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  • <div class="heading">One who is ready to sacrifice anything to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be said to have spiritual desire. ...that his heart was full of material desires. He was very much affected by the cruel words of his stepmother, whereas those who are spiritually advanced d ...
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  • ...e"|"performers of sacrifices"|"performers of the sacrifice"|"performers of the sacrifices"}} ...="heading">When one's faith reaches the stage of transcendental knowledge, the performer of sacrifices should be considered more advanced than those who s ...
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  • ..., and (10) to be attached to material things in spite of chanting the holy name.</p> ...it is understood that the quotations are authoritative. How can one bring the authority under his own control? That is a case of principiis obsta.</p> ...
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  • ...distant sounds. Since the Personality of Godhead and His plenary portions and self-realized devotees are all transcendentally situated, they cannot be mi ...nd any reason to maintain their eyes when they are bereft of the beauty of Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...
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  • ...n and thus give rise to unwanted children, all kinds of community projects and family welfare activities are devastated.</p> ...higher planets and at the time of universal devastation are transferred to the eternal spiritual kingdom. Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, in his commentary o ...
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  • ...is known to be unlimited. Such a person also receives permission to cross the ocean of nescience." ...ent of material energy. You are now fit to go back to Godhead, back home." The Lord then cited a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.7.42)</p> ...
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  • ...l influences. Similarly, one who always seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead is protected from all dangers. It is therefore said ...ossing the great ocean of nescience (bhavāmbudhi) is exactly like crossing the hoofprint created by a calf (vatsa-padam). For such a devotee, there is no ...
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  • ...rking and producing moving and nonmoving beings only by the supervision of Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...the sun, which is appreciated in terms of two relative truths: reflection and darkness.</p> ...
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  • {{terms|"shelter of Krsna"|"krsna's shelter"|"Worship Kṛṣṇa and take shelter of Him"}} ...">If we want to curb lamentation for good, then we have to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa</div> ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...e are completely on the spiritual platform. On that platform every part of the body can act on behalf of any other part.</p> ...
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  • ...the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, regardless of his social position, is the real spiritual master. ...win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like that of the demigods in heaven.</p> ...
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  • ...ave understood that work in full knowledge is nonreactive and is therefore the same as inaction. He inquires, therefore, whether he should cease work alto ...is followers do not accept Kṛṣṇa as such, for it is very difficult to know Kṛṣṇa, even though one has transcendental realization of impersonal Brahman.</p> ...
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  • ...rains are not responsible for different types of vegetation that appear on the earth, although without such rains there is no possibility of vegetative gr ...re, devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is binding upon the worker, and that is the real aspect of vikarma, as explained hereinbefore.</p> ...
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  • ..."system of varnasrama"|"system there is varnasrama-dharma"|"system"|"varna and asrama system"|"varnasrama system"|"varnasrama"|"varnasrama-dharma system"} {{notes|VedaBase query: "varnasrama system"@5 or "varna and asrama system" @5}} ...
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  • ...the great ocean of nescience"|"crossing the ocean of nescience"|"crossing the ocean of nescience"}} [[Category:Crossing the Ocean of Nescience|1]] ...
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  • ...a brāhmaṇa—constitute puraścaryā. These and other rituals are mentioned in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, an authoritative book of directions for Vaiṣṇavas. ...swallowed by a large serpent, practicing the speculative process to attain the treasure of love of Godhead is also suicidal.</p> ...
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  • ...t text"><p style="display: inline;">(4) From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.33–34 and 7.9.38):</p> ...ord Brahmā. He is the boat of the demigods for crossing the ocean of birth and death."</p> ...
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  • ...s, etc.—but the illusory energy misguides them, and therefore they disobey the Supreme Lord.</p> ...every entity is His plenary portion. He is the fountainhead of everything, and everyone is advised to surrender unto His lotus feet.</p> ...
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  • {{notes|the term "stress*" as in "anxiety" is not compiled in this page}} ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...
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  • ...viṣṇur eva na saṁśayaḥ: "There is no doubt that Viṣṇu is the deliverer of liberation for everyone."</p> ...here is no reciprocation between the Supreme and the living entity, but in the personalist philosophy there is.</p> ...
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  • ...xt="Introduction to Gitopanisad (Earliest Recording of Srila Prabhupada in the Bhaktivedanta Archives)"> <div class="heading">Mukti or liberation means to become free from material consciousness. ...
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  • {{terms|"Transcendental Loving Service of the Lord"}} ...rent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Preface and Introduction"><h3>SB Preface and Introduction</h3> ...
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  • ...attachment nor detachment because his life is dedicated in the service of the Lord. Consequently he is not at all angry even when his attempts are unsucc ...through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord.</p> ...
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  • ...place where there are no material miseries, or Vaikuṇṭha, is his goal, not the place where there is danger in every step of life."</p> ..., namely birth, death, old age and diseases, are present everywhere within the material world.</p> ...
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  • ...of that disciplic succession actually comes from the Lord Himself, and if the knowledge descends unbroken, it is perfect.</p> ...philosophers influenced by Śaṅkarācārya do not attribute any importance to the Vaiṣṇava understandings.</p> ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...ction a dramatic account of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's miraculous activities at the giant Ratha-yātrā (Car Festival) in Jagannātha Purī, Orissa.</p> ...
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  • ...'s protection to Vraja and lived there incognito out of fear of the enemy, and how, although unlimitedly powerful, He fled from Mathurā in fear—all the ...tradictory; everything is possible when we understand the Lord as the Lord and not as one of us, with all our imperfection.</p> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopīs and the lover of Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.</p> ...
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  • ...hna"|"service of Lord Krsna"|"service of Lord Sri Krsna"|"service of Radha and Krsna"|"service of Radha-Krishna"|"service of Sri Krsna"|"service of Vasude ...d in the superior activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, naturally retire from the inferior activities of material existence.</p> ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...de of worship in the highest perfectional stage is the method practiced by the damsels of Vraja. ...
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  • ...platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot get free from the influence of the modes of material nature. ...usness under superior training. Thus one may be freed from the clutches of Kṛṣṇa's māyā.</p> ...
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  • ...|"fortunate person"|"fortunate personality"|"fortunate persons"|"fortunate the other person"}} ...the Vedic rituals, because by direct Kṛṣṇa consciousness one can have all the results one would otherwise derive from following one's prescribed duties.< ...
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  • ...f the desertlike tongue. Despite crying in various conferences, therefore, the desertlike tongue continues to be parched.</p> ...the ingredients of all earthen pots, so the Supreme Soul is the source for the complete substance of all individual living entities.</p> ...
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  • {{terms|"subject matter is transcendental"|"subject matter of the transcendental"|"subject matter of transcendental"|"subject matter within i ...isciplic succession stemming from Kṛṣṇa. Without being a representative of Kṛṣṇa, one cannot become a teacher or spiritual master of transcendental subject ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...is limited, and our sense perception is limited; therefore we must rely on the Vedic conclusions regarding that subject matter which is inconceivable.</p> ...
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  • ...ledge of Me, without desires for profit, with no claims to proprietorship, and free from lethargy, fight.</p> ...pose of the Bhagavad-gītā. The Lord instructs that one has to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious to discharge duties, as if in military discipline.</p> ...
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  • ...fested world"|"whole material world"|"whole materialistic world"|"whole of the world"|"whole phenomenal world"|"whole physical world"|"whole rascal world" ...sult. Only when a man revives his real identity as the eternal servitor to the Lord does he become liberated.</p> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...stakes, (2) is invariably illusioned, (3) has the tendency to cheat others and (4) is limited by imperfect senses. With these four imperfections, one cann ...
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  • ...s an expansion of Kṛṣṇa. Thus Kṛṣṇa transmits information both from within and from without. We simply have to receive it. If knowledge is received in thi ...s valid on the basis of sound. Sound vibration, then, is very important in the transmission of Vedic knowledge.</p> ...
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  • ...g Svāyambhuva Manu handed her over to Prajāpati Ruci on the condition that the son born of her be returned to Manu as his son. This he did in consultation ...randson. Manu is the lawgiver of mankind, and since he personally executed the putrikā-dharma, we may accept that such a system may be adopted by mankind ...
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  • ...ords, that supreme Brahman effulgence spreads throughout both the material and spiritual skies."</p> ...al knowledge and is called impersonal Brahman, the localized Paramātmā and the Personality of Godhead."</p> ...
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  • ...ortunates or fortunate not "very fortunate" not "very very fortunate" not "very much fortunate"}} ...ord Caitanya. These teachings presented in this book are nondifferent from the Lord.</p> ...
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  • ...devotion in the service of the Lord, and they are called kṛṣṇa-bhaktas, or Kṛṣṇa conscious persons.</p> ...of Kṛṣṇa. This means that Kṛṣṇa's qualities are not material but are pure and transcendental.</p> ...
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  • ...n in material perplexities but should approach a spiritual master. This is the purport of this verse.</p> ...place where there are no material miseries, or Vaikuṇṭha, is his goal, not the place where there is danger in every step of life."</p> ...
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  • ...Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Preface and Introduction"><h3>CC Preface and Introduction</h3> ...under the control of māyā when they come into this material world. This is the fallacy of their philosophy.</p> ...
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  • ...rosses the ocean"|"crosses the oceans"|"crossing over the ocean"|"crossing the ocean"}} [[Category:Crossing Over the Ocean|1]] ...
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  • ...t is neither painful, neither pleasing, but in certain season, by touching the skin it appears to be painful or pleasant.</p> ...ulative principles and who is free from attachment and aversion can attain the mercy of God."</p> ...
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  • ...the latter devotees are placed in Vṛndāvana for the direct service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.</p> ...ing cleansed, and they are again becoming situated in the real position of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> ...
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  • ..."Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Preface and Introduction"><h3>BG Preface and Introduction</h3> ...nation in order to establish the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement more soundly and progressively.</p> ...
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  • {{terms|"very careful"|"very much careful"|"very very careful"}} [[Category:Very Careful|1]] ...
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