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17:3817:38, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,196 The Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is one without a second, but He manifests Himself by different energies because He is by nature blissful No edit summary current
17:3317:33, 17 February 2020 diff hist +136 The kingdom of God, or Rama-rajya, is impossible without the awakening of God consciousness in the mass mind of the people of the world No edit summary current
17:3117:31, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,821 N The blind leaders must understand the Supreme Being and then try to implement the kingdom of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The blind leaders must therefore understand the Supreme Being and then try to implement the kingdom of God"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
17:2017:20, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,237 N There is no possibility of checking this tendency by any artificial means under material conditions; it can be checked only by awakening the spiritual sense of the human being by practice of spiritual regulations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no possibility of checking this tendency by any artificial means under material conditions; it can be checked only by..."
17:0817:08, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,380 N Maharaja Yudhisthira is advised by Narada not to worry about his uncles' suffering for want of food, for they could live on vegetables available in the jungles as prasada of the Supreme Lord and thus realize the path of salvation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is advised by Nārada not to worry about his uncles' suffering for want of food, for they could liv..."
17:0117:01, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,404 N The living being is the source of subsistence for other, stronger living beings. No one should be very anxious for his subsistence in any circumstances because there are living beings everywhere, and no living being starves for want of food at any place Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living being is the source of subsistence for other, stronger living beings. No one should be very anxious for his subsist..."
16:4716:47, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,952 N Injunctions of the scriptures are meant not to encourage the eaters of animals, but to restrict them by regulated principles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Injunctions of the scriptures are meant not to encourage the eaters of animals, but to restrict them by regulated principles"}..."
16:3316:33, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,965 N The Lord accepts from His devotee all kinds of food preparations made of vegetables, fruits, leaves and grains Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord accepts from His devotee all kinds of food preparations made of vegetables, fruits, leaves and grains"}} {{notes|}} {..."
16:2716:27, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,437 The human being is meant for self-realization, and for that purpose he is not to eat anything which is not first offered to the Lord No edit summary current
16:2416:24, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,243 N Although the law states that a human being must subsist on another living being, there is the law of good sense also, for the human being is meant to obey the laws of the scriptures. This is impossible for other animals Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But although the law states that a human being must subsist on another living being, there is the law of good sense also, for..."
16:0616:06, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,006 N One of which (the threefold miseries) is explained here in this verse (SB 1.13.47): the weak are the subsistence of the strong Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one of which is explained here in this verse: the weak are the subsistence of the strong"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."
15:5215:52, 17 February 2020 diff hist +5,212 N A systematic law of subsistence in the struggle for existence is there by the supreme will, and there is no escape for anyone by any amount of planning Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A systematic law of subsistence in the struggle for existence is there by the supreme will, and there is no escape for anyone..."
15:3115:31, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,027 N That alone (preaching bhakti-yoga) can save the people from the control of maya, or the material nature represented by kala, karma and guna, as described above. The Bhagavad-gita (BG 14.26) confirms this definitely Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"that alone can save the people from the control of māyā, or the material nature represented by kāla, karma and guṇa, as d..."
15:1615:16, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,781 N The best remedy for getting out of the clutches of the cobralike kala or its integrity, the modes of nature, is bhakti-yoga, as it is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best remedy for getting out of the clutches of the cobralike kāla or its integrity, the modes of nature, is bhakti-yoga,..." current
15:0415:04, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,549 N Even if we are able to do something temporarily beneficial, time will see that the good project is frustrated in course of time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if we are able to do something temporarily beneficial, time will see that the good project is frustrated in course of tim..."
14:5814:58, 17 February 2020 diff hist +136 Above the modes of nature is eternal time, which is called kala because it changes the shape of everything in the material world No edit summary current
14:4614:46, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,371 N There are three material modes of nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are three material modes of nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|..." current
14:3314:33, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,733 N The world's movements for freedom through political, economic, social, and cultural propaganda can do no benefit to anyone, for they are controlled by superior power Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The world's movements for freedom through political, economic, social, and cultural propaganda can do no benefit to anyone, fo..." current
14:2714:27, 17 February 2020 diff hist +2,372 N The Lord is known as bhuta-bhrt, one who gives protection to all living beings. One should discharge his duties only, for no one but the Supreme Lord can give protection to anyone else. This is explained more clearly in the following verse Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is known as bhūta-bhṛt, one who gives protection to all living beings. One should discharge his duties only, for n..."
14:1614:16, 17 February 2020 diff hist +2,426 N When we think of our kith and kin as being helpless and dependent on us, it is all due to ignorance. Every living creature is allowed all protection by the order of the Supreme Lord in terms of each one's acquired position in the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we think of our kith and kin as being helpless and dependent on us, it is all due to ignorance. Every living creature is..."
14:0514:05, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,175 N The force of divine energy is uncheckable; no one has any hand in it, and thus there is no cause of grief Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the force of divine energy is uncheckable; no one has any hand in it, and thus there is no cause of grief"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
13:5413:54, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,298 N In our daily experience we find so many transformations of matter from one form to another, but we do not lament such changing features Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our daily experience we find so many transformations of matter from one form to another, but we do not lament such changing..."
13:4513:45, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,622 N There are others also who believe in the merging of the spirit soul in the Supreme Spirit when it is uncovered by the material encagement, and there are others also who do not believe in the existence of spirit or soul, but believe in tangible matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are others also who believe in the merging of the spirit soul in the Supreme Spirit when it is uncovered by the material..."
13:3613:36, 17 February 2020 diff hist +3,301 N There is nothing to be lamented in the case of the soul's being transferred into another body, or the material body's perishing at a certain stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore there is nothing to be lamented in the case of the soul's being transferred into another body, or the material body'..."

20:2620:26, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,317 N The eternal living entity transmigrates from one material body to another by the law of karma, and material bodies are perishable by their fundamental structures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The eternal living entity transmigrates from one material body to another by the law of karma, and material bodies are perisha..."
20:2220:22, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,364 N It is admitted by all schools of philosophy, that the living being is eternal and that the covering body of the five material elements is perishable and temporary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is admitted, however, by all schools of philosophy, that the living being is eternal and that the covering body of the five..."
20:1020:10, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,344 N The actual fact is that every living being is an individual part and parcel of the Supreme Being, and his constitutional position is subordinate cooperative service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The actual fact is that every living being is an individual part and parcel of the Supreme Being, and his constitutional posit..."
20:0120:01, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,273 N If the Lord is able to change the reactions of one's past deeds, then certainly He is not Himself bound by any action or reaction of His own deeds. He is perfect and transcendental to all laws Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the Lord is able to change the reactions of one's past deeds, then certainly He is not Himself bound by any action or react..."
19:5419:54, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,828 N There are hundreds of examples of reactions changed by the Lord in the history of the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are hundreds of examples of reactions changed by the Lord in the history of the world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}}..."
19:4719:47, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,195 N It is assured in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.30-31) that the Lord saves a pure devotee who has surrendered unto Him without reservation from all sorts of reactions of sins, and there is no doubt about this Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is assured in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.30-31) that the Lord saves a pure devotee who has surrendered unto Him without rese..."
19:4019:40, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,939 N These changes of resultant actions are especially rendered by the Lord when a pure devotee is involved Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These changes of resultant actions are especially rendered by the Lord when a pure devotee is involved"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..."
19:3619:36, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,363 N The example of the player cited in this verse is quite appropriate, for the Supreme Will is absolutely free to do whatever He likes, and because He is all-perfect, there is no mistake in any of His actions or reactions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the example of the player cited in this verse is quite appropriate, for the Supreme Will is absolutely free to do whatever He..."
19:2419:24, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,428 N Generally the law of karma is that one is awarded the result of one's own actions, but in special cases, by the will of the Lord, such resultant actions are changed also. But this change can be affected by the will of the Lord only, and no other Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally the law of karma is that one is awarded the result of one's own actions, but in special cases, by the will of the Lo..."
18:5918:59, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,901 N We must always remember that the Lord is the Supreme Will, and He is not bound by any law Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We must always remember that the Lord is the Supreme Will, and He is not bound by any law"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{..."
18:5318:53, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,372 N The example of a player and his playthings should not be misunderstood. One may argue that since the Lord is bound to award the reactionary results of our own actions, the example of a player cannot be applied. But it is not so Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The example of a player and his playthings should not be misunderstood. One may argue that since the Lord is bound to award th..."
18:4518:45, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,174 N The same thing happens in the case of a poor man also. Neither rich man nor poor man has any control over such meetings or separations of living beings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The same thing happens in the case of a poor man also. Neither rich man nor poor man has any control over such meetings or sep..."
18:4118:41, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,364 N At a particular moment when the child has to be removed from that place, he is also carried by the will of the Supreme, even if the child or the father does not wish to be separated from the happy relation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"at a particular moment when the child has to be removed from that place, he is also carried by the will of the Supreme, even i..."
18:3518:35, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,150 N A rich man gets his son born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but the child who came as the rich man's son deserved such a place, and he is placed there by the will of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A rich man gets his son born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but the child who came as the rich man's son deserved such a pl..."
18:3118:31, 16 February 2020 diff hist +3,877 N He (God) rewards the reactions of our actions by placing us in some particular place Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He rewards the reactions of our actions by placing us in some particular place"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|AL..."
18:2618:26, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,347 N The Supreme Lord is present as the localized Paramatma in the heart of every living being, as it is said in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 13.23), and therefore he knows everything of our activities in every stage of our lives Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord is present as the localized Paramātmā in the heart of every living being, as it is said in the Bhagavad-gī..."
18:1818:18, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,242 N We must know for certain that the particular position in which we are now set up is an arrangement of the supreme will in terms of our own acts in the past Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We must know for certain that the particular position in which we are now set up is an arrangement of the supreme will in term..."
18:0318:03, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,544 N In the material world the living being is still more conditioned, until he surrenders unto the Lord by reviving his original state of eternal servitorship. That is the last instruction of the Bhagavad-gita and all other recognized scriptures of the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So in the material world the living being is still more conditioned, until he surrenders unto the Lord by reviving his origina..."
17:5217:52, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,315 N By carrying out the orders of the Lord, the conditioned living beings gradually become free from the clutches of material existence. The factual position of the living being is that he is the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by carrying out the orders of the Lord, the conditioned living beings gradually become free from the clutches of material exis..."
17:4617:46, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,023 N The codes of religion, scriptural injunctions, are made by liberated representatives of God in consideration of different conditions of living Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The codes of religion, scriptural injunctions, are made by liberated representatives of God in consideration of different cond..."
17:2517:25, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,036 N The result is that the people in general suffer more by breaking the laws of God than by obeying the imperfect laws made by man Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the result is that the people in general suffer more by breaking the laws of God than by obeying the imperfect laws made by ma..."
17:2117:21, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,308 N The statutory laws of the state are imperfect imitation replicas of religious codes. The secular state, or the godless state, allows the citizens to break the laws of God, but restricts them from disobeying the laws of the state Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The statutory laws of the state are imperfect imitation replicas of religious codes. The secular state, or the godless state,..."
17:1417:14, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,248 N They (foolish human beings) carry out the orders of the Supreme Lord under the influence of respective scriptural or legislative injunctions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they carry out the orders of the Supreme Lord under the influence of respective scriptural or legislative injunctions"}} {{not..."
16:4216:42, 16 February 2020 diff hist +5,391 N Every living being, whether a man or an animal or a bird, thinks that he is free by himself, but actually no one is free from the severe laws of the Lord. The laws of the Lord are severe because they cannot be disobeyed in any circumstance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living being, whether a man or an animal or a bird, thinks that he is free by himself, but actually no one is free from..."
16:3416:34, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,487 N One who misuses this opportunity of advanced intelligence is verily condemned and put into different types of miseries, either in this present life or in the future. That is the way the Supreme controls everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who misuses this opportunity of advanced intelligence is verily condemned and put into different types of miseries, either..."
16:1216:12, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4,438 N He (Dhrtarastra) had a good younger brother, Vidura, and by his instruction he left to achieve salvation by closing all accounts in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he had a good younger brother, Vidura, and by his instruction he left to achieve salvation by closing all accounts in the mate..."

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