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06:3206:32, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,536 N Whatever He (Krsna) desires is perfectly lawful, and whatever He decides cannot be changed by anyone. These are the eight transcendental qualities of Krsna. Besides that, Krsna is known as Yogesvara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever He desires is perfectly lawful, and whatever He decides cannot be changed by anyone. These are the eight transcendent..."
06:2806:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,564 N Krsna cannot be polluted by any sinful activity, Krsna never dies, Krsna never becomes old, Krsna is never subject to lamentation, Krsna is never hungry, and He is never thirsty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa cannot be polluted by any sinful activity, Kṛṣṇa never dies, Kṛṣṇa never becomes old, Kṛṣṇa is n..."
06:2106:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,719 N Otherwise, how could He (Krsna) remember that He first taught the yoga system of the Bhagavad-gita to the sun-god, Vivasvan? Therefore, He never dies. Nor does He ever become an old man Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Otherwise, how could He remember that He first taught the yoga system of the Bhagavad-gītā to the sun-god, Vivasvān? Theref..."
06:1406:14, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,441 N This means that He never dies. Forgetfulness is due to death. As we die, we change our bodies and forget. Krsna, however, is never forgetful. He can remember everything that has happened in the past Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This means that He never dies. Forgetfulness is due to death. As we die, we change our bodies and forget. Kṛṣṇa, however..."
06:1006:10, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,675 N The second transcendental quality is that Krsna never dies. In the BG, Fourth Chapter, He (Krsna) informs Arjuna that both He & Arjuna had many appearances in this material world, but that He alone remembers all such activities - past, present & future Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The second transcendental quality is that Kṛṣṇa never dies. In the Bhagavad-gītā, Fourth Chapter, He informs Arjuna th..."
06:0206:02, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,359 N The first of Krsna's eight transcendental qualities is that He is always untouched by the contamination of material existence. This is mentioned in the Isopanisad: apapa-viddham Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first of Kṛṣṇa’s eight transcendental qualities is that He is always untouched by the contamination of material ex..."
05:5905:59, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,229 N The six opulences are wealth, strength, beauty, fame, knowledge and renunciation. No one is greater than or equal to Krsna in these six opulences Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The six opulences are wealth, strength, beauty, fame, knowledge and renunciation. No one is greater than or equal to Kṛṣ..."
05:5505:55, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,591 N Because of their poor fund of knowledge, the Mayavadi philosophers forget the fact that Krsna is always full with six opulences, eight transcendental qualities and eight kinds of perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of their poor fund of knowledge, the Māyāvādī philosophers forget the fact that Kṛṣṇa is always full with si..."
05:5105:51, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,375 N The distinction between the Supersoul and the conditioned individual soul is that the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, maintains His natural opulences, known as sad-aisvarya, asta-siddhi and asta-guna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The distinction between the Supersoul and the conditioned individual soul is that the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of..."
05:4705:47, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,400 N The conditioned soul becomes enwrapped in the material world, whereas the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leaves it without being affected, just as a snake sheds his skin Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned soul becomes enwrapped in the material world, whereas the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, le..."
05:4505:45, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,144 N He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) maintains all opulences and perfections in full while keeping Himself apart from all the tribulations of this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He maintains all opulences and perfections in full while keeping Himself apart from all the tribulations of this material worl..."
05:4105:41, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,324 N The opulences of the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, are not diminished, although He appears within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The opulences of the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, are not diminished, although He appears within..."
05:3805:38, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,076 N While he (individual soul) is enwrapped in such ignorance, his natural opulences become almost extinct Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While he is enwrapped in such ignorance, his natural opulences become almost extinct"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{co..."
05:3205:32, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,350 N Due to his long forgetfulness of real existence, he (individual soul) identifies himself with a particular form awarded to him by the laws of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to his long forgetfulness of real existence, he identifies himself with a particular form awarded to him by the laws of ma..."
05:2805:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,448 N When there is cosmic manifestation, the jivatma, or the individual soul, appears in the creation in different forms, according to his previous fruitive activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When there is cosmic manifestation, the jīvātmā, or the individual soul, appears in the creation in different forms, accord..."
05:2505:25, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,682 N As declared in the Vedas, these two birds, although sitting as friends, are not equal. One is simply a witness. This bird is Paramatma, or the Supersoul. And the other bird is eating the fruit of the tree Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As declared in the Vedas, these two birds, although sitting as friends, are not equal. One is simply a witness. This bird is P..."
05:2105:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,574 N The personified Vedas continued by saying that the Supersoul and the individual soul, or Paramatma and jivatma, cannot be equal in any circumstance, although both of them sit within the same body, like two birds sitting in the same tree Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued by saying that the Supersoul and the individual soul, or Paramātmā and jīvātmā, cannot be..."
05:1805:18, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,461 N Such things may be called false. But the Vaisnava cannot take this material world to be false simply because of its temporary nature, its manifesting and again dissolving Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such things may be called false. But the Vaiṣṇava cannot take this material world to be false simply because of its tempor..."
05:1505:15, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,527 N There are no horse's eggs, there is no rabbit's horn, and there are no flowers growing in the sky. There are many things which exist in name or imagination but actually have no factual manifestation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are no horse’s eggs, there is no rabbit’s horn, and there are no flowers growing in the sky. There are many things w..."
05:1105:11, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,264 N For instance, the eggs of a horse or the horn of a rabbit or the flower in the sky are phenomena which exist only in name Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For instance, the eggs of a horse or the horn of a rabbit or the flower in the sky are phenomena which exist only in name"}} {..."
05:0905:09, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,487 N The cosmic manifestation is flickering and temporary does not mean that it is false. The definition of falsity is "that which never had any existence but which exists only in name" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cosmic manifestation is flickering and temporary does not mean that it is false. The definition of falsity is “that whic..."
05:0505:05, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,471 N The basic principle of the cosmic manifestation is always the same: Brahman, or the Absolute Truth; therefore, the Mayavadi philosophers' theory that it is false is certainly only a mental concoction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The basic principle of the cosmic manifestation is always the same: Brahman, or the Absolute Truth; therefore, the Māyāvād..."
02:5902:59, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,586 N The earthen pot or water jug may be broken or transformed into another shape, such as that of a dish or bowl, but the ingredient, or the material basis, namely the earth, continues to be the same Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The earthen pot or water jug may be broken or transformed into another shape, such as that of a dish or bowl, but the ingredie..."
02:5302:53, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,519 N It simply appears false. The Mayavadi philosophers conclude that because the material nature has no existence in the beginning and is nonexistent after dissolution, it is false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It simply appears false. The Māyāvādī philosophers conclude that because the material nature has no existence in the begin..."
02:5002:50, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,582 N This statement definitely confirms that the particular energy known as bahir-anga-maya, or the external energy, although of flickering nature, is the energy of the Supreme Lord, and as such it cannot be false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement definitely confirms that the particular energy known as bahir-aṅgā-māyā, or the external energy, although..."
02:4702:47, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,562 N The same principle is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita, "The cosmic manifestation comes into existence and again dissolves, and after dissolution it merges into the existence of the Supreme Lord" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The same principle is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: “The cosmic manifestation comes into existence and again dissolves,..."
02:4402:44, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,449 N All these Vedic injunctions indicate that the cosmic manifestation is due to the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead and that when it is dissolved it merges into Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these Vedic injunctions indicate that the cosmic manifestation is due to the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead and t..."
02:4102:41, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,608 N The Vedic injunctions define the source of creation and dissolution as yato va imani bhutani jayante, "He from whom this cosmic manifestation has emanated and in whom, after annihilation, everything will merge" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunctions define the source of creation and dissolution as yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante, “He from whom thi..."
02:3502:35, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,455 N The Mayavadi philosophers take advantage of the flickering nature of this cosmic manifestation to try to prove their thesis that this world is false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī philosophers take advantage of the flickering nature of this cosmic manifestation to try to prove their thesi..."
02:3002:30, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,548 N This material world is an expansion of the material energy of the Lord. Therefore it is real. It is not false, as sometimes concluded from the example of the snake and the rope Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material world is an expansion of the material energy of the Lord. Therefore it is real. It is not false, as sometimes co..."
02:2802:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +8,081 N A person who knows the intrinsic value of this material world for the service of the Lord, who is not attached to the material world, and who renounces the material world by not accepting it for sense gratification is situated in real renunciation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who knows the intrinsic value of this material world for the service of the Lord, who is not attached to the material..."
02:2402:24, 26 April 2017 diff hist +8,168 N Srila Rupa Gosvami therefore declares that if one rejects this material world as false, not considering the importance of this material world as a means to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such renunciation has very little value Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore declares that if one rejects this material world as false, not considering the importance of..."
02:2102:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,844 N Just as those who mistake a currency note for ordinary paper discard it and cannot utilize the money Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as those who mistake a currency note for ordinary paper discard it and cannot utilize the money"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
02:1802:18, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,997 N The Vaisnava philosopher acknowledges the full value of this material world and knows how to utilize it properly, whereas the Mayavadi philosopher fails to do so Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vaiṣṇava philosopher acknowledges the full value of this material world and knows how to utilize it properly, whereas..."
02:1202:12, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,814 N This material world may be false or temporary, but because it is an emanation from the Supreme Lord, it has its full value Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material world may be false or temporary, but because it is an emanation from the Supreme Lord, it has its full value"}}..."
02:0902:09, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,957 N Although this material world may be false, just like the paper, it has its proper beneficial utilization. Because the currency notes, although paper, are issued by the government, they have full value Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although this material world may be false, just like the paper, it has its proper beneficial utilization. Because the currency..."
02:0602:06, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,896 N When one has one million dollars in currency notes, he is actually holding only a huge bunch of papers, but if he utilizes it for a purpose, then he benefits Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one has one million dollars in currency notes, he is actually holding only a huge bunch of papers, but if he utilizes it..."
01:5901:59, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,774 N Persons who are not devotees take to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies for materialistic reasons, and then they are bewildered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Persons who are not devotees take to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies for materialistic reasons, and then they are bewildered"..."
01:5601:56, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,041 N Persons who are intelligent, who have taken shelter of a bona fide spiritual master to see things as they are, do not take to fruitive activities but engage themselves in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Persons who are intelligent, who have taken shelter of a bona fide spiritual master to see things as they are, do not take to..."
01:5301:53, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,009 N Men who are too much attached to material enjoyment are captivated by the prospect of being elevated to the higher planetary system, and so they take to such ritualistic activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Men who are too much attached to material enjoyment are captivated by the prospect of being elevated to the higher planetary s..."
01:5001:50, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,981 N Although such ceremonies (Vedic ritualistic ceremonies) are certainly mentioned in the Vedas, they are not meant for the intelligent class of men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although such ceremonies are certainly mentioned in the Vedas, they are not meant for the intelligent class of men"}} {{notes|..."
01:4501:45, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,147 N Their (foolish persons) only profit is to take the trouble of going and coming back, just as at present many material scientists are spoiling their time by trying to go to the moon planet and again coming back Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their only profit is to take the trouble of going and coming back, just as at present many material scientists are spoiling th..."
01:4101:41, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,114 N As it is said in the Bhagavad-gita, foolish persons, after exhausting the results of their pious activities in the heavenly kingdom, come back again to this lower planetary system and then again try to go to the higher planetary system Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā, foolish persons, after exhausting the results of their pious activities in the heavenly..."
01:3701:37, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,602 N The result of fruitive activities can elevate one to the higher planetary system Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The result of fruitive activities can elevate one to the higher planetary system"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{comple..."
01:3501:35, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,084 N As far as fruitive activities are concerned, they are mainly based on the platform of sense gratification. Therefore an advanced Krsna conscious person does not take to them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as fruitive activities are concerned, they are mainly based on the platform of sense gratification. Therefore an advanc..."
01:3101:31, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,866 N When properly utilized, neither the superior nor inferior energies emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead are false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When properly utilized, neither the superior nor inferior energies emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead are false..."
01:2801:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,022 N It is therefore confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that even slightly using the body and the material world for the service of the Lord can deliver a person from the gravest danger Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is therefore confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā that even slightly using the body and the material world for the service of t..."
01:2501:25, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,560 N If the human body and the material creation are used for the service of the Supreme Lord, their activities are never false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the human body and the material creation are used for the service of the Supreme Lord, their activities are never false"}}..."
01:2301:23, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,713 N When the earthen pot is used for a wrong purpose, that is false. Similarly, the human body or the material world, when used for sense gratification, is false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the earthen pot is used for a wrong purpose, that is false. Similarly, the human body or the material world, when used fo..."
01:1801:18, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,731 N The example of the earthen pot may be cited again: the earthen pot produced from the whole earth is temporary, but when used for a proper purpose the earthen pot is not false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The example of the earthen pot may be cited again: the earthen pot produced from the whole earth is temporary, but when used f..."

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