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18:4718:47, 17 October 2020 diff hist +8,076 N In this age of Kali, those who have a little fragmental portion of mystic power claim to be God, but such pseudo Gods can only be accepted as fools, for only Krsna is the Supreme Person who possesses all mystic and yogic perfections Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age of Kali, those who have a little fragmental portion of mystic power claim to be God, but such pseudo Gods can only..."
18:4018:40, 17 October 2020 diff hist +8,086 N The word sankhya-yogesvaraya is also significant herein (SB 4.24.42), for Krsna is described in Bhagavad-gita as Yogesvara, the master of all mystic powers. Without possessing inconceivable mystic powers, one cannot be accepted as God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word sāṅkhya-yogeśvarāya is also significant herein, for Kṛṣṇa is described in Bhagavad-gītā as Yogeśvara, t..."
18:3118:31, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,862 N As described in the Vedanta-sutra (1.1.2), janmady asya yatah: (SB 1.1.1) the Absolute Truth is the supreme cause of all emanations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As described in the Vedānta-sūtra (1.1.2), janmādy asya yataḥ: (SB 1.1.1) the Absolute Truth is the supreme cause of all..."
18:2418:24, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,961 N In Brahma-samhita Krsna is described as the cause of all causes; He is addressed as karanatmane. His very personality is the original cause of everything, the root of everything and the seed of everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Brahma-saṁhitā Kṛṣṇa is described as the cause of all causes; therefore He is addressed herein as kāraṇātmane...."
18:1418:14, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,895 N Because so-called philosophers and scientists are unable to find the real cause, they foolishly say that everything happens by chance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because so-called philosophers and scientists are unable to find the real cause, they foolishly say that everything happens by..."
18:1018:10, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,801 N Karanatmane: everything has a cause. The theory of chance is repudiated in this verse (SB 4.24.42). Because everything has its cause, there is no question of chance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kāraṇātmane: everything has a cause. The theory of chance is repudiated in this verse. Because everything has its cause, t..."
18:0418:04, 17 October 2020 diff hist +8,200 N The mantra delivers the conditioned soul from his bondage; so simply by chanting the mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, one can gain deliverance from any condition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mantra delivers the conditioned soul from his bondage; so simply by chanting the mantra Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa..."
18:0018:00, 17 October 2020 diff hist +8,137 N There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahma, 420 in one month, all the Manus are directors of human society, ultimately Krsna is the supreme director of human society. In another sense, the word manave indicates the perfection of all kinds of mantras Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahmā, 420 in one month, all the Manus are directors of human society, ultimately K..."
17:5517:55, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,981 N The word manave, meaning "unto the supreme Manu," is also significant. The supreme Manu in Vedic literature is Svayambhuva Manu, who is an incarnation of Krsna. All the Manus are empowered incarnations of Krsna - manvantara-avatara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word manave, meaning "unto the supreme Manu," is also significant. The supreme Manu in Vedic literature is Svāyambhuva Ma..."
17:4517:45, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,639 N Without being benedicted by Krsna, one cannot offer benediction to anyone else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without being benedicted by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot offer benediction to anyone else"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{compl..."
17:3917:39, 17 October 2020 diff hist +8,059 N Lord Krsna is also addressed as asisam isa. The great saintly personalities, sages and demigods are able to offer benedictions to ordinary living entities, but they in turn are benedicted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa is also addressed herein as āśiṣām īśa. The great saintly personalities, sages and demigods are able t..."
17:3117:31, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,909 N The Krsna consciousness movement is based on Bhagavad-gita as it is, as spoken by Lord Krsna, and for those who are engaged in this movement, there is no question of uncertainty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on Bhagavad-gītā as it is, as spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa, and for those who..."
17:2417:24, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,896 N What Krsna says is all perfect and certain and is applicable to the past, present and future. Nor is there any uncertainty for one who knows exactly what Krsna says Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What Kṛṣṇa says is all perfect and certain and is applicable to the past, present and future. Nor is there any uncertain..."
17:1417:14, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,661 N What Krsna says and does is not limited by time and space Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What Kṛṣṇa says and does is not limited by time and space"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|202..."
16:5716:57, 17 October 2020 diff hist +7,651 N The words krsnaya akuntha-medhase are significant in this verse - SB 4.24.42 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words kṛṣṇāya akuṇṭha-medhase are significant in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|}} {{g..."
16:4616:46, 17 October 2020 diff hist +3,938 N Because the asuras do not like to engage in the Lord's devotional service, the Lord within gives them the intelligence to forget. Ordinary karmis desire promotion to Pitrloka, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the asuras do not like to engage in the Lord's devotional service, the Lord within gives them the intelligence to forg..."
16:3716:37, 17 October 2020 diff hist +3,656 N Although the asuras oppose devotional service, it is to be understood that they are inclined that way due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the asuras oppose devotional service, it is to be understood that they are inclined that way due to the Supreme Perso..."
16:3216:32, 17 October 2020 diff hist +3,641 N According to Bhagavad-gita (BG 16.7), pravrttim ca nivrttim ca jana na vidur asurah: the asuras do not know which way one should be inclined to act and which way one should not be inclined to act Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to Bhagavad-gītā (BG 16.7), pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ: the asuras do not know whi..."
16:2316:23, 17 October 2020 diff hist +3,748 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the asuras to forget Him and the devotees to remember Him. One's disinclinations are due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the asuras to forget Him and the devotees to remember Him. One's disinclinations are..."
16:1616:16, 17 October 2020 diff hist +3,616 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone's heart, and from Him issue a living entity's inclinations and disinclinations. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone's heart, and from Him issue a living entity's inclinations and disi..."

19:3619:36, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,624 N Only after accumulating many pious activities in various births does one get the opportunity to personally associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since only the pure can reach Him, He is the supreme pure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only after accumulating many pious activities in various births does one get the opportunity to personally associate with the..."
19:3019:30, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,267 N Sukadeva Gosvami has stated that the cowherd boys who played with Lord Krsna were not ordinary living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī has stated that the cowherd boys who played with Lord Kṛṣṇa were not ordinary living entities"}} {{n..."
19:2119:21, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,690 N The devotees, who desire to personally associate with the Lord, are promoted to the Vaikunthalokas or Goloka Vrndavana. The Lord is described in Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.12) as pavitram paramam, the supreme pure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotees, who desire to personally associate with the Lord, are promoted to the Vaikuṇṭhalokas or Goloka Vṛndāvana...."
19:1519:15, 16 October 2020 diff hist +6,012 N Those who are engaged in fruitive activities (karmis) attain the higher planetary systems as a result of their past activities & the jnanis, who seek unification or a monistic merging with the effulgence of the Supreme Lord, also attain their desired end Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are engaged in fruitive activities (karmīs) attain the higher planetary systems as a result of their past activitie..."
19:0819:08, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,405 N The word amusmai is significant because it indicates the best target one can aim for after attaining the higher planetary systems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word amuṣmai is significant in this regard because it indicates the best target one can aim for after attaining the high..."
19:0019:00, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,635 N Lord Siva is praying to the Personality of Godhead to be kind to us so that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra we can understand everything in both the material and spiritual worlds Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva is therefore praying to the Personality of Godhead to be kind to us so that simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa..."
18:5318:53, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,702 N Because the soul is present within the body, consciousness pervades the entire body; similarly, because the supreme soul, or Krsna, is present within this universe, everything is working in order Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the soul is present within the body, consciousness pervades the entire body; similarly, because the supreme soul, or K..."
18:4218:42, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,341 N In the Vedas it is said, antar bahis ca tat sarvam vyaya narayanah sthitah: "Narayana is all-pervading, and He exists both within and without Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedas it is said, antar bahiś ca tat sarvaṁ vyāya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ: "Nārāyaṇa is all-pervading, and He..."
18:3818:38, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,443 N The meaning of everything is received through the air through sound vibration. The vibration may be material or spiritual, but without sound vibration no one can understand the meaning of anything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The meaning of everything is received through the air through sound vibration. The vibration may be material or spiritual, but..."
18:2718:27, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,580 N The Vedas are known as sabda-brahma because evidence taken from the Vedas constitutes the ultimate understanding. This is because sabda-brahma, or the Vedas, represents the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas are known as śabda-brahma because evidence taken from the Vedas constitutes the ultimate understanding. This is bec..."
18:1818:18, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,856 N Even though one may desire to engage in the service of the Lord, without sanction one cannot do so. Lord Siva is offering his prayers in so many different ways in order to show living entities how to engage in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though one may desire to engage in the service of the Lord, without sanction one cannot do so. Lord Śiva is offering his..."
18:1118:11, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,477 N Every living entity should serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his prana (life), artha (wealth), intelligence and words Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"every living entity should serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his prāṇa (life), artha (wealth), intelligence and w..."
18:0718:07, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,645 N Being the life air of every living entity, the Lord is the maintainer of the three worlds. Consequently He can induce every living entity to engage in his real life's duty with full bodily and mental strength Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"being the life air of every living entity, the Lord is the maintainer of the three worlds. Consequently He can induce every li..."
18:0218:02, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,436 N The smelling instrument, the nose, can engage in smelling the flowers offered to the lotus feet of the Lord, the hands can engage in cleansing the temple of the Lord, etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the smelling instrument, the nose, can engage in smelling the flowers offered to the lotus feet of the Lord, the hands can eng..."
17:5517:55, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,732 N Siva is offering his obeisances to the universal body, which includes all other bodies so that everyone's body may fully engage in devotional service. Since this individual body is composed of senses all the senses should be engaged in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva is offering his obeisances to the universal body, which includes all other bodies, so that everyone's body may full..."
17:4217:42, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,004 N Lord Siva's prayer to Lord Aniruddha is meant for this purpose (trpti-daya); he prays to Lord Aniruddha to help him be satisfied by eating only prasada offered to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva's prayer to Lord Aniruddha is meant for this purpose (tṛpti-dāya); he prays to Lord Aniruddha to help him be sat..."
17:3617:36, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,882 N If one can control the tongue, he can easily control the other senses. The tongue can be controlled only by eating prasada offered to the Deity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one can control the tongue, he can easily control the other senses. The tongue can be controlled only by eating prasāda of..."
17:3017:30, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,100 N Lord Siva prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so that he will not taste anything but the prasada of the Lord. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung a verse indicating that the tongue is the most formidable enemy among all the senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so that he will not taste anything but the prasāda of the Lord. Śrī..."
17:2017:20, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,859 N Lord Siva prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so that he can be free from such obligations (to the demigods, saintly persons, pitas, ancient forefathers, etc) and entirely engage in the Lord's service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva therefore prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so that he can be free from such obligations and entirely en..."
17:1217:12, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,793 N One becomes free from all obligations to the demigods, saintly persons, pitas, ancient forefathers, etc., if one is completely engaged in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One becomes free from all obligations to the demigods, saintly persons, pitās, ancient forefathers, etc., if one is completel..."
17:0817:08, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,209 N Lord Siva prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so he can become free from all obligation to the Pitas, demigods, general living entities and saintly persons and completely engage himself in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva prays to Lord Aniruddha to give him strength so he can become free from all obligation to the Pitās, demigods, gen..."
17:0117:01, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,737 N One has an obligation to one's forefathers, the previous hierarchy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one has an obligation to one's forefathers, the previous hierarchy"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|..."
16:5316:53, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,063 N When the living entity is born with this material world - especially as a human being - he has several obligations unto the demigods, unto the saintly persons and unto living entities in general Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the living entity is born with this material world—especially as a human being—he has several obligations unto the de..."
16:4216:42, 16 October 2020 diff hist +3,020 N Not only does Lord Aniruddha help fruitive actors by elevating them to the higher planetary systems, but He also helps the devotee engage in devotional service by dint of His inexhaustible energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not only does Lord Aniruddha help fruitive actors by elevating them to the higher planetary systems, but He also helps the dev..."
16:3116:31, 16 October 2020 diff hist +2,945 N The Bhagavad-gita says that one should be above the dominion of fruitive activities. There are different kinds of liberation, or mukti. The best mukti is engagement in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā therefore says that one should be above the dominion of fruitive activities. There are different kinds of..."
16:2016:20, 16 October 2020 diff hist +2,773 N Those who are attached to the karma-kandiya activities described in the Vedas are actually entangled in the three modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are attached to the karma-kāṇḍīya activities described in the Vedas are actually entangled in the three modes..." current
16:1316:13, 16 October 2020 diff hist +2,720 N The word svarga indicates a position in the higher or heavenly planetary systems, and the word apavarga means "liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word svarga indicates a position in the higher or heavenly planetary systems, and the word apavarga means "liberation"}} {..." current
15:5515:55, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,897 N Lord Siva prays to Aniruddha to be kind upon him so that his mind will always be in the perfect state of cleanliness and will be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva prays to Aniruddha to be kind upon him so that his mind will always be in the perfect state of cleanliness and will..."
15:4915:49, 16 October 2020 diff hist +4,708 N The word paramahamsa is applied to persons who are completely cleansed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word paramahaṁsa is applied to persons who are completely cleansed"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..." current
15:4115:41, 16 October 2020 diff hist +5,230 N The sun-god is also addressed as purna, or complete, because the rays emanating from the sun have no end. For millions and millions of years since the creation of this universe, the sun-god has been supplying heat and light without diminution Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sun-god is also addressed herein as pūrṇa, or complete, because the rays emanating from the sun have no end. For millio..."

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