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12:2212:22, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,690 N It is also confirmed in the Brahma-samhita that the material potency, known as Durga, is acting just as a shadow which moves with the movement of the substance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is also confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā that the material potency, known as Durgā, is acting just as a shadow which mov..."
12:2012:20, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,585 N He (Krsna) does not appear under the control of the material potency. The material potency is under His control. In the Bhagavad-gita it is stated that the material potency is working under His superintendence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He does not appear under the control of the material potency. The material potency is under His control. In the Bhagavad-gīt..."
12:1812:18, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,660 N He appears in this material world out of His causeless mercy, and whenever He appears, He appears as He is, without change. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita, where the Lord says that He appears by His spiritual potency Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He appears in this material world out of His causeless mercy, and whenever He appears, He appears as He is, without change. Th..."
12:1612:16, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,773 N Just to show favor to the ordinary living entities, out of His (Krsna's) causeless mercy He appears as He is. Unfortunately, foolish persons mistake Him to be an ordinary person, and so they become eligible to go to hell Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just to show favor to the ordinary living entities, out of His causeless mercy He appears as He is. Unfortunately, foolish per..."
12:1412:14, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,753 N Krsna is Hrsikesa and Adhoksaja. These two particular words have been used by Sukadeva Gosvami in this instance. Hrsikesa is the Supersoul, and Adhoksaja is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, transcendental to the material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is Hṛṣīkeśa and Adhokṣaja. These two particular words have been used by Śukadeva Gosvāmī in this instan..."
12:0812:08, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,088 N Any person making a distinction between Krsna and Krsna's body is fool number one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any person making a distinction between Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s body is fool number one"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswar..."
12:0712:07, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,686 N Sukadeva Gosvami also said that Krsna is Hrsikesa, the Supersoul. Whereas an ordinary man is a conditioned soul covered by the material body, Krsna and Krsna's body are the same because He is Hrsikesa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī also said that Kṛṣṇa is Hṛṣīkeśa, the Supersoul. Whereas an ordinary man is a conditioned soul..."
12:0412:04, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,742 N If Krsna's enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends like the gopis can achieve such freedom and much more Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If Kṛṣṇa’s enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dea..."
10:5010:50, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,492 N If an envious person can get salvation simply by concentrating his mind on Krsna, then what to speak of the gopis, who are so dear to Krsna and always think of Him in love? There must be some difference between the enemies and the friends Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If an envious person can get salvation simply by concentrating his mind on Kṛṣṇa, then what to speak of the gopīs, who..."
10:4810:48, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,580 N Sukadeva Gosvami reminded Pariksit Maharaja about the salvation of Sisupala. Sisupala was always envious of Krsna, and because of his envy Krsna killed him. But since Krsna is the S.Personality of Godhead, Sisupala gained salvation simply by seeing Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī then reminded Parīkṣit Mahārāja about the salvation of Śiśupāla. Śiśupāla was always envious of..."
10:4610:46, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,432 N Sukadeva Gosvami knew that Maharaja Pariksit asked the question not for his own understanding but as a warning to the future innocent people who might think others to be equal to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī knew that Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked the question not for his own understanding but as a warning to the..."
10:4410:44, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,947 N A spiritual master is always in the superior position, so he has the right to chastise his disciple in this way Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A spiritual master is always in the superior position, so he has the right to chastise his disciple in this way"}} {{notes|}}..."
10:4210:42, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,580 N Because Pariksit Maharaja wanted to clear up the situation, his spiritual master answered him very intelligently, "Why are you again asking about the same subject matter which has already been explained to you? Why are you so forgetful?" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because Parīkṣit Mahārāja wanted to clear up the situation, his spiritual master answered him very intelligently"|"Why ar..."
10:3910:39, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,284 N On hearing this question from Maharaja Pariksit, Sukadeva Gosvami replied, "My dear King, your question is already answered, even before this incident" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On hearing this question from Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied"|"My dear King, your question is already ans..."
10:3710:37, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,658 N Actually, even thinking of the demigods cannot compare with thinking of Krsna. It is warned in the vaisnava-tantra that one who puts Visnu, Narayana or Krsna on the same level as the demigods is called a pasandi, or rascal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, even thinking of the demigods cannot compare with thinking of Kṛṣṇa. It is warned in the vaiṣṇava-tantra t..."
10:3510:35, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,338 N Fortunately (the question asked by Pariksit Maharaja) is recorded in Srimad-Bhagavatam to warn innocent people that thinking of an ordinary man and thinking of Krsna are not the same Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"fortunately it is recorded in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to warn innocent people that thinking of an ordinary man and thinking of K..."
10:3310:33, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,789 N Pariksit Maharaja, apprehending the future dangerous condition of blind followers of demoniac imitators, therefore asked this question Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Parīkṣit Mahārāja, apprehending the future dangerous condition of blind followers of demoniac imitators, therefore asked..."
10:3110:31, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,508 N There are always atheists imitating Krsna. In these days of Kali-yuga, there are many rascals who think themselves to be as good as Krsna and who cheat people into believing that thinking of them is as good as thinking of Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are always atheists imitating Kṛṣṇa. In these days of Kali-yuga, there are many rascals who think themselves to be..."
10:2910:29, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,245 N If one is thinking of a husband or son, or if anyone at all is thinking of another living entity, then, since all living entities are also Brahman, why are all those who thus think of others not freed from the contaminated stage of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is thinking of a husband or son, or if anyone at all is thinking of another living entity, then, since all living entit..."
10:2610:26, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,986 N The ordinary living beings, being part and parcel of Krsna, are also Brahman, but Krsna is the Supreme - Parabrahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ordinary living beings, being part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, are also Brahman, but Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme"}} {{notes|..."
10:2510:25, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,005 N Maharaja Pariksit asked, "So how was it possible for them to get freed from the material condition just by thinking of a paramour?" One should consider here that Krsna and ordinary living beings are qualitatively one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So how was it possible for them to get freed from the material condition just by thinking of a paramour"|"One should consider..."
10:2110:21, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,143 N Maharaja Pariksit said, "The gopis did not know that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They accepted Him as a beautiful boy and considered Him to be their paramour" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopīs did not know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They accepted Him as a beautiful boy and consi..."
10:1910:19, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,034 N When he (Maharaja Pariksit) heard that some of the gopis, simply by concentrating on Krsna as their paramour, became freed from all contamination of material birth and death, he said Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he heard that some of the gopīs, simply by concentrating on Kṛṣṇa as their paramour, became freed from all contami..."
10:1710:17, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,175 N Maharaja Pariksit heard Sukadeva Gosvami explain the situation of the gopis who assembled with Krsna in the rasa dance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit heard Śukadeva Gosvāmī explain the situation of the gopīs who assembled with Kṛṣṇa in the rā..."
10:1510:15, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,622 N The gopis who concentrated their minds on Krsna in the spirit of paramour love became fully purified of all the fruitive reactions of material nature, & some of them immediately gave up their material bodies developed under the 3 modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the gopīs who concentrated their minds on Kṛṣṇa in the spirit of paramour love became fully purified of all the fru..."
10:1210:12, 23 April 2017 diff hist +5,966 N The conditioned soul is subjected to birth and death, either by pious or sinful activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned soul is subjected to birth and death, either by pious or sinful activities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}}..."
10:1110:11, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,374 N Their (the locked up gopis) ecstasy of transcendental love for Krsna in His absence ended all their reactions to material pious activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"their ecstasy of transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa in His absence ended all their reactions to material pious activities"}}..."
10:0910:09, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,136 N Their (the locked up gopis) severely painful yearnings caused by their not being able to see Krsna freed them from all sinful reactions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their severely painful yearnings caused by their not being able to see Kṛṣṇa freed them from all sinful reactions"}} {{n..."
10:0710:07, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,756 N Some of the gopis who joined Krsna's pastimes within this material world were coming from the status of ordinary human beings. If they had been bound by fruitive action, they were fully freed from the reaction of karma by constant meditation on Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So some of the gopīs who joined Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes within this material world were coming from the status of ordinary h..."
10:0410:04, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,660 N When Krsna exhibits His transcendental pastimes within the material world in some of the universes, not only the eternal associates of Krsna come but also those who are being promoted to that status from this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But when Kṛṣṇa exhibits His transcendental pastimes within the material world in some of the universes, not only the ete..."
10:0210:02, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,835 N As stated in the Brahma-samhita, ananda-cin-maya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih: in the spiritual world the associates of Krsna, especially the gopis, are manifestations of the pleasure potency of Lord Krsna. They are expansions of Srimati Radharani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, ānanda-cin-maya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ: in the spiritual world the associates of Kṛ..."
10:0010:00, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,647 N The gopi associates of Krsna who assembled in the place where Krsna was appearing were from different groups. Most of the gopis were eternal companions of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopī associates of Kṛṣṇa who assembled in the place where Kṛṣṇa was appearing were from different groups. Mos..."
09:5909:59, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,658 N He who is engaged in pious activities has material enjoyment as a result. In either case - material suffering or material enjoyment - the sufferer or enjoyer is conditioned by material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he who is engaged in pious activities has material enjoyment as a result. In either case"|"material suffering or material enjo..."
09:4309:43, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,687 N In the conditioned stage of the living entities, there are two kinds of results of fruitive activities: the conditioned living entity who is constantly engaged in sinful activities has suffering as his result Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the conditioned stage of the living entities, there are two kinds of results of fruitive activities: the conditioned living..."
09:4009:40, 23 April 2017 diff hist +8,029 N Actually, a yogi concentrates his mind on the form of Lord Visnu. That is real yoga. Krsna is the original form of all visnu-tattvas. The gopis could not go to Krsna personally, so they began to meditate on Him as perfect yogis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, a yogī concentrates his mind on the form of Lord Viṣṇu. That is real yoga. Kṛṣṇa is the original form of..."
09:3709:37, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,817 N They (the locked up gopis) proved to be the greatest yogis; as is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, a person who is constantly thinking of Krsna within his heart with faith and love is considered to be the topmost of all yogis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They proved to be the greatest yogīs; as is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, a person who is constantly thinking of Kṛṣṇa..."
09:3509:35, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,768 N Being unable to go to Krsna, they (the locked up gopis) began to meditate upon His transcendental form by closing their eyes. They already had the form of Krsna within their minds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being unable to go to Kṛṣṇa, they began to meditate upon His transcendental form by closing their eyes. They already had..."
09:3309:33, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,299 N This is the test of advancement in Krsna consciousness: a person advancing in Krsna consciousness must lose interest in material activities and personal sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the test of advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness: a person advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must lose intere..."
09:3109:31, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,523 N The same gopi said, "This smiling boy Govinda is standing on the bank of the Yamuna and playing His flute, His lips brightened by the beams of the full moonlight" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this smiling boy Govinda, who is standing on the bank of the Yamunā and playing His flute, His lips brightened by the beams o..."
09:2809:28, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,764 N Srila Rupa Gosvami has written a very nice verse wherein one gopi advises another, "My dear friend, if you desire to enjoy the company of material society, friendship and love, then please do not go to see this smiling boy Govinda" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rūpa Gosvāmī has written a very nice verse wherein one gopī advises another"|"My dear friend, if you desire to enjoy the c..."
09:2609:26, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,199 N Krsna consciousness is so powerful that it gives everyone relief from all material activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so powerful that it gives everyone relief from all material activities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|I..."
09:2409:24, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,078 N All their (the gopis) guardians forbade them to go to Krsna, but they disregarded them. Being young girls, they were protected either by husbands, elder brothers or fathers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All their guardians forbade them to go to Kṛṣṇa, but they disregarded them"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete..."
09:2109:21, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,252 N While all the gopis were hurriedly leaving their respective places, their husbands, brothers and fathers were all struck with wonder to know where they were going Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While all the gopīs were hurriedly leaving their respective places, their husbands, brothers and fathers were all struck with..."
09:1909:19, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,208 N Their (the gopis) faces were decorated hurriedly and were haphazardly finished; some even put the lower part of their clothes on the upper part of their bodies and the upper part on the lower part Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their faces were decorated hurriedly and were haphazardly finished; some even put the lower part of their clothes on the upper..."
09:1709:17, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,237 N Unfortunately they (the gopis) could not finish their cosmetic decorations or put on their clothes in the right way because of their anxiety to meet Krsna immediately Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unfortunately they could not finish their cosmetic decorations or put on their clothes in the right way because of their anxie..."
09:1409:14, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,176 N Some of them (the gopis) wanted to decorate their faces with cosmetic ointments and to dress themselves very nicely before going to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of them wanted to decorate their faces with cosmetic ointments and to dress themselves very nicely before going to Kṛ..."
09:1009:10, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,031 N Some (of the gopis) were engaged in serving their husbands, and some were themselves engaged in eating, but caring neither to serve their husbands nor eat, they immediately left Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some were engaged in serving their husbands, and some were themselves engaged in eating, but caring neither to serve their hus..."
09:0809:08, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,574 N Some of them (the gopis) were breast-feeding their small babies, and some were engaged in distributing food to the members of their families, but they left all such engagements and immediately rushed toward the spot where Krsna was playing His flute Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of them were breast-feeding their small babies, and some were engaged in distributing food to the members of their famili..."
09:0509:05, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,122 N One of them (the gopis) had just collected milk and put it in a milk pan on the stove to boil, but she did not care whether the milk overboiled and spilled - she immediately left to go see Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One of them had just collected milk and put it in a milk pan on the stove to boil, but she did not care whether the milk overb..."
09:0309:03, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,327 N They (the gopis) all rushed toward the place known as Vamsivata. Some of them were engaged in milking cows, but they left their milking business half finished and immediately went to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They all rushed toward the place known as Vaṁśīvaṭa. Some of them were engaged in milking cows, but they left their milk..."

23 April 2017

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