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  • ...as unnecessarily criticized by Māyāvādīs, atheists and fools. Naturally we are also criticized by such men. They will always remain and will always critic <div class="heading">There are some very big persons now who are convinced of the philosophy of this movement.</div> ...
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  • ...a’s eating is understandable by our transcendental senses. When our senses are purified by constantly being engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, ...a’s eating is understandable by our transcendental senses. When our senses are purified by constantly being engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, ...
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  • ...e to be Krsna conscious"|"we are picking up the brahmanas"|"picking up who are the brahmanas"|"picking up of the brahmanas"|"pick"|"picking"|"brahmana"|"b ...al, having fighting spirit, they should be selected as kṣatriya. Those who are for increasing money, mercantile mentality, they should be also collected. ...
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  • ...in the spiritual sky there is one supreme planet called Goloka Vṛndāvana, which is the original planet in the abode of the original Personality of Godhead ...dhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. All of this information is given in Bhagavad-gītā, and we are given through its instruction information how to leave the material world a ...
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  • ...he lotus feet of the Supreme Person, the all-powerful authority. Those who are not actually philosophers, scientists, educators, administrators, etc., but ...nds of examples like that all over the world, all over the universe, which are all effects of the influence of time. Therefore, the conclusion is that the ...
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  • ...nately they are so foolish that they do not want to escape. Therefore they are compared to the camel who relishes thorny twigs because he likes the taste ...e to the presence of material pangs, as above mentioned. Conditioned souls are strictly under the laws of fruitive activities, and as such they sometimes ...
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  • ...not understand the plans and activities of a pure devotee. The exact words are tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya (Caitanya-caritāmṛt ...also enters into Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Others, who engage in envious activities, are known as karmīs.</p> ...
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  • ...of Śrīla Vyāsadeva and selfless workers always busy in planning something which may help everyone in all statuses and orders of life. ...the mission of Vyāsa, Nārada, Madhva, Caitanya, Rūpa, Sarasvatī, etc. They are all one and the same. The personalities may be different, but the aim of th ...
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  • ...are never finished, and they go on preparing plan after plan, all of which are never finished. We have personal experience of a person of such demoniac me ...the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa and glorify Him for His virtuous activities as they are depicted in the pages of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.</p> ...
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  • ...ntic scripture in the world. He is further explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is considered the explanation of the Vedānta-sūtra. Lord Kṛṣṇa is a ...ass="heading">The political executive, administrators, and the priests who are conducting the church, they must be free from sinful life. Otherwise, there ...
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  • ...Vedas little seriously, you can make your state an ideal state, and people are still ready to follow you. Then the whole history of the world will change. ...
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  • <div class="heading">The holy places all over the earth are meant for purifying the polluted consciousness of the human being by an atm ...of the Lord and the Lord in everything. The holy places all over the earth are meant for purifying the polluted consciousness of the human being by an atm ...
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  • ...rce:SB 1.18.48|SB 1.18.48, Purport]]:''' It is not that only the brāhmaṇas are powerful enough to award curses or blessings upon the subordinates; the dev ...nations of the world. Even those who are constantly engaged in sinful acts are all corrigible to the standard of perfect human beings if they take shelter ...
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  • *These categories are sorted by '''word endings''' and the pages within them will allow the reade *There are still more words to add as categories to this page; ...
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  • ...trol with severe types of penance and yoga practice. And, of course, there are so many similar instances in the history of the world. Therefore, it is ver ...ection, and I am pleased that my generous father gave the first impression which was developed later into regulative devotional service by His Divine Grace. ...
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  • ...ading">All is manifested by the temporary embodiment of the material body, which is a production of the mind at the time of death, and if the mind is purifi ...life. All is manifested by the temporary embodiment of the material body, which is a production of the mind at the time of death, and if the mind is purifi ...
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  • ...son of mother Yaśodā or the charioteer of Arjuna. Even the great demigods are sometimes confused about Kṛṣṇa (muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ). Māṁ tu v <div class="heading">The two stages of executing devotional service are, first, the stage of practicing devotional service with our present senses ...
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  • ...lded hands. Hosts of great sages and perfected beings, crying "All peace!" are praying to You by singing the Vedic hymns."'</p> ...girl of heaven, Urvaśī, the celebrated beauty. The society girls of heaven are lusty, and Urvaśī was very eager to contact Arjuna, the strongest human b ...
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  • ...er 24, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.8.44 -- Mayapura, October 24, 1974]]:''' There are about six hundred commentaries on Bhagavad-gītā, all misleading. Therefor ...t to preach our philosophy. That is most important. Bhāgavata-mārga. There are two ways, bhāgavata-mārga and pāñcarātriki. The bhāgavata-mārga is m ...
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  • ...ir respective languages and with melodious songs, and if such performances are executed in an offenseless manner, it is certain that the participants will ...ee who does so is criticized by neophyte devotees, kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs, who are on the lower stages of devotional service. For them, Deity worship is stron ...
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  • ...ribution of prasadam will make us successful all over the world. Those who are intelligent can read our books very seriously and their lives will become p ...
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  • ...Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra, who were born from my mind, are your predecessors. Sometimes they travel throughout the material and spirit ...
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  • ...splay: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship .... It is also stated, mayy arpitātmanaḥ: "He gives his mind unto Me." These are the qualifications of a devotee, who, according to this verse, is accepted ...
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  • ...urbed by the demons, but still, he is merciful to the general people. They are suffering for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So even up to the point of ...o do. So a Kṛṣṇa conscious person acts on behalf of Kṛṣṇa. These boys they are going to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. People may receive it or not rec ...
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  • ...accommodate such spiritual activities of devotional service therefore they are satisfied only by so-called knowledge of self.</div> ...accommodate such spiritual activities of devotional service therefore they are satisfied only by so-called knowledge of self.</div> ...
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  • ..., and by the grace of the Lord all sins unwillingly committed by a devotee are burnt in the fire of repentance.</div> <div class="heading">In this age of Kali there are no powerful brāhmaṇas who can invite the demigods or give renewed life t ...
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  • ...d spreading of devotional service belonged only to their particular class, which was known as Nityananda-vamsa. In this way, they exercised their artificial ...ent.' Sometimes Sridhara Maharaja also says like that. So, actually if you are feeling like that let us work conjointly</div> ...
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  • ...ated by material nature, he must follow the movements of the intelligence, which brings various conditions of happiness and distress. If one performs fruiti ...vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana: those who are actually serious are conducted by one kind of intelligence, namely, intelligence in Kṛṣṇa ...
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  • ...rect because people are short-living, their intelligence is poor, and they are poverty-stricken and embarrassed by so many miserable disturbances.</div> ...rect because people are short-living, their intelligence is poor, and they are poverty-stricken and embarrassed by so many miserable disturbances. Lord Ca ...
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  • ...by qualification only. The śāstra enjoins that even if good qualifications are seen in a person born in a family other than that of a brāhmaṇa, the qua ...f the Lord. He then makes further progress to become a qualified Vaiṣṇava, which means that the brahminical qualification is already acquired.</p> ...
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  • ...s cannot account for the senses of the living entities, and therefore they are always anxious to describe all living entities as senseless, or impersonal. ...e senses are not at all artificially stopped from doing anything, but they are given different good engagements</div> ...
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  • ...hastised the student, calling him, indirectly, a fool. The Lord said, "You are talking like a learned man, but you do not know that one who is learned—o ...you are Kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā. You know the science of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, you are guru." This is the test. To become guru it doesn't matter that one has to b ...
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  • ...transcendental state one achieves after attaining the devotional platform, which is the exact position of love of Godhead</div> ...which in turn are symbolical representations of pure love for Kṛṣṇa. There are also discussions of bhakti mixed with philosophical speculation, the supere ...
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  • ...r kind letter dated January 9, 1970. It is very encouraging to me that you are taking so much active interest in the matter of spreading Krishna Conscious ...rialistic mind become cleansed. The dirty things in the materialistic mind are the modes of passion and ignorance. When the modes of passion and ignorance ...
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  • ...bay 26 August, 1958]]:''' The cult of Hinduism or the system of Varnasrama are not being utilized in the spirit of the Bhagavad-gita and as such the above ...
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  • [[Category:Maha-bhagavata Devotees of God Are Never Missing from the Sight of God]] ...
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  • ...ing the soul, saving the soul from degradation. Therefore people sometimes are surprised. The bodily concept of life, the same activities will be karma. A ...
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  • <div class="heading">The demigods are not independently powerful: they are posted as different executives under the order of the Supreme Personality o ...terial senses but through whose direction and will all the material senses are working. He is the supreme potency of all material senses or sense organs. ...
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  • <div class="heading">As you have noted the youth are our most potential source of converts to Krsna Consciousness.</div> ...ducated public. This is the best system and do not be hopeless because you are sure to find such a helper very soon.</div> ...
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  • ...the avidyā function of material nature they are made fools, and thus they are unable to utilize knowledge in the proper channel.</div> <div class="heading">“Kṛṣṇa has unlimited potencies, out of which three are chief—willpower, the power of knowledge and the creative energy.</div> ...
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  • There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaki ...to ourselves and God. Although this is true in that both God and ourselves are immortal, there is a difference. As living entities, we perform many activi ...
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  • ...dy; mind; kaya, mana, and words; and one he is personally. Therefore there are four sticks within the daṇḍa. Those who have taken sannyāsa, they kn ...as philosopher, as scientist, as guru, as father. No. Everyone, those who are guardian . . . therefore śāstra has forbidden, gurur na sa syāt sva-j ...
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  • ...ry day these loving devotees could see Mukunda's ever-cheerful lotus face, which was decorated with beautiful, merciful smiling glances.</p> ...hat only on this planet there are living entities, and other planets there are no living entities. No, that is not a fact. Anyway, here the proposal is ho ...
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  • ...isplay: inline;">Some of the names of the descendants of Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita are as follows: (1) Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caitanya, (2) Kṛṣṇadāsa, (3) Viṣ ...
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  • ...are suffering or where they came from and where they shall go after death are proper students for understanding Bhagavad-gītā. The sincere student shou ...ne;">Men with a poor fund of knowledge claim to be equal to the Lord. They are never equal to the Lord. This is never to be. The human being, after attain ...
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  • ...es the occupational duties of the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra and which is the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga ...s engage in meditation upon Your lotus feet, as described above. Those who are serious about executing their occupational duties and who want freedom from ...
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  • ...'[[Vanisource:SB 2.2.16|SB 2.2.16, Purport]]:''' The functions of the mind are thinking, feeling and willing. When the mind is materialistic, or absorbed ...ery, very glorious. Such a person has perfect intelligence, whereas others are in the ignorance of material existence.</div> ...
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  • ...kinds of different occupational engagements, including those of religion, are meant for material gain.</div> ...ce:SB 3.5.51|SB 3.5.51, Translation]]: O Supreme Self, please give us, who are created in the beginning from the mahat-tattva, the total cosmic energy, Yo ...
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  • ...r for all living entities, and giving up such shelter, the living entities are deluded by the material energy, imagining themselves to have a separate ide ...certainly accepted as liberated, but due to their imperfect knowledge they are described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as vimukta-māninaḥ. Since their knowle ...
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  • ...4.20.4|SB 4.20.4, Tanslation and Purport]]: If a personality like you, who are so much advanced because of executing the instructions of the previous acar ...
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  • ...re three stages of transcendental development in devotional service, which are technically called sthāyi-bhāva, anubhāva and mahābhāva. Continual per ...
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  • ...ings. He is called Hari, and from Him all incarnations within the universe are expanded. ...ers misunderstand Him, unaware of His eternal form of knowledge and bliss, which is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā and Upaniṣads. His different potencie ...
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  • ...gs to hear because the scriptures like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are made for that purpose. Living beings other than human beings have no abilit ...itute has no reputation for good womanly qualities. Similarly, the tongue, which is given to the human being for chanting the Vedic hymns, will be considere ...
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  • ...gods, headed by Lord Brahmā, are bewildered by Your illusory potency. They are conditioned souls who accept their own material bodies and bodily expansion ...st 16, 1973|Lecture on BG 2.10 -- London, August 16, 1973]]:''' " So... We are all fools like that. Arjuna is not fool. Arjuna has been been described as ...
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  • ...in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolute plane, for they are no longer subject to dualities like good and bad. The highest perfection of ...ent for success upon His mercy alone, and all kinds of spiritual processes are but different degrees of success on the same path. Unless, therefore, one c ...
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  • ...authorities are followed by people in general. Leaders of ideal character are therefore needed in society. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhea ...d Caitanya declared that no one can worship the Supreme Lord by any method which is better than the method of the gopīs.</p> ...
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  • ...guṇa, goodness. They do not know even what it is, sattva-guṇa. Simply they are studying the animal bones. That's all. But actually perfection of evolution ...va-deva na vedmi. We cannot understand. It is not possible. So many things are there even in this material world we cannot understand. We cannot get full ...
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  • ...rld are misusing their independence, and therefore five kinds of nescience are imposed upon them. As an obedient servitor of the Lord, Brahmā creates all ...
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  • ...gigantic manifestation of the universal form. The biggest and the minutest are beyond their conception, so they cannot imagine that a form like that of a ...ust like a human being, can control the infinite and the finite, those who are pure devotees accept this, for they know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Pe ...
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  • ...passed away from this world like an ordinary man. Such asuric conceptions are rejected by persons in knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ...passed away from this world like an ordinary man. Such asuric conceptions are rejected by persons in knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ajo ...
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  • ...t child can swim across the ocean of conclusions about the ultimate truth, which is full of the crocodiles of various theories.''' ...autama, and the systems of philosophers like Kaṇāda, Kapila and Dattātreya are dangerous creatures in the ocean of nescience. By the grace of Śrī Caitan ...
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  • ...then, automatically, the mind becomes stronger, and even though the senses are very strong, like serpents, they will be no more effective than serpents wi ...allen down due to uncongenial association, just like fruitive workers, who are always prone to degradation. But even though he falls down, a devotee is ne ...
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  • ...s cannot account for the senses of the living entities, and therefore they are always anxious to describe all living entities as senseless, or impersonal. <div class="heading">Those who are freed from all material contaminations surrender unto the Supreme Lord and ...
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  • [[Category:Devotees of God Are Peaceful]] [[Category:All the Characteristics of Devotees of God Are Sublime]] ...
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  • ...mulate money for sense gratification. However, because in Kali-yuga people are more or less prone to sense gratification, immature sannyāsa is not recomm ...ependently or whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and (6) being greedy for munda ...
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  • ...a true guru and the symptoms of a true devotee. The symptoms of a devotee are described in the Padma Purāṇa: A person who is a qualified brāhmaṇa a ...mis and gurus and religious people throughout the world. How does one know which is the true guru? ...
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  • ...e interested in the matter of sense gratification than in self-realization which is the ultimate goal of life. We have therefore taken up the difficult job ...ain go to Agra from Delhi to secure some members of the League of Devotees which is a registered society possessing certificate of exemption of income tax t ...
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  • ...e anything. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta the pure devotee is called niṣkāma, which means he has no desire for self-interest. Perfect peace belongs to him alon ...="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">There are also many impersonalists who deride temple worship. They say that since God ...
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  • ...not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are many other sages and their followers.</div> ...cording to their own thinking, but Śukadeva Gosvāmī presents the knowledge which comes down directly from Brahmājī, who is known as ātma-bhūḥ, or born ...
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  • ...aged in the animal propensities of the eat-drink-and-be-merry type of life are simply wasting their lives by the unseen passing away of valuable years. We ...erial body is just a covering of the spiritual soul. Mind and intelligence are the undercoverings, and the gross body of earth, water, air and so on is th ...
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  • ...ould be concluded that whatever material facilities we are trying to enjoy are available only due to the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ...rms in the Bhagavad-gītā, “My supreme abode is a transcendental place from which, having gone, one never returns to this material world. Anyone who attains ...
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  • ...ce. A devotee like Nārada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is trying to attain. Śrīla Nārada is a cent-percent per ...ld, but are eternally related with Him as transcendental wives, a position which they attained by perfection of devotional service. ...
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  • ...ading">The Supreme Lord and His transcendental abode are both sanātana, as are the living entities, and the combined association of the Supreme Lord and t ...life. The Supreme Lord and His transcendental abode are both sanātana, as are the living entities, and the combined association of the Supreme Lord and t ...
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  • ...in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolute plane, for they are no longer subject to dualities like good and bad. The highest perfection of ...ass="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedic rites and rituals are imperative for neophytes: comprehending all kinds of prayer three times a d ...
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  • {{terms|"persons who are authorities in the scriptures"}} [[Category:Who Are]] ...
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  • ...g is done unwillingly, that is excused by Kṛṣṇa. That is another thing. We are offending in every moment, but when it is within our consciousness we shoul ...g is done unwillingly, that is excused by Kṛṣṇa. That is another thing. We are offending in every moment, but when it is within our consciousness we shoul ...
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  • ...are... From material estimation, these things are very good work. But you are being bound up.</div> ...iśvarya-śruta, and śrī. You can become very beautiful by pious work. These are the results of pious work. ...
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  • ...n charity, you are 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 ...72|Lecture on BG 2.22 -- Hyderabad, November 26, 1972]]:''' In India there are many atheists, followers of Cārvāka. According to Cārvāka Muni, his the ...
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  • ..., cannot understand whether inactivity is a fact or whether His activities are only imitations. ..., cannot understand whether inactivity is a fact or whether His activities are only imitations.</p> ...
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  • ...lefield of Kurukṣetra. His wonderful acts on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra are vividly described in the Mahābhārata. Arjuna was defeated, however, by hi ...m has any independence. The puruṣa (the enjoyer) and prakṛti (the enjoyed) are under the control of the Lord, for it is by His supervision that everything ...
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  • ...hārī have gone to the southern side of the Himalaya Mountains, where there are shelters of the great sages. ...of view, and then he began to describe the future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing powers</div> ...
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  • ...nt to Kṛṣṇa are one and the same. One who can see this sees things as they are.</p> ..."display: inline;">In the yoga system, as described in this chapter, there are two kinds of samādhi, called samprajñāta-samādhi and asamprajñāta-sam ...
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  • ...lained that there are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and othe ...on to the Superself. The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and the ...
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  • <div class="purport text"><p>The six philosophical theses are (1) Vaiśeṣika, propounded by Kaṇāda Ṛṣi, (2) Nyāya, propounded b ...cean, volcanic eruptions can do very little harm, and similarly, those who are against devotional service to the Lord and who put forward many philosophic ...
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  • ...nd it is known as acintya-bhedābheda-tattva. Brahmā, Nārada and all others are simultaneously one with the Lord and different from the Supreme Lord.</div> ...ntity with the stock gold. The stock gold is never exhausted even if there are innumerable ornaments emanating from the stock because the stock is pūrṇ ...
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  • ...erm for extension of prison life. Similarly, we in this material existence are always fearful. This fearfulness is called anxiety.</p> ...es be increased unless Sāṅkhya were meant for devotional service? Devotees are not interested in speculative knowledge; therefore, the Sāṅkhya enunciat ...
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  • ...ue because these sentiments are all on the absolute plane. Such sentiments are definitely not absent in the Absolute, as the impersonalists think, making ...performed by any other living being. The symptoms of the Lord's activities are all mentioned in the śāstras, and after one understands them one can acce ...
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  • ...attachment, gradually rising in exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifeste ...attachment, gradually rising in exceptional cases to the mahā-bhāva stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifeste ...
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  • <div class="heading">We are suffering or enjoying the results of our activities from time immemorial, b ...r activity, and this change depends on the perfection of our knowledge. We are engaged in various activities. Undoubtedly we do not know what sort of acti ...
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  • ...ing of the heart, laughing, crying, shivering, and dancing. These symptoms are not material. However, exhibiting such ecstatic symptoms just to get credit ...
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  • ...ing is to render service to the Lord. The Lord is great, and living beings are subordinate to Him. Therefore, the duty of the living being is just to serv ...
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  • <div class="heading">There are two kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, ...cific duties for the brahmanas and ksatriyas respectively, and such duties are unavoidable. Sva-dharma is ordained by the Lord, and this will be clarified ...
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  • ...). The living entities, like the Lord, are full of consciousness, and they are after happiness. The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities ...reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.</div> ...
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  • ...ond, and so this combination is very nice. Living entities in a pure state are called devotees. The Supreme Lord becomes the devotee of His devotees. If a ...Because you are grown up you cannot act as a child. Similarly, because you are human being, if you act as an animal you'll be responsible for your acts. A ...
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  • ...he living entities are the marginal energy of the Lord, and therefore they are meant for being properly utilized in the transcendental loving service of t ...aim of life, going back to Godhead, they are never envious of anyone, nor are they proud of being eligible to go back to Godhead. Their only business is ...
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  • ..., although all students who are engaged in the study of the Absolute Truth are engaged in the same subject matter. ...rated from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the same category.</p> ...
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  • ...mpersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are.</div> ...roots. The tree of creation described here is only a shadow of the reality which is Parabrahman, Viṣṇu. In the internal potential manifestation of the V ...
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  • ...hey cease to perform agnihotra yajñas (fire sacrifices), but actually they are self-interested because their goal is to become one with the impersonal Bra ...oes not mind whether a man honors or dishonors him. He accepts things that are favorable for his duty in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, otherwise he has no ne ...
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  • ...to be happy by serving his personal sense gratification in different forms which will never make him happy. Instead of satisfying his own personal material ...derived from conquering them and happiness derived by seeing kinsmen alive are both on the basis of personal sense gratification, even at a sacrifice of w ...
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  • ...who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception are simultaneously present in everything and that there is no contradiction. Th ...th their bodily senses. Therefore it is clearly stated here that those who are gṛha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the ma ...
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