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17:3317:33, 28 June 2020 diff hist +3,847 N The genitals & the pleasure of begetting counteract the distresses of family encumbrances. One would cease to generate altogether if there were not, by the grace of the Lord, a coating, a pleasure-giving substance, on the surface of the generative organs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The genitals and the pleasure of begetting counteract the distresses of family encumbrances. One would cease to generate altog..."
17:1917:19, 28 June 2020 diff hist +2,464 N Everyone, except the Lord Himself, is dependent on the mercy of the Lord; even the all-pervading Supersoul is also dependent on the supreme aspect of Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone, except the Lord Himself, is dependent on the mercy of the Lord; even the all-pervading Supersoul is also dependent o..."
17:1217:12, 28 June 2020 diff hist +2,449 N No one should have any kind of doubt in this matter, nor should one be inclined to seek the help of any other demigods, because all of them are dependent on Him only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one should have any kind of doubt in this matter, nor should one be inclined to seek the help of any other demigods, becaus..."
16:5716:57, 28 June 2020 diff hist +2,374 N This absolute dependence on the lotus feet of the Lord is called pure devotional service, and it is directly hinted at within this passage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This absolute dependence on the lotus feet of the Lord is called pure devotional service, and it is directly hinted at within..."
16:4516:45, 28 June 2020 diff hist +2,807 N For absolute protection from all sorts of fear, as well as for all our needs of life, we must take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, not only in this planet but also in all the upper, lower and heavenly planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For absolute protection from all sorts of fear, as well as for all our needs of life, we must take shelter of the lotus feet o..."
16:2916:29, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,398 N The obedient son of the father never goes against the will of the father and passes life very peacefully in concurrence with the head of the family, the father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The obedient son of the father never goes against the will of the father and therefore passes life very peacefully in concurre..."
16:2016:20, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,579 N The parts and parcels of the Lord are endowed with specific powers for rendering service unto the Lord, just as a big business magnate's sons are empowered with specific powers of administration Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The parts and parcels of the Lord are endowed with specific powers for rendering service unto the Lord, just as a big business..."
16:1316:13, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,499 N Peace of mind, or in other words the healthy state of mind, can be achieved only when the mind is situated in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Peace of mind, or in other words the healthy state of mind, can be achieved only when the mind is situated in the transcendent..."
16:0616:06, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,502 N He (a person who tries to reciprocate a feeling of love towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead) will at once feel the highest peace of mind for which he is hankering life after life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he will at once feel the highest peace of mind for which he is hankering life after life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."
15:5815:58, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,620 N Whatever a person may be in the estimation of the social order of things, if a person tries to reciprocate a feeling of love towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is satisfied with the blessings of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever a person may be in the estimation of the social order of things, if a person tries to reciprocate a feeling of love t..."
15:4815:48, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,417 N The false sense of egoism (namely myself and mine) has become overly prominent in the world, and there is a hard struggle for existence in human society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the false sense of egoism (namely myself and mine) has become overly prominent in the world, and there is a hard struggle for..."
15:3215:32, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,587 N As long as the powerful men of the world do not accept the origin of their respective powers, namely the Personality of Godhead, the actions of maya (illusion) will continue to act Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as the powerful men of the world do not accept the origin of their respective powers, namely the Personality of Godhea..."
15:2715:27, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,636 N If they (all living beings) act accordingly, then simply by discharging their respective occupational duties they can achieve the highest perfection of life, namely eternal life, complete knowledge and inexhaustible blessings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if they act accordingly, then simply by discharging their respective occupational duties they can achieve the highest perfecti..."
15:2215:22, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,124 N All living beings must accept the origin of their specific power Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living beings must accept the origin of their specific power"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|20..."
15:1815:18, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,235 N A sane person must know for certain that a living being, however powerful he may be, is neither absolute nor independent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sane person must know for certain that a living being, however powerful he may be, is neither absolute nor independent"}} {{..."
09:0809:08, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,692 N Many more powerful deities or demigods like Brahma, Siva, Indra, Candra, Surya, Varuna & Marut, who are all protecting the interest of the universal affairs of maintenance in different positions all of them are different powerful parts and parcels of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"many more powerful deities or demigods like Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, Candra, Sūrya, Varuṇa and Marut, who are all protecting..."
09:0209:02, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,593 N There are many powerful kings, leaders, learned scholars, scientists, artists, engineers, inventors, excavators, archaeologists, industrialists, politicians, economists, business magnates Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many powerful kings, leaders, learned scholars, scientists, artists, engineers, inventors, excavators, archaeologist..."
08:5508:55, 28 June 2020 diff hist +2,207 N One can collect all sorts of necessities of life from the person of the Lord, and the Vedas affirm that everything that is produced is caused by the Lord. The Lord is the supreme cause of all causes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can therefore collect all sorts of necessities of life from the person of the Lord, and therefore the Vedas affirm that ev..."
08:4808:48, 28 June 2020 diff hist +1,960 The polished nails of the Lord generate electricity, and the clouds rest on the hairs of His head No edit summary current
08:3608:36, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,636 N Every living entity is engaged in some sort of service, either for the self, or for the family, or for the society, country, etc., but, unfortunately, all such services are rendered due to material attachment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is engaged in some sort of service, either for the self, or for the family, or for the society, country, e..."
08:2908:29, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,200 m The perfection of life can be attained simply by purifying the present position of our material activities Angela moved page The sensual activities of the material world are to be purified by the process of devotional service, and thus the perfection of life can be attained simply by purifying the present position of our material activities to [[The per... current
08:2008:20, 28 June 2020 diff hist +5,561 N In the spiritual world, the Lord is the sublime enjoyer of everything, and the living entities there are all engaged in His transcendental loving service without any contamination of the modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world, the Lord is the sublime enjoyer of everything, and the living entities there are all engaged in His tr..."

19:5019:50, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,358 N The potencies in the spiritual world are all pure because they are engaged in the unalloyed transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the potencies in the spiritual world are all pure because they are engaged in the unalloyed transcendental loving service of t..."
19:2919:29, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,326 N It is to be understood that the voice, the tongue, the skin, etc., suggest that the Lord in His transcendental form is not without them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is to be understood that the voice, the tongue, the skin, etc., suggest that the Lord in His transcendental form is not wit..."
19:2219:22, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,148 N Since the generating centers are the different parts of the universal form of the Lord, and since the form of the Lord is transcendental to the material creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the generating centers are the different parts of the universal form of the Lord, and since the form of the Lord is tran..."
19:0419:04, 26 June 2020 diff hist +213 N Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 02 Chapter 06 Purports - Purusa-sukta Confirmed Created page with "Category: Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 02 - 10 Chapters Category: Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - 201 Chapters Category: Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 02 Purports ..."
19:0119:01, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,283 N The opulences of the universal form of the Lord are described herein (SB 2.6.1). It is said that His mouth is the generating center of all kinds of voices, and its controlling deity is the fire demigod Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The opulences of the universal form of the Lord are described herein. It is said that His mouth is the generating center of al..."
18:3618:36, 26 June 2020 diff hist +1,781 N The three divisions of the complete planetary systems are here (SB 2.5.42) mentioned; fourteen are imagined by others, and that is also explained Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The three divisions of the complete planetary systems are here mentioned; fourteen are imagined by others, and that is also ex..."
18:3018:30, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,812 N The speculative philosophers, as well as the mystics, must first of all be attracted to the devotional cult before they can factually attain liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the speculative philosophers, as well as the mystics, must first of all be attracted to the devotional cult before they can fa..."
18:2418:24, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,945 Anyone who is not a devotee cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Only by attainment of a service attitude in the transcendental position can one enter into the kingdom of Godhead No edit summary current
18:2318:23, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,693 N Liberation, as contemplated by the speculative philosophers and the mystics, is possible only when one becomes a devotee of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"liberation, as contemplated by the speculative philosophers and the mystics, is possible only when one becomes a devotee of th..."
18:1618:16, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,836 N One can get complete liberation from all the above-mentioned material pangs when one enters into the eternal Brahmaloka sanatana atmosphere, the kingdom of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one can get complete liberation from all the above-mentioned material pangs when one enters into the eternal Brahmaloka sanāt..."
18:1118:11, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,722 N One's situation in any of the many material planets is still subject to the laws of material nature, namely birth, death, old age and disease Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one's situation in any of the many material planets is still subject to the laws of material nature, namely birth, death, old..."
18:0418:04, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,866 N The Supreme Lord very kindly invites the intelligent human beings to return home, back to Godhead, in the following verse of the Bhagavad-gita - BG 8.16 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord very kindly invites the intelligent human beings to return home, back to Godhead, in the following verse of t..."
18:0018:00, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,956 N There are innumerable universes beyond the one in which we are put, and all these material universes cover only an insignificant portion of the spiritual sky, which is described above as sanatana Brahmaloka Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are innumerable universes beyond the one in which we are put, and all these material universes cover only an insignifica..."
17:5517:55, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,097 N The moon is situated in the third status of the upper planetary system, and in the Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam we shall be able to know the distant situation of the various planets scattered over the vast material sky Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The moon is situated in the third status of the upper planetary system, and in the Fifth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we shal..."
17:4817:48, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,211 N There are 7 lower planetary systems, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala lokas. All these planetary systems are scattered over the complete universe, which occupies an area of two billion times two billion square miles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are seven lower planetary systems, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla lokas. A..."
17:3317:33, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,803 N The virat universal form of the Lord is an imagination for the material world. It has nothing to do with the spiritual world, or the kingdom of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The virāṭ universal form of the Lord is an imagination for the material world. It has nothing to do with the spiritual worl..."
17:2717:27, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,155 N Srila Sridhara Svami rightly commenting on this verse (SB 2.5.39), says that the Brahmaloka mentioned here is Vaikuntha, the kingdom of God, which is sanatana, or eternal, and is not exactly like the material creations described above Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, therefore, rightly commenting on this verse, says that the Brahmaloka mentioned here is Vaikuṇ..."
17:1917:19, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,878 N Whenever the Lord incarnates, He does so in His full internal potency (atma-maya), and less intelligent persons mistake Him to be one of the material creations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whenever the Lord incarnates, He does so in His full internal potency (ātma-māyā), and less intelligent persons mistake Him..."
17:0917:09, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,151 N They mistake the Lord and His pastimes in the material world to be one with the conditioned souls and their activities. The Lord condemns such less intelligent persons in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they mistake the Lord and His pastimes in the material world to be one with the conditioned souls and their activities. The Lo..."
16:5916:59, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,031 N Because of a poor fund of knowledge, less intelligent persons sometimes mistake the conditions of the shadow world to be equivalent to those of the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of a poor fund of knowledge, less intelligent persons sometimes mistake the conditions of the shadow world to be equiv..."
16:5216:52, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,450 N This material world is only a shadow phantasmagoria of the spiritual kingdom of God, and because it is a shadow it is never eternal; the variegatedness in the material world of duality (spirit and matter) cannot be compared to that of the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material world is only a shadow phantasmagoria of the spiritual kingdom of the Lord, and because it is a shadow it is nev..."
16:4516:45, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,067 N All variegatedness in the spiritual planets is also one with the Lord, and the Vedic aphorism ekam evadvitiyam is fully realized in that sanatana atmosphere of spiritual variegatedness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All variegatedness in the spiritual planets is also one with the Lord, and therefore the Vedic aphorism ekam evādvitīyam is..."
16:3916:39, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,915 N In addition to there being no influence of time, the planets in, Brahmaloka, due to being spiritual, are never annihilated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in addition to there being no influence of time, the planets in, Brahmaloka, due to being spiritual, are never annihilated"}}..."
16:3116:31, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,004 N In those planets (the planets in the kingdom of God) there is no difference between the body and the soul, nor is there any influence of time as we experience it in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In those planets there is no difference between the body and the soul, nor is there any influence of time as we experience it..."
16:2516:25, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,161 N The Lord is all spirit, and His name, fame, glories, qualities, pastimes, etc., are all nondifferent from Him because He is absolute. As such, the planets in the kingdom of God are also nondifferent from Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is all spirit, and His name, fame, glories, qualities, pastimes, etc., are all nondifferent from Him because He is ab..."
16:1416:14, 26 June 2020 diff hist +5,035 N According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, this Brahmaloka is the loka or abode of Brahman, or the Supreme Lord. In the spiritual sky all the planets are as good as the Lord Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, this Brahmaloka is the loka or abode of Brahman, or the Supreme Lord. In the spiritual s..."
16:0016:00, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,986 N The word sanatana is significant. This very idea of eternity is expressed in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 8.20), where it is said that beyond the material creation is the spiritual sky, where everything is eternal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word sanātana is significant. This very idea of eternity is expressed in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 8.20), where it is said..."
15:5115:51, 26 June 2020 diff hist +4,863 N Many times in these pages we have discussed the spiritual planets situated beyond the material sky, and the description is corroborated in this verse - SB 2.5.39 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Many times in these pages we have discussed the spiritual planets situated beyond the material sky, and the description is cor..."

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