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18:4718:47, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,554 N It (SB) describes param jnanam, the highest transcendental knowledge. Pure devotees of the Lord are all paramahamsas, and they are like the swans, who know the art of sucking milk out of a mixture of milk and water Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it describes paraṁ jñānam, the highest transcendental knowledge. pure devotees of the Lord are all paramahaṁsas, and the..."
18:2218:22, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,731 N Srimad-Bhagavatam begins from the history of the Pandavas (with necessary politics and social activities), and yet it is said to be the Paramahamsa-samhita, or the Vedic literature meant for the topmost transcendentalist Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins from the history of the Pāṇḍavas (with necessary politics and social activities), and yet Śr..."
14:0814:08, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,720 N The more they (people) deviate from the transcendental activities of the Lord, the more they become accustomed to mundane activities that only clear their path to hell instead of return them home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the more they deviate from the transcendental activities of the Lord, the more they become accustomed to mundane activities th..."
13:5113:51, 20 May 2020 diff hist +7,148 N The propaganda that the Lord is impersonal, that He has no activity and that He is a dumb stone without any name and form has encouraged people to become godless, faithless demons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The propaganda that the Lord is impersonal, that He has no activity and that He is a dumb stone without any name and form has..."
13:2713:27, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,944 N Men have inclinations for studying history & many other mundane literatures: stories, fiction, dramas, magazines, newspapers etc so let them be dovetailed with the transcendental service of God & all of them will turn to the topics relished by devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Men have inclinations for studying history and many other mundane literatures—stories, fiction, dramas, magazines, newspaper..."
13:0513:05, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,343 N That (discussion of topics of the Lord), is the way of spiritualizing the civic activities of human society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That is the way of spiritualizing the civic activities of human society"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..."
12:5912:59, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,457 N He (God) plays exactly like the social, political or religious leaders. Because such roles ultimately culminate in the discussion of topics of the Lord, all such preliminary topics are also transcendental Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus He plays exactly like the social, political or religious leaders. Because such roles ultimately culminate in the discussi..."
12:4812:48, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,469 N The conclusion is that the Lord is not impersonal in the ultimate issue. He is the Supreme Person and He has His different activities. He is the leader of all living entities, He descends at His will and by His personal energy to reclaim the fallen souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the conclusion is that the Lord is not impersonal in the ultimate issue. He is the Supreme Person, and He has His different ac..."
10:4510:45, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,812 N Some less intelligent men say that Bhagavad-gita is not meant for householders, but such foolish men forget that Bhagavad-gita was explained to Arjuna, a grhastha (family man), and spoken by the Lord in His role as a grhastha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some less intelligent men say that Bhagavad-gītā is not meant for householders, but such foolish men forget that Bhagavad-g..."
10:3710:37, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,501 N Bhagavad-gita is also part of the Mahabharata, and it is full of the Lord's instruction for the less intelligent class of men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā is also part of the Mahābhārata, and it is full of the Lord's instruction for the less intelligent class of..."
10:2610:26, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,568 N The less intelligent do not accept Mahabharata as part of the Vedas, but great sages and authorities accept it as the fifth division of the Vedas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The less intelligent do not accept Mahābhārata as part of the Vedas, but great sages and authorities accept it as the fifth..."
10:0310:03, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,614 N For example, the epics or the histories of Ramayana and Mahabharata, which are specifically recommended for the less intelligent classes (women, sudras and unworthy sons of the higher castes), are also accepted as Vedic literature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For example, the epics or the histories of Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, which are specifically recommended for the less int..."
09:5409:54, 20 May 2020 diff hist +6,451 N As we have already quoted above from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu of Rupa Gosvami, even mundane things, if dovetailed in the service of the Lord Sri Krsna, are accepted as transcendental Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As we have already quoted above from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu of Rūpa Gosvāmī, even mundane things, if dovetailed in t..."
09:4409:44, 20 May 2020 diff hist +2,776 N The presentation of Srimad-Bhagavatam by his (Sukadeva Gosvami's) recitation is the highest poetic contribution. He was a self-realized learned sage. In other words, he was a poet amongst the sages Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The presentation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by his recitation is the highest poetic contribution. He was a self-realized learned..."
09:3509:35, 20 May 2020 diff hist +3,133 N Out of these twenty-six prominent features of a devotee, as described by Krsnadasa Kaviraja in his Caitanya-caritamrta, the qualification of being poetic is especially mentioned herein (SB 2.3.13) in relation to Sukadeva Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of these twenty-six prominent features of a devotee, as described by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja in his Caitanya-caritām..."
09:2809:28, 20 May 2020 diff hist +2,925 N A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features are as follows: 3) fixed, self-controlled, a balanced eater, sane, mannerly, prideless, grave, sympathetic, friendly, poetic, expert and silent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"fixed, self-controlled, a balanced eater, sane, mannerly, prideless, grave, sympathetic, friendly, poetic, expert and silent"}..."
09:2209:22, 20 May 2020 diff hist +2,800 N A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities are as follows: 2) a well-wisher to all, satisfied, surrendered to Krsna, without hankering, simple Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a well-wisher to all, satisfied, surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, without hankering, simple"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{..."
09:1209:12, 20 May 2020 diff hist +2,987 N A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities are as follows: 1) he is kind, peaceful, truthful, equable, faultless, magnanimous, mild, clean, nonpossessive Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities a..."
08:5708:57, 20 May 2020 diff hist +5,563 N Srila Rupa Gosvami has described this action of a pure devotee as nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe yuktam vairagyam ucyate. Even mundane activities dovetailed with service to the Lord are also calculated to be transcendental or approved kaivalya affairs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described this action of a pure devotee as nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam..."
08:4008:40, 20 May 2020 diff hist +5,243 N Despite his (the first-class devotee's) loftiness, for God's satisfaction he may play the voluntary part of a preacher of God's glory and dovetail all into devotional service, even mundane interest Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"despite his loftiness, for the Lord's satisfaction he may play the voluntary part of a preacher of the Lord's glory and doveta..."
08:2908:29, 20 May 2020 diff hist +5,183 N The first-class devotee of the Lord attains this stage (complete self-satisfaction without any material connection) by devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first-class devotee of the Lord attains this stage by devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}..."
08:1408:14, 20 May 2020 diff hist +5,018 N This state of affairs is described herein (SB 2.3.12) as pratinivrtta-gunormi, and it is possible by atma-prasada, or complete self-satisfaction without any material connection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This state of affairs is described herein as pratinivṛtta-guṇormi, and it is possible by ātma-prasāda, or complete self-..."

19:1919:19, 19 May 2020 diff hist +5,342 N One is not agitated by the waves of the material modes. There are different modes of material nature, and all mundane functions in which a common man is very much interested or in which he takes part become unattractive for the devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In such a state of affairs one is not agitated by the waves of the material modes. There are different modes of material natur..."
19:1119:11, 19 May 2020 diff hist +5,421 N For a devotee, all mundane activities, social and political, become unattractive, and in the mature state such a devotee becomes uninterested even in his own body, and what to speak of bodily relatives Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a devotee, all mundane activities, social and political, become unattractive, and in the mature state such a devotee becom..."
18:5918:59, 19 May 2020 diff hist +5,435 N Srila Jiva Gosvami quotes the Vedic version in this connection & establishes that Narayana, the Personality of Godhead is known as kaivalya & the means which enables one to approach God is called the kaivalya-pantha or the only means of attainment of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī quotes the Vedic version (eko nārāyaṇo devaḥ, parāvarāṇāṁ parama āste kaivalya-saṁjñi..."
18:4718:47, 19 May 2020 diff hist +4,897 Bhakti-yoga, being the only means of God realization, is called kaivalya No edit summary current
18:4218:42, 19 May 2020 diff hist +5,147 N In the mature stage the developed transcendental feeling culminates in realization of the particular relationship with the Lord by which a living entity is originally constituted - up to the relationship of conjugal love with the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the mature stage the developed transcendental feeling culminates in realization of the particular relationship with the Lor..."
18:3218:32, 19 May 2020 diff hist +4,836 N This transcendental bliss is experienced even in the stage of devotional practice (sadhana-avastha), if properly undertaken under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This transcendental bliss is experienced even in the stage of devotional practice (sādhana-avasthā), if properly undertaken..."
18:0918:09, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,782 N The Bhagavad-gita can be understood in the association of pure devotees only, and not by the interpretations of politicians or dry philosophical speculators Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Bhagavad-gītā can be understood in the association of pure devotees only, and not by the interpretations of politicians..."
17:5817:58, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,154 N Both the materialistic way of life, without any information of God or the demigods, and the life engaged in the worship of demigods, in pursuit of temporary material enjoyments, are different phases of phantasmagoria Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Otherwise both the materialistic way of life, without any information of God or the demigods, and the life engaged in the wors..."
17:4417:44, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,751 N Unless the gross materialists or the worshipers of the temporary demigods come in contact with a transcendentalist like the pure devotee of the Lord, their attempts are simply a waste of energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unless the gross materialists or the worshipers of the temporary demigods come in contact with a transcendentalist like the pu..."
13:3913:39, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,822 N The Bhagavad-gita, in which the worship of the demigods and their respective residential planets are mentioned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Bhagavad-gītā, in which the worship of the demigods and their respective residential planets are mentioned"}} {{notes|}}..."
13:3413:34, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,202 N The most authentic Vedic literature, accepted by the great Indian acaryas like Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Caitanya and studied by all important personalities of the world, is the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The most authentic Vedic literature, accepted by the great Indian ācāryas like Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Madhva, Viṣṇu Sv..."
13:2213:22, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,282 N They (the followers of the Vedas) have full and reasonable knowledge of God and demigods and of their different residential planets situated within the compass of the material world and beyond the limit of the material sky Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they have full and reasonable knowledge of God and demigods and of their different residential planets situated within the com..."
13:0713:07, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,281 N The followers of the Vedas have a different method of acquiring knowledge. They accept the statements of the Vedic literatures as authority in toto, as we have already discussed in Canto One Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the followers of the Vedas have a different method of acquiring knowledge. They accept the statements of the Vedic literatures..."
12:5312:53, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,144 N In spite of much false advertisement for selling land on the moon, the puffed-up scientists or gross materialists cannot live there (on the moon), and what to speak of reaching the other planets, which they are unable even to count Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in spite of much false advertisement for selling land on the moon, the puffed-up scientists or gross materialists cannot live..."
12:4212:42, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,999 N The gross materialists do not believe in the existence of God or the demigods. Nor do they believe that different planets are dominated by different demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gross materialists do not believe in the existence of God or the demigods. Nor do they believe that different planets are..."
12:3612:36, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,894 N The Bhagavad-gita affirms this (demigods are powerful because they serve God), and the different planets of the demigods are mentioned, including the one of the supreme demigod, Lord Brahma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā affirms this, and the different planets of the demigods are mentioned there, including the one of the supr..."
12:2712:27, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,113 N The demigods are as factual as we are, but they are much more powerful due to their being engaged in the direct service of the Lord in managing different departments in the universal government Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The demigods are as factual as we are, but they are much more powerful due to their being engaged in the direct service of the..."
11:2211:22, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,936 N Apart from the gross materialists, who care very little either for God or for the demigods, the Vedas recommend worship of different demigods for different benefits, and so the demigods are neither false nor imaginary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Apart from the gross materialists, who care very little either for God or for the demigods, the Vedas recommend worship of dif..."
11:1011:10, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,704 N One can never solve such problems (problems of life) by satisfying the different demigods, by different modes of worship, or by so-called scientific advancement in knowledge without the help of God or the demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can never solve such problems by satisfying the different demigods, by different modes of worship, or by so-called scienti..."
11:0011:00, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,322 N Human life is meant for making a solution to the problems of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"human life is meant for making a solution to the problems of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2..."
10:4310:43, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,145 N The history of the universe is full of such planmakers, and many kings and emperors come and go, leaving a planmaking story only. But the prime problems of life remain unsolved despite all endeavors by such planmakers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The history of the universe is full of such planmakers, and many kings and emperors come and go, leaving a planmaking story on..."
10:3010:30, 19 May 2020 diff hist +7,951 N Despite all plans for happiness, the conditioned living being within the compass of material creation can never solve the problems of life, namely birth, death, old age and disease Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"despite all such plans for happiness, the conditioned living being within the compass of material creation can never solve the..."
10:1110:11, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,071 N All plans for material enjoyment, either by worship of different demigods as described in the previous verses of this chapter or by modernized advancement of scientific knowledge without the help of God or demigod, are illusory only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All plans for material enjoyment, either by worship of different demigods as described in the previous verses of this chapter..."
09:4209:42, 19 May 2020 diff hist +8,141 N All living entities in different statuses of life within the material creation, beginning from the first demigod, Brahma, down to the small ant, are conditioned under the law of material nature, or the external energy of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities in different statuses of life within the material creation, beginning from the first demigod, Brahmā, dow..."
09:2309:23, 19 May 2020 diff hist +6,708 N Under the circumstances, one with a broader outlook, even with the desire for material enjoyment or for liberation, should take to the worship of the Lord directly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Under the circumstances, one with a broader outlook, even with the desire for material enjoyment or for liberation, should tak..."
09:0209:02, 19 May 2020 diff hist +6,282 N One cannot obtain any result from demigods without getting sanction from the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot obtain any result from demigods without getting sanction from the Supreme Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{..."
08:5608:56, 19 May 2020 diff hist +6,744 N Udara-dhih means one who has a broader outlook. People with desires for material enjoyment worship small demigods, and such intelligence is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20) as hrta jnana, the intelligence of one who has lost his senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Udāra-dhīḥ means one who has a broader outlook. people with desires for material enjoyment worship small demigods, and suc..."
08:4608:46, 19 May 2020 diff hist +12,660 N Being a pure devotee he (Arjuna) agreed to fight on God's instruction because he came to his senses & realized that satisfaction of God at the cost of his own satisfaction was his prime duty. He became akama. That is the perfect stage of a living being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"being a pure devotee, he agreed to fight on the instruction of the Lord because he came to his senses and realized that satisf..."

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