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- 22:0222:02, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,960 N If one is actually Krsna conscious, he cannot have any enemies. Since his only engagement is to induce others to surrender to Krsna, or God, how can he have enemies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is actually Kṛṣṇa conscious, he cannot have any enemies. Since his only engagement is to induce others to surrend..."
- 21:5821:58, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,732 N Whatever Krsna says - whatever God says - should be directly carried out. That is dharma, religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"whatever Kṛṣṇa says—whatever God says—should be directly carried out. That is dharma, religion"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
- 21:5621:56, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,543 N In bhagavata-dharma there is no question of "what you believe" and "what I believe." Everyone must believe in the Supreme Lord and carry out His orders Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In bhāgavata-dharma there is no question of"|"what you believe"|"what I believe"|"Everyone must believe in the Supreme Lord a..."
- 21:5321:53, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,533 N Whatever God orders constitutes religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever God orders constitutes religion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-11-22T21:53:24Z}}..."
- 21:5021:50, 22 November 2020 diff hist +6,206 God is one, and God is for everyone. Therefore everyone must surrender to God. That is the pure conception of religion No edit summary current
- 21:4921:49, 22 November 2020 diff hist +6,154 N Bhagavata-dharma has no contradictions. Conceptions of "your religion" and "my religion" are completely absent from bhagavata-dharma. Bhagavata-dharma means following the orders given by the Supreme Lord, Bhagavan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhāgavata-dharma has no contradictions. Conceptions of"|"your religion"|"my religion"|"are completely absent from bhāgavata-..."
- 21:3521:35, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,384 N Srimad-Bhagavatam is the pure transcendental process of religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the pure transcendental process of religion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..."
- 21:3021:30, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,430 Taking to Krsna consciousness and bringing fallen souls to Krsna consciousness is victory for Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 21:2921:29, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,657 A devotee can understand the difference between life without bhagavata-dharma and life with bhagavata-dharma and thus he ever remains obliged to the Lord No edit summary current
- 21:2721:27, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,301 N Living entities, who are part and parcel of the SPG, are loitering in this material world suffering. When they are instructed by God Himself about bhagavata-dharma and they adopt it, that is victory for the Lord, for He then reclaims these fallen souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Living entities, who are part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are loitering in this material world suffering..."
- 21:2221:22, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,716 N By understanding bhagavata-dharma, one immediately becomes free from material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By understanding bhāgavata-dharma, one immediately becomes free from material contamination"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}}..."
- 21:1521:15, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,054 N Devotional service is also called bhagavata-dharma. Without material aspirations, one should simply serve Krsna, as advised in Bhagavad-gita, Narada Pancaratra and Srimad-Bhagavatam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is also called bhāgavata-dharma. Without material aspirations, one should simply serve Kṛṣṇa, as advised in Bhagav..."
- 20:5920:59, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,935 N If one comes to Krsna consciousness somehow or other, even for material gain, the result is that he will be liberated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness somehow or other, even for material gain, the result is that he will be liberated"}}..." current
- 20:5420:54, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,236 N The Supreme Lord and His holy name are identical. Thus he (the devotee) becomes uninterested in attachment to material enjoyment. The perfection of life is to be uninterested in material enjoyment and interested in Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord and His holy name are identical. Thus he becomes uninterested in attachment to material enjoyment. The perfec..."
- 20:4120:41, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,152 N As clearly stated in Bhagavad-gita, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti: (BG 4.9) such a person, simply by engaging in Krsna consciousness or understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, becomes quite fit to return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As clearly stated in Bhagavad-gītā, tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti: (BG 4.9) such a person, simply by engaging in Kṛ..."
- 20:3820:38, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,099 N If one simply engages in Krsna consciousness to understand Krsna, he surely becomes immune to the process of repeated birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one simply engages in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to understand Kṛṣṇa, he surely becomes immune to the process of repea..." current
- 20:1720:17, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,007 N SB 2.3.10: "Whether full of all material desires, free from material desires or desiring liberation, a person who has broader intelligence must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead." This is the duty of a perfect human being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whether full of all material desires, free from material desires or desiring liberation, a person who has broader intelligence..."
- 20:0920:09, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,082 N Therefore a devotee should not hanker to obtain material opulence by worshiping the demigods (because their benedictions are vanquished when the demigods are vanquished), but should engage in the service of the Lord, who will satisfy all his desires Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a devotee should not hanker to obtain material opulence by worshiping the demigods, but should engage in the service of the Lo..." current
- 20:0220:02, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,736 N When the demigods are vanquished, the benedictions given by the demigods to unintelligent men will also be vanquished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the demigods are vanquished, the benedictions given by the demigods to unintelligent men will also be vanquished"}} {{not..."
- 20:0020:00, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,748 N Because these (demigod) worshipers do not know that when the entire material cosmic manifestation is annihilated, the demigods, who are the departmental heads of that manifestation, will be vanquished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because these worshipers do not know that when the entire material cosmic manifestation is annihilated, the demigods, who are..."
- 19:5219:52, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,807 N We may show our respect to the demigods, but the demigods are not worshipable. The intelligence of those who worship the demigods is lost - hrta jnanah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may show our respect to the demigods, but the demigods are not worshipable. The intelligence of those who worship the demig..." current
- 19:4819:48, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,992 N Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20) says, kamais tais tair hrta jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah: "Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto the demigods." Similarly, this verse (SB 6.16.38) condemns worship of the demigods Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.20) says, kāmais tais tair hṛta jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ: "Those whose minds are disto..."
- 19:2819:28, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,163 N Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.42): "With a single fragment of Myself I (Krsna) pervade and support this entire universe." The entire material world manifests only one fourth of the Supreme Lord's energy. Therefore He is called ananta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe"|"The entire material world manifests only one fou..."
- 19:1819:18, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,225 N Beginning with the covering of earth, each covering is ten times greater than the previous one. Thus we can only imagine how great each universe is, and there are many millions of universes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Beginning with the covering of earth, each covering is ten times greater than the previous one. Thus we can only imagine how g..."
- 19:1419:14, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,532 N This verse (SB 6.16.37) describes the coverings of the universe. The first covering is earth, the second is water, the third is fire, the fourth is air, the fifth is sky, the sixth is the total material energy, and the seventh is the false ego Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse describes the coverings of the universe"|"The first covering is earth, the second is water, the third is fire, the..."
- 19:0919:09, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,246 N This (SB 6.1.37) gives an idea of the meaning of ananta, unlimited. What is to be said of the unlimited potency and existence of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This gives an idea of the meaning of ananta, unlimited. What is to be said of the unlimited potency and existence of the Lord"..."
- 19:0419:04, 22 November 2020 diff hist +3,872 N From Krsna, or Govinda, comes Balarama; from Balarama comes Sankarsana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From Kṛṣṇa, or Govinda, comes Balarāma; from Balarāma comes Saṅkarṣaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{compl..." current
- 19:0019:00, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,255 N This Maha-visnu is a plenary portion of a portion of Visnu, Govinda (yasya kala-visesah). The word kala refers to a plenary portion of a plenary portion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Mahā-viṣṇu is a plenary portion of a portion of Viṣṇu, Govinda (yasya kalā-viśeṣaḥ). The word kalā refers..." current
- 18:4018:40, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,341 N Krsna is the original cause of everything. Arjuna recognized Lord Sri Krsna as the original person, and the Brahma-samhita describes Him as the original person. He is the cause of all causes, whether at the beginning, at the end or in the middle Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is the original cause of everything. Arjuna recognized Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the original person"|"and the Bra..." current
- 18:1418:14, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,370 Everything is caused or manifested by the energy of the Supreme Lord, and when everything is annihilated or dissolved, the original potency enters the body of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,815 N Devotees can see that the original potencies causing the cosmic manifestation are not in chemicals but in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for He is the cause of the chemicals Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees can see that the original potencies causing the cosmic manifestation are not in chemicals but in the Supreme Personal..." current
- 18:0418:04, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,000 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of everything. He is the cause of the tree that produces the citric acid Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of everything. He is the cause of the tree that produces the citric acid"}} {{..." current
- 17:5917:59, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,454 N We actually see that chemicals are produced from living entities. For example, a lemon tree produces many tons of citric acid. The citric acid is not the cause of the tree; rather, the tree is the cause of the acid Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We actually see that chemicals are produced from living entities. For example, a lemon tree produces many tons of citric acid...."
- 17:5117:51, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,389 N Scientists think that everything evolved from chemicals, but where did the chemicals come from? That they do not know. Since the SPG is the cause of all causes, He can produce immense quantities of chemicals to create a situation for chemical evolution Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They think that everything evolved from chemicals, but where did the chemicals come from? That they do not know. Since the Sup..."
- 17:4017:40, 22 November 2020 diff hist −1 Brahma-samhita (5.35) says, andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham: the Lord exists within the gigantic universe & within the atom. The descent of the Lord into the atom and the universe indicates that without His presence, nothing could factually exist No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,298 N Brahma-samhita (5.35) says, andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham: the Lord exists within the gigantic universe & within the atom. The descent of the Lord into the atom and the universe indicates that without His presence, nothing could factually exist Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahma-saṁhitā says, aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham: (Bs. 5.35) the Lord exists within the gigantic unive..."
- 17:3217:32, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,263 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead (Krsna) has no cause, for He is the cause of everything. The Lord is beyond the workings of cause and effect. He is eternally existing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no cause, for He is the cause of everything. The Lord is beyond the workings of cause a..."
- 17:2417:24, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,215 N Such eternal, blissful, all-knowing forms of the Lord (Krsna) cannot be understood even by the best Vedic scholars, but they are always manifest to pure, unalloyed devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such eternal, blissful, all-knowing forms of the Lord cannot be understood even by the best Vedic scholars, but they are alway..."
- 17:1017:10, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,485 N I worship the Supreme Personality of God, Govinda (Krsna), who is the original person - absolute, infallible, without beginning, although expanded into unlimited forms, still the same original, the oldest, and the person always appearing as a fresh youth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda (Kṛṣṇa), who is the original person—absolute, infallible, withou..."
- 16:5316:53, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,836 N It is rightly stated herein (SB 6.16.35) that the credit for all the opulences of creation, maintenance and annihilation belongs to the Supreme Lord, not to the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is rightly stated herein that the credit for all the opulences of creation, maintenance and annihilation belongs to the Sup..."
- 16:4616:46, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,716 N The so-called creator is not to be credited with the act of creation; the only credit goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the so-called creator is not to be credited with the act of creation; the only credit goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhe..."
- 16:3716:37, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,445 N Ultimately, when the cars are demolished, the so-called creators are faced with the problem of what to do with their ingredients Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ultimately, when the cars are demolished, the so-called creators are faced with the problem of what to do with their ingredien..."
- 16:2716:27, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,476 N When the manifested creation of the airplane is ruined, the remaining debris is a problem for the so-called creators Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the manifested creation of the airplane is ruined, the remaining debris is a problem for the so-called creators"}} {{note..."
- 16:1516:15, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,016 N The ingredients to manufacture wonderful machines like airplanes are also supplied by the Lord, not by the scientists. Before the airplane was created, its ingredients already existed, having been caused by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the ingredients to manufacture wonderful machines like airplanes are also supplied by the Lord, not by the scientists. Before..."
- 16:0916:09, 22 November 2020 diff hist −3 The first consideration is the intelligence of the scientist; one must be elevated by the dictation of the Supreme Lord (Krsna), who says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca: "From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness" No edit summary current
- 16:0616:06, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,841 N The first consideration is the intelligence of the scientist; one must be elevated by the dictation of the Supreme Lord (Krsna), who says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca: "From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first consideration is the intelligence of the scientist; one must be elevated by the dictation of the Supreme Lord, who s..."
- 16:0316:03, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,716 N Credit for creating the airplanes should go to the Supreme Personality of Godhead not to the scientists who have invented or created the so-called wonderful products Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"credit for creating the airplanes should go to the Supreme Personality of Godhead"|"not to the scientists who have invented or..."
- 16:0016:00, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,835 N The so-called scientists of the modern materialistic world are proud because they have created modern facilities like great airplanes, but the credit for creating the airplanes should go to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The so-called scientists of the modern materialistic world are proud because they have created modern facilities like great ai..."
- 15:5415:54, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,629 N In Bhagavad-gita (15.7) the Lord (Krsna) says, mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah: "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā"|"the Lord says, mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ"|"The living entities in this condi..."
- 15:4115:41, 22 November 2020 diff hist +6,419 N All the activities of their senses are engaged in the service of God. Because of such devotion, the Lord gives Himself to His devotees as if they could use Him for any purpose they might desire. Of course, devotees have no purpose other than to serve Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the activities of their senses are engaged in the service of the Lord. Because of such devotion, the Lord gives Himself to..."