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08:5708:57, 7 October 2020 diff hist +2,794 Unless one is associated with devotees, he cannot cultivate Krsna consciousness No edit summary current

22:3922:39, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,987 A Krsna conscious person is never disturbed by the bodily necessities - namely eating, sleeping, mating and defending No edit summary current
22:3922:39, 6 October 2020 diff hist +5,010 The secret of success in the cultivation of Krsna consciousness is hearing from the right person No edit summary current
22:3822:38, 6 October 2020 diff hist +5,069 N By hearing and chanting one can cultivate Krsna consciousness, and as soon as this cultivation is advanced, one can become faithful to the Lord, devoted to the Lord and attached to the Lord, and thus one can very quickly attain full Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way one can cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and as soon as this cultivation is advanced, one can become faithful..."
22:3522:35, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,771 N In the association of pure devotees, one becomes attached to hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the association of pure devotees, one becomes attached to hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
22:3422:34, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,972 N By cultivating such knowledge (of God's pastimes and activities) one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his at..."
22:3022:30, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,853 N In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and to the heart Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very p..." current
22:2722:27, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,754 N As soon as one hears the glories of the Lord from the liberated devotees, he immediately becomes impregnated with Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one hears the glories of the Lord from the liberated devotees, he immediately becomes impregnated with Kṛṣṇa..." current
22:2522:25, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,787 N A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear from the lips of liberated devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear f..."
22:2022:20, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,833 N The word bhagavad-gunanukathana-sravana-vyagra-cetasah, meaning "always eager to find the place where the glories of the Lord are being heard and chanted," is significant in this verse - SB 4.29.39-40 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word bhagavad-guṇānukathana-śravaṇa-vyagra-cetasaḥ, meaning "always eager to find the place where the glories of t..."
22:1622:16, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,724 N When one is in the bodily conception, he feels the pangs of hunger and thirst, fear, lamentation and illusion. But when one is engaged in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord, he transcends the bodily conception Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is in the bodily conception, he feels the pangs of hunger and thirst, fear, lamentation and illusion. But when one is..."
22:1122:11, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,527 N When one is engaged in constantly hearing the glories of the Lord, he certainly rises above the bodily conception Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is engaged in constantly hearing the glories of the Lord, he certainly rises above the bodily conception"}} {{notes|}..." current
22:0422:04, 6 October 2020 diff hist +5,072 N If one gets the chance to hear from pure devotees in such a place, allowing the constant flow of the river of nectar to come from the mouths of pure devotees, then the cultivation of Krsna consciousness becomes very easy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one gets the chance to hear from pure devotees in such a place, allowing the constant flow of the river of nectar to come f..."
22:0222:02, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,787 N In a holy place like Vrndavana, there are many devotees constantly engaged in chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In a holy place like Vṛndāvana, there are many devotees constantly engaged in chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord"..."
21:5921:59, 6 October 2020 diff hist +4,863 N The cultivation of Krsna consciousness is possible where great devotees live together and constantly engage in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is possible where great devotees live together and constantly engage in hearing a..."
21:4521:45, 6 October 2020 diff hist +2,195 N Simply by hearing of the glories of the Lord, one is elevated to the transcendental position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by hearing of the glories of the Lord, one is elevated to the transcendental position"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}}..."
21:4021:40, 6 October 2020 diff hist +2,603 N The principles of bhakti-yoga-sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam/ arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam (SB 7.5.23) - are the only means by which perfection can be attained Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The principles of bhakti-yoga-śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam/ arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsya..."
21:3521:35, 6 October 2020 diff hist +2,283 N Constant engagement in the transcendental loving service of Vasudeva means constantly hearing the glories of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Constant engagement in the transcendental loving service of Vāsudeva means constantly hearing the glories of the Lord"}} {{no..." current
21:3121:31, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,398 N One must engage in the service of Vasudeva without material desire, mental speculation or fruitive activity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one must engage in the service of Vāsudeva without material desire, mental speculation or fruitive activity"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
21:2821:28, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,506 N By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from this world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowled..."
21:2021:20, 6 October 2020 diff hist +7,078 N Every living entity is by constitutional position an eternal servant of Krsna. As soon as one engages in the service of Lord Vasudeva, he attains his normal constitutional position. This position is called the liberated stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living entity is by constitutional position an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa." As soon as one engages in the service of..."
21:1421:14, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,496 N After becoming so detached, one becomes actually perfect in knowledge and engages perfectly in the service of Lord Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After becoming so detached, one becomes actually perfect in knowledge and engages perfectly in the service of Lord Vāsudeva"}..."
21:0721:07, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,659 N When one is perfectly advanced in the devotional service of Vasudeva, one becomes completely detached from the service of the body, that is, his designated position in material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is perfectly advanced in the devotional service of Vāsudeva, one becomes completely detached from the service of the..."
20:5720:57, 6 October 2020 diff hist +7,137 N Devotional service begins from the neophyte stage - the stage of observing the rules and regulations - and extends to the point of spontaneous loving service to the Lord. The purpose of all stages is to satisfy Lord Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service begins from the neophyte stage—the stage of observing the rules and regulations—and extends to the poin..."
20:5320:53, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,935 N Bhakti refers to those activities performed in the service of Lord Vasudeva. Because Lord Vasudeva is the Supreme, one should engage oneself in His service, not in the service of the demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti refers to those activities performed in the service of Lord Vāsudeva. Because Lord Vāsudeva is the Supreme, one shoul..."
20:4720:47, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,971 N Material existence is actually a chain of action and reaction brought about by different types of fruitive activities. This is the cause of birth and death. One can stop this process only by engaging oneself in the service of Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material existence is actually a chain of action and reaction brought about by different types of fruitive activities. This is..."
20:4220:42, 6 October 2020 diff hist +7,000 N The guru is the spiritual master. Srila Rsabhadeva advised His sons, gurur na sa syat. .. na mocayed yah samupeta-mrtyum: "One should not take up the post of spiritual master unless he is able to lead his disciple from the cycle of birth and death." Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the guru is the spiritual master. Śrīla Ṛṣabhadeva advised His sons, gurur na sa syāt. .. na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-m..."
20:2820:28, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,988 Anarthas, unwanted things, come down from one bodily life to another. To get out of this entanglement, one has to take to the devotional service of Lord Vasudeva, Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
20:2520:25, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,880 N But the mass of people do not know this (that material miseries can be mitigated by devotional service), and therefore the learned Vyasadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in rela..."
20:2120:21, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,701 N The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of..."
19:0919:09, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,427 N Unless one purifies his mind, there is no question of getting free from the material condition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one purifies his mind, there is no question of getting free from the material condition"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal..."
19:0419:04, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,692 N One accepts different types of bodies within this material world. One first has to control the mind so that the desires of the mind can be purified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way one accepts different types of bodies within this material world. One first has to control the mind so that the de..."
19:0019:00, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,919 N Material existence begins with the illusioned bodily conception of life, and on the basis of this conception there ensues a series of unwanted things (anarthas). These unwanted things are actually mental desires for various types of sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"material existence, begins with the illusioned bodily conception of life, and on the basis of this conception there ensues a s..."
18:5518:55, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,937 N Everyone is trying to be happy, and the process adopted to achieve that happiness is called self-interest. Unfortunately, the conditioned soul hovering within this material world does not know that his ultimate goal of self-interest is Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone is trying to be happy, and the process adopted to achieve that happiness is called self-interest. Unfortunately, the..."
18:4918:49, 6 October 2020 diff hist +6,886 N This is the way to become detached from the artificial material condition. The only remedy is to take to Krsna consciousness and constantly engage in the devotional service of Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the way to become detached from the artificial material condition. The only remedy is to take to Kṛṣṇa conscious..."
18:2518:25, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,022 N To get free from the material conditions, one has to take to Krsna consciousness. That is the only remedy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To get free from the material conditions, one has to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the only remedy"}} {{notes|}}..."
18:2318:23, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,383 N The Vedas therefore enjoin that one should factually understand that he is not material but is actually Brahman (aham brahmasmi). This understanding cannot be fully realized unless one is engaged in Brahman activities, namely devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas therefore enjoin that one should factually understand that he is not material but is actually Brahman (ahaṁ brahm..."
18:2018:20, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,166 N Material existence is the cause of all our sufferings, for we do not suffer once we are out of the material condition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material existence is the cause of all our sufferings, for we do not suffer once we are out of the material condition"}} {{not..."
18:1718:17, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,619 N Lord Krsna thus informed Arjuna: "They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." All the distresses brought about by the body come and go Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." Lord Kṛ..."
18:1318:13, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,199 N O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the ap..."
18:1018:10, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,032 N As stated in the Vedas, the living entity is always separate from two kinds of material bodies - the subtle and the gross. All our sufferings are due to these material bodies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the Vedas, the living entity is always separate from two kinds of material bodies—the subtle and the gross. All..."
18:0118:01, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,597 There is no gain in taking on one trouble to counteract another trouble. One cannot be perpetually happy as long as one exists in this material world. The only remedy is to get out of this material world altogether and return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
17:5517:55, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,606 N There is no gain in taking on one trouble to counteract another trouble. One cannot be perpetually happy as long as one exists in this material world. The only remedy is to get out of this material world altogether and return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/The_Vedas_enjoin:_%22Don%27t_remain_in_the_darkness_of_this_material_world._Go_to_the_light_of_the..."
17:3017:30, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,838 N The Vedas enjoin: "Don't remain in the darkness of this material world. Go to the light of the spiritual world." To counteract the distress of this material body, one has to take on another distressed condition. Both situations are only illusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas therefore enjoin"|"Don't remain in the darkness of this material world. Go to the light of the spiritual world"|"To..."
17:0217:02, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,594 N Prahlada Maharaja said that fools and rascals in the material world plan so gorgeously for bodily comfort without knowing that such arrangements, even if successful, are only maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja said that fools and rascals in the material world plan so gorgeously for bodily comfort without knowing t..."
16:5816:58, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,740 N There are two kinds of fruitive activity. We can place the burden on the head, or we can place it on the shoulder. Actually, keeping the burden in either place is the same. The transferal, however, is taking place under the name of counteraction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of fruitive activity. We can place the burden on the head, or we can place it on the shoulder. Actually, k..." current
16:2816:28, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,660 N The only real way we can minimize our problems is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and give ourselves up to His protection. The Lord, being all-powerful, can make arrangements to mitigate our painful life in material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The only real way we can minimize our problems is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and give ourselves up t..."
16:1316:13, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,348 N The processes we manufacture to counteract or minimize our distresses do not actually put an end to our pains. It is all simply illusion. We simply place the burden from the head to the shoulder Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the processes we manufacture to counteract or minimize our distresses do not actually put an end to our pains. It is all simpl..."
15:5815:58, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,085 N Human society in the name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind of trouble Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"human society in the name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind of trouble"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
15:4815:48, 6 October 2020 diff hist +3,085 N When one gets tired of keeping a burden on his head, he will place it on his shoulder. This does not mean that he has become freed from the strains of carrying the burden Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one gets tired of keeping a burden on his head, he will place it on his shoulder. This does not mean that he has become f..."

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