User contributions for Iswaraj

30 June 2021

• 09:2209:22, 30 June 2021 diff hist +4,367‎ N Krsna says, "It is neither practical nor necessary for one who is already engaged in devotional service to Me and whose mind is fixed on Me to endeavor for the cultivation of knowledge and renunciation" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is neither practical nor necessary for one who is already engaged in devotional service to Me and whose mind is fixed on Me..."
• 09:1409:14, 30 June 2021 diff hist +4,508‎ N Uddhava asked Krsna, "Why is it that the Vedic hymns encourage one in material enjoyment, while at the same time the Vedic instructions also free one from all illusion and encourage one toward liberation" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Uddhava was asking Kṛṣṇa about rules and regulations according to Vedic injunctions, he asked"|"Why is it that the..." current
• 09:0609:06, 30 June 2021 diff hist +3,979‎ N When one is freed from bondage to the results of knowledge and fruitive activities, he can attain to devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is freed from bondage to the results of knowledge and fruitive activities, he can attain to devotional service"}} {{n..." current
• 09:0209:02, 30 June 2021 diff hist +4,332‎ N The results of knowledge and fruitive activities are liberation and material sense gratification respectively. Consequently, they cannot be part and parcel of devotional service; rather, they have no intrinsic value in the discharge of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The results of knowledge and fruitive activities are liberation and material sense gratification respectively. Consequently, t..."
• 08:5808:58, 30 June 2021 diff hist +4,247‎ N The cultivation of knowledge and the renunciation of fruitive activities may be necessary to understand one's spiritual existence in relation to the material conception of life, but they are not part and parcel of devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cultivation of knowledge and the renunciation of fruitive activities may be necessary to understand one's spiritual existe..." current
• 08:5408:54, 30 June 2021 diff hist +4,417‎ N Out of sheer misunderstanding, some transcendentalists think that knowledge and renunciation are necessary for rising to the platform of devotional service. This is not so ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of sheer misunderstanding, some transcendentalists think that knowledge and renunciation are necessary for rising to the p..."

29 June 2021

• 08:2208:22, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,176‎ N The Supreme Lord is so kind upon the living entity that He always accompanies the individual soul and in all circumstances is present as the Supersoul or Paramatma. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord is so kind upon the living entity that He always accompanies the individual soul and in all circumstances is..." current
• 08:1108:11, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,205‎ N If the living entity is put into the body of a demigod, he must act according to his body. This is the law of nature. But in all circumstances, the Supersoul is with the individual soul. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, if the living entity is put into the body of a demigod, he must act according to his body. This is the law of natur..."
• 08:0708:07, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,248‎ N Suppose an entity is put into the body of a dog. As soon as he is put into the body of a dog, he must act like a dog. He cannot act otherwise. And if the living entity is put into the body of a hog, then he is forced to eat stool. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Suppose an entity is put into the body of a dog. As soon as he is put into the body of a dog, he must act like a dog. He canno..." current
• 08:0408:04, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,206‎ N Once placed in some particular kind of body, he comes under the control of nature because the body, being matter, acts according to the laws of nature. At that time, the living entity has no power to change that law. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Once placed in some particular kind of body, he comes under the control of nature because the body, being matter, acts accordi..." current
• 07:3807:38, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,224‎ N According to one's desires and activities, material nature places one in various residential quarters. The being himself is the cause of his attaining such residential quarters and his attendant enjoyment or suffering. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to one's desires and activities, material nature places one in various residential quarters. The being himself is th..."
• 07:3307:33, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0‎ m The sum total-body and instrument senses-are offered by material nature, and, as will be clear in the next verse, the living entity is blessed or damned with circumstances according to his past desire and activity. BG 1972 purports ‎ Iswaraj moved page The sum total-body and instrument senses-are offered by material nature, and, as will be clear in the next verse, the living entity is blessed or damned with circumstances according to his past desire and activity to The sum total-body and instrument senses-are offered by material nature, and, as will be clear in the next verse, the living entity is blessed or damned with circumstances according to his past desire and activity. BG 1972 purports current
• 07:3007:30, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,355‎ N The sum total-body and instrument senses-are offered by material nature, and, as will be clear in the next verse, the living entity is blessed or damned with circumstances according to his past desire and activity. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now, the sum total-body and instrument senses-are offered by material nature, and, as will be clear in the next verse, the liv..."
• 07:2707:27, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,992‎ N It might be more clear to state that this body is the effect of the senses. The senses are instruments for gratifying desire. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It might be more clear to state that this body is the effect of the senses. The senses are instruments for gratifying desire"}..." current
• 07:2407:24, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,950‎ N The spiritual world is pure, but in the material world everyone is struggling hard to acquire victims who present different pleasures to the body. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The spiritual world is pure, but in the material world everyone is struggling hard to acquire victims who present different pl..." current
• 07:1707:17, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,220‎ N In his (the living entity) original state there is no doubt of enjoyment; therefore that is his real state. Because of the desire to lord it over material nature, he is in the material world. In the spiritual world there is no such thing. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his original state there is no doubt of enjoyment; therefore that is his real state. Because of the desire to lord it over..." current
• 07:0307:03, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,100‎ N When he (the living entity) is put into different bodies, he enjoys different kinds of happiness and distress. His material happiness and distress are due to his body, and not to himself as he is. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he is put into different bodies, he enjoys different kinds of happiness and distress. His material happiness and distress..."

28 June 2021

• 15:1915:19, 28 June 2021 diff hist +4,164‎ N There are 8,400,000 different species of life, and these varieties are the creation of the material nature. They arise from the different sensual pleasures of the living entity, who thus desires to live in this body or that. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are 8,400,000 different species of life, and these varieties are the creation of the material nature. They arise from th..."
• 15:1115:11, 28 June 2021 diff hist +3,895‎ N The different manifestations of body and senses among the living entities are due to material nature. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The different manifestations of body and senses among the living entities are due to material nature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
• 15:0715:07, 28 June 2021 diff hist 0‎ m All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entities are all the same. BG 1972 purports ‎ Iswaraj moved page All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entities are all the same to All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entities are all the same. BG 1972 purports current
• 15:0615:06, 28 June 2021 diff hist +4,072‎ N All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entities are all the same. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entit..."
• 15:0115:01, 28 June 2021 diff hist +4,201‎ N We should know it with certainty from the descriptions of these few verses that all the transformations and influences of material nature by the three modes are also productions of material nature. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But we should know it with certainty from the descriptions of these few verses that all the transformations and influences of..."
• 14:5414:54, 28 June 2021 diff hist +3,990‎ N In the scriptures the Lord says that those attracted by this material nature are undergoing a hard struggle for existence. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the scriptures the Lord says that those attracted by this material nature are undergoing a hard struggle for existence"}} {..."

26 June 2021

• 09:2309:23, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,021‎ N It really does not matter how these living entities or superior entities of the Supreme Lord have come in contact with material nature. The Supreme Personality of Godhead knows, however, how and why this actually took place. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It really does not matter how these living entities or superior entities of the Supreme Lord have come in contact with materia..."
• 09:1909:19, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,139‎ N Actually the living entity is originally the spiritual part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but due to his rebellious nature, he is conditioned within material nature. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually the living entity is originally the spiritual part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but due to his rebellious nature,..."
• 09:1709:17, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,225‎ N After the winding up of material nature, these living entities are again given a chance to act in the material world and prepare themselves to enter into the spiritual world. That is the mystery of this material creation. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After the winding up of material nature, these living entities are again given a chance to act in the material world and prepa..."
• 09:1409:14, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,186‎ N The living entities are also in Him, and because they are conditioned, they are adverse to serving the Supreme Lord. Thus they are not allowed to enter into the spiritual sky. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, the living entities are also in Him, and because they are conditioned, they are adverse to serving the Supreme Lord..."
• 09:0909:09, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,071‎ N Material nature was absorbed in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Maha-Visnu, and when it was required, it was manifested by the agency of mahat-tattva. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature was absorbed in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Maha-Visnu, and when it was required, it was manifested by..."
• 09:0309:03, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,122‎ N The material manifestation is from the energy of the Supreme Lord and so also are the living entities, but they are of the superior energy. Both of them existed before this cosmos was manifested. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material manifestation is from the energy of the Supreme Lord and so also are the living entities, but they are of the sup..."
• 09:0109:01, 26 June 2021 diff hist +3,934‎ N Both material nature and the living entity are eternal. That is to say that they existed before the creation. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both material nature and the living entity are eternal. That is to say that they existed before the creation"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 08:5208:52, 26 June 2021 diff hist +3,900‎ N The living entity is in the category of His energy, and the Supersoul is in the category of His personal expansion. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity is in the category of His energy, and the Supersoul is in the category of His personal expansion"}} {{notes|..."
• 08:5008:50, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,001‎ N It is to be understood that both the Supersoul and the individual entity are different manifestations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of course, it is to be understood that both the Supersoul and the individual entity are different manifestations of the Suprem..."
• 08:4708:47, 26 June 2021 diff hist +3,917‎ N Enjoying the activities of the body is the purusa, or the living entity. He is one knower, and the other is the Supersoul. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Enjoying the activities of the body is the purusa, or the living entity. He is one knower, and the other is the Supersoul"}} {..."
• 08:4408:44, 26 June 2021 diff hist +4,033‎ N The body is the field of activity and is composed of material nature. It is the individual soul which is embodied. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is the field of activity and is composed of material nature. It is the individual soul which is embodied"}} {{notes|}..."
• 08:3208:32, 26 June 2021 diff hist +3,962‎ N By this knowledge, the body, the field of activities and the knowers of the body (both the individual soul and the Supersoul) can be known. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By this knowledge, the body, the field of activities and the knowers of the body"|"both the individual soul and the Supersoul"..."
• 08:2808:28, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,430‎ N Knowledge is nothing but the preliminary stage of understanding devotional service perfectly. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, knowledge is nothing but the preliminary stage of understanding devotional service perfectly"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 08:2308:23, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,585‎ N We are being led by material consciousness, but as soon as we transfer all consciousness to Krsna's activities and realize that Krsna is everything, then we attain real knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are being led by material consciousness, but as soon as we transfer all consciousness to Kṛṣṇa's activities and reali..."
• 08:2008:20, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,319‎ N Knowledge and development of knowledge mean understanding oneself in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Knowledge and development of knowledge mean understanding oneself in Krsna consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{..."
• 08:1608:16, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,544‎ N The monists say that at the ultimate stage these three items (the knower, the knowable and the process of knowing) become one, but the devotees do not accept this. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The monists say that at the ultimate stage these three items become one, but the devotees do not accept this"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 08:1308:13, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,446‎ N Perfect knowledge can be understood by the unalloyed devotees of the Lord directly. Others are unable to understand. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Perfect knowledge can be understood by the unalloyed devotees of the Lord directly. Others are unable to understand"}} {{notes..."
• 08:0808:08, 26 June 2021 diff hist +2,679‎ N The Lord has described in summary the body, knowledge and the knowable. This knowledge is of three things: the knower, the knowable and the process of knowing. Combined, these are called vijnanam, or the science of knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has described in summary the body, knowledge and the knowable. This knowledge is of three things: the knower, the kno..."

25 June 2021

• 09:2109:21, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,566‎ N Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supersoul, is the master of all living entities; He is the ultimate center of all living entities. So there is no denying the fact that the Supreme Supersoul and the individual soul are always different. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supersoul, is the prabhu or master of all living entities; therefore He is the ultimate c..."
• 09:1509:15, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,357‎ N One's hands and legs are distributed locally, but Krsna's hands and legs are distributed everywhere. This is confirmed in the Svetasvatara Upanisad: sarvasya prabhum isanam sarvasya saranam brhat. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's hands and legs are distributed locally, but Krsna's hands and legs are distributed everywhere. This is confirmed in the..."
• 09:1209:12, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,418‎ N The Supreme has legs and hands distributed everywhere, and this cannot be said of the individual soul. Therefore that there are two knowers of the field of activity, the individual soul and the Supersoul, must be admitted. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme has legs and hands distributed everywhere, and this cannot be said of the individual soul. Therefore that there ar..."
• 09:0609:06, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,278‎ N As far as the goal of ultimate knowledge is concerned, it is also confirmed in Vedic literature: tam eva viditvatimrtyum eti. "Only by knowing You can one surpass the boundary of birth and death". BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as the goal of ultimate knowledge is concerned, it is also confirmed in Vedic literature: tam eva viditvātimṛtyum et..."
• 08:5908:59, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,342‎ N One Vedic mantra says: tam ha devam atma-buddhi-prakasam mumuksur vai saranam aham prapadye. One must surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he at all wants liberation. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One Vedic mantra says: taṁ ha devam ātma-buddhi-prakāśaṁ mumukṣur vai śaraṇam aham prapadye. One must surrender un..."
• 08:5408:54, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,197‎ N To one who is anxious to be transferred to that spiritual world, knowledge is given by the Supreme Lord who is situated in everyone's heart. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To one who is anxious to be transferred to that spiritual world, knowledge is given by the Supreme Lord who is situated in eve..."
• 08:4908:49, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,032‎ N The Vedic literature confirms that Brahman is concentrated transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His knowledge is transcendental. The Vedic literature confirms that Brahman is concentrated transcendental knowledge"}} {{note..."
• 08:4608:46, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,090‎ N He (the Supreme Lord) is just like the sun, eternally luminous, but He is far, far beyond the darkness of this material world. His knowledge is transcendental. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is just like the sun, eternally luminous, but He is far, far beyond the darkness of this material world"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
• 08:4108:41, 25 June 2021 diff hist +4,171‎ N He (God) is situated in the spiritual world which is far, far away in the spiritual sky. That is also confirmed in the Vedic literature. BG 1972 purports ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is situated in the spiritual world which is far, far away in the spiritual sky. That is also confirmed in the Vedic literat..."