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08:1208:12, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,529 N One should have his ultimate aim of realization not in the impersonal feature but in the personal feature of the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore have his ultimate aim of realization not in the impersonal feature but in the personal feature of the Abs..."
08:0908:09, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,600 N In all ways the confidential part of spiritual knowledge is realization of the Personality of Godhead, and not His impersonal Brahman feature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore in all ways the confidential part of spiritual knowledge is realization of the Personality of Godhead, and not His i..."
08:0608:06, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,415 N The Personality of Godhead is very emphatically explained in the Bhagavad-gita in connection with the verse brahmano hi pratisthaham (BG 14.27) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Personality of Godhead is very emphatically explained in the Bhagavad-gītā in connection with the verse brahmaṇo hi p..."
07:5807:58, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,981 N The Lord is not impersonal in His abode, which is always nirasta-kuhakam, as stated in the very beginning of the Bhagavatam. Therefore both the impersonal and personal features of the Lord are acceptable, as mentioned in the revealed scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, the Lord is not impersonal in His abode, which is always nirasta-kuhakam, as stated in the very beginning of the Bh..."
07:5207:52, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,561 N God is materially impersonal, just as the executive head of the state may be impersonal in the government offices, although he is not impersonal in the government house Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore He is materially impersonal, just as the executive head of the state may be impersonal in the government offices, al..."
07:4807:48, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,507 N He (God) is always engaged in His personal capacity, and He is eternally visible to the inhabitants of Vaikunthaloka, eye to eye Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But He is always engaged in His personal capacity, and He is eternally visible to the inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭhaloka, eye to..."
07:4507:45, 3 July 2020 diff hist +9,104 The Lord's impersonal feature is existent in the material world because by material senses or material eyes the Lord cannot be seen or perceived. One has to spiritualize the senses before one can expect to see or perceive the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
07:4107:41, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6,501 N According to this verse, the impersonal Brahman, which is the glowing effulgence of the body of the Supreme Lord, may be called the immediate cause, but the cause of all causes, or the remote cause, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"However, according to this verse, the impersonal Brahman, which is the glowing effulgence of the body of the Supreme Lord, may..."
07:3807:38, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6,099 N In some of the Vedas it is also said that in the beginning only the impersonal Brahman existed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In some of the Vedas it is also said that in the beginning only the impersonal Brahman existed"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswara..."
07:2307:23, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6,702 N The Maha-Visnu, throws His glance over prakrti, or material nature, but the Purusottama existed even before that. The Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad therefore confirms the statement of the Bhagavad-gita that Lord Krsna is the Supreme Person (Purusottama) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The akṣara-puruṣa, or the Mahā-Viṣṇu, throws His glance over prakṛti, or material nature, but the Puruṣottama exi..."
07:1207:12, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6,310 N In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.18) it is said that Lord Krsna is Purusottama because He is the supreme purusa, transcendental even to the purusa-aksara and the purusa-ksara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā"|"it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa is Puruṣottama because He is the supreme puruṣa, transcendental..."
07:0507:05, 3 July 2020 diff hist +7,742 N In the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad (1.4.1) there is the hymn atmaivedam agra asit purusa-vidhah. This mantra indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Krsna) even before the appearance of the purusa incarnation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad"|"there is the hymn ātmaivedam agra āsīt puruṣa-vidhaḥ. This mantra indicates the..."
07:0107:01, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,305 N The sun in the night may not be visible to the eyes of men in the darkness, but the sun is visible wherever it has risen. That the sun is not visible to the eyes of the inhabitants of a particular part of the earth does not mean that the sun has no form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sun in the night may not be visible to the eyes of men in the darkness, but the sun is visible wherever it has risen. That..."
06:5806:58, 3 July 2020 diff hist +3,838 N He (God) is always in His eternal form in His Vaikuntha planets as well as in other planets of the universes as different incarnations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But actually He is always in His eternal form in His Vaikuṇṭha planets as well as in other planets of the universes as dif..." current
06:5406:54, 3 July 2020 diff hist +14,976 The Personality of Godhead is never formless. In the material world He may not be visible in His personal form to the less intelligent class of men, and therefore He may sometimes be called formless No edit summary current
06:4306:43, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,079 N The king, or the head executive of a state, may not be seen in the government offices, for he may be engaged in royal comforts. Yet it should be understood that everything is being done under his direction and everything is at his command Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The king, or the head executive of a state, may not be seen in the government offices, for he may be engaged in royal comforts..." current
06:3206:32, 3 July 2020 diff hist +3,982 N The activities of Brahma and other demigods during the maintenance of the creation are to be understood as the activities of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The activities of Brahma and other demigods during the maintenance of the creation are to be understood as the activities of t..." current
06:2906:29, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,193 N The impersonalist adduces no activity in the Supreme, but in this discussion between Brahma and the Supreme Personality of Godhead the Lord is said to have activities also, as He has His form and quality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalist adduces no activity in the Supreme, but in this discussion between Brahma and the Supreme Personality of God..." current
06:1906:19, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,107 N Even the devotees of the Personality of Godhead are not annihilated during the period of the entire annihilation of the material world, not to speak of the Lord Himself. The Lord is ever-existent in all three stages of material change Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even the devotees of the Personality of Godhead are not annihilated during the period of the entire annihilation of the materi..."
06:1406:14, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,037 N Sridhara Svami explains in his notes: "During the annihilation of the creation, who serves the Lord lying on the Sesa, etc." This means that the transcendental Lord with all His name, fame, quality and paraphernalia exists eternally Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīdhara Svāmī explains this in his notes"|"During the annihilation of the creation, who serves the Lord lying on the Śe..."
06:0906:09, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6,025 N Maharaj Pariksit asks: "How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influence of the illusory energy and is the controller of the same, lie in everyone's heart" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influen..."
06:0106:01, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,408 N In various places in Srimad-Bhagavatam and in other revealed scriptures the existence of the Personality of Godhead is mentioned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In various places in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and in other revealed scriptures the existence of the Personality of Godhead is ment..."
05:5705:57, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,537 N The existence of the Personality of Godhead implies the existence of the Vaikunthalokas, as the existence of a king implies the existence of a kingdom Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The existence of the Personality of Godhead implies the existence of the Vaikunthalokas, as the existence of a king implies th..."
05:3605:36, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,672 N Those (Vaikunthalokas) transcendental planets are of a different nature altogether, and that nature is not subjected to the rules and regulations of material creation, maintenance or annihilation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those transcendental planets are of a different nature altogether, and that nature is not subjected to the rules and regulatio..."
05:3205:32, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,661 N The Vaikunthalokas, also accepted in the Bhagavad-gita as being of the sanatana nature, are not annihilated even after the annihilation of the manifested cosmos Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vaikuṇṭhalokas, also accepted in the Bhagavad-gītā as being of the sanātana nature, are not annihilated even after..."
05:2905:29, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,635 N The Personality of Godhead exists before the creation, and He exists with all transcendental variegatedness in the Vaikunthalokas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the Personality of Godhead exists before the creation, and He exists with all transcendental variegatedness in the V..."
05:2105:21, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,975 N The Personality of Godhead and His kingdom have already been explained. The kingdom of Godhead is not void as conceived by the impersonalists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Personality of Godhead and His kingdom have already been explained. The kingdom of Godhead is not void as conceived by the..." current
05:1505:15, 3 July 2020 diff hist +2,756 N The other feature of the statement is that the supreme truth is Bhagavan, or the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The other feature of the statement is that the supreme truth is Bhagavan, or the Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..." current
05:1105:11, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,037 N The difference between the created and the creator is always there, although both the creator and created are of the same quality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the difference between the created and the creator is always there, although both the creator and created are of the..." current
05:0905:09, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,299 N Sripada Sankaracarya also confirms in his comments on the Bhagavad-gita that Narayana, or the Personality of Godhead, is transcendental to all creation, but that the whole creation is the product of avyakta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya also confirms in his comments on the Bhagavad-gītā that Nārāyaṇa, or the Personality of God..."
05:0605:06, 3 July 2020 diff hist +5,196 N Before the creation there was none except Vasudeva. There was neither Brahma nor Sankara. Only Narayana was there and no one else, neither Brahma nor Isana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation there was none except Vāsudeva. There was neither Brahmā nor Śaṅkara. Only Nārāyaṇa was there and..." current
05:0305:03, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,220 N After the exhibition of the Lord's energy comes to a close, what remains is the same Personality of Godhead. Therefore the form of the Lord exists in all circumstances of creation, maintenance and annihilation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"after the exhibition of the Lord's energy comes to a close, what remains is the same Personality of Godhead. Therefore the for..."
04:5804:58, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,060 N The form of the Lord, as seen by Brahma, existed before the creation of Brahma, and the material manifestation with all the ingredients and agents of material creation are also energetic expansions of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The form of the Lord, as seen by Brahmā, existed before the creation of Brahmā, and the material manifestation with all the..."
04:5304:53, 3 July 2020 diff hist +4,182 N Brahma is factually seeing face to face his predominator Lord, who exists in His transcendental eternal form, even after the annihilation of the material creation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā is factually seeing face to face his predominator Lord, who exists in His transcendental eternal form, even after the..." current

17:1117:11, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,316 N For realization of one's self in spiritual psychology it may be convenient to assume oneself to be the same principle as the Absolute Truth, but there is always the difference of the predominated & the predominator, which is misused by the impersonalists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For realization of one's self in spiritual psychology it may be convenient to assume oneself to be the same principle as the A..." current
17:0317:03, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,312 N The impersonal feature stressed by the less intelligent impersonalist school is refuted by pointing out that the predominator "I" is the Absolute Truth and that He is a person. The predominated "I," Brahma, is also a person, but he is not the Absolute Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This impersonal feature stressed by the less intelligent impersonalist school is refuted by pointing out that the predominator..."
16:5816:58, 2 July 2020 diff hist +6,490 N In another feature of this verse, no one can deny the personalities of both the Lord and Brahma. Therefore in the ultimate issue both the predominator and predominated are persons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In another feature of this verse, no one can deny the personalities of both the Lord and Brahmā. Therefore in the ultimate is..."
16:4416:44, 2 July 2020 diff hist +6,454 N The relativities of the creator & the created or the predominator & the predominated have been differentiated in the Vedas by saying that the predominator "I" is the feeder of the predominated "I's" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the relativities of the creator and the created or the predominator and the predominated have been differentiated in..."
16:3416:34, 2 July 2020 diff hist +6,317 N Simultaneously the father, the son and the grandson are one and different also. As human beings they are one, but as relativities they are different Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simultaneously the father, the son and the grandson are one and different also. As human beings they are one, but as relativit..."
16:3016:30, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,273 N The father creates a son, & the son also creates many other sons, & all of them may be one as human beings, but at the same time from the father, the son & the grandsons are all different. The son cannot take the place of the father, nor can the grandsons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The father creates or begets a son, and the son also creates many other sons, and all of them may be one as human beings, but..."
16:2116:21, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,111 N The singular "I" is the creator "I," and the created "I's" are of plural number because there are many "I's" like Brahma and those generated by Brahma. It is the simple truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the singular"|"is the creator"|"and the created"|"are of plural number because there are many"|"like Brahmā and those gen..."
16:1116:11, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,025 N The creator "I" and the created "I" are both accepted in the Vedas as qualitatively one because both of them are nityas and cetanas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The creator"|"and the created"|"are both accepted in the Vedas as qualitatively one because both of them are nityas and cetana..."
16:0016:00, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,321 N There are still two I's, even accepting the argument of the impersonalist. But we must note carefully that these two I's are accepted in the Vedic literature (Kathopanisad) in the sense of quality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore there are still two I's, even accepting the argument of the impersonalist. But we must note carefully that these two..."
15:5715:57, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,417 N Accepting the argument of the impersonalist, it is to be admitted that the Lord is the creator I and that the Brahma is the created I. Therefore there is a difference between the two "I's," namely the predominator I and the predominated I Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Accepting the argument of the impersonalist, it is to be admitted that the Lord is the creator I and that the Brahmā is the c..."
15:5315:53, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,297 N The impersonalist puts forth the theory of oneness in the sense that Brahma, also being the same principle of "I" because he is an emanation from the I, the Absolute Truth, is identical with the Lord, the principle of I Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalist puts forth the theory of oneness in the sense that Brahmā, also being the same principle of"|"because he is..."
15:4915:49, 2 July 2020 diff hist +3,884 N Brahma is also a creation of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā is also a creation of the Supreme Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-07-02T15:49:20..."
15:4515:45, 2 July 2020 diff hist +4,518 N We should note very carefully that God is addressing Brahma & specifying with great emphasis Himself, pointing out that it is He, who existed before the creation, it is He only who maintains the creation, & it is He only who remains after the annihilation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should note very carefully that the Personality of Godhead is addressing Lord Brahmā and specifying with great emphasis Hi..."
15:3915:39, 2 July 2020 diff hist +3,627 N All the descriptions of the transcendental nature of the Personality of Godhead are factual realizations by the devotee of the Lord, and by the causeless mercy of the Lord they are revealed to His pure devotee, and to no one else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these descriptions of the transcendental nature of the Personality of Godhead are factual realizations by the devotee of t..."
15:3115:31, 2 July 2020 diff hist +3,694 N The impersonal interpretation of the mundane wranglers is completely refuted in this verse because it is clearly stated here that the Supreme Lord has His qualities, form, pastimes and everything that a person has Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonal interpretation of the mundane wranglers is completely refuted in this verse because it is clearly stated here t..."
09:3209:32, 2 July 2020 diff hist +3,418 N Faithless men with a poor fund of knowledge do not know that the Lord is the Lord eternally and that one cannot become the Lord by meditation for millions of years or by mental speculation for billions of years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such men with a poor fund of knowledge do not know that the Lord is the Lord eternally and that one cannot become the Lord by..."

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