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11:0711:07, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,778 N They (Sankhya philosophers, metaphysicians or materialistic scientists) wrongly conclude that the reactions of the material elements are the original cause of creation. The Bhagavad-gita, however, does not accept this theory Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They wrongly conclude that the reactions of the material elements are the original cause of creation. The Bhagavad-gītā, how..."
11:0211:02, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,855 N Similarly, there are Sankhya philosophers, metaphysicians or materialistic scientists who study this cosmic manifestation by their invented scientific method and do not recognize the supreme authority of God as the creator of the cosmic manifestation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, there are Sāṅkhya philosophers, metaphysicians or materialistic scientists who study this cosmic manifestation b..."
10:5810:58, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,092 N The conclusion of the Mimamsaka philosophers is not actually the truth which can lead one to real understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion of the Mīmāṁsaka philosophers is not actually the truth which can lead one to real understanding"}} {{notes..."
10:5510:55, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,216 N The Lord Himself as Paramatma, or the spiritual master sitting within one's heart, gives the devotee exact directions by which he can gradually go back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord Himself as Paramātmā, or the spiritual master sitting within one’s heart, gives the devotee exact directions by w..."
10:5210:52, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,101 N It is also said in the Bhagavad-gita that a person who is engaged in devotional service with love and faith is guided from within by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is also said in the Bhagavad-gītā that a person who is engaged in devotional service with love and faith is guided from w..."
10:4910:49, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,306 N From the Bhagavad-gita we understand that even a person who is not up to the standard of pious activities but who is absolutely engaged in devotional service is to be considered well situated on the path of spiritual perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the Bhagavad-gītā we understand that even a person who is not up to the standard of pious activities but who is absolut..."
10:4510:45, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,382 N This purification (purification from ignorance and passion) is automatically attained by a devotee constantly engaged in hearing the transcendental message of Godhead in the form of the Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam or similar scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This purification is automatically attained by a devotee constantly engaged in hearing the transcendental message of Godhead i..."
10:4110:41, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,095 N Pious activities may purify one of the contamination caused by ignorance and passion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pious activities may purify one of the contamination caused by ignorance and passion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{co..."
10:3810:38, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,190 N Although a pure devotee is by nature inclined to perform pious activities, no one can attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by pious activities alone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a pure devotee is by nature inclined to perform pious activities, no one can attain the favor of the Supreme Personal..."
10:2810:28, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,483 N As soon as one's accumulation of pious activities is used up, one has to leave the enjoyment of a higher standard of material prosperity in the heavenly planets, immediately come down again to these lower planets, where the duration of life is very short Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one’s accumulation of pious activities is used up, one has to leave the enjoyment of a higher standard of materia..."
10:2210:22, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,224 N This is contradicted in the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, where Lord Krsna says that by pious activities one may be elevated to the heavenly planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is contradicted in the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, where Lord Kṛṣṇa says that by pious activities one may..."
10:1910:19, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,386 N One class of philosophers, known as Mimamsakas, represented by sages such as Jaimini, have concluded that everyone should engage in pious activities or prescribed duties and that such activities will lead one to the highest perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One class of philosophers, known as Mīmāṁsakas, represented by sages such as Jaimini, have concluded that everyone should..."
10:1510:15, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,287 N They (Mayavadis) have all missed the real point: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, can be understood only by devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They have all missed the real point: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, can be understood only by devo..."
10:1210:12, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,247 N According to the prayers of the personified Vedas, however, none of them (Mayavadis' opinion) is valid because their process of knowledge is created within the temporary material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the prayers of the personified Vedas, however, none of them is valid because their process of knowledge is create..."
10:0710:07, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,180 N Although they (Mayavadis) all have later compromised and stated that all opinions lead to the same goal and that every opinion is therefore valid Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they all have later compromised and stated that all opinions lead to the same goal and that every opinion is therefor..."
10:0410:04, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,238 N All these philosophers are impersonalists and are known as Mayavadis. Every one of them has tried to establish his own opinion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these philosophers are impersonalists and are known as Māyāvādīs. Every one of them has tried to establish his own opi..."
09:5809:58, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,296 N We have to please Him (the Supreme Lord) with devotional service, and then He will reveal Himself to us. Then we can understand Him to some extent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have to please Him with devotional service, and then He will reveal Himself to us. Then we can understand Him to some exten..."
09:5409:54, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,205 N In other words, the supreme source of creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be understood by our own endeavor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, the supreme source of creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be understood by our own endeavor"}..."
09:5209:52, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,267 N In the Fourth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says to Arjuna, "My dear Arjuna, because you are My devotee and because you are My intimate friend, I shall reveal to you the process of understanding Me" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Fourth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says to Arjuna, “My dear Arjuna, because you are My devotee and becaus..."
09:4509:45, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,967 N One should pray to the Lord to be engaged in His devotional service eternally, so that by the grace of the Lord one can understand the supreme source of creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore pray to the Lord to be engaged in His devotional service eternally, so that by the grace of the Lord one..."
09:4209:42, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,267 N In this regard, Srila Sridhara Svami has composed a verse which conveys the idea that the supreme source of everything, the S P of God, is so great & unlimited that it is not possible for the living entity to understand Him by any material acquisition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this regard, Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has composed a verse which conveys the idea that the supreme source of everything,..."
09:3709:37, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,871 N The only factual process of self-realization or God realization is devotional service, and one who takes to this process takes to the real process of God realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The only factual process of self-realization or God realization is devotional service, and one who takes to this process takes..."
09:3409:34, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,764 N Devotional service, however, is eternally going on in the eternal spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service, however, is eternally going on in the eternal spiritual world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{compl..."
09:3109:31, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,824 N When all the living entities are in the nonmanifested stage, resting within Narayana - then all these manufactured processes become null and void and cannot act Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When all the living entities are in the nonmanifested stage, resting within Nārāyaṇa—then all these manufactured process..."
08:5508:55, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,782 N When the creation is completely terminated - when there is no existence of the Vedas, no existence of material time, and no existence of the gross and subtle material elements Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the creation is completely terminated—when there is no existence of the Vedas, no existence of material time, and no ex..."
08:4908:49, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,773 N Thus any process manufactured within this created situation as a means for understanding the original source of creation is to be considered modern Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus any process manufactured within this created situation as a means for understanding the original source of creation is to..."
08:4708:47, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,935 N Although they have a long duration of existence, all the manifestations of the material world - namely the time element, the living entities, the Vedas and the gross and subtle material elements - are created at some point Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they have a long duration of existence, all the manifestations of the material world—namely the time element, the l..."
08:4308:43, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,988 N Just as a person born recently in a family cannot understand the situation of his distant forefather, no one within this material world can understand the position of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as a person born recently in a family cannot understand the situation of his distant forefather, no one within this mater..."
08:3908:39, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,934 N Thus all living creatures within this material world, including Brahma, all the demigods and all the Raksasas, are to be considered modern. This means that they were all born recently Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus all living creatures within this material world, including Brahmā, all the demigods and all the Rākṣasas, are to be c..."
08:3508:35, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,948 N Demigods like Marici and their descendants, who are meant to enjoy this material world. From these two kinds of demigods were gradually manifested all other living entities, including the human beings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Demigods like Marīci and their descendants, who are meant to enjoy this material world. From these two kinds of demigods were..."
08:3208:32, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,805 N After the creation of Brahma, the two kinds of demigods were born: demigods like the four brothers Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumara, who are representatives of renunciation of the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After the creation of Brahmā, the two kinds of demigods were born: demigods like the four brothers Sanaka, Sanātana, Sananda..."
08:2808:28, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,867 N Garbhodakasayi Visnu is an expansion of Karanodakasayi Visnu, Karanodakasayi Visnu is an expansion of Sankarsana, and Sankarsana is an expansion of Balarama, who is an immediate expansion of Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is an expansion of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is an expansion..."
08:2408:24, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,086 N As for the material creation, Brahma is the first created person. Before Brahma there was no living creature within this material world; it was void & dark until Brahma was born on the lotus flower that sprouted from the abdomen of Garbhodakasayi Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for the material creation, Brahmā is the first created person. Before Brahmā there was no living creature within this mat..."
08:1908:19, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,877 N In the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that the Supreme Person, who lives eternally in the spiritual kingdom of God (sanatana-dhama), can be approached only by devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā it is clearly said that the Supreme Person, who lives eternally in the spiritual..."
08:0608:06, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,863 N The impersonalists, yogis and enemies of the Lord enter into the Lord’s transcendental effulgence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalists, yogīs and enemies of the Lord enter into the Lord’s transcendental effulgence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
07:5707:57, 21 April 2017 diff hist +7,102 N Sridhara Swami said in his verse, "My dear Lord, I wish that my mind may also be fixed somehow or other on Your lotus feet, at least for some time" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, I wish that my mind may also be fixed somehow or other on Your lotus feet, at least for some time.”"}} {{notes..."
07:5407:54, 21 April 2017 diff hist +7,104 N Sridhara Swami said in his verse, "It is possible for great devotees who have already achieved love for You and are engaged in transcendental loving service" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is possible for great devotees who have already achieved love for You and are engaged in transcendental loving service"}} {..."
07:5007:50, 21 April 2017 diff hist +7,099 N Sridhara Svami has composed a nice verse in this regard - My dear Lord, to be engaged always in thinking of Your lotus feet is very difficult Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīdhara Svāmī has composed a nice verse in this regard: “My dear Lord, to be engaged always in thinking of Your lotus f..."
07:4607:46, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,107 N The personified Vedas continued, "All these different persons, although concentrating their minds in different ways, achieve spiritual perfection according to their different perspectives because You, O Lord, are equal to all Your devotees" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these different persons, although concentrating their minds in different ways, achieve spiritual perfection according to t..."
07:4207:42, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,096 N The personified Vedas continued, "Your (the Lord's) enemies also concentrate upon You, thinking always of how to kill You, and yogis undertake great penances and austerities just to attain Your impersonal effulgence" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Your enemies also concentrate upon You, thinking always of how to kill You, and yogīs undertake great penances and austeritie..."
07:3707:37, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,884 N The personified Vedas continued, "Women like the gopis concentrate upon You (the Supreme lord) under the dictation of lust, and we concentrate upon Your lotus feet to go back home, back to Godhead" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Women like the gopīs concentrate upon You under the dictation of lust, and we concentrate upon Your lotus feet to go back hom..."
07:3307:33, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,081 N The personified Vedas continued, "They (the gopis) wanted to be embraced by the arms of Krsna, which resemble the beautiful round shape of a snake. Similarly, we, the Vedic hymns, simply concentrate our minds on the lotus feet of Your Lordship" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They wanted to be embraced by the arms of Kṛṣṇa, which resemble the beautiful round shape of a snake. Similarly, we, the..."
07:2307:23, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,179 N The personified Vedas continued, "In other words, both the yogis and the great, wise philosophical speculators ultimately attain the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is automatically attained by the demons who are regular enemies of the Lord" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, both the yogīs and the great, wise philosophical speculators ultimately attain the impersonal Brahman effulge..."
07:1707:17, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,013 N The personified Vedas continued, "Even after much laborious austerity, penance and regulation, they (mystic yogis) achieve the same destination as persons inimical toward You (the Lord)" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even after much laborious austerity, penance and regulation, they achieve the same destination as persons inimical toward You"..."
06:0906:09, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,990 N The personified Vedas continued, "Concentrating the mind upon the form of Visnu and controlling the senses very rigidly, they (mystic yogis) practice the yoga system" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Concentrating the mind upon the form of Viṣṇu and controlling the senses very rigidly, they practice the yoga system"}} {{..."
06:0506:05, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,271 N The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, there are many mystic yogis who are very learned and deliberate in achieving the highest perfection of life. They engage themselves in the yogic process of controlling the life-air within the body" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued: “Dear Lord, there are many mystic yogīs who are very learned and deliberate in achieving t..."
06:0106:01, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,210 N The human form of life is a chance for one to understand his position. Therefore the most intelligent person takes to devotional service just to engage his mind, senses and body in the service of the Lord without deviation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The human form of life is a chance for one to understand his position. Therefore the most intelligent person takes to devotion..."
05:5705:57, 21 April 2017 diff hist +6,356 N Such persons are described in the Vedic literature as suicidal, because attachment for the material body, its comforts forces the living entity to wander through the process of birth & death perpetually & suffer the material pangs as a matter of course Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such persons are described in the Vedic literature as suicidal, because attachment for the material body and its comforts forc..."
05:5205:52, 21 April 2017 diff hist +5,889 N Their (the materialists') goal in life is to make the material body comfortable, but they forget the interest of the spirit soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their goal in life is to make the material body comfortable, but they forget the interest of the spirit soul"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
05:4605:46, 21 April 2017 diff hist +8,336 N Such persons eat all kinds of obnoxious things, such as meat, and take pleasure in alcohol and other intoxicants, and after death they are forced to take birth in lower species of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such persons eat all kinds of obnoxious things, such as meat, and take pleasure in alcohol and other intoxicants, and after de..."

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