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11:4311:43, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,739 N The personified Vedas said, "Dear Lord, although Brahma, Indra, the predominating demigod of the heavenly planets, as well as the predominating deities of such planets as the sun and the moon, are all very confidential directors of this material world" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dear Lord, although Lord Brahmā, the predominating deity of the highest planet, Brahmaloka, and King Indra, the predominating..."
11:3411:34, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,695 N The Lord's pastimes and qualities are unlimited. It is not possible for us to remember all the qualities of the Lord. Therefore, the personified Vedas worshiped to the best of their ability, and at the end they spoke as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord’s pastimes and qualities are unlimited. It is not possible for us to remember all the qualities of the Lord. Theref..."
11:2811:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,302 N The personified Vedas thus worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in different ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas thus worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in different ways"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}}..."
11:2411:24, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,493 N Lord Krsna therefore instructs us that an acarya is above criticism. A neophyte devotee should not consider himself to be on the same plane as the acarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore instructs us that an ācārya is above criticism. A neophyte devotee should not consider himself to..."
11:2111:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,508 N Because a pure devotee follows in the footsteps of the acaryas, any action he performs to discharge devotional service should be understood to be on the transcendental platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because a pure devotee follows in the footsteps of the ācāryas, any action he performs to discharge devotional service shoul..."
11:1811:18, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,643 N In the higher stages of devotional service, a devotee is not even concerned with the list of do's and do not's. Such a position can be maintained only by following in the footsteps of the acaryas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the higher stages of devotional service, a devotee is not even concerned with the list of do’s and do not’s. Such a pos..."
11:1511:15, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,502 N This devotional attitude is explained in the Bhagavad-gita: a devotee is never distressed in reverse conditions of life, nor is he overjoyed in favorable conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This devotional attitude is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: a devotee is never distressed in reverse conditions of life, nor..."
11:0711:07, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,595 N When he has fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, he does not care whether his condition of life is favorable or unfavorable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he has fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, he does not care whether his condition of life is favor..."
11:0411:04, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,496 N Such a devotee can understand that all conditions of life, favorable and unfavorable, are created by the supreme will of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a devotee can understand that all conditions of life, favorable and unfavorable, are created by the supreme will of the L..."
10:5810:58, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,688 N A pious man who is simply eager to know the science of Krsna also approaches the Supreme Lord. Out of these four classes of men, the last is praised by Krsna Himself in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pious man who is simply eager to know the science of Kṛṣṇa also approaches the Supreme Lord. Out of these four classes..."
10:5310:53, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,128 N If a pious man is in need of material help, he prays to the Lord for such help. If a pious man is actually inquisitive about the science of God, he approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a pious man is in need of material help, he prays to the Lord for such help. If a pious man is actually inquisitive about t..."
10:4310:43, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,257 N In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that a devotee who knows Him perfectly is very dear to Him. Four kinds of pious men take to devotional service. If a pious man is in distress, he approaches the Lord for mitigation of his distress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says that a devotee who knows Him perfectly is very dear to Him. Four kinds of pious men take..."
10:3910:39, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,218 N The actions of the Krsna consciousness movement are directed by the previous acaryas, headed by Srila Rupa Gosvami; in the association of devotees following these principles, a devotee is able to perfectly maintain his transcendental position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The actions of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are directed by the previous ācāryas, headed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvām..."
10:3610:36, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,284 N In other words, a devotee does not much care whether or not he is liberated; he is eager only for devotional service. Devotional service means that one does not do anything independently of the sanction of the acaryas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, a devotee does not much care whether or not he is liberated; he is eager only for devotional service. Devotion..."
10:3310:33, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,278 N The K C movement is based on this principle. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has sung, "My dear Lord, let me be engaged in Your transcendental loving service, as indicated by the previous acaryas, and let me live in the association of pure devotees" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on this principle. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, “My dear Lor..."
09:5709:57, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,977 N If the devotee can thus maintain his transcendental position, his liberation in this life and the next is guaranteed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the devotee can thus maintain his transcendental position, his liberation in this life and the next is guaranteed by the Su..."
09:5309:53, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,580 N He (pure devotee) is not interested in the praise or condemnation of people engaged in material activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is not interested in the praise or condemnation of people engaged in material activities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC..."
09:5009:50, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,761 N The pure devotee, however, is always callous to praise or condemnation by ordinary people. Actually, the devotee's activities are on the transcendental plane Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotee, however, is always callous to praise or condemnation by ordinary people. Actually, the devotee’s activitie..."
09:4409:44, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,613 N Nor is a devotee very much disturbed or pleased by praise or condemnation from people in general Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor is a devotee very much disturbed or pleased by praise or condemnation from people in general"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Hanu..."
09:4209:42, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,979 N The material pangs are inevitable as long as we exist within the material world, but a devotee does not divert his attention to such actions and reactions, which are the results of pious and impious activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material pangs are inevitable as long as we exist within the material world, but a devotee does not divert his attention t..."
09:3809:38, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,794 N The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, anyone who by Your grace has understood the glories of Your lotus feet is callous to material happiness and distress" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued: “Dear Lord, anyone who by Your grace has understood the glories of Your lotus feet is callo..."
09:3509:35, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,988 N The conclusion is that a devotee, by the grace of the Lord, is liberated in both this life and the next, whereas karmis, jnanis and yogis are never liberated, either in this life or in the next Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion is that a devotee, by the grace of the Lord, is liberated in both this life and the next, whereas karmīs, jñ..."
09:3109:31, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,910 N Without connection with Acyuta, the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no possibility of stopping the resultant actions of the law of karma. The life of Krsna consciousness is the life of liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without connection with Acyuta, the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no possibility of stopping the resulta..."
09:2809:28, 26 April 2017 diff hist +5,770 N The devotees are liberated in both this life and the next. Any work done in this material world for Yajna (Visnu, or Krsna) is considered to be liberated work Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees are liberated in both this life and the next. Any work done in this material world for Yajña (Viṣṇu, or Kṛ..."
09:2509:25, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,710 N Bhagavad-Gita says, "Devotees of the Personality of Godhead transcend all the reactions of the three modes of material nature and are situated on the transcendental platform of Brahman realization" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees of the Personality of Godhead transcend all the reactions of the three modes of material nature and are situated on t..."
09:2109:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,430 N Devotional service is never within the jurisdiction of the law of karma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service is never within the jurisdiction of the law of karma"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
09:1909:19, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,730 N Although a philanthropist's opening an educational institution may be pious activity, it comes under the laws of karma, whereas constructing a temple for Visnu is devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a philanthropist’s opening an educational institution may be pious activity, it comes under the laws of karma, wher..."
09:1609:16, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,914 N Such engagements (construction of Visnu's temple) are called krsnarthe akhila-cesta, variegated activities performed to please Krsna. A philanthropist's opening a school building and a devotee's constructing a temple are not on the same level Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such engagements are called kṛṣṇārthe akhila-ceṣṭā, variegated activities performed to please Kṛṣṇa. A phila..."
09:0909:09, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,789 N Sannyasis who do not take advantage of this life to realize Krsna simply waste their time and energy in activities outside the jurisdiction of the renounced order Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsīs who do not take advantage of this life to realize Kṛṣṇa simply waste their time and energy in activities out..."
09:0609:06, 26 April 2017 diff hist +7,183 N Visvanatha said, "Sannyasis become attracted by philanthropic work, such as opening educational institutions, hospitals or monasteries, churches or temples of demigods, they find only trouble from such engagements, not only in this life but in the next" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Become attracted by philanthropic work, such as opening educational institutions, hospitals or even monasteries, churches or t..."
08:5908:59, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,998 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks in this connection that if sannyasis (persons in the renounced order of life, who have left their homes for self-realization) do not engage themselves in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks in this connection that if sannyāsīs (persons in the renounced order of..."
08:5308:53, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,760 N The personified Vedas continued, "Despite all endeavors to attain perfection, such yogis, contaminated by desires for sense gratification, will continue to suffer in this life and the next" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Despite all endeavors to attain perfection, such yogīs, contaminated by desires for sense gratification, will continue to suf..."
08:4808:48, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,549 N The personified Vedas continued, "For such persons (the so-called yogis and jnanis), both this life and the next life are sources of tribulation" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For such persons, both this life and the next life are sources of tribulation"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|HanumanIC}} {{complete|..."
08:4308:43, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,851 N The Vedas said, "As such, the so-called yogis and jnanis who are simply wasting their time in different types of sense gratification, either by mental speculation or by exhibition of limited mystic powers, will never be liberated from conditioned life" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As such, the so-called yogīs and jñānīs who are simply wasting their time in different types of sense gratification, eithe..."
08:3808:38, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,927 N The personified Vedas continued, "Mystic yogis who still have contaminated desires for sense gratification are never successful in their attempt, nor can they realize the Supersoul within the individual self" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas continued: “Mystic yogīs who still have contaminated desires for sense gratification are never succes..."
08:3108:31, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,853 N Persons who have taken to the path of self-realization must therefore be very careful to avoid contamination by the influence of maya. Srila Rupa Gosvami says that a devotee should be completely free from all sorts of material desires Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Persons who have taken to the path of self-realization must therefore be very careful to avoid contamination by the influence..."
08:2708:27, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,552 N The personified Vedas continued, "If an individual soul meditates but does not actually perceive the presence of the Supersoul within himself, his meditation is useless" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If an individual soul meditates but does not actually perceive the presence of the Supersoul within himself, his meditation is..."
08:2408:24, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,568 N The personified Vedas continued, "If a person has a jeweled locket in his necklace but forgets the jewel, it is almost as though he does not possess it" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a person has a jeweled locket in his necklace but forgets the jewel, it is almost as though he does not possess it"}} {{not..."
08:2108:21, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,623 N The personified Vedas continued, "Samadhi, or meditation, means that one has to find the Supersoul within himself. One who is not free from sinful reactions cannot see the Supersoul" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Samādhi, or meditation, means that one has to find the Supersoul within himself. One who is not free from sinful reactions ca..."
08:1708:17, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,844 N The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, if saintly persons do not take care to eradicate completely the roots of sinful desires, they cannot experience the Supersoul, although He is sitting side by side with the individual soul" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"“Dear Lord,” the personified Vedas continued, “if saintly persons do not take care to eradicate completely the roots of..."
08:1208:12, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,735 N The personified Vedas said that if the yogis and the jnanis do not free themselves from sinful desires, then their particular process of self-realization will never be successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The personified Vedas said that if the yogīs and the jñānīs do not free themselves from sinful desires, then their particu..."
08:0608:06, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,690 N The speculation that one is equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is another symptom of sinful life. One cannot take to Krsna consciousness unless one is completely freed from all sinful activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The speculation that one is equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is another symptom of sinful life. One cannot take to..."
07:1007:10, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,726 N If he is the Supreme God, then how is it that he has been overtaken by impious activities and thereby subjected to the tribulations of the law of karma? When the Mayavadis are asked about this, they cannot properly answer Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If he is the Supreme God, then how is it that he has been overtaken by impious activities and thereby subjected to the tribula..."
07:0207:02, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,344 N It is said that the last snare of maya is to dictate to the living entity to try to become equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said that the last snare of māyā is to dictate to the living entity to try to become equal to the Supreme Personality..."
06:5906:59, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,604 N This understanding is called self-realization. Any other realization of one's self beyond this relationship of eternal servitorship to Krsna is impelled by maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This understanding is called self-realization. Any other realization of one’s self beyond this relationship of eternal servi..."
06:5406:54, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,629 N The Mayavadis' theory that the Supersoul and the individual soul are equal is only a misconception. The conclusion is, therefore, that Krsna is worshipable and that all other living entities are simply His servants Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs’ theory that the Supersoul and the individual soul are equal is only a misconception. The conclusion is, t..."
06:5006:50, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,452 N In this way, Krsna is endowed with all opulences, transcendental qualities and mystic powers. No ordinary living being can compare to Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way, Kṛṣṇa is endowed with all opulences, transcendental qualities and mystic powers. No ordinary living being c..."
06:4706:47, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,533 N He (Krsna) is called the supreme controller, Paramesvara. In addition, Krsna can bring anyone under His influence. This is called vasita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is called the supreme controller, Parameśvara. In addition, Kṛṣṇa can bring anyone under His influence. This is call..."
06:4306:43, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,517 N Krsna also has the perfection of prapti: He can get whatever He likes. Similarly, He has the facility of isita, controlling power Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa also has the perfection of prāpti: He can get whatever He likes. Similarly, He has the facility of īśitā, cont..."
06:3606:36, 26 April 2017 diff hist +6,485 N He (Krsna) has all the opulences or facilities of mystic powers, such as anima-siddhi, the power to become smaller than the smallest Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He has all the opulences or facilities of mystic powers, such as aṇimā-siddhi, the power to become smaller than the smalles..."

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