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8 April 2023
- 05:5505:55, 8 April 2023 diff hist +4,174 When we come to the supreme spirit, the all-spirit, that is perfection of knowledge. So impersonal conception is simply a negation of the material varieties. But above that, there is spiritual variety & that is real knowledge. That is Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 05:1705:17, 8 April 2023 diff hist +4,112 N When we come to the supreme spirit, the all-spirit, that is perfection of knowledge. So impersonal conception is simply a negation of the material varieties. But above that, there is spiritual variety & that is real knowledge. That is Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What is my position as spirit? Then, when we come to the supreme spirit, the all-spirit, that is perfection of knowledge. So i..."
- 04:3604:36, 8 April 2023 diff hist +5,664 N Without variety he (the spirit soul) cannot remain there (in the brahma-jyoti) for very long. He has to come. But because he has no information of the spiritual varieties, he is bound to come back to this material variety Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without variety he cannot remain there for very long. He has to come. But because he has no information of the spiritual varie..."
7 April 2023
- 07:5407:54, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,283 Ajamila, for example, was extremely sinful, but while dying he merely chanted the holy name, and although calling his son, he achieved complete liberation because he remembered the name of Narayana No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,767 Without the surrendering process, one cannot achieve liberation No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 7 April 2023 diff hist +17,673 Without devotional service no one can attain liberation from the material clutches. Especially in this age, one can achieve the highest liberation simply by chanting Hare Krsna No edit summary current
- 07:5307:53, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,270 When we compare love of Godhead with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, we can understand that these achievements may be desirable objectives for mumuksus, or those who desire liberation from this material world No edit summary current
- 07:5307:53, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,465 When we compare love of Godhead with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, we can understand that these achievements may be desirable objectives for bubhuksus, or those who desire to enjoy this material world No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,678 When after liberation one is situated on the platform of prema-bhakti, one is said to have achieved vimukti, "special mukti." Therefore the word na is mentioned No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,277 Vaisnavas strictly follow the directions of the sastras regarding how one can be liberated simply by a slight awakening of pure chanting of the holy name. Mayavadis cannot tolerate the statements of the sastras about how easily liberation can be achieved No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Vaisnavas know that simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord offenselessly, one achieves liberation as a by-product. Thus there is no need to endeavor separately for liberation No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist +11,342 Under this system (varnasrama-dharma), the regulative principles are so nice that even if one has the tendency to enjoy material life, he is so nicely molded that at last he achieves liberation and goes back home, back to Godhead. This is the process No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,170 To taste the fruit of devotional service in Goloka Vrndavana is the highest perfection of life, and in the presence of such perfection - religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation - are very insignificant achievements No edit summary current
- 07:5007:50, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,118 Those who have achieved liberation from material contamination, and those who are demons and are killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, become absorbed in the Brahman concept of life and reside in the spiritual sky of the brahma-jyoti No edit summary current
- 07:4907:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,815 Those who are liberated from the bondage of conditioned life are elevated to the spiritual world, where they achieve five kinds of liberation - sayujya, salokya, sarupya, sarsti and samipya No edit summary current
- 07:4907:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,289 Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme No edit summary current
- 07:4907:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,267 Those fools & rascals who want to ascend to the upper planetary system by mystic power or mechanical means or who endeavor to cross even the upper planets & achieve the spiritual world or liberation I cause to be sent to the lowest region of the universe No edit summary current
- 07:4707:47, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,041 This liberation (liberation of the living entities) is achieved by Krsna consciousness, which begins from the point of surrender. Therefore it is said here, I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Person No edit summary
- 07:4707:47, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,346 This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita and here in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. That third-class devotees can also imperceptibly achieve liberation is accepted in all Vedic literatures No edit summary
- 07:4707:47, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 The vaidurya diamond is especially meant for the Personality of Godhead, but one who achieves the liberation of bodily equality with the Lord is especially favored with such diamonds on his body No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,369 The transcendental region of that effulgence (brahma-jyotir) is called Siddhaloka or Brahmaloka. When impersonalists achieve liberation, they merge into that Brahmaloka effulgence No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 7 April 2023 diff hist +19,642 The second question put by Pariksit Maharaja to Sukadeva Gosvami is very important: How can one ultimately become free from all contamination brought about by the material modes of nature? If one cannot achieve liberation, what is the use of atonement No edit summary current
- 07:4507:45, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,162 The real purpose of human life is to attain liberation from material entanglement. Such liberation may be achieved by many methods, but all of them more or less depend on tapasya, austerity, which begins with celibacy No edit summary current
- 07:4407:44, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,967 The living entity is liberated. His material contamination is temporary, and his actual position is that he is liberated. This liberation is achieved by Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 The liberation they (the impersonalists and the yogis) achieve-merging into the impersonal brahmajyoti of the Lord-is only partial, and there is the risk of returning again to this material world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:4307:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,716 The less intelligent are lazy and unable to evaluate the gift of the human body to achieve liberation from the material bondage; they become more interested in so-called economic development and work very hard throughout life No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 7 April 2023 diff hist +34 The highest achievement attained by the jnanis, or impersonalists, is becoming one with the Supreme, generally known as moksa, liberation No edit summary current
- 07:4207:42, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,608 The instructions of Lord Kapila to His mother Devahuti are fully described in the Third Canto (Chapters 25-32) of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and anyone who follows the instructions can achieve the same liberation obtained by Devahuti No edit summary
- 07:4107:41, 7 April 2023 diff hist +1,945 The foremost process of cheating is to desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Supreme, for this causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Krsna No edit summary current
- 07:4107:41, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,701 The devotee is already liberated. There is no need for him to aspire for different types of liberation. The pure devotee automatically achieves liberation, even without desiring it No edit summary current
- 07:4007:40, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,798 The devotees can achieve not only liberation but any success in the realm of religiosity, economic development or sense gratification up to the standard of the demigods in the heavenly planets No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,508 They (foolish politicians) stick to those posts even up to the last moment of life, without knowing that achievement of liberation as one of the associates of the Lord in His eternal abode is the highest gain of life No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +24,008 These (religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation) are not what is to be achieved in life, - He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) said. The real goal of life is love of Krsna No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,741 There is one good opportunity - the association with devotees. Such association brings about great happiness. Due to this good quality, our strong desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Brahman effulgence has become weakened No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,601 There is no need to live as an elephant or man, American or Indian; one should desire only to achieve liberation from the cycle of birth and death No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,855 There are two kinds of svadharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of that particular body in accordance with religious principles in order to achieve liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,563 That advantage of re-engagement in our original, spiritual business is given freely in this age: kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet (SB 12.3.51) - Simply by chanting the Lord's holy name, one achieves spiritual liberation No edit summary current
- 07:3707:37, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,247 Such reciprocation of feelings (between God and Hid devotees) takes place in the transcendental Vaikuntha planets, and therefore the liberation sought by the impersonalists is already achieved in devotional service No edit summary
- 07:3707:37, 7 April 2023 diff hist +34 Srivatsa, for example, the hair on the chest of the Lord, particularly distinguishes Him (God) from His devotees - who have achieved sarupya liberation No edit summary
- 07:3607:36, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Srila Rupa Gosvami says in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.256): "When persons eager to achieve liberation renounce things which are related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, though they are material, this is called incomplete renunciation" No edit summary
- 07:3607:36, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,664 Some of the liberated persons who have achieved these four stages of liberation may also develop affection for Krsna and be promoted to the Goloka Vrndavana planet in the spiritual sky No edit summary
- 07:3607:36, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,408 Smarta-brahmanas and Mayavadis do not believe that one can achieve liberation in this way (by chanting the holy name of the Lord), but the truth of Haridasa Thakura's statement is supported by many quotations from Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 07:3507:35, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Renunciation by persons eager to achieve liberation of things which are related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, though they are material, is called incomplete renunciation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:3507:35, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,876 Rantideva is confirmed herein (in SB 9.21.18) to be a first-class devotee, or maha-bhagavata. Mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: (SB 5.5.2) one should render service to such mahatmas, for then one will automatically achieve the goal of liberation No edit summary
- 07:3407:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,085 Paundraka, Narakasura, Salva and Kamsa were all inimical toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because all these kings constantly thought of Him, they achieved the same liberation - sarupya-mukti No edit summary current
- 07:3407:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,105 One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is free from all sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme. BG 5.25 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 07:3407:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,998 One who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord (Krsna), which are accepted as the most suitable boat for crossing the ocean of nescience, can achieve liberation as easily as one leaps over the holes made by the hoofs of a calf No edit summary current
- 07:3307:33, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 One can achieve liberation if one hears the holy name of the Lord constantly, every day with great respect No edit summary current
- 07:3307:33, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,859 One's main purpose in human life should be to purify his existence and achieve liberation No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,674 One's aim should be to achieve liberation, but because one cannot at once give up sense gratification, in the sastras there are injunctions prescribing how to follow the principles of religion, economic development and sense gratification No edit summary
- 07:3207:32, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Narada-pancaratra trains the karmis, or the fruitive workers, to achieve liberation from the bondage of fruitive work No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,041 My (God's) devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti), although these are automatically achieved by their service No edit summary
- 07:3107:31, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,273 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 No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,010 Manusyanam sahasresu: out of many thousands of persons, one may endeavor for liberation, and of many thousands of persons attempting to become liberated, one may achieve liberation from the anxieties of material existence and become self-satisfied No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,834 Liberation is not a very great achievement for a devotee, to say nothing of the results of ritualistic performances in religion, economic development or the materialistic life of sense gratification. Devotees do not care for these No edit summary current
- 07:3007:30, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,040 It has been decided that among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devavrdha is equal to the demigods. Because of the association of Babhru and Devavrdha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,826 In this verse (SB 7.15.2) the words anantyam icchata refer to persons who desire to achieve liberation from material bondage and merge into the existence of the Lord No edit summary
- 07:2907:29, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,085 In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.256), markata-vairagya, or phalgu-vairagya, is explained as follows: When persons eager to achieve liberation renounce things related to the SP of G, thinking them to be material, their renunciation is called incomplete No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,211 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 No edit summary current
- 07:2807:28, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,583 If one is engaged in pure transcendental loving service to the Lord, it is understood that he has already achieved the five kinds of liberation No edit summary current
- 07:2807:28, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,724 How liberation is imperceptibly achieved by a pure devotee and what the symptoms are have been explained - in SB 3.25.39-40 No edit summary
- 07:2707:27, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,969 He spoke to His mother about self-realization, by which, in that very lifetime, she became fully cleansed of the mud of the material modes and thereby achieved liberation, the path of Kapila No edit summary current
- 07:2707:27, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,080 He (Maharaja Khatvanga) was successful in his great attempt and achieved liberation. This attempt, even for a moment, by the saintly king, was successful because he was always alert to his prime duty No edit summary current
- 07:2707:27, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam spoken by a professional reciter cannot actually help us achieve liberation. Krsna-katha is very simple No edit summary
- 07:2607:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,657 Having achieved the liberation of sarupya and thus having the same bodily features as the Lord, Uddhava looked almost like Krsna No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,924 For a higher cause He (Lord Caitanya) took sannyasa and was steady in the discharge of higher duties. That is the way of achieving liberation from material bondage. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:2607:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +1,822 For a devotee who enjoys the transcendental bliss of devotional service, liberation is most insignificant. Therefore pure devotees never desire to achieve liberation No edit summary current
- 07:2507:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,372 For a devotee, to get liberation is not very difficult. Even one who is unable to establish a relationship with Krsna can achieve liberation by merging into the Brahman effulgence. This is called sayujya-mukti No edit summary current
- 07:2507:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,034 Females are not meant for the renounced order of life; they should be faithful to their good husbands, for if a husband is competent for liberation, his wife will also achieve liberation with him No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,330 Even Lord Siva affirms that liberation can be achieved only by the mercy of Visnu. Lord Siva says: There is no doubt that Visnu is the deliverer of liberation for everyone. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 07:2407:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,119 By the grace of Krsna only, everyone is engaged in the practice of religion, the development of economic conditions, the satisfaction of the senses and, ultimately, the achievement of liberation from material bondage No edit summary current
- 07:2407:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,122 By the grace of Krsna, Devayani gave up her imaginary position in the material world. Completely fixing her mind upon Krsna, she achieved liberation from the gross and subtle bodies No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 7 April 2023 diff hist +16,278 By executing religious rituals one can achieve economic development, sense gratification or liberation (merging into the existence of the Supreme), but the results of transcendental devotional service are completely different from such temporary benefits No edit summary
- 07:2307:23, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,812 By advancement of knowledge, one can achieve liberation and the ultimate goal of life. It is said that if one takes to the path of liberation, even rejecting his so-called duties in the material world, he is not a loser at all No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,896 By acting in that way, he achieved the greatest success in material happiness and afterwards achieved liberation, which is impossible to obtain by worshiping the demigods No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Bhakti-yoga includes jnana-yoga, or, in other words, the process of pure devotional service simultaneously serves the purpose of jnana-yoga; liberation from material conditions is automatically achieved by gradual development of pure devotional service No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,252 A person who is able to attain this transcendental qualification is called jivan-mukta, liberated, even though he is apparently in material conditions. This liberation is achieved by one who constantly engages in the transcendental loving service of God No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 A person who gives up all fruitive activities and offers himself entirely unto Me (God), eagerly desiring to render service unto Me, achieves liberation from birth and death and is promoted to the status of sharing My own opulences No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 7 April 2023 diff hist +13 A nondevotee cannot believe that simply by thinking of one person, one can achieve liberation from this material world and go back home, back to Godhead. But this is a fact No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,196 At the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is also stated that without devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot achieve liberation from the bondage of fruitive activities No edit summary
- 07:1907:19, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,642 As far as Paundraka was concerned, somehow or other he always thought of Lord Vasudeva by falsely dressing himself in imitation of the Lord, therefore he achieved one of the five kinds of liberation No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Any kind of liberation cannot be achieved without tapasya. That is the verdict of all Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,400 Another devotee once exclaimed, "Although I can achieve liberation simply by serving the devotees, my mind is still very much anxious to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily complexion is just like a dark cloud" No edit summary current
- 06:5206:52, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 Worship of the Lord is also performed by the ingredients born from the bodily limbs of the Lord, and yet the worshiper, who is himself a part of the Lord, achieves the result of devotional service to the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,877 Why are You chanting the names 'gopi gopi' instead of the holy name of Lord Krsna, which is so glorious? What pious result will You achieve by such chanting? No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 When you hear the chanting, that is transcendental meditation.This process is recommended in all scriptures of Vedic literature, and it is followed by Caitanya & His disciplic succession for the last five hundred years, & people are achieving good result No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 7 April 2023 diff hist +1,637 When Srivasa Thakura inquired from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Where is Junior Haridasa?" the Lord replied, "A person is sure to achieve the results of his fruitive activities" No edit summary current
- 06:5006:50, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 We follow Lord Caitanya's footprints to achieve very quick result. I would advise you also to follow the principle No edit summary current
- 06:5006:50, 7 April 2023 diff hist −11 Vasudeva had already achieved the result of bhagavata-dharma because Lord Krsna appeared in his house as his son No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,176 Vasudevaya means "to Krsna, the son of Vasudeva." Since by chanting the name of Krsna, Vasudeva, one can achieve all the good results of charity, austerity and penances No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,476 Unless one adds devotional service to all activities, he cannot achieve the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,956 Unfortunately, many mystic yogis try to meditate on something void, and as is stated in the Gita, the result is that they simply undergo trouble and do not achieve any tangible result No edit summary current
- 06:4806:48, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,350 Uddhava addresses Lord Krsna and says, "Although happiness from these different sources can be very easily had by them. In spite of such facilities, my dear Lord, I do not aspire to achieve any such results" No edit summary current
- 06:4806:48, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,676 Thus, we can understand that things offered by the devotees even in meditation are accepted by the Lord, and they help one achieve the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:4806:48, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,208 Those who go there (Vrndavan, Mathura and Dvaraka) to follow the principles in terms of instructions imparted in the revealed scriptures surely achieve the same result as obtained during the presence of Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,692 Those who are vasudeva-parayana, who have fully surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord Vasudeva, Krsna, automatically achieve the results of mauna (silence), vrata (vows) and other such methods simply by discharging devotional service No edit summary current
- 06:4706:47, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,497 Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both. BG 5.4 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 7 April 2023 diff hist +11,709 This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita: "Those who worship the different demigods achieve the desired results the respective demigods can reward" No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 This age is an ocean of faults, but there is one boon, in this age one gets the same result as was achieved in former ages through elaborate temple worship, costly sacrifices, or introspective meditation, simply by chanting the Holy Name of The Lord No edit summary
- 06:4606:46, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,221 This (CC Madhya 9.33) verse from the Brahmanda Purana is found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.354), by Rupa Gosvami. Simply by chanting the name of Krsna once, one can attain the same results achieved by chanting the holy name of Rama three times No edit summary