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06:2206:22, 9 April 2017 diff hist +8,058 N Lord Krsna said, "Actually, one cannot be happy without executing his proper prescribed duty. One who does not, therefore, properly discharge his prescribed duties is compared to an unchaste wife" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, one cannot be happy without executing his proper prescribed duty. One who does not, therefore, properly discharge hi..."
06:2006:20, 9 April 2017 diff hist +7,850 N Lord Krsna said, "The demigods will be satisfied by proper execution of all duties, so there is no need to worship them. Let us, rather, perform our prescribed duties very nicely" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demigods will be satisfied by proper execution of all duties, so there is no need to worship them. Let us, rather, perform..."
06:1406:14, 9 April 2017 diff hist +7,850 N Lord Krsna said, "One should be careful to discharge duties according to his natural instinct and not divert attention to the worship of various demigods" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be careful to discharge duties according to his natural instinct and not divert attention to the worship of various..."
06:1006:10, 9 April 2017 diff hist +7,893 N Lord Krsna said, "All living entities achieve higher or lower bodies and create enemies, friends or neutral parties only because of their different kinds of work" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities achieve higher or lower bodies and create enemies, friends or neutral parties only because of their differ..."
06:0706:07, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,427 N But the brahmanas, although they had come to know the supremacy of the Lord and were repenting, were still afraid of King Kamsa because they were too much addicted to fruitive activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the brāhmaṇas, although they had come to know the supremacy of the Lord and were repenting, were still afraid of King K..."
06:0506:05, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,340 N The wives of the brahmanas, because they were inspired by pure devotional service, did not care for any kind of opposition. They immediately went to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The wives of the brāhmaṇas, because they were inspired by pure devotional service, did not care for any kind of opposition...."
06:0306:03, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,326 N It is very difficult for one to surrender fully unto the Personality of Godhead without being purified by devotional service. The example of the learned brahmanas and their wives is vivid Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is very difficult for one to surrender fully unto the Personality of Godhead without being purified by devotional service...."
06:0006:00, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,409 N The brahmanas repented their sinful activities. They wanted to go personally to offer their obeisances unto Him, but being afraid of Kamsa, they could not go to Krsna and surrender unto Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The brāhmaṇas repented their sinful activities. They wanted to go personally to offer their obeisances unto Him, but being..."
05:5705:57, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,549 N The brahmanas said, "We therefore pray to the Lord to be kind enough to excuse us because we are simply captivated by His external energy. We transgressed His order without knowing His transcendental glories" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We therefore pray to the Lord to be kind enough to excuse us because we are simply captivated by His external energy. We trans..."
05:5505:55, 9 April 2017 diff hist +4,402 N The brahmanas said, "Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Krsna, under whose illusory energy, called maya, we are absorbed in fruitive activities" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, under whose illusory energy, called..."
05:5305:53, 9 April 2017 diff hist +5,861 N The brahmanas said, "We are very proud because we have such exalted wives who have developed pure transcendental service of the Lord without being shackled by our rigid opposition" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we are very proud because we have such exalted wives who have developed pure transcendental service of the Lord without being..."
05:5005:50, 9 April 2017 diff hist +5,751 N The brahmanas said, "Because He has appeared as a child in the dynasty of the Yadus, we were so foolish that we could not understand that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because He has appeared as a child in the dynasty of the Yadus, we were so foolish that we could not understand that He is the..."
05:4805:48, 9 April 2017 diff hist +5,765 N The demigods, the performer of the sacrifice and the religious principles are all meant for understanding Krsna, for Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the Supreme Lord Visnu and the Lord of all mystic yogis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the demigods, the performer of the sacrifice and the religious principles are all meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa, for K..."
05:4605:46, 9 April 2017 diff hist +5,890 N The Vedic ceremonial paraphernalia, the suitable place, the suitable time, the different grades of articles for performing the ritualistic ceremonies, the Vedic hymns, the process of sacrifice, the priest who is able to perform the sacrifice, the fire Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic ceremonial paraphernalia, the suitable place, the suitable time, the different grades of articles for performing the..."
05:4305:43, 9 April 2017 diff hist +6,481 N It is simply illusion for one to think that Krsna begged food from the brahmanas. It was actually a trick to show them mercy by teaching them that they should accept Him in pure devotional service instead of engaging in ritualistic ceremonies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is simply illusion for one to think that Kṛṣṇa begged food from the brāhmaṇas. It was actually a trick to show the..."
05:4005:40, 9 April 2017 diff hist +6,841 N In Vedic literatures like the Brahma-samhita it is stated that Krsna is served in His abode with great respect by not only one goddess of fortune but many thousands Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vedic literatures like the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated that Kṛṣṇa is served in His abode with great respect by not..."
05:3705:37, 9 April 2017 diff hist +8,192 N Such a person should understand that the goddess of fortune is always engaged in His service. In this way the goddess can break her faulty habit of restlessness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"such a person should understand that the goddess of fortune is always engaged in His service. In this way the goddess can brea..."
05:3505:35, 9 April 2017 diff hist +8,155 N If someone denies the self-sufficiency of Krsna on hearing that He was tending the cows for His livelihood, or if someone doubts His not being in need of the food, thinking that He was actually hungry Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If someone denies the self-sufficiency of Kṛṣṇa on hearing that He was tending the cows for His livelihood, or if someon..."
05:3205:32, 9 April 2017 diff hist +7,949 N The brahmanas continued, "He (Krsna) had no need to send them (His friends). He could have satisfied their hunger then and there just by willing to do so" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He had no need to send them. He could have satisfied their hunger then and there just by willing to do so"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
05:2905:29, 9 April 2017 diff hist +8,287 N The brahmanas continued, "Even though we were reminded of Krsna and Balarama by the cowherd boys, we disregarded Them. We now think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply played a trick of mercy on us by sending His friends to beg food from us" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though we were reminded of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma by the cowherd boys, we disregarded Them. We now think that the Supr..."
05:2605:26, 9 April 2017 diff hist +8,184 N The brahmanas continued, "Although we are considered to be masters in all purificatory processes, we did not actually know what their goal is because we are too much attached to the materialistic way of life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although we are considered to be masters in all purificatory processes, we did not actually know what their goal is because we..."
05:2305:23, 9 April 2017 diff hist +7,820 N The brahmanas continued, "They (our wives) have surpassed all of us in firm faith and devotion unto Krsna" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They have surpassed all of us in firm faith and devotion unto Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}}..."

17:0217:02, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,576 N After His meditation, Lord Krsna would regularly bathe early in the morning with clear, sanctified water. Then He would change into fresh clothing, cover Himself with a wrapper and engage Himself in His daily religious functions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After His meditation, the Lord would regularly bathe early in the morning with clear, sanctified water. Then He would change i..."
17:0017:00, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,283 N His (Krsna's) meditation on Brahman or Paramatma or Bhagavan is on Himself only and not on anything else beyond Himself. This meditation cannot be imitated by the ordinary living entity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His meditation on Brahman or Paramātmā or Bhagavān is on Himself only and not on anything else beyond Himself. This meditat..."
16:5616:56, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,238 N Krsna Himself is simply sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (BS 5.1), the eternal form of bliss and knowledge, and because of His inconceivable greatness, He is called the Supreme Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa Himself is simply sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha"|"the eternal form of bliss and knowledge, and because of His inconceiva..."
16:5416:54, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,354 N All these material qualities can act upon the conditioned souls, but there is no such action and reaction upon Krsna because these qualities are all simultaneously one with and different from Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these material qualities can act upon the conditioned souls, but there is no such action and reaction upon Kṛṣṇa bec..."
16:5016:50, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,078 N Krsna is called the Supreme Brahman because He is the cause of creation, the cause of maintenance and the cause of dissolution. Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu and Lord Siva are different expansions of these material qualities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is called the Supreme Brahman because He is the cause of creation, the cause of maintenance and the cause of disso..."
16:4716:47, 7 April 2017 diff hist +6,783 N In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, therefore, that He (Krsna) appears by His own internal potency, atma-maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, therefore, that He appears by His own internal potency, ātma-māyā"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
16:4416:44, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,144 N If it is accepted that when He comes to the material world He (Krsna) accepts a material body, it should be concluded also that because the material energy is not different from Him, this body does not act materially Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if it is accepted that when He comes to the material world He accepts a material body, it should be concluded also that becaus..."
16:4216:42, 7 April 2017 diff hist +6,756 N Certain philosophers say, however, that when Krsna comes He accepts a material body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Certain philosophers say, however, that when Kṛṣṇa comes He accepts a material body"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {..."
16:4016:40, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,107 N In the Vedic literature we find that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has multipotencies. Since all such potencies are emanations from Him (Krsna), there is no difference between Him and His potencies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedic literature we find that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has multipotencies. Since all such potencies are emana..."
16:3816:38, 7 April 2017 diff hist +6,967 N He (Krsna) is beyond the existence of limited time and space, and because He is transcendental to time and space He cannot be covered by the illusion of maya, whose activities are limited Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is beyond the existence of limited time and space, and because He is transcendental to time and space He cannot be covered..."
16:3516:35, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,309 N Only when there is the light of the sun, the moon or electricity are we able to see. Our seeing, therefore, is relative, and the light of the sun and moon and electricity is also relative; they are called illuminating only because we see them as such Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"only when there is the light of the sun, the moon or electricity are we able to see. Our seeing, therefore, is relative, and t..."
16:3216:32, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,782 N Krsna may meditate on Himself because He is the complete whole, but we cannot imitate Him and meditate on ourselves. Our body is a designation superimposed upon our self, the soul. Krsna's body is not a designation: Krsna's body is also Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa may meditate on Himself because He is the complete whole, but we cannot imitate Him and meditate on ourselves. Our..."
16:2916:29, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,490 N When He (Krsna) meditates, therefore, He meditates on Himself. Self-meditation by ordinary men, designated in Sanskrit as so ’ham, is simply imitation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When He meditates, therefore, He meditates on Himself. Self-meditation by ordinary men, designated in Sanskrit as so ’ham, i..."
16:2716:27, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,745 N In the Brahma-samhita it is said, angani yasya sakalendriya-vrttimanti: Krsna can perform the activities of one limb with any other limb. So by analytical study of Krsna and His person, it is concluded that He is the complete whole Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said, aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛttimanti: Kṛṣṇa can perform the activities of one..."
16:2416:24, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,418 N We limited living entities have to use a particular part of the body for a particular purpose, but there is no such distinction for Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We limited living entities have to use a particular part of the body for a particular purpose, but there is no such distinctio..."
16:2116:21, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,908 N Nor is there any difference between the action of one part of His body & that of another. His hands can act as His legs, His eyes can act as His ears, or His nose can act as another part of His body. Krsna's smelling & eating & hearing are all the same Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor is there any difference between the action of one part of His body and that of another. His hands can act as His legs, His..."
16:1816:18, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,859 N Krsna has many incarnations, such as Lord Nrsimha, Lord Boar, Lord Fish and Lord Tortoise, but there is no difference between Krsna's original two-handed form, like that of a human being, and these incarnations of gigantic animal forms Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa has many incarnations, such as Lord Nṛsiṁha, Lord Boar, Lord Fish and Lord Tortoise, but there is no differenc..."
16:1616:16, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,812 N From Sankarsana there is an expansion of Narayana, and from Narayana there is a second quadruple expansion of Sankarsana, Vasudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Similarly, there are innumerable other expansions of Krsna, but all of them are one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From Saṅkarṣaṇa there is an expansion of Nārāyaṇa, and from Nārāyaṇa there is a second quadruple expansion of Sa..."
16:1316:13, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,312 N Baladeva is the first expansion of Krsna, and from Baladeva expand Sankarsana, Vasudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Baladeva is the first expansion of Kṛṣṇa, and from Baladeva expand Saṅkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha"..."
16:0716:07, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,397 N All these differences are technically called svajatiya-vijatiya (for an ordinary living being there are many distinctions) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these differences are technically called svajātīya-vijātīya"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{firs..."
16:0416:04, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,616 N We have our hands and legs, but our hands are different from our legs. The hand cannot act like the leg, nor can the leg act like the hand. The ears can hear but the eyes cannot, and the eyes can see but the ears cannot Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have our hands and legs, but our hands are different from our legs. The hand cannot act like the leg, nor can the leg act l..."
16:0016:00, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,917 N For an ordinary living being there are many distinctions. An ordinary living being is different from his body, and he is different from other species of living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For an ordinary living being there are many distinctions. An ordinary living being is different from his body, and he is diffe..."
15:5815:58, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,539 N Krsna Himself is the SPG, Bhagavan; the localized Paramatma is His plenary partial expansion; and the all-pervading Brahman effulgence is the personal rays of His transcendental body. Therefore Krsna is always one, & for Him there is no differentiation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa Himself is all three"|"He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān"|"the localized Paramātmā is His plen..."
15:5515:55, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,747 N The object of meditation is Brahman, Paramatma or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The object of meditation is Brahman, Paramātmā or the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{co..."
15:5315:53, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,222 N There is no difference between meditating on the eternal forms of Radha-Krsna and chanting the maha-mantra, Hare Krsna. As for Krsna's meditation, He had no alternative but to meditate on Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no difference between meditating on the eternal forms of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and chanting the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛ..."
15:5015:50, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,191 N We will feel transcendentally pleased if we think of how Sri Rukminidevi and Krsna acted as ideal householders to teach the whole human society to rise early in the morning and immediately engage in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we think of how Śrī Rukmiṇīdevī and Kṛṣṇa acted as ideal householders to teach the whole human society to rise..."
15:4715:47, 7 April 2017 diff hist +7,865 N We will also feel transcendentally pleased and satisfied if we utilize the brahma-muhurta period to meditate on Radha and Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we will also feel transcendentally pleased and satisfied if we utilize the brāhma-muhūrta period to meditate on Rādhā and..."
15:4515:45, 7 April 2017 diff hist +8,202 N Krsna is Krsna Himself; therefore He was teaching us that brahma-muhurta should be utilized for meditation on Radha-Krsna. By such meditation Krsna would feel very much satisfied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa Himself"|"therefore He was teaching us that brāhma-muhūrta should be utilized for meditation on R..."

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