User contributions for Iswaraj

6 June 2021

• 08:0908:09, 6 June 2021 diff hist +6,498‎ N Krsna explicitly says here that the Supersoul is the controller of both the field of activities and the finite enjoyer. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And Kṛṣṇa explicitly says here that the Supersoul is the controller of both the field of activities and the finite enjoy..."
• 07:5707:57, 6 June 2021 diff hist +6,763‎ N The word ca is significant, for it indicates the total number of bodies. That is the opinion of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana: Krsna is the Supersoul present in each and every body apart from the individual soul. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word ca is significant, for it indicates the total number of bodies. That is the opinion of Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣ..."
• 07:5107:51, 6 June 2021 diff hist +6,702‎ N There are different kinds of bodies, and different owners of the bodies. Because each individual soul has his individual capacity of lording it over, there are different bodies. But the Supreme also is present in them as the controller. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different kinds of bodies, and there are different owners of the bodies. Because each individual soul has his indivi..."

5 June 2021

• 09:2609:26, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,227‎ N One who misunderstands a rope to be a serpent is not in knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who misunderstands a rope to be a serpent is not in knowledge"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|..."
• 09:2309:23, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,598‎ N One who understands the two knowers of the field to be one and the same contradicts the Supreme Personality of Godhead who states here very clearly that "I am also the knower of the field of activity". BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who understands the two knowers of the field to be one and the same contradicts the Supreme Personality of Godhead who sta..."
• 09:1909:19, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,653‎ N In this chapter it will be also explained that out of the two knowers, one is fallible and the other is infallible. One is superior and the other is subordinate. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this chapter it will be also explained that out of the two knowers, one is fallible and the other is infallible. One is sup..."
• 09:1309:13, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,733‎ N There are 3 Brahman conceptions: prakrti is Brahman as the field of activities, and the jiva is also Brahman and is trying to control material nature, & the controller of both of them is also Brahman, but He is the factual controller. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are three Brahman conceptions: prakṛti is Brahman as the field of activities, and the jīva"|"is also Brahman and is t..."
• 08:5508:55, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,600‎ N To understand both the soul and the Supersoul as one yet distinct is knowledge. One who does not understand the field of activity and the knower of activity is not in perfect knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To understand both the soul and the Supersoul as one yet distinct is knowledge. One who does not understand the field of activ..."
• 08:5208:52, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,568‎ N Perfect knowledge of the constitution of the body, the constitution of the individual soul, and the constitution of the Supersoul is known in terms of Vedic literature as jnanam. That is the opinion of Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Perfect knowledge of the constitution of the body, the constitution of the individual soul, and the constitution of the Supers..."
• 08:4808:48, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,433‎ N The distinction between the field of activities, the owner of activities and the supreme owner of activities is described as follows. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The distinction between the field of activities, the owner of activities and the supreme owner of activities is described as f..."
• 08:4008:40, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,478‎ N The Lord also says: "I am also the knower." This means that He is the superknower; the individual soul knows only his particular body. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord also says"|"I am also the knower"|"This means that He is the superknower; the individual soul knows only his particul..."
• 08:3308:33, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,459‎ N He (the Supreme Lord) is the original controller of the senses, just as the king is the original controller of all the activities of the state, and the citizens are secondary controllers. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is the original controller of the senses, just as the king is the original controller of all the activities of the state, a..."
• 08:3008:30, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,371‎ N The body consists of the senses. The Supreme Lord is Hrsikesa, which means controller of the senses. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body consists of the senses. The Supreme Lord is Hrsikesa, which means controller of the senses"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|I..."
• 08:1708:17, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,344‎ N One may be the proprietor of the body individually, but the Supreme Lord is the proprietor of all bodies. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one may be the proprietor of the body individually, but the Supreme Lord is the proprietor of all bodies"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
• 08:0208:02, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,554‎ N The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present as the Supersoul in all bodies, knows everything about all bodies. He knows all the different bodies of all the various species of life. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present as the Supersoul in all bodies, knows everything about all bodies. He knows..."
• 07:5007:50, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,286‎ N The individual may be the knower of his own body, but he is not in knowledge of other bodies. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The individual may be the knower of his own body, but he is not in knowledge of other bodies"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}..."
• 07:4707:47, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,336‎ N One who studies the subject matter of the field of activity and the knower of the field very minutely, in terms of this Bhagavad-gita, can attain to knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who studies the subject matter of the field of activity and the knower of the field very minutely, in terms of this Bhagav..."
• 07:4407:44, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,504‎ N Krsna says, "I am also the knower, but I am not the individual owner of the body. I am the superknower. I am present in every body as the Paramatma, or Supersoul". BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am also the knower, but I am not the individual owner of the body. I am the superknower. I am present in every body as the P..."
• 07:2607:26, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,365‎ N In every field of activities, in every body, there are two souls: the individual soul and the Supersoul. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In every field of activities, in every body, there are two souls: the individual soul and the Supersoul"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
• 07:2007:20, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,626‎ N While discussing the subject of this body and the owner of the body, the soul and the Supersoul, we shall find three different topics of study: the Lord, the living entity, and matter. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While discussing the subject of this body and the owner of the body, the soul and the Supersoul, we shall find three different..."
• 07:1507:15, 5 June 2021 diff hist +5,279‎ N Although the living entity is completely different from the material body, he somehow becomes related. This also is explained. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the living entity is completely different from the material body, he somehow becomes related. This also is explained"..."
• 07:1207:12, 5 June 2021 diff hist +5,581‎ N How the living entity comes into contact with material nature, how he is delivered by the Supreme Lord through the different methods of fruitive activities, cultivation of knowledge, and the discharge of devotional service are explained. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now, starting with the Thirteenth Chapter, how the living entity comes into contact with material nature, how he is delivered..."
• 07:0507:05, 5 June 2021 diff hist +6,334‎ N When enlightened by pious activities, they (living entities) approach the Supreme Lord in different capacities-as the distressed, those in want of money, the inquisitive, and those in search of knowledge. That is also described. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When enlightened by pious activities, they approach the Supreme Lord in different capacities-as the distressed, those in want..."
• 07:0107:01, 5 June 2021 diff hist +5,080‎ N The living entities are subordinate under all circumstances, but in their forgetfulness they are suffering. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities are subordinate under all circumstances, but in their forgetfulness they are suffering"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
• 06:5706:57, 5 June 2021 diff hist +5,158‎ N The superior position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the subordinate position of the individual soul are definitely defined in these chapters. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The superior position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the subordinate position of the individual soul are definitely..."

4 June 2021

• 08:1408:14, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,353‎ N In the middle six chapters of the Gita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the relationship between the individual soul and the Supersoul in regard to devotional service are described. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the middle six chapters of the Gita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the relationship between the individual soul an..."
• 08:0208:02, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,337‎ N In the first six chapters of Bhagavad-gita, the knower of the body, the living entity, and the position by which he can understand the Supreme Lord are described. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the first six chapters of Bhagavad-gītā, the knower of the body, the living entity, and the position by which he can unde..."
• 07:5807:58, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,364‎ N Although we use many articles-our clothes, etc.-we know- that we are different from the things used. Similarly, we also understand by a little contemplation that we are different from the body. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although we use many articles-our clothes, etc"|"that we are different from the things used. Similarly, we also understand by..."
• 07:5407:54, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,193‎ N Sometimes we understand that I am happy, I am mad, I am a woman, I am a dog, I am a cat: these are the knowers. The knower is different from the field. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes we understand that I am happy, I am mad, I am a woman, I am a dog, I am a cat: these are the knowers. The knower is..."
• 07:4907:49, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,418‎ N The living entity is within the body & that the body is changing from childhood to boyhood & from boyhood to youth & from youth to old age, and the person who owns the body knows that the body is changing. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is described in the beginning-dehe 'smin"|"that the living entity is within the body and that the body is changing from chi..."
• 07:3007:30, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,370‎ N Any person can consider that from childhood to old age he undergoes so many changes of body & yet is still one person, remaining. Thus there is a difference between the knower of the field of activities & the actual field of activities. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any person can consider that from childhood to old age he undergoes so many changes of body and yet is still one person, remai..."
• 07:2507:25, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,357‎ N Now, the person who does not identify himself with the body is called ksetrajna, the knower of the field. It is not very difficult to understand the difference between the field and its knower, the body and the knower of the body. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now, the person who does not identify himself with the body is called ksetrajna, the knower of the field. It is not very diffi..."
• 07:1307:13, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,274‎ N The conditioned soul is entrapped in material existence, and he attempts to lord over material nature. And so, according to his capacity to dominate material nature, he gets a field of activity. That field of activity is the body. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned soul is entrapped in material existence, and he attempts to lord over material nature. And so, according to hi..."
• 07:1007:10, 4 June 2021 diff hist +4,894‎ N This (material) body is the field of activity for the conditioned soul. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This body is the field of activity for the conditioned soul"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-0..."
• 07:0707:07, 4 June 2021 diff hist +5,418‎ N Arjuna was inquisitive about prakrti or nature, purusa, the enjoyer, ksetra, the field, ksetrajna, its knower, and of knowledge and the object of knowledge. When he inquired about all these, Krsna said that this body is called the field. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna was inquisitive about prakrti or nature, purusa, the enjoyer, ksetra, the field, ksetrajna, its knower, and of knowledg..."

24 May 2021

• 09:2209:22, 24 May 2021 diff hist +1,971‎ N A mana is a standard of measurement in Orissa for rice and other food grains ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A mana is a standard of measurement in Orissa for rice and other food grains"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL..." current
• 09:1909:19, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,513‎ N Generally, first-class fine white rice is required for offerings to the Deity. Thus Bhagavan Acarya asked Chota Haridasa, or Junior Haridasa, a singer in the assembly of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to get some of this rice from the sister of Sikhi Mahiti ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally, first-class fine white rice is required for offerings to the Deity. Thus Bhagavān Ācārya asked Choṭa Haridāsa..." current
• 09:1409:14, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,220‎ N In India sukla-caula (white rice) is also called atapa-caula, or rice that has not been boiled before being threshed. Another kind of rice, called siddha-caula (brown rice), is boiled before being threshed ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In India śukla-cāula"|"is also called ātapa-cāula, or rice that has not been boiled before being threshed. Another kind of..." current
• 09:0509:05, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,116‎ N Upon hearing all the nonsensical ideas from the nondevotee, a devotee is greatly afflicted, as if his heart and soul were broken ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Upon hearing all these nonsensical ideas from the nondevotee, a devotee is greatly afflicted, as if his heart and soul were br..."
• 08:5608:56, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,911‎ N They (Mayavadis) further say that God is imaginary, that people think of God only because of ignorance, and that when the Supreme Absolute Truth is befooled by the external energy, maya, He becomes a jiva, or living entity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They further say that God is imaginary, that people think of God only because of ignorance, and that when the Supreme Absolute..."
• 08:4608:46, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,701‎ N The Mayavadis say that the world created by maya is false and that actually there is no living entity but only one spiritual effulgence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Mayavadis say that the world created by maya is false and that actually there is no living entity but only one spiritual e..." current
• 08:2208:22, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,282‎ N Bhaktivinoda Thakura remarks that even a maha-bhagavata, or highly elevated devotee who has surrendered himself unto the lotus feet of Krsna, sometimes falls down from pure devotional service if he hears the Mayavada philosophy of the Sariraka-bhasya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura remarks that even a mahā-bhāgavata, or highly elevated devotee who has surrendered himself u..."
• 08:1908:19, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,942‎ N The Mayavada commentary Sariraka-bhasya is like poison for a Vaisnava. It should not be touched at all ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Mayavada commentary Sariraka-bhasya is like poison for a Vaisnava. It should not be touched at all"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
• 08:1608:16, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,706‎ N The commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati is elaborately given in the Adi-lila, Chapter Seven, text 101 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati is elaborately given in the Adi-lila, Chapter Seven, text 101"}} {{notes|}}..." current
• 08:1408:14, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,959‎ N One interested in studying Vedanta philosophy properly must study these commentaries (by four sampradaya-acrayas), especially if he is a Vaisnava. These commentaries are always adored by Vaisnavas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One interested in studying Vedānta philosophy properly must study these commentaries, especially if he is a Vaiṣṇava. The..."
• 07:4407:44, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,907‎ N These (commentaries on the Vedanta-sutra written by the four sampradaya-acaryas) are based upon the philosophy that the Lord is the master and that all living entities are His eternal servants ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"these commentaries are based upon the philosophy that the Lord is the master and that all living entities are His eternal serv..."
• 07:3907:39, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,141‎ N A Vaisnava should study the commentaries on the Vedanta-sutra written by the four sampradaya-acaryas, namely Sri Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami and Nimbarka ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A Vaiṣṇava should study the commentaries on the Vedānta-sūtra written by the four sampradāya-ācāryas, namely Śrī R..."
• 07:3107:31, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,945‎ N In the Visnu-svami-sampradaya, or Rudra-sampradaya, which comes from Lord Siva, Visnu Svami has written a commentary called Sarvajna-bhasya, which establishes suddhadvaita-vada ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And in the Visnu-svami-sampradaya, or Rudra-sampradaya, which comes from Lord Siva, Visnu Svami has written a commentary calle..."
• 07:2507:25, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,817‎ N In the Kumara-sampradaya, or Nimbarka-sampradaya, Sri Nimbarka establishes the philosophy of dvaitadvaita-vada in the Parijata-saurabha-bhasya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Kumāra-sampradāya, or Nimbārka-sampradāya, Śrī Nimbārka establishes the philosophy of dvaitādvaita-vāda in the..." current
• 07:2207:22, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,053‎ N The commentary by Srila Ramanujacarya, known as Sri-bhasya, establishes the visistadvaita-vada philosophy. Similarly, in the Brahma-sampradaya, Madhvacarya’s Purnaprajna-bhasya establishes suddha-dvaita-vada ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The commentary by Śrīla Rāmānujācārya, known as Śrī-bhāṣya, establishes the viśiṣṭādvaita-vāda philosophy. S..." current