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15:0415:04, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,505 N Those who advocate acceptance of this material world as false are generally known by the maxim brahma satyam jagan mithya. They put forward the argument that everything in the material world is prepared from matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who advocate acceptance of this material world as false are generally known by the maxim brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā...."
15:0115:01, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,440 N The personified Vedas ccontinued, "It is created, and it is annihilated. Because of its different conditions of existence, the cosmic manifestation has no fixed position" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is created, and it is annihilated. Because of its different conditions of existence, the cosmic manifestation has no fixed..."
14:5814:58, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,579 N The personified Vedas continued, "The material world is simultaneously both truth and untruth. It is truth because everything is an expansion of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and it is untruth because the existence of the material world is temporary" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Factually, the material world is simultaneously both truth and untruth. It is truth because everything is an expansion of the..."
14:5314:53, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,824 N The personified Vedas continued, "The view of the personalists is that the material world, although very temporary, is nevertheless not false but factual. Such transcendentalists have different arguments to establish the validity of their philosophies" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The view of the personalists, however, is that the material world, although very temporary, is nevertheless not false but fact..."
14:4914:49, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,363 N The personified Vedas continued, "The opinion of the impersonalists is that this material manifestation is false and that only the Absolute Truth is factual" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The opinion of the impersonalists is that this material manifestation is false and that only the Absolute Truth is factual"}}..."
14:4614:46, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,388 N The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, there are two classes of transcendentalists, the impersonalists and the personalists" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued: “Dear Lord, there are two classes of transcendentalists, the impersonalists and the persona..."
14:4114:41, 25 April 2017 diff hist +7,860 N By such association, people can develop more and more in Krsna consciousness. Such advancement is not possible in ordinary household life, which is devoid of Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By such association, people can develop more and more in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such advancement is not possible in ordina..."
14:3814:38, 25 April 2017 diff hist +7,859 N So that every living entity can take advantage of the association of Krsna conscious persons, such great devotees open temples and asramas where Krsna's devotees assemble Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So that every living entity can take advantage of the association of Kṛṣṇa conscious persons, such great devotees open t..."
14:3514:35, 25 April 2017 diff hist +8,104 N They (great devotees) generally reside in places like Vrndavana, Mathura, Dvaraka, Jagannatha Puri and Navadvipa because only devotees assemble in such places. In this way they give saintly association to one another and thus advance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They generally reside in places like Vṛndāvana, Mathurā, Dvārakā, Jagannātha Purī and Navadvīpa because only devotees..."
14:3114:31, 25 April 2017 diff hist +8,026 N Great devotees of the Lord travel all over the world from one place of pilgrimage to another, and on their way they meet many conditioned souls and deliver them by their association and distribution of transcendental knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Great devotees of the Lord travel all over the world from one place of pilgrimage to another, and on their way they meet many..."
14:1414:14, 25 April 2017 diff hist +8,113 N Generally, the material opulences are good parentage, education, beauty and riches, but although a devotee of the Lord may possess all four of these material opulences, he is never carried away by the pride of possessing such distinctions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally, the material opulences are good parentage, education, beauty and riches, but although a devotee of the Lord may pos..."
14:0614:06, 25 April 2017 diff hist +7,965 N Devotees who are always situated in that position become electrified by the inconceivable potencies of the Lord, and thus they themselves become the source of liberation for their followers and devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees who are always situated in that position become electrified by the inconceivable potencies of the Lord, and thus they..."
14:0214:02, 25 April 2017 diff hist +7,824 N They (pure devotees) always think of the Supreme Lord and His lotus feet, and thus they automatically become liberated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They always think of the Supreme Lord and His lotus feet, and thus they automatically become liberated"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
13:5813:58, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,070 N Those who are actually pure devotees are celebrated as mahatmas, or great sages, personalities perfect in knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are actually pure devotees are celebrated as mahātmās, or great sages, personalities perfect in knowledge"}} {{not..."
13:5513:55, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,392 N When Prahlada was asked by his atheistic father to describe something very good which he had learned, he replied to his father, "The best course is to give up the blind well of family life and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Lord" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best course is to give up the blind well of family life and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Lord"}} {{note..."
13:4913:49, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,411 N When Prahlada Maharaja was asked by his atheistic father to describe something very good which he had learned, he replied to his father, "For a materialistic person who is always full of anxieties due to being engaged in temporary and relative truths" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Prahlāda Mahārāja was asked by his atheistic father to describe something very good which he had learned, he replied t..."
12:3512:35, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,419 N The personified Vedas continued, "They (Krsna conscious persons) are so purified that any place they go becomes a holy place of pilgrimage, and the water which washes their feet is able to deliver many sinful persons loitering within this material world" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are so purified that any place they go becomes a holy place of pilgrimage, and the water which washes their feet is able..."
12:3012:30, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,025 N The personified Vedas continued, "Because they (Krsna conscious persons) always carry You in full consciousness within their hearts" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because they always carry You in full consciousness within their hearts"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
12:2612:26, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,226 N The personified Vedas continued, "Such persons (Krsna conscious persons) are aware of the relationship between the Supersoul and the individual living entities, and they are never in the bodily concept of life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such persons are aware of the relationship between the Supersoul and the individual living entities, and they are never in the..."
12:2212:22, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,181 N The personified Vedas continued, "Krsna conscious persons therefore take shelter of the association of devotees or sanctified places of pilgrimage" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa conscious persons therefore take shelter of the association of devotees or sanctified places of pilgrimage"}} {{no..."
12:1912:19, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,229 N The personified vedas continued, "The perfection of human life is based on knowledge and renunciation, but it is very difficult to attempt to reach the stage of knowledge and renunciation while in family life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The perfection of human life is based on knowledge and renunciation, but it is very difficult to attempt to reach the stage of..."
12:1512:15, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,234 N The personified Vedas continued, "A Krsna conscious being becomes uninterested in family life, where there is some concession for sense enjoyment. In other words, he is no longer interested in sense gratification" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A Kṛṣṇa conscious being becomes uninterested in family life, where there is some concession for sense enjoyment. In othe..."
12:1012:10, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,012 N The personified Vedas continued, "In this material world, anyone who has developed such Krsna consciousness is no longer interested in the materialistic way of life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material world, anyone who has developed such Kṛṣṇa consciousness is no longer interested in the materialistic w..."
12:0612:06, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,740 N When our hearts begin to derive pleasure from the supreme reservoir of pleasure, then we can be satisfied. That transcendental satisfaction is possible only in devotional service, in full Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When our hearts begin to derive pleasure from the supreme reservoir of pleasure, then we can be satisfied. That transcendental..."
12:0012:00, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,618 N In a desert there is need of an ocean of water. But if only a drop of water is poured on the desert, what is the value of such water Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In a desert there is need of an ocean of water. But if only a drop of water is poured on the desert, what is the value of such..."
11:5811:58, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,939 N Vidyapati, a great Vaisnava devotee and poet, says, "My dear Lord, undoubtedly there is some pleasure in the midst of society, friendship and love, although it is materially conceived, but such pleasure cannot satisfy my heart, which is like a desert" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vidyāpati, a great Vaiṣṇava devotee and poet, says, “My dear Lord, undoubtedly there is some pleasure in the midst of s..."
11:5311:53, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,695 N The devotee contemplates, "Persons unaware of the supreme reservoir of pleasure falsely engage in deriving pleasure from sense gratification, but this is transient and illusory" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Persons unaware of the supreme reservoir of pleasure falsely engage in deriving pleasure from sense gratification, but this is..."
11:4911:49, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,722 N The devotee contemplates, "Since You (Lord) are present, what is the use of the transient pleasure derived from society, friendship and love" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since You are present, what is the use of the transient pleasure derived from society, friendship and love"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
11:4511:45, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,697 N The devotee engaged by the direction of the spiritual master in the transcendental loving service of the Lord contemplates as follows, "My dear Lord, You are the reservoir of pleasure" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee engaged by the direction of the spiritual master in the transcendental loving service of the Lord contemplates as..."
11:4211:42, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,400 N The student submissively prays to the spiritual master, "Train me in such a way that I will be able to give up all other processes of self-realization and simply engage in Krsna consciousness, devotional service" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Train me in such a way that I will be able to give up all other processes of self-realization and simply engage in Kṛṣṇa..."
11:3211:32, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,345 N When a bona fide student approaches a bona fide spiritual master, he submissively prays to the spiritual master, "My dear lord, kindly accept me as your student" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a bona fide student approaches a bona fide spiritual master, he submissively prays to the spiritual master, “My dear lo..."
11:2811:28, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,613 N A spiritual master's qualification is that he is brahma-nistha, which means that he has given up all other activities and has dedicated his life to working only for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A spiritual master’s qualification is that he is brahma-niṣṭha, which means that he has given up all other activities an..."
11:1811:18, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,625 N Everything is sufficiently provided by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A real brahmana, therefore, does not endeavor for material perfection; rather, he approaches a bona fide spiritual master to accept orders from him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is sufficiently provided by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A real brāhmaṇa, therefore, does not endeavor fo..."
11:1211:12, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,347 N The Vedic injunction is that no one can have full knowledge without being under the guidance of an acarya. Acaryavan puruso veda: one who has accepted an acarya knows what is what Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunction is that no one can have full knowledge without being under the guidance of an ācārya. Ācāryavān puru..."
11:0811:08, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,392 N In other words, if one practices yoga mysticism and does not accept a bona fide spiritual master, he will surely fail. He will simply waste his valuable time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, if one practices yoga mysticism and does not accept a bona fide spiritual master, he will surely fail. He will..."
11:0511:05, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,362 N Sometimes the mind is compared to a maddened elephant. Without following the direction of a spiritual master one cannot control the mind and the senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the mind is compared to a maddened elephant. Without following the direction of a spiritual master one cannot contro..."
10:5910:59, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,497 N Sometimes people neglect to accept a spiritual master, and instead they endeavor for self-realization by mystic yoga practice, but there are many instances of failure, even by great yogis like Visvamitra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes people neglect to accept a spiritual master, and instead they endeavor for self-realization by mystic yoga practice,..."
10:5410:54, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,242 N The prime symptom of one who has become a spiritual master in disciplic succession is that he is one hundred percent fixed in bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prime symptom of one who has become a spiritual master in disciplic succession is that he is one hundred percent fixed in..."
10:2610:26, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,358 N The bona fide spiritual master is he who knows the science of devotional service in disciplic succession. This disciplic succession is called srotriya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bona fide spiritual master is he who knows the science of devotional service in disciplic succession. This disciplic succe..."
10:2210:22, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,287 N The Vedas therefore instruct that in order to know the science of devotional service one has to submit himself unto the bona fide spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas therefore instruct that in order to know the science of devotional service one has to submit himself unto the bona f..."
10:1810:18, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,217 N This constant engagement in devotional service can be performed only when one works under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This constant engagement in devotional service can be performed only when one works under the direction of a bona fide spiritu..."
10:1410:14, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,257 N Actually, ecstatic samadhi, or absorption in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can be achieved by constant engagement in His service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, ecstatic samādhi, or absorption in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can be achieved by constant engagement in Hi..."
10:1110:11, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,281 N Sridhara Swami continued, "Only by your (spiritual master's) mercy, I shall be able to get relief from all obstacles to spiritual life, and I shall be situated in blissful life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only by your mercy, I shall be able to get relief from all obstacles to spiritual life, and I shall be situated in blissful li..."
10:0610:06, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,331 N He (Sridhara Swami) says, "O all-merciful spiritual master, representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, when my mind will be completely surrendered unto your lotus feet" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He says, “O all-merciful spiritual master, representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, when my mind will be comple..."
10:0010:00, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,355 N By one's personal attempts, therefore, one cannot get free from the clutches of material nature. One has to accept a bona fide spiritual master and work according to his direction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By one’s personal attempts, therefore, one cannot get free from the clutches of material nature. One has to accept a bona fi..."
09:5609:56, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,127 N The personified Vedas continued, "Such unguided persons are compared to merchants going to sea on a ship without a captain" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such unguided persons are compared to merchants going to sea on a ship without a captain"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}}..."
09:5109:51, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,381 N The personified vedas continued, "Unless they (great mystic yogis) take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master they fall victim to the material influence and are never successful in their attempts at self-realization" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unless they take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master they fall victim to the material influence and are never successful i..."
09:4709:47, 25 April 2017 diff hist +6,307 N The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, although great mystic yogis may have full control over the elephant of the mind and the hurricane of the senses" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued: “Dear Lord, although great mystic yogīs may have full control over the elephant of the min..."
09:4309:43, 25 April 2017 diff hist +7,372 N The devotees are not at all interested in arguing with the nondevotees to nullify their theories. Rather than wasting time, they always engage themselves in the transcendental loving service of the Lord in full Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees are not at all interested in arguing with the nondevotees to nullify their theories. Rather than wasting time, th..."
09:3809:38, 25 April 2017 diff hist +5,796 N Lord Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, "The influence of the material nature is insurmountable, but anyone who surrenders unto Me can verily overcome the influence of material nature" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, “The influence of the material nature is insurmountable, but anyone who surren..."

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