereas devotees, who are dovetailed with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are freed from such action and reaction of the material energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are not devotees become involved in such activities, whereas devotees, who are dovetailed with the Supreme Personali..."
- 09:1609:16, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,538 N Material energy acts in the three modes of material qualities, which produce the action and reaction of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material energy acts in the three modes of material qualities, which produce the action and reaction of material existence"}}..." current
- 09:1309:13, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,605 N For devotees the Lord is present even in the material energy. This is the inconceivable potency of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For devotees the Lord is present even in the material energy. This is the inconceivable potency of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current
- 09:0509:05, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,640 N When the living entity engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord, then he becomes attached to this service. This situation is called yuktam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is aloof from this, but when the same living entity engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord, then he be..."
- 09:0209:02, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,629 N The living entity, who is of the marginal energy, is entrapped by the material energy on the basis of his desire to lord it over the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity, who is of the marginal energy, is entrapped by the material energy on the basis of his desire to lord it ov..."
- 09:0009:00, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,822 This material energy is one of the Lord's potencies, as much as heat and light are potencies of fire. The material energy is not different from the Supreme Godhead, but at the same time He has nothing to do with the material energy No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,603 N The material energy is a manifestation of one of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's varieties of potencies (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate (CC Madhya 13.65, purport)) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material energy is a manifestation of one of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's varieties of potencies"}} {{notes|}} {{c..." current
- 08:3308:33, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,688 N No one but the Supreme Lord can help the living entity be delivered from the entanglement of this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one but the Supreme Lord can help the living entity be delivered from the entanglement of this material world"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 08:2908:29, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,918 N In order to show specific favor to the devotee, directs the devotee from within in such a way that ultimately he is delivered from the entanglement of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in order to show specific favor to the devotee, directs the devotee from within in such a way that ultimately he is delivered..."
- 08:2608:26, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,969 N There is no need to serve the demigods, who are just like the hands and legs of the Supreme Lord. When the Supreme Lord is served, the hands and legs of the Supreme Lord are automatically served. There is no need of separate service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to serve the demigods, who are just like the hands and legs of the Supreme Lord. When the Supreme Lord is ser..." current
- 08:2108:21, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,828 N Another significant feature in this verse is that only the Lord, and no one else, is to be served. That is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita - 18.66 mam ekam saranam vraja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another significant feature in this verse is that only the Lord, and no one else, is to be served. That is confirmed in the Bh..."
- 08:1908:19, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,647 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is served, the mode of activities to please Him is called service, and one who renders such service is called the servant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is served, the mode of activities to please Him is called service, and one who renders such..." current
- 08:1608:16, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,884 N Devotional service cannot be rendered to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whenever the word bhajasva appears, meaning "engage yourself in devotional service," there must be the servant, service and the served Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service cannot be rendered to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whenever the wo..."
- 08:1108:11, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,839 N In continuation of the previous verse, it is specifically mentioned here (SB 4.12.6) that Dhruva Maharaja should engage himself in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In continuation of the previous verse, it is specifically mentioned here that Dhruva Maharaja should engage himself in devotio..."
- 08:0508:05, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,244 N The Mayavada conception that because the Absolute Truth is everything He must be formless is rejected here. Rather, it is confirmed that the Absolute Truth has form, and yet He is all-pervading. Nothing is independent of Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvāda conception that because the Absolute Truth is everything He must be formless is rejected here. Rather, it is c..." current
- 08:0108:01, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,826 N A tree has a form, and when water is poured on the root of the tree, the other forms - the leaves, twigs, flowers and fruits - are automatically watered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"or example, a tree has a form, and when water is poured on the root of the tree, the other forms"|"the leaves, twigs, flowers..."
- 07:5807:58, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,746 N Dhruva Maharaja is advised herewith to render service unto the supreme form. That will include service to other individual forms Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja is advised herewith to render service unto the supreme form. That will include service to other individual f..." current
- 07:5607:56, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,010 N The living entities are the marginal energy of the supreme form. As such, they are not different from the supreme form, but at the same time they are not equal to the supreme form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities are the marginal energy of the supreme form. As such, they are not different from the supreme form, but at..." current
- 07:2807:28, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,700 N Sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah: (BS 5.1) He (God) has form, but His form is different from any kind of material form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He has form, but His form is different from any kind of material form"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..." current
- 07:2507:25, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,006 N Here the word vigraham, "having specific form," is very significant, for it indicates that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is explained in the Brahma-samhita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"is very significant, for it indicates that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is explai..."
- 07:2007:20, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,699 As soon as the living entity thinks that he is independent, his conditional, material existence begins. The conception of independent existence is therefore like a dream No edit summary current
- 07:1807:18, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,312 N Real knowledge is that hand is hand, leg is leg, body is body, and yet all together they are one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Real knowledge is that hand is hand, leg is leg, body is body, and yet all together they are one"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswa..."
- 07:1507:15, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,685 N Since the Lord is absolute, the services are also absolute; even though the hand is working one way and the leg is working in another way, since the purpose is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are all one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the Lord is absolute, the services are also absolute"|"even though the hand is working one way and the leg is working in..."
- 07:1107:11, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,498 N When the living entities are in Krsna consciousness, there is no such distinction as "I" and "you" because everyone is engaged in the service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, when the living entities are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no such distinction as"|"because everyone is en..."
- 07:0607:06, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,698 N The hand is the hand & the leg is the leg, but when both of them engage in the service of the whole body, there is no such distinction as "hands" & "legs," for all of them belong to the whole body & all the parts working together constitute the whole body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the hand is the hand, and the leg is the leg, but when both of them engage in the service of the whole body, there is no such..."
- 07:0107:01, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,390 N The Supreme Person, Krsna, is the central point, and all of us are His parts and parcels, just as hands and legs are parts and parcels of the whole body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Person, Krsna, is the central point, and all of us are His parts and parcels, just as hands and legs are parts and..." current
- 06:5906:59, 11 September 2020 diff hist +3,374 N The conception of "I" and "you," aham tvam, as separate from each other, is due to our forgetfulness of our eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"ahaṁ tvam, as separate from each other, is due to our forgetfulness of our eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality..." current
- 06:5306:53, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,743 N Kuvera told Dhurva Maharaja: "He (Uttama) died or was killed in due course of time by the laws of nature. Eternal time, one of the features of the Lord, is ultimately responsible for annihilation and generation. You are not responsible for such actions" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He died or was killed in due course of time by the laws of nature. Eternal time, one of the features of the Lord, is ultimatel..." current
- 06:4806:48, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,487 N Kuvera assured him (Dhruva Maharaja) that factually he had not killed any of the Yaksas; therefore, he was not at all sinful. He did his duty as a king, as it is ordered by the laws of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuvera, however, assured him that factually he had not killed any of the Yakṣas; therefore, he was not at all sinful. He did..."
- 06:4406:44, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,417 N When the master of the treasury addressed him as sinless, Dhruva Maharaja, considering himself responsible for killing so many Yaksas, might have thought himself otherwise Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the master of the treasury addressed him as sinless, Dhruva Mahārāja, considering himself responsible for killing so ma..." current
- 06:3206:32, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,087 N In our common dealings we should maintain friendship with everyone and certainly with such exalted demigods as Kuvera. Our behavior should be such that no one should become angry and thereby commit a wrong to individuals, families or society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our common dealings we should maintain friendship with everyone and certainly with such exalted demigods as Kuvera. Our beh..."
- 06:2806:28, 11 September 2020 diff hist +1,811 N Somehow or other the mind of Kuvera had been agitated, and Dhruva Maharaja was advised to pacify him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Somehow or other the mind of Kuvera had been agitated, and Dhruva Mahārāja was advised to pacify him"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
- 06:2406:24, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,443 N Lord Manu stated that Dhruva Maharaja had been offensive to Lord Siva and his brother Kuvera because the Yaksas belonged to Kuvera's family. They were not ordinary persons. As such, they have been described as punya janan, pious men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Manu stated that Dhruva Mahārāja had been offensive to Lord Śiva and his brother Kuvera because the Yakṣas belonged..." current
- 06:1906:19, 11 September 2020 diff hist +2,010 N The demonic are always present, and they find fault even in saintly persons. But a saintly person never becomes angry, even if there is very great provocation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demonic are always present, and they find fault even in saintly persons. But a saintly person never becomes angry, even if..."
- 06:0306:03, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,381 N Narada Muni instructed him (snake), "Don't bite, but do not forget to expand your hood as if you were going to bite. Then they will go away." Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Upon hearing this, Nārada Muni instructed him"|"Don't bite, but do not forget to expand your hood as if you were going to bit..."
- 06:0006:00, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,545 N When the snake met his spiritual master, Narada, he complained, "I have given up the bad habit of biting innocent living entities, but they are mistreating me by throwing stones at me" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the snake met his spiritual master, Nārada, he complained"|"I have given up the bad habit of biting innocent living enti..."
- 05:5505:55, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,552 N He (snake) did not bite anyone because it was the instruction of his spiritual master. After a while, when the snake met his spiritual master, Narada, he complained Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He did not bite anyone, however, because it was the instruction of his spiritual master. After a while, when the snake met his..."
- 05:3805:38, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,744 N Since ordinarily a snake's business is to fatally bite other living entities, as a devotee he was forbidden to do so. Unfortunately, people took advantage of this nonviolence on the part of the snake, especially the children, who threw stones at him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since ordinarily a snake's business is to fatally bite other living entities, as a devotee he was forbidden to do so. Unfortun..." current
- 05:3205:32, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,533 N Dhruva Maharaja's becoming angry with the miscreants was quite appropriate. There is a short story in this connection about a snake who became a devotee upon instruction by Narada, who instructed him not to bite anymore Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhruva Mahārāja's becoming angry with the miscreants was quite appropriate. There is a short story in this connection about..."
- 05:2605:26, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,236 N Srila Pariksit Maharaja said that the constant hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is the panacea for all material diseases Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Parīkṣit Mahārāja said that the constant hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is the panacea for all material dise..."
- 05:2205:22, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,534 N The words srutena bhuyasa, "by constantly hearing," are very important in this verse. By constantly hearing about devotional service, one can check the force of anger, which is detrimental to the process of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words śrutena bhūyasā"|"are very important in this verse. By constantly hearing about devotional service, one can check..." current
- 05:1405:14, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,610 N In order that Dhruva Maharaja's kingly anger not exceed the limit, Manu was kind enough to check his grandson. Dhruva Maharaja could understand the purpose of his grandfather, and he immediately stopped the fighting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order that Dhruva Mahārāja's kingly anger not exceed the limit, Manu was kind enough to check his grandson. Dhruva Mahār..." current
- 05:1105:11, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,435 N When the challenge came, Dhruva Maharaja fought vehemently and punished the Yaksas sufficiently. But anger is such that if one increases it, it increases unlimitedly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the challenge came, Dhruva Mahārāja fought vehemently and punished the Yakṣas sufficiently. But anger is such that if..."
- 05:0805:08, 11 September 2020 diff hist +4,403 N His brother, Uttama, was without fault, yet he was killed by one of the Yaksas. It was the duty of Dhruva Maharaja to kill the offender (life for life) because Dhruva was the king Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His brother, Uttama, was without fault, yet he was killed by one of the Yakṣas. It was the duty of Dhruva Mahārāja to kill..."