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17 July 2022
- 03:1703:17, 17 July 2022 diff hist +6,640 Suddha-bhakti, the activity of the soul proper - in other words, engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord - is performed in a liberated condition No edit summary
- 03:1103:11, 17 July 2022 diff hist +5,658 Such act (God's pastimes in relation with the external energy) are as good as hearing rasa-lila in the liberated stage. Conditioned souls should not imitate the activities of liberated souls. Caitanya never indulged in hearing rasa-lila with ordinary men No edit summary current
- 03:1103:11, 17 July 2022 diff hist +6,214 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's philanthropic activities are performed in connection with the eternal soul No edit summary current
- 03:0803:08, 17 July 2022 diff hist +8,669 Spirit soul in his original condition is joyful, blissful, eternal and full of knowledge. Only by his implication in material activities has he become miserable, temporary and full of ignorance. This is due to vikarma No edit summary current
- 03:0703:07, 17 July 2022 diff hist +7,562 Rupa Gosvami has discussed the sequence of sinful activities of the conditioned soul, and he has established, in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, that those who engage in devotional service become freed from the reactions of all sinful activities No edit summary
- 03:0703:07, 17 July 2022 diff hist +4,984 O Lord, You do not desire the creation, maintenance or annihilation of this material world, but You perform these activities for the conditioned souls by Your creative energy No edit summary current
- 03:0603:06, 17 July 2022 diff hist +12 One does not need this material body, and he does not need to accept the dictations of the material body. The qualities of the material modes in the body will act, but as spirit soul the self is aloof from such activities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 03:0603:06, 17 July 2022 diff hist +5,039 One of them, (the individual soul and the Supreme Soul as Paramatma are sitting like two birds) the living being, is enjoying the fruits of the tree, whereas the Supreme Being is there to witness the activities No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 17 July 2022 diff hist +3,655 No one can independently create, maintain or annihilate. Bhagavad-gita (BG 3.27) says:The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature No edit summary
- 02:5802:58, 17 July 2022 diff hist +28,917 Life outside of a prison is certainly free from prison activities, but is not devoid of activity. The soul is by nature eternally active, but the impersonalists try to negate the activities of the soul in the spiritual realm No edit summary current
9 July 2022
- 09:3809:38, 9 July 2022 diff hist +17 Just as aromas are distinct from the material vehicle in which they are carried, the soul is unattached to material activities. This analysis can be considered by a person who is fully under the shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 9 July 2022 diff hist +13,391 I (Prabhupada) sincerely hope that by understanding the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented in this book, Sri CC, human society will experience a new light of spiritual life, which will open the field of activity for the pure soul - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 9 July 2022 diff hist +6,130 Liberated souls have no interest in materialistic activities No edit summary current
- 03:5803:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +2,621 It is stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 3.27): "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature" No edit summary current
- 03:5803:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +36 It is only after many, many births of sense gratificatory activities that a great soul surrenders unto Vasudeva, Lord Krsna, thereby fulfilling the search after the ultimate truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 03:5803:58, 9 July 2022 diff hist +5,884 It has been seen that great mayavadi (impersonalist) sannyasis - very highly educated and almost realized souls - may sometimes take to political activities or to social welfare activities No edit summary current
- 03:5703:57, 9 July 2022 diff hist +3,169 In this material body, at the present moment the living soul is acting, and when the material body, due to its incapability to function, ceases, he also ceases to perform his reactionary activities No edit summary current
- 03:5703:57, 9 July 2022 diff hist +12,941 In the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that you, the soul, are present in your body and that your body is the field of your activities. So whatever you are doing is limited by the field of your body No edit summary current
- 03:5603:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,527 In the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that one should surrender unto Him, giving up all other engagements. The Lord also gives His word there that He will protect such surrendered souls from the reactions of all sinful activities No edit summary current
- 03:5603:56, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,362 In the absence of varieties of enjoyment, the spirit soul feels an attraction to enjoy a life of bliss, and not having any information of Krsnaloka or Vaikunthaloka, he naturally falls down to material activities in order to enjoy material varieties No edit summary current
- 03:4903:49, 9 July 2022 diff hist +4,927 If the soul is so active in its abnormal condition, existing under the covering of matter, how can one deny its activity when free? No edit summary current
- 03:4803:48, 9 July 2022 diff hist +12 In order to perceive the Supersoul within the individual soul, one has to cease the sensual activities of seeing, hearing, tasting, working, etc. Then one comes to understand that the Supreme Soul is present everywhere. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
8 July 2022
- 05:3205:32, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,899 I, the pure soul, appearing now bound by my activities, am lying in the womb of my mother by the arrangement of maya. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him who is also here with me but who is unaffected and changeless No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 8 July 2022 diff hist +3,729 I, the pure soul, appearing now bound by my activities, am lying in the womb of my mother by the arrangement of maya No edit summary current
- 05:3105:31, 8 July 2022 diff hist +4,898 He (God as the Supersoul) remains with the jiva simply as sanction-giver and witness so that the living entity can receive the results of his activities, good or bad No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 8 July 2022 diff hist +4,648 Hence even though he is the passive performer of all activities, how can there be freedom for the soul as long as material nature acts on him and binds him? No edit summary current
7 July 2022
- 04:0304:03, 7 July 2022 diff hist +3,713 For the impersonalist, pure egotism is aham brahmasmi - "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." But in its actual position, the spirit soul has devotional activities to perform No edit summary current
- 04:0304:03, 7 July 2022 diff hist +4,906 Everyone should be interested in the activities of the spirit soul, not the body. As long as one is activated by the bodily conception of life, there is always the danger of being misled, whether one is a man or a woman No edit summary current
- 03:5903:59, 7 July 2022 diff hist +374 Category:Devotional Service to God is the Activity of the Soul Proper No edit summary current
- 03:5603:56, 7 July 2022 diff hist +4,522 Constant association with the spiritual activities of the Supreme Lord gradually spiritualizes the conditioned soul and ultimately severs the knot of material bondage No edit summary current
- 03:5603:56, 7 July 2022 diff hist +12 Confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 3.27): "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature" No edit summary current
- 03:5603:56, 7 July 2022 diff hist +50,894 Caitanya-caritamrta teaches that the spirit soul is immortal and that our activities in the spiritual world are also immortal No edit summary
- 03:5503:55, 7 July 2022 diff hist +4,975 By glorifying the Lord constantly the living entity can understand that he does not belong to the material world but is a spirit soul whose actual activity is to advance in Krsna consciousness so that he may become free from the material clutches No edit summary current
- 03:4703:47, 7 July 2022 diff hist +36 Category:Sinful Activities of a Conditioned Soul No edit summary current
- 03:4703:47, 7 July 2022 diff hist +6,342 Blaspheming the Supreme Lord or His devotee is not at all good for the conditioned soul, but Krsna, being very kind, punishes the conditioned soul in one life for such sinful activities and then takes him back home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 03:4403:44, 7 July 2022 diff hist +6,217 Bhakti-yoga is the proper activity of the soul, and when one actually engages in unalloyed, uncontaminated devotional service, he is already liberated No edit summary current
- 03:4403:44, 7 July 2022 diff hist +7,828 BG 3.27: The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature No edit summary current
- 03:4303:43, 7 July 2022 diff hist +4,757 Being engaged in all these materialistic activities, the living soul entangles himself in the cycle of the law of fruitive actions. This entails the chain of birth and death in the 8,400,000 species of life No edit summary current
- 03:4303:43, 7 July 2022 diff hist +7,054 Because they are ignorant and bewildered concerning the soul and its activities, even though some of them have a vague idea of the soul, many controversies arise, and the philosophical speculators can never reach a conclusion No edit summary current
5 July 2022
- 03:0703:07, 5 July 2022 diff hist −13 A gross materialist, whether he be an empiric philosopher, a scientist, a psychologist or whatever, cannot attain such success (in mystic perfection and merging of oneself in the activities of the soul & Supersoul) through blunt efforts and word jugglery No edit summary current
- 03:0703:07, 5 July 2022 diff hist +36 A conditioned soul thinks that he is working stealthily and that no one can see his sinful activities No edit summary current
- 03:0203:02, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6 Category:Activities of a Conditioned Soul No edit summary current
- 03:0103:01, 5 July 2022 diff hist +4,385 Also, please describe the inner and outer space of the universe by specific divisions, as well as the character and activities of the great souls, and also the characteristics of the different classifications of the castes and orders of social life No edit summary
- 03:0003:00, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6 Actually, the activities of the body are not the activities of the soul. The soul is different from the body No edit summary current
- 03:0003:00, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6 Activities of the spirit soul are indicated here (in BG 9.2) as constituting the king of all knowledge, the most confidential part of all knowledge. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 02:4102:41, 5 July 2022 diff hist +6,484 When the living entities desire to enjoy themselves, they develop a consciousness of duality and come to hate the service of the Lord. In this way the living entities fall into the material world No edit summary current
- 02:3802:38, 5 July 2022 diff hist +2,978 Uttara said: O Lord of lords, Lord of the universe! You are the greatest of mystics. Please protect me, protect me, for there is no one else who can save me from the clutches of death in this world of duality No edit summary current
- 02:3702:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,165 This material world is the world of duality, in contrast with the oneness of the absolute realm. The world of duality is composed of matter and spirit, whereas the absolute world is complete spirit without any tinge of the material qualities No edit summary current
- 02:3702:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +5,373 This material world is only a shadow phantasmagoria of the spiritual kingdom of God, and because it is a shadow it is never eternal; the variegatedness in the material world of duality (spirit and matter) cannot be compared to that of the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 02:3702:37, 5 July 2022 diff hist +3,448 This material world is called dvaita, the world of duality. A devotee knows very well that everything within this material world is but a manifestation of the Supreme Lord's energy No edit summary current