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18 December 2020

• 17:1617:16, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821‎ N If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord - Yajna, or Visnu - one is in liberated life. If one fails to do so he remains in a life of bondage ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works for the sake of pleasing the Supreme Lord—Yajña, or Viṣṇu—one is in liberated life. If one fails to do s..."
• 17:1217:12, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,940‎ N Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solution is to cease from materialistic activities and engage in spiritual activities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here, in the material world, everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happiness. The practical solut..."
• 17:0817:08, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,890‎ N Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Krsna is spiritual. By spiritual activities one becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead, and then enjoy blissful life eternally ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fighting for sense gratification is a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Kṛṣṇa is spiritual. By spirit..."
• 17:0317:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,821‎ N If one does whatever Krsna says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the order of Krsna, his activities were not material ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one does whatever Kṛṣṇa says, his activities are not material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the ord..."
• 16:5916:59, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,850‎ N One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achieved. Spiritual activities are activities performed according to the order of Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should cease from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the solution to the problem will be achi..."
• 16:5516:55, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,891‎ N Simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease from such activities, is insufficient ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply cultivating knowledge that materialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should consequently cease f..."
• 16:4916:49, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,968‎ N The so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals and schools and so on ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals..."
• 16:4216:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,008‎ N According to the Vaisnava philosophy if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive for very long, and everyone should engage himself in spiritual activities, which will solve the problem of suffering in this material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, however, if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive..."
• 16:3516:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,964‎ N The Mayavadi philosophers adhering to the slogan brahma satyam jagan mithya, want to refrain from false, materialistic activities. They want to stop all activities and merge in the Supreme Brahman ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī philosophers, therefore, adhering to the slogan brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā, want to refrain from false, ma..."
• 16:2616:26, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,986‎ N The difference between the philosophy of the Mayavadis and that of the Vaisnavas is explained herein (SB 7.13.27). Both the Mayavadis and Vaisnavas know that in materialistic activities there is no happiness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The difference between the philosophy of the Māyāvādīs and that of the Vaiṣṇavas is explained herein. Both the Māyāv..."
• 16:1916:19, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,990‎ N The learned brahmana said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned brāhmaṇa said that since everything is misused by fruitive workers, he had retired from all fruitive activities..."
• 16:1116:11, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,213‎ N The Vedic injunctions warn, nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye (SB 5.5.1). One should not enjoy sex life like hogs, and eat everything, even to the limit of stool ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunctions therefore warn, nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate vid-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5..."
• 16:0316:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,162‎ N The Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritualistic marriage ceremony should help one another advance in spiritual life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Vedic injunctions for marriage offer a concession to human society, the idea being that a man and woman united in a ritual..."
• 15:5615:56, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,466‎ N Sex and eating are essential, and they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to the Vedic injunctions people may eat, sleep, enjoy sex, be protected from fearful life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sex and eating are essential, and therefore they are offered to human society under Vedic restrictions so that according to th..." current
• 15:5015:50, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,365‎ N In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by nature's laws to accept another body, which is imposed as punishment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In material life, one commits sinful activities, especially in eating, and because of sinful activities one is condemned by na..."
• 15:4215:42, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,498‎ N The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajna-sista, or prasada, food offered to Krsna. The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food that is offered first for sacrifice - BG 3.13 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic plan for eating recommends that one take yajña-śiṣṭa, or prasāda, food offered to Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣ..."
• 15:3515:35, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,331‎ N In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that although men, like animals, must be allowed to eat, sleep, enjoy sex and take protection from fear, they must be regulated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual enjoyment and fear cannot be regulated, but for human society the plan is that althou..."
• 15:2715:27, 18 December 2020 diff hist +4,979‎ N Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear"}}..."
• 15:2215:22, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,395‎ N Marriage is recommended to give men & women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gita by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dharmaviruddho bhutesu kamo 'smi: sex life not against the principles of religion is Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Marriage is recommended to give men and women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gīt..."
• 15:1315:13, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,056‎ N Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress"}} {{no..."
• 15:1015:10, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,364‎ N Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for..."
• 15:0415:04, 18 December 2020 diff hist −11‎ As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment ‎No edit summary
• 15:0315:03, 18 December 2020 diff hist +5,017‎ N As stated by Prahlada Maharaja, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45). Man and woman both seek sexual..."

17 December 2020

• 18:4018:40, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,488‎ N If one surrenders unto Krsna (mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be freed from the control of external nature (sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate (BG 14.26)). This should be the aim of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa (mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14)), one may immediately be free..."
• 18:3618:36, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,919‎ N Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Krsna - mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sacaracaram - BG 9.10 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Behind the material laws is the supreme controller, Kṛṣṇa (mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram"}} {{not..."
• 18:2418:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,147‎ N Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independent. Actually they cannot be independent. This is foolishness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is under the full control of the stringent laws of material nature, but rascals think themselves independe..."
• 18:1918:19, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,349‎ N Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity although eternal is placed in different diseased conditions known as the many species of life. Modern civilization is unaware of the laws of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern civilization does not know that because of varied association in material nature, the living entity, although eternal,..."
• 18:1318:13, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,310‎ According to one's association with the material qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance in this life, in one's next life one receives an appropriate body ‎No edit summary
• 18:0918:09, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,252‎ N In Bhagavad-gita (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three modes of material nature - karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 13.22) it is clearly stated that different forms of life are obtained by association with the three mod..."
• 18:0518:05, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234‎ N Our Krsna consciousness movement is the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this movement is teaching people how to go back home, back to Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore the highest movement for the benediction of human society because this mov..."
• 17:5917:59, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,426‎ N If one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
• 17:5117:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,200‎ N As explained in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.25), yanti deva-vrata devan. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planetary systems (Devaloka or Svargaloka) must prepare to do so ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.25), yānti deva-vratā devān. Those interested in being elevated to the higher planeta..."
• 17:4617:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260‎ N If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhead, but otherwise one may be degraded to a life as a dog, a hog and so on ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one works piously one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems or achieve liberation and return home, back to Godhea..."
• 17:4117:41, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,430‎ N A sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolutionary process, or travel again through the evolutionary process in higher and lower grades of life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolu..."
• 17:3317:33, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,195‎ N If one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and hogs ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one does not utilize his human life for svarga or apavarga, he falls again to the degraded life of animals like dogs and ho..."
• 17:2817:28, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,493‎ N The word tirascam refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As Western people think, from the monkeys come the human beings, who are more comfortably situated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word tiraścām refers to degraded life. Human life, of course, provides an opportunity for the best living conditions. As..."
• 17:2217:22, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,305‎ N Ma means mrtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life - pa, pha, ba, bha and ma - one achieves apavarga, or liberation from the punishment of material existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"ma means mṛtyu, or death. When one attempts to nullify these five different statuses of life—pa, pha, ba, bha and ma—one..."
• 17:1017:10, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,940‎ N Sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthata, disappointment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sometimes we see a horse foaming at the mouth with heavy labor. Ba means byarthatā, disappointment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
• 17:0317:03, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,234‎ N Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters pa, pha, ba, bha and ma. Pa means parisrama, very hard labor. Pha means phena, or foam from the mouth ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material life is called pavarga because here we are subject to five different states of suffering, represented by the letters..."
• 16:5716:57, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,260‎ N One may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritual life. This is called apavarga, or liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one may cultivate knowledge by which to become free from the evolutionary process and be reinstated in one's original spiritua..."
• 16:5116:51, 17 December 2020 diff hist +7,294‎ N If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness is many thousands of times better than on this planet ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one uses this human form of life properly, he can elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, where material happiness..."
• 16:4516:45, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,991‎ N Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargapavarga) or for degradation - tirascam punar asya ca ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human life, which is obtained in the course of the evolutionary process, is a chance for elevation (svargāpavarga) or for deg..."
• 16:3016:30, 17 December 2020 diff hist +6,973‎ N All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle of birth and death according to the laws of nature"}}..."
• 16:2416:24, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,227‎ N One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may have material desires, one should engage in the devotional service of the Lord. That will purify one's struggle for existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must fulfill one's desires by surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, for He knows how to fulfill them. Even though one may ha..."
• 16:1716:17, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,196‎ N One must stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, our energy to act should be engaged in the service of the Lord, for then materialistic activities will automatically stop ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must therefore stop these material activities, and the chance to do so is given in the human form of life. Specifically, o..."
• 16:0716:07, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,052‎ N This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and because of actions performed in that body, another body is created ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is called the struggle for existence. One kind of fruitive activity causes the living being to take one form of body, and..."
• 16:0216:02, 17 December 2020 diff hist +4,228‎ As a small piece of grass falls in a river and is tossed about with different types of wood and tree branches, the living entity floats in the ocean of material existence and is dashed and tossed amidst material conditions ‎No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,927‎ N As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to accept another ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as a living entity wants to fulfill various types of material desire, he must continuously change from one body to acc..."
• 15:5215:52, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,365‎ N The words yatha-srutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as sruti because this knowledge is received from authorities. The statements of the Vedas are known as sruti-pramana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words yathā-śrutam refer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as śruti because this knowledge is received from autho..."
• 15:4615:46, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,540‎ N The saintly brahmana did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers were not concocted by him. This is indicated by the words yatha-srutam, meaning "as I have heard from the authorities ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the saintly brāhmaṇa did not remain silent, but began to answer. These answers, however, were not concocted by him. This is..."