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  • ...this type of meditation or in the mystic yoga system, which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see Him face to face and beco ...nanda Rāya that simply by executing the duties of varṇāśrama-dharma one is not guaranteed liberation. Finally Rāmānanda Rāya referred to the process of ...
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  • ...body by any means of material administration. Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul. In the M ...pratihatā. "Because they are children, they cannot become a devotee"—it is not that, the fact. Everyone can become devotee, provided he is properly guided ...
    12 KB (1,939 words) - 10:43, 6 February 2022
  • ...ledge and detachment from this material world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-called happiness or so-called distress of this world.' ...ntally, because of the explosion of a chunk. Such nonsensical theories are not accepted by Vedic students. The first created living being is Brahmā, who ...
    20 KB (3,178 words) - 05:54, 12 October 2012
  • ...r, exhibiting such ecstatic symptoms just to get credit from the public is not approved by pure devotees. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda ...
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  • ...he Absolute Truth, and thus the Absolute Truth cannot be impersonal. It is not possible to be impersonal and contain pure sex life. Consequently, the impe ...rever we turn our face we see sex life prominent. Consequently sex life is not unreal; its true reality is experienced in the spiritual world. Material se ...
    6 KB (1,010 words) - 16:50, 4 October 2009
  • ...ng">There are two kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordan ...s liberated, one's sva-dharma -- specific duty -- becomes spiritual and is not in the material bodily concept. In the bodily conception of life there are ...
    29 KB (4,762 words) - 07:05, 27 June 2022
  • ...gods and not the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. When we mention the name Kṛṣṇa, we do not refer to any sectarian name. Kṛṣṇa means the highest pleasure, and it ...rport]]:''' Conditioned souls seek after perpetual happiness in all places—not only on this earth but also on other planets throughout the universe—beca ...
    14 KB (2,217 words) - 05:51, 5 August 2022
  • <div class="heading">If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...Lord becomes the devotee of His devotees. If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...
    7 KB (1,144 words) - 01:08, 19 May 2018
  • ...ly utilized in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. When this is not done, one's situation is called māyā. Therefore the illusion of māyā is ...r than the grass on the street and more tolerant than the tree. One should not be proud or falsely puffed up. In this way one will surely advance in spiri ...
    77 KB (12,498 words) - 01:07, 19 May 2018
  • ...d from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the same category.</p> ...ervasive aspect of the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. The Paramātmā manifestation is not eternal in the spiritual world. Therefore the factual Absolute Truth is the ...
    79 KB (12,322 words) - 09:06, 12 May 2022
  • <div class="heading">Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are.</div> ....16, Purport]]:''' Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are. But in this verse ...
    7 KB (1,158 words) - 08:56, 8 December 2012
  • ...of our knowledge. We are engaged in various activities. Undoubtedly we do not know what sort of activities we should adopt to gain relief from the action <div class="heading">He who has not attained perfection of knowledge, as indicated in the Vedānta-sūtra, bec ...
    88 KB (13,901 words) - 00:44, 19 May 2018
  • ...g">Perfection of human life is attained when one can understand that he is not the product of matter but is in fact spirit. And as soon as one understands ...
    110 KB (17,886 words) - 15:06, 20 June 2020
  • ...f the Supreme and know Him also at the same time. He reserves the right of not being exposed to such a challenging spirit of an insignificant spark of the ...stem. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
    32 KB (4,955 words) - 00:39, 19 May 2018
  • ...stem. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
    2 KB (277 words) - 05:52, 19 October 2022
  • ...of a goat, although they look like breastly nipples. Similarly, we should not expect any creative power from the material ingredients; we must believe in ...ess mercy to different living beings, He does so by His own potency. He is not subject to any condition of the material modes of nature, and He descends a ...
    15 KB (2,501 words) - 10:14, 4 February 2013
  • ...ciety gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade t ...hem. The human tongue is especially given for chanting the Vedic hymns and not for croaking like frogs. The word asatī used in this verse is also signifi ...
    24 KB (4,028 words) - 05:03, 18 June 2022
  • ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven.</div> ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven. Indeed, all of the demigods, ...
    16 KB (2,719 words) - 09:35, 7 May 2022
  • ...sublime. When one is engaged in the duties of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need not act in relationship to the material world with obligations to family tradit ...s material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to a ...
    61 KB (9,926 words) - 00:43, 19 May 2018
  • ...n the eternal abode, reaches the highest perfection of human life and does not have to come back to the miserable material world.” ...methods as hearing and chanting and executing Your orders. If a person is not engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service, it is useless ...
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