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  • ...at is the difference between robber and me?" And Alexander, from that day, he stopped his conquering propaganda. "Alexander and the Robber." The robber p ...why should you work so hard? But we have voluntarily accepted, "Oh, Kṛṣṇa will be satisfied." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> ...
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  • ...<p style="display: inline;">A strong faith that by Kṛṣṇa consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmikā i ...ons from past good or bad deeds. When one is awake in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is sit ...
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  • ...scendentalist. A transcendentalist has nothing to do with women and money. He must always refrain from such intimate relations. The King was, however, fa <div class="heading">Practice of prescribed rules and regulations will remove all personal deficiencies that hamper progress in devotional service ...
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  • ...ofuse authority for preaching, and if someone reads our Krishna philosophy he becomes convinced</div> ...ofuse authority for preaching, and if someone reads our Krishna philosophy he becomes convinced. So try to increase the effect of preaching by distributi ...
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  • ...onal service. Although one may be very much exalted in devotional service, he should not give up the watering process of śravaṇa-kīrtana. If one give ...
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  • ...m all sinful reactions, simply by the process of surrendering to Śrī Kṛṣṇa he is automatically freed. There is no need of strenuous effort to free onesel ...does not have to execute so many methods. That simple surrender unto Kṛṣṇa will save him from unnecessarily wasting time. One can thus make all progress at ...
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  • ...s—either by inertia or by active service. In other words, by his questions he is clearing the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness for all students who seri ...like the feeling of satisfaction a hungry man has for every morsel of food he eats. The more one eats while hungry, the more one feels satisfaction and s ...
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  • ...—perfection of one's constitutional position. So Arjuna was a devotee, and he was in touch with the Supreme Lord in friendship.</p> ...he beginning one must have a preliminary desire for self-realization. This will bring one to the stage of trying to associate with persons who are spiritua ...
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  • ...nd everyone liberation (mukti) from the bondage of material existence, yet He rarely awards the privilege of love of Godhead. ...of the process of bhakti-yoga. As the Lord's desire is infallible because He is acyuta, similarly the desires of the devotees in the transcendental serv ...
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  • ...which alone can help one to act in yoga. Arjuna is a kṣatriya, and as such he is participating in the varṇāśrama-dharma institution. It is said in th ...
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  • ...rges undivertedly. He claimed the friendship of Maitreya Muni, not because he was Maitreya's son but because Maitreya was actually the friend of all who ...
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  • ...lf smokes. Lord Caitanya said that a teacher should behave properly before he begins teaching. One who teaches in that way is called ācārya, or the ide ...th and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual unders ...
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  • ...ve to be guided by the ācāryas. One who follows the principles of ācāryas, he knows the things as they are. That is the verdict. ...ācāryas. Ācāryavān puruṣo veda. One who follows the principles of ācāryas, he knows the things as they are. That is the verdict.</p> ...
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  • ...ilated again and again." If one is unable to see the Supreme Lord although He is present as Kṛṣṇa in His various incarnations, one may see the Supr ...cticed the principles of spiritual life he had learned from them, and thus he achieved the supreme goal of life.</p> ...
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  • ...to the kingdom of God, then surely, after quitting this material body, we will attain a spiritual body just like the Lord's.</div> ...to the kingdom of God, then surely, after quitting this material body, we will attain a spiritual body just like the Lord's.</div> ...
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  • ...kuṇṭha planets, directly in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is prone to fall down.</div> ...kuṇṭha planets, directly in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is prone to fall down, either from the impersonal Brahman realization or fr ...
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  • ...consciousness. This voluntary service to the cause of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will help one to rise to a higher state of love for God, whereupon one becomes p ...d be given to the right receiver. There are different kinds of charity, as will be explained later on—charity in the modes of goodness, passion and ignor ...
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  • ...Still, because his complete energy was engaged in the service of the Lord, he became an immortal sage. Such is the powerful action of devotional service. ...
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  • ...ṇa is very pleased with a devotee, He takes away his material property, as He states in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.88.8): yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣ ...l riches are Nityānanda Prabhu and the lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa." He further prays, "O Lord, kindly give me this opulence. I do not want anythin ...
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  • ...accepted because it is Vedic injunction, and indeed by accepting this, one will not commit a mistake; subsequently it has been proved by modern science tha ...even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth. What pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra?</p> ...
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  • ...Kṛṣṇa was entrusted to look after this arrangement, and perfect as He is, He caused the yajñas to be performed by the bona fide twice-born brāhmaṇas ...t, Bhagavad-gītā gives you. You train the students in that way, then there will be perfect society. Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.</div> ...
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  • ...tated, Brahmā is the original spiritual master for the universe, and since he was initiated by the Lord Himself, the message of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is c ...ticular occupational duty under the guidance of a proper spiritual master, he can achieve the highest success in life</div> ...
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  • ...o hear of the sense-enjoyable tidings of the flickering mundane world, but will have very little time to hear about the eternal living force that moves the ...an, but the gentleman inquire about what is God. Because he is human being he could inquire like that. So there is no cause of disappointment. At least o ...
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  • ...the creator of this particular universe, is known as the prajāpati because he is the grandfather of all who have taken birth. Thus prajā is used in a br ...ts. Any great man of the material world is, after all, a conditioned soul. He is bound by his hands and feet by the ropes of material nature, and still t ...
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  • ...he is not a disciple. And one who is not a disciple, his life is chaotic. He cannot be happy. Therefore Vedas say that "You must accept a bona fide guru ...but by quality. So anyone can be trained up first class, second class, as he likes. That is called civilization. Some men should be trained up as first- ...
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  • ...his vivarta-vāda. One can be attacked by this vivarta-vāda philosophy when he forgets the inconceivable power of the omnipotent Personality of Godhead.</ ...ponsibility to see that the Africans follow properly, because the Africans will follow their example. ...
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  • ...o struggle very hard with determination, and then automatically everything will come. Tato niṣṭhā tato rucis tataḥ, athāsaktis tato bhāvaḥ. So b Prabhupāda: Therefore he requires spiritual master's guidance. Because he is rascal. What is the use of accepting a spiritual master? If you want to ...
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  • ...hen he was questioned by Sāṅkhyāyana Ṛṣi, he spoke to him the same message he had heard from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. In other words, unless one hears from ...śāstras is an atheist, and we should not consult an atheist, however great he may be. A staunch believer in the śāstras, with all their diversities, is ...
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  • ...ity, the pragmatic activities of a king and activities for salvation. Then he described the duties of women and devotees, both briefly and extensively.'' To give charity is one of the householder's main functions, and he should be prepared to give in charity at least fifty percent of his hard-ea ...
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  • <div class="heading">Here is direct evidence of His great mission: He allowed even the wild animals to partake in His great movement. ...te, creed, color or species. Here is direct evidence of His great mission: He allowed even the wild animals to partake in His great movement.</p> ...
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  • ...vice of the Lord, even without discharging his prescribed duties, whatever he may be able to advance in the cause is accepted by the Lord (buddhi-yoga). ...ed, "Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is in His full-fledged youthful life. How can He keep the principles of sannyāsa?"</p> ...
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  • ...rm his duties according to the modes of material nature. At the same time, he must have a full sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> ...he principles of religion. Sometimes He descends personally, and sometimes He sends His bona fide representative in the form of His son, or servant, or H ...
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  • ...ontrol the senses. When one is accomplished in the practice of meditation, he ceases all disturbing mental activities.</p> ...splay: inline;">Envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the atheist will present a number of illicit incarnations manufactured in the factory of his ...
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  • ...">Had Arjuna not been taken up with an illusion of family affection by the will of the Lord, the Bhagavad-gītā would not have been spoken by the Lord Him .... Had Arjuna not been taken up with an illusion of family affection by the will of the Lord, the Bhagavad-gītā would not have been spoken by the Lord Him ...
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  • ...the line of disciplic succession. Otherwise even the most intelligent men will be bewildered regarding the standard actions of Kṛṣṇa consciousness</ ...the line of disciplic succession. Otherwise even the most intelligent men will be bewildered regarding the standard actions of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. ...
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  • ...I would have gone immediately to India but if I go just now the work here will suffer. So please be with me in this project as you have promised for the s ...hat if we have 1000 dealers, we can immediately sell 3000 copies, and this will give us sustenance for conducting our publication activities. I do not thin ...
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  • ...nt. Just like Kṛṣṇa. In the books He has given many instructions, but then He says, sarva-dharmān parityaja. If one says that "You gave me instruction b ...aid Mr. So and So, both names, do hereby swear in the name of Kṛṣṇa that I will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution, by-laws, rules, regulatio ...
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  • ...nds. He decided to pass away at that time, therefore he died. These things will be more and more clear when you understand Krishna by revelation. I think i ...nue to keep your present attitude and certainly even within this life, you will be successful in attaining perfection of Krishna Consciousness.</div> ...
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  • ...ecause the soul has no birth, he therefore has no past, present or future. He is eternal, ever-existing, and primeval—that is, there is no trace in his ...class="heading">Even if one does not find the soul within the heart, where he is situated, one can still understand the presence of the soul simply by th ...
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  • ...class="heading">Even if one does not find the soul within the heart, where he is situated, one can still understand the presence of the soul simply by th ...al soul is prone to be forgetful. When he is forgetful of his real nature, he obtains education and enlightenment from the superior lessons of Kṛṣṇ ...
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  • ...rried wives, but the damsels of Vraja were young friends of the Lord while He was unmarried. The Lord stayed at Vṛndāvana till the age of sixteen, and .... His forgetfulness of his real constitutional position is māyā. Otherwise he is eternally Brahman.</p> ...
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  • ...ascal and we have to go on with our own work positively. Fault-finding men will always be there, that is the history of the world, but one has to execute h ...igent boy and faithful to your parents and to your duty. Certainly Krishna will be very much pleased upon you. The father and mother are also as good as th ...
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  • ...hen he actually found that "On the other side there are my relatives," how he could slay them? Kṛṣṇa advised that "Everyone must execute his prescr ...When Kṛṣṇa is strict He's harder than the thunderbolt, and when He's soft, He's softer than the flower.</p> ...
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  • ...ely his prescribed duties according to his religion, very good boy, but if he does not develop to hear about Kṛṣṇa, or God, this propensity... ...ely his prescribed duties according to his religion, very good boy, but if he does not develop to hear about Kṛṣṇa, or God, this propensity... Just ...
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  • ...cribed duties, when one attains the highest goal of life, love of Godhead, he achieves prayojana-siddhi, or the fulfillment of his human mission. ...cribed duties, when one attains the highest goal of life, love of Godhead, he achieves prayojana-siddhi, or the fulfillment of his human mission. In the ...
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  • ...Lord at the time of death. That is the only way suggested by the Lord, and He guarantees the result: "There is no doubt."</p> ...activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt." ([[Vanisource:BG 8.7 (1972)|BG 8.7]])</p> ...
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  • ...fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the kingdom after conquering his cousins ...fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the kingdom after conquering his cousins ...
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  • ...spoiling energy because even if the moon is reached, the problems of life will not be solved. The devotees of the Lord are called akiñcanas because they ...when one is freed from the false ego by the cultivation of real knowledge, he sees himself, and that is the ultimate necessity of human life.</div> ...
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  • ...bers of the family. By being engaged in various religious practices, women will not be misled into adultery.</div> ...ing belongs to Kṛṣṇa (īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam [Īśo mantra 1]), and therefore he does not falsely claim proprietorship over anything. This transcendental kn ...
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  • ...satisfaction. Therefore to act or not to act is within his control because he acts only under the direction of Kṛṣṇa. This consciousness is the cau ...
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  • ...ictly observes whether his sons are performing their duties, and sometimes he also punishes them.</p> ...nced order. Kaśyapa Muni was not in the renounced order of life. Therefore he is addressed here once as brahman and another time as gṛhamedhin. Aditi, ...
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  • ...service for approaching Him. Such processes are very dear to the Lord, and He accepts a person engaged in them. The question of who is better—one who i ...e state service, for the Nawab was reluctant to let him leave. Nonetheless he came to Vārāṇasī, and the Lord taught him the principles of devotional ...
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  • ...e spiritual sky. If one adopts the principles enunciated in Bhagavad-gītā, he can make his life perfect and make a permanent solution to all the problems ...under the rules and regulations, with the direction of a spiritual master, will surely bring one to the stage of love of God.</p> ...
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  • ...olar seeks to relish the real rasa in the spiritual form. In the beginning he desires to become one with the Supreme. Thus, less intelligent transcendent ...one is interested with the spirit soul and spirit soul's activities, then he is bhakta. That is... Actually the basic principle of activity is the soul. ...
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  • ...edic injunctions may adopt the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that will take the place of performance of Vedic yajṣas, or karmas. ...edic injunctions may adopt the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that will take the place of performance of Vedic yajṣas, or karmas.</p> ...
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  • ...the acceptance of the four orders and the four statuses of social life, as will be explained later. The whole purpose of the mission of incarnations is to ...he principles of Bhagavad-gītā from his father, Vivasvān, the sun-god, and he reinstructed the same to his son Mahārāja Ikṣvāku. In the beginning of ...
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  • ...class="heading">If one adopts the principles enunciated in Bhagavad-gītā, he can make his life perfect and make a permanent solution to all the problems ...e spiritual sky. If one adopts the principles enunciated in Bhagavad-gītā, he can make his life perfect and make a permanent solution to all the problems ...
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  • ...to Arjuna, and, for that matter, to other highly elevated persons, because he was highly advanced compared to ordinary persons in other parts of the worl ...
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  • ...x life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. Therefore, sex life is not unreal. Its reality i ...
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  • ...lass="heading">The more one is affected by the principle of māyā, the more he is detached from the basic principle of love. ...rom the basic principle of love. One cannot factually love anything unless he is fully developed in the loving service of the Lord.</p> ...
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  • ...the modes of material nature and is fully situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can perform anything and everything under the direction of a bona fide spir ...sticks to the principle of following the words of the spiritual master, he will see the Supreme Lord without difficulty.</div> ...
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  • ...n charge. Similarly, the moon, Candradeva... They are all devas, demigods. He's in charge of, what is called, activating the vegetables, the moon, activa ...
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  • ...hāgavata Purāṇa as the spotless literature for understanding the Lord, and He preaches that the ultimate goal of life for all human beings is to attain t ...of logic and grammar, but the Lord defeated him by His forceful arguments. He affirmed that we are all related with the Personality of Godhead eternally ...
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  • ...annyāsī, indicates freedom from all attractive material garments, and thus he changed his dress accordingly.</div> ...transcendental pastimes. It is not possible. Then how is it possible that He can be seen and understood? When one is trained in devotional service and r ...
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  • ...ed to impress upon Kṛṣṇa that since He was afraid merely to see her stick, He should not perform such disturbing activities as breaking the container of ...ed to impress upon Kṛṣṇa that since He was afraid merely to see her stick, He should not perform such disturbing activities as breaking the container of ...
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  • ...aneous affection. Bhīṣmadeva was a pure devotee, and as a military marshal he constantly remembered the battlefield feature of the Lord as Pārtha-sārat ...
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  • ...o are always engaged in devotional service out of transcendental love does He award the pure knowledge of devotion in love. ...o are always engaged in devotional service out of transcendental love does He award the pure knowledge of devotion in love. In that way the devotee can r ...
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  • ...maṇa. Even the great yogī Durvāsā was harassed by the Sudarśana cakra when he offended the Vaiṣṇava Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, who was neither a brāhma ...lize this with purified intelligence. When one's intelligence is purified, he can understand that unwanted, temporary, material life is just like a dream ...
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  • ...blessed by the mode of goodness, and by transcending the mode of goodness he can be situated in pure goodness, which is called the vasudeva state, a sta ...vaṁ viśuddhaṁ vasudeva-śabditam: "When a man is situated in pure goodness, he worships Vāsudeva." The purport is that those who are completely purified ...
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  • ...pure devotee like Vidura always feels the presence of the Lord everywhere. He sees everything in the potency of the Lord and the Lord in everything. ...pure devotee like Vidura always feels the presence of the Lord everywhere. He sees everything in the potency of the Lord and the Lord in everything.</p> ...
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  • ...Lord. Whatever action he performs, he performs it as service to the Lord. He does not give serious attention to the fruitive activities or prescribed du ...ntioned four activities are prescribed in the regulative way so that there will not be any undue competition for sense gratification. But Śrīmad-Bhāgava ...
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  • ...pends on the Supreme Lord. And the pure devotee is satisfied with whatever He gives.</p> ...ified, as everyone else knew, but he did not want to counteract it because he knew also that the age of Kali had begun and that the first symptom of the ...
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  • ...e mahātmā does not divert his attention to anything outside Kṛṣṇa, because he knows perfectly well that Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Person, the c ...evotee is not confused by misguiding commentaries on Bhagavad-gītā because he knows what is what</div> ...
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  • ...pure devotee is ordering Him, He obtains transcendental pleasure, although He is the infallible master in all circumstances.</div> ...pends on the Supreme Lord. And the pure devotee is satisfied with whatever He gives</div> ...
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  • ...process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and happily live in this material world. He will eventually receive the supreme award of Kṛṣṇa.</div> ...yful. He does not lament for any material loss or aspire for gain, because he is full in the service of the Lord.</div> ...
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  • ..., taught the same principles of sense control for executing higher duties. He desired the welfare of all as servants of God, and anyone desiring the welf ...
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  • ...ch yoga, but because he is always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, at death he can remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His grace. This is expla ...In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta the pure devotee is called niṣkāma, which means he has no desire for self-interest. Perfect peace belongs to him alone, not to ...
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  • ...oves that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identical to Lord Kṛṣṇa and explains that He descends to liberally grant the fallen souls of this degraded age pure love ...because of his association with the qualitative modes of material nature, he is captivated by its interactions of distressful, unhappy feelings.</div> ...
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  • ..."><p style="display: inline;">Though a person be even the most sinful man, he can at once be purified by systematic contact with a pure Vaiṣṇava. A V ...imilarly the body of a pure Vaiṣṇava changes transcendentally at once when he gives himself up to the service of the Lord and is trained by a qualified V ...
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  • ...e Lord’s belonging to the Bhāratī sampradāya or Purī sampradāya. Actually, he did not know the position of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As the Supreme Pers ...
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  • ...tact of māyā. So one who can understand the position of Kṛṣṇa and himself, he's called mukta. Mukta means liberated. Mukti means to know perfectly what i ...o more under the control of this material world. And what is the test that he has attained purified knowledge and purified body? The test is bhajanti. ...
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  • ...r, and a spiritual master is automatically expert in brahminical behavior. He also understands the Vedic śāstras. ....35]]). If the qualities of one varṇa are seen in someone born in another, he should be designated according to the varṇa of his qualities, not that of ...
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  • ...he property of the Pāṇḍavas." But it is his greatness. He knew that Arjuna will never be killed because Kṛṣṇa is there. "So from material point of vi ...
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  • ...ersonally carried to the Vaikuṇṭha planet by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu. He now remembered her and wanted to take her with him. Actually, Dhruva Mahār ...
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  • ...r heart Kṛṣṇa is situated there. Anywhere you go, Kṛṣṇa is within you, and He'll give you intelligence. Talking with Kṛṣṇa means buddhi-yogaṁ dad ...et in the colleges and universities. But Kṛṣṇa's instruction is different. He'll give you instruction so that you can get rid of this hellish condition o ...
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  • ...piritual science, one should have a test to see how far he is progressing. He can judge by these items.</div> Bhūrijana: He says chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. ...
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  • ...mall particle of spirit is there in the ant and in the elephant. Therefore he sees the elephant and the ant on the same level, on spiritual vision, not o ...
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  • ...style="display: inline;">Then Arjuna decided to accept Kṛṣṇa as his guru. He... Śiṣyas te 'ham: "I become your disciple." To become disciple means no ...ot to fight, that is his own sense gratification. And to fight in spite of he had no desire to fight, that is the satisfaction of the master. This is the ...
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  • ...ee himself. The Lord is seated in the heart of all living beings, and thus he knows very well the movements of all individual persons. As soon as the Lor ...rdama Muni exactly carried out the instructions received from him and that he actually honored his spiritual master. To honor the spiritual master means ...
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  • ...everything nice goodness, but he is attacked by passion and ignorance, and he becomes entangled. ...ure devotional service only, you can remain in pure goodness. Otherwise it will be adulterated. Pure devotional service.</div> ...
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  • ...in the mode of goodness is not so much affected by material miseries, and he has a sense of advancement in material knowledge.</div> ...in the mode of goodness is not so much affected by material miseries, and he has a sense of advancement in material knowledge. The representative type i ...
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  • ...ust like I told you that Mahātmā Gandhi, he was a recognized good man, but he committed so many mistakes. So pure goodness is not possible in this materi ...
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  • ...the injunctions for purification in the śāstras, what does it avail him if he is not Kṛṣṇa conscious?" So the purificatory process is necessary for ...e soul is engaged in his natural function of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.17) affirms th ...
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  • ...e Supersoul by controlling the senses from all other engagements, and thus he ultimately attains samādhi. A devotee more easily attains samādhi, or tra ...such pure devotees of the Lord, Devarṣi Nārada is the chief, and therefore he has been described herein as the greatest of all philosopher devotees. Unle ...
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  • ...ess one practices devotional service to the Lord, one cannot know Kṛṣṇa as He is (tattvataḥ), even though one is a great scholar or philosopher. Only t ...and without considering the time or place. There should be no impediments. He should be able to carry out his service anywhere and at any time. Some say ...
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  • ...developed all good qualities. That is bhadra. A devotee cannot be abhadra. He must be bhadra. That is perfection. Therefore a devotee is never rude to an ...
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  • ...And as a result of this, when the child came out of the womb of his mother he became a great devotee...</p> ...ility is increasing, so many things, but this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will solve all the questions. It is such a nice movement. It is a boon. So you s ...
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  • ...ng all the wives of Kṛṣṇa to Indraprastha, he was attacked on the way, and he could not protect the ladies in his custody. ...
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  • ...mant instinct of love of God was awakened. Śiśupāla saw the Lord also, but he saw Him as his enemy, and his love was not awakened. Therefore Śiśupāla ...ways carries a club and a cakra to kill demons, and in His other two hands He holds a conchshell and a lotus to give protection to His devotees. When His ...
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  • <div class="heading">When the Lord descends on earth, He acts for the protection of the devotees and for the annihilation of the imp ...the rulings of the revealed scripture in order to teach us the process. If He does not do so, the common man may go wrong. But in the advanced stage, whe ...
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  • ...āṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtam ([[Vanisource:BG 4.8 (1972)|BG 4.8]]). He has got two businesses. One business is to give protection to the devotees, ...
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  • Harikeśa: Argentina, and India. Now there will be war. Wherever there is woman in charge, there is war, disruption. But th ...as speaking to me that some great astrologer long ago predicted the Russia will be first-class theist in future. Who was speaking that? ...
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  • ...give her a son. As a result of this combination, Ghaṭotkaca was born, and he fought very valiantly with his father against the Kauravas. In their forest ...th in the Vedic wisdom, one can become a brāhmaṇa and thus see the Lord as He is. And after surpassing the brahminical perfection, one has to become a de ...
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  • ...duty, and nothing else. He was not prepared to beget a number of children. He would beget only one child, who would help the mission of Viṣṇu. As sta ...howed personally how to give protection to the cows and calves. Similarly, He showed respect to Sudāmā Vipra, a real brāhmaṇa. From the Lord's perso ...
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  • ...ast. When the child was protected by viṣṇu-mantra, mother Yaśodā felt that He was safe. In the meantime, all the cowherd men who had gone to Mathurā to ...is in danger, because the father and mother is very strong, very rich, he will be able to give protection to the child. No. That is not possible.</p> ...
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  • ...he Lord helps the devotee to achieve Kṛṣṇa consciousness by yoga, and when he becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious the Lord protects him from falling down ...he Lord helps the devotee to achieve Kṛṣṇa consciousness by yoga, and when he becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious the Lord protects him from falling down ...
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  • ...d man, so everyone must especially think of his protection from all sides. He might become engaged in the fight, and the enemy might take advantage of hi ...tant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of thi ...
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  • ...stament, New Testament. Similarly, Lord Buddha also, he rejected Vedas and He presented his own philosophy: ahiṁsā, nonviolence.</div> ...
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  • ...inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">And I am sure that India will again go back to the Vedantic life when the principle is accepted by the Eu ...erit by your birthright claim, will you neglect that friend? I am sure you will not. I am able to give you such important information.</p> ...
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  • ...our bodily conception of life, and expansion of bodily conception of life. He is thinking in terms of bodily conception of life. Śyālāḥ bandhuḥ pi ...ulsory for man to marry. Because a man may remain brahmacārī. By training, he can abstain from sex. But if woman is not protected very strictly, it is ve ...
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  • ...ch marriage, voting that there will be no separation and that man and wife will work cooperatively in Krishna Consciousness.</div> ...ps. But if you do not assist him and be very obedient to his welfare, then he may become disgusted and go away. So there must be mutual responsibility by ...
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  • ...to give over his acquired position in the heavenly kingdom to Yayāti, but he did not accept it. Yayāti went to the heavenly planet along with great ṛ ...loving transcendental service of the Lord, He gives particular attention. He gives direction to such pure devotees to help them discharge their responsi ...
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  • ...the transcendental name, fame and qualities of the Lord, which means that he is constantly in touch with the Lord. The Lord is identical with His name, ...e Supersoul by controlling the senses from all other engagements, and thus he ultimately attains samādhi. A devotee more easily attains samādhi, or tra ...
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  • ...sciousness, our actions will be dovetailed to the will of īśvara, and that will make us happy. ...sciousness, our actions will be dovetailed to the will of īśvara, and that will make us happy. It is not that we have to cease all activities. Rather, our ...
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  • ...ater on the boy became a victim of all debaucheries. From a pure brāhmaṇa, he fell down to the position of a wretched urchin, and it was all due to bad a ...d the opulence of the demigods, and after enjoying such material opulence, he is given a chance to take birth in a noble family of a pure brāhmaṇa, or ...
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  • ...ental knowledge, but according to the different processes of understanding He appears differently, either as impersonal Brahman, as Paramātmā, as the S ...six opulences: wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. He is the Personality of Godhead in different spiritual skies. The various des ...
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  • ...e and works sincerely without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted to the stage of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness ...e and works sincerely without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted to the stage of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> ...
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  • ...gh Ajāmila did not chant purely, he chanted without offense, and therefore he is now pure and eligible for liberation. ...though he did not chant purely, he chanted without offense, and therefore he is now pure and eligible for liberation."</p> ...
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  • ...n, but if any common man tries to drink even a fragment of such poison, he will be killed. There are many pseudo devotees of Lord Śiva who want to indulge <div class="heading">One should not be misled by a pseudodevotee. He himself must be plain and gentle to receive the instructions of a pure devo ...
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  • ...everything. Lord Janārdana is the director both externally and internally. He is the cause of the function of words and what is expressed in all sound</d He is the cause of all causes, the ultimate cause. In this regard Śrīla Madh ...
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  • ...he asura can get remission from the stroke of the trisula of Mohamaya when he the asura, surrenders surrenders himself to Sri Krishna the Personality of <div class="heading">And so he fought very hard to kill Arjuna, but with Krishna as Protector, no one in w ...
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  • ...generally we think that "This child, this boy has got his father, mother, he is well-protected." No. Father and mother... Every father and mother wants ...ld be there who will protect the society from danger, another class of men will be expert in producing food grains and give protection to the cows and make ...
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  • ...rukṣetra fight. So the Lord wanted to exhibit His fighting spirit. And who will fight with Him? Therefore two of His devotees were resigned that they shoul ...ctor. You are Kazi. You are magistrate. And this Nimāi Paṇḍita, young boy, He is creating so much disturbance." ...
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  • ...urport text"><p style="display: inline;">The prajā-pati is Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the ...tector of His pure devotees. Although God is equally disposed to everyone, He is especially inclined to His devotees. Sat means the Absolute Truth. And p ...
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  • ...in the material world. However powerful the reactions of one's sins, they will immediately be vanquished if one chants the name of Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Bala ...rotective prayer known as the Nārāyaṇa-kavaca. By this intelligent mantra, he took away the opulence of the demons and gave it to Mahendra, the King of h ...
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  • ...e, one Dr. Lal Mohan Gosal, he has very minutely analyzed the cow dung and he has found that cow dung is a composition of all antiseptic properties.</p> ...Who is able to give good protection, life, security for life and property, he should become king.</p> ...
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  • ...The living entities are described as parts and parcels of the Lord because He is the life and soul of all living entities, being situated within their he ...The living entities are described as parts and parcels of the Lord because He is the life and soul of all living entities, being situated within their he ...
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  • ...onal life were observed by Vidura, an experienced devotee of the Lord, and he confirmed Uddhava's perfectional stage of love of Godhead. Ecstatic bodily ...
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  • ...tion for the Supreme Lord and is directed by the spiritual master, in whom he has similar unflinching faith, can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead b ...hurt by the enemy. The so-called king of today never visits the warfield. He is very much expert in artificially encouraging the fighting strength in th ...
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  • ...can be preliminarily perceived by His different energies, and in this way He is realized impersonally. As the demigod in the sun is a person and is perc ...and Rāma as the Supreme he thinks of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as impersonal because he has no idea of service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus his only business is punaḥ pu ...
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  • ...er make him happy. Instead of satisfying his own personal material senses, he has to satisfy the senses of the Lord.</p> ...fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the kingdom after conquering his cousins ...
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  • ...his own sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcende ...personal self-interest, a devotee should always be without diplomacy, and he should avoid the company of persons who are not advancing in spiritual life ...
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  • ...e of the good will of these administrators, leave their material bodies at will during opportune moments arranged for entrance into the antimaterial univer <div class="heading">Is He managing personally? No. He is managing through His potency.</div> ...
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  • ...g">The factual Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa. He is the complete energetic person. ...eme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa. He is the complete energetic person, and He possesses different separated and internal energies.</p> ...
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  • ...Still, because his complete energy was engaged in the service of the Lord, he became an immortal sage. Such is the powerful action of devotional service. ...he himself was attracted by the transcendental activities of the Lord, and he studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from his great father, Śrī Dvaipāyana Vyās ...
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  • ...d when a living entity becomes inclined to the service of the Supreme Lord he looks like gold. The Lord is a diamond, and so this combination is very nic ...sūtra, that Vedānta-sūtra is personal philosophy. So he was convinced, and he became his disciple.</div> ...
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  • ...es the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.</div> ...Brahman happiness, knowing it for certain that unlimited happiness, which he is seeking, is never attainable in the material world.</div> ...
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  • ...such duties are unavoidable. Sva-dharma is ordained by the Lord, and this will be clarified in the Fourth Chapter. On the bodily plane sva-dharma is calle ...ode of goodness, but if a person is not by nature in the mode of goodness, he should not imitate the occupational duty of a brahmana. For a ksatriya, or ...
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  • ...x life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. Therefore, sex life is not unreal. Its reality i ...the unbiased reader to the highest perfectional stage of transcendence. It will enable him to transcend the three modes of material activities: fruitive ac ...
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  • <div class="heading">He is actually learned who has attained to such perfection of knowledge. ...al position as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is actually learned who has attained to such perfection of knowledge. Devel ...
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  • ...ed the Lord an easy path for reaching the enemy's city. The impersonalists will see havoc in this red-hot sentiment of the Lord because they want to see ne ...ttempted to bridge the ocean, and, with the help of advice from Vibhīṣaṇa, He attacked Rāvaṇa's capital, Laṅkā.</div> ...
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  • ...ext"><p style="display: inline;">When one is awake in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is sit ...ntry, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied.</p> ...
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  • ...efore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We should be cautious, but if something is done unwillingly, that is ...efore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We should be cautious, but if something is done unwillingly, that is ...
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  • ...endental pleasure in striving to become one with the Lord is defeated when he sees the beautiful transcendental features of the Lord. Because of the frag ...ārya had to make some compromise with the Buddhist philosophy, and as such he preached the philosophy of monism, for it was required at that time. Otherw ...
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  • ...erable condition of this material body. Without being unnecessarily upset, he should try to find out if there is a remedy. The remedial measures can be u ...f life; therefore when Jaḍa Bharata put the philosophy of life before him, he immediately appreciated it. This is the foundation of Vedic society.</div> ...
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  • ...hting by using Kṛṣṇa consciousness as an excuse. But as a sincere student, he placed the matter before his master and questioned Kṛṣṇa as to his be ...e service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or if he is a nondevotee, he also cannot understand the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> ...
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  • ...naḥ, "He who increases the honor of His devotees." By distributing Sāṅkhya He would increase the honor of the devotees; therefore, Sāṅkhya philosophy ...f transcendental forms and spiritual activities beyond the material world. He simply described voidism beyond this material existence. The Māyāvādī p ...
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  • ...lity of religion speak, was fully satisfied, and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.''' ...n, was full of philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless on ...
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  • ...losophical theses. Nonetheless, Tapana Miśra has been very kind to me, for he speaks about topics relating to Lord Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...ritual master of the entire world in teaching the six paths of philosophy. He is the best of devotees.</p> ...
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  • ...led practice of yogic postures can never help a man toward spiritual life. He must be trained in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by higher intelligence.</p> ...dic version is confirmed in this verse of the Gītā personally by the Lord. He who accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the Vedas and of ...
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  • ...be in some relation with the Supreme. When he acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is actually in his constitutional position. In the first process, Sāṅkhy ...tuated in the transcendental position by various philosophical researches, he is said to have achieved samprajñāta-samādhi. ...
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  • ...ew, and then he began to describe the future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing powers</div> ...ndha-kūpaṁ vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta [SB 7.5.5]). In this verse also, he stresses the same point. In the history of human society, no one, at any ti ...
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  • ...many great generals like Karṇa and others. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, he punished Aśvatthāmā, who had killed all the five sons of Draupadī. Then ..., however, that the real controller is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is freed from the relativities of the world, such as distress, happiness, f ...
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  • ...Not only was Śukadeva Gosvāmī vastly learned in the Vedic literatures, but he was also a great self-realized soul and a powerful devotee of the Lord. A p ...aid that the Lord reserves the right of not being exposed to everyone, and He keeps Himself concealed from the faithless by His yoga-māyā potency.</p> ...
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  • ...g to hell, 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 conditio ...nthropism, nationalism, communism, this "ism" and that "ism." These "isms" will not help us unless you come to the platform of Kṛṣṇa-ism, that "Every ...
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  • ...al consciousness, then he's being bound up. However good may be that work, he's being bound up. ...
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  • ...ion, one should agree to act according to the order of the Supersoul. That will help one become situated constantly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the highe ...ion, one should agree to act according to the order of the Supersoul. That will help one become situated constantly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the highe ...
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  • <div class="heading">The women amongst whom He lived as their husband are not, therefore, women of this mundane world, but ...o any part of God's creation. But being conditioned by the material modes, he tries to travel in space by spacecraft and so fails to reach his destinatio ...
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  • ...and blissfully, without cares and anxieties, and after quitting this body he goes back home, back to Godhead. The Lord confirms in the Bhagavad-gītā, ...or him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he is accepted to be alive. But a person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness may ...
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  • ...was on this planet, He set a practical example. He was a cowherd boy, and He was very respectful to the brāhmaṇas and devotees.</div> ...speculate who is your father, but that speculation will not help you. You will never understand who is your father. But you go to your mother, the supreme ...
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  • ...erefore the Lord says that for anyone who is unflinchingly devoted to Him, He is easy to attain.</p> ...Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows that although Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality, He is all-pervading ...
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  • ...least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this mission will to your own interest. ...least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this mission will to your own interest. And help others also who may be known to you.</p> ...
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  • ...self-realized does not recommend the worship of anyone but the Supersoul. He knows that to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead is easier than to ...The idea is that a spiritual master must be a qualified brāhmaṇa; that is, he must be qualified by his activities.</div> ...
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  • ...A sannyāsī should have an institution meant to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness; he need not accumulate money for himself. We recommend that as soon as money a ...ment should be extremely cautious in regard to this point. Otherwise money will be the cause of lamentation, illusion, fear, anger, material attachment, ma ...
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  • <div class="heading">A sādhu has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. ...ul and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime."</p> ...
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  • ...s of the surrender of the living entity, and in the case of a pure devotee He directly controls the senses</div> ...s of the surrender of the living entity, and in the case of a pure devotee He directly controls the senses.</div> ...
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  • ...stronger, and even though the senses are very strong, like serpents, they will be no more effective than serpents with broken fangs. But even though the s ...ike fruitive workers, who are always prone to degradation. But even though he falls down, a devotee is never to be considered the same as a fallen karmī ...
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  • ...eath so that in his next life he will not have to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore, the king's punishment of hanging a murderer is ac ...is at the same time executing devotional service is very dear to the Lord. He who is situated in pure knowledge of the transcendence of the Supreme Perso ...
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  • ...ural reception to these messages, and what to speak of surrendering to the will of the Supreme Lord? Narādhamas, or the lowest of mankind, willfully negle ...o need of austerity in life, that one can go on speculating and everything will be nice, is recommended neither in the Vedic literature nor in Bhagavad-gī ...
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  • ...rvitor of the Lord, Brahmā creates all these as a matter of necessity, but he is not happy in doing so because a devotee of the Lord naturally does not l ...fore he purified himself by meditation on the Personality of Godhead. Then he began another term of creation.''' ...
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  • ...and spirit, can leave the gross dress of the soul in perfect order and as he desires. By the grace of God, we have complete freedom. Because the Lord is ...e's law. That is... A tiger is made by nature's law in that way; therefore he can do that. You cannot do it. Your nature is different. You have got discr ...
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  • ...goodness, the brahminical stage. Then our life, our evolutionary process, will be successful. Tamasas tu rajas tasmāt sattvaṁ yad brahma-darśanam. Gra ...and. We cannot get full information. But if we take Kṛṣṇa's instruction... He's giving personally the instruction in the Bhagavad-gītā. If we take care ...
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  • ...n travel all over the universe and show wonderful feats like Kardama Muni, he cannot be compared to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose power and i ...ot follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he cannot benefit the citizens. Mahārāja Pṛthu is the perfect example of a ...
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  • ...<p style="display: inline;">A strong faith that by Kṛṣṇa consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmikā i ...ons from past good or bad deeds. When one is awake in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is sit ...
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  • ...vad-gītā will come from the mouth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa? And because he is devotee, he is perfectly playing in such a way that Kṛṣṇa is giving instruction. ...(2): If I am the student, I am going to the class, and I want to know that he's the principal teacher or not? ...
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  • ...name must be heard, glorified and remembered everywhere in the world. That will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by the peop ...he tongue, which is given to the human being for chanting the Vedic hymns, will be considered a prostitute when engaged in chanting some mundane nonsense.< ...
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  • ..., and thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verd ...Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is the collective Paramātmā of all living beings. He is called Hari, and from Him all incarnations within the universe are expan ...
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  • ...eiterate His activities. Because he would constantly remain in meditation, he would easily transfer himself to the spiritual world after quitting his mat ...
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  • ...para system. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has ...
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  • ...challenge the authority of 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 ...parā system. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has ...
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  • ...he all-pervading Viṣṇu. He is all-perfect knowledge and all-perfect bliss. He is the Supreme Transcendence.'''</div> ...ls and ceremonies, he is simply wasting his time (śrama eva hi kevalam) if he does not attain this perfection.</div> ...
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  • ...s and turns his intelligence to inquiring about it from the right sources, he gets information of the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Instead ...Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, if one compares saṅkīrtana-yajña to other yajñas, he is a pāṣaṇḍī, an infidel, and is liable to be punished by Yamarāja ...
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  • ...age himself in 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 ...m) the transcendental messages of the Lord through the mouths of devotees, he gradually conquers the unconquerable God. ...
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  • ...ned to this position of questioning his suffering, unless he realizes that he doesn't want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering ...sā. Every activity of the human being is to be considered a failure unless he inquires about the nature of the Absolute. Therefore those who begin to que ...
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  • ...he seventh of the twelve gopālas, was very liberal. In great love of Kṛṣṇa he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman.</p> ...
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  • ...be happy. And if you take to other demigods, those who are material, that will not be your perfect happiness or permanent happiness. ...
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  • Any business you give to Vaiṣṇava, he will be able to do it very nicely. There are twenty-six qualifications. So we ha .... Dakṣa means very expert. Any . . . any business you give to Vaiṣṇava, he will be able to do it very nicely. There are twenty-six qualifications. So we ha ...
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  • ...n SB 1.8.18-19 -- Bombay, April 9, 1971]]:''' Kṛṣṇa is present everywhere. He says, antar bahir avasthitam. The Brahma-saṁhitā says, ...nicely through this bird." This is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Everywhere he sees. Antar bahiḥ.</div> ...
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  • ...s or blessings upon the subordinates; the devotee of the Lord, even though he may not be a brāhmaṇa, is more powerful than a brāhmaṇa. But a powerf ...Not only was Śukadeva Gosvāmī vastly learned in the Vedic literatures, but he was also a great self-realized soul and a powerful devotee of the Lord. A p ...
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  • ...faultless and powerful brāhmaṇa was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed.''' ...owerful brāhmaṇa was certainly to be punished by the laws of the Lord, and he was expecting something very difficult in the very near future.</div> ...
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  • ...s you have opined and if in this old age we can do something combinedly it will be a great triumph. I thank you very much once more.</div> ...
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  • ...at's all. I cannot. But somebody may come—he's more powerful in arguments. He can defeat you. So don't depend on your speculative function or arguments. ...eading">The original and source of everything, He has His brain. He knows. He has the power of knowledge.</div> ...
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  • ...He is omnipotent, and He is the supreme performer of everything. Therefore He is worshipable by everyone. Unto that Supreme Person do I offer my respectf ...
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  • ...i Maitreya and was thoroughly educated by him in transcendental knowledge, he was quite competent to occupy the post of an ācārya, or spiritual precept ...conversant in the transcendental knowledge, or the science of Godhead, be he a brahmana or a sudra, a householder or a sannyasi, is eligible to become a ...
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  • ...la was fully satisfied and unattached to the world. He was equipoised, for he could see everything resting in the Supersoul and the Supersoul present in ...scrimination based on the different material forms of the living entities. He sees everyone as part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The ...
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  • ...le in pursuance of the Vedic usages, and by His transcendental association He elevated many lowborn, or those disqualified by birth or action, to the sta ...nt in the order of society, if he is conversant with the science of Krsna, he can be accepted as an acarya or guru, a spiritual master.</div> ...
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  • ...Society to gather strength throughout the world. I thank you for your good will. ...e is fixed up in the modes of goodness and devotional service of the Lord, he can factually understand his constitutional position, and that is his liber ...
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  • ...ll Vedic knowledge. Acknowledging the benediction offered to him by Kṛṣṇa, he became the original spiritual master of all living entities.</div> ...d formalities but does not become elevated to the position of love of God, he is considered to be a chained animal</div> ...
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  • ...principles 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 im ...gṛhastha, governor, and according to our social custom, karaṇa, śūdra. So he was hesitant.</div> ...
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  • ...s of the surrender of the living entity, and in the case of a pure devotee He directly controls the senses. Here on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra the L ...tee, hear from him about self-realization and follow in his footsteps, one will be gradually elevated to the position of a pure devotee</div> ...
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  • ...s principles, the Vedas, has personally pointed out these differences, and He is about to explain the reason for this in the following ślokas.</p> ...āmā failed to discharge the duties of a brāhmaṇa or teacher, and therefore he was liable to be rejected from the exalted position of a brāhmaṇa. ...
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  • *These categories are sorted by '''word endings''' and the pages within them will allow the reader to easily learn how Śrīla Prabhupāda used the English l *[[:Category:Will|Will]] ...
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  • ...gages himself in helping the missionary activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he gradually feels spiritual progress. This advancement in spiritual life does ..., Nārada also became engaged, and sometimes, in the absence of his mother, he would serve the great devotees himself.</p> ...
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  • ...It will be freed from absorption in material contamination. The pure soul will be able to return home, back to Godhead.</div> ...xt">'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.9.35|SB 2.9.35, Purport]]:''' Therefore, although He is present in every atom, the Supreme Personality of Godhead may not be vis ...
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  • ...nation and killing in a great fight a demon of unprecedented prowess as if he were just a plaything. This has been narrated by me as I heard it from my p ...ation, but explained whatever he had heard from his spiritual master. Thus he accepted as bona fide the system of paramparā, or receiving the transcende ...
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  • ...n the society of Vaiṣṇavas [Cc. Madhya 13.80]. However, if one thinks that he has become very mature and can live separate from the association of Vaiṣ ...footsteps of the predecessor ācāryas who understand things. Then our life will be successful. We'll understand.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">Anyone, regardless of what he is, who is well versed in the science of Kṛṣṇa (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ...vad-gītā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said that anyone, regardless of what he is, who is well versed in the science of Kṛṣṇa (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ...
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  • ...residence for more than half an hour (at the time of milking the cow), and he would just take alms from the fortunate householder. That was to sanctify t ...Because His mission is to propagate this Vedic culture all over the world. He's not confined within some limited area. Pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi ...
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  • ...l down into material nature. God has no such tendency. Being all-powerful, He never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature i ...l beneath the clouds. Because the Supreme Lord is not subject to illusion, He is unconditioned; because we, as finite living entities, are prone to fall ...
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  • ...ational consciousness. Similarly, when one is mature in knowledge of self, he must knows what is the duty of the self. The impersonalist due to poor fund ...tated in the spiritual nirguna activities. When one can understand nirguna he can understand nirakara, also. This akar or form of material existence is t ...
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  • ...y is killed, that's all." This is sādhu. Titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ. In one side he is tolerant, and other side, merciful.</p> ...ive it. That doesn't matter. Their duty is to preach. The fortunate person will be attracted, unfortunate may not be attracted, but they have to do the dut ...
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  • ...hearing because if the common man simply hears from authoritative sources he can progress. ...tative sources he can progress, especially, according to Lord Caitanya, if he hears the transcendental vibration Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛ ...
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  • ...tanam, etc.). If one can successfully execute the preliminary seven items, he can in the future be situated on the platform of sakhyam ātma-nivedanam.</ ...evotional service in other parts of the world, people throughout the world will actually benefit. ...
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  • ...are executed in an offenseless manner, it is certain that the participants will gradually attain spiritual perfection without having to undergo more rigoro ...t"><p style="display: inline;">When the Lord was on the lap of His mother, He would at once stop crying as soon as the ladies surrounding Him chanted the ...
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  • ...ed yoga. So if you can attract all the westerners in India in that way, it will be a great service, and I am repeatedly requesting you to take up this matt ...evelop into a students home, preaching our philosophy to the residents, it will be a great service.</div> ...
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  • ...d protection"|"pray to Krsna to protect"|"pray to Lord Sri Krishna that he will protect"|"pray to the Holy Name to give us protection"|"pray to the Lord to ...adeva. Disappointed, Urvaśī cursed Arjuna and left. In the heavenly planet he also met the great celebrated ascetic Lomasa and prayed to him for the prot ...
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  • ...ess one practices devotional service to the Lord, one cannot know Kṛṣṇa as He is (tattvataḥ), even though one is a great scholar or philosopher. ...ast word in Brahman realization, and the devotees alone can realize Him as He is.</p> ...
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  • <div class="heading">Having been too much addicted to sex, he became very poor in intelligence and lost all his opulence.</div> ...n intelligence and lost all his opulence. Being bereft of all possessions, he was conquered forcibly by the Gandharvas and the Yavanas.''' ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic life.</div> ...distress. If one performs fruitive activities under such conditions, what will be the benefit?''' ...
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  • ...presence of the Lord's unalloyed devotees. If anyone visits a holy place, he must search out the pure devotees residing in such holy places, take lesson ...erious devotional service with detachment. Thus his mind and consciousness will be under full control.''' ...
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  • ...sness. Wherever you may remain please do not forget Krishna Kirtana and it will do good to you and your friends.</p> ...ing for confirmation of this invitation and just as soon as I hear word, I will let you now so you may make your arrangements. I have included a copy of my ...
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  • <div class="heading">The first symptom of a self-realized soul is that he does not make any plan for his prosperity. ...or. Then he will learn. And when he's accustomed, when he's elevated, then he'll be able to make independent plans. Although not independent always, but ...
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  • ...ice house, and if you know that next day you'll be kicked out, you'll die, will you do that? But it is a fact. Next day or two days after, you'll die.</p> ...s. Everyone should be eager how to do good to others. That is Vaiṣṇava. If he's planning something, that "I shall be leader," "I shall be doing something ...
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  • ...rguing that a materialistic man can be happy. No materialistic creature—be he the great Brahmā or an insignificant ant—can be happy. Everyone tries to ...is a great barrier for spiritual advancement because the people in general will not agree to renounce material activities which hold them in material bonda ...
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  • ...e, free from all material contamination. Once one becomes a pure Vaiṣṇava, he transcends all material conceptions of life.</p> ..."heading">So Akrūra understood that Dhṛtarāṣṭra was planning something. So he talked with him that "Why you are implicated in such planning? Kṛṣṇa ...
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  • ...nt, and in the future his going back home, back to Godhead, is guaranteed. He is above all materialistic criticism, just as Kṛṣṇa is above all crit ...alified to enter the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, and if anyone follows such a devotee, he also enters into Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Others, who engage in envious activitie ...
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  • ...Therefore they are compared to the camel who relishes thorny twigs because he likes the taste of the twigs mixed with blood.</p> ...where he has exploited the resources of nature to the best of his ability. He wants to go to the moon or the planet Venus to exploit resources there. But ...
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  • ...e going to attend a very important meeting of the planning commission, and he had to surrender his life, wife, children, house, land, wealth, etc. ...e going to attend a very important meeting of the planning commission, and he had to surrender his life, wife, children, house, land, wealth, etc. During ...
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  • ...e planet, Kṛṣṇaloka, or any of the other planets within the spiritual sky, will not meet with these material inconveniences. Amongst all of the planets in ...Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, he certainly reaches one of the spiritual planets, according to the mode of hi ...
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  • ...has no knowledge that "This boy is being trained up in higher science. Why he should be disturbed?" But they have no idea. Therefore imperfect. The intel ...ic advancement, if he does not know how to organize society, he is a fool. He's a fool.</div> ...
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  • ...uman being; nonetheless, He presents Himself as being hungry, and as such, He can eat everything and anything, regardless of quantity. The philosophy und ...red the food acquires a transcendental quality. Because the Lord is pūrṇa, He remains the same even after eating. Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam ...
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  • ...th an ulterior purpose, to get material benefit or personal gratification, will never be able to grasp the philosophy of this movement.</div> ...th an ulterior purpose, to get material benefit or personal gratification, will never be able to grasp the philosophy of this movement.</div> ...
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  • ...explained by Him that the puruṣa, or the Supreme Lord, is active and that He creates by looking over the prakṛti. This is accepted in the Vedas and in ...equate the Pañcarātras with the philosophy of the atheist Kapila, and thus he has tried to prove that the Pañcarātras contradict the Vedic injunctions. ...
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  • ...sessions he has already, such as land, family, house and bank balance, and he is always planning to improve them. ...past good deeds. He is given an opportunity to accumulate such things, but he has no conception of past causes.</p> ...
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  • ...ave to follow. In the beginning we have no love for Kṛṣṇa, so this process will help how to invoke his love for Kṛṣṇa. This is standard process.</p> ...Just like a child. You are planning to kill her or kill him, he is happy, he's laughing, because innocent. That is ignorance.</p> ...
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  • ...ant—ye yathā māṁ prapadyante ([[Vanisource:BG 4.11 (1972)|BG 4.11]])—Kṛṣṇa will give you.</p> ...s. He came to install Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Dharmarāja, on the throne, and He wanted to kill the adharma, Duryodhana and company. That was his business. ...
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  • ...itical institution of the state, but I do not wish to die. Death comes and he takes away everything, my political position, my wealth, my everything, fam ...itical institution of the state, but I do not wish to die. Death comes and he takes away everything, my political position, my wealth, my everything, fam ...
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  • ...s Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā, the most authentic scripture in the world. He is further explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is considered the expla ...
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  • ...explained by Kapila Muni, does not aspire for any of the five liberations. He especially despises as hellish the idea of becoming one with the Supreme Pe ...ome to the path of devotional service to attain the highest perfection, or will be able to do so only after a very long time. ...
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  • ...duty thus becomes self-illuminated by the grace of the Lord, and therefore he no longer has any obligations to the Vedic injunctions. Such a Kṛṣṇa ...iving beings and be a peaceful, unalloyed devotee of Nārāyaṇa. In this way he should move from one place to another.</div> ...
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  • ...s="q_heading">'''Maitreya Muni was greatly attached to Him [the Lord], and he was listening in a pleasing attitude, with his shoulder lowered. '''</span> ...n and Purport]]: Maitreya Muni was greatly attached to Him [the Lord], and he was listening in a pleasing attitude, with his shoulder lowered. With a smi ...
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  • ...ly by his satisfaction can one please the Personality of Godhead, and when he is dissatisfied there is only havoc on the path of spiritual realization."< ...odhead, but if one displeases the spiritual master one does not know where he is going.</p> ...
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  • ...he part of an ācārya, the Lord considered Himself an ordinary human being. He also wanted to give instructions to ordinary human beings</div> ...s. The point is that even though one plays the part of a spiritual master, he should not accept obeisances or permit a disciple to wash his feet before t ...
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  • <div class="heading">If one chants the holy name of the Lord purely, he attains the platform of loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhea ...the holy name of the Lord. If one chants the holy name of the Lord purely, he attains the platform of loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhea ...
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  • ...s that he is no longer interested in any sort of materially elevated life. He does not even aspire to become a personality like Lord Brahmā.</div> ...educational system in the human form of life should be so perfect that one will understand his intimate relationship with God, or Viṣṇu. Every living e ...
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  • ...lthough he was born in the royal household, is another sign of detachment. He was truly virtuous, as these qualities, combined with his faith in the word ...only does one become happy and opulent in this life, but also, at the end, he enters into the eternal kingdom of God, either merging into the impersonal ...
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  • ...ess one is situated on the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot get free from the influence of the modes of material nature. ...be very learned, but because of his long association with material nature, he is in bondage. Kṛṣṇa consciousness helps one to get out of the materi ...
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  • ...hat above the individual soul there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the twenty-sixth element. Thus gradually they also come to the standard ...ition, but he is not actually perfect in Brahman realization. If he wants, he can continue to stay in the Brahman position and then gradually rise up to ...
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