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17:4117:41, 7 May 2020 diff hist +2,823 N On Vaisvanara-loka the yogi becomes completely cleansed of all dirty sins acquired while in contact with the material world. The Milky Way in the sky is indicated herein (SB 2.2.24) as the way leading to Brahmaloka, the highest planet of the universe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On Vaiśvānara-loka the yogī becomes completely cleansed of all dirty sins acquired while in contact with the material world..."
17:3017:30, 7 May 2020 diff hist +975 N Before reaching there (the residential planet of God), the mystic passes over the Milky Way to reach Brahmaloka, and while going there he first reaches Vaisvanara-loka, where the demigod controls fire Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before reaching there, the mystic passes over the Milky Way to reach Brahmaloka, and while going there he first reaches Vaiśv..."
13:5113:51, 7 May 2020 diff hist +3,013 N Narada Muni is one of the examples of such spacemen, and Durvasa Muni is one of such mystics. By the strength of devotional service, austerities, mystic powers and transcendental knowledge, everyone can move like Narada Muni or Durvasa Muni Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārada Muni is one of the examples of such spacemen, and Durvāsā Muni is one of such mystics. By the strength of devotional..."
13:2913:29, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,298 N With the materialistic mind one can reach the best planet in the universe, but no one can enter into the kingdom of God. Senses are called spiritually purified when they are not involved in sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With the materialistic mind one can reach the best planet in the universe, but no one can enter into the kingdom of God. Sense..."
13:1613:16, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,202 The devotees of the Lord are not ambitious to dominate a false and temporary phenomenon. On the contrary, a devotee wants to be dominated by the supreme predominator, the Lord No edit summary current
13:1113:11, 7 May 2020 diff hist +4,805 N The yogi can easily fulfill his desire by going there (the higher planetary systems) with the present materialistic mind and senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The yogī can, however, easily fulfill his desire by going there with the present materialistic mind and senses"}} {{notes|}}..."
12:5812:58, 7 May 2020 diff hist +4,863 N Since a materialist is generally inquisitive to experience what is actually in such planetary systems, he wants to see everything personally Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since a materialist is generally inquisitive to experience what is actually in such planetary systems, he wants to see everyth..."
12:4412:44, 7 May 2020 diff hist +4,954 N All these expediencies (yogic powers) are as common as natural gifts for the inhabitants of those higher planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these expediencies are as common as natural gifts for the inhabitants of those higher planets"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ang..."
11:2711:27, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,626 N They (the inhabitants of the topmost planetary systems) do not have to 3) to possess such power as will never be frustrated in any desire -prakamya-siddhi-, or to assume any shape or form one may even whimsically desire - kamavasayita-siddhi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to possess such power as will never be frustrated in any desire (prākāmya-siddhi), or to assume any shape or form one may ev..."
11:1811:18, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,447 N They (the inhabitants of the topmost planetary systems) do not have to 2) to act freely even to create something wonderful or to annihilate anything at will -isitva-siddhi-, to control all material elements -vasitva-siddhi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to act freely even to create something wonderful or to annihilate anything at will (īśitva-siddhi), to control all material..."
11:0911:09, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,260 N They (the inhabitants of the topmost planetary systems) do not have to 1) get anything and everything from anywhere and everywhere (prapti-siddhi), to become heavier than the heaviest (mahima-siddhi) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They do not have to get anything and everything from anywhere and everywhere (prāpti-siddhi), to become heavier than the heav..."
10:5510:55, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,214 N They (the inhabitants of the topmost planetary systems) do not have to learn and practice the mystic processes of yoga perfection and achieve the power of becoming small like a particle -anima-siddhi-, or lighter than a soft feather -laghima-siddhi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They do not have to learn and practice the mystic processes of yoga perfection and achieve the power of becoming small like a..."
10:1410:14, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,540 N Param & the param dhama mentioned in several places in the Bhagavad-gita are one & the same thing. One who goes to the param dhama does not return to the material world. This freedom is not possible even by reaching the topmost loka of the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This param and the paraṁ dhāma mentioned in several places in the Bhagavad-gītā are one and the same thing. One who goes..."
10:0510:05, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,467 N Here (SB 2.2.21) akuntha-drstih is mentioned. Akuntha & vaikuntha convey the same import only one who has his aim fixed upon that spiritual world & personal association with God can give up his material connections even while living in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Herein akuṇṭha-dṛṣṭiḥ is mentioned. Akuṇṭha and vaikuṇṭha convey the same import, and only one who has his..."
09:4809:48, 7 May 2020 diff hist +28 The devotees have full knowledge of the spiritual world, the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental association in unlimited spiritual planets called Vaikunthalokas No edit summary current
09:4809:48, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,048 N The devotees have full knowledge of the spiritual world, the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental association in unlimited spiritual planets called Vaikunthalokas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees have full knowledge of the spiritual world, the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental association in unli..."
09:3809:38, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,110 N Less intelligent persons cannot have any conception of the param, as mentioned in this verse (SB 2.2.21), and therefore they cannot reach the Supreme Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"less intelligent persons cannot have any conception of the param, as mentioned in this verse, and therefore they cannot reach..."
09:2709:27, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,212 N The propaganda by a certain class of impersonalists that spiritual life is void of all varieties is dangerous propaganda to mislead the living beings into becoming more and more attracted by material enjoyments Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The propaganda by a certain class of impersonalists that spiritual life is void of all varieties is dangerous propaganda to mi..."
09:1409:14, 7 May 2020 diff hist +135 One cannot be freed from material attraction unless he has complete understanding of the nature of spiritual life No edit summary current
09:0809:08, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,002 N In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.59) it is said that this sort of material detachment is possible to attain when one is acquainted with the supreme association of life. Param drstva nivartate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 2.59) it is said that this sort of material detachment is possible to attain when one is acquainted..."
08:5908:59, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,392 N All are but material enjoyments, and one should be thoroughly convinced that he has no need of such a long duration of life, even in the Brahmaloka planet. He must return home, back to Godhead & must not be attracted by any amount of material facilities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All are but material enjoyments, and one should be thoroughly convinced that he has no need of such a long duration of life, e..."
08:4608:46, 7 May 2020 diff hist +5,045 N There are different grades of material enjoyments in respect to duration of life and sensual gratification. The highest plane of sensual enjoyment for the longest period of life is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different grades of material enjoyments in respect to duration of life and sensual gratification. The highest plane..."
08:3308:33, 7 May 2020 diff hist +4,948 N The process of giving up all material connections and returning home, back to Godhead, the Supreme, is recommended herein. The condition is that one should be completely freed from desire for material enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of giving up all material connections and returning home, back to Godhead, the Supreme, is recommended herein. The..."
08:2008:20, 7 May 2020 diff hist +135 Just below the abdomen and navel, is the mani-puraka-cakra. When upper space is further searched out in the heart, one reaches the anahata-cakra, and further up, when the life air is placed at the root of the palate, one reaches the visuddhi-cakra No edit summary current

20:1620:16, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,463 N In modern days, when the influence of Kali Age is so disturbing, practically everyone is untrained in this art (controlling the life air by the prescribed yogic process) of bodily exercise Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in modern days, when the influence of Kali Age is so disturbing, practically everyone is untrained in this art of bodily exerc..."
19:5419:54, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,561 N In olden days such practice (controlling the life air by the prescribed yogic process) was very common for the transcendentalist, for the mode of life and character in those days were favorable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In olden days such practice was very common for the transcendentalist, for the mode of life and character in those days were f..."
19:4119:41, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,455 N Controlling the life air by the prescribed yogic process is mechanical, and the practice is more or less a physical endeavor for spiritual perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Controlling the life air by the prescribed yogic process is mechanical, and the practice is more or less a physical endeavor f..."
19:1419:14, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,375 N The expert yogi who has thoroughly practiced the control of the life air by the prescribed method of the yoga system is advised to quit the body as follows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The expert yogī who has thoroughly practiced the control of the life air by the prescribed method of the yoga system is advis..."
19:0519:05, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,733 N A self-realized soul ceases to exhibit his useless activities of attempting to lord it over material nature. Being scientifically well informed, he fully engages himself in faithful devotion to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a self-realized soul ceases to exhibit his useless activities of attempting to lord it over material nature. Being scientifica..." current
18:5618:56, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,674 N His (the self-realized living being) constitutional position is to cooperate with Him (God) in all respects in the transcendental relation of the served and the servitor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"his constitutional position is to cooperate with Him in all respects in the transcendental relation of the served and the serv..."
14:3314:33, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,812 N With such a mentality (desiring to lord it over the material nature), one is led to believe in the strength of material science, with its discovery of atomic energy and space travel by mechanical vehicles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With such a mentality, one is led to believe in the strength of material science, with its discovery of atomic energy and spac..."
14:2214:22, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,531 N Material desires are based on the false ego of the living being and are exhibited by his childish and useless activities to conquer the laws of material nature and by his desire to lord it over the resources of the five elements Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material desires are based on the false ego of the living being and are exhibited by his childish and useless activities to co..."
14:1514:15, 6 May 2020 diff hist +4,801 N There are many duratmas who claim to have realized themselves as Brahman and yet are unable to conquer material desires. In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly explained that an absolutely self-realized soul becomes completely aloof from all material desires Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many durātmās who claim to have realized themselves as Brahman and yet are unable to conquer material desires. In..."
14:0314:03, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,833 N In everything, the devotee sees the Lord, and he sees everything in the Lord. The specific disturbance created by a duratma, or crooked soul, is due to his maintaining that the transcendental form of the Lord is something material Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In everything, the devotee sees the Lord, and he sees everything in the Lord. The specific disturbance created by a durātmā,..."
13:5513:55, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,991 N The devotee tries to engage everything in His service and does not create perplexities by falsely lording it over the creation of the Lord. He is so faithful that he engages himself, as well as everything else, in the transcendental loving service of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee tries to engage everything in His service and does not create perplexities by falsely lording it over the creation..."
13:4613:46, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,883 N He (the pure devotee of God) knows perfectly well that the Lord Parabrahman, by His Brahman energy, is interwoven in everything, and thus everything is looked upon by a devotee as the property of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he knows perfectly well that the Lord Parabrahman, by His Brahman energy, is interwoven in everything, and thus everything is..."
13:3813:38, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,220 N Nothing is independent of Him (God) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore, nothing is independent of Him"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-05-06T13:38:27Z}} {{l..." current
13:2913:29, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,807 N The impersonal brahmajyoti rests on the person of the Lord, and because everything rests on the brahmajyoti directly and indirectly, everything is generated from the Lord, everything rests on Him, and after annihilation, everything is merged in Him only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the impersonal brahmajyoti rests on the person of the Lord, and because everything rests on the brahmajyoti directly and indir..."
13:1913:19, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,704 N Such nondevotees and debauchees are completely excluded from the list of transcendentalists by the presentation of this particular verse by Sukadeva Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such nondevotees and debauchees are completely excluded from the list of transcendentalists by the presentation of this partic..."
13:1313:13, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,731 N All these nondevotees and debauchees are, according to Visvanatha Cakravarti, duratmas, or crooked souls in the dress of mahatmas, or great souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these nondevotees and debauchees are, according to Viśvanātha Cakravartī, durātmās, or crooked souls in the dress of..."
13:0513:05, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,738 N They (impersonalists and nondevotees) wrongly manufacture their own way of devotional service by open debauchery and mislead others who are simpletons or debauchees like themselves Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They wrongly manufacture their own way of devotional service by open debauchery and mislead others who are simpletons or debau..."
12:5812:58, 6 May 2020 diff hist +6,234 N Apart from the class of impersonalists or nondevotees, there are also classes who pose themselves as devotees of the Lord but at heart maintain the idea of salvation by becoming one with the impersonal Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Apart from the class of impersonalists or nondevotees, there are also classes who pose themselves as devotees of the Lord but..."
12:5012:50, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,924 N Nor do they (pure devotees of God) concern themselves with many obscure speculative theories, which are in actuality so many stumbling blocks on the path of transcendental understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor do they concern themselves with many obscure speculative theories, which are in actuality so many stumbling blocks on the..."
10:1210:12, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,976 N Nor do they (pure devotees) falsely think of themselves as one with God, or argue that there is no existence of God separately, or that there is no God at all, or that living beings are themselves God or that when He incarnates He assumes a material body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"nor do they falsely think of themselves as one with the Lord, or argue that there is no existence of the Lord separately, or t..."
09:5809:58, 6 May 2020 diff hist +6,046 N Pure devotees, being perfectly directed by the Supreme Lord, do not create any artificial perplexity in the matter of transcendental understanding by wasting time in discussing what is Brahman and what is non-Brahman, or maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pure devotees, being perfectly directed by the Supreme Lord, do not create any artificial perplexity in the matter of transcen..."
09:4709:47, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,365 N Only they (pure devotees of God) can definitely have a clear vision of the Vaikuntha planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only they can definitely have a clear vision of the Vaikuṇṭha planets"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
09:3309:33, 6 May 2020 diff hist +5,697 N Pure devotees of the Lord are absolutely in harmony with the Personality of Godhead, or in other words, they always think of the Lord as their only dependable friend and well-wisher Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pure devotees of the Lord are absolutely in harmony with the Personality of Godhead, or in other words, they always think of t..." current
09:2109:21, 6 May 2020 diff hist +6,060 N In that sky, which is far beyond the material sky and its sevenfold coverings, there is no need of sun or moon, nor is there necessity of electricity for illumination, because the planets are self-illuminating and more brilliant than the material suns Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In that sky, which is far, far beyond the material sky and its sevenfold coverings, there is no need of the sun or the moon, n..."
09:1409:14, 6 May 2020 diff hist +6,022 N In the Bhagavad-gita, mad-dhama (My abode) is mentioned several times, according to the version of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna there exists the unlimited spiritual sky, where the planets are called Vaikunthas, or the abode of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā, mad-dhāma ("My abode") is mentioned several times, and according to the version of the Supreme Person..."
08:5908:59, 6 May 2020 diff hist +6,068 N The other two (karma-yoga, jnana-yoga) are incompetent in helping one reach the Vaikunthalokas, although they can, however, conveniently take one to the effulgent brahmajyoti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The other two are incompetent in helping one reach the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, although they can, however, conveniently take one t..."

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