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	== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==		<div class="section" id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2></div>

	=== SB Canto 2 ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="SB_Canto_2" text="SB Canto 2"><h3>SB Canto 2</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~ Lord Brahmä, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, advises us that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 2.6.36" link_text="SB 2.6.36, Purport">
			<div class="heading">Lord Brahmä, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, advises us that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~SB-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.6.36\|SB 2.6.36, Purport]]:''' Lord Brahmā, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, the greatest observer of the austere life, and the greatest self-realized mystic, advises us, as the supreme spiritual master of all living beings, that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success, even up to the limit of being liberated from the miseries of material life and being endowed with all-auspicious spiritual existence.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.6.36\|SB 2.6.36, Purport]]:''' Lord Brahmā, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, the greatest observer of the austere life, and the greatest self-realized mystic, advises us, as the supreme spiritual master of all living beings, that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success, even up to the limit of being liberated from the miseries of material life and being endowed with all-auspicious spiritual existence.</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 2.7.32" link_text="SB 2.7.32, Purport">
			<div class="heading">Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~SB-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.7.32\|SB 2.7.32, Purport]]:''' Factually there is no need of offering sacrifices to the demigods for their services if one is engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities. The demigods are engaged by the Lord as controlling deities of material affairs, and according to the Bhagavad-gītā, when a demigod is worshiped the process is accepted as the indirect method for worshiping the Supreme Lord. But when the Supreme Lord is worshiped directly there is no need of worshiping the demigods or offering them sacrifices as recommended in particular circumstances.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.7.32\|SB 2.7.32, Purport]]:''' Factually there is no need of offering sacrifices to the demigods for their services if one is engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities. The demigods are engaged by the Lord as controlling deities of material affairs, and according to the Bhagavad-gītā, when a demigod is worshiped the process is accepted as the indirect method for worshiping the Supreme Lord. But when the Supreme Lord is worshiped directly there is no need of worshiping the demigods or offering them sacrifices as recommended in particular circumstances.</div>
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	=== SB Canto 3 ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="SB_Canto_3" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="SB~~-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.13.42\|SB 3.13.42, Translation]]: O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.'''</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 3.13.42" link_text="SB 3.13.42, Translation">
			<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.13.42\|SB 3.13.42, Translation]]: O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.'''</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="SB~~-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.16.8\|SB 3.16.8, Translation]]: I do not enjoy the oblations offered by the sacrificers in the sacrificial fire, which is one of My own mouths, with the same relish as I do the delicacies overflowing with ghee which are offered to the mouths of the brāhmaṇas who have dedicated to Me the results of their activities and who are ever satisfied with My prasāda.'''</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 3.16.8" link_text="SB 3.16.8, Translation">
			<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.16.8\|SB 3.16.8, Translation]]: I do not enjoy the oblations offered by the sacrificers in the sacrificial fire, which is one of My own mouths, with the same relish as I do the delicacies overflowing with ghee which are offered to the mouths of the brāhmaṇas who have dedicated to Me the results of their activities and who are ever satisfied with My prasāda.'''</div>
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	=== SB Canto 5 ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="SB_Canto_5" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 5.26.31" link_text="SB 5.26.31, Translation">
			<div class="heading">Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~SB-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 5.26.31\|SB 5.26.31, Translation]]: There are men and women in this world who sacrifice human beings to Bhairava or Bhadra Kālī and then eat their victims' flesh. Those who perform such sacrifices are taken after death to the abode of Yamarāja, where their victims, having taken the form of Rākṣasas, cut them to pieces with sharpened swords. Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.'''</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 5.26.31\|SB 5.26.31, Translation]]: There are men and women in this world who sacrifice human beings to Bhairava or Bhadra Kālī and then eat their victims' flesh. Those who perform such sacrifices are taken after death to the abode of Yamarāja, where their victims, having taken the form of Rākṣasas, cut them to pieces with sharpened swords. Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.'''</div>
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	== Lectures ==		<div class="section" id="Lectures" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div>

	=== Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit. ~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969">
			<div class="heading">Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969\|Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969]]:''' Similarly in the Vedic rituals there are many sacrificial ritualistic ceremony, demigods, but in that sacrifice there is Viṣṇu also. Therefore Viṣṇu is called Yajñeśvara, the master of the sacrifice. The demigods cannot accept the result of the sacrifice. Viṣṇu is there. Of course, we have no experience of these performances. That is a Vedic ritual performance. Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit and these things will be explained in the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969\|Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969]]:''' Similarly in the Vedic rituals there are many sacrificial ritualistic ceremony, demigods, but in that sacrifice there is Viṣṇu also. Therefore Viṣṇu is called Yajñeśvara, the master of the sacrifice. The demigods cannot accept the result of the sacrifice. Viṣṇu is there. Of course, we have no experience of these performances. That is a Vedic ritual performance. Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit and these things will be explained in the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā.</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No. ~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974">
			<div class="heading">Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974\|Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974]]:''' Actually, the sacrificer, the ingredients.... Just like grains and ghee is being offered in the fire. So the fire is also Brahman, the ingredients are also Brahman, the person who is offering ingredients, he is also Brahman, but in different categories. Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No. Everything is...		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974\|Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974]]:''' Actually, the sacrificer, the ingredients.... Just like grains and ghee is being offered in the fire. So the fire is also Brahman, the ingredients are also Brahman, the person who is offering ingredients, he is also Brahman, but in different categories. Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No. Everything is...
	This is called, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy, acintya-bhedābheda-tattva.</~~span~~>		This is called, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy, acintya-bhedābheda-tattva.</div>
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== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==

=== SB Canto 2 ===

''' Lord Brahmä, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, advises us that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success.'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.6.36|SB 2.6.36, Purport]]:''' Lord Brahmā, the greatest of all learned living beings, the greatest sacrificer, the greatest observer of the austere life, and the greatest self-realized mystic, advises us, as the supreme spiritual master of all living beings, that one should simply surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord in order to achieve all success, even up to the limit of being liberated from the miseries of material life and being endowed with all-auspicious spiritual existence.

'''Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities.'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 2.7.32|SB 2.7.32, Purport]]:''' Factually there is no need of offering sacrifices to the demigods for their services if one is engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. Sacrifices recommended in the Vedic literature for satisfaction of the demigods are a sort of inducement to the sacrificers to realize the existence of higher authorities. The demigods are engaged by the Lord as controlling deities of material affairs, and according to the Bhagavad-gītā, when a demigod is worshiped the process is accepted as the indirect method for worshiping the Supreme Lord. But when the Supreme Lord is worshiped directly there is no need of worshiping the demigods or offering them sacrifices as recommended in particular circumstances.

=== SB Canto 3 ===

'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.13.42|SB 3.13.42, Translation]]: O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.16.8|SB 3.16.8, Translation]]: I do not enjoy the oblations offered by the sacrificers in the sacrificial fire, which is one of My own mouths, with the same relish as I do the delicacies overflowing with ghee which are offered to the mouths of the brāhmaṇas who have dedicated to Me the results of their activities and who are ever satisfied with My prasāda.'''

=== SB Canto 5 ===

'''Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.'''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 5.26.31|SB 5.26.31, Translation]]: There are men and women in this world who sacrifice human beings to Bhairava or Bhadra Kālī and then eat their victims' flesh. Those who perform such sacrifices are taken after death to the abode of Yamarāja, where their victims, having taken the form of Rākṣasas, cut them to pieces with sharpened swords. Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims' blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.'''

== Lectures ==

=== Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures ===

'''Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit. '''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969|Lecture on BG 4.19-25 -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969]]:''' Similarly in the Vedic rituals there are many sacrificial ritualistic ceremony, demigods, but in that sacrifice there is Viṣṇu also. Therefore Viṣṇu is called Yajñeśvara, the master of the sacrifice. The demigods cannot accept the result of the sacrifice. Viṣṇu is there. Of course, we have no experience of these performances. That is a Vedic ritual performance. Actually the demigods, they cannot accept anything from you. But the sacrificer, he approaches a demigod for quick result for material benefit and these things will be explained in the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā.

'''Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No. '''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974|Lecture on BG 4.24 -- Bombay, April 13, 1974]]:''' Actually, the sacrificer, the ingredients.... Just like grains and ghee is being offered in the fire. So the fire is also Brahman, the ingredients are also Brahman, the person who is offering ingredients, he is also Brahman, but in different categories. Not that because everything is Brahman, therefore everything is God. No. Everything is...
This is called, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy, acintya-bhedābheda-tattva.