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  • ...lity of religion speak, was fully satisfied, and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.''' ...n, was full of philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless on ...
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  • ...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 ...
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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. ...
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  • ...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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  • ...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. ...
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  • ...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 ...
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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> ...
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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> ...
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  • ...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> ...
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  • ...x life is the focal point for all activities. Wherever one turns his face, he sees sex life predominant. Therefore, sex life is not unreal. Its reality i ...ifferent plans for material enjoyment centered about a perverted sex life. He therefore becomes entangled in the chain of birth and death by transmigrati ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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
  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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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  • ...losophical theses. Nonetheless, Tapana Miśra has been very kind to me, for he speaks about topics relating to Lord Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...ritual master of the entire world in teaching the six paths of philosophy. He is the best of devotees.</p> ...
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  • ...led practice of yogic postures can never help a man toward spiritual life. He must be trained in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by higher intelligence.</p> ...dic version is confirmed in this verse of the Gītā personally by the Lord. He who accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the Vedas and of ...
    112 KB (16,749 words) - 01:30, 19 May 2018
  • ...tachment from matter and attachment to Kṛṣṇa are one and the same. One who can see this sees things as they are.</p> ...tuated in the transcendental position by various philosophical researches, he is said to have achieved samprajñāta-samādhi. ...
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  • ...ew, and then he began to describe the future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing powers</div> ...ndha-kūpaṁ vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta [SB 7.5.5]). In this verse also, he stresses the same point. In the history of human society, no one, at any ti ...
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  • ...many great generals like Karṇa and others. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, he punished Aśvatthāmā, who had killed all the five sons of Draupadī. Then <div class="heading">The pure devotees of the Lord can equally relish the nectar in the form of the profound philosophical discour ...
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  • ...Not only was Śukadeva Gosvāmī vastly learned in the Vedic literatures, but he was also a great self-realized soul and a powerful devotee of the Lord. A p ...aid that the Lord reserves the right of not being exposed to everyone, and He keeps Himself concealed from the faithless by His yoga-māyā potency.</p> ...
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  • ...ad, April 20, 1974]]:''' When you come to the spiritual platform, then you can understand that "This dog is also a spirit soul; this learned brāhmaṇa i ...therwise we have no interest. This should be the principle of devotees. We can take part in everything—politics, sociology or philanthropism, altruism, ...
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  • ...al consciousness, then he's being bound up. However good may be that work, he's being bound up. ...lar. These are the results of pious work. Janmaiśvarya-śruta, and śrī. You can become very beautiful by pious work. These are the results of pious work. ...
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  • ...to Kṛṣṇa to please forgive him for all his sinful activities. So then this can be taken as prayers too.</p> ...? Tomorrow, early in the morning, at four, we are going to Bombay. But you can hold this meeting and discuss this Bhāgavatam, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...
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  • ...ext"><p style="display: inline;">When one is awake in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities. When one is sit ...water to the leaves and branches, so by acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness one can render the highest service to everyone—namely self, family, society, coun ...
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  • ...mundane origin, how could it disturb the whole ocean and its inhabitants? Can any mundane red-hot eye generate heat in the great ocean? These are factors ...ttempted to bridge the ocean, and, with the help of advice from Vibhīṣaṇa, He attacked Rāvaṇa's capital, Laṅkā.</div> ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • ...grace of God, we have complete freedom. Because the Lord is kind to us, we can live anywhere—either in the spiritual sky or in the material sky, upon wh ...law. That is... A tiger is made by nature's law in that way; therefore he can do that. You cannot do it. Your nature is different. You have got discrimin ...
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  • ...was on this planet, He set a practical example. He was a cowherd boy, and He was very respectful to the brāhmaṇas and devotees.</div> ...nowledge is perfect. Just like we are speculating, "Who is my father?" You can speculate who is your father, but that speculation will not help you. You w ...
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  • ...erefore the Lord says that for anyone who is unflinchingly devoted to Him, He is easy to attain.</p> ...Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows that although Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality, He is all-pervading ...
    110 KB (17,643 words) - 05:43, 23 April 2019
  • ...the above four principles if not at least one of them must we have and we can engage them in the service of the Lord. Srimad-Bhagavatam gives all informa ...imilarly, if you allow free passage for some of my American disciples they can come to India and take training from me at Vrindaban. The idea is that in t ...
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  • ...self-realized does not recommend the worship of anyone but the Supersoul. He knows that to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead is easier than to ...The idea is that a spiritual master must be a qualified brāhmaṇa; that is, he must be qualified by his activities.</div> ...
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  • ...s of the surrender of the living entity, and in the case of a pure devotee He directly controls the senses</div> ...s of the surrender of the living entity, and in the case of a pure devotee He directly controls the senses.</div> ...
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  • ...ike fruitive workers, who are always prone to degradation. But even though he falls down, a devotee is never to be considered the same as a fallen karmī ...n, the bewildered devotee is forsaken by all friends and relatives, and so he comes to his senses again by the mercy of the Lord and is set right to exec ...
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  • ...ducational culture"|"even an inexperienced boy with no educational culture can be saved"}} <div class="heading">Even an inexperienced boy with no educational culture can be saved from the ocean of nescience.</div> ...
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  • ...eath so that in his next life he will not have to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore, the king's punishment of hanging a murderer is ac ...is at the same time executing devotional service is very dear to the Lord. He who is situated in pure knowledge of the transcendence of the Supreme Perso ...
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  • {{terms|"human being can"|"human beings can"}} ..."purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The lowest amongst human beings can be delivered by this submissive hearing process only, but unfortunately the ...
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  • ...his movement was started only for the satisfaction of my spiritual master. He wanted. So I thought, "Let me try in this old age"|0126|I will never die, I ...l master, representative of Kṛṣṇa, it is also not very difficult. Everyone can become representative of Kṛṣṇa. How? If you simply carry the message ...
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  • ...aṭhana pāṭhana yajana yājana. He should be a great worshiper of Viṣṇu, and he should teach others also. Just like we are not only worshiping Kṛṣṇa ...
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  • ...o the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose power and inconceivable energy can never be attained by any conditioned or liberated soul.</p> ...="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The presence of the Supreme Lord can be realized just as the sun is realized first as a reflection on water, and ...
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  • ...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 ...
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  • <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 ...
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  • ...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 ...
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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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...e shall act. Kindly award us Your perfect knowledge and potency so that we can render You service in the different departments of subsequent creation.'''< ...he all-pervading Viṣṇu. He is all-perfect knowledge and all-perfect bliss. He is the Supreme Transcendence.'''</div> ...
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  • <div class="heading">The soul is atomic in size and can be perceived by perfect intelligence.</div> ...nsciousness, and that is the proof of the presence of the soul. Any layman can understand that the material body minus consciousness is a dead body, and t ...
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  • ...e himself in devotional service so that the senses may be purified and one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here, however, it is indicated that ...m) the transcendental messages of the Lord through the mouths of devotees, he gradually conquers the unconquerable God. ...
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  • ...ned to this position of questioning his suffering, unless he realizes that he doesn't want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering ...sā. Every activity of the human being is to be considered a failure unless he inquires about the nature of the Absolute. Therefore those who begin to que ...
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