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07:0907:09, 4 November 2020 diff hist +4,472 N There are many instances in which big businessmen suddenly become paupers in the street. Yet the nature of material existence is such that foolish people are attracted to these transactions and they forget the real business of self-realization Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many instances in which big businessmen suddenly become paupers in the street. Yet the nature of material existence..."
07:0607:06, 4 November 2020 diff hist +4,417 N Unfortunately, due to falling in contact with the material world, the living entity simply struggles for existence. Even if one becomes happy for a while, a very powerful enemy may plunder everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, due to falling in contact with the material world, the living entity simply struggles for existence. Even if on..."
07:0207:02, 4 November 2020 diff hist +4,532 N Water certainly has value, but one drop of water cannot reduce the heat of the desert. In this material world everyone is ambitious, but the heat is very scorching. What will an imaginary castle in the air do to help Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Water certainly has value, but one drop of water cannot reduce the heat of the desert. In this material world everyone is ambi..."
06:5506:55, 4 November 2020 diff hist +4,381 N The desert is heated by scorching sunshine, and if we want to reduce the desert temperature, we need huge amounts of water - millions and millions of gallons. What effect will one drop have Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The desert is heated by scorching sunshine, and if we want to reduce the desert temperature, we need huge amounts of water—m..."
06:4506:45, 4 November 2020 diff hist +4,134 N Material happiness is described by Vidyapati as the happiness one derives upon seeing a drop of water in the desert Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"happiness is described by Vidyāpati as the happiness one derives upon seeing a drop of water in the desert"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."

17:3917:39, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,368 N When he (the conditioned soul) enters such castles, he temporarily thinks that he is very happy, even though his happiness is impermanent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he enters such castles, he temporarily thinks that he is very happy, even though his happiness is impermanent. His happin..."
17:3617:36, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,428 N The word gandharva-puram is very significant. Sometimes in the forest a very big castle appears, and this is called a castle in the air. Actually this castle does not exist anywhere but in one's imagination. This is called gandharva-pura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word gandharva-puram is very significant in this verse. Sometimes in the forest a very big castle appears, and this is cal..." current
17:3117:31, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,370 N It is said in the sastras: kalau sudra-sambhavah. In this age of Kali, everyone is dependent on another's mercy for the maintenance of the body; therefore everyone is classified as a sudra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said in the śāstras: kalau śūdra-sambhavāḥ. In this age of Kali, everyone is dependent on another's mercy for the..."
17:3017:30, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,598 N To become dependent on another's maintenance is very degrading; therefore, according to the Vedic system, everyone should live independently. Only the sudras are unable to live independently. They are obliged to serve someone for maintenance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To become dependent on another's maintenance is very degrading; therefore, according to the Vedic system, everyone should live..." current
17:2817:28, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,486 N No one need go to a forest to set it ablaze: fire takes place automatically. Similarly, no one wants to be unhappy in family life or worldly life, but by the laws of nature unhappiness and distress are forced upon everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one need go to a forest to set it ablaze: fire takes place automatically. Similarly, no one wants to be unhappy in family l..."
17:2617:26, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,117 N People are trying to become happy within the material world, but this is like trying to be happy in a forest fire Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"people are trying to become happy within the material world, but this is like trying to be happy in a forest fire"}} {{notes|}..."
17:2317:23, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,937 N When a man is heavily taxed by the government, he becomes very sad Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a man is heavily taxed by the government, he becomes very sad"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|..." current
17:2217:22, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,634 N Sometimes, suffering from a shortage of food, one may go to a person who is neither able to give charity nor willing to do so. Sometimes one is stationed in household life, which is compared to a forest fire - samsara-davanala-lidha-loka Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes, suffering from a shortage of food, one may go to a person who is neither able to give charity nor willing to do so...."
17:1917:19, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,446 N Sometimes his efforts (of the conditioned soul) to get help from friends are exactly like jumping into a dry river. By such actions, he does not derive any benefit. He only breaks his bones Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes his efforts to get help from friends are exactly like jumping into a dry river. By such actions, he does not derive..."
17:1017:10, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,378 N Such activities (going to a sinful person for help, running after a mirage) do not produce any tangible results. Due to being directed by the illusory energy, a conditioned soul suffers in so many ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such activities do not produce any tangible results. Due to being directed by the illusory energy, a conditioned soul suffers..."
17:0617:06, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,054 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that the Bhagavata philosophy is meant for people who are completely free from envy (SB 1.1.2) - paramo nirmatsaranam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that the Bhāgavata philosophy is meant for people who are completely free from envy"|"para..."
16:5616:56, 3 November 2020 diff hist +166 The wife is compared to a whirlwind, especially during her menstrual period No edit summary current
16:4816:48, 3 November 2020 diff hist +166 Not knowing the aim of human life, one is constantly being misguided. The aim of life is Visnu (SB 7.5.31) - na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum No edit summary current
16:4616:46, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,896 N Gold is compared to a quickly fleeting fiend, which appears like a meteor in the sky. It displays itself for a moment and is then gone. Generally karmis are attracted to gold or money, but these are compared herein (SB 5.13.3) to ghosts and witches Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gold is compared to a quickly fleeting fiend, which appears like a meteor in the sky. It displays itself for a moment and is t..."
16:4416:44, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,992 N Even in the midst of these disturbances (meeting many undesirable people), one imagines that he is going to construct a grand house and live there permanently, although he knows that he cannot Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in the midst of these disturbances, one imagines that he is going to construct a grand house and live there permanently,..."
16:4116:41, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,172 N At least everyone is engaged in earning a livelihood in some profession or occupation. In these dealings, one has to meet many undesirable people, and their behavior is compared to the biting of mosquitoes. This creates very undesirable conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"at least everyone is engaged in earning a livelihood in some profession or occupation. In these dealings, one has to meet many..."
16:3816:38, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,998 N The material household is actually a hole of fruitive activity. To earn a livelihood one engages in different industries and trades, and sometimes one performs great sacrifices to go to higher planetary systems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material household is actually a hole of fruitive activity. To earn a livelihood one engages in different industries and t..."
16:3416:34, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,673 N Due to sinful activities, one becomes implicated in the process of transmigration and thus has to accept one body after another. Being thus absorbed in a distressed condition, one never attains happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to sinful activities, one becomes implicated in the process of transmigration and thus has to accept one body after anothe..."
16:3116:31, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,250 N Instead of spending money for advancing the Krsna consciousness movement, one spends his hard-earned money on clubs, brothels, liquor, slaughterhouses and so forth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Instead of spending money for advancing the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, one spends his hard-earned money on clubs, bro..." current
16:2916:29, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,100 N Not knowing the aim of human life, one is constantly being misguided. The aim of life is Visnu (SB 7.5.31) - na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not knowing the aim of human life, one is constantly being misguided. The aim of life is Viṣṇu"|"na te viduḥ svārtha-ga..."
16:2716:27, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,573 N The children say, "Father, this is wanted; give me this. I am your dear son." Or the wife says, "I am your dear wife. Please give me this. This is now needed." In this way one is plundered by the thieves in the forest Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The children say, "Father, this is wanted; give me this. I am your dear son." Or the wife says, "I am your dear wife. Please g..."
16:1516:15, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,452 N In this life one may think that he is very happy being an American, Indian, Englishman or German, but in the next life one has to accept another body among 8,400,000 species Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this life one may think that he is very happy being an American, Indian, Englishman or German, but in the next life one has..."
16:1216:12, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,390 N Not knowing what the path of sense gratification is, one becomes implicated in the repetition of birth and accepts different types of bodies again and again. Thus one suffers in material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not knowing what the path of sense gratification is, one becomes implicated in the repetition of birth and accepts different t..."
16:1016:10, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,123 N One can very easily understand how difficult and insurmountable the path of sense gratification is Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can very easily understand how difficult and insurmountable the path of sense gratification is"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ni..."
15:5615:56, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,327 If one abides by the orders of the spiritual master, by the grace of Krsna he is freed from service to the mind No edit summary current
15:5515:55, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,488 N Another bona fide process is to abide strictly by the orders of the spiritual master and engage in the Lord's service. Then the mind will be automatically controlled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another bona fide process is to abide strictly by the orders of the spiritual master and engage in the Lord's service. Then th..."
15:5315:53, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,349 N In this way one can control the mind (by beating it with shoes). This is the instruction of all the sastras. If one does not do so, one is doomed to follow the dictations of the mind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way one can control the mind. This is the instruction of all the śāstras. If one does not do so, one is doomed to fo..."
15:5015:50, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,489 N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that to control the mind one should beat it with shoes many times just after awakening and again before going to sleep Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura used to say that to control the mind one should beat it with shoes many times j..."
15:4815:48, 3 November 2020 diff hist +3,660 N The mind is always telling us to do this or that; therefore we should be very expert in disobeying the mind's orders. Gradually the mind should be trained to obey the orders of the soul. It is not that one should obey the orders of the mind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind is always telling us to do this or that; therefore we should be very expert in disobeying the mind's orders. Graduall..."
15:3915:39, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,656 N In this way (by absorbing the mind in material things such as birth, death, disease, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity) the living entity is conditioned, and he suffers material miseries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way the living entity is conditioned, and he suffers material miseries"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|AL..."
15:3715:37, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,870 N Until the living entity is aloof from the association and contaminations of this material world, the mind will be absorbed in such material things as birth, death, disease, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Until the living entity is aloof from the association and contaminations of this material world, the mind will be absorbed in..."
15:3515:35, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,892 N The mind is the cause of both material bondage and liberation. The impure mind thinks, "I am this body." The pure mind knows that he is not the material body; therefore the mind is considered to be the root of all material designations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind is the cause of both material bondage and liberation. The impure mind thinks"|"I am this body"|"The pure mind knows t..."
15:3015:30, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,757 N The human form of life is meant for cleansing away these misconceptions (upadhis). If this is not done, one has to repeat the cycle of birth and death and thus suffer all material conditions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The human form of life is meant for cleansing away these misconceptions. If this is not done, one has to repeat the cycle of b..."
15:2815:28, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,533 N As long as one is not freed (from upadhis, designations), he has to continue conditioned life in material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is not freed, he has to continue conditioned life in material existence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{com..." current
15:2615:26, 3 November 2020 diff hist +2,857 N When one's mind is absorbed in the material conception, he thinks that he belongs to a particular nation, family, country or creed. These are all called upadhis, designations, and one has to become freed from them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one's mind is absorbed in the material conception, he thinks that he belongs to a particular nation, family, country or c..."
15:2015:20, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,593 N BG 9.4, "By Me (Krsna), in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." This is the position of the plenary expansions of Krsna as the all-pervading Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them"|"This is the pos..."
15:1715:17, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,721 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is thus described in Bhagavad-gita: "By Me (Krsna), in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." - BG 9.4 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them"|"The Supreme Per..."
15:1315:13, 3 November 2020 diff hist −4 Krsna's first expansion is Baladeva, and His next expansions are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna. Vasudeva is the original cause of the brahma-jyotir, and the brahma-jyotir is the expansion of the rays of the body of Vasudeva No edit summary current
15:1315:13, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,649 N Krsna's first expansion is Baladeva, and His next expansions are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna. Vasudeva is the original cause of the brahma-jyotir, and the brahma-jyotir is the expansion of the rays of the body of Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's first expansion is Baladeva, and His next expansions are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha and Pradyumna. V..."
15:1115:11, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,323 N The first purusa-avatara is Maha-Visnu, and that Maha-Visnu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first puruṣa-avatāra is Mahā-Viṣṇu, and that Mahā-Viṣṇu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of the..." current
15:0915:09, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,710 N Every living being is controlled by the supreme living being, Paramatma, who resides within everyone's heart. He is the purusa, the purusa-avatara, who creates this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living being is controlled by the supreme living being, Paramātmā, who resides within everyone's heart. He is the puru..." current
15:0215:02, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,255 N Even in this material world, they (the awakened living being) engage in Krsna's service. As confirmed by Srila Rupa Gosvami: iha yasya harer dasye Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even in this material world, they engage in Kṛṣṇa's service. As confirmed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: īhā yasya harer..."
14:5914:59, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,340 N Those who are sleeping and unconscious are eternally conditioned, but those who are awake understand that they are eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are sleeping and unconscious are eternally conditioned, but those who are awake understand that they are eternally p..."
14:5814:58, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,059 N The conditioned state and liberated state are compared to the sleeping, unconscious state and the awakened state Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned state and liberated state are compared to the sleeping, unconscious state and the awakened state"}} {{notes|}}..."
14:5414:54, 3 November 2020 diff hist +4,209 N Those living beings in the material world are conditioned souls, nitya-baddha. The nitya-baddhas can become liberated by controlling the mind because the cause of conditioned life is the mind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those in the material world are conditioned souls, nitya-baddha. The nitya-baddhas can become liberated by controlling the min..."

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