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16:0616:06, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,522 N Sometimes the living entity in the forest of material existence takes shelter of creepers and desires to hear the chirping of the birds in those creepers. Being afraid of roaring lions in the forest, he makes friends with cranes, herons and vultures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the living entity in the forest of material existence takes shelter of creepers and desires to hear the chirping of..."
16:0316:03, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,623 N They are not able to take up the spiritual path accepted by those in the renounced order. Although they are big heroes and political leaders, they cannot take to the path of spiritual realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are not able to take up the spiritual path accepted by those in the renounced order. Although they are big heroes and pol..."
15:5915:59, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,800 N There were and are many political and social heroes who have conquered enemies of equal power, yet due to their ignorance in believing that the land is theirs, they fight one another and lay down their lives in battle Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There were and are many political and social heroes who have conquered enemies of equal power, yet due to their ignorance in b..."
15:5215:52, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,172 N Sometimes due to scarcity of money or due to diseased conditions, they are embarrassed and almost die Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes due to scarcity of money or due to diseased conditions, they are embarrassed and almost die"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
15:5015:50, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,520 N Due to monetary transactions, relationships become very strained and end in enmity. Sometimes the husband and wife walk on the path of material progress, and to maintain their relationship they work very hard Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to monetary transactions, relationships become very strained and end in enmity. Sometimes the husband and wife walk on the..."
15:4515:45, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,283 N He (a person) therefore goes to beg money from others, but when his desires are not fulfilled by begging, he wants to borrow or steal the property of others. Thus he is insulted in society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He therefore goes to beg money from others, but when his desires are not fulfilled by begging, he wants to borrow or steal the..."
15:4215:42, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,284 N On the forest path of material existence, sometimes a person is without wealth and due to this does not have a proper home, bed or sitting place, nor proper family enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the forest path of material existence, sometimes a person is without wealth and due to this does not have a proper home, be..."
15:3815:38, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,205 N Sometimes he is cheated in business transactions one after another. In this way, by cheating, living entities create enmity among themselves Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes he is cheated in business transactions one after another. In this way, by cheating, living entities create enmity am..."
15:3615:36, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,473 N Sometimes the living entity is busy counteracting the natural disturbances of freezing cold, scorching heat, strong wind, excessive rainfall and so forth. When he is unable to do so, he becomes very unhappy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the living entity is busy counteracting the natural disturbances of freezing cold, scorching heat, strong wind, exce..."
15:2415:24, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,658 N Sometimes other poisonous snakes bite him. Being blind to his consciousness, he falls down into a dark well of hellish life with no hope of being rescued Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes other poisonous snakes bite him. Being blind to his consciousness, he falls down into a dark well of hellish life wi..."
15:2015:20, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,780 N The conditioned soul in the material forest is sometimes swallowed by a python or crushed. At such a time he is left lying in the forest like a dead person, devoid of consciousness and knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned soul in the material forest is sometimes swallowed by a python or crushed. At such a time he is left lying in..."
15:0915:09, 4 May 2018 diff hist +4,245 N Sometimes he imagines a great palatial city in which he desires to live happily with his family members and riches. He thinks himself fully satisfied if this is possible, but such so-called happiness continues only for a moment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes he imagines a great palatial city in which he desires to live happily with his family members and riches. He thinks..."
15:0515:05, 4 May 2018 diff hist +4,116 N Sometimes, being defeated or plundered by a superior, powerful agent, a living entity loses all his possessions. He then becomes very morose, and lamenting their loss, he sometimes becomes unconscious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes, being defeated or plundered by a superior, powerful agent, a living entity loses all his possessions. He then becom..."
14:5714:57, 4 May 2018 diff hist +4,135 N Sometimes the conditioned soul jumps into a shallow river, or being short of food grains, he goes to beg food from people who are not at all charitable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the conditioned soul jumps into a shallow river, or being short of food grains, he goes to beg food from people who..."
14:5214:52, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,013 N He approaches such a tree due to his strong appetite, and thus he suffers. He would like to acquire water, but he is simply illusioned by a mirage, and he runs after it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He approaches such a tree due to his strong appetite, and thus he suffers. He would like to acquire water, but he is simply il..."
14:4914:49, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,952 N Sometimes his heart is pained by the sounds of owls, which are just like the harsh words of his enemies. Sometimes he takes shelter of a tree that has no fruits or flowers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes his heart is pained by the sounds of owls, which are just like the harsh words of his enemies. Sometimes he takes sh..."
14:4014:40, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,810 N My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives and so forth, runs from one place to another in search of success Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives an..."
14:3414:34, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,559 N Sometimes he sees an imaginary palace in the forest, and sometimes he is bewildered by seeing a fleeting fiend or ghost, which appears like a meteor in the sky Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes he sees an imaginary palace in the forest, and sometimes he is bewildered by seeing a fleeting fiend or ghost, which..."
14:3014:30, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,728 N In this forest there are dense bowers composed of thickets of bushes, grass and creepers. In these bowers the conditioned soul is always disturbed by cruelly biting mosquitoes (envious people) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this forest there are dense bowers composed of thickets of bushes, grass and creepers. In these bowers the conditioned soul..."
14:2614:26, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,355 N Like tigers, jackals and other ferocious animals in a forest that are ready to take away a lamb from the custody of its protector, the wife and children enter the heart of the merchant and plunder him in so many ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Like tigers, jackals and other ferocious animals in a forest that are ready to take away a lamb from the custody of its protec..."
14:2314:23, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,224 N O King Rahugana, in this forest of material existence there are six very powerful plunderers. When the conditioned soul enters the forest to acquire some material gain, the six plunderers misguide him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O King Rahugana, in this forest of material existence there are six very powerful plunderers. When the conditioned soul enters..."
07:3007:30, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,396 N He works very hard day and night exactly like a merchant who enters a forest to acquire some articles to sell later for profit. However, he cannot really achieve happiness within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He works very hard day and night exactly like a merchant who enters a forest to acquire some articles to sell later for profit..."
07:1707:17, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,335 N These fruits are auspicious, inauspicious and mixed. He thus becomes attached to religion, economic development, sense gratification and the monistic theory of liberation (merging with the Supreme) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These fruits are auspicious, inauspicious and mixed. He thus becomes attached to religion, economic development, sense gratifi..."
07:1407:14, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,429 N Being captivated by the material world under the influence of the three modes of material nature (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna), the living entity can see only the three fruits of activities under the spell of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being captivated by the material world under the influence of the three modes of material nature (sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa a..."
07:0907:09, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,447 N Jada Bharata, who had fully realized Brahman, continued: My dear King Rahugana, the living entity wanders on the path of the material world, which is very difficult for him to traverse, and he accepts repeated birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jada Bharata, who had fully realized Brahman, continued: My dear King Rahugana, the living entity wanders on the path of the m..."
07:0507:05, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,857 N Through the association of devotees, one can engage in the service of the Lord by hearing and chanting (sravanam kirtanam). Thus one can revive his dormant KC and, sticking to the cultivation of KC, return home, back to Godhead, even in this life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Through the association of devotees, one can engage in the service of the Lord by hearing and chanting"|"Thus one can revive h..."
06:5606:56, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,617 N Simply by associating with exalted devotees, anyone can attain perfection of knowledge and with the sword of knowledge can cut to pieces the illusory associations within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by associating with exalted devotees, anyone can attain perfection of knowledge and with the sword of knowledge can cut..."
06:5206:52, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,814 N I always keep myself separate from the association of ordinary men because I am aware of the falldown in my past life. Being afraid of their bad, materialistic association, I wander alone unnoticed by others Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because I am aware of the falldown in my past life, I always keep myself separate from the association of ordinary men. Being..."
06:4906:49, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,602 N My dear heroic King, due to my past sincere service to the Lord, I could remember everything of my past life even while in the body of a deer Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear heroic King, due to my past sincere service to the Lord, I could remember everything of my past life even while in the..."
06:4206:42, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,128 N I was engaged in the service of the Lord, but due to my misfortune, I became very affectionate to a small deer, so much so that I neglected my spiritual duties. Due to my deep affection for the deer, in my next life I had to accept the body of a deer Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I was fully engaged in the service of the Lord, but due to my misfortune, I became very affectionate to a small deer, so much..."
06:3906:39, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,071 N In a previous birth I was known as Maharaja Bharata. I attained perfection by becoming completely detached from material activities through direct experience, and through indirect experience I received understanding from the Vedas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In a previous birth I was known as Maharaja Bharata. I attained perfection by becoming completely detached from material activ..."
06:3206:32, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,353 N In the association of pure devotees, by constantly hearing such topics respectfully, even a person who wants to merge into the existence of the Absolute Truth abandons this idea and gradually becomes attached to the service of Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the association of pure devotees, by constantly hearing such topics respectfully, even a person who wants to merge into the..."
06:2906:29, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,418 N Who are the pure devotees mentioned here? In an assembly of PD, there is no question of discussing material subjects like politics and sociology. In an assembly of pure devotees, there is discussion only of the qualities, forms and pastimes of the SPG Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Who are the pure devotees mentioned here? In an assembly of pure devotees, there is no question of discussing material subject..."
06:2206:22, 4 May 2018 diff hist +2,967 N One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by undergoing severe penances in winter by keeping oneself submerged in water or surrounding oneself in summer by fire and the scorching heat of the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by"|"undergoing severe penances in winter by keeping oneself submerged in water o..."
06:1906:19, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,266 N One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by observing celibacy (brahmacarya), strictly following the rules and regulations of householder life, leaving home as a vanaprastha, accepting sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by observing celibacy"|"strictly following the rules and regulations of household..."
06:1306:13, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,060 N My dear King Rahugana, unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear King Rahugana, unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devote..."
06:0806:08, 4 May 2018 diff hist +5,465 N The first realization of that knowledge is Brahman. Then Paramatma is realized by the yogis who try to see Him without grievance. This is the second stage of realization. Finally, full realization of the same supreme knowledge is realized in the SP Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first realization of that knowledge is Brahman. Then Paramātmā, the Supersoul, is realized by the yogīs who try to see..."
06:0306:03, 4 May 2018 diff hist +5,385 N What, then, is the ultimate truth? The answer is that nondual knowledge is the ultimate truth. It is devoid of the contamination of material qualities. It gives us liberation. It is the one without a second, all-pervading and beyond imagination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What, then, is the ultimate truth? The answer is that nondual knowledge is the ultimate truth. It is devoid of the contaminati..."
05:5905:59, 4 May 2018 diff hist +5,381 N The differences are characterized by the substance, nature, predisposition, time and activity. You should know that all these are simply mechanical manifestations created by material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The differences are characterized by the substance, nature, predisposition, time and activity. You should know that all these..."
05:5205:52, 4 May 2018 diff hist +5,483 N Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things within it - shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, smallness, bigness, result, cause, living symptoms, and materials - are all imagined Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things within it - shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, smal..."
05:4205:42, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,316 N Actually the atom is not the cause of the universe, although some philosophers think so. It is not a fact that the varieties found in this material world simply result from atomic juxtaposition or combination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually the atom is not the cause of the universe, although some philosophers think so. It is not a fact that the varieties f..."
05:3805:38, 4 May 2018 diff hist +3,474 N One may say that varieties arise from the planet earth itself. However, although the universe may temporarily appear to be the truth, it ultimately has no real existence. The earth was originally created by a combination of atomic particle Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may say that varieties arise from the planet earth itself. However, although the universe may temporarily appear to be the..."

06:2206:22, 3 May 2018 diff hist +6,216 N We're all simply different transformations of the earth. Different bodies & capacities are simply transformations of the earth that exist in name only, for everything grows out of the earth & when everything is annihilated it again mingles with the earth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are all simply different transformations of the earth. Different bodies and capacities are simply transformations of the ea..."
06:0906:09, 3 May 2018 diff hist +5,576 N This proves that you (Rahugana) are cruel & unkind, yet due to false prestige you were thinking that you were protecting the citizens. You were such a fool that you could not have been adored as a great man in an assembly of persons advanced in knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This proves that you are cruel and unkind, yet due to false prestige you were thinking that you were protecting the citizens...."
06:0306:03, 3 May 2018 diff hist +5,559 N It is a fact, however, that these innocent people carrying your palanquin without payment are certainly suffering due to this injustice. Their condition is very lamentable because you have forcibly engaged them in carrying your palanquin Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is a fact, however, that these innocent people carrying your palanquin without payment are certainly suffering due to this..."
05:3705:37, 3 May 2018 diff hist +4,566 N Those material transformations which do not move are gross material objects like stones. In any case, the material body is made of earth and stone in the form of feet, ankles, calves, knees, thighs, torso, throat and head Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those material transformations which do not move are gross material objects like stones. In any case, the material body is mad..."
05:3405:34, 3 May 2018 diff hist +4,645 N The self-realized brahmana Jada Bharata said: Among the various material combinations and permutations, there are various forms and earthly transformations. For some reason, these move on the surface of the earth and are called palanquin carriers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The self-realized brahmana Jada Bharata said: Among the various material combinations and permutations, there are various form..."
05:3005:30, 3 May 2018 diff hist +2,347 N By such inquiries and answers, no one can come to the conclusion of the Absolute Truth. Because of your presentation of this statement, my mind is a little disturbed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By such inquiries and answers, no one can come to the conclusion of the Absolute Truth. Because of your presentation of this s..."
05:2605:26, 3 May 2018 diff hist +2,507 N O master of yogic power, you said that fatigue resulting from moving the body here and there is appreciated by direct perception, but actually there is no fatigue. It simply exists as a matter of formality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O master of yogic power, you said that fatigue resulting from moving the body here and there is appreciated by direct percepti..."
05:2205:22, 3 May 2018 diff hist +3,178 N Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later. For the time being, these mysterious yog..."

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