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  • ...King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Sup ...ments emanating from the stock because the stock is pūrṇam, complete; even if pūrṇam is deducted from the pūrṇam, still the supreme pūrṇam remai ...
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  • ...onal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material desire, but it is not without self-interest. Similarly, the mystic yogī who practices the yoga s ...sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcendentally si ...
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  • <div class="heading">Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are.</div> ....16, Purport]]:''' Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the impersonalist does not believe in the personal management of things as they are. But in this verse ...
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  • ...d from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the same category.</p> ...ervasive aspect of the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. The Paramātmā manifestation is not eternal in the spiritual world. Therefore the factual Absolute Truth is the ...
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  • ...ly utilized in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. When this is not done, one's situation is called māyā. Therefore the illusion of māyā is ...trol of the material energy, however, can be most successfully carried out if one is a soul surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and carri ...
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  • <div class="heading">If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...Lord becomes the devotee of His devotees. If a reciprocal relationship is not present between the devotee and the Lord, then there is no personalist phil ...
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  • <div class="heading">The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities associate with the Lord, cooperate with Him and take pa ...iousness, and they are after happiness. The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities associate with the Lord, cooperate with Him and take pa ...
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  • ...ng">There are two kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordan ...s liberated, one's sva-dharma -- specific duty -- becomes spiritual and is not in the material bodily concept. In the bodily conception of life there are ...
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  • ...of our knowledge. We are engaged in various activities. Undoubtedly we do not know what sort of activities we should adopt to gain relief from the action ...ine of being promoted to the higher planets and then again coming down, as if situated on a Ferris wheel which sometimes goes up and sometimes comes down ...
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  • ...eflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning, that ...
    110 KB (17,886 words) - 15:06, 20 June 2020
  • {{notes|Reference not found for:SB 10.1. Additional Notes for this Chapter}} ...e perfection of devotional service. But in the present status of our life, not only have we forgotten the Supreme Lord, but we have forgotten our eternal ...
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  • ...n the eternal abode, reaches the highest perfection of human life and does not have to come back to the miserable material world.” ...service, it is useless for him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he is accepted to be alive. But a person without Kṛ ...
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  • ...ng his prime duty, he wanted to cease fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the ...t ceases fruitive activities out of fear, so that the resultant action may not be a stumbling block on the path of self-realization, but the personalist k ...
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  • ...tion of the greatness of the Lord is called śānta-rati. This is attachment not to the personal feature but to the impersonal feature. Generally, one in th <div class="heading">The Lord's equal disposition is not without varieties of personalism. ...
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  • ...above may be great thinkers, but their knowledge by mental speculation is not perfect. However perfect an empiric philosopher may be in presenting a phil ...them loiter in the darkness of ignorance and illusion, falsely enjoying as if very learned scholars, although they are without knowledge of the Supreme P ...
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  • ...play: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One should not, therefore, misunderstand that the sāṅkhya-yoga mentioned herein has any ...display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">One may not give up work and prescribed duties all of a sudden; but by gradually develo ...
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  • ...philosophical research one comes to the conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of the material world but of the supreme spirit whole. ...philosophical research one comes to the conclusion that a living entity is not a part and parcel of the material world but of the supreme spirit whole. Co ...
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  • ...that is also illusory because there is no such separation. The gopīs were not situated in that illusory condition of life, so even from the philosophical ...that is also illusory because there is no such separation. The gopīs were not situated in that illusory condition of life, so even from the philosophical ...
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  • <div class="heading">Indra and Vṛtrāsura not only fought, but also engaged in philosophical discourses. ...such as distress, happiness, fear and impurity." Thus Indra and Vṛtrāsura not only fought, but also engaged in philosophical discourses. Then they began ...
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  • ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in mat ...
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  • ...re charitably disposed, Kṛṣṇa says, "Give it to Me. If you are so rich and if you have got this good intention to give in charity, give it to Me." Yat ka ...l, however moral he may be, however pious he may be, so-called. If he does not know Kṛṣṇa, it has no meaning. Therefore, the first condition was tha ...
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  • ...ot... What is the standard of work? Under what consciousness he's working. If he's working in material consciousness, then he's being bound up. However g ...are the four results? Janma-aiśvarya-śruta-śrī. Janma-aiśvarya-śruta-śrī. If you do pious work, you can get reaction in four ways. You can get your birt ...
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  • ...onsciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish. ...onsciousness we should take some precaution that "This should not be done. If I have done, ask excuse." That's all. Finish.</p> ...
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  • ...service to everyone—namely self, family, society, country, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied. ...crifices as recommended in revealed scriptures. And, similarly, if one has not understood that the purpose of the Vedas is to reach Kṛṣṇa and simply ...
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  • ...e sentiments are all on the absolute plane. Such sentiments are definitely not absent in the Absolute, as the impersonalists think, making their mundane e ...waited the arrival of Samudra, the ocean personified, but when Samudra did not come, the Lord, the master of Samudra, became angry. Then Samudra came to t ...
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  • ...sublime. When one is engaged in the duties of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need not act in relationship to the material world with obligations to family tradit ...s material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to a ...
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  • ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven.</div> ...ho can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven. Indeed, all of the demigods, ...
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  • ...ns he has no desire for self-interest. Perfect peace belongs to him alone, not to them who strive for personal gain. Whereas a jñāna-yogī, karma-yogī ...ld one restrict himself to temple worship? But if God is everywhere, is He not in the temple or in the Deity? Although the personalist and the impersonali ...
    110 KB (17,643 words) - 05:43, 23 April 2019
  • ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...ility to cooperate with this mission and thus be benefited yourself. It is not the least exaggeration but actual fact and to become a member for this miss ...
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  • ...ce:SB 4.29.51|SB 4.29.51, Purport]]:''' A person who is self-realized does not recommend the worship of anyone but the Supersoul. He knows that to worship ...bona fide spiritual master if he is not a devotee of the Lord. One should not mistakenly think that a bona fide spiritual master has to be born in a so-c ...
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  • ...acteristics are sublime. A devotee does not create enmity with anyone, but if someone becomes his enemy, that person will be vanquished by the Supreme Pe ...
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  • ...ven those who have material desires and who resort to the Supreme Lord are not so much attracted by external nature; because of approaching the right goal ...tee does not have to worry about the material necessities of life; he need not be anxious, because when he removes the darkness from his heart, everything ...
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  • ...ut aside from that, one has to strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by com ...ufferings of an orphan and the sufferings of a beloved child of a king are not one and the same. An orphan is really poor because he has no one to take ca ...
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  • Śyāmasundara: Qualitatively that's not a very high pleasure, so he would not recommend it. ...ome of them become still more learned, doctor in philosophy, like that. So if you go to the quality, the number will decrease. You cannot say greatest nu ...
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  • ...t a murderer should be condemned to death so that in his next life he will not have to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore, the king's pu ...ācīnabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver Prajāpati Dakṣa. Prajāpati Dakṣa saw Nārada before him becau ...
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  • ...he whole world. He certainly cannot succeed by mental concoction, which is not meant for devotees or religious people. Only an empowered personality can d ...display: inline;">The Māyāvādī philosopher, puffed-up and incompetent, can not understand variegatedness in spiritual energy. He consequently falsely beli ...
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  • [[Category:Do Not Speculate - videos]] <div class="heading">Unfortunately, we do not wish to carry out order of the ācāryas. We manufacture our own ways. We h ...
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  • {{terms|"a devotee of the Lord naturally does not like to see anyone falling down from his real position"}} [[Category:Does Not]] ...
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  • <div class="heading">It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...2.8.25|SB 2.8.25, Purport]]:''' It may be argued that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is not the only authority of perfect knowledge in transcendence because there are ...
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  • ...that is Kṛṣṇa conscious. We cannot remain in tiger consciousness. That is not humanity.</p> ...ing">Here is a body, where is perfect consciousness. I can understand that if I like I can get next birth God's body. ...
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  • ...ciety gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade t ...hem. The human tongue is especially given for chanting the Vedic hymns and not for croaking like frogs. The word asatī used in this verse is also signifi ...
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  • ...of a goat, although they look like breastly nipples. Similarly, we should not expect any creative power from the material ingredients; we must believe in ...ess mercy to different living beings, He does so by His own potency. He is not subject to any condition of the material modes of nature, and He descends a ...
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  • ...lass="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 4.20.4|SB 4.20.4, Tanslation and Purport]]: If a personality like you, who are so much advanced because of executing the i ...stem. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...f the Supreme and know Him also at the same time. He reserves the right of not being exposed to such a challenging spirit of an insignificant spark of the ...stem. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a c ...
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  • ...means the Vedic vibration. The origin of creation is sound vibration, and if the sound vibration is clear and purified, perfect knowledge and perfect ac ...ledge and detachment from this material world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-called happiness or so-called distress of this world.' ...
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  • ...body by any means of material administration. Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul. In the M ...crifice of saṅkīrtana. According to the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, if one compares saṅkīrtana-yajña to other yajñas, he is a pāṣaṇḍī ...
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  • ...h is the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga if one at all wants security in life.</div> ...this type of meditation or in the mystic yoga system, which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see Him face to face and beco ...
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  • ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. ...uffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. Humanity begins when this sort of i ...
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  • ...ving entities, and other planets there are no living entities. No, that is not a fact. Anyway, here the proposal is how to achieve perfect happiness of ā ...ause everyone is imperfect. How they can give you perfect happiness? It is not possible. ...
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  • ...o also traveled in space. Actually, the perfect yogī can do that. But even if one can travel all over the universe and show wonderful feats like Kardama ...hārāja does not follow the instructions of brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas or does not follow the brahminical culture, he is simply a burden on the state, for he ...
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