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09:1509:15, 15 May 2020 diff hist +5,290 N The more human society engages in the exploitation of undeveloped material resources for sense gratification, the more it will be entrapped by the illusory, material energy of God, and the distress of the world will be intensified instead of diminished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The more human society engages in the exploitation of undeveloped material resources for sense gratification, the more it will..."
09:0209:02, 15 May 2020 diff hist +4,648 N The sufferings of human society are due to a polluted aim of life, namely lording it over the material resources Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sufferings of human society are due to a polluted aim of life, namely lording it over the material resources"}} {{notes|}}..."
08:5008:50, 15 May 2020 diff hist +5,837 N That (God's holy name must be heard, glorified and remembered) will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by the people of the world. The word ca includes all the remaining processes or methods of bhakti-yoga, as mentioned above Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by the people of the world. The word ca includes all..."
08:4108:41, 15 May 2020 diff hist +5,453 N Sanatana means eternal, always and everywhere. Bhagavata means pertaining to Bhagavan, the Lord. The Lord is the master of all time and all space, and therefore the Lord's holy name must be heard, glorified and remembered everywhere in the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sanātana means eternal, always and everywhere. Bhāgavata means pertaining to Bhagavān, the Lord. The Lord is the master of..."
08:2408:24, 15 May 2020 diff hist +4,811 N Because the Lord is all-pervading, it is essential to glorify Him always and everywhere Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the Lord is all-pervading, it is essential to glorify Him always and everywhere"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{co..."
08:0508:05, 15 May 2020 diff hist +5,205 N One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the all-pervading Personality of Godhead and thus becomes enthusiastic in glorifying the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about the all-pervading Personality of Godhead and thus..."

14:0214:02, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,480 N If human society gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade the standards of the total society. Hearing is solidified by the process of chanting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If human society gives itself to the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim to the impious sound..."
13:5113:51, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,386 N It is incumbent upon the human beings to hear because the scriptures like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam are made for that purpose. Living beings other than human beings have no ability to hear such Vedic literatures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is incumbent upon the human beings to hear because the scriptures like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are made fo..."
13:3613:36, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,434 N Machinery is not bad because through the machine one can take advantage of hearing about the Lord, but because machinery is used for ulterior purposes, it is creating rapid degradation in the standard of human civilization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Machinery is not bad because through the machine one can take advantage of hearing about the Lord, but because machinery is us..."
13:0913:09, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,430 N Since it has been ascertained that the Lord is the Supersoul of everything, He should therefore be heard and glorified everywhere and always. That is the special duty of the human being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"since it has been ascertained that the Lord is the Supersoul of everything, He should therefore be heard and glorified everywh..."
13:0213:02, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,055 N For hearing only, all the Vedic literatures are there, compiled by authorized persons like Vyasadeva, who is the powerful incarnation of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for hearing only, all the Vedic literatures are there, compiled by authorized persons like Vyāsadeva, who is the powerful inc..."
11:2511:25, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,211 N All nine methods are bona fide methods, and either all of them, some of them or even one of them can bring about the desired result for the sincere devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All nine methods are bona fide methods, and either all of them, some of them or even one of them can bring about the desired r..."
11:2111:21, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,390 N The bhakti-yoga process is practiced by the devotees in different methods like hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, worshiping, praying, rendering service in love, becoming friendly, and offering all that one may possess Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bhakti-yoga process is practiced by the devotees in different methods like hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the lot..."
10:5610:56, 14 May 2020 diff hist +5,299 N Srila Sukadeva Gosvami begins this verse (SB 2.2.36) with the word tasmat, or "therefore," because in the previous verse he has already explained that there is no auspicious means for salvation other than the sublime process of bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī begins this verse with the word tasmāt, or "therefore," because in the previous verse he has alre..."
10:3610:36, 14 May 2020 diff hist +10,196 N The intelligent man, after many births of such use of intelligence, surrenders himself at the lotus feet of Vasudeva, as confirmed by the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The intelligent man therefore, after many births of such use of intelligence, surrenders himself at the lotus feet of Vāsudev..."
10:1910:19, 14 May 2020 diff hist +10,742 N Certainly the purport of the revealed information in the Vedas becomes clear to our vision, and there is no difficulty in realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"certainly the purport of the revealed information in the Vedas becomes clear to our vision, and there is no difficulty in real..."
10:0410:04, 14 May 2020 diff hist +19,909 N If we stick to our determination and pray for the mercy of the director of intelligence sitting within the same bodily tree, like a bird sitting with another bird as explained in the Upanisads Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we stick to our determination and pray for the mercy of the director of intelligence sitting within the same bodily tree, l..." current
09:4209:42, 14 May 2020 diff hist +10,235 N The Bhagavad-gita is the preliminary conception of the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna, and Srimad-Bhagavatam is the further explanation of the science of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā is the preliminary conception of the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is..."
09:3509:35, 14 May 2020 diff hist +10,229 N By the progress of self-realization one is able to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by intelligence, by the help of authorized scriptures, and, principally, by the grace of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by the progress of such self-realization one is able to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by intelligence, by the hel..."
09:1509:15, 14 May 2020 diff hist +9,881 N Realization of the Superself by the individual self is the beginning of self-realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Realization of the Superself by the individual self is the beginning of self-realization"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."

19:2319:23, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,147 N The Superself is a partial representation or plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavad-gita affirms that the Supreme Personality of Godhead dominates all over the material world by His partial representation only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Superself is a partial representation or plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavad-gītā affirm..."
19:0519:05, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,722 N All three identities, namely matter, individual spirit, and the Superspirit, are all dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"all three identities, namely matter, individual spirit, and the Superspirit, are all dependent on the Supreme Personality of G..."
18:3718:37, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,190 N The individual is completely dependent on the direction of the Superself because in every step the individual self follows the direction of the Superself in the matter of seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling, willing, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The individual is completely dependent on the direction of the Superself because in every step the individual self follows the..."
18:1018:10, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,871 N The Superself and the individual self are both spirit, and the Superself and the individual self are both qualitatively one and distinct from matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Superself and the individual self are both spirit, and therefore the Superself and the individual self are both qualitativ..."
18:0518:05, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,140 N We can easily attain to the true, spiritual conception by recognizing the Superself (Paramatma) to be our friend and guide and by dovetailing our intelligence with the superior intelligence of Paramatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We can easily attain to the true, spiritual conception by recognizing the Superself (Paramātmā) to be our friend and guide a..."
17:5617:56, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,972 Our freedom consists in orienting our desire either toward the ignorant, material misconception or the true, spiritual conception No edit summary current
17:3917:39, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,081 N On the one hand we realize that all our perceptions and activities are conditioned by arrangements of material nature, yet we also ordinarily feel and say, "I am perceiving" or "I am doing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on the one hand we realize that all our perceptions and activities are conditioned by arrangements of material nature, yet we..."
14:4114:41, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,790 N The higher authority, who is present and residing within every individual living being, is the Superself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The higher authority, who is present and residing within every individual living being, is the Superself"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
14:3214:32, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,065 N Such intelligence (intelligence or the direction of a superior being) is all-pervading. Every living being has his intelligence, and this intelligence, being the direction of some higher authority, is just like a father giving direction to his son Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"intelligence is all-pervading. Every living being has his intelligence, and this intelligence, being the direction of some hig..."
14:2114:21, 13 May 2020 diff hist +136 When one fails to take advantage of intelligence he becomes a deranged man, and so a living being is dependent on intelligence or the direction of a superior being No edit summary current
14:1614:16, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,565 N Intelligence gives one direction like some higher authority, and the living being cannot see or move or eat or do anything without the use of intelligence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Intelligence gives one direction like some higher authority, and the living being cannot see or move or eat or do anything wit..."
13:5913:59, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,026 N Now we come to the point that the things which are seen by a little use of intelligence cannot be animate unless we accept someone as the user of or director of the intelligence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now we come to the point that the things which are seen by a little use of intelligence cannot be animate unless we accept som..."
13:5013:50, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,003 N It is definite that matter and spirit are two different identities, and this conclusion is arrived at by the use of intelligence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is definite that matter and spirit are two different identities, and this conclusion is arrived at by the use of intelligen..."
13:3913:39, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,241 N Idle talks regarding future development of matter into spirit are actually foolish because no matter has ever developed the power of seeing or moving in any part of the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Idle talks regarding future development of matter into spirit are actually foolish because no matter has ever developed the po..."
13:2513:25, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,869 N There is no experimental evidence that matter has anywhere produced a living entity. Trust no future, however pleasant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there is no experimental evidence that matter has anywhere produced a living entity. Trust no future, however pleasant"}} {{no..."
13:1013:10, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,402 The spiritual quality of the seer is manifest in our dissatisfaction with the limited state of materially conditioned existence. That is the difference between spirit and matter No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,673 N The ordinary living being has no independent power of perception or of motion, & as we undoubtedly feel our existence being conditioned by nature's energy, we conclude that he who sees is spirit, & that the senses & the objects of perception are material Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the ordinary living being has no independent power of perception or of motion, and as we undoubtedly feel our existence being..."
12:4712:47, 13 May 2020 diff hist +136 Our thirteen senses in all are supplied to us by various arrangements of gross or subtle forms of natural energy No edit summary current
12:4212:42, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,288 N Our five senses of action, namely (1) hands, (2) legs, (3) speech, (4) evacuation organs and (5) reproductive organs are supplied to us by various arrangements of gross or subtle forms of natural energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"our five senses of action, namely (1) hands, (2) legs, (3) speech, (4) evacuation organs and (5) reproductive organs"}} {{note..."
12:3512:35, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,257 N Our senses of perception and of action, that is to say, our five perceptive senses of (1) hearing, (2) touch, (3) sight, (4) taste and (5) smell, as well as our five senses of action Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our senses of perception and of action, that is to say, our five perceptive senses of (1) hearing, (2) touch, (3) sight, (4) t..." current
12:2912:29, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,158 N All our ordinary actions and perceptions depend on various forms of energy supplied to us by nature in various combinations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All our ordinary actions and perceptions depend on various forms of energy supplied to us by nature in various combinations"}}..."
11:2911:29, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,450 N By a little use of intelligence we can also readily agree that the living being who sees the things beyond himself by ordinary vision has no power to see or to move independently Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by a little use of intelligence we can also readily agree that the living being who sees the things beyond himself by ordinary..."
11:2211:22, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,198 N The natural conclusion is that the living being, either man or beast, is the seer, and he sees besides himself all other things. So there is a difference between the seer and the seen Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the natural conclusion is that the living being, either man or beast, is the seer, and he sees besides himself all other thing..."
11:1011:10, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,783 N By using intelligence he (the common man) can distinguish and separate his self from other things that he sees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by using intelligence he can distinguish and separate his self from other things that he sees"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}..."
11:0111:01, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,196 N He (the common man) can feel that the hand, the leg, the head, the hair and the limbs are all his bodily parts and parcels, but as such the hand, the leg, the head, etc., cannot be identified with his self Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He can feel that the hand, the leg, the head, the hair and the limbs are all his bodily parts and parcels, but as such the han..."
10:4410:44, 13 May 2020 diff hist +10,271 N One can perceive one's self-identification and feel positively that he exists. He may not feel it very abruptly, but by using a little intelligence, he can feel that he is not the body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can perceive one's self-identification and feel positively that he exists. He may not feel it very abruptly, but by using..."
09:5309:53, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,591 N The Lord is not perceivable by our present materialized senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually the Lord is not perceivable by our present materialized senses"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..."
09:4509:45, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,775 N To a common man, here (SB 2.2.35) is a practical suggestion given by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami as to how one can perceive the Supreme Lord by reason and perception Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To such a common man, here is a practical suggestion given by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī as to how one can perceive the Supre..."
09:3009:30, 13 May 2020 diff hist +9,882 N The general argument of the common man is that since the Lord is not visible to our eyes, how can one either surrender unto Him or render transcendental loving service unto Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The general argument of the common man is that since the Lord is not visible to our eyes, how can one either surrender unto Hi..."
09:1509:15, 13 May 2020 diff hist +3,252 N The Vedic conclusion is accepted by all acaryas, and those who are against this conclusion (becoming a pure devotee of Krsna is the topmost perfection of all religious principles) are only veda-vada-ratas, as explained in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic conclusion is thus accepted by all ācāryas, and those who are against this conclusion are only veda-vāda-ratas, a..."

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