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  • ...challenge the authority of 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 ...parā system. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has ...
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  • ...Perfect knowledge is acquired from the ācāryas, or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the paramparā system</div ...para system. Prthu Maharaja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has ...
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  • ..., and thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verd ...Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is the collective Paramātmā of all living beings. He is called Hari, and from Him all incarnations within the universe are expan ...
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  • ...d when a living entity becomes inclined to the service of the Supreme Lord he looks like gold. The Lord is a diamond, and so this combination is very nic ...sūtra, that Vedānta-sūtra is personal philosophy. So he was convinced, and he became his disciple.</div> ...
    7 KB (1,144 words) - 01:08, 19 May 2018
  • ...Still, because his complete energy was engaged in the service of the Lord, he became an immortal sage. Such is the powerful action of devotional service. ...he himself was attracted by the transcendental activities of the Lord, and he studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from his great father, Śrī Dvaipāyana Vyās ...
    77 KB (12,498 words) - 01:07, 19 May 2018
  • ...wledge of the Paramātmā feature of the Absolute Truth. And the student who can enter into the heart of the sun planet is compared to those who realize the ...g">The factual Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa. He is the complete energetic person. ...
    79 KB (12,322 words) - 09:06, 12 May 2022
  • ...f the material sky. In the higher planets of the material world, the yogīs can enjoy more comfortable and more pleasant lives for hundreds of thousands of <div class="heading">Is He managing personally? No. He is managing through His potency.</div> ...
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  • ...his own sake. He can attempt anything for Kṛṣṇa, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such behavior one becomes actually transcende ...rs of water like the rivers. A powerful pure devotee of the Lord, however, can deliver not only his personal self but also many others in his association. ...
    52 KB (7,881 words) - 12:14, 24 May 2022
  • ...er make him happy. Instead of satisfying his own personal material senses, he has to satisfy the senses of the Lord.</p> ...fighting, because he thought that by not killing his relatives and kinsmen he would be happier than by enjoying the kingdom after conquering his cousins ...
    74 KB (11,248 words) - 14:55, 22 November 2021
  • ...can be preliminarily perceived by His different energies, and in this way He is realized impersonally. As the demigod in the sun is a person and is perc ...and Rāma as the Supreme he thinks of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as impersonal because he has no idea of service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus his only business is punaḥ pu ...
    37 KB (5,747 words) - 06:36, 27 June 2022
  • ...here to indicate that no other process can be used, can be recommended, or can be successful in understanding Kṛṣṇa.</div> ...hurt by the enemy. The so-called king of today never visits the warfield. He is very much expert in artificially encouraging the fighting strength in th ...
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  • ...es the highest planet, he cannot attain that perpetual happiness for which he is searching life after life.</div> ...Brahman happiness, knowing it for certain that unlimited happiness, which he is seeking, is never attainable in the material world.</div> ...
    14 KB (2,217 words) - 05:51, 5 August 2022
  • ...ode of goodness, but if a person is not by nature in the mode of goodness, he should not imitate the occupational duty of a brahmana. For a ksatriya, or ...or kṣatriya family, he is therefore a brāhmaṇa or a kṣatriya, even though he performs the duties of a śūdra.</div> ...
    29 KB (4,762 words) - 07:05, 27 June 2022
  • ...cs of the Lord, and the devotee of the Lord must speak loudly so that they can hear. The frogs loudly croak, with the result that they invite the snakes t ...urce and follow the principles for practical application in life; thus one can attain the highest perfection of life—liberation—and go back home, back ...
    24 KB (4,028 words) - 05:03, 18 June 2022
  • <div class="heading">Besides Your Lordship, I do not see anyone who can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to ...Yourself to Your devotees. Besides Your Lordship, I do not see anyone who can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a perfect teacher is not to ...
    16 KB (2,719 words) - 09:35, 7 May 2022
  • ...ons from past good or bad deeds. When one is awake in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is sit <div class="heading">Real knowledge can be obtained from a person who is in perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness ...
    61 KB (9,926 words) - 00:43, 19 May 2018
  • ...and blissfully, without cares and anxieties, and after quitting this body he goes back home, back to Godhead. The Lord confirms in the Bhagavad-gītā, ...or him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally if a person is breathing he is accepted to be alive. But a person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness may ...
    6 KB (909 words) - 14:10, 16 July 2020
  • ...ernally. That is called svarūpa. By the process of devotional service, one can revive that svarūpa, and that stage is called svarūpa-siddhi—perfection ...iddhi) constitute very little of his godly opulence. A devotee like Nārada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is tryi ...
    34 KB (5,376 words) - 07:32, 10 July 2022
  • ...e temporarily engaged in different activities, but all of these activities can be purified when we give up all these temporary activities and take up the ...From any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional servic ...
    110 KB (17,886 words) - 15:06, 20 June 2020
  • ...ing or enjoying the results of our activities from time immemorial, but we can change the results of our karma, or our activity, and this change depends o ...ing or enjoying the results of our activities from time immemorial, but we can change the results of our karma, or our activity, and this change depends o ...
    88 KB (13,901 words) - 00:44, 19 May 2018
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