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08:4208:42, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,607 N The material elements (earth, water, fire, etc.) are like smoke, the living entities are like sparks, and material nature as pradhana is like the flaming wood Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material elements"|"are like smoke, the living entities are like sparks, and material nature as pradhana is like the flaming …'
08:3908:39, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,369 N The external energy, composed of pradhana or prakrti as the ingredient-supplying portion and maya as the causal portion, is known as maya-sakti Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The external energy, composed of pradhana or prakrti as the ingredient-supplying portion and maya as the causal portion, is known…'
08:3608:36, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,086 N In the avyakta stage, material nature is without varieties. Varieties are manifested by the pradhana portion of maya. The word pradhana is therefore more important than avyakta or prakrti Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the avyakta stage, material nature is without varieties. Varieties are manifested by the pradhana portion of maya. The word pr…'
08:3408:34, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,008 N The word avyakta, referring to the nonmanifested, is another name of pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word avyakta, referring to the nonmanifested, is another name of pradhana"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|MadhuGopaldas}} {{complete…'
08:3308:33, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,270 N The material ingredients are a manifestation of maya as pradhana. In other words, when the three qualities of maya are in a dormant stage, they exist as prakrti, avyakta or pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material ingredients are a manifestation of maya as pradhana. In other words, when the three qualities of maya are in a dorma…'
08:3108:31, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,168 N Although the living entity is primarily related to the causal portion of maya, he is nevertheless conducted by the ingredients of maya. Three forces work in the causal portion of maya: knowledge, desire and activity Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the living entity is primarily related to the causal portion of maya, he is nevertheless conducted by the ingredients of…'
08:2508:25, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,063 N An explicit description of these divisions (maya and pradhana) of the external energy is given in Srimad-Bhagavatam Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An explicit description of these divisions of the external energy is given in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Madhu…'
08:2108:21, 30 July 2012 diff hist +4,129 N Maya is both the cause of the cosmic manifestation and the agent who supplies its ingredients. As the cause of the cosmic manifestation she is known as maya, and as the agent supplying the ingredients of the cosmic manifestation she is known as pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Maya is both the cause of the cosmic manifestation and the agent who supplies its ingredients. As the cause of the cosmic manifes…'
08:1808:18, 30 July 2012 diff hist +3,827 N Maya has two varieties of existence. One is called pradhana or prakrti. It supplies the ingredients of the material world Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Maya has two varieties of existence. One is called pradhana or prakrti. It supplies the ingredients of the material world"}} {{no…'
08:1508:15, 30 July 2012 diff hist +7,748 N Material nature has two different phases. The aspect called pradhana supplies the material ingredients for cosmic development, and the aspect called maya causes the manifestation of her ingredients, which are temporary, like foam in the ocean Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature has two different phases. The aspect called pradhana supplies the material ingredients for cosmic development, an…'
08:1208:12, 30 July 2012 diff hist +5,583 N As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhana, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as maya. But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhana, and as the source of the manifestations of the …'
08:0908:09, 30 July 2012 diff hist +5,967 N The external and marginal potencies are so called under various conditions, but in the original, internal potencies there are no such conditions, nor is it possible for the conditions of the external potency to exist in the marginal, or vice versa Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The external and marginal potencies are so called under various conditions, but in the original, internal potencies there are no …'
08:0508:05, 30 July 2012 diff hist +6,144 N Although all three potencies - namely internal, external and marginal - are essentially one in the ultimate issue, they are different in action, like electric energy, which can produce both cold and heat under different conditions Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although all three potencies"|"are essentially one in the ultimate issue, they are different in action, like electric energy, whi…'
08:0108:01, 30 July 2012 diff hist +6,016 N The pradhana, the chief cause of all causes in the impersonal vision, is none other than the Supreme Lord, whom one can see face to face in the internal potency. He takes the material all-pervasive form by His inconceivable power Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pradhana, the chief cause of all causes in the impersonal vision, is none other than the Supreme Lord, whom one can see face …'
07:5807:58, 30 July 2012 diff hist +3,870 N Devaki prayed - After many millions of years, when Lord Brahma comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation takes place. At that time the five elements - namely earth, water, fire, air and ether - enter into the mahat-tattva Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After many millions of years, when Lord Brahma comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation takes p…'
07:5307:53, 30 July 2012 diff hist +3,652 N Devaki prayed - (After cosmic annihilation) the mahat-tattva enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material energy, the total material energy enters into the energetic pradhana, and the pradhana enters into You - the SP of Godhead Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mahat-tattva again enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material energy, the total material energy ente…'
07:4607:46, 30 July 2012 diff hist +5,739 N The Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, is the master of both pradhana and purusa. Pradhana means subtle matter, such as ether. Purusa means the spiritual spark living entities who are entangled in that subtle material existence Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, is the master of both pradhana and purusa. Pradhana means subtle matter, such as…'
07:4407:44, 30 July 2012 diff hist +5,565 N These (pradhana and purusa) may also be described as para prakrti and apara prakrti, as stated in Bhagavad-gita. Krsna, being the controller of both the prakrtis, is thus the master of pradhana and purusa Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These may also be described as para prakrti and apara prakrti, as stated in Bhagavad-gita. Krsna, being the controller of both th…'

15:5315:53, 29 July 2012 diff hist +5,963 N Within this egglike universe is the universal form of the Lord as the virat-purusa. All the different planetary situations are parts of His body Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Within this egglike universe is the universal form of the Lord as the virat-purusa. All the different planetary situations are pa…'
15:5015:50, 29 July 2012 diff hist +5,952 N As an egg is covered by a shell, the universe is also covered by various layers. The first layer is water, the next is fire, then air, then sky, and the ultimate holding crust is pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As an egg is covered by a shell, the universe is also covered by various layers. The first layer is water, the next is fire, then…'
15:4715:47, 29 July 2012 diff hist +6,167 N Each layer (of the universe) is ten times bigger than the previous one, and the final outside layer is covered by pradhana. Within this egg is the universal form of Lord Hari, of whose body the fourteen planetary systems are parts Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Each layer is ten times bigger than the previous one, and the final outside layer is covered by pradhana. Within this egg is the …'
15:4415:44, 29 July 2012 diff hist +4,549 N Material nature's primal factor is the mahat-tattva, or breeding source of all varieties. This part of material nature, which is called pradhana as well as Brahman, is impregnated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature's primal factor is the mahat-tattva, or breeding source of all varieties. This part of material nature, which is …'
15:4015:40, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,343 N Before this agitation, it (pradhana) remains in the neutral state, without interaction by the three modes of material nature Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before this agitation, it remains in the neutral state, without interaction by the three modes of material nature"}} {{notes|}} {…'
15:3715:37, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,520 N The unmanifested state of material nature, pradhana, is being explained. The Lord says that when the unmanifested material nature is agitated by the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it begins to manifest itself in different ways Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unmanifested state of material nature, pradhana, is being explained. The Lord says that when the unmanifested material nature…'
15:3415:34, 29 July 2012 diff hist +2,686 N In the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures, the sum total of the twenty-four elements, pradhana, is also described as yonir mahad brahma; it is the source of the birth and subsistence of all living entities Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures, the sum total of the twenty-four elements, pradhana, is also described as y…'
15:3015:30, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,706 N The condition of material nature immediately previous to its manifestation is called pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the condition of material nature immediately previous to its manifestation is called pradhana"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|MadhuGopal…'
15:2915:29, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,583 N Pradhana is not the time element because in the time element there are actions and reactions, creation and annihilation Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pradhana is not the time element because in the time element there are actions and reactions, creation and annihilation"}} {{note…'
15:2615:26, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,728 N Nor is it (Pradhana) the jiva, or marginal potency of living entities, or designated, conditioned living entities, because the designations of the living entities are not eternal Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor is it the jiva, or marginal potency of living entities, or designated, conditioned living entities, because the designations …'
15:2315:23, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,940 N The actual explanation of pradhana, however, is given here: when the cause and effect are not clearly manifested (avyakta), the reaction of the total elements does not take place, and that stage of material nature is called pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The actual explanation of pradhana, however, is given here: when the cause and effect are not clearly manifested"|"the reaction o…'
15:1915:19, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,421 N One may argue that the mahat-tattva is also different from pradhana because in the mahat-tattva there are manifestations Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may argue that the mahat-tattva is also different from pradhana because in the mahat-tattva there are manifestations"}} {{not…'
15:1715:17, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,901 N Impersonalists say that Brahman is without variegatedness and without differentiation. One may say that pradhana is the Brahman stage, but actually the Brahman stage is not pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Impersonalists say that Brahman is without variegatedness and without differentiation. One may say that pradhana is the Brahman s…'
15:1515:15, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,454 N Pradhana is distinct from Brahman because in Brahman there is no existence of the material modes of nature Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pradhana is distinct from Brahman because in Brahman there is no existence of the material modes of nature"}} {{notes|}} {{compil…'
15:0815:08, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,724 N When the total material elements are manifested by the interaction of the three modes of material nature, the manifestation is called prakrti Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the total material elements are manifested by the interaction of the three modes of material nature, the manifestation is ca…'
15:0715:07, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,564 N The Lord points out material nature in its subtle stage, which is called pradhana, and He analyzes this pradhana Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord points out material nature in its subtle stage, which is called pradhana, and He analyzes this pradhana"}} {{notes|}} {{…'
15:0415:04, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,765 N The explanation of pradhana and prakrti is that pradhana is the subtle, undifferentiated sum total of all material elements. Although they are undifferentiated, one can understand that the total material elements are contained therein Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The explanation of pradhana and prakrti is that pradhana is the subtle, undifferentiated sum total of all material elements. Alth…'
14:5514:55, 29 July 2012 diff hist +7,415 N The material nature, as the material cause, is known as pradhana, and as efficient cause is known as maya. But since it is inert matter, it is not the remote cause of creation Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material nature, as the material cause, is known as pradhana, and as efficient cause is known as maya. But since it is inert …'
14:5214:52, 29 July 2012 diff hist +4,488 N The five great elements are a gross representation of the false ego, which in turn represents the primal stage of false ego technically called the materialistic conception, or tamasa-buddhi, intelligence in ignorance Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The five great elements are a gross representation of the false ego, which in turn represents the primal stage of false ego techn…'
14:4714:47, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,239 N Here (in BG 5.10) brahmani means in Krsna consciousness. The material world is a sum total manifestation of the three modes of material nature, technically called the pradhana. BG 1972 purports Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material world is a sum total manifestation of the three modes of material nature, technically called the pradhana"}} {{notes…'
14:4514:45, 29 July 2012 diff hist +13,017 N King Kulasekhara next addresses the Lord as Dayapara, "He who is causelessly merciful," because there is no one but the Lord who can be a causelessly merciful friend to us. He is therefore also called Dina-bandhu - the friend of the needy Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He who is causelessly merciful"|"King Kulasekhara next addresses the Lord as Dayapara"|"because there is no one but the Lord who …'
14:4014:40, 29 July 2012 diff hist +4,953 N Lord Krsna is also known as dina-natha or dina-bandhu, the master or actual friend of the poor living entities, and His pure devotee also takes the same position of dina-natha Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Krsna is also known as dina-natha or dina-bandhu, the master or actual friend of the poor living entities, and His pure devo…'
14:3614:36, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,543 N Those who engage in devotional service are unaffected by the results of their material activities. Otherwise, everyone, from the smallest microbe up to the King of heaven, Indra, is subject to the laws of karma Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who engage in devotional service are unaffected by the results of their material activities. Otherwise, everyone, from the …'
14:3314:33, 29 July 2012 diff hist +5,698 N Every living entity, according to karma, his past desires and activities, gets a particular type of body, from that of Brahma to that of a microbe or germ in stool Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"every living entity, according to karma, his past desires and activities, gets a particular type of body, from that of Brahma to …'
14:3114:31, 29 July 2012 diff hist +5,551 N The living entity, separated from the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, tries to enjoy this material world. He is given a chance to enjoy it in a particular type of body, beginning with the body of a Brahma down to that of the microbe Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the living entity, separated from the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, tries to enjoy this material world. He i…'
14:2714:27, 29 July 2012 diff hist +9,738 N In this way a living entity becomes devoid of his real intelligence and becomes perpetually lost in the cycle of birth and death. Thus he goes up and down from a microbe in stool to a high position in the Brahmaloka planet Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way a living entity becomes devoid of his real intelligence and becomes perpetually lost in the cycle of birth and death.…'
13:4913:49, 29 July 2012 diff hist +695 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead also remains within the heart of the living entity, regardless of whether the living entity is a man, animal, tree, germ or microbe Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead also remains within the heart of the living entity, regardless of whether the living entity is…'
13:2213:22, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,351 N As the individual body of the living entity is composed of millions of cells, germs and microbes, the universal body of the Supreme Lord similarly contains all the individual bodies of the living entities Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the individual body of the living entity is composed of millions of cells, germs and microbes, the universal body of the Supre…'
13:1513:15, 29 July 2012 diff hist +6,346 N The procession of Lord Krsna's party advanced toward Hastinapura (New Delhi) and gradually passed through the kingdoms of Anarta (Gujarat Province), Sauvira (Surat), the great desert of Rajasthan, and then Kuruksetra Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the procession of Lord Krsna's party advanced toward Hastinapura (New Delhi) and gradually passed through the kingdoms of Anarta …'
13:1213:12, 29 July 2012 diff hist +5,054 N The body of the King (Rahugana) is simply another transformation of earth, but within that body Your Lordship is situated and falsely thinking that you are the King of the state of Sauvira Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body of the King is simply another transformation of earth, but within that body Your Lordship is situated and falsely thinki…'
13:0613:06, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,174 N Bharata Maharaja, now Jada Bharata, was successfully accepted by King Rahugana, ruler of the states known as Sindhu and Sauvira Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bharata Maharaja, now Jada Bharata, was successfully accepted by King Rahugana, ruler of the states known as Sindhu and Sauvira"}…'
13:0313:03, 29 July 2012 diff hist +3,921 N He (Vidura) passed through very wealthy provinces like Surat, Sauvira and Matsya and through western India, known as Kurujangala. At last he reached the bank of the Yamuna, where he happened to meet Uddhava, the great devotee of Lord Krsna Created page with '<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thereafter he passed through very wealthy provinces like Surat, Sauvira and Matsya and through western India, known as Kurujangal…'

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