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25 August 2020

• 09:4409:44, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,814‎ N Arjuna engaged in the art of killing, and although killing is, of course, violence, he killed the enemy simply on Krsna's order. In the same way, if we commit violence as it is necessary, by the order of the Lord, that is called natihimsa ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna engaged in the art of killing, and although killing is, of course, violence, he killed the enemy simply on Kṛṣṇa'..."
• 09:4009:40, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,509‎ We have to commit violence; that is a natural law. We should not, however, commit violence extravagantly, but only as much as ordered by the Lord ‎No edit summary current
• 09:3609:36, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,866‎ N A devotee eats only prasada, or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord, and Krsna says that when a devotee offers Him foodstuffs from the vegetable kingdom, with devotion, He eats that ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee therefore eats only prasāda, or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord, and Kṛṣṇa says that when a devotee of..." current
• 09:3109:31, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,907‎ N A human being is not to eat anything which is not offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yajna-sistasinah santah: one becomes freed from all sinful reactions by eating foodstuffs which are offered to Yajna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A human being is not to eat anything which is not offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ sa..."
• 09:2609:26, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,459‎ N Jivo jivasya jivanam: one living entity is the life for another living entity. But for a human being, that violence should be committed only as much as necessary ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jīvo jīvasya jīvanam: one living entity is the life for another living entity. But for a human being, that violence should..."
• 09:2309:23, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,411‎ N Here (in SB 3.29.15), significantly, it is stated that every living entity has to live by killing another entity; that is the law of nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"here, significantly, it is stated that every living entity has to live by killing another entity; that is the law of nature"}}..." current
• 09:2009:20, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,447‎ N Nondevotees are killing cows, goats and so many other animals for eating purposes, and a devotee, who is vegetarian, is also killing ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nondevotees are killing cows, goats and so many other animals for eating purposes, and a devotee, who is vegetarian, is also k..." current
• 09:1209:12, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,484‎ N Eating vegetables is violence, and vegetarians are also committing violence against other living entities because vegetables also have life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"eating vegetables is violence, and vegetarians are also committing violence against other living entities because vegetables a..."
• 06:1106:11, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,566‎ N Sometimes the question is put before us: "You ask us not to eat meat but you are eating vegetables. Do you think that is not violence?" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the question is put before us"|"You ask us not to eat meat, but you are eating vegetables. Do you think that is not..."
• 06:0606:06, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,661‎ N Another significant phrase in this verse (SB 3.29.15) is natihimsrena ("with minimum violence or sacrifice of life"). Even if a devotee has to commit violence, it should not be done beyond what is necessary ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another significant phrase in this verse is nātihiṁsreṇa"|"with minimum violence or sacrifice of life"|"Even if a devotee..." current
• 06:0106:01, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,464‎ N Krsna is lovable, and one has to serve Him in whatever capacity one can. That is pure devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is lovable, and one has to serve Him in whatever capacity one can. That is pure devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {..." current
• 05:5905:59, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,744‎ N Everyone's prescribed duty is glorious if it is performed in devotional service of the Lord, without desire for profit. Such loving service must be performed without reason, without impediment, and spontaneously ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone's prescribed duty is glorious if it is performed in devotional service of the Lord, without desire for profit. Such l..."
• 05:5505:55, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,635‎ N There are no distinctions, for it is declared by the Lord in Bhagavad-gita that anyone engaged specifically in devotional service is elevated to the transcendental position without a doubt ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are no distinctions, for it is declared by the Lord in Bhagavad-gītā that anyone engaged specifically in devotional se..."
• 05:5205:52, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,664‎ N There are many instances in which candalas, or those lower than sudras, have served Krsna. Also, the sage Vidura was considered a sudra because his mother happened to be sudra ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are many instances in which caṇḍālas, or those lower than śūdras, have served Kṛṣṇa. Also, the sage Vidura..."
• 05:4105:41, 25 August 2020 diff hist +6,682‎ N Anyone can serve the Supreme Lord by performing his prescribed duties under the direction of a spiritual master, or representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one should think that his prescribed duties are inferior ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone can serve the Supreme Lord by performing his prescribed duties under the direction of a spiritual master, or representa..." current

23 August 2020

• 17:4417:44, 23 August 2020 diff hist +6,675‎ N From every position, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, sva-karmana tam abhyarcya: (BG 18.46) one can serve the Supreme Lord by performing one's prescribed duty. It is not that only the brahmanas can serve the Supreme Lord and not the sudras ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From every position, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya"|"one can serve the Supreme Lord by perform..." current
• 17:4017:40, 23 August 2020 diff hist +6,849‎ N The vaisyas, or the mercantile class of men, trade in commodities, protect cows and develop agricultural produce. The sudras, or laborer class, serve the higher classes because they themselves are not very intelligent ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The vaiśyas, or the mercantile class of men, trade in commodities, protect cows and develop agricultural produce. The śūdra..." current
• 17:3817:38, 23 August 2020 diff hist +6,878‎ N The activities of brahmanas are to control the senses and to become simple, clean, learned devotees. The ksatriyas have the spirit for ruling, they are not afraid on the battlefield, and they are charitable ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The activities of brāhmaṇas are to control the senses and to become simple, clean, learned devotees. The kṣatriyas have t..."
• 17:3317:33, 23 August 2020 diff hist +6,911‎ N One has to execute his prescribed duties according to his social position as a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra. The prescribed duties of the four classes of men in human society are also described in Bhagavad-gītā ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to execute his prescribed duties according to his social position as a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra. Th..."
• 17:2817:28, 23 August 2020 diff hist +4,418‎ N It is clearly stated here (in SB 3.29.14) that simply by pure devotional service one becomes qualitatively as good as the Lord Himself ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is clearly stated here that simply by pure devotional service one becomes qualitatively as good as the Lord Himself"}} {{no..."
• 17:2517:25, 23 August 2020 diff hist +4,562‎ N For a devotee, that qualitative equality (with God), which is the result of impersonal liberation, is already attained; he does not have to try for it separately ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a devotee, that qualitative equality, which is the result of impersonal liberation, is already attained; he does not have..."
• 17:1517:15, 23 August 2020 diff hist +4,320‎ N Ekatva is also liberation, but that sort of liberation is never accepted by any devotee, for qualitative oneness is immediately attained as soon as one is situated in devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ekatva is also liberation, but that sort of liberation is never accepted by any devotee, for qualitative oneness is immediatel..."
• 16:5716:57, 23 August 2020 diff hist +4,253‎ N One who is not affected by the three modes of material nature is called a liberated soul, or brahma-bhuta soul (SB 4.30.20). Brahma-bhutah prasannatma (BG 18.54) is the stage of liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is not affected by the three modes of material nature is called a liberated soul, or brahma-bhūta soul"|" Brahma-bhū..."
• 16:5316:53, 23 August 2020 diff hist +4,406‎ N Here (in SB 3.29.14) the same fact is confirmed by Lord Kapila: one who is situated in pure devotional service is transcendentally situated, as is the Lord. Just as the Lord is unaffected by influence of the material modes, so too are His pure devotees ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here the same fact is confirmed by Lord Kapila: one who is situated in pure devotional service is transcendentally situated, a..."

22 August 2020

• 16:1216:12, 22 August 2020 diff hist +4,365‎ N Only Narayana, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, or Krsna, is always in the transcendental position, beyond the influence of material creation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only Nārāyaṇa, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, is always in the transcendental position,..."
• 15:4915:49, 22 August 2020 diff hist +4,321‎ N It is confirmed in the Vedic literature that before the creation there was only Narayana; neither Lord Brahma nor Lord Siva existed ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is also confirmed in the Vedic literature that before the creation there was only Nārāyaṇa; neither Lord Brahmā nor Lo..."
• 15:4615:46, 22 August 2020 diff hist +4,288‎ N Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material creation; except for Him, everything is within the material creation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material creation; except for Him, everything is within the ma..."
• 15:4415:44, 22 August 2020 diff hist +4,540‎ N Sripada Sankaracarya, who is supposed to be the leader of the impersonalist school of philosophers, has admitted in the beginning of his comments on Bhagavad-gita that Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material creation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya, who is supposed to be the leader of the impersonalist school of philosophers, has admitted in th..."
• 15:4015:40, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,767‎ N For a devotee there is no question of desiring any material or spiritual prosperity. He simply aspires to serve the Lord. That is his highest happiness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a devotee there is no question of desiring any material or spiritual prosperity. He simply aspires to serve the Lord. That..." current
• 15:3615:36, 22 August 2020 diff hist +6,096‎ N When Prahlada was offered some material benefit, he stated - My Lord, my father achieved all kinds of material benefits, and even the demigods were afraid of his opulence, but still, in a second, You have finished his life and all his material prosperity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered some material benefit, he stated: "My Lord, I have seen that my father achieved all kind..."
• 15:2515:25, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,957‎ N A pure devotee does not accept these five kinds of spiritual existence, even if they are offered, and he certainly does not hanker after material benefits, which are all insignificant in comparison with spiritual benefits ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee does not accept these five kinds of spiritual existence, even if they are offered, and he certainly does not ha..."
• 15:1915:19, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,543‎ N Srivatsa, for example, the hair on the chest of the Lord, particularly distinguishes Him (God) from His devotees - who have achieved sarupya liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīvatsa, for example, the hair on the chest of the Lord, particularly distinguishes Him from His devotees"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 15:1615:16, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,651‎ N In sarupya liberation the bodily features of the devotee are exactly like those of the Supreme Person but for two or three symptoms found exclusively on the transcendental body of the Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In sārūpya liberation the bodily features of the devotee are exactly like those of the Supreme Person but for two or three s..."
• 15:1215:12, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,563‎ N In sarsti liberation the opulence of the devotee is equal to the opulence of the Supreme Lord. Samipya means to be a personal associate of the Supreme Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In sārṣṭi liberation the opulence of the devotee is equal to the opulence of the Supreme Lord. Sāmīpya means to be a pe..." current
• 14:4914:49, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,638‎ N In the spiritual world there are innumerable Vaikuntha planets, and on each one the Lord is the predominating Deity. A devotee can be promoted to one such Vaikuntha planet to live with the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world there are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets, and on each one the Lord is the predominating Deity. A dev..."
• 14:4514:45, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,585‎ N From Krsnaloka, the bodily effulgence of Lord Krsna is distributed not only to the spiritual world but to the material world as well; it is covered by matter, however, in the material world ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From Kṛṣṇaloka, the bodily effulgence of Lord Kṛṣṇa is distributed not only to the spiritual world but to the mate..." current
• 14:4114:41, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,603‎ N The Supreme Person, in His different plenary expansions, lives on innumerable Vaikuntha planets, and the chief planet is Krsnaloka. Just as within the material universe the chief planet is the sun, in the spiritual world the chief planet is Krsnaloka ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Person, in His different plenary expansions, lives on innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets, and the chief planet is K..."
• 14:3714:37, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,666‎ N When a devotee is promoted to the spiritual world, Vaikuntha, he receives four kinds of facilities. One of these is salokya, living on the same planet as the Supreme Personality ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a devotee is promoted to the spiritual world, Vaikuṇṭha, he receives four kinds of facilities. One of these is sālok..."
• 14:3314:33, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,548‎ N If one is engaged in pure transcendental loving service to the Lord, it is understood that he has already achieved the five kinds of liberation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is engaged in pure transcendental loving service to the Lord, it is understood that he has already achieved the five ki..."
• 14:3014:30, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,402‎ N The devotee is so fond of rendering service to the Supreme Lord that the five kinds of liberation are not important to him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee is so fond of rendering service to the Supreme Lord that the five kinds of liberation are not important to him"}}..." current
• 14:2614:26, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,556‎ N Ekatva, or merging into the effulgence of the Supreme Lord, is called kaivalya, but the happiness derived from kaivalya is considered by the pure devotee to be hellish ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such ekatva, or merging into the effulgence of the Supreme Lord, is called kaivalya, but the happiness derived from kaivalya i..."
• 14:1814:18, 22 August 2020 diff hist +5,598‎ N It is clearly stated here (in SB 3.29.13) that a pure devotee does not desire ekatva, oneness with the Supreme Lord, as desired by the impersonalists, the mental speculators and the meditators ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is clearly stated herein that a pure devotee does not desire ekatva, oneness with the Supreme Lord, as desired by the imper..." current

21 August 2020

• 18:2018:20, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,599‎ N The yogis and empiric philosophers desire cessation of the process of birth and death, but a devotee is satisfied to remain even in this material world and execute devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The yogīs and empiric philosophers desire cessation of the process of birth and death, but a devotee is satisfied to remain e..."
• 18:1718:17, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,584‎ N There is a similarity between the prayers of Lord Caitanya and the statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lord Caitanya prays, "in life after life," indicating that a devotee does not even desire the cessation of birth and death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a similarity between the prayers of Lord Caitanya and the statements of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Lord Caitanya prays, "i..."
• 18:1318:13, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,510‎ N In the Siksastaka, He (Caitanya) prays to the Lord: "All I want from You is that in life after life I may remain a pure devotee at Your lotus feet ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Śikṣāṣṭaka, He prays to the Lord"|"All I want from You is that in life after life I may remain a pure devotee a..."
• 18:0918:09, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,500‎ N In the Siksastaka, He (Caitanya) prays to the Lord: "O Lord, I do not wish to gain from You any wealth, nor do I wish to have a beautiful wife, nor do I wish to have many followers ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Śikṣāṣṭaka, He prays to the Lord"|"Lord, I do not wish to gain from You any wealth, nor do I wish to have a bea..." current
• 18:0518:05, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,414‎ N Lord Caitanya teaches us how to execute pure devotional service out of spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya teaches us how to execute pure devotional service out of spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead..." current
• 18:0218:02, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,110‎ N Spontaneous service unto the Supreme Lord is transcendental and is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. These are the symptoms of pure devotional service, which is free from all contamination of material nature ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"spontaneous service unto the Supreme Lord is transcendental and is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. These a..."
• 17:5817:58, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,003‎ N Another meaning of the word avyavahita is that the interest of the devotee and the interest of the Supreme Lord are on the same level. The devotee has no interest but to fulfill the transcendental desire of the Supreme Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another meaning of the word avyavahitā is that the interest of the devotee and the interest of the Supreme Lord are on the sa..." current
• 17:5117:51, 21 August 2020 diff hist +5,194‎ N A pure devotee must engage in the service of the Lord twenty-four hours a day, without cessation; his life is so molded that at every minute and every second he engages in some sort of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee must engage in the service of the Lord twenty-four hours a day, without cessation; his life is so molded that a..."