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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_3" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3>
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<div id="SB31427_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="557" link="SB 3.14.27" link_text="SB 3.14.27">
<div class="heading">Lord Śiva's uncivilized, devilish characteristics are never abominable because he teaches the sincere devotees of the Lord how to practice detachment from material enjoyment. Although he is in charge of devilish characters in the mode of ignorance, he is not affected by such association.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.14.27|SB 3.14.27, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Although no one in the material world is equal to or greater than Lord Śiva, and although his unimpeachable character is followed by great souls to dismantle the mass of nescience, he nevertheless remains as if a devil to give salvation to all devotees of the Lord.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Lord Śiva's uncivilized, devilish characteristics are never abominable because he teaches the sincere devotees of the Lord how to practice detachment from material enjoyment. He is called Mahādeva, or the greatest of all demigods, and no one is equal to or greater than him in the material world. He is almost equal with Lord Viṣṇu. Although he always associates with Māyā, Durgā, he is above the reactionary stage of the three modes of material nature, and although he is in charge of devilish characters in the mode of ignorance, he is not affected by such association.</p>
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<div id="SB31429_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="559" link="SB 3.14.29" link_text="SB 3.14.29">
<div class="heading">Lord Śiva is great, and therefore his devilish characteristics are simply imitation.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.14.29|SB 3.14.29, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Demigods like Brahmā also follow the religious rites observed by him. He is the controller of the material energy, which causes the creation of the material world. He is great, and therefore his devilish characteristics are simply imitation.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Lord Śiva is the husband of Durgā, the controller of the material energy. Durgā is personified material energy, and Lord Śiva, being her husband, is the controller of the material energy. He is also the incarnation of the mode of ignorance and one of the three deities representing the Supreme Lord. As His representative, Lord Śiva is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is very great, and his renunciation of all material enjoyment is an ideal example of how one should be materially unattached. One should therefore follow in his footsteps and be unattached to matter, not imitate his uncommon acts like drinking poison.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
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<div id="SB4228_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="87" link="SB 4.2.28" link_text="SB 4.2.28">
<div class="heading">Among the worshipers of Lord Śiva there is a section who live a devilish life.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.2.28|SB 4.2.28, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Sometimes it is necessary to preach a philosophical doctrine which is against the Vedic conclusion. In the Śiva Purāṇa it is stated that Lord Śiva said to Pārvatī that in the Kali-yuga, in the body of a brāhmaṇa, he would preach the Māyāvāda philosophy. Thus it is generally found that the worshipers of Lord Śiva are Māyāvādī followers. Lord Śiva himself says, māyāvādam asac-chāstram. Asat-śāstra, as explained here, means the doctrine of Māyāvāda impersonalism, or becoming one with the Supreme. Bhṛgu Muni cursed that persons who worshiped Lord Śiva would become followers of this Māyāvāda asat-śāstra, which attempts to establish that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is impersonal. Besides that, among the worshipers of Lord Śiva there is a section who live a devilish life. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Nārada-pañcarātra are authorized scriptures that are considered sat-śāstra, or scriptures which lead one to the path of God realization. Asat-śāstras are just the opposite.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_101_to_1013" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13"><h3>SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13</h3>
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<div id="SB10140_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_10.1_to_10.13" book="SB" index="38" link="SB 10.1.40" link_text="SB 10.1.40">
<div class="heading">Because of their devilish brains, such foolish persons will next be forced to accept an abominable life and practically never be able to liberate themselves from the conditional life of material existence.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.1.40|SB 10.1.40, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">At the present moment there is great opposition to the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, which is being called a "brainwashing" movement. But actually the so-called scientists, philosophers and other leaders in the Western countries have no brains at all. The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is trying to elevate such foolish persons by enlightening their intelligence so that they will take advantage of the human body. Unfortunately, because of gross ignorance, they regard the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement as a brainwashing movement. They do not know that without God consciousness one is forced to continue transmigrating from one body to another. Because of their devilish brains, they will next be forced to accept an abominable life and practically never be able to liberate themselves from the conditional life of material existence. How this transmigration of the soul takes place is very clearly explained in this verse.</p>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonBG13812BombayOctober31973_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="359" link="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973">
<div class="heading">The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the only challenge to this devilish life of the human society.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973|Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like nowadays people are being taught drink wine, eat meat, and do whatever you like. Jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthāḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 14.18 (1972)|BG 14.18]]). So they will go down, animal life. So they have no knowledge. And the leaders, andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.31|SB 7.5.31]]). The leaders are blind and they are leading other blind men. So it is a very dangerous civilization. In spite of being born in India, in spite of having the privilege of studying Bhagavad-gītā, they are not taking advantage of it, and they are being misled like cats and dogs. Very regrettable condition.</p>
<p>So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the only challenge to this devilish life of the human society. So I request everyone to study this philosophy very carefully and take advantage of it.</p>
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<div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<div id="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1973 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1973 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div id="RoomConversationwithReporterfromResearchersMagazineJuly241973London_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="51" link="Room Conversation with Reporter from Researchers Magazine -- July 24, 1973, London" link_text="Room Conversation with Reporter from Researchers Magazine -- July 24, 1973, London">
<div class="heading">If you want to speak your own word, why you take Bhagavad-gītā? How much devilish mentality.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Reporter from Researchers Magazine -- July 24, 1973, London|Room Conversation with Reporter from Researchers Magazine -- July 24, 1973, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: "Don't bother with any other things." Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru ([[Vanisource:BG 18.65 (1972)|BG 18.65]]). So we are teaching them, that always think of Kṛṣṇa, always become devotee of Kṛṣṇa, always offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa. So what is our difficulty? There is no difficulty. But if we actually do this, then I am Kṛṣṇa's representative. Who is representative? What the original master wants, if one does the same thing, he is representative. It is not difficult. But people will not do that. He'll try to avoid Kṛṣṇa and take Kṛṣṇa's book Bhagavad-gītā and interpret nonsensically and spoil the whole thing. This is going on. He's not ready to speak what Kṛṣṇa has spoken. He speaks his own words of the authority of Kṛṣṇa.</p>
<p>Reporter: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: This is going on. If you want to speak your own word, why you take Bhagavad-gītā? How much, ah, devilish mentality. You want to speak your own philosophy-speak. Why you take advantage of Bhagavad-gītā? But that is going on. They take advantage of Bhagavad-gītā and speak their all nonsense things. They're not representative of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa's representative is he who exactly speaks what Kṛṣṇa has spoken. It is not very difficult. So everyone can become Kṛṣṇa's representative, provided he speaks exactly like Kṛṣṇa.</p>
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<div id="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1975 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div id="MorningWalkOctober211975Johannesburg_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="222" link="Morning Walk -- October 21, 1975, Johannesburg" link_text="Morning Walk -- October 21, 1975, Johannesburg">
<div class="heading">The scripture is also devilish.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- October 21, 1975, Johannesburg|Morning Walk -- October 21, 1975, Johannesburg]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: But these demons, Prabhupāda, they pose themselves as being very religious. They pose themselves as being very religious.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: How they are religious?</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They cite scripture.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: (laughs) The scripture is also devilish.</p>
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