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10:0210:02, 2 February 2020 diff hist +2,593 N By His (God's) ultimate personal feature He is the object of transcendental loving service by His fortunate associates the pure devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by His ultimate personal feature He is the object of transcendental loving service by His fortunate associates the pure devote..." current
09:5609:56, 2 February 2020 diff hist +2,536 N By His (God's) impersonal feature He is all-pervading Brahman, by His localized feature He is present in everyone's heart as the Supreme Soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By His impersonal feature He is all-pervading Brahman, by His localized feature He is present in everyone's heart as the Supre..."
09:4609:46, 2 February 2020 diff hist +2,730 N The Supreme Absolute Truth is unlimited. No living being can know about the unlimited by his limited capacity. The Lord is impersonal, personal and localized Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Absolute Truth is unlimited. No living being can know about the unlimited by his limited capacity. The Lord is imp..."

20:2420:24, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,510 N This paramahamsa stage is the highest perfectional stage in bhakti-yoga, the process of devotional service to the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This paramahamsa stage is the highest perfectional stage in bhakti-yoga, the process of devotional service to the Supreme Lord..." current
20:1620:16, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,682 N Actually everyone is dependent on the mercy of the Supreme Lord, but when one forgets his relation with the Lord, he becomes dependent on the conditions of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually everyone is dependent on the mercy of the Supreme Lord, but when one forgets his relation with the Lord, he becomes d..."
20:1120:11, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,876 N He (the paramahamsa devotee) loves every living being in relation with the Supreme Lord. Real renunciation means perfect dependence on God. Every living being is dependent on someone else because he is so made Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He loves every living being in relation with the Supreme Lord. Real renunciation means perfect dependence on God. Every living..."
20:0320:03, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,041 N Real nonviolence means freedom from envy. In this world everyone is envious of his fellow being. But a perfect paramahamsa, being completely given up to the service of the Lord, is perfectly nonenvious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Real nonviolence means freedom from envy. In this world everyone is envious of his fellow being. But a perfect paramahaṁsa,..."
19:0519:05, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,729 N Paramahamsas, who are completely given up to the service of the Lord, are very rare. They are very rare even amongst the liberated souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such paramahaṁsas, who are completely given up to the service of the Lord, are very rare. They are very rare even amongst th..."
18:5918:59, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,260 N They (the paramahamsas devotees) are naturally qualified with all the good attributes, such as pridelessness, freedom from vanity, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, respectability, worship, devotion and sincerity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are naturally qualified with all the good attributes, such as pridelessness, freedom from vanity, nonviolence, tolerance,..."
18:5118:51, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,844 N Hamsas, or swans, accept only milk out of a mixture of milk and water. Similarly, those who accept the service of the Lord instead of maya's service are called the paramahamsas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Haṁsas, or swans, accept only milk out of a mixture of milk and water. Similarly, those who accept the service of the Lord i..." current
18:3918:39, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,484 N This perfectional stage (purified senses are always engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord) of sense engagement is called bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This perfectional stage of sense engagement is called bhakti-yoga"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2..."
18:2718:27, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,961 N Self-control is actually achieved not by artificially stopping the senses from material enjoyment, but by becoming factually attached to the Supreme Lord by engaging one's unalloyed senses in the transcendental service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Self-control is actually achieved not by artificially stopping the senses from material enjoyment, but by becoming factually a..."
18:1918:19, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,655 N The Vedas enjoin that one should not go on the path of darkness but should make a progressive march towards the path of light or liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas, therefore, enjoin that one should not go on the path of darkness but should make a progressive march towards the pa..."
18:1318:13, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,022 N Dry philosophical speculation is a subtle sense enjoyment of the mind. Sense enjoyment leads one to the path of darkness. Those who are self-controlled can make progress on the path of liberation from the conditional life of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dry philosophical speculation is a subtle sense enjoyment of the mind. Sense enjoyment leads one to the path of darkness. Thos..."
18:0718:07, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,883 N Only the self-controlled can gradually be attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Self-controlled means not indulging in sense enjoyment more than is necessary. And those who are not self-controlled are given over to sense enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only the self-controlled can gradually be attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Self-controlled means not indulging..."
17:4317:43, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,616 N Besides the three sampradayas, there is the Kumara-sampradaya, descending from Sanat-kumara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Besides the above-mentioned three sampradāyas, there is the Kumāra-sampradāya, descending from Sanat-kumāra"}} {{notes|}}..." current
17:3217:32, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,182 N The goddess of fortune, Laksmiji, Lord Brahma & Lord Siva are not independently powerful; they are powerful as expansions of the Supreme Lord, and all of them are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, so also are the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva are not independently powerful; they are powerful as expansi..."
17:2117:21, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,207 N The goddess of fortune, Laksmi, and all-powerful demigods like Brahma and Siva are engaged in the worship of Visnu or Lord Krsna; therefore who can be more powerful than Mukunda (Lord Krsna) to be factually called the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, and all-powerful demigods like Brahmā and Śiva are engaged in the worship of Viṣṇu or..."
17:1217:12, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,913 N Even demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, who are the chief amongst all demigods, are never equal to or greater than Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, even demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, who are the chief amongst all demigods, are never equal to or..."
17:0617:06, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,616 N Lord Brahma is generally one of the living entities, and Lord Siva is the via medium between the Lord and the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Brahma is generally one of the living entities, and Lord Siva is the via medium between the Lord and the living entities"..."
17:0217:02, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,954 N Expansions of the Lord are limitless, but some of them are the living entities. The living entities are not as powerful as the Lord's plenary expansions, and therefore there are two different types of expansions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such expansions of the Lord are limitless, but some of them are the living entities. The living entities are not as powerful a..."
16:5516:55, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,976 The conception of many gods in the Vedic literatures by the ignorant is completely wrong. The Lord is one without a second, but He expands Himself in many ways, and this is confirmed in the Vedas No edit summary current
16:4916:49, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,567 N He (God) is transcendentally so full of inconceivable potencies that simply by His willing, everything is done without physical or personal endeavor. He is called, therefore, Yogesvara, or the Lord of all mystic powers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is transcendentally so full of inconceivable potencies that simply by His willing, everything is done without physical or p..."
16:4216:42, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,095 N These are some of the instances of His (God's) complete independence and perfection. That He has nothing to do does not mean that He is impersonal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are some of the instances of His complete independence and perfection. That He has nothing to do does not mean that He i..." current
16:3516:35, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,333 N The Personality of Godhead in His Garbhodakasayi Visnu feature begets Brahma, the first created person in the material world, from His navel lotus stem and not in the womb of the goddess of fortune, who is eternally engaged in His service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Personality of Godhead in His Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu feature begets Brahmā, the first created person in the material..."
16:2416:24, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,283 N Others ask for the favor of the goddess of fortune, and despite such prayers she declines to award such favors. But still she renders service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He has nothing to accept from her Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Others ask for the favor of the goddess of fortune, and despite such prayers she declines to award such favors. But still she..."
16:1716:17, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,123 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself, and He has nothing to accept from anyone else, including the great demigods like Brahma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself, and He has nothing to accept from anyone else, including the great demi..." current
16:1116:11, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,479 N The Personality of Godhead, or the Paramesvara Parabrahman, according to the srutis has nothing to do. He has no equal. Nor does anyone excel Him. He has unlimited potencies & His every action is carried out systematically in His natural and perfect ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Personality of Godhead, or the Parameśvara Parabrahman, according to the śrutis, has nothing to do. He has no equal. Nor..."
15:5415:54, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,280 N Since His name and He Himself are identical, the holy name of the Lord can protect the devotee from all effects of sins. The chanting of the holy name of the Lord can undoubtedly deliver one from the disadvantages of a lower-caste birth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since His name and He Himself are identical, the holy name of the Lord can protect the devotee from all effects of sins. The c..."
15:4815:48, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,935 N In the last word of the Bhagavad-gita the Lord asserts that one who surrenders fully unto Him is protected from all sins by the grace of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the last word of the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord asserts that one who surrenders fully unto Him is protected from all sins by..."
15:3815:38, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,117 N The holy name of the Lord is as powerful as the Lord. The Lord is the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, and He has innumerable names, which are all nondifferent from Him and are equally powerful also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The holy name of the Lord is as powerful as the Lord. The Lord is the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, and He has innumera..."
12:2712:27, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,144 N This offenseless chanting indicates that one has fully understood the transcendental nature of the holy name and has thus surrendered unto the Lord. Transcendentally the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself are identical, being absolute Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This offenseless chanting indicates that one has fully understood the transcendental nature of the holy name and has thus surr..."
12:1812:18, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,194 N To chant the holy name under the direction of a pure devotee is offenseless chanting. Offenseless chanting of the holy name of the Lord is transcendental, and, therefore, such chanting can at once purify one from the effects of all kinds of previous sins Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To chant the holy name under the direction of a pure devotee is offenseless chanting. Offenseless chanting of the holy name of..."
12:1112:11, 1 February 2020 diff hist +3,907 N A pure devotee of the Lord does not commit any offense while chanting the holy name of the Lord. There are ten different offenses in the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee of the Lord does not commit any offense while chanting the holy name of the Lord. There are ten different offen..." current
12:0412:04, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,227 N To answer these false logicians, Srimad-Bhagavatam asserts that one who chants the holy name of the Lord under the direction of a pure devotee can at once get free from the disadvantages due to a lower-caste birth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And to answer these false logicians, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam asserts that one who chants the holy name of the Lord under the dire..."
11:4911:49, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,269 N They (dvija-bandhu, or the less intelligent) argue that birth in a family of sudras or less than sudras is made possible by one's previous sinful acts and that one therefore has to complete the terms of disadvantages due to lower birth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They argue that birth in a family of śūdras or less than śūdras is made possible by one's previous sinful acts and that on..."
11:4111:41, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,107 N The dvija-bandhu, or the less intelligent, uncultured men born of higher castes, put forward many arguments against the lower-caste men becoming brahmanas in this life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The dvija-bandhu, or the less intelligent, uncultured men born of higher castes, put forward many arguments against the lower-..."
11:2711:27, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,387 N The mental diseases of the present generation are more acute than bodily diseases; it is quite fit and proper to take up the preaching of Srimad-Bhagavatam all over the world without delay Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mental diseases of the present generation are more acute than bodily diseases; it is quite fit and proper to take up the p..."
11:0711:07, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,724 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to purify the whole atmosphere of the polluted world by sending qualified preachers all over the world, and it remains with the Indians to take up this task scientifically and thus do the best kind of humanitarian work Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to purify the whole atmosphere of the polluted world by sending qualified preachers all..."
10:5610:56, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,841 N Caitanya revived the original Vedic system, and He elevated Thakura Haridasa to the position of namacarya, or the authority in preaching the glories of the holy name of the Lord, although His Holiness was pleased to appear in a family of Mohammedans Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya revived the original Vedic system, and He elevated Ṭhākura Haridāsa to the position of nāmācārya, o..."
10:4610:46, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,509 N The rigidity of the so-called caste system in Hindu society became prominent within only one hundred years or so when the number of dvija-bandhus, or disqualified men in the families of higher castes, increased Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The rigidity of the so-called caste system in Hindu society became prominent within only one hundred years or so when the numb..."
10:3710:37, 1 February 2020 diff hist +4,888 N Such is the power (to revive the original Vedic system) of pure devotees of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such is the power of pure devotees of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-02-01T10:37:09Z..."
10:0510:05, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,381 N Suta Gosvami had both the advantages, and thus undoubtedly he was completely freed from all disqualifications of low birth and mental agonies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So Sūta Gosvāmī had both the advantages, and thus undoubtedly he was completely freed from all disqualifications of low bir..."
09:5809:58, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,783 N He (Sri Suta Goswami) had the double association of great souls by hearing and preaching. Transcendental science, or the science of Krsna, has to be learned from the authorities, and when one preaches the science, he becomes still more qualified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So he had the double association of great souls by hearing and preaching. Transcendental science, or the science of Kṛṣṇ..."
09:4609:46, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,794 N Suta Gosvami learned the science of Krsna from great rsis and authorities like Sukadeva and Vyasadeva and he was so qualified that even the sages of Naimisaranya eagerly wanted to hear from him the science of Krsna in the form of Srimad-Bhagavatam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sūta Gosvāmī learned the science of Kṛṣṇa from great ṛṣis and authorities like Śukadeva and Vyāsadeva and he wa..."
09:3409:34, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,333 N By His (Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's) transcendental association He elevated many lowborn, or those disqualified by birth or action, to the status of devotional service and established them in the position of acaryas, or authorities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"established them in the position of ācāryas, or authorities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|}} {{goal|0}} {{fir..."
09:2909:29, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,570 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu followed this principle (of higher association) in pursuance of the Vedic usages, and by His transcendental association He elevated many lowborn, or those disqualified by birth or action, to the status of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu followed this principle in pursuance of the Vedic usages, and by His transcendental associatio..." current
09:2109:21, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,902 N He (Caitanya) stated that any man, whatever he may be, whether a brahmana or sudra by birth, or a householder or mendicant in the order of society, if he is conversant with the science of Krsna, he can be accepted as an acarya or guru, a spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He clearly stated that any man, whatever he may be, whether a brāhmaṇa or śūdra by birth, or a householder or mendicant i..."
09:0909:09, 1 February 2020 diff hist +5,424 N Because of higher association, like Sri Sukadeva Gosvami and the great rsis of Naimisaranya, certainly the disqualification (Suta Goswami's) of inferior birth was washed off Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But because of higher association, like Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the great ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya, certainly the d..."

19:2119:21, 31 January 2020 diff hist +5,247 N Suta Gosvami did not take his birth in a brahmana family. He was born in a family of mixed caste, or an uncultured low family Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sūta Gosvāmī did not take his birth in a brāhmaṇa family. He was born in a family of mixed caste, or an uncultured low f..."

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