Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Preface
Pages in category "Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Preface"
The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
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- A living entity is eternally a servant and that unless one serves Krsna one has to serve illusion in different varieties of the three modes of material nature, and thus perpetually one has to wander within the cycle of birth and death. BG 1972 Preface
- A living entity is happily the part and parcel of the Lord, and thus his natural function is to render immediate service to the Lord. BG 1972 Preface
- Actually the original father of this (Krsna consciousness) movement is Lord Krsna Himself, since it was started a very long time ago but is coming down to human society by disciplic succession. BG 1972 Preface
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- Because we are not polluting the theme of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, anyone seriously interested in deriving benefit by studying the BG must take help from the KCM for practical understanding of BG under the direct guidance of the Lord. BG 1972 Preface
- Before my (Prabhupada) presentation of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, almost all the English editions of Bhagavad-gita were introduced to fulfill someone's personal ambition. BG 1972 Preface
- By the spell of illusion one tries to be happy by serving his personal sense gratification in different forms which will never make him happy. BG 1972 Preface
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- I (Prabhupada) was not very happy when I had to minimize my original manuscript. But later on, when the demand for BG As It Is considerably increased, I was requested by many scholars and devotees to present the book in its original form. BG 1972 Preface
- If I (Prabhupada) have any credit in this connection (of Krsna consciousness movement), it does not belong to me personally, but it is due to my eternal spiritual master. BG 1972 Preface
- If personally I (Prabhupada) have any credit in this matter (of Krsna consciousness movement), it is only that I have tried to present Bhagavad-gita as it is, without adulteration. BG 1972 Preface
- In all of my (Prabhupada's) other books - Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Isopanisad, etc. - the system is that I give the original verse, its English transliteration, word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents, translations and purports. BG 1972 Preface
- In Los Angeles many fathers and mothers used to come to see me to express their feelings of gratitude for my (Prabhupada's) leading the Krsna consciousness movement throughout the entire world. BG 1972 Preface
- In order to save oneself from this offense (interpret Bhagavad-gita without any reference to the will of Krsna), one has to understand the Lord as the SP of Godhead, as He was directly understood by Arjuna, Lord Krsna's first disciple. BG 1972 Preface
- Instead of satisfying one's own personal material senses, he has to satisfy the senses of the Lord. That is the highest perfection of life. The Lord wants this, and He demands it. One has to understand this central point of Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 Preface
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- Krsna consciousness movement is gradually becoming the most popular movement in the entire world, especially amongst the younger generation. It is becoming more and more interesting to the older generation also. BG 1972 Preface
- Krsna is absolute, & there is no difference between Krsna's name, Krsna's form, Krsna's quality, Krsna's pastimes, etc. This absolute position of Krsna is difflcult to understand for any person who is not a devotee of Krsna in the parampara. BG 1972 Pref
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- Lord Caitanya clearly says that anyone who tries to understand Bhagavad-gita from the Mayavadi point of view will commit a great blunder. BG 1972 Preface
- Lord Krsna first spoke Bhagavad-gita to the sun-god some hundreds of millions of years ago. We have to accept this fact and thus understand the historical significance of Bhagavad-gita, without misinterpretation, on the authority of Krsna. BG 1972 Preface
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- Older gentlemen are becoming interested, so much so that the fathers and grandfathers of my (Prabhupada's) disciples are encouraging us by becoming life members of our great society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. BG 1972 Preface
- Originally I (Prabhupada) wrote Bhagavad-gita As It Is in the form in which it is presented now. BG 1972 Preface
- Our attempt, in presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is, is to present the mission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. BG 1972 Preface
- Our business is to present the will of Krsna, not that of any mundane speculator like the politician, philosopher or scientist, for they have very little knowledge of Krsna, despite all their other knowledge. BG 1972 Preface
- Our Krsna consciousness movement is genuine, historically authorized, natural and transcendental due to its being based on Bhagavad-gita As It Is. BG 1972 Preface
- Our Krsna consciousness movement is teaching the whole world this central point (to satisfy the senses of the Lord and that is the highest perfection of life). BG 1972 Preface
- Our only purpose is to present this Bhagavad-gita As It Is in order to guide the conditioned student to the same purpose for which Krsna descends to this planet once in a day of Brahma, or every 8,600,000,000 years. BG 1972 Preface
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- The knowledge (of Bhagavad-gita) constitutes a great science, and each and every living being has to hear it for his own interest. BG 1972 preface
- The Krsna consciousness movement is essential in human society, for it offers the highest perfection of life. How this is so is explained fully in the Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 Preface
- The misguided student of Bhagavad-gita will certainly be bewildered on the path of spiritual guidance and will not be able to go back home, back to Godhead. BG 1972 Preface
- The present attempt is to offer the original manuscript of this great book of knowledge (Bhagavad-gita As It Is) with full parampara explanation in order to establish the Krsna consciousness movement more soundly and progressively. BG 1972 Preface
- The so-called liberated Mayavadi speculator has to undergo this process (of wandering within the cycle of birth and death). BG 1972 Preface
- The unauthorized commentary upon Bhagavad-gita is known as Mayavadi-Bhasya, and Lord Caitanya has warned us about these unauthorized men (who try to banish or kill Krsna when writing commentary on Bhagavad-gita). BG 1972 Preface
- They (people in general, especially in this age of Kali) have no knowledge that the material or external nature is very strong, for everyone is strongly bound by the stringent laws of material nature. BG 1972 Preface
- This (the system of giving the original verse, its English transliteration, word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents, translations and purports) makes the book very authentic and scholarly and makes the meaning self-evident. BG 1972 Preface
- This purpose (of guide the conditioned student) is stated in Bhagavad-gita, and we have to accept it as it is; otherwise there is no point in trying to understand the Bhagavad-gita and its speaker, Lord Krsna. BG 1972 Preface
- To interpret Bhagavad-gita without any reference to the will of Krsna is the greatest offense. BG 1972 Preface
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- Understanding of Bhagavad-gita is really profitable and authorized for the welfare of human society in fulfilling the mission of life. BG 1972 Preface
- Unfortunately, mundane wranglers have taken advantage of Bhagavad-gita to push forward their demonic propensities and mislead people regarding right understanding of the simple principles of life. BG 1972 Preface
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- We hope that people will derive the greatest benefit by studying Bhagavad-gita As It Is as we have presented it here, and if even one man becomes a pure devotee of the Lord we shall consider our attempt a success. BG 1972 Preface
- We, unlike the so-called scholars, do not say that Krsna and His inner spirit are different. BG 1972 Preface
- When this book (BG) was first published, the original manuscript was, unfortunately, cut short to less than 400 pages, without illustrations and without explanations for most of the original verses of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 Preface