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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2>
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<div id="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 1 - 6"><h3>BG Chapters 1 - 6</h3>
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<div id="BG441_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="194" link="BG 4.41" link_text="BG 4.41">
<div class="heading">One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.41 (1972)|BG 4.41, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self. Thus he is not bound by the reactions of work, O conqueror of riches.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>One who follows the instruction of the Bhagavad-gītā, as it is imparted by the Lord, the Personality of Godhead Himself, becomes free from all doubts by the grace of transcendental knowledge. He, as a part and parcel of the Lord, in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is already established in self-knowledge. As such, he is undoubtedly above bondage to action.</p>
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<div id="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 7 - 12"><h3>BG Chapters 7 - 12</h3>
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<div id="BG1211_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="193" link="BG 12.11" link_text="BG 12.11">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 12.11 (1972)|BG 12.11, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.</p>
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<div id="BG_Chapters_13_-_18" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 13 - 18"><h3>BG Chapters 13 - 18</h3>
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<div id="BG142225_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_13_-_18" book="BG" index="51" link="BG 14.22-25" link_text="BG 14.22-25">
<div class="heading">A person who is said to have transcended the modes of nature is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 14.22-25 (1972)|BG 14.22-25, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of Pāṇḍu, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active; who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame, honor and dishonor; who treats alike both friend and enemy; and who has renounced all material activities—such a person is said to have transcended the modes of nature.</p>
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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_2" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 2"><h3>SB Canto 2</h3>
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<div id="SB2710_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_2" book="SB" index="209" link="SB 2.7.10" link_text="SB 2.7.10">
<div class="heading">The real purpose of such jaḍa-yoga practice is to get free from all material affection and to be completely situated in the self.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 2.7.10|SB 2.7.10, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Out of many types of mystic performances for self-realization, the process of jaḍa-yoga is also one accepted by authorities. This jaḍa-yoga involves practicing becoming like a dumb stone and not being affected by material reactions. Just as a stone is indifferent to all kinds of attacks and reattacks of external situations, similarly one practices jaḍa-yoga by tolerating voluntary infliction of pain upon the material body. Such yogīs, out of many self-infliction methods, practice plucking out the hairs on their heads, without shaving and without any instrumental help. But the real purpose of such jaḍa-yoga practice is to get free from all material affection and to be completely situated in the self.</p>
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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="SB3829_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="305" link="SB 3.8.29" link_text="SB 3.8.29">
<div class="heading">The Lord was the self-situated tree, the Lord of all others in the universe.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.8.29|SB 3.8.29, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">As a sandalwood tree is decorated with fragrant flowers and branches, the Lord's body was decorated with valuable jewels and pearls. He was the self-situated tree, the Lord of all others in the universe. And as a sandalwood tree is covered with many snakes, so the Lord's body was also covered by the hoods of Ananta.</p>
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<div id="SB32445_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="1001" link="SB 3.24.45" link_text="SB 3.24.45">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.24.45|SB 3.24.45, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">He thus became liberated from conditioned life and became self-situated in transcendental devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, the omniscient Supersoul within everyone.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3>
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<div id="SB7135_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="541" link="SB 7.13.5" link_text="SB 7.13.5">
<div class="heading">During unconsciousness and consciousness, and between the two, he should try to understand the self and be fully situated in the self.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.13.5|SB 7.13.5, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">During unconsciousness and consciousness, and between the two, he should try to understand the self and be fully situated in the self. In this way, he should realize that the conditional and liberated stages of life are only illusory and not actually factual. With such a higher understanding, he should see only the Absolute Truth pervading everything.</p>
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<div id="SB71555_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="666" link="SB 7.15.55" link_text="SB 7.15.55">
<div class="heading">One who is completely free from all material desires, being situated in the self, need not traverse the path of repeated birth and death.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.15.55|SB 7.15.55, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">This gradual process of elevation for self-realization is meant for those who are truly aware of the Absolute Truth. After repeated birth on this path, which is known as deva-yāna, one attains these consecutive stages. One who is completely free from all material desires, being situated in the self, need not traverse the path of repeated birth and death.</p>
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<div id="SB_Cantos_1014_to_12_Translations_Only" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)"><h3>SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)</h3>
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<div id="SB111827_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="3822" link="SB 11.18.27" link_text="SB 11.18.27">
<div class="heading">Thus situated in the self, one should give up one's faith in these things and should never again make them the object of one's meditation.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 11.18.27|SB 11.18.27, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">One should logically consider the universe, which is situated within the Lord, and one's own material body, which is composed of mind, speech and life air, to be ultimately products of the Lord's illusory energy. Thus situated in the self, one should give up one's faith in these things and should never again make them the object of one's meditation.</p>
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<div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2>
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<div id="Renunciation_Through_Wisdom" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Renunciation Through Wisdom"><h3>Renunciation Through Wisdom</h3>
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<div id="RTW21_0" class="quote" parent="Renunciation_Through_Wisdom" book="OB" index="13" link="RTW 2.1" link_text="Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.1">
<div class="heading">Those who are free of all material designations and are rid of the false ego, and who are thus liberated beings situated in the self—they alone can understand Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person, in truth.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:RTW 2.1|Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.1]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The lower stratum of those who strive for perfection are the karmīs, or fruitive workers, who  look to gratify their senses. Above them are the jñānīs, or seekers of knowledge, who restrain the urges of their senses and become situated on the subtle, mental plane. Superior to them are the yogīs who seek mystic perfection. Lord Caitanya has described all these persons as aśānta, restless. Among them, those who are free of all material designations and are rid of the false ego, and who are thus liberated beings situated in the self—they alone can understand Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person, in truth. When they become fully conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, such saintly souls can act as spiritual masters for all humanity, regardless of any external designation.</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="RoomConversationWithThreeCollegeStudentsJuly111973London_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="38" link="Room Conversation With Three College Students -- July 11, 1973, London" link_text="Room Conversation With Three College Students -- July 11, 1973, London">
<div class="heading">When you are self-situated, your mind and senses are controlled, and then you can talk of Kṛṣṇa. Before that you cannot talk.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation With Three College Students -- July 11, 1973, London|Room Conversation With Three College Students -- July 11, 1973, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Revatīnandana: He wants to know... If being self-situated is one thing, then where does Kṛṣṇa enter into the system? That's his question.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Self-situated. When you are self-situated... Just like in the water you are taking bath in a pool. Something has fallen on the water. Suppose your key has fallen. Now you'll have to find out. You are just trying to settle up the water and see where is the key. So when your mind and senses are controlled, then you can talk of Kṛṣṇa. Before that you cannot talk. Because Kṛṣṇa is missing, with uncontrolled mind, senses, you cannot capture Kṛṣṇa. That is not possible. The same example. When the water is agitated, you cannot see where your things have fallen. You have to wait to make the water calm and quiet. Then you'll see, "Here is my key."</p>
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