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  • <div class="heading">For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide s ...Godhead by revelation. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by mental speculation. For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide s ...
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  • ...exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahā ...exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahā ...
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  • ...d the personified ocean trembled in fear and offered the Lord an easy path for reaching the enemy's city.</div> ...d the personified ocean trembled in fear and offered the Lord an easy path for reaching the enemy's city. The impersonalists will see havoc in this red-ho ...
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  • ...situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolute plane, for they are no longer subject to dualities like good and bad. The highest perf ...xt"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedic rites and rituals are imperative for neophytes: comprehending all kinds of prayer three times a day, taking a ba ...
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  • ...Sukham, pleasure or happiness, should always be in that which is favorable for the cultivation of the spiritual knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness</di ...unfavorable for the cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Anything favorable for the development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be accepted, and anythi ...
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  • ...any great devotees of Kṛṣṇa offered prayers to Kṛṣṇa to please forgive him for all his sinful activities. So then this can be taken as prayers too.</p> ...
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  • ...refused to work, refused to fight, that "My dear Kṛṣṇa, it is not possible for me to fight with my relatives, brothers. I am not going to fight," but from ...amily. Just like in the family of a brāhmaṇa, in the family of a rich man. For pious work, one can get his janma. And aiśvarya. Aiśvarya means you can b ...
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  • ...t for the Englishmen or Americans," or "I am for the human being. I am not for the cows and goats. They should be sent to the slaughterhouse"—these thin ...ṣṇa consciousness. That is possible. So far your body is concerned... Take for example, just all of you, you were accustomed to the Western way of life, e ...
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  • ...on for his personal self. But a person acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness works for the satisfaction of the whole, without self-interest.</p> ...attempt anything for his own sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one become ...
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  • ...rd Viṣṇu is the root of that tree also. The root is the same—the Lord—both for the real tree and the false, but the false tree is only the perverted refle ...terial world, the yogīs can enjoy more comfortable and more pleasant lives for hundreds of thousands of years, but life in those higher planets is not ete ...
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  • ...who knows Him can transcend the bonds of birth and death. There is no way for liberation other than this knowledge of that Supreme Person.</p> ...Personality of Godhead. Modern impersonalists are still less intelligent, for they do not even follow their great predecessor Śaṅkarācārya, who has ...
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  • ...s that the devotee always absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has no anxieties for his maintenance or protection. Being constantly absorbed in Kṛṣṇa con ...s not engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service, it is useless for him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he ...
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  • {{notes|Reference not found for:SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...igure in this material world. Why, then, are there severe types of penance for the perfection of devotional service? ...
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  • ...>Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness fr ...ead Kṛṣṇa. The science of the Personality of Godhead is the subject matter for study by the postgraduate students in the spiritual line. Foolish men, or m ...
    110 KB (17,886 words) - 15:06, 20 June 2020
  • ...r planetary systems enjoys a longer duration of life and better facilities for sense enjoyment, yet one is not allowed to stay there forever. One is again ...all Vedic literature. He has come to the conclusion perfectly. Of course, for the ordinary persons who are not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness or who are no ...
    88 KB (13,901 words) - 00:44, 19 May 2018
  • ...rtificial movement of the body... must always be rejected. One should wait for the natural sequence within devotional service, and at that time, when one ...
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  • ...principle of sex life. In modern civilization, sex life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. ...r nescience. And out of such desire the living being makes different plans for material enjoyment centered about a perverted sex life.</div> ...
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  • ...odily plane sva-dharma is called varnasrama-dharma, or man's steppingstone for spiritual understanding. Human civilization begins from the stage of varnas ...be violent to kill his enemies, and sometimes a ksatriya has to tell lies for the sake of diplomacy. Such violence and duplicity accompany political affa ...
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  • ...f he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.</div> ...comes to his senses, however, he seeks after Brahman happiness, knowing it for certain that unlimited happiness, which he is seeking, is never attainable ...
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  • ...because you are human being, if you act as an animal you'll be responsible for your acts. And you'll be punished if you do something wrong. You cannot say ...
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