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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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...<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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ..., 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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  • ...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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  • {{terms|"a man is born fool, but he is made intelligent by educational culture"|"even an inexperienced boy with <div class="heading">A man is born fool, but he is made intelligent by educational culture.</div> ...
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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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  • ...in this old age"|0126|I will never die, I shall live for my books, and you will utilize|0128}} ...
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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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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