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09:3309:33, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,069 N In the material world, which is full of darkness and dangers, combined with birth and death and full of different anxieties, the only way to get out of the great entanglement is to accept loving transcendental devotional service to Lord Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, which is full of darkness and dangers, combined with birth and death and full of different anxieties, t..."
09:2909:29, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,687 N Bhakti-yoga is recommended in all the revealed scriptures, it is performed by all authorities, it is important in all places, it is useful in all causes and effects, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"bhakti-yoga is recommended in all the revealed scriptures, it is performed by all authorities, it is important in all places,..."
09:2509:25, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,483 N Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada comments on the words sarvatra sarvada in the sense that the principles of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service to the Lord, are apt in all circumstances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhupāda therefore comments on the words sarvatra sarvadā in the sense that the principles of bhak..."
09:2009:20, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,764 N As long as the mind is absorbed in fruitive activities, the mind is understood to be absorbed in nescience, and thus one is sure to be subjected to material bondage in different bodies again and again until one develops a transcendental love for Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore as long as the mind is absorbed in fruitive activities, the mind is understood to be absorbed in nescience, and thus..."
09:1609:16, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,111 N It is one's mind that generates different kinds of bodies for suffering different kinds of material pangs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is one's mind that generates different kinds of bodies for suffering different kinds of material pangs"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
09:1209:12, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,212 N As long as one is blind to inquiring after self-realization, all material activities, however great they may be, are all different kinds of defeat because the aim of human life is not fulfilled by such unwanted and profitless activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is blind to inquiring after self-realization, all material activities, however great they may be, are all diffe..."
08:5708:57, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,945 N The Srimad-Bhagavatam says again and again that without attainment of the status of bhakti-yoga, all the activities of human society are to be considered absolute failures only Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam therefore says again and again that without attainment of the status of bhakti-yoga, all the activiti..."
08:5108:51, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,727 N There is no utility in the dresses used for covering a coffin of a dead body save getting false applause from the ignorant public Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no utility in the dresses used for covering a coffin of a dead body save getting false applause from the ignorant pub..."
08:4608:46, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,791 N All advancement of knowledge in the present context of things is being misused by cats and dogs fighting with one another for sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"all advancement of knowledge in the present context of things is being misused by cats and dogs fighting with one another for..."
08:4308:43, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,065 N Faithless nonbelievers may be highly educated in the material sense of the term, but they are the greatest fools of the world because by the influence of the external, material nature all their so-called acquisition of knowledge has been made null & void Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such faithless nonbelievers may be highly educated in the material sense of the term, but factually they are the greatest fool..."
08:3808:38, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,914 N So-called great leaders of human society are stubborn rebels against the supremacy of the Lord because they are ignorant of this great knowledge of bhakti-yoga & are always engaged in ignoble acts of sense gratification, bewildered by the external energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the so-called great leaders of human society are ignorant of this great knowledge of bhakti-yoga and are always engage..."
08:3108:31, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,031 N The great scientists, the great philosophers, the great mental speculators, the great politicians, the great industrialists, the great social reformers, etc., cannot give any relief to the restless society because they do not know the secret of success Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore even the great scientists, the great philosophers, the great mental speculators, the great politicians, the great in..."
08:1908:19, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,735 N Universal consciousness is factually achieved by coordinated service of all concerned to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that alone can insure total perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Universal consciousness is factually achieved by coordinated service of all concerned to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a..."
08:1508:15, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,339 N The complete social construction is the body of the Lord, and all the parts of the body, namely the brahmanas, the ksatriyas, the vaisyas and the sudras, are meant to serve the Lord's whole body conjointly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the complete social construction is the body of the Lord, and all the parts of the body, namely the brāhmaṇas, th..."
08:1108:11, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,088 N The intelligent class of men, or the brahmanas, are situated on the face of the Lord; the administrative class of men, the ksatriyas, are situated on the arms of the Lord; the productive class of men, the vaisyas, are situated on the belt of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The intelligent class of men, or the brāhmaṇas, are situated on the face of the Lord; the administrative class of men, the..."
08:0408:04, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,001 N Indirectly it is said that the whole Vedic social construction of human society is so made that everyone acts as a part and parcel of the complete body of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indirectly it is said that the whole Vedic social construction of human society is so made that everyone acts as a part and pa..."
07:5907:59, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,420 N It is clear from this verse of the Bhagavad-gita that the direction of the Lord is that one should be God-minded, a devotee of the Lord, a worshiper of the Lord, and must offer all obeisances unto Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is clear from this verse of the Bhagavad-gita that the direction of the Lord is that one should be God-minded, a devotee of..."
07:5407:54, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,840 N It is clearly mentioned that the Lord is the supreme controller and that the living entities are controlled by the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore it is clearly mentioned that the Lord is the supreme controller and that the living entities are controlled by the L..."
07:5207:52, 5 July 2020 diff hist +3,992 N The Lord is situated in the hearts of all living beings (as Paramatma), and He is controlling all of them in the material world under the agency of His external energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is situated in the hearts of all living beings"|"and He is controlling all of them in the material world under the ag..."
07:4907:49, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,493 N In the Gita practically the same instruction is imparted as in the four prime verses of the Bhagavatam, but due to wrong and fashionable interpretations by unauthorized persons, one cannot reach the ultimate conclusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Gītā practically the same instruction is imparted as in the four prime verses of the Bhāgavatam, but due to wrong an..."
07:4507:45, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,231 N The interpretations of this great book of knowledge have so grossly been distorted that every student of the Bhagavad-gita is still in the same darkness of glaring material reflections. Such students are hardly enlightened by the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the interpretations of this great book of knowledge have so grossly been distorted that every student of the Bhagavad-gītā i..."
07:4107:41, 5 July 2020 diff hist +2,627 Undoubtedly the Bhagavad-gita is accepted as one of the most brilliant stars in the horizon of the spiritual sky No edit summary current
07:3907:39, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,651 N In the BG the whole direction is targeted toward Sri Krsna, but for want of a bona fide spiritual master in the line of Brahma or the direct hearer, Arjuna, there are different distortions of the revealed knowledge by many unauthorized persons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For example, in the Bhagavad-gītā the whole direction is targeted toward the Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa,..."
07:2907:29, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,388 N The revealed scriptures give directions directly to this end, but because the bewildered living entities are blinded by the glaring reflection in the darkness, they are unable to find the truth of the revealed scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The revealed scriptures give directions directly to this end, but because the bewildered living entities are blinded by the gl..."
07:2607:26, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,048 N The Lord is not to be found simply by education or by a good fertile brain, but surely He can be found by the sincere student through the transparent medium of the bona fide spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is not to be found simply by education or by a good fertile brain, but surely He can be found by the sincere student..."
07:2307:23, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,201 N The bona fide spiritual master in that bona fide chain of disciplic succession never claims to be the Lord Himself, although such a spiritual master is greater than the Lord in the sense that he can deliver the Lord by his personally realized experience Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bona fide spiritual master in that bona fide chain of disciplic succession never claims to be the Lord Himself, although s..."
07:1807:18, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,235 N The bona fide spiritual master is the most confidential representative of the Lord, and one must receive direction from the spiritual master in the same spirit that Brahmaji received it from the Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The bona fide spiritual master is the most confidential representative of the Lord, and one must receive direction from the sp..."
07:0107:01, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,108 N Although everyone is free to consult the revealed scriptures in this connection, one still requires the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, and that is the direction in this verse - SB 2.9.36 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although everyone is free to consult the revealed scriptures in this connection, one still requires the guidance of a bona fid..."
06:5806:58, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,715 N Such a bona fide spiritual master (who is directly the representative of the Lord, acknowledged in that disciplic succession) is able to clear up the whole thing by evidence from the revealed scriptures, both direct and indirect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a bona fide spiritual master is able to clear up the whole thing by evidence from the revealed scriptures, both direct an..."
06:5406:54, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,666 N The mystery of all inquiries regarding self-realization must be put before such a spiritual master, who is directly the representative of the Lord, acknowledged in that disciplic succession because the mystery was disclosed before Brahmaji by the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the mystery was disclosed before Brahmājī by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the mystery of all such inquiries r..."
06:4706:47, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,733 N One who is imbued with sincere inquiries must ask the bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Brahmaji, and that is the direction given here Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is imbued with such sincere inquiries must ask the bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Brahmā..."
06:3606:36, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,857 N Men do not know that the ultimate goal of life is Visnu, due to being bewildered by the glaring reflection in the darkness, and as such everyone is entering into the darkest region of material existence, driven by the uncontrolled senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Men do not know that the ultimate goal of life is Viṣṇu, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to being bewildered by..."
06:2906:29, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,349 N The Vedanta-sutra philosophy begins with this (mystery of the self) inquiry about life, and the Bhagavatam answers such inquiries up to this point, or the mystery of all inquiries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedānta-sūtra philosophy begins with this inquiry about life, and the Bhāgavatam answers such inquiries up to this poin..."
06:2206:22, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,659 N One who is developed in consciousness certainly makes inquiries into the mystery of the self, of the cosmic situation and of the problems of life, in all spheres and fields - social, political, economic, cultural, religious, moral, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is developed in consciousness certainly makes inquiries into the mystery of the self, of the cosmic situation and of t..."
06:1806:18, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,624 N Everyone is searching after self-realization in different ways - by karma-yoga, by jnana-yoga, by dhyana-yoga, by raja-yoga, by bhakti-yoga, etc. To engage in self-realization is the responsibility of every living entity developed in consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"veryone is searching after self-realization in different ways"|"by karma-yoga, by jñāna-yoga, by dhyāna-yoga, by rāja-yoga..."
06:1006:10, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,134 N If one is fortunate enough to have received the knowledge in the transcendental disciplic succession, surely he will have the chance to understand the mystery of the Lord and that of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the sound incarnation of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is fortunate enough to have received the knowledge in the transcendental disciplic succession, surely he will have the..."
06:0106:01, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,143 N Brahma said to Narada, "Whatever I have spoken to you about the Bhagavatam was explained to me by the Lord & I am advising you to expand these topics nicely so that people may easily understand the mysterious bhakti-yoga by transcendental loving service" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmājī said to Nārada"|"Whatever I have spoken to you about the Bhāgavatam was explained to me by the Supreme Personalit..."
05:4905:49, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,725 N As touchstone is rarely found, a pure devotee of the Lord is also rarely to be seen, even amongst millions of liberated souls (kotisv api mahamune) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As touchstone is rarely found, a pure devotee of the Lord is also rarely to be seen, even amongst millions of liberated souls"..."
05:4505:45, 5 July 2020 diff hist +4,788 N This (desire of the devotees are infallible) is very difficult for the layman to understand without knowledge of the mystery of devotional service, as it is very difficult to know the potency of touchstone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is very difficult, however, for the layman to understand without knowledge of the mystery of devotional service, as it is..."

09:3209:32, 4 July 2020 diff hist +6,135 N The Lord can award anyone and everyone liberation (mukti) from the bondage of material existence, yet He rarely awards the privilege of love of Godhead, as confirmed by Narada (muktim dadhati karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord can award anyone and everyone liberation"|"from the bondage of material existence, yet He rarely awards the privilege..."
09:2709:27, 4 July 2020 diff hist +6,024 N Factually, the spiritually developed person is able to have the television of the kingdom of God always reflected within his heart. That is the mystery of knowledge of the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Factually, the spiritually developed person is able to have the television of the kingdom of God always reflected within his h..."
09:2209:22, 4 July 2020 diff hist +6,359 N As the universal elements are both within and without, similarly the Lord's name, form, quality, pastimes, entourage, etc., as they are described in the revealed scriptures, are factually being televised in the heart of the devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, as the universal elements are both within and without, similarly the Lord's name, form, quality, pastimes, ent..."
09:1809:18, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,820 N The vision of the devotees is not ordinary; it is purified by the process of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The vision of the devotees is not ordinary; it is purified by the process of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswar..."
09:1509:15, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,834 N The love of Godhead can be attained only by the practice of transcendental loving service of the Lord, and nothing else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And this love of Godhead can be attained only by the practice of transcendental loving service of the Lord, and nothing else"}..."
09:1109:11, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,068 N This mystery (one who is surcharged with transcendental love of Godhead can see Him in every atom) is the most confidential part of the knowledge of the Supreme, & it is impossible for the mental speculators to discover by dint of intellectual gymnastics Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This mystery is the most confidential part of the knowledge of the Supreme, and it is impossible for the mental speculators to..."
09:0309:03, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,884 N He (who is surcharged with transcendental love of Godhead) can see the Personality of Godhead in His own abode, Goloka, enjoying eternal pastimes with His eternal associates, who are also expansions of His transcendental existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And at the same time he can see the Personality of Godhead in His own abode, Goloka, enjoying eternal pastimes with His eterna..."
08:5508:55, 4 July 2020 diff hist +7,181 N Herein lies the mystery of His transcendental knowledge. This mystery is transcendental love of Godhead, & one who is surcharged with such transcendental love of Godhead can without difficulty see the SPG in every atom & every movable or immovable object Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Herein lies the mystery of His transcendental knowledge. This mystery is transcendental love of Godhead, and one who is surcha..."
08:4808:48, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,903 N Stated in Brahma-samhita: "I worship the SPG, Govinda, who, by one of His plenary portions, enters into the existence of every universe and every particle of the atoms and thus unlimitedly manifests His infinite energy all over the material creation" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who, by one of His plenary portions, enters into the existence of every univers..."
08:4308:43, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,355 N Stated in Brahma-samhita: "I worship the SPG, Govinda, who, by expansion of His internal potency of transcendental existence, knowledge & bliss, enjoys in His own & expanded forms. Simultaneously He enters into every atom of the creation" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who, by expansion of His internal potency of transcendental existence, knowledg..."
08:3508:35, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,870 N The Supreme Lord, by His different energies, namely the internal and external, is within everything in the manifested cosmos, and at the same time He is outside of everything, situated in the kingdom of God (Vaikunthaloka) as described before Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, the Supreme Lord, by His different energies, namely the internal and external, is within everything in the manifest..."

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