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09:2909:29, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,549 N The devotee becomes transcendental to all dualities, such as heat and cold, honor and dishonor. Being freed from all dualities, he feels transcendental bliss, and he no longer suffers cares and anxieties due to material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee becomes transcendental to all dualities, such as heat and cold, honor and dishonor. Being freed from all dualities..."
09:2509:25, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,407 N It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita that one who engages all his activities and senses in the devotional service of the Lord becomes completely peaceful because the Supersoul is satisfied with him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā that one who engages all his activities and senses in the devotional service of the Lord b..."
09:2109:21, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,397 N The personified Vedas continued, "By this simple process of penance and austerity, the Supersoul within the devotee's heart is very much pleased and gives the devotee directions so that he may go back home, back to Godhead" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By this simple process of penance and austerity, the Supersoul within the devotee’s heart is very much pleased and gives the..."
09:1509:15, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,128 N And the Taittiriya Upanisad says that worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence of all Vedic ritualistic performances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And the Taittirīya Upaniṣad says that worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence of all Vedic ritualistic..."
09:1209:12, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,316 N The great authority Bhismadeva has also given the opinion that this process of chanting and hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest religious process Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The great authority Bhīṣmadeva has also given the opinion that this process of chanting and hearing about the Supreme Perso..."
09:0609:06, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,159 N The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Thus Krsna consciousness becomes fixed in the heart of a devotee" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus Kṛṣṇa consciousness becomes fixed in the heart of a devotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
09:0209:02, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,610 N The personified Vedas praying, "This chanting and hearing of Your transcendental pastimes is the easiest process for self-realization. Simply by submissive aural reception of the transcendental message, one's heart is cleansed of all dirty things" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This chanting and hearing of Your transcendental pastimes is the easiest process for self-realization. Simply by submissive au..."
08:5608:56, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,543 N The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Thus they (Intelligent persons) are immediately freed from the contamination of the material qualities; they do not have to undergo severe penances and austerities for advancement in spiritual life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus they are immediately freed from the contamination of the material qualities; they do not have to undergo severe penances..."
08:4308:43, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,347 N The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Because this process (of hearing and chanting the Lord's pastimes) has the specific potency of nullifying the accumulated results of sinful life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because this process has the specific potency of nullifying the accumulated results of sinful life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ha..."
08:2408:24, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,387 N The personified Vedas praying, "You (Visnu) are the controller of the three material qualities. Demigods and persons advanced in spiritual knowledge always hear and chant about Your transcendental pastimes" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You are the controller of the three material qualities. Demigods and persons advanced in spiritual knowledge always hear and c..."
08:1908:19, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,561 N The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Because You are the ultimate controller of creation, maintenance and dissolution. You are the controller of the three worlds, Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah; You are the controller of the fourteen upper and lower worlds" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because You are the ultimate controller of creation, maintenance and dissolution. You are the controller of the three worlds,..."
08:1408:14, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,553 N The personified Vedas continued to pray, "Dear Lord, considering all points of view, if a person has to worship someone superior to himself, then just out of good behavior he should stick to the worship of Your lotus feet" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued to pray, “Dear Lord, considering all points of view, if a person has to worship someone supe..."
08:0408:04, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,373 N Lord Krsna advises that the worshipers of the demigods are not very intelligent persons because they derive only temporary, exhaustible results Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore advises that the worshipers of the demigods are not very intelligent persons because they derive on..."
08:0108:01, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,472 N Srimad-Bhagavatam says, "Although they (The impersonalists) rise to the transcendental situation of existence in impersonal Brahman, they certainly fall from that exalted position because they deride Your lotus feet" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they rise to the transcendental situation of existence in impersonal Brahman, they certainly fall from that exalted p..."
07:5507:55, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,595 N Regarding persons attached to the impersonal Brahman, Srimad-Bhagavatam says, "My dear Lord, those who think of themselves as liberated by mental speculation are not yet purified of the contamination of material nature" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Regarding persons attached to the impersonal Brahman, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says, “My dear Lord, those who think of themselve..."
07:4507:45, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,663 N The position of the jnanis and yogis is therefore not as secure as the position of the devotees of Krsna. Lord Krsna has therefore advised in the Bhagavad-gita that only a person who has lost his sense takes to the worship of demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The position of the jñānīs and yogīs is therefore not as secure as the position of the devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛ..."
06:2406:24, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,343 N In other words, taking shelter of Paramatma or taking shelter of impersonal Brahman is not as secure a course as taking direct shelter of Krsna in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, taking shelter of Paramātmā or taking shelter of impersonal Brahman is not as secure a course as taking dire..."
05:3405:34, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,393 N It may be replied that if one stands directly on the surface of the earth he is more secure than if he stands on the wood or stone, which rest on the earth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It may be replied that if one stands directly on the surface of the earth he is more secure than if he stands on the wood or s..."
05:3005:30, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,422 N Impersonalists sometimes give the example that if one stands on a stone or a piece of wood one certainly stands on the surface of the land, because the stone and wood both rest on the surface of the earth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Impersonalists sometimes give the example that if one stands on a stone or a piece of wood one certainly stands on the surface..."
04:5904:59, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,700 N An intelligent person does not stand under the protection of different demigods, although they are part and parcel of Krsna. Rather, he stands on the solid ground of Krsna consciousness. That makes his position sound and secure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An intelligent person, therefore, does not stand under the protection of different demigods, although they are part and parcel..."
04:5504:55, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,495 N Although the sky, the water and the land are all part of the material world, when one stands on the solid land his position is more secure than when he stands in the sky or the water Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the sky, the water and the land are all part of the material world, when one stands on the solid land his position is..."
04:5004:50, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,758 N Although the Vedas have recommended worship of different demigods as different parts and parcels of Krsna, it is to be understood that such instructions are meant for less intelligent men who are still attracted by material sense enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Vedas have recommended worship of different demigods as different parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa, it is to be u..."
04:4504:45, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,494 N In this way a devotee becomes fully Krsna-ized and, being always situated in Krsna consciousness, ultimately goes back to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way a devotee becomes fully Kṛṣṇa-ized and, being always situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, ultimately goes..."
04:4204:42, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,520 N In the Bhagavad-gita, Krsna advises everyone always to think of Him, render devotional service to Him, worship Him and offer obeisances to Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā, therefore, Kṛṣṇa advises everyone always to think of Him, render devotional service to Him, wors..."
04:3904:39, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,545 N Krsna consciousness is so sublime that anyone who takes to this process is elevated to the highest perfection of life - far, far beyond the concept of liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so sublime that anyone who takes to this process is elevated to the highest perfection of life—..."
04:2504:25, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,837 N In this way the minds of great personalities are always engaged in Krsna. With their minds engaged in Krsna, naturally the captivated devotees simply talk of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way the minds of great personalities are always engaged in Kṛṣṇa. With their minds engaged in Kṛṣṇa, natur..."
04:2104:21, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,958 N Since Krsna is the cause of all causes, He is worshiped by all kinds of sages & saints through observance of the regulative principles. As far as meditation is concerned, great personalities meditate on the transcendental form of Krsna within the heart Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes, He is worshiped by all kinds of sages and saints through observance of the regul..."
04:1404:14, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,577 N Since Krsna is the cause of all causes, intelligent persons should take shelter of His lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes, intelligent persons should take shelter of His lotus feet"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
04:0504:05, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,409 N By His (Krsna's) energy He is present everywhere, but as the energetic He is not present everywhere. This simultaneous presence and nonpresence is inconceivable to our present senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By His energy He is present everywhere, but as the energetic He is not present everywhere. This simultaneous presence and nonp..."
04:0104:01, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,397 N This false argument is answered by Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita: although everything is a transformation of the energy of Krsna, He is not present everywhere. He is simultaneously present and not present Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This false argument is answered by Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā: although everything is a transformation of the energy o..."
03:5503:55, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,428 N The impersonalists argue that Krsna Himself has been transformed into many and that therefore everything is Krsna and worship of anything is worship of Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalists argue that Kṛṣṇa Himself has been transformed into many and that therefore everything is Kṛṣṇa..."
03:5103:51, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,810 N Sarvam khalv idam brahma means that everything is Lord Krsna in the sense that everything is His energy. That is the vision of the maha-bhagavatas. They see everything in relation to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma means that everything is Lord Kṛṣṇa in the sense that everything is His energy. That is the..."
03:4703:47, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,741 N Everything rests on Brahman, but Brahman itself rests on Krsna. Therefore Krsna is the ultimate Brahman, or Parabrahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything rests on Brahman, but Brahman itself rests on Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate Brahman, or Parabr..."
03:4203:42, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,008 N Ultimately the word "Brahman" can be applied to Krsna only. Arjuna affirms that because the impersonal Brahman is the effulgence emanating as rays of Krsna's transcendental body, Krsna is the Parabrahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ultimately, therefore, the word “Brahman” can be applied to Kṛṣṇa only. Arjuna affirms that because the impersonal B..."
03:3803:38, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,835 N Krsna is the Supreme Brahman because of His unlimited knowledge, unlimited potencies, unlimited strength, unlimited influence, unlimited beauty and unlimited renunciation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Brahman because of His unlimited knowledge, unlimited potencies, unlimited strength, unlimited infl..."
03:3403:34, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,946 N The term "Brahman" actually applies to Krsna only; therefore in the Bhagavad-gita Arjuna admitted that Lord Krsna is the Parabrahman, or the supreme resting place of everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the term “Brahman” actually applies to Kṛṣṇa only; therefore in the Bhagavad-gītā Arjuna admitted that Lord Kṛ..."
03:3003:30, 20 April 2017 diff hist +5,795 N In our practical life, we are attracted by the greatness of a person and not by the greatness of a big mountain Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our practical life, however, we are attracted by the greatness of a person and not by the greatness of a big mountain"}} {{..."
03:2603:26, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,009 N The word "Brahman" indicates the greatest of all and the maintainer of everything. The impersonalists are attracted by the greatness of the sky, but because of their poor fund of knowledge they are not attracted by the greatness of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word “Brahman” indicates the greatest of all and the maintainer of everything. The impersonalists are attracted by the..."
03:2203:22, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,181 N Lord Brahma says, "I worship Lord Govinda, the original personality, the cause of all causes" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Brahma therefore says, “I worship Lord Govinda, the original personality, the cause of all causes"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
03:1903:19, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,290 N The Brahma-samhita clearly describes Brahman, "It flourishes on the strength of Govinda and after annihilation enters into and is conserved in Govinda" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It flourishes on the strength of Govinda and after annihilation enters into and is conserved in Govinda"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
03:1503:15, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,711 N The Brahma-samhita clearly describes Brahman, "The living entities, space, time and the material elements like fire, earth, sky, water and mind constitute the total cosmic manifestation, known as Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah, which is manifested by Govinda" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Brahma-saṁhitā, however, clearly describes Brahman: “The living entities, space, time and the material elements like..."
01:3601:36, 20 April 2017 diff hist +6,374 N Employing this analogy of Brahman with earth, the impersonalists especially stress the Vedic statement sarvam khalv idam brahma, "Everything is Brahman" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Employing this analogy of Brahman with earth, the impersonalists especially stress the Vedic statement sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ b..."

15:5915:59, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,485 N He (The Supreme Lord) is just like the total mass of earth, from which varieties of earthly pots are manufactured: the pots are made of earthly clay, they rest on the earth, the original cause of all varieties of manifestation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is just like the total mass of earth, from which varieties of earthly pots are manufactured: the pots are made of earthly c..."
15:5515:55, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,584 N Those who aspire for liberation from this material world must therefore worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate cause of all causes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who aspire for liberation from this material world must therefore worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultima..."
15:5215:52, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,645 N Everything is created by His (The Supreme Lord's) superior energy, and everything in His creation appears to be perfectly done, without deficiency Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is created by His superior energy, and everything in His creation appears to be perfectly done, without deficiency"..."
15:4715:47, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,562 N As such, He (the Supreme Lord) is everyone's master. He is sometimes manifest on the surface of the globe, but He is simultaneously within all matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As such, He is everyone’s master. He is sometimes manifest on the surface of the globe, but He is simultaneously within all..."
15:3715:37, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,859 N He (The S P God) is the living force of all things, but He is transcendental to the material qualities. He is omnipotent; He is expert in manufacturing everything, & on account of His superior, natural knowledge, He can bring everyone under His control Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is the living force of all things, but He is transcendental to the material qualities. He is omnipotent; He is expert in ma..."
15:1315:13, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,661 N He (the Supersoul) lives within all of them (the living entities) and witnesses their actions, allowing them to act according to their desires and also giving them the results of their different activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He lives within all of them and witnesses their actions, allowing them to act according to their desires and also giving them..."
15:0615:06, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,750 N Because of His all-pervasiveness, He (The Supreme Lord) is able to enter not only into the hearts of the living entities, but even into the atoms also. As the Supersoul, He is the controller of all activities of the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of His all-pervasiveness, He is able to enter not only into the hearts of the living entities, but even into the atoms..."
15:0115:01, 19 April 2017 diff hist +6,758 N In different parts of the Upanisads, the Vedas declare, "The Supreme Brahman is eternal, full of all knowledge and all bliss. That one Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in the heart of every living entity" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In different parts of the Upaniṣads, the Vedas declare, “The Supreme Brahman is eternal, full of all knowledge and all bli..."

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