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10:3910:39, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,444 N The conditioned souls are within the coverings, whereas the liberated soul is far beyond the cover Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned souls are within the coverings, whereas the liberated soul is far beyond the cover"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|An..."
10:3510:35, 19 February 2020 diff hist +62 He (the pure devotee of God) is always in the spiritual sky, which he attains by being transcendental to the sevenfold material covering by the effect of his devotional service No edit summary current
10:3410:34, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,666 N He (the pure devotee of God) is always in the spiritual sky, which he attains by being transcendental to the sevenfold material covering by the effect of his devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is always in the spiritual sky, which he attains by being transcendental to the sevenfold material covering by the effect o..."
10:2310:23, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,868 N His (the pure devotee's) so-called material body does not exist, being surcharged with the spiritual current of the Lord's identical interest, and thus he is permanently freed from all contaminations of the sum total of the mahat-tattva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His so-called material body does not exist, being surcharged with the spiritual current of the Lord's identical interest, and..."
10:1610:16, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,598 N A pure devotee of the Lord does not live on any planet of the material sky, nor does he feel any contact with material elements Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee of the Lord does not live on any planet of the material sky, nor does he feel any contact with material element..."
10:1210:12, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,807 N The Lord's mercy was bestowed upon him (Dhrtarastra) by his personal contact with Vidura, and when he was actually practicing the instructions of Vidura, the Lord helped him to attain the highest perfectional stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord's mercy was bestowed upon him by his personal contact with Vidura, and when he was actually practicing the instructio..."
10:0410:04, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,709 N This is the highest perfectional development of spiritual identity, which was attained by Dhrtarastra by the grace of Vidura and the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the highest perfectional development of spiritual identity, which was attained by Dhṛtarāṣṭra by the grace of V..."
09:5909:59, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,913 N In other words, he (the living beign) has to realize that qualitatively he is nondifferent from the Supersoul, and he transcends the material sky by his pure identical intelligence and thus becomes engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, he has to realize that qualitatively he is nondifferent from the Supersoul, and thus he transcends the materia..."
09:5109:51, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,548 N Getting freed from the clutches of the mahat-tattva, he has to merge in the existence of the Supersoul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus getting freed from the clutches of the mahat-tattva, he has to merge in the existence of the Supersoul"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."
09:4409:44, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,689 N From the mahat-tattva his (the living being's) false identity with the material world, intelligence, mind and senses is developed. This covers his pure spiritual identity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"from the mahat-tattva his false identity with the material world, intelligence, mind and senses is developed. This covers his..."
09:3609:36, 19 February 2020 diff hist +3,722 N The living being, by his desiring to lord it over the material world and declining to cooperate with the Supreme Lord, contacts the sum total of the material world, namely the mahat-tattva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living being, by his desiring to lord it over the material world and declining to cooperate with the Supreme Lord, contact..."

16:2816:28, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,850 N This process of turning the senses from material attachment to the loving transcendental service of the Lord is called pratyahara, and the very process is called pranayama, ending in samadhi, or absorption in pleasing the Supreme Lord Hari by all means Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This process of turning the senses from material attachment to the loving transcendental service of the Lord is called pratyā..."
16:2116:21, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,522 N The bhakti-yoga process directly applies the senses to the loving service of the Lord. This prohibits the performer from engaging in material activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bhakti-yoga process, therefore, directly applies the senses to the loving service of the Lord. This prohibits the performe..."
16:1316:13, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,626 N One who has surrendered himself unto the lotus feet of Lord Hari, as above mentioned, can transcend all influences of the modes of material nature and be fixed in the service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who has surrendered himself unto the lotus feet of Lord Hari, as above mentioned, can transcend all influences of the mode..."
16:0816:08, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,879 N One who has conquered these two base mentalities and has raised himself to the platform of goodness, which is full of knowledge and morality, cannot also control the senses, namely the eyes, the tongue, the nose, the ear and touch Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has conquered these two base mentalities and has raised himself to the platform of goodness, which is full of knowledg..."
15:5815:58, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,504 N Even the highest mode, the material mode of goodness, is also a cause of material bondage, and what to speak of the other qualities, namely passion and ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even the highest mode, the material mode of goodness, is also a cause of material bondage, and what to speak of the other qual..."
15:5115:51, 18 February 2020 diff hist +6,275 N All his (Dhrtarastra's) senses were being engaged in the service of the Lord. This process directly helps the devotee to get freedom from the contaminations of the three material modes of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus all his senses were being engaged in the service of the Lord. This process directly helps the devotee to get freedom from..."
15:3415:34, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,740 N Maharaja Dhrtarastra was to attain success in those preliminary actions because he was seated in a sanctified place and was concentrating upon one objective, namely the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Hari) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra was to attain success in those preliminary actions because he was seated in a sanctified place a..."
15:2715:27, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,335 N The preliminary activities of the way of yoga are asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dhyana, dharana, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The preliminary activities of the way of yoga are āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhyāna, dhāraṇā, etc"}} {{notes|}..." current
15:2115:21, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,926 N We may note with profit how Dhrtarastra began his yoga system by drinking water only and sitting calmly in a place with a spiritual atmosphere, deeply absorbed in the thoughts of the Lord Hari, the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may note with profit how Dhṛtarāṣṭra began his yoga system by drinking water only and sitting calmly in a place with..."
15:0715:07, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,884 N Drinking water only, without solid food, is also considered fasting. This is necessary for advancement of spiritual knowledge. A foolish man wants to be a cheap yogi without observing the regulative principles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Drinking water only, without solid food, is also considered fasting. This is necessary for advancement of spiritual knowledge...." current
14:5914:59, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,658 N Sri Naradadeva was just foretelling the way of his spiritual progress in a place which was sanctified by the flow of the celestial Ganges Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Nāradadeva was just foretelling the way of his spiritual progress in a place which was sanctified by the flow of the ce..."
14:5214:52, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,863 N By the grace of his younger brother Vidura, Dhrtarastra was enlightened and could see his grossly illusory engagements, and by such enlightenment he was able to leave home for spiritual realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of his younger brother Vidura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra was enlightened and could see his grossly illusory engagements,..."
14:4614:46, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,867 N These (improving family affairs) are common affairs for a man grossly materialistic and without knowledge of the spiritual force. He (Dhrtarastra) does not see how this can drag one from heaven to hell Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are common affairs for a man grossly materialistic and without knowledge of the spiritual force. He does not see how thi..."
14:3314:33, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,971 N Dhrtarastra was all along engaged in improving family affairs by raising the standard of living of his sons or by usurping the property of the Pandavas for the sake of his own sons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhṛtarāṣṭra was all along engaged in improving family affairs by raising the standard of living of his sons or by usurp..."
14:2814:28, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,598 N Factually the yoga system is the process of learning to forget what we have acquired throughout the struggle for existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But factually the yoga system is the process of learning to forget what we have acquired throughout the struggle for existence..."
14:2414:24, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,924 N Modern so-called yogis and yoga systems manifest some magical feats, and ignorant persons are attracted by such false things, or they accept the yoga system as a cheap healing process for diseases of the gross body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Modern so-called yogīs and yoga systems manifest some magical feats, and ignorant persons are attracted by such false things,..."
14:1714:17, 18 February 2020 diff hist +5,194 N House, country, family, society, children, property, & business are some of the material coverings of the spirit, atma, & the yoga system helps one to become free from all these illusory thoughts and gradually turn towards the Absolute Person, Paramatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"House, country, family, society, children, property, and business are some of the material coverings of the spirit, ātmā, an..."
14:0714:07, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,756 N Gradually (with mechanical ways of rising to the spiritual platform) becoming free from visaya, or material objectives. Material existence means to be absorbed in the material objective, which is simply illusory Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"gradually becoming free from viṣaya, or material objectives. Material existence means to be absorbed in the material objecti..."
13:5913:59, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,779 N Mechanical ways of rising to the spiritual platform prescribe some regulative principles of taking bath daily three times, fasting as far as possible, sitting and concentrating the mind on spiritual matters Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such mechanical ways of rising to the spiritual platform prescribe some regulative principles of taking bath daily three times..."
13:4813:48, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,841 N The preliminary processes are the sitting posture, meditation, spiritual thoughts, manipulation of air passing within the body, and gradual situation in trance, facing the Absolute Person, Paramatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The preliminary processes are the sitting posture, meditation, spiritual thoughts, manipulation of air passing within the body..."
13:4213:42, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,507 N The yoga system is a mechanical way to control the senses and the mind and divert them from matter to spirit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The yoga system is a mechanical way to control the senses and the mind and divert them from matter to spirit"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
13:3313:33, 18 February 2020 diff hist +2,175 N To pacify the mourning Yudhisthira, Narada first of all spoke from the philosophical point of view, and then he began to describe the future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing powers, and thus began to describe as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To pacify the mourning Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Nārada first of all spoke from the philosophical point of view, and then h..."
13:1713:17, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,668 N Lord Sri Krsna descended personally to vanquish asuras like Kamsa, Jarasandha and Sisupala, and during the reign of Maharaja Yudhisthira almost all these asuras were killed by the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa descended personally to vanquish asuras like Kaṁsa, Jarāsandha and Śiśupāla, and during the reign..."
13:1213:12, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,581 N Disruptions take place not only in human society but also among animals, birds or other living beings, including the demigods in the higher planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such disruptions take place not only in human society but also among animals, birds or other living beings, including the demi..."
12:2212:22, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,640 N Due to the growth of the asuras, the mass of people who are generally devoted to the Lord by nature and the pure devotees of the Lord, including the demigods in higher planets, pray to the Lord for relief Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to the growth of the asuras, the mass of people who are generally devoted to the Lord by nature and the pure devotees of t..."
12:1312:13, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,310 N When there are too many asuras in the world, then it becomes a hell for those who are devotees of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When there are too many asuras in the world, then it becomes a hell for those who are devotees of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
11:5511:55, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,171 N The Lord descends from His abode (Krsnaloka), the topmost planet in the spiritual sky, in order to help the demigod administrators of this material world when they are greatly vexed by the asuras, who are envious not only of God but also of His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord descends from His abode (Kṛṣṇaloka), the topmost planet in the spiritual sky, in order to help the demigod admi..."
11:4211:42, 18 February 2020 diff hist +2,917 N This causal form of the Lord is not at all pleasing to the asuras, and therefore they think of the Lord as formless in order to feel secure that they will not be vanquished by the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This causal form of the Lord is not at all pleasing to the asuras, and therefore they think of the Lord as formless in order t..."
11:3711:37, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,024 N He (God as kala) is not at all dangerous, but He is the transcendental form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. For the devotees His factual form is disclosed, and for the nondevotees He appears like kala-rupa, which is causal form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is not at all dangerous, but He is the transcendental form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. For the devotees His factual f..."
11:2211:22, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,028 N The predominance of asuras in the world is occasionally rectified by the Lord when He eliminates them from the world and establishes a rule of devatas like the Pandavas. His designation as kala in disguise is significant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The predominance of asuras in the world is occasionally rectified by the Lord when He eliminates them from the world and estab..."
11:1611:16, 18 February 2020 diff hist +2,817 N Not only are the asuras envious of the Lord in even denying the existence of the Lord, but they are also envious of all other living beings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only are the asuras envious of the Lord in even denying the existence of the Lord, but they are also envious of all other..."
11:0311:03, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,110 N There are two classes of human beings, namely the envious and the obedient. Since the Supreme Lord is one and the father of all living beings, the envious living beings are also His sons, but they are known as the asuras Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two classes of human beings, namely the envious and the obedient. Since the Supreme Lord is one and the father of al..."
10:5010:50, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,225 N Yudhisthira Maharaja is advised by Narada not to be disturbed by the affairs of so-called happiness and distress, but to look only unto the Lord to execute the mission for which the Lord has descended. That was his prime duty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja is advised by Nārada, therefore, not to be disturbed by the affairs of so-called happiness and dis..."
10:4110:41, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,999 N Bona fide spiritual masters who look unto the Supreme Lord to cooperate with Him are actually qualitatively one with the Lord, and the forgetful ones are perverted reflections only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bona fide spiritual masters who look unto the Supreme Lord to cooperate with Him are actually qualitatively one with the Lord,..."
10:2510:25, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,119 N One should look unto the Lord; one should not be disturbed by the so-called manifestations of happiness or distress, but he should try to cooperate with the Lord in His outward activities for correcting the fallen souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should look unto the Lord; one should not be disturbed by the so-called manifestations of happiness or distress, but he sh..."
10:0810:08, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,818 N From within He (God) corrects the desiring living beings as localized Paramatma, and from without He corrects by His manifestations, the spiritual master and the revealed scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From within He corrects the desiring living beings as localized Paramātmā, and from without He corrects by His manifestation..." current
10:0010:00, 18 February 2020 diff hist +3,768 N There is a regular current from the Lord Himself, from within and without, by which to rectify the fallen condition of the living being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is, however, a regular current from the Lord Himself, from within and without, by which to rectify the fallen condition..." current
09:5209:52, 18 February 2020 diff hist +4,129 N Such experiences are all ephemeral and do not affect the spirit soul. The perception of such ephemeral happiness and distress is due only to the forgetfulness of his qualities, which are equal to the Lord's Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such experiences are all ephemeral and do not affect the spirit soul. The perception of such ephemeral happiness and distress..."

17:4617:46, 17 February 2020 diff hist +4,010 N The living beings are also manifestations of His marginal energy, qualitatively one with the Lord, and there are innumerable living beings both within and without the external and internal energies of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living beings are also manifestations of His marginal energy, qualitatively one with the Lord, and there are innumerable l..."

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