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17:1617:16, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821‎ N If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord - Yajna, or Visnu - one is in liberated life. If one fails to do so he remains in a life of bondage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord—Yajña, or Viṣṇu—one is in liberated life. If one fails to do s..."
17:1217:12, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,940‎ N Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solution is to cease from materialistic activities and engage in spiritual activities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solut..."
17:0817:08, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,890‎ N Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Krsna is spiritual. By spiritual activities one becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead, and then enjoy blissful life eternally ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Kṛṣṇa is spiritual. By spirit..."
17:0317:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821‎ N If one does whatever Krsna says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the order of Krsna, his activities were not material ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one does whatever Kṛṣṇa says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the ord..."
16:5916:59, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,850‎ N One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achieved. Spiritual activities are activities performed according to the order of Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achi..."
16:5516:55, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,891‎ N Simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease from such activities, is insufficient ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease f..."
16:4916:49, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,968‎ N The so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals and schools and so on ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals..."
16:4216:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,008‎ N According to the Vaisnava philosophy if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive for very long, and everyone should engage himself in spiritual activities, which will solve the problem of suffering in this material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, however, if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive..."
16:3516:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,964‎ N The Mayavadi philosophers adhering to the slogan brahma satyam jagan mithya, want to refrain from false, materialistic activities. They want to stop all activities and merge in the Supreme Brahman ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī philosophers, therefore, adhering to the slogan brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā, want to refrain from false, ma..."
16:2616:26, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,986‎ N The difference between the philosophy of the Mayavadis and that of the Vaisnavas is explained herein (SB 7.13.27). Both the Mayavadis and Vaisnavas know that in materialistic activities there is no happiness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The difference between the philosophy of the Māyāvādīs and that of the Vaiṣṇavas is explained herein. Both the Māyāv..."
16:1916:19, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,990‎ N The learned brahmana said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned brāhmaṇa said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities..."
16:1116:11, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,213‎ N The Vedic injunctions warn, nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye (SB 5.5.1). One should not enjoy sex life like hogs, and eat everything, even to the limit of stool ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunctions therefore warn, nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate vid-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5..."
16:0316:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,162‎ N The Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritualistic marriage ceremony should help one another advance in spiritual life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritual..."
15:5615:56, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,466‎ N Sex and eating are essential, and they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to the Vedic injunctions people may eat, sleep, enjoy sex, be protected from fearful life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sex and eating are essential, and therefore they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to th..." current
15:5015:50, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,365‎ N In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by nature's laws to accept another body, which is imposed as punishment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by na..." current
15:4215:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,498‎ N The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajna-sista, or prasada, food offered to Krsna. The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food that is offered first for sacrifice - BG 3.13 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajña-śiṣṭa, or prasāda, food offered to Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣ..."
15:3515:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,331‎ N In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that although men, like animals, must be allowed to eat, sleep, enjoy sex and take protection from fear, they must be regulated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that althou..."
15:2715:27, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,979‎ N Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear"}}..."
15:2215:22, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,395‎ N Marriage is recommended to give men & women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gita by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dharmaviruddho bhutesu kamo 'smi: sex life not against the principles of religion is Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Marriage is recommended to give men and women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gīt..."
15:1315:13, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,056‎ N Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress"}} {{no..." current
15:1015:10, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,364‎ N Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for..."
15:0415:04, 18 December 2020 diff hist −11‎ As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment ‎No edit summary current
15:0315:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,017‎ N As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual..."

18:4018:40, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,488‎ N If one surrenders unto Krsna (mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be freed from the control of external nature (sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate (BG 14.26)). This should be the aim of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa (mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be free..."
18:3618:36, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,919‎ N Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Krsna - mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram - BG 9.10 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Kṛṣṇa (mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram"}} {{not..."
18:2418:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,147‎ N Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independent. Actually they cannot be independent. This is foolishness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independe..."
18:1918:19, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,349‎ N Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity although eternal is placed in different diseased conditions known as the many species of life. Modern civilization is unaware of the laws of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity, although eternal,..."
18:1318:13, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,310‎ According to one's association with the material qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance in this life, in one's next life one receives an appropriate body ‎No edit summary current
18:0918:09, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,252‎ N In Bhagavad-gita (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three modes of material nature - karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three mod..."
18:0518:05, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234‎ N Our Krsna consciousness movement is the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this movement is teaching people how to go back home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this mov..."
17:5917:59, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,426‎ N If one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
17:5117:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,200‎ N As explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.25), yanti deva-vrata devan. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planetary systems (Devaloka or Svargaloka) must prepare to do so ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.25), yānti deva-vratā devān. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planeta..."
17:4617:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260‎ N If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhead, but otherwise one may be degraded to a life as a dog, a hog and so on ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhea..."
17:4117:41, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,430‎ N A sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolutionary process, or travel again through the evolutionary process in higher and lower grades of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolu..."
17:3317:33, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,195‎ N If one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and hogs ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and ho..."
17:2817:28, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,493‎ N The word tirascam refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As Western people think, from the monkeys come the human beings, who are more comfortably situated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word tiraścām refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As..."
17:2217:22, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,305‎ N Ma means mrtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life - pa, pha, ba, bha and ma - one achieves apavarga, or liberation from the punishment of material existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"ma means mṛtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life—pa, pha, ba, bha and ma—one..."
17:1017:10, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,940‎ N Sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthata, disappointment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthatā, disappointment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
17:0317:03, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234‎ N Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters pa, pha, ba, bha and ma. Pa means parisrama, very hard labor. Pha means phena, or foam from the mouth ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters..."
16:5716:57, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260‎ N One may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritual life. This is called apavarga, or liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritua..."
16:5116:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,294‎ N If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness is many thousands of times better than on this planet ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness..."
16:4516:45, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,991‎ N Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargapavarga) or for degradation - tirascam punar asya ca ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargāpavarga) or for deg..."
16:3016:30, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,973‎ N All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature"}}..."
16:2416:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,227‎ N One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may have material desires, one should engage in the devotional service of the Lord. That will purify one's struggle for existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may ha..."
16:1716:17, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,196‎ N One must stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, our energy to act should be engaged in the service of the Lord, for then materialistic activities will automatically stop ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must therefore stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, o..."
16:0716:07, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,052‎ N This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and because of actions performed in that body, another body is created ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and..."
16:0216:02, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,228‎ As a small piece of grass falls in a river and is tossed about with different types of wood and tree branches, the living entity floats in the ocean of material existence and is dashed and tossed amidst material conditions ‎No edit summary current
15:5815:58, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,927‎ N As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to accept another ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to acc..."
15:5215:52, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,365‎ N The words yatha-srutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as sruti because this knowledge is received from authorities. The statements of the Vedas are known as sruti-pramana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words yathā-śrutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as śruti because this knowledge is received from autho..."
15:4615:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,540‎ N The saintly brahmana did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers were not concocted by him. This is indicated by the words yatha-srutam, meaning "as I have heard from the authorities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the saintly brāhmaṇa did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers, however, were not concocted by him. This is..."
15:3915:39, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,367‎ N As for Prahlada Maharaja since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be answered, even by a great and exalted personality ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be an..." current
15:3515:35, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,467‎ N Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, because of great kindness, a saintly person speaks to ordinary men ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, beca..."
15:2915:29, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,351‎ N A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man does not need to be advised ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man do..."

19:1119:11, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,097‎ N The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktya kevalaya. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that bhaktya kevalaya means jnana-karmady-amisraya, "unmixed with fruitive activities or speculative knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktyā kevalayā. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that bhakt..."
19:0419:04, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,025‎ N Only to the devotees does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service. To others, the nondevotees, the Lord gives instructions according to the manner of their surrender ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only to the devotees, however, does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service...." current
18:5918:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist −11‎ The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him ‎No edit summary current
18:5818:58, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,907‎ N The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61)), and whe..."
18:5118:51, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,066‎ N A pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service. A devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can study another man's character without difficulty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service...."
18:4318:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,711‎ N Prahlada was naturally inquisitive about why he (the saintly person) was lying there inactive ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda was naturally inquisitive about why he was lying there inactive"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
18:3718:37, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,335‎ Prahlada Maharaja studied the bodily features of the saintly person, and through the saint's physiognomy Prahlada Maharaja could understand that he was intelligent and expert ‎No edit summary current
18:3118:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,275‎ N One who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brahmana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brāhmaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
18:2618:26, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,676‎ N The learned sage was quite fat and Prahlada Maharaja was very much surprised. Because of being experienced in self-realization, a transcendentalist certainly becomes bright-faced ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned sage, however, was quite fat, and therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja was very much surprised. Because of being experie..."
18:0918:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,430‎ N By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory"}} {{notes|..."
18:0318:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,799‎ N In the material world we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through business or some other means and he then gets the money, he enjoys the senses to his satisfaction ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world also, we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through..."
17:5717:57, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,470‎ N Prahlada Maharaja who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ajagara-vrtti and becoming very fat ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ājagara-vṛtti and becoming very fat"}} {{notes|}}..." current
17:5017:50, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,722‎ N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would become very anxious upon seeing his fat disciples becoming bhogis, or enjoyers of the senses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would b..."
17:4317:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,240‎ N Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlada Maharaja immediately offered him respectful obeisances ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately offered him respectful obeisances"..." current
17:3317:33, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,567‎ N The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kaveri in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable to understand whether that saint was the same man they had known. It is therefore said, vaisnavera kriya mudra vijne na bhujhaya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kāverī in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable..."
17:2717:27, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,726‎ N Prahlada Maharaja, along with his associates, met this great saint (who was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python) and spoke to him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his associates, met this great saint and spoke to him"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{com..."
17:2317:23, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,095‎ N The saintly person met by Prahlada Maharaja was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python, which does not go anywhere but sits in one place for years and eats whatever is automatically available ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The saintly person met by Prahlāda Mahārāja was undergoing ājagara-vṛtti, the living conditions of a python, which does..."
17:1217:12, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,084‎ N Our (Krsna consciousness movement) only concern is to attract people to Krsna consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyasis or in the regular dress of gentlemen. Our only concern is to spread interest in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our only concern is to attract people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyāsīs or in the regul..."
17:0717:07, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,253‎ N Sometimes the Krsna consciousness movement sends its representative sannyasis to foreign countries where the danda and kamandalu are not very much appreciated. We send our preachers in ordinary dress to introduce our books and philosophy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement sends its representative sannyāsīs to foreign countries where the daṇḍa..."
17:0017:00, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,856‎ N Such a sannyasi (a Vaisnava sannyasi) is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyasa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to spread Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a sannyāsī is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyāsa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to sp..."
16:5416:54, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,204‎ N To preach, such sannyasis may accept the symbols of sannyasa, such as the danda and kamandalu, or sometimes they may not. Generally the Vaisnava sannyasis, being paramahamsas, are automatically called babajis, and they do not carry a kamandalu or danda ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To preach, such sannyāsīs may accept the symbols of sannyāsa, such as the daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu, or sometimes they ma..."
16:4616:46, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,852‎ N Unless one is in the paramahamsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Srimad-Bhagavatam. For paramahamsas, or sannyasis in the Vaisnava order, preaching is the first duty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is in the paramahaṁsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. For paramahaṁsas, or sa..."
16:4116:41, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,937‎ N The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavan, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is meant for the paramahamsas. Indeed, Srimad-Bhagavatam itself is meant for the paramahamsas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavān, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is..."
16:3616:36, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,945‎ The Mayavadi impersonalist sannyasis cannot attain the paramahamsa stage. This is because of their impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth ‎No edit summary current
16:3416:34, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,901‎ N There are four stages of the renounced order of life - kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya and paramahamsa. Herein (in SB 7.13.9), Srimad-Bhagavatam considers the paramahamsas among the sannyasis ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four stages of the renounced order of life—kuṭīcaka, bahūdaka, parivrājakācārya and paramahaṁsa. Herein,..."
16:2916:29, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,021‎ N The first business of the sannyasi is to preach Krsna consciousness, but if, by the grace of Krsna, facilities are available, then he may construct temples and monasteries to give shelter to the serious students of Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first business of the sannyāsī is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but if, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, facilities a..."
16:2516:25, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,561‎ N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains the word arambhan as meaning mathadi-vyaparan, which means "attempts to construct temples and monasteries ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains the word ārambhān as meaning maṭhādi-vyāpārān, which means "attem..." current
16:1916:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,939‎ N In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples and monasteries should be used exclusively by devotees who are serious about spiritual advancement in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples a..." current
16:1316:13, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,750‎ N In the Krsna consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principles - no illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principl..."
16:0316:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,763‎ N Sannyasis sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually such endeavors should be avoided ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsīs sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually su..."
15:5915:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,701‎ N A sannyasi is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements - curing diseases or increasing material opulence by manufacturing gold ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complet..."
15:5515:55, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,866‎ N There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence by manufacturing gold. These are lucrative allurements for unintelligent men ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence b..."
15:4715:47, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,616‎ N So-called svamis and yogis generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So-called svāmīs and yogīs generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela..."
15:3815:38, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,117‎ N Madhvacarya says: One should be callous to these so-called sastras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's livelihood by taking money for explaining sastra ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be callous to these so-called śāstras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's liveliho..."
15:3115:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,116‎ N Madhvacarya says: There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers & thinkers who are useless for spiritual advancement. Nor should one accept a disciple for the sake of fashion or popularity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers and thinkers wh..."
15:2215:22, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,508‎ N Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature - newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first..."
15:1615:16, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,829‎ N Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowledge. Indeed, it has been described as a place of enjoyment for crows - tad vayasam tirtham ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowl..."
15:0915:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,380‎ N This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditioned by material nature a chance to emerge from this nature by surrendering to Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditi..."
15:0515:05, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,160‎ N Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
15:0115:01, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,523‎ N Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. Bhutva bhutva praliyate - BG 8.19 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the..."
14:5614:56, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,147‎ N One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."
14:5214:52, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,584‎ N It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance, and that one observe the living entity's entanglement in this time factor ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance..."

18:2018:20, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,477‎ N Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve it perpetually and enjoy it to the best of their ability. Both of them are fools and rascals ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve i..."
18:1418:14, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,288‎ N The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve the problem of birth and death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve..."
18:0918:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +2,950‎ N Everything exists on the basis of Krsna's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Krsna. The advanced devotee of Krsna can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything exists on the basis of Kṛṣṇa's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa. Therefore the advan..."
18:0318:03, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,120‎ N One who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for they fundamentally do not exist. Only the Supreme Absolute Truth exists ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for..."
17:5817:58, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,075‎ N The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The marginal state, between consciousness and unconsciousness, has no permanent existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The m..."
17:4717:47, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,381‎ N If one takes shelter of Narada instead of material teachers, this (confidential) knowledge is possible to understand. Understanding does not depend upon high parentage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one takes shelter of Nārada instead of material teachers, this knowledge is possible to understand. Understanding does not..."
17:4017:40, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,413‎ N This knowledge is an extremely confidential secret, but it can be understood if one approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the bona fide agent, the spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Narada ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This knowledge is an extremely confidential secret, but it can be understood if one approaches the Supreme Personality of Godh..."
17:3717:37, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,324‎ N This confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to understand, yet it is very easy to understand if one takes shelter of a pure devotee. This confidential knowledge is also mentioned at the end of Bhagavad-gita ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to understand, yet it is very easy to understand if one takes shelter of a..."
17:3217:32, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,855‎ N If one very strictly performs the various duties of religion but does not ultimately come to the platform of surrendering to the Supreme Lord, his methods of attaining salvation or elevation are simply a waste of time and energy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one very strictly performs the various duties of religion but does not ultimately come to the platform of surrendering to t..."
17:2817:28, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,951‎ N The Vedic ritualistic ceremonies and injunctions are not to be discounted; they are means of being promoted to the spiritual platform. But if one does not come to the spiritual platform, the Vedic ceremonies are simply a waste of time ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies and injunctions are not to be discounted; they are means of being promoted to the spiritual p..."
17:2017:20, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,031‎ N The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-purusa, the supreme person. This is the object of the human mission ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate goal of life is to stay on the spiritual platform, fully surrendered to the parama-puruṣa, the supreme person...."
17:1417:14, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,765‎ N To act on the material platform, even if one's activities are sanctioned by the Vedas, is not the ultimate goal of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To act on the material platform, even if one's activities are sanctioned by the Vedas, is not the ultimate goal of life"}} {{n..."
17:0917:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,003‎ N Any education or activity not on the brahma-bhuta platform, the platform of self-realization, is considered to be material and Prahlada Maharaja says that anything material cannot be the Absolute Truth, for the Absolute Truth is on the spiritual platform ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any education or activity not on the brahma-bhūta platform, the platform of self-realization, is considered to be material, a..."
16:5616:56, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,777‎ N One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the brahma-bhuta stage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who fully engages in the devotional service of the Lord is immediately raised to the transcendental position, which is the..."
16:5316:53, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,435‎ N These instructions of Prahlada Maharaja (in SB 7.6.26) stress the transcendental position of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These instructions of Prahlāda Mahārāja stress the transcendental position of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|u..."
16:4816:48, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,288‎ N Karmis desire material happiness, and jnanis desire liberation, but a devotee does not desire anything; he is simply satisfied by rendering transcendental loving service at the lotus feet of the Lord and glorifying Him everywhere by preaching ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Karmīs desire material happiness, and jñānīs desire liberation, but a devotee does not desire anything; he is simply satis..."
16:4216:42, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,127‎ N Devotees are not desirous of any material happiness, including the happiness derived from liberation. This is called anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam - Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees are not desirous of any material happiness, including the happiness derived from liberation. This is called anyābhil..."
16:3716:37, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,114‎ N Because they (persons engaged in devotional service) are nirmatsara, not jealous of anyone, they want to make others devotees, even their enemies. In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya remarks, kanksate moksa-gam api sukham nakanksato yatha ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because they are nirmatsara, not jealous of anyone, they want to make others devotees, even their enemies. In this regard, Śr..."
16:2616:26, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,135‎ N Nirmatsaranam, persons who are completely transcendental to the material activities of separateness, who make no distinction between "mine" and "yours," but who simply engage in the devotional service of God, are actually fit to accept bhagavata-dharma ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nirmatsarāṇām, persons who are completely transcendental to the material activities of separateness, who make no distincti..."
16:0616:06, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,809‎ N In Srimad-Bhagavatam in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra (SB 1.1.2). Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are kaitava - false and unnecessary ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, therefore, in the beginning of the transcendental literature, it is said, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo..."
16:0116:01, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,150‎ N Prahlada Maharaja said, agunena ca kanksitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus feet of the Lord, he does not need anything in terms of dharma, artha, kama or moksa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja said, aguṇena ca kāṅkṣitena: if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the lotus f..."
15:5015:50, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,840‎ N Bilvamangala Thakura said, muktih svayam mukulitanjali sevate 'sman dharmartha-kama-gatayah samaya-pratiksah. Liberation always stands at the door of a devotee, ready to carry out his orders ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura said, muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjali sevate 'smān dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣ..."
15:4515:45, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,752‎ N For a devotee these (to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to the fullest extent and to attain liberation) are all very easily available ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for a devotee these are all very easily available"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-15T15:..."
15:4015:40, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,039‎ N In an advanced civilization, people are eager to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to the fullest extent, and at last to attain liberation. However, these are not to be magnified as desirable ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In an advanced civilization, people are eager to be religious, to be economically well situated, to satisfy their senses to th..."
15:3315:33, 15 December 2020 diff hist +4,994‎ N He (God) is always sad-aisvarya-purna, full in six opulences, in all circumstances ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is always ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa, full in six opulences, in all circumstances"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{co..."
15:1915:19, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,212‎ N He (God) lives everywhere - in the houses of the poor and those of the rich - but in all circumstances He remains Narayana; to think that He becomes either poor or rich is a material calculation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He lives everywhere—in the houses of the poor and those of the rich—but in all circumstances He remains Nārāyaṇa; to t..."
15:0615:06, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,208‎ N If Narayana lives in the house of a daridra, a poor man, this does not mean that Narayana becomes poor ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If Nārāyaṇa lives in the house of a daridra, a poor man, this does not mean that Nārāyaṇa becomes poor"}} {{notes|}} {..."
15:0115:01, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,352‎ N Since the Supreme Lord, Visnu, is situated in the core of everyone's heart, every body is a temple of Visnu. One should not misuse this understanding as an excuse for such words as daridra-narayana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is situated in the core of everyone's heart, every body is a temple of Viṣṇu. One shoul..."
14:5514:55, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,644‎ N The word sauhrdam ("friendliness") is very significant in this verse (SB 7.6.24). People are generally ignorant of Krsna consciousness, and therefore to become their best well-wisher one should teach them about Krsna consciousness without discrimination ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word sauhṛdam ("friendliness") is very significant in this verse. People are generally ignorant of Kṛṣṇa conscious..."
14:4914:49, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,270‎ N A preacher should personally understand these truths (that God is the supreme enjoyer, He is the proprietor of everything, and that He is the best well-wisher) and preach them to everyone. Then there will be peace and tranquillity all over the world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A preacher should personally understand these truths and preach them to everyone. Then there will be peace and tranquillity al..."
14:3914:39, 15 December 2020 diff hist +5,403‎ N By such preaching (preaching Krsna consciousness), the preacher becomes satisfied, and those to whom he preaches are also satisfied. This is the process of bringing peace and tranquillity to the entire world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By such preaching, the preacher becomes satisfied, and those to whom he preaches are also satisfied. This is the process of br..."

19:0019:00, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,311‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised everyone to become a guru-devotee and preach Krsna consciousness (yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa (CC Madhya 7.128)). That is the easiest way to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised everyone to become a guru-devotee and preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness (yāre dek..."
18:5018:50, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,409‎ N As one performs this service (spreading Krsna consciousness) for humanity, without discrimination between friends and enemies, the Lord becomes satisfied, and the mission of one's life is fulfilled ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As one performs this service for humanity, without discrimination between friends and enemies, the Lord becomes satisfied, and..."
18:3818:38, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,628‎ N If one sincerely tries his best to spread Krsna consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is bhakti ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one sincerely tries his best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, ev..."
18:3118:31, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,524‎ N Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this service of preaching Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this servi..."
18:2518:25, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,474‎ N Prahlada Maharaja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional service by preaching the science of Krsna consciousness to everyone ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional serv..."
18:1718:17, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,598‎ N The Lord is present as antaryami in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is present as antaryāmī in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body"}} {{notes|}} {..."
18:1218:12, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,136‎ N If he (the living entity) comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can understand God, the origin of Brahman and Paramatma without difficulty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if he comes in contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the..."
18:0518:05, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,748‎ N The living entity in the material condition wanders through many varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity in the material condition wanders through many varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances"}} {{no..."
18:0218:02, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,329‎ N If one understands the Vaisnava philosophy, which explains how He is present everywhere and how He acts everywhere, to worship the Supreme or to realize Him is not at all difficult. Realization of the Lord is possible only in the association of devotees ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one understands the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, which explains how He is present everywhere and how He acts everywhere, to wor..."
17:4617:46, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,122‎ N After wandering through many varieties of life on many planetary systems, when one comes to the real understanding of the Absolute Truth by the grace of a devotee, one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After wandering through many varieties of life on many planetary systems, when one comes to the real understanding of the Abso..."
17:4017:40, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,664‎ N The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortunate living being ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortunate living being"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{..."
17:3317:33, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,020‎ N This realization (of Krsna as the Supreme cause) is possible only for devotees who have fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord; for others it is not possible. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This realization is possible only for devotees who have fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord; for others it is no..."
17:2617:26, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,166‎ The supreme cause is Krsna, and devotees who have surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can realize Him and His presence within the universe and within the atom ‎No edit summary current
17:2417:24, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,998‎ N Although He (Krsna) is present as the Paramatma in the core of everyone's heart, He is nonetheless one, either as an individual or as the all-pervading Brahman ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although He is present as the Paramātmā in the core of everyone's heart, He is nonetheless one, either as an individual or a..."
17:1417:14, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,071‎ N Without Krsna, there could be no existence of Brahman or Paramatma. Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without Kṛṣṇa, there could be no existence of Brahman or Paramātmā. Therefore, Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of G..."
17:0617:06, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,947‎ N Bhagavad-gita confirms that Krsna, by His Brahman feature, is all-pervading (maya tatam idam sarvam (BG 9.4)), but Brahman depends upon Krsna - brahmano hi pratisthaham - BG 14.27 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā confirms that Kṛṣṇa, by His Brahman feature, is all-pervading (mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam (BG 9.4)), but..."
16:5916:59, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,004‎ N The Lord is present in three features - as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Because He is present everywhere, He is described as sarvam khalv idam brahma. Visnu exists beyond Brahman ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is present in three features—as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. Because He is present everywhere, He is describ..."
16:4516:45, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,995‎ N He (God) is present not only in the heart of the living entity, but also in material things, even in the atoms, protons and electrons being explored by material scientists ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is present not only in the heart of the living entity, but also in material things, even in the atoms, protons and electron..."
16:3516:35, 14 December 2020 diff hist +6,994‎ N He (God as the Supersoul) exists in the heart of Lord Brahma and also in the cores of the hearts of the hogs, dogs, trees, plants and so on. He is present everywhere ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He exists in the heart of Lord Brahmā and also in the cores of the hearts of the hogs, dogs, trees, plants and so on. He is p..."
16:2816:28, 14 December 2020 diff hist +7,119‎ N Not only is the Supreme Personality of Godhead present as the Supersoul of all living entities; at the same time, He pervades everything in the entire creation. He exists in all circumstances and at all times ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only is the Supreme Personality of Godhead present as the Supersoul of all living entities; at the same time, He pervades..."
16:2116:21, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,246‎ N If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord"}} {..."
16:1816:18, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,270‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has bestowed His blessings by saying, param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam: "All glories to Sri Krsna sankirtana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has therefore bestowed His blessings by saying, paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam:..."
16:1416:14, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,261‎ N The simple endeavor involved in the devotional service of sravanam kirtanam visnoh (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord, can make one successful in pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The simple endeavor involved in the devotional service of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chan..."
16:1116:11, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,023‎ N One will never be successful in pleasing his so-called family, society and nation, even if one endeavors to sacrifice his life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one will never be successful in pleasing his so-called family, society and nation, even if one endeavors to sacrifice his life..."
16:0816:08, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,032‎ N One's duty is to revive one's relationship with Narayana. A slight endeavor in this direction will make the attempt successful ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's duty is to revive one's relationship with Nārāyaṇa. A slight endeavor in this direction will make the attempt succes..."
16:0416:04, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,301‎ N Pleasing one's society, family, community and nation is extremely difficult. Pleasing Narayana is not at all difficult; it is very easy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pleasing one's society, family, community and nation is extremely difficult. Pleasing Nārāyaṇa, however, is not at all dif..."
15:5815:58, 14 December 2020 diff hist +5,304‎ N Pleasing Narayana does not require as much endeavor as pleasing one's family, community and nation. We have seen important political leaders killed for a slight discrepancy in their behavior ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pleasing Nārāyaṇa does not require as much endeavor as pleasing one's family, community and nation. We have seen important..."

18:5918:59, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,273‎ N Because at the time of death he (Ajamila) chanted the name of Narayana, although he was calling not for the Supreme Lord Narayana but for his son named Narayana, he was saved from the hands of Yamaraja ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because at the time of death he chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa, although he was calling not for the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇ..."
18:5218:52, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,185‎ N Ajamila separated himself from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing many sinful activities and was condemned by Yamaraja to be very severely punished ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ajāmila separated himself from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing many sinful activities and was condemned by Y..."
18:4618:46, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,307‎ N Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: if one performs even very slight devotional service, Narayana is always ready to save one from the greatest danger. The definite example is Ajamila ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt: if one performs even very slight devotional service, Nārāyaṇa is alway..."
18:3818:38, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,385‎ N As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reestablishing the natural, intimate relationship between Narayana and the living entities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As there is no difficulty in establishing the intimate relationship between a father and son, there is no difficulty in reesta..."
18:3218:32, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,098‎ N The Supreme Lord, Narayana, is the seed-giving father of all living entities because the living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord - mamaivamso ...jiva-bhutah ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa, is the seed-giving father of all living entities because the living entities are parts and par..."
18:2718:27, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,805‎ N What is the benefit of taking the trouble to engage in the service of the Lord? This is not a valid objection ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"what is the benefit of taking the trouble to engage in the service of the Lord?" This is not a valid objection"}} {{notes|}} {..."
18:2118:21, 13 December 2020 diff hist +5,008‎ N One may ask, "One is certainly very attached to family life, but if one gives up family life to be attached to the service of the Lord, one must undergo the same endeavor and trouble ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may ask, "One is certainly very attached to family life, but if one gives up family life to be attached to the service of..."
18:1618:16, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,369‎ N One should give up the association of such demons and adhere to the association of devotees. Thus one will be able to be liberated from material bondage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should give up the association of such demons and adhere to the association of devotees. Thus one will be able to be liber..."
18:1118:11, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,432‎ N Because they (the so-called householders) are unable to control their senses, they continue a life of chewing the chewed and therefore descend to the darkest material regions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because they are unable to control their senses, they continue a life of chewing the chewed and therefore descend to the darke..."
18:0318:03, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,278‎ N As we have several times discussed, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham: (SB 7.9.45) so-called householders are simply attracted by sexual enjoyment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As we have several times discussed, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham: (SB 7.9.45) so-called householders are si..."
17:5417:54, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,415‎ N Even in those who are apparently very educated, the same family attachment is there. They cannot give up the association of their families, even in old age or invalidity, for they are attached to sense enjoyment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in those who are apparently very educated, the same family attachment is there. They cannot give up the association of th..."
17:4517:45, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,380‎ N Prahlada Maharaja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark well of family life and go to the forest to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja has maintained the philosophical point of view that one should give up the dark well of family life and g..."
17:3817:38, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,770‎ N Prahlada Maharaja advises everyone to follow the principles of varnasrama-dharma. Specifically, at a certain point one must give up family life and take to the renounced order of life to cultivate spiritual knowledge and thus become liberated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja advises everyone to follow the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma. Specifically, at a certain point one..."
17:3217:32, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,830‎ N As cats, dogs and other animals not knowing their true interest in life become increasingly involved in ignorance, the so-called educated person who does not know his own self-interest or the true goal of life becomes increasingly involved in materialism ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As cats, dogs and other animals, not knowing their true interest in life, become increasingly involved in ignorance, the so-ca..."
17:2717:27, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,611‎ N In this verse (SB 7.6.16) it is clearly stated that despite their so-called advanced knowledge, they actually have the same mentality as cats and dogs ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse, however, it is clearly stated that despite their so-called advanced knowledge, they actually have the same ment..."
17:2317:23, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,494‎ N The scientists invent nuclear weapons and collaborate with the big leaders to protect the interests of their own nation or society ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The scientists invent nuclear weapons and collaborate with the big leaders to protect the interests of their own nation or soc..."
17:1917:19, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,640‎ N Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, great leaders, politicians, philosophers and scientists are all engaged in foolish activities, thinking, "This is mine, and this is yours ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, great leaders, politicians, philosophers and scientists are all engaged in foolish activiti..."
17:1417:14, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,602‎ N Such attracted (foolish persons) persons become involved in society, community and nation and waste their time, not having profited from having obtained human forms ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such attracted persons become involved in society, community and nation and waste their time, not having profited from having..."
17:0217:02, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,155‎ If one does not ask, "Who am I? What is the goal of my life?" but instead follows the same animal propensities as cats and dogs, what is the use of his education? ‎No edit summary current
16:5616:56, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,827‎ N When Sanatana Gosvami submitted to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya, his first question was 'ke ami', 'kene amaya jare tapa-traya'. He wanted to know his constitutional position and why he was suffering from the threefold miseries of material existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when Sanātana Gosvāmī submitted to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his first question was 'ke āmi', 'kene ā..."
16:2416:24, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,778‎ N Animals and unintelligent men are called vimudha, or ignorant, bewildered, whereas an educated person is called vidvan. The real vidvan is one who tries to understand his own position within this material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"animals and unintelligent men are called vimūḍha, or ignorant, bewildered, whereas an educated person is called vidvān. Th..."
16:1716:17, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,463‎ N In human society there are attempts to educate the human being, but for animal society there is no such system, nor are animals able to be educated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In human society there are attempts to educate the human being, but for animal society there is no such system, nor are animal..."
16:1116:11, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,452‎ N People do not care about the laws of this life or those governing the next. Despite whatever knowledge one has, one cannot stop his sinful activities if he is unable to control his senses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"people do not care about the laws of this life or those governing the next. Despite whatever knowledge one has, one cannot sto..."
16:0716:07, 13 December 2020 diff hist +2,586‎ N Especially in these days, people do not believe in a next life or in the court of Yamaraja and the various punishments of the sinful. But at least one should know that one who cheats others to acquire money will be punished by the laws of the government ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Especially in these days, people do not believe in a next life or in the court of Yamarāja and the various punishments of the..."
16:0116:01, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,062‎ N Even though such a materialistic person is always suffering threefold miseries, he is not intelligent enough to cease his materialistic way of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though such a materialistic person is always suffering threefold miseries, he is not intelligent enough to cease his mate..."
15:5615:56, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,085‎ N Although a materialistic person is expert in calculating costs and doing business, he does not realize that he is misusing his costly life for want of knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a materialistic person is expert in calculating costs and doing business, he does not realize that he is misusing his..."
15:5115:51, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,389‎ N Canakya Pandita gives the example that a moment of life cannot be purchased in exchange for millions of dollars. A foolish person wastes such a valuable life without knowing how much he is losing, even according to monetary calculations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Cāṇakya Paṇḍita gives the example that a moment of life cannot be purchased in exchange for millions of dollars. A fool..."
15:4515:45, 13 December 2020 diff hist +3,179‎ N He (a foolish man) is expert in calculating the loss of pounds, shillings and pence, but he is so foolish that he does not know how much money he is losing, even according to material considerations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is expert in calculating the loss of pounds, shillings and pence, but he is so foolish that he does not know how much money..."
15:2515:25, 13 December 2020 diff hist +4,469‎ N There are one's own father and mother to be taken care of, and one also becomes concerned with the social atmosphere and with pleasing his brothers and sisters ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are one's own father and mother to be taken care of, and one also becomes concerned with the social atmosphere and with..."

17:5017:50, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,300‎ N Human society should take advantage of this instruction - even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection - SB 7.6.1 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human society should take advantage of this instruction"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-12T..."
17:4417:44, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,642‎ N Although they (great kings and emperors) were extremely opulent and were the masters of kingdoms, they could give up all their possessions because they were trained early as brahmacaris. Prahlada Maharaja's advice is therefore very appropriate ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they were extremely opulent and were the masters of kingdoms, they could give up all their possessions because they w..."
17:3917:39, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,465‎ N Then they (the members of the higher castes) were allowed to enter household life. There have consequently been many instances in which great kings and emperors have given up household life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then they were allowed to enter household life. There have consequently been many instances in which great kings and emperors..."
17:3417:34, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,863‎ N Formerly, the members of the higher castes - the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas (everyone but the sudras) - were trained in the guru-kula to adhere to a life of renunciation and sense control by practicing brahmacarya and mystic yoga ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly, of course, the members of the higher castes—the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas (everyone but the śūdras)..."
17:2817:28, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,242‎ N One may risk everything to acquire money, and this is especially true of rich men who are too attached to household life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may risk everything to acquire money, and this is especially true of rich men who are too attached to household life"}} {{..."
17:2517:25, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,563‎ N Merchants go from one country to another on boats at the risk of their lives, or they dive into the water of the sea to collect pearls and valuable gems. Thus it is practically proved - and everyone will admit - that money is sweeter than honey ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"merchants go from one country to another on boats at the risk of their lives, or they dive into the water of the sea to collec..."
17:1917:19, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,631‎ N Why do they (thieves) risk their lives? Only to get some money. Similarly, a professional soldier is recruited into the army, and he accepts such service, with the risk of dying on the battlefield, only for the sake of money ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Why do they risk their lives? Only to get some money. Similarly, a professional soldier is recruited into the army, and he acc..."
17:1217:12, 12 December 2020 diff hist +4,035‎ N How money can be dearer than life is indicated in this verse - SB 7.6.10 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How money can be dearer than life is indicated in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-1..."
17:0417:04, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,375‎ N A strong inclination for sense enjoyment is the cause of the material body. Without full knowledge one cannot be unattached to material enjoyment, but as long as one is not in that position one is not fit to return home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A strong inclination for sense enjoyment is the cause of the material body. Without full knowledge one cannot be unattached to..."
16:5916:59, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,206‎ N One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvami or svami, master of the senses. Unless one is master of the senses, he should not accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called gosvāmī or svāmī, master of the senses. Unless one is..."
16:4816:48, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,259‎ N Children should be taught from the very beginning of life to be first-class brahmacaris. Then it will be possible for them to give up household life in the future ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"children should be taught from the very beginning of life to be first-class brahmacārīs. Then it will be possible for them t..."
16:4416:44, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,346‎ N If one prefers to remain in the dark well of household life because of uncontrolled senses he becomes increasingly entangled by ropes of affection for his wife, children, servants, house money. Such a person cannot attain liberation from material bondage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one prefers to remain in the dark well of household life because of uncontrolled senses, he becomes increasingly entangled..."
16:3816:38, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,315‎ N One should give up his household, which is a place for going further and further down into the darkest regions of material existence. The first advice is that one must give up household life - grham andha-kupam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should give up his household, which is a place for going further and further down into the darkest regions of material exi..."
16:3416:34, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,137‎ N Prahlada Maharaja explained to his father that to be freed from all material anxieties one should go to the forest. Hitvatma-patam grham andha-kupam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja explained to his father that to be freed from all material anxieties one should go to the forest. Hitvāt..."
16:3016:30, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,222‎ N A trained grhastha can gradually give up household life and go to the forest to become increasingly enlightened in spiritual life and at last take sannyasa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A trained gṛhastha can gradually give up household life and go to the forest to become increasingly enlightened in spiritual..."
16:2416:24, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,494‎ N He (the brahmacari) learns how to control his senses and sacrifice everything for the guru. When he is fully trained, if he likes he is allowed to marry. Thus he is not an ordinary grhastha who has learned only how to satisfy his senses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he learns how to control his senses and sacrifice everything for the guru. When he is fully trained, if he likes he is allowed..."
16:1916:19, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,308‎ N From the very beginning, a brahmacari is trained to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the guru. A brahmacari is advised to go begging alms door to door, addressing all women as mother, and whatever he collects goes to the benefit of the guru ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the very beginning, a brahmacārī is trained to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the guru. A brahmacārī is advi..."
16:0916:09, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,183‎ N Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacari, living under the care of the guru, whose place is known as the guru-kula. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto guror hitam - SB 7.12.1 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before entering household life, one should be trained as a brahmacārī, living under the care of the guru, whose place is kno..."
16:0216:02, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,100‎ N For this purpose (to free ourselves from the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease), one must first be liberated from material bondage, and especially from household life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For this purpose, one must first be liberated from material bondage, and especially from household life"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
15:5715:57, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,171‎ N While in the material world we manufacture so many duties in the name of so many isms, but our actual duty is to free ourselves from the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While in the material world we manufacture so many duties in the name of so many isms, but our actual duty is to free ourselve..."
15:5215:52, 12 December 2020 diff hist +6,225‎ N Dharman bhagavatan means the religious principle of reviving our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For this purpose Krsna personally advises, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja - BG 18.66 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dharmān bhāgavatān means the religious principle of reviving our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For..."
15:4615:46, 12 December 2020 diff hist +5,957‎ N Prahlada Maharaja's first proposal was kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha- SB 7.6.1 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja's first proposal was kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}..."
15:4315:43, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,885‎ N At the end of one hundred years, one who has not acted as a human being in a life of tapasya (austerity & penance) must certainly be embodied again in a body like those of cats, dogs and hogs. This life of lusty desires and sense gratification is risky ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the end of one hundred years, one who has not acted as a human being in a life of tapasya (austerity and penance) must cert..."
15:3615:36, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,589‎ N The entire duration of a life of even one hundred years is wasted and misused, and at the time of death one transmigrates to another body, which may not be human ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the entire duration of a life of even one hundred years is wasted and misused, and at the time of death one transmigrates to a..." current
15:3115:31, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,519‎ N From the very beginning of life, those who are ajitendriya, who cannot control their senses, are educated only for sense gratification, as we have seen in the Western countries ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the very beginning of life, those who are ajitendriya, who cannot control their senses, are educated only for sense grati..."
15:2615:26, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,968‎ N Being perfect in sense control, one will follow the regulative principles even if he becomes a householder. From household life one is ordered to accept vanaprastha life and go to the forest and then accept sannyasa. That is the perfection of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"being perfect in sense control, one will follow the regulative principles even if he becomes a householder. From household lif..."
15:2115:21, 12 December 2020 diff hist +3,759‎ N This leaves only a few more years, but because of too much attachment to household life, those years are also spent with no purpose, without God consciousness. Therefore, one should be trained to be a perfect brahmacari in the beginning of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this leaves only a few more years, but because of too much attachment to household life, those years are also spent with no pu..."

17:4317:43, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,432‎ N Even if one has one hundred years, the calculation is that fifty years are wasted in sleeping, twenty years in childhood and boyhood, and twenty years in invalidity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if one has one hundred years, the calculation is that fifty years are wasted in sleeping, twenty years in childhood and b..."
17:3817:38, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,352‎ N This (in SB 7.6.8) is the account of one hundred years of life. Although in this age a lifetime of one hundred years is generally not possible ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the account of one hundred years of life. Although in this age a lifetime of one hundred years is generally not possib..."
17:3217:32, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,310‎ N Seventy out of one hundred years are wasted by a person who does not know the aim of life and how to utilize this human form ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"seventy out of one hundred years are wasted by a person who does not know the aim of life and how to utilize this human form"}..."
17:2717:27, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,295‎ N Half of these years (of life) are spent in sleep. Furthermore, one wastes another thirty years sleeping at night during the rest of his life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Half of these years are spent in sleep. Furthermore, one wastes another thirty years sleeping at night during the rest of his..." current
17:1917:19, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,462‎ N Eating, sleeping, sex life and fear are the four bodily necessities but to utilize the full duration of life a person desiring to advance in spiritual consciousness must reduce these activities. That will give him an opportunity to fully use his lifetime ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Eating, sleeping, sex life and fear are the four bodily necessities, but to utilize the full duration of life a person desirin..."
17:1417:14, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,885‎ N Although one has a maximum of one hundred years of life, by sleeping one loses fifty years ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although one has a maximum of one hundred years of life, by sleeping one loses fifty years"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {..."
17:1117:11, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,219‎ N The varsa-satam, or one hundred years, are relatively different according to time, person and circumstances. As far as human beings are concerned, the calculation given here (SB 7.6.6) is right for the general public ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the varṣa-śatam, or one hundred years, are relatively different according to time, person and circumstances. As far as huma..."
17:0317:03, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,174‎ N One hundred years of Brahma are not the same as the one hundred years of a human being. From Bhagavad-gita we understand that Brahma's daytime of twelve hours equals 4,300,000 times 1,000 years ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one hundred years of Brahmā are not the same as the one hundred years of a human being. From Bhagavad-gītā we understand th..."
16:5516:55, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,437‎ N We keep ourselves always healthy and strong in mind & intelligence so that we can distinguish the goal of life from a life full of problems. A thoughtful man must act in this way, learning to distinguish right from wrong, and thus attain the goal of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we keep ourselves always healthy and strong in mind and intelligence so that we can distinguish the goal of life from a life f..."
16:4316:43, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,646‎ N One should not fall from his exalted position ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not fall from his exalted position"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-11T16:43:25Z}..." current
16:3816:38, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,186‎ N It is said, sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah: whether one is in a higher or lower division, one certainly falls down for want of Krsna consciousness. A sane man is always fearful of falling from his position. This is a regulative principle ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said, sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ: whether one is in a higher or lower division, one certainly falls down..." current
16:3116:31, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,062‎ N Human society should be divided into a social system of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras, but everyone can engage in devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human society should be divided into a social system of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, but everyone can eng..."
16:2616:26, 11 December 2020 diff hist +4,294‎ N Accepting the reading bhavam asritah, the word bhavam refers to unnecessary trouble and problems. For want of Krsna consciousness, one is put into bhavam, being perpetually embarrassed by birth, death, old age and disease. One is surely full of anxieties ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"accepting the reading bhavam āśritaḥ, the word bhavam refers to unnecessary trouble and problems. For want of Kṛṣṇa..." current
16:2016:20, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,931‎ N Bhayam asritah indicates that the materialistic way of life is always fearful because at every step there is danger. Materialistic life is full of anxieties and fear - bhayam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhayam āśritaḥ indicates that the materialistic way of life is always fearful because at every step there is danger. Mater..."
16:1616:16, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,963‎ N For one word in this verse (SB 7.6.5) there are two readings - bhavam asritah and bhayam asritah - but accepting the meaning of either of them will bring one to the same conclusion ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For one word in this verse there are two readings—bhavam āśritaḥ and bhayam āśritaḥ—but accepting the meaning of e..."
16:1016:10, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,534‎ N As stated by Prahlada Maharaja at the beginning of this chapter (SB 7.6.5), kaumara acaret prajnah ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja at the beginning of this chapter, kaumāra ācaret prājñaḥ"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ange..."
16:0416:04, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,453‎ N One loses the true benefit of human life (if one does not cultivate spiritual life but dies like the cats and dogs), which is to become Krsna conscious and solve life's problems ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one loses the true benefit of human life, which is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious and solve life's problems"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
15:5115:51, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,070‎ N Such (materialistic) a civilization is condemned because it does not lead humanity toward knowing the real goal of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a civilization is condemned because it does not lead humanity toward knowing the real goal of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
15:4415:44, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,314‎ Misguided by the blind leaders of society, people consider the body to be everything, and they are engaged in trying to keep the body materially comfortable ‎No edit summary current
15:4215:42, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,241‎ Especially in the present age, every man is in darkness, in the bodily conception of life, not knowing anything of the spirit soul and its needs ‎No edit summary current
15:4015:40, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,114‎ N Nor do they (materialistic persons) know what the real problem of life is. This is due to a lack of spiritual education ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor do they know what the real problem of life is. This is due to a lack of spiritual education"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
15:3515:35, 11 December 2020 diff hist +3,568‎ N We see materialistic persons busily engaged in economic development all day and all night, trying to increase their material opulence, but even if we suppose that they get some benefit from such endeavors, that does not solve the real problem ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We see materialistic persons busily engaged in economic development all day and all night, trying to increase their material o..."
15:1515:15, 11 December 2020 diff hist +2,834‎ N There is no need to waste time and energy fighting against distress or working very hard for happiness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there is no need to waste time and energy fighting against distress or working very hard for happiness"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current

18:1318:13, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,029‎ N Even if we do not endeavor to obtain the advantages of material happiness, we shall obtain them automatically. This happiness and distress are obtainable in any form of life, without endeavor ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if we do not endeavor to obtain the advantages of material happiness, we shall obtain them automatically. This happiness..."
18:0618:06, 10 December 2020 diff hist +2,988‎ N In the material world, in any form of life, there is some so-called happiness and so-called distress. No one invites distress in order to suffer, but still it comes ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, in any form of life, there is some so-called happiness and so-called distress. No one invites distress..."
17:5717:57, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,309‎ N In any form of life, we are related with Visnu, who is the most beloved, the Supersoul, son, friend and guru ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In any form of life, we are related with Viṣṇu, who is the most beloved, the Supersoul, son, friend and guru"}} {{notes|}}..."
17:5217:52, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,242‎ N Visnu is the center of love for everyone, and the duty of everyone is to engage in the loving service of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu is the center of love for everyone, and therefore the duty of everyone is to engage in the loving service of the Lor..."
17:4617:46, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,997‎ N One should glorify God in the adoration of santa-rasa or revive his eternal relationship with Visnu as a servant in dasya-rasa, a friend in sakhya-rasa, a parent in vatsalya-rasa or a conjugal lover in madhurya-rasa. All these are on the platform of love ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore glorify the Lord in the adoration of śānta-rasa or revive his eternal relationship with Viṣṇu as a..."
17:3117:31, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,560‎ N For this transcendental happiness, the living entity has wandered throughout the universe in different forms of life and different planetary systems, but because he has forgotten his intimate relationship with Visnu he has merely suffered life after life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For this transcendental happiness, the living entity has wandered throughout the universe in different forms of life and diffe..."
17:2317:23, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,626‎ N Simply by understanding these three facts: that the Supreme, Visnu, is the proprietor of the entire creation, that He is the best well-wishing friend of all living entities, and that He is the supreme enjoyer of everything one becomes peaceful and happy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by understanding these three facts—that the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is the proprietor of the entire creation, that H..."
17:1117:11, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,675‎ N Following bhagavata-dharma has been made extremely easy in this age of Kali. The sastra says: one need only chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Following bhāgavata-dharma has been made extremely easy in this age of Kali. The śāstra says"|"One need only chant the Hare..."
17:0217:02, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,455‎ N They (all children and youths) should be taught to hear the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, to put them into practice in their lives, and thus to become strong in devotional service, free from fear of being degraded to animal life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they should be taught to hear the instructions of Bhagavad-gītā, to put them into practice in their lives, and thus to becom..."
16:5016:50, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,191‎ N Men are living like cats and dogs, spoiling the duration of their human lives by actually preparing to transmigrate again to the degraded species among the 8,400,000 forms of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"men are living like cats and dogs, spoiling the duration of their human lives by actually preparing to transmigrate again to t..."
16:4516:45, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,669‎ Gradually, throughout the entire world, human society is losing interest in the perfection of life ‎No edit summary current
16:4416:44, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,784‎ N If by chance a child is saved, he is educated only for sense gratification ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if by chance a child is saved, he is educated only for sense gratification"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
16:3916:39, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,299‎ N Modern civilization, not referring to the verdicts of Vedic literature, is so cruel to the members of human society that instead of teaching children to become brahmacaris, it teaches mothers to kill their children even in the womb ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern civilization, not referring to the verdicts of Vedic literature, is so cruel to the members of human society that inste..."
16:3016:30, 10 December 2020 diff hist +5,268‎ N From the very beginning of life the brahmacarya system is introduced so that from one's very childhood - from the age of five years - one can practice modifying one's human activities so as to engage perfectly in devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic system, therefore, from the very beginning of life the brahmacarya system is introduced so that from on..."
16:0316:03, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,378‎ N They (the boys at the guru-kula) become steady within the cores of their hearts, and there is very little possibility that they will be conquered by the modes of material nature when they are older ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they become steady within the cores of their hearts, and there is very little possibility that they will be conquered by the m..."
15:5415:54, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,413‎ N With great attention they (the teachers Sanda and Amarka) wanted to hear from Prahlada Maharaja about Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"with great attention they wanted to hear from Prahlāda Mahārāja about Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|An..."
15:4915:49, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,509‎ N Although the teachers Sanda and Amarka were instructing all the boys in the materialistic life of religion, economic development and sense gratification, the boys were not much polluted ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka were instructing all the boys in the materialistic life of religion, economic dev..."
15:4515:45, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,489‎ N Prahlada Maharaja taking advantage of the innocence of his class friends, began teaching them about the importance of spiritual life and the insignificance of materialistic life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, taking advantage of the innocence of his class friends, began teaching them about the importa..."
15:4115:41, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,391‎ N The words bala adusita-dhiyah indicate that the children, being of a tender age, were not as polluted by materialistic life as their fathers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words bālā adūṣita-dhiyaḥ indicate that the children, being of a tender age, were not as polluted by materialistic..."
15:3615:36, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,927‎ N The mistake of materialistic life is understood by devotees, and they smile upon it, considering it insignificant. Out of compassion, however, such devotees preach the gospel of Bhagavad-gita all over the world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mistake of materialistic life is understood by devotees, and therefore they smile upon it, considering it insignificant. O..."
15:3015:30, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,003‎ N They (advanced men) want to be elevated to an eternal life of knowledge and bliss. As Krsna is always compassionate to the fallen souls, His servants, the devotees of Lord Krsna, are also interested in educating the entire populace in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they want to be elevated to an eternal life of knowledge and bliss. Therefore, as Kṛṣṇa is always compassionate to the f..."
15:1615:16, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,583‎ N Devotees like Prahlada Maharaja laugh at how foolish they are to be busy in a temporary life without knowledge of the soul's transmigration from one body to another ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja laugh at how foolish they are to be busy in a temporary life without knowledge of the soul'..."
15:1115:11, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,751‎ N Materialistic persons take to so-called religion to get some blessings so that they can improve their economic position and enjoy the material world through sense gratification ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Materialistic persons take to so-called religion to get some blessings so that they can improve their economic position and en..."
15:0515:05, 10 December 2020 diff hist +4,091‎ N The other students were advanced in enjoying materialistic life through religion, economic development & sense gratification, but Prahlada laughed at them knowing that this was not actual happiness for real happiness is advancement in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The other students were very much advanced in enjoying materialistic life through religion, economic development and sense gra..."
14:5714:57, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,218‎ N Prahlada Maharaja's smiling is very significant ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja's smiling is very significant"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-10T14:57..." current
14:5414:54, 10 December 2020 diff hist +2,445‎ N As indicated in this verse (SB 7.5.54) by the word krta-ksanaih, at the opportune moment when it was possible to preach about Krsna consciousness, Prahlada Maharaja used the time as follows ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as indicated in this verse by the word kṛta-kṣaṇaiḥ, at the opportune moment when it was possible to preach about Kṛ..."
14:5014:50, 10 December 2020 diff hist +2,262‎ N Prahlada Maharaja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to utilize every moment for advancing in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to utilize every moment for advancing in Kṛ..." current
14:4614:46, 10 December 2020 diff hist +2,197‎ N In tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from the classroom, the students called Prahlada Maharaja, wanting to play with him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from the classroom, the students called Prahlāda Mahārāja, wanting..."
14:4214:42, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,765‎ N The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading all over the world, following in the footsteps of Prahlada Maharaja, who did not like any of the materialistic education he received from his teachers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spreading all over the world, following in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, wh..."
14:3614:36, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,598‎ N One must follow in the footsteps of such great personalities as Lord Brahma, Narada, Lord Siva, Kapila, Manu, the Kumaras, Prahlada Maharaja, Bhisma, Janaka, Bali Maharaja, Sukadeva Gosvami and Yamaraja ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must follow in the footsteps of such great personalities as Lord Brahmā, Nārada, Lord Śiva, Kapila, Manu, the Kumāras,..."
14:3114:31, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,517‎ N One cannot understand the principles of religion while staying on the material platform. Therefore one must follow these great personalities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot understand the principles of religion while staying on the material platform. Therefore one must follow these great..."
14:2814:28, 10 December 2020 diff hist +3,493‎ N Only the devotees of the Lord, headed by such great personalities as Prahlada Maharaja and Narada Muni, are interested in the real education of spiritual life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only the devotees of the Lord, headed by such great personalities as Prahlāda Mahārāja and Nārada Muni, are interested in..."

19:0419:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,866‎ N As advised in Bhagavad-gita if one transcends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in devotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existence again ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As advised in Bhagavad-gītā if one transcends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in devotional serv..."
18:5918:59, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,944‎ N When one is above the stages of dharma, artha, kama and moksa, one becomes a devotee. He is then on the platform from which he is guaranteed not to fall again to material existence - yad gatva na nivartante ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is above the stages of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa, one becomes a devotee"|"He is then on the platform from whic..."
18:4718:47, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,547‎ N There are four processes for human society - dharma, artha, kama and moksa - and they culminate in liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four processes for human society—dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa—and they culminate in liberation"}} {{notes|}}..."
18:4018:40, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,693‎ N One's real dharma, or occupational duty, is explained by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa': (CC Madhya 20.108) every living being is an eternal servant of Krsna. That is one's real occupational duty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's real dharma, or occupational duty, is explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Jīvera 'svarūpa' haya-kṛṣṇera 'ni..."
18:3318:33, 9 December 2020 diff hist +5,176‎ N One must give up one's material occupational duties, just as one must give up his material body. Whatever one's occupational duty, even according to the varnasrama system, one must give it up and engage in one's spiritual function ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must give up one's material occupational duties, just as one must give up his material body. Whatever one's occupational d..."
18:2818:28, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,834‎ N As described to his order carriers by Dharmaraja, or Yamaraja, a living being is a spiritual identity, and therefore his occupational duty is also spiritual. The real dharma is that which is advised in Bhagavad-gita ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As described to his order carriers by Dharmarāja, or Yamarāja, a living being is a spiritual identity, and therefore his occ..."
18:2218:22, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,719‎ N As long as one is under the control of material nature, his occupational duty is different from that of a person not under such control. One's real dharma, or occupational duty, is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam - dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is under the control of material nature, his occupational duty is different from that of a person not under suc..."
18:1618:16, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,579‎ N The difference between Prahlada Maharaja and Hiranyakasipu was that Hiranyakasipu wanted to keep Prahlada in mundane attachment whereas Prahlada was above the modes of material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the difference between Prahlāda Mahārāja and Hiraṇyakaśipu was that Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to keep Prahlāda in mundane..."
18:1118:11, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,310‎ N A devotee purified by devotional service is always in the transcendental position above the mundane qualities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee purified by devotional service is always in the transcendental position above the mundane qualities"}} {{notes|}} {{..." current
18:0418:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,956‎ N In the Aryan system there is varnasrama-dharma, by which everyone should be educated according to his position in society's division of varna (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra) and asrama - brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Āryan system there is varṇāśrama-dharma, by which everyone should be educated according to his position in society..." current
17:3617:36, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,576‎ N Prahlada Maharaja wanted to become a rajarsi, whereas Hiranyakasipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enjoyment - grha-medhinam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to become a rājarṣi, whereas Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enj..." current
17:3217:32, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,764‎ N There are two kinds of royal families - one whose members are simply attached to household life and the other consisting of rajarsis, kings who govern with ruling power but are as good as great saints ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of royal families—one whose members are simply attached to household life and the other consisting of r..."
17:2717:27, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,634‎ N The word dharma here (in SB 7.5.51) does not refer to some religious faith. As clearly stated, dharmo hy asyopadestavyo rajnam yo grha-medhinam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word dharma here does not refer to some religious faith. As clearly stated, dharmo hy asyopadeṣṭavyo rājñāṁ yo g..."
17:2217:22, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,772‎ N Hiranyakasipu wanted Prahlada Maharaja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the kingdom, the country or the world, but not to be advised about renunciation or the renounced order of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted Prahlāda Mahārāja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the kingdom, the country or the worl..."
17:1017:10, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,081‎ N Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate. They may think that they can kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee, but all their attempts will be futile. The Lord knows how to deal with them ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate. They may think that they can kill the Supreme Personalit..."
17:0417:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,076‎ Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate ‎No edit summary current
17:0217:02, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,952‎ N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in this verse (SB 7.5.41) as anirdesye. We cannot understand Him to be in a particular place, for He is all-pervasive. Moreover, He is akhilatma, the active principle of everything, even material weapons ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in this verse as anirdeśye. We cannot understand Him to be in a particular pl..."
16:5516:55, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,946‎ N The demons, the Raksasas, can neither see nor touch the Supreme Lord, although they may superficially think that they are striking the Lord's transcendental body with their material weapons ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demons, the Rākṣasas, can neither see nor touch the Supreme Lord, although they may superficially think that they are s..."
16:4816:48, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,909‎ N There have been many attempts by the demons to hurt or kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He cannot be injured by any material means because He is always in transcendence. Therefore the words pare brahmani are used here - in SB 7.5.41 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There have been many attempts by the demons to hurt or kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He cannot be injured by an..."
16:4116:41, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,573‎ N Does this mean that when Prahlada Maharaja was attacked by the demons, the Raksasas, Govinda was also attacked by the demons? This is not possible ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Does this mean that when Prahlāda Mahārāja was attacked by the demons, the Rākṣasas, Govinda was also attacked by the de..."
16:3616:36, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,603‎ N Just as a small child on the lap of his father or mother is fully protected, a devotee, in all conditions, is protected by the Supreme Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as a small child on the lap of his father or mother is fully protected, a devotee, in all conditions, is protected by the..."
16:3116:31, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,824‎ N Prahlada Maharaja was constantly and fully engaged in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, govinda-parirambhitah. Prahlada Maharaja engaged himself always in meditation, and thus he was protected by Govinda ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja was constantly and fully engaged in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, govinda..."
16:2316:23, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,415‎ N Hiranyakasipu decided to kill his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy had become a devotee of the Lord. This is the attitude of nondevotees toward devotees ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu decided to kill his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy had become a devotee..."
16:1616:16, 9 December 2020 diff hist +2,417‎ N Hiranyakasipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlada Maharaja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an elephant while he was lying down ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while h..."
16:0716:07, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,802‎ N Prahlada Maharaja maintained an attitude of noncooperation with the philosophy of his father, Hiranyakasipu, yet he was tolerant and humble ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja maintained an attitude of noncooperation with the philosophy of his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, yet he was..."
16:0416:04, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,995‎ N Devotees who are determined to perform tapasya (penances and austerities) to realize the self, and who are determined to become advanced in spiritual consciousness, must give up the company of atheistic nondevotees ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees who are determined to perform tapasya (penances and austerities) to realize the self, and who are determined to becom..."
15:5815:58, 9 December 2020 diff hist +4,148‎ N Devotees actually serious about advancing in spiritual life should give up the company of nondevotees and always keep company with devotees. To be too attached to material existence is ignorance because material existence is temporary and miserable ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees actually serious about advancing in spiritual life should give up the company of nondevotees and always keep company..."
15:4815:48, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,837‎ N Here (in SB 7.5.37) is a vivid example of how a devotee is disturbed by a nondevotee, even though the nondevotee is an affectionate father ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here is a vivid example of how a devotee is disturbed by a nondevotee, even though the nondevotee is an affectionate father"}}..."
15:4315:43, 9 December 2020 diff hist +3,951‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has instructed all devotees of the Lord to be humbler than the grass and more tolerant than trees; otherwise there will always be disturbances to their execution of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has instructed all devotees of the Lord to be humbler than the grass and more tolerant than trees;..."

18:0218:02, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,946‎ N Although the servants of Lord Visnu, Narayana, in the Vaikuntha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the servants of Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the de..."
17:4817:48, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,639‎ N Prahlada Maharaja would be elevated to sarupya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Visnu. Therefore Prahlada was to be killed by Hiranyakasipu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to sārūpya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Prahl..."
17:4317:43, 8 December 2020 diff hist +2,563‎ N Hiranyakasipu considered his son Prahlada Maharaja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlada Maharaja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was enga..." current
17:3617:36, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,177‎ N One must take shelter of a niskincana, a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is the way to return home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must take shelter of a niṣkiñcana, a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is..."
17:3217:32, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,150‎ N These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or politician ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or p..."
17:2717:27, 8 December 2020 diff hist +5,949‎ N To end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|202..."
17:2217:22, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,275‎ N To become Krsna conscious very easily, one must take shelter of a realized soul - a mahat, or mahatma - whose only interest is to engage in the service of the Supreme Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to become Kṛṣṇa conscious very easily, one must take shelter of a realized soul—a mahat, or mahātmā—whose only int..."
17:1617:16, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,291‎ N First one must understand how to get out of the clutches of maya. The only means is to become Krsna conscious ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First one must understand how to get out of the clutches of māyā. The only means is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious"}} {{not..."
17:1217:12, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,602‎ One cannot understand Krsna unless one is graced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only one who has surrendered to a pure devotee of Krsna and taken the dust of his lotus feet can understand Krsna ‎No edit summary current
17:0917:09, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,797‎ N In the Mundaka Upanisad (3.2.3) it is said: one cannot become self-realized simply by having an academic education, by presenting lectures in an erudite way (pravacanena labhyah), or by being an intelligent scientist who discovers many wonderful things ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.3) it is said, nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena: one cannot..."
17:0317:03, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,709‎ N The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take to Krsna consciousness, for they have not accepted a bona fide spiritual master and the Vedas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take..."
16:4316:43, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,385‎ N The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has explained that materialistic education expands the influence of maya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda..."
16:3716:37, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,573‎ N The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do not know the destination of life. They are conditioned by the three strong modes of material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do..."
16:3116:31, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,505‎ N Becoming Krsna conscious brings about anartha-apagamah, the disappearance of all anarthas, the miserable conditions we have unnecessarily accepted. The material body is the basic principle of these unwanted miserable conditions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious brings about anartha-apagamaḥ, the disappearance of all anarthas, the miserable conditions we..."
16:2616:26, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,434‎ N Such blind teachers, being interested in the external, material world, are always bound by the strong ropes of material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such blind teachers, being interested in the external, material world, are always bound by the strong ropes of material nature..."
16:2116:21, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,408‎ N Blind men may lead many other blind followers without true knowledge of material conditions, but they are not accepted by devotees like Prahlada Maharaja ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"blind men may lead many other blind followers without true knowledge of material conditions, but they are not accepted by devo..."
16:0816:08, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,198‎ N Unless one is a devotee of the Lord, one cannot understand the existence of the spiritual world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is a devotee of the Lord, one cannot understand the existence of the spiritual world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..." current
16:0416:04, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,593‎ N The knowledge of the materialists is restricted within the four-billion-mile limit of this material world, which is in the dark portion of the creation; they do not know that beyond the material world is the spiritual world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The knowledge of the materialists is restricted within the four-billion-mile limit of this material world, which is in the dar..."
16:0016:00, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,667‎ N They (seminal spiritual masters) are hopeful of material success. The word bahih means "external," artha means "interest," and manina means "taking very seriously." Generally speaking, practically everyone is unaware of the spiritual world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they are hopeful of material success (bahir-artha-māninaḥ). The word bahiḥ means "external," artha means "interest," and..."
15:5215:52, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,584‎ N An actual guru is srotriya, one who has heard or received perfect knowledge through parampara, the disciplic succession. Therefore Prahlada Maharaja did not recognize a seminal spiritual master. Such spiritual masters are not at all interested in Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An actual guru is śrotriya, one who has heard or received perfect knowledge through paramparā, the disciplic succession. The..."
15:4415:44, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,091‎ N The word sukra means "semen," and acarya refers to a teacher or guru ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word śukra means "semen," and ācārya refers to a teacher or guru"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..." current
15:3215:32, 8 December 2020 diff hist +4,495‎ N Since there must always be a difference of opinion between demons and devotees, Hiranyakasipu, when criticized by his son Prahlada Maharaja, should not have been surprised that Prahlada Maharaja differed from his way of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since there must always be a difference of opinion between demons and devotees, Hiraṇyakaśipu, when criticized by his son P..."
15:2015:20, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,228‎ N Unless one is properly trained by a mahat - a mahatma, or unalloyed devotee of the Lord - there is no possibility of one's understanding Krsna and His devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is properly trained by a mahat—a mahātmā, or unalloyed devotee of the Lord—there is no possibility of one's u..."
15:1015:10, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,439‎ N Hiranyakasipu wanted to know where Prahlada had gotten this Krsna consciousness. Who had taught him? Prahlada sarcastically replied, "My dear father, persons like you never understand Krsna. One can understand Krsna only by serving a mahat, a great soul ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to know where Prahlāda had gotten this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Who had taught him? Prahlāda sarca..."
14:5814:58, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,296‎ N As confirmed by Rsabhadeva, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Krsna by serving a devotee. The word mahat refers to a devotee ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed by Ṛṣabhadeva, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ: (SB 5.5.2) one must try to understand Kṛṣṇa by..."
14:5214:52, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,547‎ N Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavan, Krsna, or His instruction, Bhagavad-gita. Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram: their path actually leads toward hellish life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagav..."
14:4714:47, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,141‎ N In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons (the materialistic persons) always remain attached to the materialistic way of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons always remain attached to the materialistic way of life"}} {{no..."
14:4114:41, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,464‎ N The two expressions grha-vrata and carvita-carvananam indicate that a materialistic person tries to enjoy sense gratification in different bodily forms, life after life, but is still unsatisfied ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The two expressions gṛha-vrata and carvita-carvaṇānām indicate that a materialistic person tries to enjoy sense gratific..."
14:3614:36, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,187‎ N Those who are grha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the material world, cannot understand Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who are gṛha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the material world, cannot understand Kṛ..."
14:3214:32, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,390‎ N His (the politician's) only business is punah punas carvita-carvananam - chewing the chewed again and again. The aim of such politicians and academic scholars is to enjoy this material world with their bodily senses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"his only business is punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām—chewing the chewed again and again. The aim of such politicians a..."
14:2414:24, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,504‎ N As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.55), bhaktya mam abhijanati: only through devotional service can one understand Krsna as He is. The so-called politicians and scholars think of Krsna as fictitious ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 18.55), bhaktyā mām abhijānāti: only through devotional service can one understand Kṛ..."
13:5613:56, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,570‎ N Because such politicians, philosophers and scholars are interested in using Bhagavad-gita as a vehicle for adjusting things materially, for them constant thought of Krsna, or Krsna consciousness, is impossible ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because such politicians, philosophers and scholars are interested in using Bhagavad-gītā as a vehicle for adjusting things..."
13:3313:33, 8 December 2020 diff hist +6,240‎ N In this verse (SB 7.5.30) the words matir na krsne refer to devotional service rendered to Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the words matir na kṛṣṇe refer to devotional service rendered to Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ange..."

17:3217:32, 7 December 2020 diff hist +2,286‎ To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spontaneous education of Prahlada Maharaja is supported as auspicious and perfect ‎No edit summary current
17:2217:22, 7 December 2020 diff hist +3,032‎ N The words rogah patakinam iva refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life (janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi (BG 13.9)). Disease is the symptom of the body of a sinful person ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the words rogaḥ pātakinām iva refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life..."
17:1817:18, 7 December 2020 diff hist +3,188‎ N Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlada, Hiranyakasipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlada began teaching about devotional service, Hiranyakasipu immediately regarded the teachers as his enemies in the garb of friends ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlāda began teac..."
17:1217:12, 7 December 2020 diff hist +2,021‎ N Since Hiranyakasipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlada Maharaja's teachers with harsh words ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Hiraṇyakaśipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlāda Mahārāja's teachers with..."
17:0817:08, 7 December 2020 diff hist +2,167‎ N The word asaram, meaning, "having no substance," is significant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotional service, but to a devotee devotional service is the only essential factor in life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the word asāram, meaning, "having no substance," is significant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotion..."
16:5816:58, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,493‎ N The best examples of atma-nivedanam are found in Bali Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja. Atma-nivedanam is also sometimes found in the behavior of Rukminidevi at Dvaraka ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best examples of ātma-nivedanam are found in Bali Mahārāja and Ambarīṣa Mahārāja. Ātma-nivedanam is also sometime..."
16:5316:53, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,599‎ N Some devotees consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some devotees, therefore, consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be ātma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known a..."
16:4016:40, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,552‎ N Atma-nivedanam. The word Atma-nivedanam refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surrenders everything to the Lord and performs his activities only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ātma-nivedanam. The word Ātma-nivedanam refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surr..."
16:3516:35, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,919‎ N Sridhara Svami mentions Sridama Vipra, who expressed to himself his feelings of obligation, thinking, "Life after life, may I be connected with Krsna in this friendly attitude ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīdhara Svāmī mentions Śrīdāma Vipra, who expressed to himself his feelings of obligation, thinking, "Life after life,..."
16:2416:24, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,579‎ N The word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship is better than servitude. In the stage above dasya-rasa, the devotee accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a friend ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship, therefore, is better than servitude. In the stage..."
16:1816:18, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,385‎ N O my Lord, Supreme Personality and eternal friend, although You are full of bliss and knowledge, You have become the friend of the residents of Vrndavana. How fortunate are these devotees ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O my Lord, Supreme Personality and eternal friend, although You are full of bliss and knowledge, You have become the friend of..."
16:0916:09, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,612‎ N Sakhyam. In regard to worshiping the Lord as a friend, the Agastya-samhita states that a devotee engaged in performing devotional service by sravanam and kirtanam sometimes wants to see the Lord personally, and for this purpose he resides in the temple ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sakhyam. In regard to worshiping the Lord as a friend, the Agastya-saṁhitā states that a devotee engaged in performing devo..."
16:0216:02, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,477‎ N If one simply continues to think that he is an eternal servant of Krsna, even without performing any other process of devotional service, he can attain full success, for simply by this feeling one can perform all nine processes of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one simply continues to think that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, even without performing any other process of de..."
15:5615:56, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,427‎ N Dasyam. There is the following statement in regard to assisting the Lord as a servant. After many, many thousands of births, when one comes to understand that he is an eternal servant of Krsna, one can deliver others from this universe ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dāsyam. There is the following statement in regard to assisting the Lord as a servant. After many, many thousands of births,..."
15:5015:50, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,249‎ N The following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (d) to offer obeisances on the left side of the Deity, (e) to offer obeisances very near the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(d) to offer obeisances on the left side of the Deity, (e) to offer obeisances very near the Deity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|An..."
15:4415:44, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,357‎ N The following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (a) to offer obeisances on one hand, (b) to offer obeisances with one's body covered, (c) to show one's back to the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (a) to offer obeisances on one hand, (b) to offer obeisances with one's..."
15:3815:38, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,455‎ N The Lord has unlimited transcendental qualities and opulences, and one who feels influenced by the Lord's qualities in various activities offers prayers to the Lord. In this way he becomes successful ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has unlimited transcendental qualities and opulences, and one who feels influenced by the Lord's qualities in various..."
15:3015:30, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,423‎ N Vandanam. Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like the other items, such as hearing and chanting, and separate statements are given ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vandanam. Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like the other items, such as hearin..."
15:2415:24, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,311‎ N The brahmana attained the liberation of samipya, the facility of living near the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the brāhmaṇa attained the liberation of sāmīpya, the facility of living near the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{note..."
15:1715:17, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,617‎ N While the brahmana was in pain, Lord Visnu in Vaikuntha began smiling, and the goddess of fortune inquired from the Lord why He was smiling. Lord Visnu then ordered His associates to bring the brahmana to Vaikuntha ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While the brāhmaṇa was in pain, Lord Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha began smiling, and the goddess of fortune inquired from the..."
15:1115:11, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,636‎ N He (the brahmana) placed the sweet rice on a golden dish and offered it to Krsna, but he felt that the sweet rice was very hot, and he touched it with his finger. He felt that his finger had been burned by the hot sweet rice, and thus he began to lament ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He placed the sweet rice on a golden dish and offered it to Lord Kṛṣṇa, but he felt that the sweet rice was very hot, an..."
15:0215:02, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,407‎ N After many years had passed in this way, one day within his mind he (the brahmana) cooked nice sweet rice with ghee to worship the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After many years had passed in this way, one day within his mind he cooked nice sweet rice with ghee to worship the Deity"}} {..."
14:5714:57, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,625‎ N He (the brahmana) collected all kinds of valuable paraphernalia for worship, and he worshiped the Deity very gorgeously, beginning from bathing the Deity and ending with offering arati. Thus he felt great happiness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He collected all kinds of valuable paraphernalia for worship, and he worshiped the Deity very gorgeously, beginning from bathi..."
14:5114:51, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,512‎ N He (the brahmana) would wash the temple within his mind, and then in his imagination he would bring water from all the sacred rivers in golden and silver waterpots ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He would wash the temple within his mind, and then in his imagination he would bring water from all the sacred rivers in golde..."
14:4514:45, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,586‎ N In that meeting (of brahmanas), he also heard that the Deity may be worshiped within the mind. After this incident, the brahmana, having bathed in the Godavari River, began mentally worshiping the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In that meeting, he also heard that the Deity may be worshiped within the mind. After this incident, the brāhmaṇa, having b..."
14:3614:36, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,691‎ N In the city of Pratisthana-pura, long ago, there resided a brahmana who was poverty-stricken but innocent and not dissatisfied. One day he heard a discourse in an assembly of brahmanas concerning how to worship the Deity in the temple ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the city of Pratiṣṭhāna-pura, long ago, there resided a brāhmaṇa who was poverty-stricken but innocent and not diss..."
14:2914:29, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,618‎ N Eight kinds of Deities are mentioned in the sastra, and the mental Deity is one of them. In this regard, the following description is given in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Eight kinds of Deities are mentioned in the śāstra, and the mental Deity is one of them. In this regard, the following descr..."
14:2014:20, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,589‎ N According to the instruction of Avirhotra Muni, one of the nava-yogendras, as mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam, one may worship the Deity by chanting all the mantras ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the instruction of Avirhotra Muni, one of the nava-yogendras, as mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, one may worsh..."
14:1414:14, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,843‎ N In the Narada-pancaratra it is stated by Lord Narayana that worship of the Deity within the mind is called manasa-puja. One can become free from the four miseries by this method. Sometimes worship from the mind can be independently executed ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Nārada-pañcarātra it is stated by Lord Nārāyaṇa that worship of the Deity within the mind is called mānasa-pūj..."
14:0814:08, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,504‎ N The Gautamiya Tantra states, "For a sannyasi who has no home, worship of the Deity within the mind is recommended ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Gautamīya Tantra states, "For a sannyāsī who has no home, worship of the Deity within the mind is recommended"}} {{note..."
14:0314:03, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,693‎ N In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined that one worship the Deity within the mind. In the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, it is said, "All persons can generally worship within the mind ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined that one worship the Deity within the mind. In the Padma Purā..."
13:3613:36, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,363‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (q) to refuse flowers offered to the Deity, (r) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(q) to refuse flowers offered to the Deity, (r) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|An..."
13:3113:31, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,382‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (o) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuntha deities like Ganesa, (p) to worship the Deity while perspiring ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(o) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuṇṭha deities like Gaṇeśa, (p) to worship the Deity while pers..."
12:3012:30, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,378‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (n) to worship the Deity and offer bhoga to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaisnava ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(n) to worship the Deity and offer bhoga to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaiṣṇava"}} {{note..."
12:2112:21, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,787‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (k) to apply tilaka to one's forehead in a curved way, (l) to enter the temple without having washed one's feet, (m) to offer the Deity food cooked by an uninitiated person ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(k) to apply tilaka to one's forehead in a curved way, (l) to enter the temple without having washed one's feet, (m) to offer..."
12:1212:12, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,471‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (h) to worship the Deity with a stale or used flower, (i) to spit while worshiping the Deity, (j) to advertise one's glory while worshiping the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(h) to worship the Deity with a stale or used flower, (i) to spit while worshiping the Deity, (j) to advertise one's glory whi..."
12:0312:03, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,353‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (f) to sit on the altar or to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (g) to touch the Deity with the left hand while bathing the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(f) to sit on the altar or to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (g) to touch the Deity with the left han..."
11:4811:48, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,647‎ N In other places, the following offenses (to Deity worship) are listed: (a) to be against the scriptural injunctions of the Vedic literature or to disrespect within one's heart the Srimad-Bhagavatam while externally falsely accepting its principles ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(a) to be against the scriptural injunctions of the Vedic literature or to disrespect within one's heart the Śrīmad-Bhāgava..."
11:4011:40, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,202‎ N After eating, one should not worship the Deity until one has digested his food, nor should one touch the Deity or engage in any Deity worship after eating safflower oil or hing. These are also offenses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After eating, one should not worship the Deity until one has digested his food, nor should one touch the Deity or engage in an..."
11:3111:31, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,568‎ N In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (l) to touch a lamp, dead body or a woman during her menstrual period, or to put on red or bluish clothing, unwashed clothing, the clothing of others or soiled clothing ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(l) to touch a lamp, dead body or a woman during her menstrual period, or to put on red or bluish clothing, unwashed clothing,..."
11:2511:25, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,387‎ N In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (j) to begin worship without having washed one's teeth, (k) to begin worship after sex ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(j) to begin worship without having washed one's teeth, (k) to begin worship after sex"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{com..."
11:1911:19, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,529‎ N In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (g) to go to the toilet during the time of worshiping the Deity, (h) to offer incense without offering flowers, (i) to worship the Deity with forbidden flowers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(g) to go to the toilet during the time of worshiping the Deity, (h) to offer incense without offering flowers, (i) to worship..."
11:0911:09, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,611‎ N In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (d) to enter the temple without vibrating any sound, (e) to collect food that has been seen by a dog, (f) to break silence while offering worship to the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(d) to enter the temple without vibrating any sound, (e) to collect food that has been seen by a dog, (f) to break silence whi..."
11:0111:01, 7 December 2020 diff hist +39,572‎ N In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (a) to eat in the house of a rich man, (b) to enter the Deity's room in the dark, (c) to worship the Deity without following the regulative principles ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Varāha Purāṇa the following offenses are mentioned: (a) to eat in the house of a rich man, (b) to enter the Deity's..."

18:2818:28, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,358‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (ee) to praise oneself before the Deity, and (ff) to blaspheme the demigods. In the worship of the Deity, these thirty-two offenses should be avoided ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(ee) to praise oneself before the Deity, and (ff) to blaspheme the demigods. In the worship of the Deity, these thirty-two off..."
18:2018:20, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,547‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (bb) to sit with one's back toward the Deity, (cc) to offer obeisances to someone else in front of the Deity, (dd) not to chant proper prayers when offering obeisances to the spiritual master ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(bb) to sit with one's back toward the Deity, (cc) to offer obeisances to someone else in front of the Deity, (dd) not to chan..."
18:1218:12, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,572‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (z) to avoid offering fresh fruits to the Deity according to the season, (aa) to offer food to the Deity which has already been used or from which has first been given to others ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(z) to avoid offering fresh fruits to the Deity according to the season, (aa) to offer food to the Deity which has already bee..."
17:5917:59, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,994‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (v) to use vulgar language before the Deity, (w) to pass air before the Deity, (x) to avoid very opulent worship of the Deity, even though one is able to perform it, (y) to eat something not offered to the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(v) to use vulgar language before the Deity, (w) to pass air before the Deity, (x) to avoid very opulent worship of the Deity,..."
17:5017:50, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,806‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (q) to show someone favor before the Deity, (r) to use harsh words before the Deity, (s) to wear a woolen blanket before the Deity, (t) to blaspheme someone before the Deity, (u) to worship someone else before the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(q) to show someone favor before the Deity, (r) to use harsh words before the Deity, (s) to wear a woolen blanket before the D..."
17:4317:43, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,551‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (l) to address someone loudly before the Deity, (m) to talk nonsense before the Deity, (n) to cry before the Deity, (o) to argue before the Deity, (p) to chastise someone before the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(l) to address someone loudly before the Deity, (m) to talk nonsense before the Deity, (n) to cry before the Deity, (o) to arg..."
17:3717:37, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,750‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are: (h) to sit before the Deity while holding one's ankles with one's hands, (i) to lie down before the Deity, (j) to eat before the Deity, (k) to speak lies before the Deity, (l) to address someone loudly before the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(h) to sit before the Deity while holding one's ankles with one's hands, (i) to lie down before the Deity, (j) to eat before t..."
17:3117:31, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,578‎ N The offenses in Deity worship are : (d) to offer prayers in an unclean state, not having washed one's hands after eating, (e) to offer obeisances with one hand, (f) to circumambulate in front of the Deity, (g) to spread one's legs before the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(d) to offer prayers in an unclean state, not having washed one's hands after eating, (e) to offer obeisances with one hand, (..."
17:2417:24, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,515‎ N Now let us discuss the offenses in Deity worship. The following are offenses: (a) to enter the temple with shoes or being carried on a palanquin, (b) not to observe the prescribed festivals, (c) to avoid offering obeisances in front of the Deity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now let us discuss the offenses in Deity worship. The following are offenses: (a) to enter the temple with shoes or being carr..."
17:1717:17, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,666‎ N Observing the various types of festivals, such as Sri Janmastami, Rama-navami and Nrsimha-caturdasi, is also included in the process of Deity worship. In other words, it is compulsory for householder devotees to observe these festivals ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Observing the various types of festivals, such as Śrī Janmāṣṭamī, Rāma-navamī and Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, is also i..."
17:1217:12, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,445‎ N Deity worship has two divisions, namely pure and mixed with fruitive activities. For one who is steady, Deity worship is compulsory ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Deity worship has two divisions, namely pure and mixed with fruitive activities. For one who is steady, Deity worship is compu..."
16:5516:55, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,194‎ N The special purpose of Deity worship is to keep oneself always pure and clean. Grhastha devotees should be actual examples of cleanliness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The special purpose of Deity worship is to keep oneself always pure and clean. Gṛhastha devotees should be actual examples o..."
16:4916:49, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,527‎ N Regarding those unable to take to the Deity worship in the temple, there is the following statement in the Agni Purana. Any householder devotee unable to worship the Deity must at least see the Deity worship, and in this way he may achieve success also ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Regarding those unable to take to the Deity worship in the temple, there is the following statement in the Agni Purāṇa. Any..."
16:4016:40, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,229‎ N Grhastha devotees must adopt the arcana-vidhi, or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given by the spiritual master ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gṛhastha devotees must adopt the arcana-vidhi, or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given..."
16:3116:31, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,553‎ N Generally householders have children, and then the wives of the householders should be engaged in caring for the children, just as women acting as teachers care for the children in a nursery school ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally householders have children, and then the wives of the householders should be engaged in caring for the children, jus..."
16:2516:25, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,419‎ N Deity worship means following the rules and regulations precisely. That will keep one steady in devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Deity worship means following the rules and regulations precisely. That will keep one steady in devotional service"}} {{notes|..."
16:1716:17, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,294‎ Grhastha devotees, however, are generally engaged in material activities, and therefore if they do not take to Deity worship, their falling down is positively assured ‎No edit summary current
16:1416:14, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,410‎ N The brahmacaris can go with the sannyasis to preach, and the vanaprasthas should prepare themselves for the next status of renounced life, sannyasa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The brahmacārīs can go with the sannyāsīs to preach, and the vānaprasthas should prepare themselves for the next status o..."
16:0616:06, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,458‎ N In our Krsna consciousness movement there are brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas and sannyasis, but the Deity worship in the temple should be performed especially by the householders ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there are brahmacārīs, gṛhasthas, vānaprasthas and sannyāsīs, but the Deity w..."
15:5615:56, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,284‎ N An opulent householder can collect luxurious paraphernalia for Deity worship, and consequently for householder devotees the worship of the Deity is compulsory ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An opulent householder can collect luxurious paraphernalia for Deity worship, and consequently for householder devotees the wo..."
12:2312:23, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,385‎ N It is recommended that initiated devotees follow the principles of Narada-pancaratra by worshiping the Deity in the temple ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is therefore recommended that initiated devotees follow the principles of Nārada-pañcarātra by worshiping the Deity in t..."
12:1712:17, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,613‎ N All these great devotees served the Lord according to a particular process, but every one of them attained salvation and became eligible to return home, back to Godhead. This is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these great devotees served the Lord according to a particular process, but every one of them attained salvation and becam..."
12:0912:09, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,191‎ N There are two systems of arcana - the bhagavata system and pancaratriki system ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two systems of arcana—the bhāgavata system and pāñcarātrikī system"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{comple..."
12:0512:05, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,539‎ N Arcanam. After pada-sevanam comes the process of arcanam, worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of arcanam, one must positively take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the process from him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arcanam. After pāda-sevanam comes the process of arcanam, worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of arcana..."
11:5911:59, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,436‎ N Service to the Vaisnava, Tulasi, Ganges and Yamuna are included in pada-sevanam. All these processes of pada-sevanam help one advance in spiritual life very quickly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Service to the Vaiṣṇava, Tulasī, Ganges and Yamunā are included in pāda-sevanam. All these processes of pāda-sevanam h..."
11:5111:51, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,531‎ N Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaisnava are also known as tadiya-upasanam. This is also pada-sevanam. The word tadiya means "in relationship with the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaiṣṇava are also known as tadīya-upāsanam. This is also pāda-sevanam. The wor..."
11:4611:46, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,482‎ N Pada-sevanam includes: seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannatha Puri, Dvaraka and Mathura to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamuna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such pla..."
11:3911:39, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,520‎ N Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called pada-sevanam. When one is particularly adherent to the process of pada-sevanam, this process gradually includes other processes ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called pāda-sevanam. When one is particularly adherent to th..."
11:3011:30, 6 December 2020 diff hist +39,455‎ N Pada-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pada-sevanam. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pāda-sevanam. According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by pāda-sevanam. One..."

14:2714:27, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,941‎ Samadhi, trance, can be possible in five different ways in terms of one's relationship. Specifically, the trance of devotees on the stage of neutrality is called mental concentration ‎No edit summary current
14:2114:21, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,482‎ N The kinds of remembering God are: (e) awakening a likening for concentration upon a particular form (this is called samadhi, or trance). Mental concentration upon particular pastimes of the Lord in particular circumstances is also called remembrance ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(e) awakening a likening for concentration upon a particular form (this is called samādhi, or trance). Mental concentration u..."
14:1314:13, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,486‎ N The kinds of remembering God are: (c) concentrating upon a particular form of the Lord (this is called meditation), (d) concentrating one's mind continuously on the form of the Lord - this is called dhruvanusmrti, or perfect meditation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(c) concentrating upon a particular form of the Lord (this is called meditation), (d) concentrating one's mind continuously on..."
14:0714:07, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,463‎ N These (the kinds of remembering) are as follows: (a) conducting research into the worship of a particular form of God (b) concentrating the mind on one subject and withdrawing the mind's activities of thinking feeling and willing from all other subjects ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are as follows: (a) conducting research into the worship of a particular form of the Lord, (b) concentrating the mind on..."
13:5813:58, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,846‎ N According to different relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are varieties of namanukirtanam, chanting of the holy name, and thus according to different relationships and mellows there are five kinds of remembering ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to different relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are varieties of nāmānukīrtanam, chanti..."
13:5113:51, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,192‎ N Smaranam. After one regularly performs the processes of hearing and chanting and after the core of one's heart is cleansed, smaranam, remembering, is recommended ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Smaraṇam. After one regularly performs the processes of hearing and chanting and after the core of one's heart is cleansed,..."
13:4513:45, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,693‎ N One should be very humble and meek to offer one's desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such as ayi mukta-kulair upasya manam. One should chant such prayers to become free from offenses at the lotus feet of the holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be very humble and meek to offer one's desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such a..."
13:3813:38, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,627‎ N There is the following statement, spoken by Daksa to Lord Siva: " When I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me and be satisfied with your own exalted qualities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me an..."
13:3213:32, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,656‎ N There is the following statement, spoken by Daksa to Lord Siva: "I did not know the glories of your personality, and I committed an offense at your lotus feet in the open assembly. You are so kind that you did not accept my offense ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there is the following statement, spoken by Dakṣa to Lord Śiva: "I did not know the glories of your personality, and theref..."
13:2413:24, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,538‎ N In the book Nama-kaumudi it is recommended that if one is an offender of a Vaisnava, he should submit to that Vaisnava and be excused; if one is an offender in chanting the holy name, he should submit to the holy name and thus be freed from his offenses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the book Nāma-kaumudī it is recommended that if one is an offender at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, he should submit..."
13:1813:18, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,362‎ N It is recommended that even if one commits offenses, one should continue chanting the holy name. In other words, the chanting of the holy name makes one offenseless ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is recommended that even if one commits offenses, one should continue chanting the holy name. In other words, the chanting..."
13:0613:06, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,262‎ N There is no way to atone for any of these offenses (to the holy names). It is therefore recommended that an offender at the feet of the holy name continue to chant the holy name twenty-four hours a day ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no way to atone for any of these offenses. It is therefore recommended that an offender at the feet of the holy name..."
12:5712:57, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,736‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are: (j) not to awaken in transcendental attachment for the chanting of the holy name, even after hearing all these scriptural injunctions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(j) not to awaken in transcendental attachment for the chanting of the holy name, even after hearing all these scriptural inju..."
12:5012:50, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,502‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are: (i) to instruct the glories of the holy name to a person who has no understanding of the chanting of the holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(i) to instruct the glories of the holy name to a person who has no understanding of the chanting of the holy name"}} {{notes|..."
12:4412:44, 5 December 2020 diff hist +78,050‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are: (f) to interpret the holy name in a deviant way, (g) to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, (h) to compare the chanting of the holy name to pious activities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(f) to interpret the holy name in a deviant way, (g) to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, (h..."
12:2712:27, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,469‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are: (c) to disobey the instructions of the spiritual master (d) to blaspheme the Vedic literatures and those compiled in pursuance of the Vedic literatures, (e) to comment that the glories of the holy name are exaggerated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(c) to disobey the instructions of the spiritual master, (d) to blaspheme the Vedic literatures and literatures compiled in pu..."
12:2112:21, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,443‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are: (b) to consider the name of Lord Siva or any other demigod to be equally as powerful as the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - no one is equal to the Supreme, nor is anyone superior to Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(b) to consider the name of Lord Śiva or any other demigod to be equally as powerful as the holy name of the Supreme Personal..."
12:1512:15, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,308‎ N The offenses (to the holy names) are described as follows: (a) to blaspheme a devotee, especially a devotee engaged in broadcasting the glories of the holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The offenses are described as follows: (a) to blaspheme a devotee, especially a devotee engaged in broadcasting the glories of..."
12:1012:10, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,355‎ N Even if a human being is no better than a two-legged animal, he will be liberated if he takes shelter of the holy name of the Lord. One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of the Lord's holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if a human being is no better than a two-legged animal, he will be liberated if he takes shelter of the holy name of the..."
12:0412:04, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,490‎ N While chanting the holy name of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid ten offenses. From Sanat-kumara it is understood that even if a person is a severe offender in many ways, he is freed from offensive life if he takes shelter of the Lord's holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While chanting the holy name of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid ten offenses. From Sanat-kumāra it is understood tha..."
11:5411:54, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,282‎ N One should adhere seriously to the chanting of the holy name as recommended in the scriptures: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should adhere seriously to the chanting of the holy name as recommended in the scriptures: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣ..."
11:4711:47, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,349‎ N Those who are very sharp in their intelligence should adopt this process of chanting the holy names of the Lord. One should not manufacture different types of chanting ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who are very sharp in their intelligence should adopt this process of chanting the holy names of the Lord. One should no..."
11:4111:41, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,330‎ N Even if one is able to perform other processes of devotional service, one must adopt the chanting of the holy name as the principal method of advancing in spiritual life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if one is able to perform other processes of devotional service, one must adopt the chanting of the holy name as the prin..."
11:3711:37, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,102‎ N Simply by chanting the holy name of Krsna, one is liberated and returns home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, one is liberated and returns home, back to Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
11:2611:26, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,556‎ N Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord one advances perfectly in spiritual life. This is the best process for success in life. In other ages the chanting of the holy name is equally powerful but especially in this age Kali-yuga, it is most powerful ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one advances perfectly in spiritual life. This is the best process for success i..."
11:2111:21, 5 December 2020 diff hist +39,680‎ N They (people in Kali-yuga) are always disturbed by material conditions, & they are mostly unfortunate. Under the circumstances, the performance of other processes, such as yajna, dana, tapah & kriya - sacrifices, charity & so on - are not at all possible ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they are always disturbed by material conditions, and they are mostly unfortunate. Under the circumstances, the performance of..."

16:1216:12, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,347‎ N Even if one is physically unfit, classified lower than others, devoid of material qualifications or not at all elevated in terms of pious activities, the chanting of the holy name is beneficial ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if one is physically unfit, classified lower than others, devoid of material qualifications or not at all elevated in ter..."
15:3815:38, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,406‎ N Kirtanam. The hearing of the holy name has been described. Now let us try to understand the chanting of the holy name, which is the second item in the consecutive order. It is recommended that such chanting be performed very loudly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kīrtanam. The hearing of the holy name has been described above. Now let us try to understand the chanting of the holy name,..."
15:3015:30, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,511‎ N Sridhara Svami has remarked that a pure devotee takes advantage of another pure devotee by trying to hear from him about the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord. If there is no such opportunity, he alone chants and hears the Lord's holy name ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīdhara Svāmī has remarked that a pure devotee takes advantage of another pure devotee by trying to hear from him about t..."
15:2115:21, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,071‎ N Hearing of the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord is essential ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"hearing of the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord is essential"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..."
15:1315:13, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,733‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommends that one chant the holy name of Krsna param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. If one is fortunate enough to hear from the mouth of realized devotees, he is very easily successful on the path of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends that one chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkī..."
15:0415:04, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,448‎ Unless one hears about the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord, one cannot clearly understand the other processes of devotional service ‎No edit summary current
14:5814:58, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,374‎ N In Srimad-Bhagavatam, great devotees like Sukadeva Gosvami have specifically described Lord Krsna's holy name, form and qualities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, great devotees like Śukadeva Gosvāmī have specifically described Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name, for..."
14:4414:44, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,545‎ N One who is attached to Krsna should chant and hear from other pure devotees who are also attached to Lord Krsna. The same principle applies for devotees attracted by Lord Rama, Lord Nrsimha and other forms of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is attached to Kṛṣṇa should chant and hear from other pure devotees who are also attached to Lord Kṛṣṇa. T..."
14:3314:33, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,754‎ N The Lord has innumerable forms and names and devotees may meditate upon a particular form and chant the holy name according to his attraction. The best course is to hear of the holy name, form and so on from a pure devotee of the same standard as oneself ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has innumerable forms and names, and devotees may meditate upon a particular form and chant the holy name according t..."
14:2314:23, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,370‎ N The transcendental holy name of the Lord may be heard and chanted accordingly to the attraction of the devotee. One may chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, or one may chant the holy name of Lord Rama or Nrsimhadeva ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental holy name of the Lord may be heard and chanted accordingly to the attraction of the devotee. One may chant..."
14:1214:12, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,046‎ N Hearing from the text of Srimad-Bhagavatam is considered the most important process of hearing ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hearing from the text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is considered the most important process of hearing"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|und..."
14:0714:07, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,615‎ N When the chanting of the holy name, form, qualities and paraphernalia is heard from the mouth of a pure devotee, his hearing and chanting are very pleasing. Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden us to hear the chanting of an artificial devotee or nondevotee ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the chanting of the holy name, form, qualities and paraphernalia is heard from the mouth of a pure devotee, his hearing a..."
12:0312:03, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,385‎ N After realizing the Lord's form, one can realize the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and when one can understand His transcendental qualities one can understand the Lord's associates ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After realizing the Lord's form, one can realize the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and when one can understand His tra..."
11:5011:50, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,167‎ N When the dirt is cleansed from the core of one's heart, one can realize the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the dirt is cleansed from the core of one's heart, one can realize the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{no..."
11:4111:41, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,286‎ N As enunciated by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ceto-darpana-marjanam: (CC Antya 20.12) by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is cleansed of the material conception of life, which is due to the dirty modes of material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As enunciated by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam: (CC Antya 20.12) by chanting the holy name of the..."
11:3411:34, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,342‎ N Sravanam. Hearing of the holy name of the Lord (sravanam) is the beginning of devotional service. Although any one of the nine processes is sufficient, in chronological order the hearing of the holy name of the Lord is the beginning. It is essential ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śravaṇam. Hearing of the holy name of the Lord (śravaṇam) is the beginning of devotional service. Although any one of th..."
11:2811:28, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,528‎ N When one performs one of the processes, other processes (of devotional service) are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee executes any one of the nine processes (nava-laksana), this is sufficient; the other eight are included ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one performs one of the processes, other processes are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee..."
11:1811:18, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,545‎ N The nine different processes enunciated by Prahlada, who learned them from Narada Muni, may not all be required for the execution of devotional service; if a devotee performs only one of these nine without deviation, he can attain the mercy of God ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The nine different processes enunciated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, who learned them from Nārada Muni, may not all be required f..."
11:0311:03, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,121‎ N To perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and aspirations to be happy through elevation to the higher planetary systems ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and aspirations to be happy through ele..."
10:5610:56, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,168‎ N This (the Gopala-tapani Upanisad) Upanisad describes that bhakti is the offering of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Upaniṣad describes that bhakti is the offering of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes..."
10:4510:45, 2 December 2020 diff hist +39,163‎ N One should simply satisfy Krsna, without being influenced by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should simply satisfy Kṛṣṇa, without being influenced by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."

18:1618:16, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,230‎ N One should act for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu, not for the satisfaction of his own senses. That is the meaning of the word addha, "directly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should act for the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu, not for the satisfaction of his own senses. That is the meaning of the..."
18:0518:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,244‎ N One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addha means directly ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addhā mea..."
17:5917:59, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,590‎ N As a sincere friend of Krsna, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Krsna. Atma-nivedanam means offering Krsna everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as a sincere friend of Kṛṣṇa, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa. Ātm..."
17:4617:46, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,525‎ N Thinking oneself to be nitya-krsna-dasa, everlastingly a servant of Krsna, is called dasyam, and sakhyam means being a well-wisher of Krsna. Krsna wants everyone to surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thinking oneself to be nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa, everlastingly a servant of Kṛṣṇa, is called dāsyam, and sakhyam means b..."
17:3517:35, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,549‎ N Arcanam means worshiping Lord Visnu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru - offering obeisances or offering prayers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arcanam means worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-man..."
17:2117:21, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,310‎ N Smaranam means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and pada-sevanam means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the time and circumstances ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Smaraṇam means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and pāda-sevanam means engaging oneself in servin..."
17:1217:12, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,369‎ N After aurally receiving such messages (the holy name and descriptions of the Lord's form, qualities, entourage and pastimes), one should memorize these vibrations and repeat them - kirtanam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After aurally receiving such messages, one should memorize these vibrations and repeat them (kīrtanam"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
17:0417:04, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,716‎ N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following explanation in his Tathya. The word sravana refers to giving aural reception to the holy name and descriptions of the Lord's form, qualities, entourage and pastimes as explained in SB, BG etc ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following explanation in his Tathya. The word śravaṇa refers to gi..."
16:5416:54, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,264‎ N The real devotee first offers his surrender to Krsna with his body, mind and words and then uses his body, mind and words for the service of Krsna as Krsna desires ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real devotee, however, first offers his surrender to Kṛṣṇa with his body, mind and words and then uses his body, min..."
16:4816:48, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,356‎ N Fruitive workers first perform some pious activities and then formally or officially offer the results to Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fruitive workers first perform some pious activities and then formally or officially offer the results to Viṣṇu"}} {{notes..."
16:3816:38, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,348‎ N A tridandi-sannyasi carries three dandas, signifying kaya-mano-vakya-body, mind and words. All of these should be offered to Visnu, and then one can begin devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A tridaṇḍi-sannyāsī carries three daṇḍas, signifying kaya-mano-vākya-body, mind and words. All of these should be o..."
16:2316:23, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,488‎ N After performing sacrifices, sometimes a person engaged in fruitive activity customarily offers the results to Visnu. But it is said, bhagavaty addha: one must directly offer everything to Visnu. This is called sannyasa - not merely nyasa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After performing sacrifices, sometimes a person engaged in fruitive activity customarily offers the results to Viṣṇu. But..."
16:1116:11, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,536‎ N As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.32), striyo vaisyas tatha sudras te 'pi yanti param gatim: although women, vaisyas and sudras are considered less intelligent, they also can become devotees and return home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.32), striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim: although women, vai..."
15:5715:57, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,009‎ N Pumsarpita visnau. The word pumsa means - by all living entities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Puṁsārpitā viṣṇau. The word puṁsā means "by all living entities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL..."
15:3615:36, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,657‎ N A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should always engage in hearing and chanting about Krsna, or Lord Visnu. The process of temple worship is called arcana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should al..."
15:2215:22, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,434‎ N What he (Prahlada) had learned about diplomacy from his material teachers, Sanda and Amarka, was useless. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). This is the symptom of pure devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"what he had learned about diplomacy from his material teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, was useless. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo..."
15:1415:14, 1 December 2020 diff hist +39,247‎ N When Prahlada Maharaja was asked by his father to say something from whatever he had learned, he considered that what he had learned from his spiritual master was the best of all teachings ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Prahlāda Mahārāja was asked by his father to say something from whatever he had learned, he considered that what he ha..."
15:0515:05, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,818‎ N Now the dissension between the father and son became increasingly intense as Prahlada Maharaja began to say what he had learned from his guru Narada Muni ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now the dissension between the father and son became increasingly intense as Prahlāda Mahārāja began to say what he had lea..."
14:5914:59, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,068‎ N There was again a difference of opinion because Prahlada Maharaja wanted to relate the best thing he had learned from his spiritual master, whereas Hiranyakasipu expected to hear about the politics and diplomacy Prahlada had learned from Sanda and Amarka ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there was again a difference of opinion because Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to relate the best thing he had learned from his s..."
14:5314:53, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,716‎ N Prahlada Maharaja responded to the inquiry of his father with the instructions he had received from his spiritual master, Narada ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja responded to the inquiry of his father with the instructions he had received from his spiritual master, N..."
14:4514:45, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,140‎ N Sanda and Amarka, the sons of Sukracarya in the seminal disciplic succession, were the gurus appointed by his father, but his other guru was the exalted Narada Muni, who had instructed Prahlada when Prahlada was within the womb of his mother ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of Śukrācārya in the seminal disciplic succession, were the gurus appointed by his father,..."
14:4014:40, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,416‎ Prahlada Maharaja's gurus were of two kinds ‎No edit summary current
14:3814:38, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,661‎ N Hiranyakasipu inquires from his son what he has learned from his guru ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu inquires from his son what he has learned from his guru"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..."
14:3314:33, 1 December 2020 diff hist +165‎ If a child or disciple falls at the feet of the father or spiritual master, the superior responds by smelling the head of the subordinate ‎No edit summary current
14:2814:28, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,015‎ N The teachers appointed by Hiranyakasipu taught Prahlada Maharaja how to be a diplomat so that he could rule over the citizens very nicely ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The teachers appointed by Hiraṇyakaśipu taught Prahlāda Mahārāja how to be a diplomat so that he could rule over the cit..." current
14:2314:23, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,290‎ N If the enemy still goes on agitating the public, the king should try to create dissension in the enemy's camp, but if he still continues, the king should employ argumentum ad baculum - severe punishment - by putting him in jail ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the enemy still goes on agitating the public, the king should try to create dissension in the enemy's camp, but if he still..." current
14:1814:18, 1 December 2020 diff hist +3,267‎ N If the citizen is not pacified, the king should then offer him some lucrative post as a governor or minister-any post that draws a high salary - so that he may be agreeable ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the citizen is not pacified, the king should then offer him some lucrative post as a governor or minister-any post that dra..."
14:0814:08, 1 December 2020 diff hist +2,788‎ N There is always rivalry between a king and his citizens ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is always rivalry between a king and his citizens"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-12-01T..." current
14:0314:03, 1 December 2020 diff hist +166‎ It is essential for a student who is going to be a ruler or king to learn the four diplomatic principles ‎No edit summary current

18:5118:51, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,740‎ N The teachers Sanda and Amarka tried to induce Prahlada Maharaja to accept the materialistic way of life, but actually their attempt was a failure ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to accept the materialistic way of life, but actually..."
18:4618:46, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,966‎ N No one is interested in liberation, and bhagavad-bhakti, devotional service to the Lord, is above even liberation. The process of devotional service, Krsna consciousness, is extremely difficult to understand. This will be explained later by Prahlada ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one is interested in liberation, and bhagavad-bhakti, devotional service to the Lord, is above even liberation. Therefore t..."
18:3918:39, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,777‎ N People accept religion to become materially opulent. And why should one be materially opulent? For sense gratification. Thus people prefer these three margas, the three paths of materialistic life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People accept religion to become materially opulent. And why should one be materially opulent? For sense gratification. Thus p..."
18:2618:26, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,811‎ N Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in moksa, liberation. There are four principles - dharma (religion), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa - liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in mokṣa, liberation. There are four principles—dharma (relig..."
18:2018:20, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,768‎ N As a result of this process of cheating, others are reluctant to accept a religious process, and instead they advise people in general to work for material advancement. This is going on all over the world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As a result of this process of cheating, others are reluctant to accept a religious process, and instead they advise people in..."
18:1318:13, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,662‎ N Then they (the so-called sadhus) declare themselves God, and foolish materialists are attracted to them for economic development ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then they declare themselves God, and foolish materialists are attracted to them for economic development"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
18:0618:06, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,990‎ N In the name of religion, the so-called sadhus try to satisfy the senses of the materialists by showing them shortcuts to material opulence. Sometimes they give some talisman or blessing. Sometimes they attract materialistic persons by producing gold ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the name of religion, the so-called sādhus try to satisfy the senses of the materialists by showing them shortcuts to mate..."
17:5917:59, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,630‎ N He (the materialist) goes to a sadhu or so-called svami to take advantage of an easy method for achieving material opulence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He goes to a sādhu or so-called svāmī to take advantage of an easy method for achieving material opulence"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
17:5517:55, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,892‎ N Materialistic persons think that the path of religion is meant for improving their material conditions. The materialist goes to a temple to worship many varieties of demigods just to receive some benediction to improve his material life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Materialistic persons think that the path of religion is meant for improving their material conditions. The materialist goes t..."
17:4917:49, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,760‎ N Prahlada was always joyful in worshiping the Lord, but in accordance with the instructions of Hiranyakasipu, the teachers were interested in teaching him about material things ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda was always joyful in worshiping the Lord, but in accordance with the instructions of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the teachers..."
17:4217:42, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,914‎ N The word hiranya means "gold," and kasipu refers to soft cushions and bedding on which people enjoy sense gratification. The word prahlada refers to one who is always joyful in understanding Brahman. Prahlada means prasannatma, always joyful ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word hiraṇya means "gold," and kaśipu refers to soft cushions and bedding on which people enjoy sense gratification. Th..."
17:3617:36, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,896‎ N People are generally preoccupied with these three concerns (religion, economic development, sense gratification) without interest in the path of liberation. Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja, was simply interested in gold and sense enjoyment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People are generally preoccupied with these three concerns, without interest in the path of liberation. Hiraṇyakaśipu, the..."
17:2817:28, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,939‎ N The words prahradam grahayam asa are important. The words grahayam asa literally mean that they tried to induce Prahlada Maharaja to accept the paths of dharma, artha and kama - religion, economic development and sense gratification ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the words prahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa are important. The words grāhayām āsa literally mean that they tried to induce Prahl..."
17:1717:17, 30 November 2020 diff hist +2,959‎ N Some of the members of the demoniac civilization, like Prahlada Maharaja, may become the handle for the axe, to assist Lord Visnu, and thus the entire forest of demoniac civilization can be cut to pieces ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of the members of the demoniac civilization, like Prahlāda Mahārāja, may become the handle for the axe, to assist Lord..."
17:1317:13, 30 November 2020 diff hist +2,873‎ N An axe alone cannot cut a thorn tree; it needs a handle, which may be made of the wood of a thorn tree. Thus the thorn tree of demoniac civilization can be cut to pieces by the axe of visnu-bhakti, devotional service to Lord Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An axe alone cannot cut a thorn tree; it needs a handle, which may be made of the wood of a thorn tree. Thus the thorn tree of..."
17:0617:06, 30 November 2020 diff hist +2,805‎ N Sanda and Amarka - compared Prahlada Maharaja to a hard, strong thorn tree that could provide the handle of an axe. They compared Lord Visnu to the axe itself ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"compared Prahlāda Mahārāja to a hard, strong thorn tree that could provide the handle of an axe. They compared Lord Viṣ..."
17:0117:01, 30 November 2020 diff hist +2,960‎ N Thorn trees generally grow in deserted places, not in sandalwood forests, but the seminal brahmanas Sanda and Amarka compared the dynasty of the Daitya Hiranyakasipu to a sandalwood forest ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thorn trees generally grow in deserted places, not in sandalwood forests, but the seminal brāhmaṇas Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka..."
16:5516:55, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,260‎ N In spite of being the son of the demon Hiranyakasipu, Prahlada never feared the chastisements of the seminal brahmana sons of a demoniac father ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In spite of being the son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda never feared the chastisements of the seminal brāhmaṇa s..."
16:4916:49, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,443‎ Nonetheless, confronting all kinds of difficulties, we must spread the Krsna consciousness movement with great determination, like that of Prahlada Maharaja ‎No edit summary current
16:4316:43, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,137‎ N Because we are training Europeans and Americans to become qualified and are awarding them brahminical status, we are being charged with destroying the Hindu religion ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because we are training Europeans and Americans to become qualified and are awarding them brahminical status, we are being cha..."
16:3816:38, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,396‎ N The seminal brahmanas in India, who say that one can become a brahmana only if born in a brahmana family, charge us with ruining the Hindu system of religion. Of course, the fact is that one becomes a brahmana by qualification ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the seminal brāhmaṇas in India, who say that one can become a brāhmaṇa only if born in a brāhmaṇa family, charge us w..."
16:2816:28, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,227‎ N Because of their fault of being devotees, the American boys who have sacrificed everything for preaching Krsna consciousness are charged with being members of the CIA ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of their fault of being devotees, the American boys who have sacrificed everything for preaching Kṛṣṇa conscious..."
16:2316:23, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,434‎ N All over the world, ninety-nine percent of the people are godless demons, and therefore our preaching of Krsna consciousness, following in the footsteps of Prahlada Maharaja, is always hampered by many impediments ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All over the world, ninety-nine percent of the people are godless demons, and therefore our preaching of Kṛṣṇa conscious..."
16:1516:15, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,103‎ N The members of our Krsna consciousness movement are in a position similar to that of Prahlada Maharaja ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The members of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are in a position similar to that of Prahlāda Mahārāja"}} {{notes|}}..."
16:1116:11, 30 November 2020 diff hist +4,581‎ N In a society or family in which everyone is a demon, for someone to become a Vaisnava is certainly folly. Prahlada Maharaja was charged with bad intelligence because he was among demons, including his teachers, who were supposedly brahmanas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In a society or family in which everyone is a demon, for someone to become a Vaiṣṇava is certainly folly. Thus Prahlāda M..."

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