User contributions for Iswaraj

24 January 2018

• 14:3714:37, 24 January 2018 diff hist +4,451 N Instead of identifying his interest with Mine, he becomes interested in his bodily expansions like his wife, children and material possessions. By the influence of his actions, one body comes from another, and after one death, another death takes place Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, instead of identifying his interest with Mine, he becomes interested in his bodily expansions like his wife, c..."
• 14:3414:34, 24 January 2018 diff hist +4,202 N When a living entity, thinking himself different from Me, forgets his spiritual identity of qualitative oneness with Me in eternity, knowledge and bliss, his material, conditional life begins Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a living entity, thinking himself different from Me, forgets his spiritual identity of qualitative oneness with Me in ete..."
• 14:2914:29, 24 January 2018 diff hist +2,896 N The quality of knowing belongs to the living entities and to the Supreme Soul. Thus the living entity can also experience the activities of dreams and wakefulness. In both stages the knower is unchanged, but is qualitatively one with the Supreme Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That knowing factor is Brahman. In other words, the quality of knowing belongs to the living entities and to the Supreme Soul...."
• 14:2314:23, 24 January 2018 diff hist +2,572 N The knower of the facts, the living entity who inquires into the incidents manifested in dreams and wakefulness, is different from the circumstantial activities. That knowing factor is Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the knower of the facts, the living entity who inquires into the incidents manifested in dreams and wakefulness, is..."
• 14:2114:21, 24 January 2018 diff hist +2,757 N If one's dreams during sleep are merely subject matters witnessed by the Supersoul, how can the living entity, who is different from the Supersoul, remember the activities of dreams? The experiences of one person cannot be understood by another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one's dreams during sleep are merely subject matters witnessed by the Supersoul, how can the living entity, who is differen..."
• 14:1714:17, 24 January 2018 diff hist +2,241 N Know Me to be the Supreme Brahman, the all-pervading Supersoul through whom the sleeping living entity can understand his dreaming condition and his happiness beyond the activities of the material senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Know Me to be the Supreme Brahman, the all-pervading Supersoul through whom the sleeping living entity can understand his drea..."
• 14:1214:12, 24 January 2018 diff hist +5,323 N All the conditions of deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness are but energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should always remember the original creator of these conditions, the Supreme Lord, who is unaffected by them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the conditions of deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness are but energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should..."
• 14:0914:09, 24 January 2018 diff hist +5,273 N Sometimes when one awakens from a dream he sees that he is in a human form, lying in his bed in one place. Then he sees himself, in terms of various conditions, as belonging to a particular nationality, family and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes when one awakens from a dream he sees that he is in a human form, lying in his bed in one place. Then he sees himsel..."
• 14:0214:02, 24 January 2018 diff hist +5,127 N When a person is in deep sleep, he dreams and sees in himself many other objects, such as great mountains and rivers or perhaps even the entire universe, although they are far away Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a person is in deep sleep, he dreams and sees in himself many other objects, such as great mountains and rivers or perhap..."
• 14:0014:00, 24 January 2018 diff hist +3,763 N The material world expands in the living entity as a source of enjoyment. In this way they both expand, but because they are My energies, they are both pervaded by Me Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, the material world expands in the living entity as a source of enjoyment. In this way they both expand, but because..."
• 13:5113:51, 24 January 2018 diff hist +9,260 N These two forms of Mine - namely, the transcendental sound and the eternally blissful spiritual form of the Deity, are My eternal forms; they are not material Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These two forms of Mine - namely, the transcendental sound and the eternally blissful spiritual form of the Deity, are My eter..."
• 13:4613:46, 24 January 2018 diff hist +9,047 N I am the form of the transcendental vibrations like omkara and Hare Krsna Hare Rama, and I am the Supreme Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am the form of the transcendental vibrations like omkara and Hare Krsna Hare Rama, and I am the Supreme Absolute Truth"}} {{..."
• 13:4413:44, 24 January 2018 diff hist +9,292 N All living entities, moving and nonmoving, are My expansions and are separate from Me. I am the Supersoul of all living beings, who exist because I manifest them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities, moving and nonmoving, are My expansions and are separate from Me. I am the Supersoul of all living beings..."
• 13:4113:41, 24 January 2018 diff hist +3,804 N You have seen Me face to face because you are now educated in the spiritual science. Therefore you are now completely perfect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because you are now educated in the spiritual science, you have seen Me face to face. Therefore you are now completely perfect..."
• 13:3813:38, 24 January 2018 diff hist +4,191 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, replied as follows: O King, as a result of your having accepted the instructions spoken about Me by the great sages Narada and Angira, you have become completely aware of transcendental knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, replied as follows: O King, as a result of your having accepted the instructio..."

21 January 2018

• 16:1916:19, 21 January 2018 diff hist +1,836 N Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, being very much pleased with the prayers offered by Citraketu, the King of the Vidyadharas, replied to him as follows, O best of the Kuru dynasty, Maharaja Pariksit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, being very much pleased with the prayers..."
• 16:1616:16, 21 January 2018 diff hist +1,829 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead holds all the universes on His heads like seeds of mustard. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, that Supreme Personality, who has thousands of hoods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead holds all the universes on His heads like seeds of mustard. I offer my respectful obeisance..."
• 16:1116:11, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,058 N My dear Lord, it is after You endeavor that Lord Brahma, Indra and the other directors of the cosmic manifestation become occupied with their activities. It is after You perceive the material energy, My Lord, that the senses begin to perceive Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, it is after You endeavor that Lord Brahma, Indra and the other directors of the cosmic manifestation become occu..."
• 16:0316:03, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,938 N They cannot understand Your real position & therefore they conclude that the cosmic manifestation is independent of Your opulence. My Lord, You are the supreme pure, & You are full in all six opulences. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They cannot understand Your real position, and therefore they conclude that the cosmic manifestation is independent of Your op..."
• 15:5915:59, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,800 N My dear Lord, You are the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this cosmic manifestation, but persons who are too materialistic and who always see separateness do not have eyes with which to see You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, You are the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this cosmic manifestation, but persons who are too materialis..."
• 15:5215:52, 21 January 2018 diff hist +1,738 N In the presence of the sun there is nothing to be revealed by the light of a glowworm. Similarly, because You know everything, in Your presence there is nothing for me to make known Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the presence of the sun there is nothing to be revealed by the light of a glowworm. Similarly, because You know everything,..."
• 15:4915:49, 21 January 2018 diff hist +1,637 N O unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, whatever a living entity does in this material world is well known to You because You are the Supersoul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, whatever a living entity does in this material world is well known to You because..."
• 15:4515:45, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,538 N Whatever is predicted by the great sage Narada Muni cannot be otherwise. In other words, I have obtained Your audience as a result of being trained by Narada Muni Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever is predicted by the great sage Narada Muni cannot be otherwise. In other words, I have obtained Your audience as a re..."
• 15:4015:40, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,828 N Therefore, my dear Lord, simply seeing You has now wiped away all the contamination of sinful activities and their results of material attachment and lusty desires, which always filled my mind and the core of my heart Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore, my dear Lord, simply seeing You has now wiped away all the contamination of sinful activities and their results of..."
• 15:3215:32, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,908 N Merely by hearing the holy name of Your Lordship only once, even candalas, men of the lowest class, are freed from all material contamination. Under the circumstances, who will not be freed from material contamination simply by seeing You? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of s..."
• 15:2615:26, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,767 N My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of seeing You personally Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of s..."
• 15:1815:18, 21 January 2018 diff hist +8,490 N Those who follow their occupational duties under Your supervision, being equal to all living entities, moving and nonmoving, and not considering high and low, are called Aryans. Such Aryans worship You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who follow their occupational duties under Your supervision, being equal to all living entities, moving and nonmoving, a..."
• 15:1015:10, 21 January 2018 diff hist +6,634 N By causing pain to one's own self due to self-envy and by causing pain to others, one arouses Your anger and practices irreligion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By causing pain to one's own self due to self-envy and by causing pain to others, one arouses Your anger and practices irrelig..."
• 15:0515:05, 21 January 2018 diff hist +6,834 N How can a religious system that produces envy of one's self and of others be beneficial for oneself and for them? What is auspicious about following such a system? What is actually to be gained? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How can a religious system that produces envy of one's self and of others be beneficial for oneself and for them? What is ausp..."
• 15:0015:00, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,878 N There are other, low-class religious systems, which are contemplated for the killing of enemies or the gain of mystic power, but such religious systems, being full of passion and envy, are impure and temporary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are other, low-class religious systems, which are contemplated for the killing of enemies or the gain of mystic power, b..."
• 14:5214:52, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,600 N The followers of Srimad-Bhagavatam have no such consciousness. They are all Krsna conscious, thinking that they are Krsna's and Krsna is theirs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The followers of Srimad-Bhagavatam have no such consciousness. They are all Krsna conscious, thinking that they are Krsna's an..."
• 14:4514:45, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,722 N Being full of contradictions, all forms of religion but bhagavata-dharma work under conceptions of fruitive results and distinctions of "you and I" and "yours and mine" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being full of contradictions, all forms of religion but bhagavata-dharma work under conceptions of fruitive results and distin..."
• 14:3914:39, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,942 N Persons who have no material desires, like the Kumaras, who are self-satisfied sages, worship You to be liberated from material contamination. In other words, they accept the process of bhagavata-dharma to achieve shelter at Your lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Persons who have no material desires, like the Kumaras, who are self-satisfied sages, worship You to be liberated from materia..."
• 14:3414:34, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,680 N O unconquerable one, when You spoke about bhagavata-dharma, which is the uncontaminated religious system for achieving the shelter of Your lotus feet, that was Your victory Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O unconquerable one, when You spoke about bhagavata-dharma, which is the uncontaminated religious system for achieving the she..."
• 14:2914:29, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,154 N Living entities are subjected to the repetition of birth and death because they are conditioned by material nature, but since You are transcendental, one who is inclined to associate with You in transcendence escapes the conditions of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Living entities are subjected to the repetition of birth and death because they are conditioned by material nature, but since..."
• 14:2614:26, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,232 N O Supreme Lord, if persons obsessed with material desires for sense gratification through material opulence worship You, who are the source of all knowledge and are transcendental to material qualities, they are not subject to material rebirth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O Supreme Lord, if persons obsessed with material desires for sense gratification through material opulence worship You, who a..."
• 14:2014:20, 21 January 2018 diff hist +3,602 N With the destruction of the entire universe, including the demigods, the benedictions received from the demigods also vanish, just like the nobility when a king is no longer in power Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With the destruction of the entire universe, including the demigods, the benedictions received from the demigods also vanish,..."
• 14:0414:04, 21 January 2018 diff hist +3,975 N There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called unlimited (ananta) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You...."
• 14:0114:01, 21 January 2018 diff hist +3,946 N Every universe is covered by seven layers - earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego - each ten times greater than the previous one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every universe is covered by seven layers - earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego - each ten times grea..."
• 13:5813:58, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,144 N Nonetheless, You are eternal, having no beginning, end or middle. You are perceived to exist in these three phases, and thus You are permanent. When the cosmic manifestation does not exist, You exist as the original potency Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nonetheless, You are eternal, having no beginning, end or middle. You are perceived to exist in these three phases, and thus Y..."
• 13:5613:56, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,008 N You exist in the beginning, middle and end of everything, from the most minute particle of the cosmic manifestation - the atom - to the gigantic universes and total material energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You exist in the beginning, middle and end of everything, from the most minute particle of the cosmic manifestation - the atom..."
• 08:5608:56, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,905 N Since Brahma and the other creators are nothing but small portions of a portion of You, their partial power to create does not make them God (isvara). Their consciousness of themselves as separate Lords is therefore merely false prestige. It is not valid Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Lord Brahmā and the other creators are nothing but small portions of a portion of You, their partial power to create do..."
• 08:5108:51, 21 January 2018 diff hist +4,286 N My dear Lord, this cosmic manifestation and its creation, maintenance and annihilation are all but Your opulences Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, this cosmic manifestation and its creation, maintenance and annihilation are all but Your opulences"}} {{notes|}..."
• 08:4408:44, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,689 N They can keep You under their control because You are causelessly merciful to devotees who desire no material profit from You. Indeed, You give Yourself to them, and because of this You also have full control over Your devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They can keep You under their control because You are causelessly merciful to devotees who desire no material profit from You...."
• 08:3608:36, 21 January 2018 diff hist +5,447 N Citraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, although You cannot be conquered by anyone, You are certainly conquered by devotees who have control of the mind and senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Citraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, although You cannot be conquered by anyone, You are certainly conquered by devotees who..."
• 08:3208:32, 21 January 2018 diff hist +3,073 N Thus he began offering prayers to the Lord, who is the personification of the holy scriptures (the satvata-samhitas like the Brahma-samhita and the Narada-pancaratra) and who is the spiritual master of all. He offered his prayers as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus he began offering prayers to the Lord, who is the personification of the holy scriptures (the satvata-samhitas like the B..."
• 08:2608:26, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,949 N Thereafter, by controlling his mind with his intelligence and thus restricting his senses from external engagements, he recovered suitable words with which to express his feelings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thereafter, by controlling his mind with his intelligence and thus restricting his senses from external engagements, he recove..."
• 08:2308:23, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,854 N He was unable to utter any of the letters of the alphabet to offer the Lord suitable prayers because his voice was choked in ecstasy, for a considerable time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because his voice was choked in ecstasy, for a considerable time he was unable to utter any of the letters of the alphabet to..."
• 08:2008:20, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,617 N With tears of love and affection, Citraketu repeatedly moistened the resting place of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With tears of love and affection, Citraketu repeatedly moistened the resting place of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet"}} {{notes..."
• 08:0708:07, 21 January 2018 diff hist +2,494 N He became silent and grave, and because of love for the Lord, tears fell from his eyes, and his hairs stood on end. With great devotion and love, he offered his respectful obeisances unto the original Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He became silent and grave, and because of love for the Lord, tears fell from his eyes, and his hairs stood on end. With great..."