Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Purports, Chapter 15 - Vaniquotes
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- A reflection is temporary, for it is sometimes seen and sometimes not seen. But the origin from whence the reflection is reflected is eternal. BG 1972 purports
- Above the innumerable living entities, some of whom are conditioned and some of whom are liberated, there is the Supreme Personality who is Paramatma. BG 1972 purports
- According to Ayur-vedic sastra, we understand that there is a fire in the stomach which digests all food sent there. When the fire is not blazing, there is no hunger, and when the fire is in order, we become hungry. BG 1972 purports
- According to the statement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, there are two classes of men. The Vedas give evidence of this, so there is no doubt about it. BG 1972 purports
- According to the Vedic version, the Supreme Lord manifests and expands Himself in innumerable expansions, of which the primary expansions are called Visnu-tattva, and the secondary expansions are called the living entities. BG 1972 purports
- Actually, the effulgence is emanating from the planet of Krsna, Goloka Vrndavana. Part of that shining effulgence is covered by the mahat-tattva, the material world. BG 1972 purports
- After one enjoys the results of virtuous activities in the upper planetary systems, he comes down to this earth and renews his karma or fruitive activities for promotion. This planet of human beings is considered the field of activities. BG 1972 purports
- After the discussion of the importance of bhakti-yoga, one may question, "What about the Vedas?" It is explained in this chapter (of BG 15) that the purpose of Vedic study is to understand Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- All these planets are floating in space, and this is due to the entrance of the supreme energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His energy is sustaining each planet, just like a handful of dust. BG 1972 purports
- Although one comes here, stays for a brief time and then goes away, he has the foolish notion that he is the lord of the world. The whole world moves under this impression. BG 1972 purports
- Amongst all the living entities, both conditioned and liberated, there is one supreme living personality, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who maintains them and gives them all the facility of enjoyment according to different work. BG 1972 purports
- Anagha, O sinless one, means that unless one is free from all sinful reactions, it is very difficult to understand Krsna. One has to become free from all contamination, all sinful activities; then he can understand. BG 1972 purports
- Any living entity who has come in contact with matter, beginning from Brahma, down to a small ant, is changing its body; therefore they are all fallible. In the spiritual world, however, they are always liberated in oneness. BG 1972 purports
- Anyone who is able to understand this (that the living entities are subordinate to God), according to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, knows the purpose of the Vedas; no one else knows the purpose of the Vedas. BG 1972 purports
- As a result (of living under certain circumstances and enjoying under the spell of material nature), he (every living entity) is suffering different kinds of happiness and distress, under the illusion of sense enjoyment. BG 1972 purports
- As a tree is nourished by water, so this (Banyan) tree is nourished by the three modes of material nature. BG 1972 purports
- As far as bodily construction is concerned, there is no difference between the part and parcel living entities and the expansions of Visnumurti. BG 1972 purports
- As fragmental parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, the living entities have also fragmental qualities, of which independence is one. BG 1972 purports
- As long as a living entity is in this dark material world, he is in conditional life. BG 1972 purports
- As soon as he (a living entity) reaches the spiritual sky, by cutting through the false, perverted tree of this material world, he becomes liberated. Then there is no chance of his coming back here. BG 1972 purports
- At liberation the living entity gets a spiritual body by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
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- By His personal expansion, He is manifested in various forms like Lord Rama, Nrsimhadeva, Visnumurti and all the predominating Deities in the Vaikuntha planets. The separated expansions, the living entities, are eternally servitors. BG 1972 purports
- By incarnating Himself as the son of Satyavati and Parasara, He (the Supreme Personality) explains the Vedic knowledge as Vyasadeva. BG 1972 purports
- By misuse of that independence, one becomes a conditioned soul, and by proper use of independence he is always liberated. In either case, he is qualititatively eternal, as the Supreme Lord is. BG 1972 purports
- By performing Vedic rituals, discussing the Vedic philosophy and worshiping the Lord in devotional service, He is attained. Therefore the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- By the moonshine, all the vegetables are nourished. The moonshine is so pleasing that people can easily understand that they are living by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- By understanding one becomes gradually detached from this false reflection of reality, and by knowledge one can cut off the connection and actually become situated in the real tree. BG 1972 purports
- By understanding this philosophy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engaging in His transcendental service, everyone can become freed from all contaminations of the modes of material nature. BG 1972 purports
- By understanding Vedic literature, and one can understand his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing the different processes. Thus one can approach Him and at the end attain the supreme goal. BG 1972 purports
- By understanding Vedic literature, one can approach Him and at the end attain the supreme goal, who is no other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
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- Desire is the cause of things' being situated in this reflected material light. BG 1972 purports
- Devotional service is a process of spiritual understanding. Wherever devotional service exists, the material contamination cannot coexist. BG 1972 purports
- Devotional service is so pure and potent that once one is engaged in devotional service he automatically comes to the stage of sinlessness. BG 1972 purports
- Devotional service to the Lord and the Lord Himself are one and the same because they are spiritual - the internal energy of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
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- Even though they (the so-called yogis) are endeavoring in a so-called yoga system, they are not self-realized. Such people cannot understand the process of the transmigration of the soul. BG 1972 purports
- Every living entity has an individual soul, his personal individuality and a minute form of independence. By misuse of that independence, one becomes a conditioned soul, and by proper use of independence he is always liberated. BG 1972 purports
- Every living entity is quitting his body under certain circumstances; he is living under certain circumstances and enjoying under certain circumstances under the spell of material nature. BG 1972 purports
- Everyone must take to this consciousness of Krsna and engage in devotional service to become intelligent and purified. BG 1972 purports
- Everyone sees the sun, moon, fire and electricity. One should simply try to understand that the splendor of the sun, the splendor of the moon, and the splendor of electricity or fire are coming from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
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- Fake associations bind one to this material world. BG 1972 purports
- Finally, when one reaches to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is the end of research work. BG 1972 purports
- For one who is always expecting some honor in this material world, it is not possible to surrender to the Supreme Person. BG 1972 purports
- For one who is too much attached to this material world, it is very difficult to cut that attachment, but if he takes to Krsna consciousness, there is a chance of gradually becoming detached. BG 1972 purports
- From the root, according to sankhya philosophy, come prakrti, purusa, then the three gunas, then the five gross elements (panca-mahabhuta), then the ten senses (dasendriya), mind, etc. In this way they divide up the whole material world. BG 1972 purports
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- He (Krsna) is the cause of this extension of this material world. This is already explained by the Lord Himself: aham sarvasya prabhavah. "I am the origin of everything." BG 1972 purports. BG 1972 purports
- He (one who is engaged in the devotional service) has already come to the post because he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He has ended all preliminary processes of understanding. BG 1972 purports
- He (the conditioned soul) is bound up by the false ego, and the mind is the chief agent which is driving him in this material existence. When the mind is in the mode of goodness, his activities are good. BG 1972 purports
- He (the Lord) is not only worshipable as the impersonal Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the localized Paramatma, but as the form of the incarnation of the Vedas as well. BG 1972 purports
- He (the Lord) says that the living entities, who are innumerable, can be divided into two classes - the fallible and the infallible. BG 1972 purports
- He (the Supreme Lord) is worshipable by the conditioned soul. Thus God is all-good; God is all-merciful. BG 1972 purports
- Here (in BG 15.8) the living entity is described as isvara, the controller of his own body. If he likes, he can change his body to a higher grade, and if he likes he can move to a lower class. BG 1972 purports
- Human society is working, living comfortably and enjoying food due to the supply from the Supreme Lord. Otherwise, mankind could not survive. BG 1972 purports
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- If a person is engaged in full Krsna consciousness in devotional service of the Lord, it is to be understood that he has understood all the Vedic knowledge. BG 1972 purports
- If anyone, after speculating for hundreds of thousands of lives, does not come to the point that Krsna is the Supreme PG and that one has to surrender there, all his speculation for so many years and lives is a useless waste of time. BG 1972 purports
- If Brahma is the center of all manifestations, then this material world is a manifestation of the center by 180 degrees, and the other 180 degrees constitute the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports
- If he (the living entity) has fixed his consciousness on godly qualities, he will change into the form of a demigod. BG 1972 purports
- If he (the living entity) has made his consciousness like that of a cat or dog, he is sure to change to a cat's or dog's body. BG 1972 purports
- If he (the living entity) is in Krsna consciousness, he will be transferred to Krsnaloka in the spiritual world and will associate with Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- If one can understand that the light and splendor of the sun, moon and fire are emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, then one's Krsna consciousness will begin. BG 1972 purports
- If one can understand this indestructible tree (banyan tree) of illusion, then one can get out of it. BG 1972 purports
- If one is serious to understand the Vedic knowledge, then Krsna gives the required intelligence. Why does He present the Vedic knowledge for understanding? Because a living entity individually needs to understand Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- If someone holds a handful of dust, there is no possibility of the dust falling, but if one throws it in the air, it will fall down. BG 1972 purports
- If the living entity adulterates his consciousness with the qualities of cats and dogs, in his next life he gets a cat or dog body and enjoys. BG 1972 purports
- In all Vedic literature, beginning from the four Vedas, Vedanta-sutra and the Upanisads and Puranas, the glories of the Supreme Lord are celebrated. BG 1972 purports
- In Chapter Fourteen (of Bhagavad-gita) the contamination of all kinds of processes by material nature is described. Only devotional service is described as purely transcendental. BG 1972 purports
- In each and every individual body, the fragmental portion of the Supreme Lord is present. BG 1972 purports
- In his conditional life, the living entity considers himself to be the lord of this material world, but in his liberated state he enters into the spiritual kingdom and becomes the associate of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- In his conditioned life he (every living entity) is dominated by the material modes of nature, and he forgets the transcendental loving service. As a result, he has to struggle very hard to maintain his existence in the material world. BG 1972 purports
- In his liberated state he (every living entity) is freed from this material condition, and he is under the engagement of transcendental service unto the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- In the material world the living entity undergoes six changes-birth, growth, duration, reproduction, then dwindling and vanishing. These are the changes of the material body. BG 1972 purports
- In the previous chapters (of Bhagavad-gita) it has been explained that there are many processes by which to get out of the material entanglement. And, up to the 13th Chapter, we have seen that DS to the Supreme Lord is the best way. BG 1972 purports
- In the spiritual planets everyone lives in bodies featured like the Supreme Personality of Godhead's. BG 1972 purports
- In the spiritual sky there is no need of sunshine, moonshine, fire or electricity, because all the planets are self-luminous. BG 1972 purports
- In the spiritual world the body does not change; there is no old age, there is no birth, there is no death. There all exists in oneness. BG 1972 purports
- In the spiritual world the body is not made of matter; therefore there is no change. BG 1972 purports
- In the spiritual world there is no need of sunshine or moonshine, for the whole spiritual sky is illuminated by the internal potency of the Supreme Lord. That supreme abode can be achieved only by surrender and by no other means. BG 1972 purports
- In the Vaisnava parampara it is said that if one is engaged in the devotional service of Krsna, then there is no need for a spiritual process to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports
- It is a false claim that after the annihilation of this body everything is finished. BG 1972 purports
- It is due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that the moon nourishes all vegetables. Due to the moon's influence, the vegetables become delicious. Without the moonshine, the vegetables can neither grow nor taste succulent. BG 1972 purports
- It is incorrect to think of the Supreme Lord and the living entities as being on the same level or equal in all respects. There is always the question of superiority and inferiority in their personalities. BG 1972 purports
- It is not that one should simply speculate academically. One should submissively hear from Bhagavad-gita that these living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- It is said that because of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sun is shining and the planets are steadily moving. Were it not for Him, all the planets would scatter, like dust in air, and perish. BG 1972 purports
- It is understood that all the planets are floating in the air only by the energy of the Lord. The Lord enters into every atom, every planet, and every living being. That is discussed in the Brahma-samhita. BG 1972 purports
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- No one can see how far the tree (this banyan tree) extends, nor can one see the beginning of this tree. Yet one has to find out the cause. "I am the son of my father, my father is the son of such and such a person, etc." BG 1972 purports
- No one can surpass the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna-neither the conditioned soul nor the liberated soul. He is, therefore, the greatest of personalities. BG 1972 purports
- Not only does a living entity enjoy or suffer in this world according to the dictation from the Supreme Lord situated locally in the heart, but he receives the opportunity to understand Vedas from Him. BG 1972 purports
- Now, there is no ready experience in this world of a tree situated with its branches down and its roots upward, but there is such a thing. That tree can be found beside a reservoir of water. BG 1972 purports
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- Of course, in the spiritual world, there is no such thing as creation, but since the Supreme Personality of Godhead has stated in the Vedanta-sutra that He is the source of all emanations, that conception is explained. BG 1972 purports
- On the upper parts (of the banyan tree) are higher forms of living entities: the demigods, Gandharvas (fairies), and many other higher species of life. BG 1972 purports
- One can attain perfection by understanding Vedic literature. BG 1972 purports
- One cannot become detached from the attraction of the material world simply by dressing himself in saffron cloth. He must become attached to the devotional service of the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- One gets a different body according to karma, and he has to quit this body in due course. BG 1972 purports
- One has to associate himself with devotees, those who are in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- One has to cultivate knowledge of what is actually his own & what is actually not his own. And, when one has an understanding of things as they are, he becomes free from all dual conceptions such as happiness & distress, pleasure & pain. BG 1972 purports
- One has to develop spiritual knowledge. BG 1972 purports
- One has to find out the cause. "I am the son of my father, my father is the son of such and such a person, etc." By searching in this way, one comes to Brahma, who is generated by the Garbhodakasayi Visnu. BG 1972 purports
- One has to get out of this false notion that human society is the proprietor of this world. When one is freed from such a false notion, he becomes free from all the false associations caused by familial, social, and national affections. BG 1972 purports
- One has to search out that origin of this (banyan) tree, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through the association of persons who are in the knowledge of that Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- One must hear from persons who are actually in knowledge. As a result of such discussion in the association of devotees, one comes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then the first thing one must do is surrender to Him. BG 1972 purports
- One must learn detachment by discussion of spiritual science based on authoritative scriptures, and one must hear from persons who are actually in knowledge. BG 1972 purports
- One plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma, enters into the planets, the universe, the living entity, and even into the atom. So due to His entrance, everything is appropriately manifested. BG 1972 purports
- One should be captivated by this information. He should desire to transfer himself to that eternal world and extricate himself from this false reflection of reality. BG 1972 purports
- One should know by the cultivation of real knowledge that he is not lord of material nature; the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- One should search out a society dedicated to Krsna consciousness and learn how to discharge devotional service. In this way he can cut off his attachment to the material world. BG 1972 purports
- One should take it very seriously that devotional service as described in the Twelfth Chapter (of Bhagavad-gita) is the only way to get out of this false representation of the real tree. BG 1972 purports
- One who is attracted by the ritualistic formulas of the Vedas is attracted by the beautiful green leaves of the tree. He does not exactly know the purpose of the Vedas. BG 1972 purports
- One who is in Krsna consciousness, who is engaged in devotional service, already knows the Vedas. BG 1972 purports
- One who is trained to perceive all these things (how a living entity leaves his present body, what form of body he is going to take in the next life, why he is living in a particular type of body) is fortunate. BG 1972 purports
- One who wants to get out of this material existence must know this tree thoroughly through analytical study. Then he can cut off his relationship with it. BG 1972 purports
- One's body changes due to contact with matter; matter is changing, so the living entity appears to be changing. BG 1972 purports
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- People are considering that the land, this earth, belongs to human society, and they have divided the land under the false impression that they are the proprietors. BG 1972 purports
- Persons who are everlastingly fooled by lust and desire lose all power of understanding their change of body and their stay in a particular body. They cannot comprehend it. BG 1972 purports
- Pride is due to illusion, for although one comes here, stays for a brief time and then goes away, he has the foolish notion that he is the lord of the world. He thus makes all things complicated, and he is always in trouble. BG 1972 purports
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- Real consciousness is Krsna consciousness. When one is situated in Krsna consciousness, he is in his pure life. But if his consciousness is adulterated by some type of material mentality, in the next life he gets a corresponding body. BG 1972 purports
- Required knowledge is supplied to him (the living entity), and remembrance is given to him, and he forgets, also, about his past life. Thus, the Lord is not only all-pervading; He is also localized in every individual heart. BG 1972 purports
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- Since He (the Supreme Lord) is helping the digestion of all kinds of foodstuff, the living entity is not independant in the eating process. BG 1972 purports
- Sometimes a tract of land is barren for want of water & sometimes it is very green; similarly, where the modes of material nature are proportionately greater in quantity, the different species of life are manifested in that proportion. BG 1972 purports
- Sometimes when the fire (in the stomach) is not going nicely, treatment is required. In any case, this fire is representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- Still there are so many stubborn commentators on Bhagavad-gita who consider the Supreme Absolute Truth and the living entities to be one and the same. BG 1972 purports
- Sunrise, fire and moonlight are so pleasing to the living entities. Without their help no living entity can live. BG 1972 purports
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- That fragmental portion (of the Supreme Lord), when liberated from the bodily entanglement, revives its original spiritual body in the spiritual sky in a spiritual planet and enjoys association with the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The 2nd weakness of the heart is that as one increases the propensity of lording it over material nature, he becomes attached to matter & possession of matter. The problems of material existence are due to these weaknesses of the heart. BG 1972 purports
- The basic principle of devotional service is detachment from material activities and attachment to the transcendental service of the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The change his (of the living entity) body undergoes depends upon him. At the time of death, the consciousness he has created will carry him on to the next type of body. BG 1972 purports
- The commentation on the Vedanta-sutra by Vyasadeva in the Srimad-Bhagavatam gives the real understanding of Vedanta-sutra. BG 1972 purports
- The conditioned soul is bound up, as though shackled by iron chains. BG 1972 purports
- The conditioned soul is covered by the material body, with the mind and the senses, and when he is liberated this material covering perishes, but his spiritual body manifests in its individual capacity. BG 1972 purports
- The description of that place whence going no one returns to this false reflected tree is given here (in BG 15.3-4). BG 1972 purports
- The description of the banyan tree is further explained here (in BG 15.2). Its branches are spread in all directions. BG 1972 purports
- The entanglement of this material world is compared here (in BG 15.1) to a banyan tree. For one who is engaged in fruitive activities, there is no end to the banyan tree. He wanders from one branch to another, to another, to another. BG 1972 purports
- The first falldown is caused by the desire to lord it over material nature. Thus one gives up the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The fruits represent the results of the living entities' activities, namely, religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. BG 1972 purports
- The imperfect knower goes on simply speculating about the Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports
- The impersonalists take Brahma to be the root of this material tree. BG 1972 purports
- The individual soul is transmigrating from one body to another, and his present body and present activities are the background of his next body. BG 1972 purports
- The leaves (of the banyan tree) are sound, form, touch - the sense objects. BG 1972 purports
- The living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are individuals. BG 1972 purports
- The living entities are essentially the parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, and He is giving herewith (in BG 15.12) the hint how they can come back to Godhead, back to home. BG 1972 purports
- The living entities are eternally separated parts and parcels of the Supreme PG. When they are in contact with the material world, they are called jiva-bhutah, & the Sanskrit words given here, sarvani bhutani mean that they are fallible. BG 1972 purports
- The living entities, not only the human beings and the cats and dogs, but even the greater controllers of the material world-Brahma, Siva, & even Visnu-are all parts & parcels of the Supreme Lord. They are all eternal, not temporary. BG 1972 purports
- The living entities, who are struggling in this world with the mind and five senses, have their material bodies which are changing as long as the living entities are conditioned. BG 1972 purports
- The living entity forgets as soon as he quits his present body, but he begins his work again, initiated by the Supreme Lord. Although he forgets, the Lord gives him the intelligence to renew his work where he ended his last life. BG 1972 purports
- The living entity forgets everything of his past life, but he has to act according to the direction of the Supreme Lord, who is witness to all his work. Therefore he begins his work according to his past deeds. BG 1972 purports
- The living entity is described as isvara (in BG 15.8), the controller of his own body. If he likes, he can change his body to a higher grade, and if he likes he can move to a lower class. Minute independence is there. BG 1972 purports
- The living entity is the fragmental part and parcel of the Supreme Lord-eternally. It is not that he assumes individuality in his conditional life and in his liberated state becomes one with the Supreme Lord. He is eternally fragmented. BG 1972 purports
- The living entity, being the fragmental part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, is qualitatively one, just as the parts and parcels of gold are also gold. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord clearly explains that this is the substance of all revealed scriptures. And one should understand this as it is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus one will become intelligent & perfect in transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord in His incarnation as Vyasadeva compiled the Vedanta-sutra. Here (in BG 15.16) the Lord is giving, in summary, the contents of the Vedanta-sutra. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord is said to be the sun, and ignorance is called darkness. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord is situated within sound and within the body, within the air and even within the stomach as the digestive force. BG 1972 purports
- The major portion of that shining sky is full of spiritual planets, which are called Vaikunthas, chief of which is Goloka Vrndavana. BG 1972 purports
- The material world is the perverted reflection, so the spiritual world must have the same variegatedness, but in reality. BG 1972 purports
- The perfect knower, without wasting his valuable time, engages directly in Krsna consciousness, the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Throughout the whole of Bhagavad-gita, this fact is being stressed at every step. BG 1972 purports
- The personal expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the individual identities of the Godhead, are always present. Similarly, the separated expansions of living entities have their identities. BG 1972 purports
- The prakrti is the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and the purusa is the Supreme Lord Himself, and that is explained in Bhagavad-gita. Since this manifestation is material, it is temporary. BG 1972 purports
- The process of breaking attachment to the material world is discussed in the beginning of this chapter (BG 15). BG 1972 purports
- The purpose of the Vedas, as disclosed by the Personality of Godhead Himself, is to cut down this reflected tree and attain the real tree of the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports
- The real form of this banyan tree cannot be understood in this material world. Since the root is upwards, the extension of the real tree is at the other end. BG 1972 purports
- The root of this material existence grows upward. This means that it begins from the total material substance, from the topmost planet of the universe. From there, the whole universe is expanded, with so many branches. BG 1972 purports
- The roots, which are subsidiary, are the by-products of different varieties of suffering and sense enjoyment. Thus we develop attachment and aversion. BG 1972 purports
- The Sanskrit word sanatana (eternal) is used. The fragmental portion is eternal. BG 1972 purports
- The shining effulgence of all those planets (called Vaikunthas) constitutes the shining sky known as the brahmajyoti. BG 1972 purports
- The spirit cannot be cut into pieces. This fragment is not materially conceived. It is not like matter which can be cut into pieces and joined together again. BG 1972 purports
- The spiritual world, the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna-which is known as Krsnaloka, Goloka Vrndavana-is described here (in BG 15.6). BG 1972 purports
- The splendor of the sun, the splendor of the moon, & the splendor of electricity or fire are coming from the SPG. In such a conception of life, the beginning of KC, lies a great deal of advancement for the conditioned soul in this world. BG 1972 purports
- The subtle body, which carries the conception of the next body, develops another body in the next life. This process of transmigrating from one body to another and struggling while in the body is called karsati or struggle for existence. BG 1972 purports
- The sun is illuminating the whole solar system. There are different universes and solar systems, and there are different suns, moons and planets also. Sunlight is due to the spiritual effulgence in the spiritual sky of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The Supersoul coming out of the body enters the impersonal brahmajyoti; then in His form He remains in His spiritual identity. That Supreme is called the Supreme Personality. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Lord is situated as Paramatma in everyone's heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Lord is so full that for the deliverance of the conditioned soul He is the supplier & digester of foodstuff, the witness of his activity, the giver of knowledge in the form of Vedas & as the SPG, Krsna, the teacher of the BG. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality is exhibiting and diffusing His spiritual effulgence, which is the ultimate illumination. That Supreme Personality also has a localized aspect as Paramatma. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead clearly explains that anyone who knows Lord Krsna as the Supreme Person is actually the knower of everything. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone's heart as Paramatma. A wise man who can understand Him is eligible to attain the perfect peace, not others. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the original root from whom everything has emanated. BG 1972 purports
- The tendencies toward piety and impiety are considered to be the secondary roots, spreading in all directions. The real root is from Brahmaloka, and the other roots are in the human planetary systems. BG 1972 purports
- The tree of this material world has no end, and for one who is attached to this (banyan) tree , there is no possibility of liberation. BG 1972 purports
- The tree of this material world is only a reflection of the real tree of the spiritual world. This reflection of the spiritual world is situated on desire, just as the tree's reflection is situated on water. BG 1972 purports
- The twigs of the tree (the banyan tree) are considered to be the sense objects. By development of the different modes of nature, we develop different senses, and, by the senses, we enjoy different varieties of sense objects. BG 1972 purports
- The unintelligent cannot understand how things are taking place. The beginning of knowledge can be established by understanding what the Lord explains here (in BG 15.12). BG 1972 purports
- The Vedas give the right direction to the people so that they can properly mold their lives and come back to Godhead, back to home. BG 1972 purports
- The Vedas give us direction to understand Krsna and the process of understanding. The ultimate goal is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- The Vedas offer knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and Krsna in His incarnation as Vyasadeva is the compiler of the Vedanta-sutra. BG 1972 purports
- The Vedic hymns, meant for elevating oneself, are called the leaves of this (banyan) tree. This tree's roots grow upward because they begin from where Brahma is located, the topmost planet of this universe. BG 1972 purports
- The Visnu-tattva is the personal expansion, and the living entities are separated expansions. BG 1972 purports
- The word anagha (in BG 15.20), by which Arjuna is addressed, is significant. BG 1972 purports
- The word asanga (in BG 15.3-4) is very important in this connection because the attachment for sense enjoyment and lording it over the material nature is very strong. BG 1972 purports
- The word bhajate (in BG 15.19) is very significant. In many places the word bhajate is expressed in relationship with the service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The word jnana-caksusah is very significant. Without knowledge, one cannot understand how a living entity leaves his present body, nor what form of body he is going to take in the next life. BG 1972 purports
- The word karsati (struggling or grappling hard) is very significant. BG 1972 purports
- The word mamaivamsah (fragmental parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord) is also very significant. The fragmental portion of the Supreme Lord is not like some material broken part. BG 1972 purports
- The word rasatmakah (in BG 15.13) is very significant. Everything becomes palatable by the agency of the Supreme Lord through the influence of the moon. BG 1972 purports
- The word yoginah is significant in this connection. In the present day there are many so-called yogis, and there are many so-called associations of yogis, but they are actually blind in the matter of self-realization. BG 1972 purports
- The words paramam mama are very important here (in BG 15.6). Actually every nook and corner is the property of the Supreme Lord, but the spiritual world is paramam, full of six opulences. BG 1972 purports
- There (in the spiritual kingdom) he (the living entity) enjoys eternal bliss, eternal life, and full knowledge. BG 1972 purports
- There are four kinds of foodstuff: some are swallowed, some are chewed, some are licked up, and some are sucked, and He (the Supreme Lord) is the digestive force for all of them. BG 1972 purports
- There are many philosophical speculations about the constitutional position of the living entities and the Supreme Absolute Truth. BG 1972 purports
- There are many transcendentalists in the path of spiritual self-realization, but one who is not situated in self-realization cannot see how things are changing in the body of the living entity. BG 1972 purports
- There are variegated manifestations of living entities, such as human beings, animals, horses, cows, dogs, cats, etc. These are situated on the lower parts of the branches (of the banyan tree). BG 1972 purports
- These planets, which are floating in air, are actually held in the fist of the universal form of the Supreme Lord. By His strength and energy, all moving and unmoving things stay in their place. BG 1972 purports
- They (people in general) should come out of it (conditional life) and be Krsna conscious and liberate themselves to transfer to the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports
- They (the so-called yogis) are simply addicted to some sort of gymnastic exercise and are satisfied if the body is well-built and healthy. They have no other information. They are called yatanto 'py akrtatmanah. BG 1972 purports
- This particular word uttama is very significant. No one can surpass the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- This process of extrication should be understood. BG 1972 purports
- This requires a great amount of knowledge (to understand how a living entity leaves his present body & what form of body he is going to take in next life) understood from BG & similar literatures heard from a bona fide spiritual master. BG 1972 purports
- This tree, being the reflection of the real tree, is an exact replica. Everything is there in the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports
- Those who are highly developed in Krsna consciousness try their best to give this knowledge to the people in general, for their conditional life is very much troublesome. BG 1972 purports
- Those who are in oneness with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are called infallible. Oneness does not mean that they have no individuality, but that there is no disunity. They are all agreeable to the purpose of the creation. BG 1972 purports
- Those who are in the yoga system and have realized the self, the world, and the Supreme Lord, in other words, the bhakti-yogis, those engaged in pure devotional service in Krsna consciousness, can understand how things are taking place. BG 1972 purports
- To gain favor of that Personality of Godhead (Krsna), one has only to surrender, and this is a result of performing devotional service by hearing, chanting, etc. BG 1972 purports
- To get out of the entanglement of this strong banyan tree of material life, one must surrender to Krsna. As soon as one surrenders unto Krsna, he becomes detached automatically from this material extension. BG 1972 purports
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- Unless one comes to this position of understanding Krsna and engages in devotional service, however intelligent he may be in the estimation of some common man, he is not perfectly intelligent. BG 1972 purports
- Unless the Supreme Lord helps him (the living entity) in digesting, there is no possibility of eating. He thus produces and digests foodstuff, and, by His grace, we are enjoying life. BG 1972 purports
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- Vedic knowledge is called sruti learning by aural reception. One should actually receive the Vedic message from authorities like Krsna and His representatives. BG 1972 purports
- Vedic mantras confirm that the Supreme Lord or Brahman is situated in the form of fire within the stomach and is digesting all kinds of foodstuff. BG 1972 purports
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- We can see that the trees on the bank reflect upon the water with their branches down and roots up. BG 1972 purports
- We have only one planet in this universe, the sun, which is self-luminous, but all the planets in the spiritual sky are self-luminous. BG 1972 purports
- When a living entity gives up this material embodiment and enters into the spiritual world, he can hear and speak to Him face to face, and he can understand the Supreme Personality as He is. BG 1972 purports
- When a living entity gives up this material embodiment and enters into the spiritual world, he revives his spiritual body, and in his spiritual body he can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. BG 1972 purports
- When one has an understanding of things as they are, he becomes full in knowledge; then it is possible for him to surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
- When one is free from delusion caused by pride, he can begin the process of surrender. BG 1972 purports
- When one is not situated in Krsna consciousness, he does not necessarily get a human body again; he can get the body of a cat, dog, hog, demigod or one of many other forms, for there are 8,400,000 species. BG 1972 purports
- When the mind is in the mode of passion, his (the conditioned soul's) activities are troublesome; and when the mind is in the mode of ignorance, he travels in the lower species of life. BG 1972 purports
- When the spirit soul is there, a living man can float on the water, but when the living spark is out of the body and the body is dead, it sinks. Of course when it is decomposed it floats just like straw and other things. BG 1972 purports
- Where the sun is present, there is no question of darkness. Therefore, whenever devotional service is present under the proper guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, there is no question of ignorance. BG 1972 purports
- While performing devotional service in the association of pure devotees in full Krsna consciousness, there are certain things which require to be vanquished altogether. The most important thing one has to surmount is weakness of heart. BG 1972 purports
- Who have developed spiritual knowledge, can see that the spirit is different from the body and is changing its body & enjoying in different ways. A person in such knowledge can understand how the conditioned living entity is suffering. BG 1972 purports
- With the rise of the sun, the activities of human beings are set up. They set fire to prepare their foodstuff; they set fire to start the factories, etc. So many things are done with the help of fire. BG 1972 purports
- Without Krsna's mercy there cannot be sun, without His mercy there cannot be moon, & without His mercy there cannot be fire, & without the help of sun, moon & fire, no one can live. These are some thoughts to provoke Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports