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7 April 2023
- 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
- 06:4506:45, 7 April 2023 diff hist +30 The worship of demigods and achievement of desired results are not due to the demigods but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by arrangement. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,869 The word eva is added, indicating that one must execute activities in such a way. Unless one adds devotional service to all activities, he cannot achieve desired result, but when bhakti-yoga is prominent in every activity, then the ultimate goal is sure No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,644 The Vedic hymns are generally meant for sacrifices performed by fruitive workers who also want to satisfy the demigods to achieve their fruitive result. But the Lord is the personified sacrifices and personified Vedic hymns No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,763 The strict followers of the karma-kanda portions of the Vedas perform various sacrifices for worship of different demigods in order to achieve particular material results No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,551 The special mercy for the unalloyed devotee is that the Lord saves him from hard labor to achieve the results of religion, economic development and sense gratification. Of course, if one wants such benefits, the Lord certainly awards them No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 The Siddhas do not care for fruitive activities, such as performing sacrifices and achieving the good results No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,913 The salvationists who are aspiring to become one with the Supreme Person, and the yogis who are aspiring after mystic perfections can achieve the results of all perfectional stages simply by chanting the maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,541 The results achieved by the demigods' benedictions are perishable because within this material world the planets, the demigods and their worshipers are all perishable. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 7 April 2023 diff hist +2,570 The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is so powerful that by this chanting even householders (grhasthas) can very easily gain the ultimate result achieved by persons in the renounced order No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,980 The process is simple, but only the sincere party can achieve the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,017 The place, the time, the cause, the purpose, the activity and the ambition were all the same for both the demigods and the demons, but the demigods achieved one result and the demons another No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,765 The perfection of one's execution of his appointed duties is the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. The word kama-sandohah means "achievement of the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,448 The next excellence of Lord Krsna's appearance was that although He apparently gave protection to the devotees and annihilated the demons, both the devotees and the demons achieved the same result No edit summary current
- 06:4006:40, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,529 The name Krsna and the Supreme Person Krsna are nondifferent. Therefore, if one concentrates his mind on hearing and chanting Hare Krsna, the same result is achieved as by breathing exercises No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,719 The mahatmas, great souls, strictly observe all the rules and regulations (of the devotional service offered by the great acaryas), and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,575 The mahatmas, great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,243 The Lord has no desire to achieve any result from His wonderful activities, nor has He any need to perform them. But still, in order to give an example to people in general, He sometimes acts, and those activities are very wonderful No edit summary current
- 06:3806:38, 7 April 2023 diff hist +31 The less intelligent living entity does not know this (that achievement of desired results are not due to the demigods but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead), and therefore he foolishly goes to the demigods for some benefit. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,039 The great workers of distinction, the great philosophers & mystics, the great chanters of the Vedic hymns & the great followers of Vedic principles cannot achieve any fruitful result without dedication of such great qualities to the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,271 The devotee is completely peaceful because he has no demand for himself and is always ready to serve the desire of the Lord. The conclusion is that God is for everyone because no one can achieve the result of his respective desires without His sanction No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,450 The devotees can surpass the reactions of karma and achieve wonderful results, even without effort. It is also said, phalena pariciyate: one's success or defeat in any activity is understood by its result No edit summary current
- 06:3506:35, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,864 The demons, however, not having sought shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord, were unable to achieve the result they desired No edit summary current
- 06:3506:35, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,114 They (so-called mahatmas) accept the demigods as different parts of Krsna and worship them for various benedictions. Although the devotees of the demigods thus achieve the desired results offered by Krsna No edit summary current
- 06:3506:35, 7 April 2023 diff hist +8,532 There is much difference between work in Krsna consciousness and work for fruitive results, especially in the matter of sense gratification for achieving results in terms of family or material happiness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3406:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,023 Sukadeva Goswami says, 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 No edit summary
- 06:3406:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,832 Sukadeva Gosvami said that neither the ascetic, nor one who is greatly munificent, nor one who is famous, nor the great philosopher, nor the great occultist, nor anyone else can achieve the desired result without being engaged in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:3406:34, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,481 Simply by worshiping Krsna one can easily achieve all the results of heavenly opulence, liberation, supremacy over the planetary systems of the universe, all the opulences of this material world, and the mystic power of performing the yoga system No edit summary current
- 06:3306:33, 7 April 2023 diff hist +30 Sakama devotees, of course, achieve from the Lord the results they desire from their prayers, but they do not immediately become fit to return to Godhead No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,285 Persons who come to bathe in this river are fortunate. It is not very difficult for them to achieve with every step the results of performing great sacrifices like the Rajasuya and Asvamedha yajnas No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,252 One who patiently follows the regulative principles of devotional service, the time will undoubtedly come when he will achieve the desired result, just as the females reap results by becoming pregnant No edit summary current
- 06:3106:31, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,413 One who is initiated in the disciplic succession is able to achieve the same result or power of creation No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,273 One in the first class (in Krsna conscious) will surely make progress and achieve the result at the end. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,614 One had better pray for material desires to the Supreme Lord (although that is not pure devotion), and he will thus achieve the desired result No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,141 One can achieve the result of wise philosophical speculation by discharging devotional service & unless one reaches the point of understanding the Personality of Godhead by his mental speculation, all his research work is said to be simply a labor of love No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,620 One cannot achieve the results of sacrifice unless one observes the strict regulations. In this age there is practically no facility for performing sacrifices in strict discipline No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 One cannot achieve the desired results of one's penances until one attains freedom from the present body. There are various ways to practice the various kinds of yoga to attain various results in various spheres of life No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,027 No one has ever achieved the results he desired from material activities. On the contrary, everyone has been frustrated again and again. One must not waste his time in such material activities for sensual pleasure, either in this life or in the next No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 7 April 2023 diff hist +6,842 Not only is he (a person born in a low caste family) relieved of the sinful reaction, but he immediately achieves the result of all purificatory processes No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,667 Neither the ascetic, nor one who is greatly munificent, nor one who is famous, nor the great philosopher, nor the great occultist, nor anyone else can achieve the desired result without being engaged in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 7 April 2023 diff hist +23,428 Mayavadi philosophers, impersonalists, want to negate this variety, but what is the result? Because they do not engage in devotional service, they simply undertake the hard labor of austerities and penances without achieving any permanent result No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,189 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu strongly recommended this process of hearing from a bona fide devotee, and by following this process one can achieve the highest result, conquering all other methods No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,386 Lord Narayana took this chanting seriously, and thus Ajamila achieved the result of ante narayana-smrtih (SB 2.1.6), remembering Narayana at the end of life No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,841 Lord Krsna said, "We can actually see that one becomes busy according to the natural tendency of his work; and according to that natural tendency, all living entities - whether human beings or demigods - achieve their respective results" No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 7 April 2023 diff hist +7,463 Lord Krsna said, "My dear father, there is no need to worship the demigod Indra. Everyone has to achieve the result of his own work" No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +9 Let us perform this sacrifice (sankirtana) with patience and perseverance, with steadiness, and then surely we shall achieve the desired result, spiritual salvation No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +5,150 Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-auspicious Krsna again and again because the great learned sages, the great performers of charity cannot achieve any fruitful result without dedication of such great qualities to the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,816 It is specifically mentioned that the karmis who are aspiring after the fruitive results of their activities can achieve the results of all perfectional stages simply by chanting the maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +3,286 It is said in the sastras that the same result that was formerly attained by difficult sacrifices or yoga practice is easily achieved in this age simply by chanting the Holy name of God No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,861 It is not that if one executes his duty properly he is automatically promoted, for promotion depends upon the satisfaction of the SP of G. It must ultimately be concluded that one can achieve the desired result of his activities upon satisfying the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 7 April 2023 diff hist +4,606 It is clearly stated in this verse (BG 7.23) that all results achieved by worshiping demigods are perishable, and therefore such worship is performed by the less intelligent living entity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current