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13:2413:24, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,637 N The duration of the illusory play of material creation is called a kalpa, and we have already discussed the creation's taking place in kalpa after kalpa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The duration of the illusory play of material creation is called a kalpa, and we have already discussed the creation's taking..."
13:1913:19, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,785 N This Karanodakasayi Visnu causes the manifestation of material creation by looking over His material energy (sa aiksata). In the first volume of this book we have already discussed to some extent the explanation of the verse jagrhe paurusam rupam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu causes the manifestation of material creation by looking over His material energy (sa aik..."
13:0613:06, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,620 N To manage the whole show the Supreme Lord incarnates Himself as the Karanarnavasayi Visnu just as a magistrate is deputed by the government to manage affairs temporarily Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to manage the whole show the Supreme Lord incarnates Himself as the Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu just as a magistrate is..."
12:5812:58, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,391 N The temporary creation of the material manifestation is an exhibition of the material energy of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the temporary creation of the material manifestation is an exhibition of the material energy of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
09:3009:30, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,461 N It is called illusion because the living beings under the clutches of maya are not factually enjoyers, although they think that they are, being illusioned by maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is called illusion because the living beings under the clutches of māyā are not factually enjoyers, although they think t..."
09:2309:23, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,713 N The living entities are constitutionally eternal servitors of the Lord, but some of them, because of misusing their independence, do not wish to serve; therefore they are allowed to enjoy the material nature, which is called maya, or illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities are constitutionally eternal servitors of the Lord, but some of them, because of misusing their independen..."
09:1409:14, 6 July 2020 diff hist +5,711 N Unwilling conditioned souls are not allowed to enter into the liberated life of spiritual existence because at heart they are not willing to serve. Instead, they want to enjoy themselves as imitation Gods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unwilling conditioned souls are not allowed to enter into the liberated life of spiritual existence because at heart they are..."

17:3117:31, 5 July 2020 diff hist +5,277 N The material creation is but a temporary exhibition of the material energy of the Almighty God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material creation is but a temporary exhibition of the material energy of the Almighty God"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela..."
17:2617:26, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,056 N Only the amalatmanas, or the completely sinless persons, can accept pure devotional service to the Lord, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"only the amalātmanas, or the completely sinless persons, can accept pure devotional service to the Lord, as confirmed in the..."
17:1817:18, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,430 N As long as there is a demand for sense satisfaction, there is no chance for pacification; on the contrary, by unnecessary dry speculative arguments, the whole matter becomes distorted, and thus the Lord moves still further away from our understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as long as there is a demand for sense satisfaction, there is no chance for pacification; on the contrary, by unnecessary dry..."
17:0717:07, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,979 N The fruitive worker wants reward for his work, the mystic wants some perfection of life, and the empiric philosopher wants to merge in the existence of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fruitive worker wants reward for his work, the mystic wants some perfection of life, and the empiric philosopher wants to..."
16:5916:59, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,240 N The devotees have no demands in their lives but to be obedient servants of the Lord, while all others, namely the empiric philosophers, the mystics and the fruitive workers, all basically have some demand, and as such they cannot be pacified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotees have no demands in their lives but to be obedient servants of the Lord, while all others, namely the empiric phil..."
16:4816:48, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,890 N Only the prasantas, or the unalloyed devotees of the Lord, can know Him to a greater extent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only the praśāntas, or the unalloyed devotees of the Lord, can know Him to a greater extent"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}..."
16:4116:41, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,335 N No one can know Him (God) one hundred percent as He is (na yam vidanti tattvena). That no one can fully understand Him is explained also in this verse (SB 2.6.40-41), but the qualification for understanding to some degree is mentioned here Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"no one can know Him one hundred percent as He is (na yaṁ vidanti tattvena). That no one can fully understand Him is explaine..."
16:2816:28, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,140 N There are basic differences between the Lord and the living entities, in so many respects. No one can be compared to the Lord, as the Vedas declare - ekam evadvitiyam brahma, dvaitad vai bhayam bhavati Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are basic differences between the Lord and the living entities, in so many respects. No one can be compared to the Lord,..."
16:2016:20, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,251 N This suggests His (God's) specific spiritual form, which can never be experienced by the material senses. He can be seen only when the senses are purified by devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This suggests His specific spiritual form, which can never be experienced by the material senses. He can be seen only when the..."
16:0916:09, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,242 N His (God's) transcendental qualities are so attractive that even the liberated souls (atmaramas) are also attracted by them. Although possessed of all personal qualities, He is nevertheless omnipotent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His transcendental qualities are so attractive that even the liberated souls (ātmārāmas) are also attracted by them. Althou..."
16:0216:02, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,140 N Because He (God) is a person, He has many personal qualities, although He is transcendental to the material modes. We have already discussed the statement, ittham-bhuta-guno harih - SB 1.7.10 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because He is a person, He has many personal qualities, although He is transcendental to the material modes. We have already d..."
15:5215:52, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,369 N He (God) is the source of everyone's opulence, and no one can equal Him in opulence. Being full of all opulences, namely wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, certainly He is the Supreme Person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is the source of everyone's opulence, and therefore no one can equal Him in opulence. Being full of all opulences, namely w..."
15:4115:41, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,177 In the Vedas it is said that only the Lord alone exists, and all others' existences depend on Him. He is the generating reservoir for everyone's existential capacity; He is the Supreme Truth of all other categorical truths No edit summary current
15:3915:39, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,197 N The Lord is within everything, and He is all-covering also, without being disturbed by the activities of the individual souls. He is infinite, and the living entities are infinitesimal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is within everything, and He is all-covering also, without being disturbed by the activities of the individual souls...."
15:3215:32, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,021 N The Lord is also all-pervading like the sun, and as such the word pratyak is used in this verse (SB 2.6.40-41). Nothing is excluded from the existence of the Lord's potential expansions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord is also all-pervading like the sun, and as such the word pratyak is used in this verse. Nothing is excluded from the..."
15:2515:25, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,846 The Lord is never contaminated by sins; on the contrary, the sinful living entities become sterilized by contact with the Lord No edit summary current
15:2315:23, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,769 N Infected things are sterilized by the rays of the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"infected things are sterilized by the rays of the sun"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-07-05T15..."
15:1515:15, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,168 N This (perpetual freedom from all material contaminations) distinguishes the Lord from the individual, common living entities who have the aptitude for being subordinated by nescience and thus becoming materially designated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This distinguishes the Lord from the individual, common living entities who have the aptitude for being subordinated by nescie..."
15:0715:07, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,981 N The Lord is eternally the symbol of full and perfect knowledge. This is His speciality: perpetual freedom from all material contaminations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord is eternally the symbol of full and perfect knowledge. This is His speciality: perpetual freedom from all material co..."
15:0115:01, 5 July 2020 diff hist +8,134 N According to Mayavada philosophy, the spirit soul, when covered by nescience, is designated as jiva, but when freed from such ignorance or nescience he merges in the impersonal existence of the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Māyāvāda philosophy, the spirit soul, when covered by nescience, is designated as jīva, but when freed from s..."
14:5114:51, 5 July 2020 diff hist +7,910 N Here is an estimation of the Lord apart from His transcendental activities in the temporary, material creations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here is an estimation of the Lord apart from His transcendental activities in the temporary, material creations"}} {{notes|}}..."
14:4414:44, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,274 N The conclusion is that these are all but displays of the Lord's inconceivable personal energies, of which no one can have any full information Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion is that these are all but displays of the Lord's inconceivable personal energies, of which no one can have any..."
14:3614:36, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,677 N He (God) lies down and generates the universes by His breathing, and by entering into each universe as Garbhodakasayi Visnu, He creates Brahma, Siva and many other demigods for maintenance of the universe and again absorbs the whole thing into His person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He lies down and generates the universes by His breathing, and again, by entering into each universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Vi..."
14:2614:26, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,408 N The Causal Ocean is created by the Lord as the mahat-tattva, as a cloud in the spiritual sky, and is only a part of His different manifestations. The spiritual sky is an expansion of His personal rays, and He is the mahat-tattva cloud also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Causal Ocean is created by the Lord as the mahat-tattva, as a cloud in the spiritual sky, and is only a part of His differ..."
14:1814:18, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,580 N Maha-Visnu is the first incarnation in the creation, and from Him all the universes are generated and all material manifestations are produced, one after another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahā-Viṣṇu is the first incarnation in the creation, and from Him all the universes are generated and all material manife..."
14:0614:06, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,441 N This imperfectness is due, more or less, to the material conception that a substance distributed widely in parts can no longer exist in the original form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This imperfectness is due, more or less, to the material conception that a substance distributed widely in parts can no longer..."
13:5613:56, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,286 N Their (the impersonalists') conception of Krsna is not clear, although everything is clearly mentioned in all the Vedic scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their conception of Kṛṣṇa is not clear, although everything is clearly mentioned in all the Vedic scriptures"}} {{notes|..."
13:4713:47, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,478 N The impersonalists depend more or less on inductive logic, and therefore they always remain in darkness about the original Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalists depend more or less on inductive logic, and therefore they always remain in darkness about the original Per..."
13:3713:37, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,447 N The impersonal and personal conceptions of the Lord are existing simultaneously, and this fact is clearly described both in the Bhagavad-gita and in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and also in other Vedic scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonal and personal conceptions of the Lord are existing simultaneously, and this fact is clearly described both in th..."
13:3113:31, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,695 N The impersonalist gives stress to the impersonal form or feature of the Lord and does not believe in the original personality of the Lord, but the Vaisnavas accept the original form of the Lord, of whom the impersonal form is merely one of the features Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalist gives stress to the impersonal form or feature of the Lord and does not believe in the original personality..."
13:2313:23, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,343 N The whole creation is the Lord Himself, and the creation is also nondifferent from Him, but simultaneously He, as the original Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna, is aloof from the created manifestation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the whole creation is the Lord Himself, and the creation is also nondifferent from Him, but simultaneously He, as the original..."
13:1713:17, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,436 N Murti means "form," but because His (God's) impersonal feature is inexplicable to our limited senses, He is the avyakta-murti form, and in that inexplicable form of the Lord the whole creation is resting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mūrti means "form," but because His impersonal feature is inexplicable to our limited senses, He is the avyakta-mūrti form,..."
13:1013:10, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,191 N The impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth is also a form of the Lord called avyakta-murti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth is also a form of the Lord called avyakta-mūrti"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ange..."
13:0613:06, 5 July 2020 diff hist +6,225 N The creation is nondifferent from the Lord, and still He is not in the creation. This is explained in the Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The creation is nondifferent from the Lord, and still He is not in the creation. This is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā"}} {..."

20:5320:53, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,343 N Simply by this process, or simply by hearing and chanting the glories of the activities of the Lord's incarnation, one can certainly see within himself the identity of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by this process, or simply by hearing and chanting the glories of the activities of the Lord's incarnation, one can cer..."
20:4520:45, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,317 N The Lord reveals Himself proportionately before the devotee. Lord Brahma offers his respectful obeisances as a bona fide spiritual master and advises us to follow the process of sravana and kirtana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord reveals Himself proportionately before the devotee. Lord Brahmā therefore offers his respectful obeisances as a bona..."
20:3520:35, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,265 N The Lord has clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gita that one can know Him only by devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gītā that one can know Him only by devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
20:1420:14, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,454 N We must be ready to undergo the prescribed devotional duties, following the path shown by the predecessors in the disciplic succession from Brahma, Narada and similar authorities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We must be ready to undergo the prescribed devotional duties, following the path shown by the predecessors in the disciplic su..."
20:0620:06, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,121 N One should not expect the Lord to be an order-supplying agent who must be present before us as soon as we desire to see Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not expect the Lord to be an order-supplying agent who must be present before us as soon as we desire to see Him"}}..."
19:5519:55, 4 July 2020 diff hist +4,324 N It is said that the transcendental name, form, quality, pastimes, paraphernalia, personality, etc., cannot possibly be perceived by the gross materialistic senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said that the transcendental name, form, quality, pastimes, paraphernalia, personality, etc., cannot possibly be perceiv..."
19:4519:45, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,031 N As the mother is the only authority to identify the father of a child, so the mother Vedas, presented by the recognized authority such as Brahma, Narada or Siva, is the only authority to inform us about the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the mother is the only authority to identify the father of a child, so the mother Vedas, presented by the recognized author..."
19:3719:37, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,282 N Brahma, Narada & Siva know about God to a considerable extent, and one should follow the instructions of these great personalities instead of being satisfied with a tiny brain and its playful discoveries such as spacecraft and similar products of science Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā, Nārada and Lord Śiva know about the Lord to a considerable extent, and therefore one should follow the instructions..."
17:3317:33, 4 July 2020 diff hist +5,053 N The Lord says mohitam nabhijanati mam ebhyah param avyayam: (BG 7.13) bewildered by such modes of material nature, they (scientists) cannot understand that beyond these manifestations is a Supreme Person who is the absolute controller of everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord says, therefore, mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam: (BG 7.13) bewildered by such modes of material..."

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