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  • {{terms|"alas"}} [[Category:Alas|1]] ...
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  • ...er been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it lik ...of the cuckoo, and Your limbs are cooler than the pulp of sandalwood. All My transcendental senses are overwhelmed in ecstatic pleasure by tasting You, ...
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  • ...he cited a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.4): "The great personalities and sages appear in the homes of worldly men just to show them mercy."</p> ...ns to be born in a brahminical family. Although Rāmānanda, out of his meek and gentle behavior, considered himself to be born in a lower śūdra family, L ...
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  • ...re the scientist and the philosopher. Each is very proud of his knowledge, and because they generally improve their living conditions, they feel a sort of ...e always arrogant or proud in possessing some type of education or so much wealth.</p> ...
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  • ...asures derived therefrom are not permanent, so why should he risk his life and eternal salvation by killing his own kinsmen?</p> ...ociety, and thus unwanted children flood the human race at the risk of war and pestilence.</p> ...
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  • ...fore it is our duty to believe His words, and if we are intelligent enough and educated enough, we will follow His instructions without hesitation.</p> ...tyle="display: inline;">`sre"If you actually want to follow my directions, I can tell you the real path by which you can be freed from these sinful reac ...
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  • ...preme Personality of Godhead. Therefore they completely surrender unto Him and engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service of the Lord.</p> ...ode of goodness. But action done in the mode of passion results in misery, and action performed in the mode of ignorance results in foolishness.</p> ...
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  • ...modes of nature, māyā, the Lord's external energy, which acts in creation and annihilation. Thus all the demons killed by the Supreme Lord attain salvati ...Lord, therefore, must certainly be freed from these qualities. His enmity and friendship are external features presented by the material energy. He is al ...
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  • ...a servant of the senses. At that time he begs for the service of the Lord and thus becomes happy without being illusioned by so-called material happiness ...are broken due to rampant irreligion in the form of pride, lust for women, and intoxication.</p> ...
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  • ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...omised to give up all their sinful habits, and the kind Lord accepted them and did not again refer to their past misdeeds.</p> ...
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  • ...es of nature, the living entities have various tendencies or propensities, and therefore they are qualified to achieve various destinations.</p> ...īnaḥ, bhakti is the path that is appropriate, not the paths of karma-kāṇḍa and jñāna-kāṇḍa.</p> ...
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  • {{terms|"wealth"|"wealthier"|"wealthies"|"wealthiest"|"wealthty"|"wealthy"}} [[Category:wealth|1]] ...
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  • ...in distress and is without peace, however much he may make a show of peace and spiritual advancement in life. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a self-manifest ...
    98 KB (15,256 words) - 22:53, 19 May 2018
  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...nowledge and renunciation. In short, we should know that He is Kṛṣṇa, God, and that nothing is equal to or greater than Him. There is nothing superior to ...
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  • {{terms|"condemn"|"condemnable"|"condemnation"|"condemned"|"condemning"|"condemns"}} ...y. To create such a change of heart, conclusive discussion about Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His potencies is absolutely necessary. False devotees may think that simply ...
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  • ...s orbit, which is called the Śiśumāra-cakra, are situated the Āditya-lokas and the Vaikuṇṭha planet within this universe.</p> ...oduces a great blazing fire. The heat of this fire reaches even Maharloka, and then the residents of Maharloka travel to Brahmaloka, which exists for twic ...
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  • ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...ho does not believe in the form of the Lord is certainly a faithless demon and as such is untouchable, a not to be seen persona non grata fit to be punish ...
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  • {{terms|"condemn"|"condemnable"|"condemnation"|"condemned"|"condemning"|"condemns"}} ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...safely conclude that service is the constant companion of the living being and that the rendering of service is the eternal religion of the living being.< ...
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  • ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...essage of Bhāgavata-dharma, or the religion of glorifying the Supreme Lord and His devotees.</p> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...
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  • ...hard labor. One should spend all energies working in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that will make one's life successful. Like misers, unfortunate persons do n ...over anything. This consciousness is called nirmama, or "nothing is mine." And if there is any reluctance to execute such a stern order, which is without ...
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  • ...he-ass when he comes for sex. Similarly, cats and dogs are always fighting and whining when they have sex. Even an elephant in the jungle is caught by the ...reading of scriptures are increased.), (10) show respect to devotees, cows and sacred trees like the banyan tree.</p> ...
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  • ...ifetime of Brahmā, for You appear in two features—externally as the ācārya and internally as the Supersoul—to deliver the embodied living being by direc ...he seed of devotion cannot sprout unless watered by the process of hearing and chanting.</p> ...
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  • ...ll-to-do human beings, in duration of life, beauty, wealth, paraphernalia, and in all other respects. Still they were afraid of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Thus we ...y seated in self-realization, which is transcendental to the material body and mind.</p> ...
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  • ...Your mission is to deliver fallen souls, and no one is more fallen than I. I beg priority."</p> ...o are merged in ignorance and offers them the highest gift, love of Kṛṣṇa, and thus makes them mad for Kṛṣṇa consciousness."</p> ...
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  • ...ḍa Bharata because he always remained secluded and did not talk to anyone. And later on he was discovered as the greatest transcendentalist by King Rahūg ...imperial position. They offered many suggestions about his immediate duty, and at last it was settled that he would hear from Śukadeva Gosvāmī about Lo ...
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  • ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...to a sannyāsī, for a sannyāsī is considered to be the master of all varṇas and āśramas.</p> ...
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  • ...next life. From a spiritual point of view, a great kingdom, beautiful wife and wonderful material activities are all impediments to spiritual advancement. ...the functions of a human being. The word dharma is meant for human beings and is never used in connection with beings inferior to human beings, such as a ...
    136 KB (21,795 words) - 01:19, 21 May 2018
  • ...Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.</p> ...aitanya Mahāprabhu traveled all over India, from Jagannātha Purī to Bengal and from Cape Comorin to Vṛndāvana.</p> ...
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  • ...of the senses"|"gratifying his senses"|"gratifying me senses"|"gratifying my senses"|"gratifying our senses"|"gratifying senses"|"gratifying the senses" ...direction for advancing in spiritual cultivation and economic development and regulating the principle of sense gratification, so that ultimately one may ...
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  • ...pa Gosvāmī about the truth of Kṛṣṇa, the principles of devotional service, and the transcendental mellows (relationships with Kṛṣṇa). All of this wa ...ty of Godhead, the process by which one can return to the spiritual world, and the ultimate goal of life, which is to return home, back to Godhead. Becaus ...
    124 KB (21,144 words) - 09:39, 5 October 2011
  • ...capsize. Therefore, in the bhava-samudra, the ocean of mental speculation and transmigration to different types of bodies, one must first control the min ...tunately understood the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus they offered their prayers.</p> ...
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  • ...ng can exist. Kṛṣṇa is the supreme ruler because everything belongs to Him and everything exists on His energy. Kṛṣṇa, being situated in everyone's ...Lord Himself at that time became Indra. Assisted by His own sons like Yama and other demigods, Lord Yajña ruled the administration of the universal affai ...
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  • ...rough three stages of development: the offensive stage, the clearing stage and the transcendental stage. In the offensive stage one may desire all kinds o ...hange of transcendental relationships. Sometimes one symptom is prominent, and at another time another is prominent.</p> ...
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  • ...vivarta ity udāhṛtaḥ describes such an illusion. To not know actual facts and thus to mistake one thing for another (as, for example, to accept the body ...
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  • ...n either try to stop the mind and senses by force, or they give in to them and are carried away by the waves of sense gratification.</p> ...llibility when he says to Arjuna, "When I appear in this world, I do so by My own internal potency." ([[Vanisource:BG 4.6 (1972)|BG 4.6]])</p> ...
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  • ...odhead, He is present in everyone's heart. He is equally kind to everyone, and He is free from the false ego of differentiation. Therefore whatever He doe ...or action. Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He has no false ego, and so He does not identify Himself with anything different from Him. The mater ...
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  • ...like face is as effulgent as the sun, whose dress is brilliant with jewels and whose body is flower-garlanded. Illuminating all sides is His gorgeous lust ...of thousands of Cupids. He wears saffron cloth, a garland around His neck and a peacock feather in His hair.</p> ...
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  • ...irectly says: "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." ( ...iates of Kṛṣṇa live eternally, and they are worshiped both by the demigods and the demons.</p> ...
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  • ...he-ass when he comes for sex. Similarly, cats and dogs are always fighting and whining when they have sex. Even an elephant in the jungle is caught by the ...ch take the form of beautiful women. Thus every male is bound by sex life, and therefore when one attempts to gain liberation from the material clutches, ...
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  • ...ed śravaṇa, and explaining is called kīrtana. The two processes of śravaṇa and kīrtana are of primary importance to progressive spiritual life. Only one ...">Social literary men, scientists, mundane poets, theoretical philosophers and politicians who are completely absorbed in the material advancement of sens ...
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  • ...e of Kṛṣṇa—His beautiful ears with earrings, His broad forehead, His smile—and while enjoying this sight of Kṛṣṇa's beauty they used to criticize th ...to the Lord in all respects, (35) observing different ceremonial functions and vows.</p> ...
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  • ...va Bhāratī of that town, in the twenty-fourth year of His life. His mother and wife wept bitterly for His separation, but our hero, though soft in heart, ...Me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, yet He is always My worshipful Lord, unconditionally.</p> ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...owherd girls, were attracted by the sound and left their household duties, and when they came to Him, He danced with them. These activities are all descri ...
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  • ..."display: inline;">From Brahmā the other demigods like Dakṣa, Marīci, Manu and many others become incarnated to generate living entities within the univer ...anu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā, Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā and Timi.</p> ...
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  • ...and Krsna"|"own two sons"|"protect the babies"|"son of Rohini"|"while Rama and Krsna"}} ...his was one of the questions put by Mahārāja Parīkṣit to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and it will be answered in due course.</p> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...ṣṇa even discouraged His father Nanda Mahārāja from worshiping the demigod Indra, because He wanted to establish the fact that people need not worship any d ...
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  • ...some demigod is equal to the Lord's name is an offender. The Supreme Lord and the demigods should never be considered on the same level.</p> ...nly those things that are favorable for keeping his body and soul together and should reject those things that increase the demands of the body. Only the ...
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