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14:5914:59, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,365 N When the devotee has an interest or will different from the interest of the Supreme Lord, his mentality is that of a separatist Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the devotee has an interest or will different from the interest of the Supreme Lord, his mentality is that of a separatis..."
14:5614:56, 21 August 2020 diff hist +4,011 Actually, pure devotion is explained in the previous chapter: the mind of the Supreme Lord and the mind of the devotee should be dovetailed. A devotee should not wish anything but to execute the desire of the Supreme. That is oneness No edit summary current
14:5214:52, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,168 N This (drawing from God for one's sense gratification) is the separatist mentality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the separatist mentality"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandrika}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-08-21T14:52:45Z}} {{..." current
14:4814:48, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,700 N Mixed devotees, or devotees in the modes of passion and ignorance, think that the interest of the Supreme Lord is supplying the orders of the devotee; the interest of such devotees is to draw from the Lord as much as possible for their sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mixed devotees, or devotees in the modes of passion and ignorance, think that the interest of the Supreme Lord is supplying th..."
14:4314:43, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,579 N The word "separatist" must be understood carefully. The Sanskrit words in this connection are bhinna-drk and prthag-bhavah. A separatist is one who sees his interest as separate from that of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word "separatist" must be understood carefully. The Sanskrit words in this connection are bhinna-dṛk and pṛthag-bhāva..."
14:1914:19, 21 August 2020 diff hist +4,125 N He thinks that he is the best devotee. Devotional service executed in this way is not pure; it is mixed and is of the lowest grade, tamasah. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura advises that a Vaisnava who is not of good character should be avoided Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He thinks that he is the best devotee. Devotional service executed in this way is not pure; it is mixed and is of the lowest g..." current
14:1014:10, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,855 N To act under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master with a motive to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pure devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To act under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master with a motive to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pure..." current
14:0714:07, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,793 N It is described in Bhagavad-gita that the teachings therein should be received by disciplic succession, otherwise there is adulteration Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is described in Bhagavad-gītā that the teachings therein should be received by disciplic succession, otherwise there is a..." current
13:5313:53, 21 August 2020 diff hist +4,055 In the conditioned stage, when one engages in devotional service, he should follow the instruction of the bona fide spiritual master in full surrender No edit summary
13:5213:52, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,763 N In pure devotional service, the only motive should be to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is not actually a motive; that is the pure condition of the living entity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In pure devotional service, the only motive should be to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is not actually a mot..." current
13:4513:45, 21 August 2020 diff hist +3,874 N It has already been stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, Second Chapter, that the highest, most glorious religion is the attainment of causeless, unmotivated devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It has already been stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, First Canto, Second Chapter, that the highest, most glorious religion..."

16:4416:44, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,146 N Actually the path of devotional service is one without a second, but according to the devotees' condition, devotional service appears in multifarious varieties, as will be nicely explained in the following verses -of SB 3.29 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually the path of devotional service is one without a second, but according to the devotees' condition, devotional service..." current
16:3016:30, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,246 N As stated in Bhagavad-gita, people who are not purified take to devotional service with four purposes. A person who is distressed because of material conditions becomes a devotee of the Lord and approaches the Lord for mitigation of his distress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, people who are not purified take to devotional service with four purposes. A person who is distr..."
16:2616:26, 20 August 2020 diff hist +2,907 N Pure devotional service in Krsna consciousness is one because in pure devotional service there is no demand from the devotee to be fulfilled by the Lord. But generally people take to devotional service with a purpose Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Pure devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is one because in pure devotional service there is no demand from the dev..."
16:2116:21, 20 August 2020 diff hist +2,696 N When the Lord saw that His beloved mother was very compassionate towards the fallen souls, He was pleased, and He also became compassionate towards her Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the Lord saw that His beloved mother was very compassionate towards the fallen souls, He was pleased, and He also became..."
16:1816:18, 20 August 2020 diff hist +2,856 N In Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated that persons who are trying to elevate the condition of the fallen souls by preaching the conclusion of Bhagavad-gita - namely, full surrender unto the Personality of Godhead - are very dear to Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā it is clearly stated that persons who are trying to elevate the condition of the fallen souls by preaching..."
16:1316:13, 20 August 2020 diff hist +2,795 N The Lord is always compassionate towards the fallen souls of this material world, and therefore He comes Himself or sends His confidential servants to deliver them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is always compassionate towards the fallen souls of this material world, and therefore He comes Himself or sends His..."
15:4215:42, 20 August 2020 diff hist +2,954 N Lord Kapila was very satisfied by the request of His glorious mother (Devahuti) because she was thinking not only in terms of her personal salvation but in terms of all the fallen conditioned souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kapila was very satisfied by the request of His glorious mother because she was thinking not only in terms of her persona..."
15:3615:36, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,801 N The only path for mitigating his fatigue in the struggle for existence is the path of devotional service, or the path of Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The only path for mitigating his fatigue in the struggle for existence is the path of devotional service, or the path of Kṛ..." current
15:2915:29, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,009 N They do not know that the goal of life is not to increase the material necessities of existence, because the body will not exist more than a few years. The living beings are eternal, and they have their eternal need Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They do not know that the goal of life is not to increase the material necessities of existence, because the body will not exi..." current
15:2115:21, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,159 N The Lord is described here (in SB 3.29.5) as yoga-bhaskara, the sun of the system of all yoga. Devahuti has already requested her glorious son (Kapiladeva) to describe bhakti-yoga, and the Lord has described bhakti-yoga as the ultimate yoga system Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is described herein as yoga-bhāskara, the sun of the system of all yoga. Devahūti has already requested her gloriou..." current
15:1715:17, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,020 N Devahuti is requesting her glorious son (Kapiladeva) to illuminate the lives of the conditioned souls so that their most regrettable conditional life may be ended Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devahūti is requesting her glorious son to illuminate the lives of the conditioned souls so that their most regrettable condi..."
15:1415:14, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,805 N It is the general feeling of the Vaisnava, or devotee of the Lord, that he should awaken them - conditioned souls sleeping in the darkness of ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is the general feeling of the Vaisnava, or devotee of the Lord, that he should awaken them"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Jahnavi..."
15:0915:09, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,084 N It appears that Srimati Devahuti, the glorious mother of Lord Kapiladeva, is very compassionate for the regrettable condition of people in general, who, not knowing the goal of life, are sleeping in the darkness of illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It appears that Śrīmatī Devahūti, the glorious mother of Lord Kapiladeva, is very compassionate for the regrettable condit..."
14:3714:37, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,258 N In the spiritual world the time factor has no influence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world, however, the time factor has no influence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandrika}} {{complete|ALL}}..." current
14:3514:35, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,724 N Actually, as stated in Bhagavad-gita, one cannot get relief from the chain of birth and death even if he goes to the highest planet, Brahmaloka, because the influence of time is present everywhere within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"actually, as stated in Bhagavad-gita, one cannot get relief from the chain of birth and death even if he goes to the highest p..."
14:3114:31, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,519 N Generally, people are attached to sense enjoyment and so aspire for life on the heavenly planets. Therefore, they engage themselves in charitable or other pious activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally, people are attached to sense enjoyment and so aspire for life on the heavenly planets. Therefore, they engage thems..."
14:2714:27, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,654 N Some consider their age and circumstances, concern themselves with the influence of time and thus engage in pious activities so that in the future they will not be put into a low family or an animal species Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"some consider their age and circumstances, concern themselves with the influence of time and thus engage in pious activities s..."
14:2214:22, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,201 N If a man is thirty or fifty years old, then the influence of time has already devoured thirty or fifty years of the duration of his life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a man is thirty or fifty years old, then the influence of time has already devoured thirty or fifty years of the duration o..." current
14:1914:19, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,446 N The body is born at a certain time, and immediately the influence of time acts upon it. From the date of the birth of the body, the influence of death is also acting; the advancement of age entails the influence of time on the body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is born at a certain time, and immediately the influence of time acts upon it. From the date of the birth of the body..."
14:1514:15, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,504 N However ignorant one may be regarding the path of good fortune and the path down to the darkest region of ignorance, everyone is aware of the influence of eternal time, which devours all the effects of our material activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"However ignorant one may be regarding the path of good fortune and the path down to the darkest region of ignorance, everyone..." current
14:1114:11, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,269 N Ignorant men do not know that after this life they are completely under the grip of material nature and will be offered a life which may not be very congenial Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ignorant men do not know that after this life they are completely under the grip of material nature and will be offered a life..."
13:4613:46, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,313 N How a living entity gets different kinds of bodies will be explained in the next chapter (SB 3.30). This continual change of bodies in birth and death is called samsara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How a living entity gets different kinds of bodies will be explained in the next chapter. This continual change of bodies in b..."
13:4313:43, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,401 N Devahuti requests her glorious son, Kapila Muni, to explain about this continued journey to impress upon the conditioned souls that they are undergoing a path of degradation by not understanding the path of bhakti-yoga, devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devahūti requests her glorious son, Kapila Muni, to explain about this continued journey to impress upon the conditioned soul..."
13:3913:39, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,195 N To enter the darkest region of material existence means to enter into a species of life other than the human species Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To enter the darkest region of material existence means to enter into a species of life other than the human species."}} {{not..." current
13:3513:35, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,390 N People who have no knowledge of this material world, God and their actual intimate relationship with Him are actually going to the darkest region of material existence in the name of progress in the material advancement of civilization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People who have no knowledge of this material world, God and their actual intimate relationship with Him are actually going to..."
13:3213:32, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,071 N Samsrti means the continued journey on the path of birth and death towards the darkest region of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"saṁsṛti means the continued journey on the path of birth and death towards the darkest region of material existence"}} {{n..." current
13:3013:30, 20 August 2020 diff hist +3,181 N In this verse (SB 3.29.3) the word samsrtih is very important. Sreyah-srti means the prosperous path of advancement towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word saṁsṛtīḥ is very important. Śreyaḥ-sṛti means the prosperous path of advancement towards th..."
13:2113:21, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,621 N One should not simply acquire knowledge without reaching the goal of life or the basic principle for acquiring knowledge-bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should not simply acquire knowledge without reaching the goal of life or the basic principle for acquiring knowledge-bhakt..." current
11:1211:12, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,733 N Sāṅkhya philosophy is the analytical study of all existence. One has to understand everything by examining its nature and characteristics. This is called acquirement of knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sāṅkhya philosophy is the analytical study of all existence. One has to understand everything by examining its nature and c..."
11:0911:09, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,624 N The goal of life is to follow the principles of bhakti, or devotional service, and ultimately attain to the planet of the Supreme Lord in full devotion and love as an eternal servitor of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the goal of life is to follow the principles of bhakti, or devotional service, and ultimately attain to the planet of the Supr..."
11:0511:05, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,482 N Vedic literature suggests that there are three elements-namely the Supreme Lord, the living entity and their eternal relationship Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vedic literature therefore suggests that there are three elements-namely the Supreme Lord, the living entity and their eternal..." current
11:0311:03, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,527 N Neither of these (who simply speculate and meditate and those who have no philosophical basis) can achieve the highest goal of life-or, if they do, it will take them many, many years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Neither of these can achieve the highest goal of life-or, if they do, it will take them many, many years"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
10:5910:59, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,635 N There are two classes of men. Some consider themselves intellectually advanced and simply speculate and meditate, and others are sentimental and have no philosophical basis for their propositions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two classes of men. Some consider themselves intellectually advanced and simply speculate and meditate, and others a..." current
10:5110:51, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,307 N Bhakti-yoga with no philosophical basis is more or less sentiment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"bhakti-yoga with no philosophical basis is more or less sentiment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|JahnaviCandrika}} {{complete|ALL}}..." current
10:4710:47, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,567 N Bhakti-yoga, devotional service, is the basic principle of all systems of philosophy; all philosophy which does not aim for devotional service to the Lord is considered merely mental speculation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti-yoga, devotional service, is the basic principle of all systems of philosophy; all philosophy which does not aim for de..."
10:4310:43, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,698 N In this chapter (SB 3.29) the principles of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service - the execution of activities in the eternal relationship between the living entities and the Personality of Godhead - are explained Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in this chapter the principles of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service—the execution of activities in the eternal relationship..." current
10:4010:40, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,431 N In the previous chapter (SB 3.28), material nature, the spirit and the Supreme Lord, or Supersoul, are analytically studied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the previous chapter, material nature, the spirit and the Supreme Lord, or Supersoul, are analytically studied"}} {{notes|}..." current
10:3610:36, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,604 N In this Twenty-ninth Chapter, the glories of devotional service are elaborately explained, and the influence of time on the conditioned soul is also described Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this Twenty-ninth Chapter, the glories of devotional service are elaborately explained, and the influence of time on the co..."
10:1310:13, 20 August 2020 diff hist +4,599 N For those who engage in devotional service there is no spell of maya, and their situation is all-perfect. The duty of living entity, as a part and parcel of the whole, is to render devotional service to the whole. That is the ultimate perfection of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For those who engage in devotional service there is no spell of māyā, and their situation is all-perfect. The duty of the li..."

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