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  • ...how or other, get money." Because without money, you cannot get woman, you cannot get nice palatable food, nice dress, nice apartment, nice car. "So bring mo ...m, philanthropism, nationalism, this ism, that... These are all false. You cannot come into the equal level. Only spiritual level, through spiritual understa ...
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  • ...ned soul can reach anywhere, but even if he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.< ...esses he can reach anywhere, but even if he reaches the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life. ...
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  • [[Category:Performing One's Duty|1]] ...wo kinds of sva-dharmas, specific duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of his particular body in accordance with religio ...
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  • ...t. The original fact is in the Absolute Truth, and thus the Absolute Truth cannot be impersonal. It is not possible to be impersonal and contain pure sex lif ...Lord. Unless, therefore, one is beyond the boundary of this nescience, one cannot get free from the threefold miseries of material life. That is the law of n ...
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  • ...ons without attainment of the highest perfectional stage of loving service cannot achieve any auspiciousness simply by artificially laughing, crying, or danc ...for the natural sequence within devotional service, and at that time, when one cries or dances or sings, it is approved. A person artificially showing sym ...
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  • ...ves in the cycle of birth and death on higher and lower planetary systems. One should better take to the spiritual world to enjoy an eternal life full of <div class="heading">One should reach up to that platform of understanding the Supreme Personality o ...
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  • ...ng">From any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional se ...So, from any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional se ...
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  • ...revive that svarūpa, and that stage is called svarūpa-siddhi—perfection of one's constitutional position.</p> ...in the mundane world are temporary and full of inebrieties. Such relations cannot help us be happy perpetually, but if the same relation is established with ...
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  • ...gītā, “My supreme abode is a transcendental place from which, having gone, one never returns to this material world. Anyone who attains the supreme perfec ...ed prāṇa-maya, or consciousness of one’s existence. After this stage, when one is situated on the mental platform, his consciousness is called mano-maya. ...
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  • ...xt"><p style="display: inline;">A strong faith that by Kṛṣṇa consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmi ...sness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolut ...
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  • ...l speculation, by rascal interpretation, by showing one's scholarship, you cannot understand Bhagavad-gītā. That is not possible. Submissive. Therefore in <div class="heading">In order to know that science, one has to approach a perfect teacher.</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the ...ds of the total society. Hearing is solidified by the process of chanting. One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the ...
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  • <div class="heading">You cannot say, "No, I have made my philosophy to become a child." That may be your pe ...sible for your acts. And you'll be punished if you do something wrong. You cannot say, "No, I have made my philosophy to become a child." That may be your pe ...
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  • ...ice. Service of the devotee is more valuable than the service of the Lord. One should therefore choose a bona fide servant of the Lord constantly engaged ...ord. Such devotees have no desire for material gain. They are conducted by one single desire: to go back to Godhead. This awaits them in due course on qui ...
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  • ...by external features, that one is working and one is not working, that we cannot... What is the standard of work? Under what consciousness he's working. If ...in the family of a brāhmaṇa, in the family of a rich man. For pious work, one can get his janma. And aiśvarya. Aiśvarya means you can become very rich ...
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  • ...any causes. One should be cautious, that's all. Therefore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We s ...any causes. One should be cautious, that's all. Therefore one should hear, one should be cautious, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will help. We s ...
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  • ...mind from unnecessary thoughts; that is called śama. One should not spend one's time pondering over earning money. That is a misuse of the thinking power ...
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  • ...sness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all activities are on the absolut ...ly self, family, society, country, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied.</p> ...
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  • ...am, the Absolute Truth is the source of everything, so the Absolute Person cannot be devoid of the sentiments that are reflected in the temporary mundane wor One feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Rāmacandra is omnipoten ...
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  • ...the forms of steadiness, firm faith, taste, realization and assimilation, one after another. These different stages of gradual development increase love ...mmary study of Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu entitled The Nectar of Devotion, and one may consult this book for more detailed information on the science of devot ...
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  • <div class="heading">For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiri ...head by revelation. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by mental speculation. For one who does not take personal training under the guidance of a bona fide spiri ...
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  • ...ally speaking, there is no conflict between personalism and impersonalism. One who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception ...
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  • ...ction is to render immediate service to the Lord. By the spell of illusion one tries to be happy by serving his personal sense gratification in different ...ot satisfying their senses. The same is applicable in all other fields; no one is serious about the problems of life.</p> ...
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  • ...es), but actually they are self-interested because their goal is to become one with the impersonal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material des ..., but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcendentally situated.</p> ...
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  • ...sun disc and the inner affairs of the sun planet cannot be separated from one another, and yet the students of the three different phases are not in the <p>From these verses one concludes that the Supreme Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of God ...
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  • ...He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict of the Vedas.</div> ...He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict of the Vedas.</div> ...
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  • ...ng">Perfect knowledge is acquired from the ācāryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the paramparā system< ...e." Perfect knowledge is acquired from the acaryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the parampara system. ...
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  • ...y Krsna Consciousness mission"|"cooperate with my mission"|"cooperate with one another in our mission"|"cooperate with the mission"|"cooperate with this a ...got some of the above assets of the above four principles if not at least one of them must we have and we can engage them in the service of the Lord. Sri ...
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  • ...upreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet. One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken. Śrī ...
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  • <div class="heading">One who enlightens his disciple and saves him from rotting in the darkness of i ...Therefore everyone needs to be enlightened with transcendental knowledge. One who enlightens his disciple and saves him from rotting in the darkness of i ...
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  • ...a vānaprastha and finally a sannyāsī to take advantage of the duration of one's life by engaging oneself fully in self-realization. Sannyāsa does not me "One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the follow ...
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  • ...">'''[[Vanisource:BG 1.15 (1972)|BG 1.15, Purport]]:''' The impersonalists cannot account for the senses of the living entities, and therefore they are alway ...all material lust. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is recommended that whether one is a pure devotee and is free from all material desires, or is full of mate ...
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  • ...strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by complete surrender unto the Supreme ...king are not one and the same. An orphan is really poor because he has no one to take care of him, but a beloved son of a rich man, although he appears t ...
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  • ...eatures in the ocean of nescience. By the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu one can have real understanding of the essence of knowledge by avoiding these s ...phy, like that. So if you go to the quality, the number will decrease. You cannot say greatest number.</div> ...
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  • ...ital punishment to a person condemned for murder, the justice of the peace cannot be blamed, because he orders violence to another person according to the co ...y of God is so protected in devotional service that material contamination cannot touch him.</p> ...
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  • ...al form. The biggest and the minutest are beyond their conception, so they cannot imagine that a form like that of a human being can simultaneously control t ...ne;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Although the foolish cannot imagine how Kṛṣṇa, who appears just like a human being, can control t ...
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  • ...ritual master. Because spiritual master is the representative of Kṛṣṇa. We cannot approach Kṛṣṇa directly. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ **. If ...from the tattva-vit, not from the so-called scholars and politicians. No. One who knows the truth, you have to hear from him. And if you stick to that pr ...
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  • ...ther to forget. Actually, His mercy is not exhibited in partiality towards one and enmity towards another. The living entity, as part and parcel of the Lo ...
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  • ...the Deity? Although the personalist and the impersonalist will fight with one another perpetually, a perfect devotee in Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows t ...the instruction of the Lord can be understood by the devotees only and no one else. ...
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  • ...them have presented a philosophical path by themselves. Patañjali is also one of them, and all these six great ṛṣis have their own way of thinking, e ...y depend on the scriptures, we are sometimes misled by rascals, or else we cannot understand or follow the different spiritual injunctions. The best path is ...
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  • ...many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, or when one attains Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as e ...e submissive aural receiver who is bona fide by service and surrender. One cannot challenge the authority of the Supreme and know Him also at the same time. ...
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  • ...be performed strongly in perfect knowledge and with transcendental vision. One must be strongly renounced and must engage in austerity and perform mystic ...source:SB 4.24.43|SB 4.24.43, Purport]]:''' Without perfect knowledge, one cannot act perfectly. The real source of knowledge is the vācaḥ, or sound vibra ...
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  • ...e material body minus consciousness is a dead body, and this consciousness cannot be revived in the body by any means of material administration. Therefore, ...such dictations of different temperaments, he is perpetually unhappy. When one actually feels this and turns his intelligence to inquiring about it from t ...
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  • ...s the perfect institution for humanity—must be supported by bhakti-yoga if one at all wants security in life.</div> ...: to think of the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Śiva therefore advises that one who is actually serious about purification must engage himself in this type ...
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  • ...want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being. ...
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  • Self-realization means knowing one's constitutional position in relationship to the Supreme. The individual so ...
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  • ...wn as Pālapāḍā, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cākadaha railway station. The Ganges flows nearby. It is ...
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  • ...fferent climate, different living entities. These are the information. You cannot expect the same planet or same atmosphere everywhere. Just like even on thi ...and by experimental science, but which is beyond this creation, because we cannot reach there, adhokṣaja... Because we take everything by direct perception ...
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  • ...ravel all over the universe and show wonderful feats like Kardama Muni, he cannot be compared to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose power and inconcei ...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 an ideal ...
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  • ...many things are there even in this material world we cannot understand. We cannot get full information. But if we take Kṛṣṇa's instruction... He's givi ...heir means of livelihood. The government can levy tax for expenditure. You cannot levy tax. So there are living means of everyone. For brāhmaṇa, the livin ...
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