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11 October 2021
- 11:2111:21, 11 October 2021 diff hist −12 The cosmic material expansion is called maya, illusion, because it has no eternal existence. Because it is sometimes manifested and sometimes not, it is regarded as illusory. But beyond this temporary manifestation is a higher nature - CC Intro No edit summary
- 11:2111:21, 11 October 2021 diff hist +51,076 The cosmic material expansion is called maya because it has no eternal existence. Because it is sometimes manifested and sometimes not manifested, it is regarded as illusory. But beyond this temporary manifestation there is a higher nature No edit summary current
- 11:2111:21, 11 October 2021 diff hist +4,801 Although sometimes a materialist becomes very opulent in the eyes of another materialist, such opulence is bestowed upon him by the goddess Durgadevi, a material expansion of the goddess of fortune, not by Laksmidevi herself No edit summary current
- 11:0711:07, 11 October 2021 diff hist +33 The form of the Lord, as seen by Brahma, existed before the creation of Brahma, and the material manifestation with all the ingredients and agents of material creation are also energetic expansions of the Lord No edit summary current
- 11:0511:05, 11 October 2021 diff hist +3,271 The five sense objects, the five sense organs, the five knowledge-acquiring senses and the mind are the sixteen material expansions. These combine with the living entity and are influenced by the three modes of material nature No edit summary current
- 11:0411:04, 11 October 2021 diff hist +10 The living entities, who are residents of the spiritual as well as the material expansions, are His (God's) marginal energy (tatastha-sakti), and they are at liberty to live in either of the energies, external or internal No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 11 October 2021 diff hist +4,245 When he (an intelligent man) is in association with saintly persons, all his doubts about the spiritual expansion of life are eradicated, and he makes tangible progress on the path of spiritual understanding No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 11 October 2021 diff hist +4,722 Variegatedness is expanded as the spiritual expansion of the Supreme Godhead Himself, for the manifestation there is totally of the spiritual energy, as explained in Chapter Seven No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 11 October 2021 diff hist +3,986 All variegatedness is expanded (in the abode of Krsna) as the spiritual expansion of the Supreme Godhead Himself, for the manifestation there is totally of the spiritual energy, as explained in Chapter Seven (of BG). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 11 October 2021 diff hist +4,140 The yogic process is a material attempt to realize God, whereas bhakti, devotional service, is the spiritual process by which to realize Him. Maharaja Khatvanga accepted the spiritual path, and therefore he was no longer interested in anything material No edit summary current
10 October 2021
- 12:4012:40, 10 October 2021 diff hist +4,589 Strong faith that by Krsna consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasayatmika intelligence No edit summary current
- 10:2810:28, 10 October 2021 diff hist +11,440 Sraddha, faith in Krsna, is the beginning of Krsna consciousness. Faith means strong faith No edit summary current
- 10:2710:27, 10 October 2021 diff hist +4,838 One's faith may be in a demigod or some created God or some mental concoction. It is supposed to be one's strong faith in something that is productive of the works of material goodness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 10 October 2021 diff hist +42,854 Devotees completely believe, with strong faith, that Narayana is transcendental and has inconceivable proprietorship of various transcendental potencies No edit summary
- 10:1210:12, 10 October 2021 diff hist +3,138 Being cursed by Sukracarya, Bali Maharaja was deprived of all his possessions, with the result that the Supreme Personality of Godhead favored him for his strong faith in devotional service No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 10 October 2021 diff hist +26 A strong faith in Krsna consciousness that one should be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasayatmika intelligence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 10 October 2021 diff hist +8,828 Those who are on the spiritual path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 10 October 2021 diff hist +6,109 When the interaction of the three modes of material nature begins, Brahma and the great sages, who are the authors of the spiritual path and the yoga system, come back under the influence of the time factor No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 10 October 2021 diff hist +4,758 The first spiritual master mentioned (in Krsna-karnamrta) is Cintamani, who was one of his instructing spiritual masters because she first showed him the spiritual path. Cintamani was a prostitute with whom Bilvamangala was intimate earlier in his life No edit summary current
- 07:4907:49, 10 October 2021 diff hist −13 One who has faith in his spiritual master actually receives transcendental instruction, and as his attachment for material life slackens, he is able to advance on the spiritual path No edit summary current
- 07:4807:48, 10 October 2021 diff hist +5,561 Lust, anger and greed run parallel in the heart and check one's progress on the spiritual path No edit summary current
- 07:4707:47, 10 October 2021 diff hist +5 If we strictly follow the principle of disciplic succession, we are certainly on the right path of spiritual liberation, or eternal engagement in devotional service No edit summary current
- 07:1507:15, 10 October 2021 diff hist −13 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.41): "Those who are on the spiritual path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched." No edit summary current
- 07:1407:14, 10 October 2021 diff hist +2,952 Actually, it is for this purpose (to teach the path of spiritual liberation) that Narada Muni compiled his Bhakti-sutra and gave directions in the Narada-pancaratra No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 10 October 2021 diff hist +7,304 As in the material world there is material construction, in the spiritual world there is spiritual construction No edit summary current
- 06:5506:55, 10 October 2021 diff hist +20,955 The universes of the material creation have a limited length and breadth, but as far as the Vaikuntha planets are concerned, there is no limitation to their dimensions because they are spiritual No edit summary current
- 06:5406:54, 10 October 2021 diff hist +4,640 Even though all the material universes are annihilated again and again in the Causal Ocean, the Vaikuntha planets, which are spiritual, exist eternally and are not subject to dissolution No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 10 October 2021 diff hist +3,767 The left ear, which is known as Devahu, is utilized for hearing about even higher planetary systems, such as Maharloka, Tapoloka and Brahmaloka - or yet even higher planets, situated in the spiritual universe No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 10 October 2021 diff hist −13 Krsna is the proprietor of both the material and spiritual universes. The material world constitutes only one-fourth of His creative energy No edit summary current
9 October 2021
- 09:0509:05, 9 October 2021 diff hist +7,439 Brahma-lina, merging into the Supreme Brahman, is not actual lina, or annihilation, for the subtle form remaining in the Brahman effulgence will return to the material world after the material creation and again assume a material form No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 9 October 2021 diff hist +6,466 When the mind is in touch with the impersonal Brahman one becomes satisfied, but one must advance further to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for one's remaining merged in the Brahman effulgence is not always assured No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 9 October 2021 diff hist +3,353 If one is destined to remain in the Lord’s impersonal effulgence, he misses the opportunity to render service to the Personality of Godhead. Therefore devotees consider remaining in the impersonal Brahman effulgence a kind of punishment No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 9 October 2021 diff hist +8,674 To remain as molecular part of the Brahman rays or spiritual rays, that is impersonal. And to have a spiritual form just like Krsna and Visnu, that is another spiritual perfection. That is Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 9 October 2021 diff hist +25,466 They (the impersonalists) try to remain satisfied with the impersonal Brahman, but Krsna is so attractive and so strong that He attracts their minds No edit summary current
- 08:5108:51, 9 October 2021 diff hist +125 N Category:Remaining in the Brahman Created page with "Category:Remain Category:Brahman Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 08:3908:39, 9 October 2021 diff hist +17,697 The Mayavadi philosopher, puffed-up and incompetent, can not understand variegatedness in spiritual energy. He consequently falsely believes that spiritual variegatedness is no different from material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 9 October 2021 diff hist +3,260 The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 9 October 2021 diff hist −13 The living entity who is nitya-baddha, or eternally conditioned, sees the material varieties as being actually different from one another No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 9 October 2021 diff hist +14 The Brahma-samhita describes the supreme abode as ananda-cinmaya-rasa, a place where everything is full of spiritual bliss. Whatever variegatedness is manifest there is all of the quality of spiritual bliss - there is nothing material. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 9 October 2021 diff hist +7,455 Philosophers like the Saranatha Mayavadis who do not believe in the spiritual existence of the Absolute Truth but consider material varieties to be everything do not believe that there are two kinds of nature, inferior (material) and superior (spiritual) No edit summary current
8 October 2021
- 07:2107:21, 8 October 2021 diff hist +7,137 The Varanasi impersonalists propagate the idea that the impersonal Brahman is truth whereas material varieties are false No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 8 October 2021 diff hist −4 Just as there is material variegatedness in this world, so, in the spiritual world, there is also variegatedness. Those in ignorance of this think that spiritual existence is opposed to material variety. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 8 October 2021 diff hist +2,352 None of them (Krsna's ornaments) are made of material ingredients; otherwise there would be no chance of their decorating the body of the Lord. As such, in the paravyoma, spiritual varieties are also distinguished from the material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 8 October 2021 diff hist +3,513 One should simply try to understand that on the spiritual platform, there are many varieties of reciprocal love. Such loving exchanges should never be considered to be material No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 8 October 2021 diff hist +7,268 Impersonal Brahman is a feature of the Absolute distinct from the material variegatedness, just as light is a conception distinct from its counterpart, darkness No edit summary current
7 October 2021
- 14:4714:47, 7 October 2021 diff hist +17,569 Deluded by this false belief (that spiritual variegatedness is no different from material variegatedness), the Mayavadis deride the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4114:41, 7 October 2021 diff hist +54,261 Material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 7 October 2021 diff hist +33,187 Spiritual variegatedness No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 7 October 2021 diff hist −1 Category:Material Variegatedness No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 7 October 2021 diff hist +80 Category:Spiritual Variegatedness No edit summary