User contributions for Nirmal
16 June 2021
- 21:4821:48, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,111 N Arjuna was a householder and a military general, and therefore it was better for him to remain as such and perform his religious duties as prescribed for the householder ksatriya. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna was a householder and a military general, and therefore it was better for him to remain as such and perform his religio..."
- 21:4621:46, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,899 N Lord Krsna did not want Arjuna to become a pretender, but that he perform his prescribed duties as set forth for ksatriyas. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa did not want Arjuna to become a pretender, but that he perform his prescribed duties as set forth for"}} {{no..."
- 21:4421:44, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,023 N There are many pseudo-meditators who misrepresent themselves as belonging to high parentage, and great professional men who falsely pose that they have sacrificed everything for the sake of advancement in spiritual life. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many pseudo-meditators who misrepresent themselves as belonging to high parentage, and great professional men who fa..."
- 21:3921:39, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,677 N A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator who meditates only for the sake of making a living. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator who meditates only for the sake of making a living"..." current
- 21:2721:27, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,834 N Such a sincere person who follows this method (by carrying out his business without attachment) is far better situated than the false pretender who adopts show-bottle spiritualism to cheat the innocent public. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a sincere person who follows this method is far better situated than the false pretender who adopts show-bottle spiritual..."
- 21:2221:22, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,646 N For self-realization, one can live a controlled life, as prescribed in the sastras, and continue carrying out his business without attachment, and in that way make progress. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For self-realization, one can live a controlled life, as prescribed in the śāstras, and continue carrying out his business w..."
- 21:1321:13, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,802 N The prime svartha-gati, or goal of self-interest, is to reach Visnu. The whole institution of varna and asrama is designed to help us reach this goal of life. A householder can also reach this destination by regulated service in KC. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"designed to help us reach this goal of life. A householder can also reach this destination by regulated service in Kṛṣṇa..." current
- 21:0421:04, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,472 N The purpose of life is to get free from material bondage and enter into the kingdom of God. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the purpose of life, which is to get free from material bondage and enter into the kingdom of God"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nir..."
- 20:5320:53, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,646 N Instead of becoming a pseudo-transcendentalist for the sake of wanton living and sense enjoyment, it is far better to remain in one's own business and execute the purpose of life. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Instead of becoming a pseudo-transcendentalist for the sake of wanton living and sense enjoyment, it is far better to remain i..." current
- 20:4320:43, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,588 N Such a pretender's (who makes a show of being a yogi) mind is always impure, and therefore his show of yogic meditation has no value whatsoever. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a pretender's mind is always impure, and therefore his show of yogic meditation has no value whatsoever"}} {{notes|}} {{c..." current
- 20:0920:09, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,522 N His (a pretender who makes a show of being a yogi) knowledge has no value because the effects of such a sinful man's knowledge are taken away by the illusory energy of the Lord. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His knowledge has no value because the effects of such a sinful man's knowledge are taken away by the illusory energy of the L..." current
- 20:0320:03, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,684 N He who makes a show of being a yogi, while actually searching for the objects of sense gratification, must be called the greatest cheater, even though he sometimes speaks of philosophy. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he who makes a show of being a yogī, while actually searching for the objects of sense gratification, must be called the grea..."
- 19:5419:54, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,665 N For sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the social order, but if one follows the rules and regulations of his particular status, he can make gradual progress in purifying his existence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the social order, but if one follows the rules and regulations of his parti..."
- 17:5817:58, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,627 There are many pretenders who refuse to work in Krsna consciousness but make a show of meditation, while actually dwelling within the mind upon sense enjoyment. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:5417:54, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,647 N Such pretenders (who make a show of meditation while actually dwelling upon sense enjoyment) may speak on dry philosophy in order to bluff sophisticated followers, but according to this verse (BG 3.6) these are the greatest cheaters. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such pretenders may also speak on dry philosophy in order to bluff sophisticated followers, but according to this verse these..."
- 16:4516:45, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,679 N Sannyasa, or any purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Krsna conscious, without which everything is considered a failure. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"any purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, without which everything is co..." current
- 16:4116:41, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,686 N If one carries out all the injunctions for purification in the sastras, what does it avail him if he is not Krsna conscious? (SB 1.5.17) So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}..." current
- 16:3716:37, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,468 N If someone takes to Krsna consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties in the sastras nor execute the devotional service properly, & even though he may fall down from the standard, there is no loss or evil for him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ni..."
- 16:3216:32, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,492 N If the soul is engaged in his natural function of Krsna consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if the soul is engaged in his natural function of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him"}} {{no..."
- 16:2916:29, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,453 In contact with material energy, the spirit soul acquires material modes, and to purify the soul from such affinities it is necessary to engage in the prescribed duties enjoined in the sastras. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,242 N The spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Krsna consciousness, otherwise it will be engaged in occupations dictated by illusory energy. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, otherwise it will be engaged in occupations d..." current
- 16:1816:18, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,390 N The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment"}} {..." current
- 15:2815:28, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,411 N Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat. Even a slight performance of such a principle (of taking to the transcendental loving service of the Lord) enables one to overcome great difficulties. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even a slight performance of such a principle enables one to overcome great difficulties"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{c..." current
- 15:1715:17, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,627 N If someone takes to the transcendental service of the Lord, even without discharging his prescribed duties, whatever he may be able to advance in the cause is accepted by the Lord (buddhi-yoga). BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if someone takes to the transcendental service of the Lord, even without discharging his prescribed duties, whatever he may be..."
- 15:1215:12, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,310 Without purification of heart, sannyasa is simply a disturbance to the social order. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,619 N According to the empirical philosophers, simply by adopting sannyasa, or retiring from fruitive activities, one at once becomes as good as Narayana. But Lord Krsna does not approve this principle. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the empirical philosophers, simply by adopting sannyāsa, or retiring from fruitive activities, one at once becom..."
- 14:5514:55, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,648 The renounced order of life can be accepted upon being purified by the discharge of the prescribed form of duties which are laid down just to purify the heart of materialistic men. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 16 June 2021 diff hist +4,036 Of these two (philosophical speculation and Krsna consciousness), the path of Krsna consciousness is better because it does not depend on purifying the senses by a philosophical process. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 16 June 2021 diff hist +4,210 m The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Krsna consciousness; and the other process is directly connecting with everything in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports Nirmal moved page The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and the other process is directly connecting with everything in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. BG 1972 purports to The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Krsna consciousness; and the other process is directly connecting with everything in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- 13:5813:58, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,841 N The whole process is to understand the real position of the self in relation to the Superself. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The whole process is to understand the real position of the self in relation to the Superself"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}..."
- 13:5313:53, 16 June 2021 diff hist −15 The ultimate goal is Krsna, because the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth come in the end to Krsna consciousness. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 16 June 2021 diff hist +4,005 N The ultimate goal is Krsna, because the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth come in the end to Krsna consciousness. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate goal is Kṛṣṇa, because the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth come in t..."
- 13:3913:39, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,797 N Both the yogas (buddhi-yoga and sankhya-yoga) are interdependant, as religion and philosophy. Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"both the yogas are interdependant, as religion and philosophy. Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanatici..."
- 13:3513:35, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,756 N Buddhi-yoga is to depend entirely on the Supreme (or more specifically, on Krsna), and in this way all the senses can be brought under control very easily. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"buddhi-yoga is to depend entirely on the Supreme (or more specifically, on Kṛṣṇa), and in this way all the senses can be..."
- 13:2513:25, 16 June 2021 diff hist −101 The Lord has explained, in the 39th verse (BG 2.39), that by working by the principles of buddhi-yoga, or Krsna consciousness, one can be relieved from the bonds of action; and, furthermore, there is no flaw in the process. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 16 June 2021 diff hist +4,016 N The Lord has explained, in the 39th verse (BG 2.39), that by working by the principles of buddhi-yoga, or Krsna consciousness, one can be relieved from the bonds of action; and, furthermore, there is no flaw in the process. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has explained, also in the 39th verse, that by working by the principles of buddhi-yoga, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness..."
- 13:2013:20, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,780 N The other class of men work in Krsna consciousness (two classes of men, one being inclined to understand the Self by empirical, philosophical speculation), as it is explained in the 61st verse of the Second Chapter. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The other class of men work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as it is explained in the 61st verse of the Second Chapter"}} {{note..."
- 13:1313:13, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,898 Sankhya-yoga, or the analytical study of the nature of spirit and matter, is the subject matter for persons who are inclined to speculate and understand things by experimental knowledge and philosophy. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:1013:10, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,808 N In the Second Chapter, verse 39, the Lord explained two kinds of procedures - namely sankhya-yoga and karma-yoga, or buddhi-yoga. In this verse (BG 3.3), the Lord explains the same more clearly. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Second Chapter, verse 39, the Lord explained two kinds of procedures—namely"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{compl..."
- 12:4912:49, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,493 N By his questions he (Arjuna) is clearing the path of Krsna consciousness for all students who seriously want to understand the mystery of the Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by his questions he is clearing the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness for all students who seriously want to understand the my..."
- 11:2211:22, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,632 N Although Krsna had no intention of confusing Arjuna by any jugglery of words, Arjuna could not follow the process of Krsna consciousness - either by inertia or active service. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Kṛṣṇa had no intention of confusing Arjuna by any jugglery of words, Arjuna could not follow the process of K..."
- 10:4410:44, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,472 N In the previous chapter (2), as a prelude to the Bhagavad-gita, many different paths were explained, such as sankhya-yoga, buddhi-yoga, control of the senses by intelligence, work without fruitive desire, & the position of the neophyte. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"control of the senses by intelligence, work without fruitive desire, and the position of the neophyte"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
- 10:3110:31, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,205 N Lord Krsna elaborately explained karma-yoga, or work in Krsna consciousness, in this Third Chapter. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"or work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in this Third Chapter"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-06..." current
- 10:3010:30, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,282 N He (Arjuna) wanted to skillfully avoid the fighting by using Krsna consciousness as an excuse. But as a sincere student, he placed the matter before his master and questioned Krsna as to his best course of action. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he wanted to skillfully avoid the fighting by using Kṛṣṇa consciousness as an excuse. But as a sincere student, he place..."
- 10:2710:27, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,197 N Arjuna thought of Krsna consciousness or buddhi-yoga, or intelligence in spiritual advancement of knowledge, as something like retirement from active life and the practice of penance and austerity at a secluded place. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"intelligence in spiritual advancement of knowledge, as something like retirement from active life and the practice of penance..."
- 10:2510:25, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,207 N Without being trained in the philosophy of Krsna consciousness, it is not advisable to chant the holy name of Krsna in a secluded place where one may acquire only cheap adoration from the innocent public. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without being trained in the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is not advisable to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇ..."
- 10:2210:22, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,241 N Sometimes Krsna consciousness is misunderstood to be inertia, and one with such a misunderstanding often withdraws to a secluded place to become fully Krsna conscious by chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes Kṛṣṇa consciousness is misunderstood to be inertia, and one with such a misunderstanding often withdraws to a..." current
- 10:2010:20, 16 June 2021 diff hist +2,757 N The path of realization has been recommended: buddhi-yoga, or Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the path of realization has been recommended"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-06-16T10:20:21Z}}..."
- 09:0709:07, 16 June 2021 diff hist +3,181 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna has very elaborately described the constitution of the soul in the previous chapter, with a view to deliver His intimate friend Arjuna from the ocean of material grief. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa has very elaborately described the constitution of the soul in the previo..."
- 08:5108:51, 16 June 2021 diff hist −108 In the Second Chapter karma-yoga and jnana-yoga have been clearly discussed, and a glimpse of bhakti-yoga has also been given, as the contents for the complete text. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current