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  • ...King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Sup ...ments emanating from the stock because the stock is pūrṇam, complete; even if pūrṇam is deducted from the pūrṇam, still the supreme pūrṇam remai ...
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  • ...actical point of view, suppose you are constructing a very nice house, and if you know that next day you'll be kicked out, you'll die, will you do that? ...the material world means they have got different devices for wasting time, not for utilizing time. Is it correct?</p> ...
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  • ...class="heading">The first symptom of a self-realized soul is that he does not make any plan for his prosperity. ...has to consult the higher authorities. Similarly, this means that I shall not independently make any plan, but I must accept the standard plan which is c ...
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  • ...d for propagating Krishna consciousness. Wherever you may remain please do not forget Krishna Kirtana and it will do good to you and your friends.</p> ...; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna. This idea is not manufactured by me, but it is authoritative statement in the Gita Mahatma S ...
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  • {{notes|Reference not found for: SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...ays planning to improve them. He believes in his own strength, and he does not know that whatever he is gaining is due to his past good deeds. He is given ...
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  • ...an program, which have plans to try to land on the moon and return safely, if this is successful, do you think this accomplishment would hurt the Kṛṣ ...ul, according to our principle, it is simply waste of time. Because we are not concerned even with the moon planet. We are trying to go to the planet of K ...
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  • ...ferred to the spiritual world. So long one has got a pinch of desire that "If I would have become like Brahmā, or like king, like Jawaharlal Nehru," the ...e assembled here, they are not going back living. They will be killed. Now if you like, you have to fight. But the conclusion is already there." Because ...
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  • ...any propaganda medium can be utilized for Krishna Consciousness. In future if you get opportunity we can produce many films of life of Lord Caitanya, sce ...India. Since you have returned to N.Y. you have falsely dictated that I do not want the robes or flags. Why are you disturbing the whole situation in my a ...
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  • ...material position, but he is not actually perfect in Brahman realization. If he wants, he can continue to stay in the Brahman position and then graduall ...e; it is then and there that he can attain the highest perfectional stage, not otherwise. ...
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  • ...istence. Therefore, without being fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one should not give up his occupational duties. No one should suddenly give up his prescri ...rial body are allowed, but under rules and regulations. And yet, we should not rely upon the control of such allowances. One has to follow those rules and ...
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  • ...defeat for them. All these considerations by Arjuna definitely proved that not only was he a great devotee of the Lord but he was also highly enlightened ...as, and although one has to fight with some friend or relative, one should not deviate from his prescribed duty. One has to follow the prescribed rules an ...
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  • ...here, there is no consideration of the man's desire. The laws of nature do not allow a second beyond what one is destined to enjoy.</p> ...e and friendship are failing. But here is the hint to get over the hurdle. If we want actual peace, we must open the road to understanding of the Supreme ...
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  • ...tients and TB hospitals, but formerly this was not so because the time was not so unfavorable. The unfortunate men of this age are always reluctant to giv ...talked with him that "Why you are implicated in such planning? Kṛṣṇa does not want it." ...
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  • ...is open. He personally becomes qualified to enter the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, and if anyone follows such a devotee, he also enters into Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Other ...splay: inline;">When a devotee becomes materially very opulent, one should not think that he is enjoying the results of his fruitive activities. A devotee ...
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  • <div class="heading">Sāṅkhya philosophy is not dry mental speculation. Sāṅkhya philosophy means devotional service. ...e increased unless Sāṅkhya were meant for devotional service? Devotees are not interested in speculative knowledge; therefore, the Sāṅkhya enunciated b ...
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  • ...But without being trained in the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is not advisable to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa in a secluded place, where ...is not interested in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or if he is a nondevotee, he also cannot understand the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa ...
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  • ...adopt the service of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. If one is convinced of this philosophy of life, that is faith.</div> ...condemned life of miseries. This material body continues as long as one is not detached from the false conception of lording it over material nature. The ...
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  • ...due to being differently received, it appears to be different. One should not, therefore, accept the reflection of the moon on the water as actual and mi ...one says that the entire business rests on such-and-such a person, it does not mean that the person is bearing all the factories and offices on his head. ...
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  • ...rom the Supreme, and who knows Brahman, actually realizes peace; others do not."</p> ...ted form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." This explains the philosophy of simultaneous oneness and differen ...
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  • ...ood for human society. But the preachers of the saṅkīrtana movement should not be deterred by such criticism. Our method should be to convert such fools g ...m, your life will gradually progress in spiritual advancement of life. And if you continue this, then some day will come, even in this life it may come, ...
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  • <div class="heading">Not that everyone is brāhmaṇa. Brāhmaṇa means the intelligent man. So we .... The division is already there. They should be coordinated, systematized. Not that everyone is brāhmaṇa. Brāhmaṇa means the intelligent man. So we ...
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  • ...net, Kṛṣṇaloka, or any of the other planets within the spiritual sky, will not meet with these material inconveniences. Amongst all of the planets in the ...
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  • ...dministrators, etc., but who pose themselves as such for material gain, do not accept the plan or path of the Supreme Lord. They have no idea of God; they <div class="heading">These airplanes do not fly business executives, politicians or planning commissions as passengers, ...
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  • ...ply by desiring to get out. Unfortunately they are so foolish that they do not want to escape. Therefore they are compared to the camel who relishes thorn ...h they sometimes go up to Brahmaloka and again come down to Pātālaloka, as if they were unintelligent children on a merry-go-round. The real happiness is ...
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  • ...ple of pure devotional service is that of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana. They are not interested in understanding Kṛṣṇa, but only in loving Him. That platf ...e is no longer interested in any sort of materially elevated life. He does not even aspire to become a personality like Lord Brahmā.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">If one chants the holy name of the Lord purely, he attains the platform of lov ...ver, said that the desired result of chanting the holy name of the Lord is not that one is liberated from material bondage or freed from the reactions of ...
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  • ...itual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to th ...e success in life, and in spite of executing all ritualistic performances, if one cannot satisfy the spiritual master, one has no access to spiritual per ...
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  • ...it is now correctly and practically established that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of men. Besides that, anyone who is engage ...at present.' Sometimes Sridhara Maharaja also says like that. So, actually if you are feeling like that let us work conjointly</div> ...
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  • ...near future. He therefore desired the imminent calamity to fall on him and not on his family members. A man's personal misconduct affects all his family m ...the King unwarrantedly. The incident of the King's garlanding the muni was not sufficient cause for being cursed to death, but since there was no way to r ...
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  • ...essings upon the subordinates; the devotee of the Lord, even though he may not be a brāhmaṇa, is more powerful than a brāhmaṇa. But a powerful devot ...to clarify his insufficient knowledge about the Lord? The reason is clear. Not only was Śukadeva Gosvāmī vastly learned in the Vedic literatures, but h ...
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  • *[[:Category:Not Religion|Irreligion]] *[[:Category:Not|Not]] ...
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  • ...radually feels spiritual progress. This advancement in spiritual life does not depend on any kind of previous education or qualification. The method itsel ...womb of his mother, but even if he is not so fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desire him to be so. There is a practical example ...
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  • ...material body, which is a production of the mind at the time of death, and if the mind is purified by practice of transcendental loving service to the Lo ...material body, which is a production of the mind at the time of death, and if the mind is purified by practice of transcendental loving service to the Lo ...
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  • ...aḥ). Māṁ tu veda na kaścana: "No one knows Me as I am," the Lord says. And if one does know Him, then sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ. "Such a great soul is ...ngle alone out of home, but a steadfast devotee knows very well that he is not alone. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is with him, and He can protect H ...
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  • ...eption in the heavenly parliament of Indradeva. Then he met Indradeva, who not only presented him with his vajra weapon, but also taught him the military ...So that is the way of elevating oneself. In whatever condition one may be, if he is fortunate enough to associate with pure devotees, then very quickly h ...
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  • ...nd so on, but unfortunately not a single person became a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, not a single person.</div> ...nd so on, but unfortunately not a single person became a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, not a single person. But as we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, within five ...
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  • ...orify the Lord in their respective languages and with melodious songs, and if such performances are executed in an offenseless manner, it is certain that ...mantra is the worst offense at the lotus feet of the holy name. One should not criticize a preacher of the glories of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.</ ...
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  • ...creation the power of knowledge is also created. The conditioned souls are not originally fools, but by the influence of the avidyā function of material ...e power of knowledge is very limited... We are not perfect. Our senses are not perfect.</div> ...
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  • ...or sudra by birth, or a householder or mendicant in the order of society, if he is conversant with the science of Krsna, he can be accepted as an acarya ...all doubts, but if he does not follow the Vaisnava principles, then he is not situated on a higher level. One must be able to clear all doubts and simult ...
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  • ...of the material world; the missing point is forgetfulness of God. This is not a new thing because the reason for our material existence is forgetfulness ...des of passion and ignorance come in, although the process of cleansing is not yet completed the modes of goodness become prominent. This means that the p ...
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  • ...ord reciprocates with His devotees on the basis of transcendental love and not on the basis of philosophical knowledge or fruitive activities. In the tran ...hanted the glories of Lord Balarāma, and Lord Balarāma felt very happy, as if He had become intoxicated by drinking that Vāruṇī beverage. His eyes ro ...
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  • ...etely satisfied in the self, should live on alms begged from door to door. Not being dependent on any person or any place, he should always be a friendly ...sity of becoming joyful separately. That association will make you joyful. If you mix with a society criminal, automatically you become criminal. There i ...
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  • ...nts, I become the head of the political institution of the state, but I do not wish to die. Death comes and he takes away everything, my political positio ...nts, I become the head of the political institution of the state, but I do not wish to die. Death comes and he takes away everything, my political positio ...
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  • ...vation, going back to Godhead. To go to some holy place of pilgrimage does not mean only to take a bath in the Ganges or Yamunā or to visit the temples s ...th polluted consciousness, King Purañjana eventually arrived at that point not very much liked by those who are overly attached to material things.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic li ...e intelligence, which brings various conditions of happiness and distress. If one performs fruitive activities under such conditions, what will be the be ...
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  • ...aṁ gṛham andha-kūpam. Existence in such a dark well is certainly suicidal. If one wants relief from the miserable condition of material life, one must vo ...." So if we, similarly, if we, even if we do not understand Bhagavad-gītā, if we follow that: "Arjuna has understood like this, that Kṛṣṇa is the S ...
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  • ...es as a brāhmaṇa. The devotee is already a brāhmaṇa by action. But that is not the end of it. As referred to above, such a brāhmaṇa has to become a Vai ...rāhmaṇa, the qualified man has to be accepted as a brāhmaṇa, and similarly if a person born in the family of a brāhmaṇa is void of brahminical qualifi ...
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  • <div class="heading">If one is fortunate enough to take shelter of a pure devotee, hear from him ab ...ecommended, and this is very appropriate. Although the common man is often not as capable as so-called philosophers, faithful hearing from an authoritativ ...
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  • ...les should be given more importance than politics or sociology, but he did not know that knowledge of matter, soul and the Supreme is even more important ...going to the South Indian tour Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya recommended, "Sir, if You can meet Rāmānanda Raya, You'll be very much pleased. He's a great, a ...
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  • ...g">If one simply sticks to the religious formulas and formalities but does not become elevated to the position of love of God, he is considered to be a ch ...hained animal. In other words, if one is not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is not eligible for liberation from the contamination of material existence.</div> ...
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  • ...te devotional service in the seven other fields (śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, etc.). If one can successfully execute the preliminary seven items, he can in the fut <div class="heading">If one makes his life successful in devotional service and then preaches devot ...
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  • ...r understanding Kṛṣṇa, for understanding God, my position, what I am. I am not this body. I am spirit soul. I have been put into this body, and because I [[Category:I Am Not This Body]] ...
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  • ...o such conception of coming to the point of sattva-guṇa, goodness. They do not know even what it is, sattva-guṇa. Simply they are studying the animal bo ...
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  • ...o also traveled in space. Actually, the perfect yogī can do that. But even if one can travel all over the universe and show wonderful feats like Kardama ...hārāja does not follow the instructions of brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas or does not follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he ...
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  • ...ving entities, and other planets there are no living entities. No, that is not a fact. Anyway, here the proposal is how to achieve perfect happiness of ā ...ause everyone is imperfect. How they can give you perfect happiness? It is not possible. ...
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  • ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. Humanity begins when this sort of i ...
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  • ...h is the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga if one at all wants security in life.</div> ...this type of meditation or in the mystic yoga system, which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see Him face to face and beco ...
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  • ...body by any means of material administration. Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul. In the M ...crifice of saṅkīrtana. According to the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, if one compares saṅkīrtana-yajña to other yajñas, he is a pāṣaṇḍī ...
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  • ...means the Vedic vibration. The origin of creation is sound vibration, and if the sound vibration is clear and purified, perfect knowledge and perfect ac ...ledge and detachment from this material world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-called happiness or so-called distress of this world.' ...
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  • ...f the Supreme and know Him also at the same time. He reserves the right of not being exposed to such a challenging spirit of an insignificant spark of the ...stem. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...lass="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 4.20.4|SB 4.20.4, Tanslation and Purport]]: If a personality like you, who are so much advanced because of executing the i ...stem. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...of a goat, although they look like breastly nipples. Similarly, we should not expect any creative power from the material ingredients; we must believe in ...ess mercy to different living beings, He does so by His own potency. He is not subject to any condition of the material modes of nature, and He descends a ...
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  • ...that is Kṛṣṇa conscious. We cannot remain in tiger consciousness. That is not humanity.</p> ...ing">Here is a body, where is perfect consciousness. I can understand that if I like I can get next birth God's body. ...
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  • <div class="heading">It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...2.8.25|SB 2.8.25, Purport]]:''' It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...
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  • ...ns he has no desire for self-interest. Perfect peace belongs to him alone, not to them who strive for personal gain. Whereas a jñāna-yogī, karma-yogī ...ld one restrict himself to temple worship? But if God is everywhere, is He not in the temple or in the Deity? Although the personalist and the impersonali ...
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  • {{terms|"a devotee of the Lord naturally does not like to see anyone falling down from his real position"}} [[Category:Does Not]] ...
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  • [[Category:Do Not Speculate - videos]] <div class="heading">Unfortunately, we do not wish to carry out order of the ācāryas. We manufacture our own ways. We h ...
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  • ...he whole world. He certainly cannot succeed by mental concoction, which is not meant for devotees or religious people. Only an empowered personality can d ...display: inline;">The Māyāvādī philosopher, puffed-up and incompetent, can not understand variegatedness in spiritual energy. He consequently falsely beli ...
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  • ...t a murderer should be condemned to death so that in his next life he will not have to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore, the king's pu ...ācīnabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver Prajāpati Dakṣa. Prajāpati Dakṣa saw Nārada before him becau ...
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  • Śyāmasundara: Qualitatively that's not a very high pleasure, so he would not recommend it. ...ome of them become still more learned, doctor in philosophy, like that. So if you go to the quality, the number will decrease. You cannot say greatest nu ...
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  • ...ut aside from that, one has to strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by com ...ufferings of an orphan and the sufferings of a beloved child of a king are not one and the same. An orphan is really poor because he has no one to take ca ...
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  • ...ven those who have material desires and who resort to the Supreme Lord are not so much attracted by external nature; because of approaching the right goal ...tee does not have to worry about the material necessities of life; he need not be anxious, because when he removes the darkness from his heart, everything ...
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  • ...acteristics are sublime. A devotee does not create enmity with anyone, but if someone becomes his enemy, that person will be vanquished by the Supreme Pe ...
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  • ...ce:SB 4.29.51|SB 4.29.51, Purport]]:''' A person who is self-realized does not recommend the worship of anyone but the Supersoul. He knows that to worship ...bona fide spiritual master if he is not a devotee of the Lord. One should not mistakenly think that a bona fide spiritual master has to be born in a so-c ...
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  • ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...
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  • ...ciety gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade t ...hem. The human tongue is especially given for chanting the Vedic hymns and not for croaking like frogs. The word asatī used in this verse is also signifi ...
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  • ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven.</div> ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven. Indeed, all of the demigods, ...
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  • ...sublime. When one is engaged in the duties of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need not act in relationship to the material world with obligations to family tradit ...s material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to a ...
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  • ...e sentiments are all on the absolute plane. Such sentiments are definitely not absent in the Absolute, as the impersonalists think, making their mundane e ...waited the arrival of Samudra, the ocean personified, but when Samudra did not come, the Lord, the master of Samudra, became angry. Then Samudra came to t ...
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  • ...service to everyone—namely self, family, society, country, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied. ...crifices as recommended in revealed scriptures. And, similarly, if one has not understood that the purpose of the Vedas is to reach Kṛṣṇa and simply ...
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  • ...onsciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish. ...onsciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish.</p> ...
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  • ...ot... What is the standard of work? Under what consciousness he's working. If he's working in material consciousness, then he's being bound up. However g ...are the four results? Janma-aiśvarya-śruta-śrī. Janma-aiśvarya-śruta-śrī. If you do pious work, you can get reaction in four ways. You can get your birt ...
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  • ...re charitably disposed, Kṛṣṇa says, "Give it to Me. If you are so rich and if you have got this good intention to give in charity, give it to Me." Yat ka ...l, however moral he may be, however pious he may be, so-called. If he does not know Kṛṣṇa, it has no meaning. Therefore, the first condition was tha ...
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  • ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...
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  • <div class="heading">Indra and Vṛtrāsura not only fought, but also engaged in philosophical discourses. ...such as distress, happiness, fear and impurity." Thus Indra and Vṛtrāsura not only fought, but also engaged in philosophical discourses. Then they began ...
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  • ...that is also illusory because there is no such separation. The gopīs were not situated in that illusory condition of life, so even from the philosophical ...that is also illusory because there is no such separation. The gopīs were not situated in that illusory condition of life, so even from the philosophical ...
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  • ...philosophical research one comes to the conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of the material world but of the supreme spirit whole. ...philosophical research one comes to the conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of the material world but of the supreme spirit whole. Co ...
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  • ...play: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One should not, therefore, misunderstand that the sāṅkhya-yoga mentioned herein has any ...display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One may not give up work and prescribed duties all of a sudden; but by gradually develo ...
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  • ...tion of the greatness of the Lord is called śānta-rati. This is attachment not to the personal feature but to the impersonal feature. Generally, one in th <div class="heading">The Lord's equal disposition is not without varieties of personalism. ...
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  • ...ng his prime duty, he wanted to cease fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the ...t ceases fruitive activities out of fear, so that the resultant action may not be a stumbling block on the path of self-realization, but the personalist k ...
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  • ...onal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material desire, but it is not without self-interest. Similarly, the mystic yogī who practices the yoga s ...sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcendentally si ...
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  • ...n the eternal abode, reaches the highest perfection of human life and does not have to come back to the miserable material world.” ...service, it is useless for him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he is accepted to be alive. But a person without Kṛ ...
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  • {{notes|Reference not found for:SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...e perfection of devotional service. But in the present status of our life, not only have we forgotten the Supreme Lord, but we have forgotten our eternal ...
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  • ...eflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning, that ...
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  • ...of our knowledge. We are engaged in various activities. Undoubtedly we do not know what sort of activities we should adopt to gain relief from the action ...ine of being promoted to the higher planets and then again coming down, as if situated on a Ferris wheel which sometimes goes up and sometimes comes down ...
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  • ...ng">There are two kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordan ...s liberated, one's sva-dharma -- specific duty -- becomes spiritual and is not in the material bodily concept. In the bodily conception of life there are ...
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  • <div class="heading">The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities associate with the Lord, cooperate with Him and take pa ...iousness, and they are after happiness. The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities associate with the Lord, cooperate with Him and take pa ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...Lord becomes the devotee of His devotees. If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...
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  • ...ly utilized in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. When this is not done, one's situation is called māyā. Therefore the illusion of māyā is ...trol of the material energy, however, can be most successfully carried out if one is a soul surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and carri ...
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  • ...d from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the same category.</p> ...ervasive aspect of the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. The Paramātmā manifestation is not eternal in the spiritual world. Therefore the factual Absolute Truth is the ...
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