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10:5510:55, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,109 N Fools and rascals consider these uncommon activities of the Lord to be mythological but the pure devotee immediately becomes ecstatic upon hearing the uncommon activities of the Lord. This is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-11-2..."
10:5110:51, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,421 N When the pure devotee, the liberated person, hears about these uncommon activities of the Lord, he immediately becomes ecstatic and exhibits the symptoms of chanting, dancing, and crying very loudly and jubilantly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the pure devotee, the liberated person, hears about these uncommon activities of the Lord, he immediately becomes ecstati..."
10:3910:39, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,717 N Fools and rascals, who are not in the transcendental position, consider these uncommon activities of the Lord to be mythological Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fools and rascals, who are not in the transcendental position, consider these uncommon activities of the Lord to be mythologic..." current
10:3010:30, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,673 Unless we realize God and our position, and we become lover of God, there is no question of peace in the mind No edit summary current
10:2910:29, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,353 N The Lord's activities are uncommon. For example, when He appeared as Lord Ramacandra, He performed uncommon activities like bridging the ocean. Similarly, when Lord Krsna appeared He raised the Govardhana Hill when He was only seven years of age Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord's activities are uncommon. For example, when He appeared as Lord Rāmacandra, He performed uncommon activities like b..." current
10:1910:19, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,722 N By engaging in sravanam kirtanam visnoh under a spiritual master one's life becomes perfect, and his attachment for Krsna becomes positively manifested. In that stage, he is situated in ecstasy, experiencing bhava and anubhava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way one's life becomes perfect, and his attachment for Kṛṣṇa becomes positively manifested. In that stage, he is..."
10:0610:06, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,574 N The disciple follows strictly and in this way learns how to control his senses. Then, by using his pure intelligence, he gradually becomes a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed by Srila Rupa Gosvami - adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The disciple follows strictly and in this way learns how to control his senses. Then, by using his pure intelligence, he gradu..."
10:0010:00, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,337 N Whatever he (the disciple) possesses he offers to the spiritual master, the guru, who engages him in sravanam kirtanam visnoh - SB 7.5.23 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever he possesses he offers to the spiritual master, the guru, who engages him in śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ"}..."

21:5521:55, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,481 N By following the instructions of the guru and the sastras, the disciple attains the stage of devotional service and becomes unattached to possessions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By following the instructions of the guru and the śāstras, the disciple attains the stage of devotional service and becomes..."
21:5221:52, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,238 N One's first duty is to approach the spiritual master, the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to begin rendering service to him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one's first duty is to approach the spiritual master, the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to begin rende..."
21:4521:45, 26 November 2020 diff hist +2,985 N One should clearly understand that although Narayana is situated in the core of the heart of every living entity, the living entity never becomes Narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should clearly understand that although Nārāyaṇa is situated in the core of the heart of every living entity, the livi..."
21:4321:43, 26 November 2020 diff hist +2,869 N Sometimes unscrupulous persons designate a living entity as daridra-narayana, svami-narayana, this Narayana or that Narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes unscrupulous persons designate a living entity as daridra-nārāyaṇa, svāmī-nārāyaṇa, this Nārāyaṇa or t..."
21:4021:40, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,094 N Offering respect to every living entity means offering respect to the Paramatma situated in every living entity. One should not misunderstand every living entity to be the Paramatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Offering respect to every living entity means offering respect to the Paramātmā situated in every living entity. One should..."
21:3721:37, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,034 N Harih sarvesu bhutesu means that Hari is situated as Paramatma, not as atma, although atma is a part of Paramatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"hariḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu means that Hari is situated as Paramātmā, not as ātmā, although ātmā is a part of Paramātm..."
21:3421:34, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,361 N Foolish persons do not distinguish between the atma and the Paramatma, who are situated in every body. The atma is the living entity, and the Paramatma is the SPG. The individual living entity, however, is different from the Paramatma, the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"foolish persons do not distinguish between the ātmā and the Paramātmā, who are situated in every body. The ātma is the li..."
21:2721:27, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,276 N Harih sarvesu bhutesu. This statement is sometimes misunderstood by unscrupulous persons who wrongly conclude that because Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is situated in every living entity, every living entity is therefore Hari Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hariḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu. This statement is sometimes misunderstood by unscrupulous persons who wrongly conclude that beca..."
21:0021:00, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,704 N Everyone has his life, his wealth, his intelligence and his words, and all of them should be offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the via medium of the spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone has his life, his wealth, his intelligence and his words, and all of them should be offered to the Supreme Personalit..."
20:5720:57, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,621 One should personally serve the spiritual master by giving him bodily comforts, helping him in bathing, dressing, sleeping, eating and so on No edit summary current
20:5520:55, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,364 N To practice bhakti-yoga, one must first accept a bona fide spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To practice bhakti-yoga, one must first accept a bona fide spiritual master"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|AL..."
20:5320:53, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,687 N The injunctions or directions of the Lord are infallible, and their benefits are fully assured. According to His directions, which are explained in this verse (SB 7.7.30-31), the perfect form of religion is bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The injunctions or directions of the Lord are infallible, and their benefits are fully assured. According to His directions, w..."
20:4920:49, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,835 N The process of religion is enunciated by the Supreme Lord because He is the supreme authority. This is also indicated in the previous verse (SB 7.7.29) by the word bhagavatoditah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the process of religion is enunciated by the Supreme Lord because He is the supreme authority. This is also indicated in the p..."
20:4520:45, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,511 N Actually the truth of religious principles is extremely confidential. Nonetheless, it can be understood very easily if one actually adopts the principles of religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"actually the truth of religious principles is extremely confidential. Nonetheless, it can be understood very easily if one act..."
20:4120:41, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,714 N It has been said that the process which immediately increases one's love and affection for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best of the many thousands of ways to become free from the entanglement of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It has been said that the process which immediately increases one's love and affection for the Supreme Personality of Godhead..."
20:3020:30, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,575 N As soon as one is situated on the platform of bhakti-yoga, the root cause of one's suffering and material bondage is destroyed. This is clearly explained in the next verse (SB 7.7.29), which gives the secret of success Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one is situated on the platform of bhakti-yoga, the root cause of one's suffering and material bondage is destroyed..."
20:2720:27, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,759 N One can understand what the Lord's position is, what our position is and what our relationship is. All this can be understood very easily by the simple method of bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one can understand what the Lord's position is, what our position is and what our relationship is. All this can be understood..."
20:2420:24, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,788 N Offering service and surrendering to the spiritual master, one is elevated to devotional service, and by performing devotional service one gradually becomes attached to the SP of Godhead. Because of this attachment to the Lord, one can understand God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"offering service and surrendering to the spiritual master, one is elevated to devotional service, and by performing devotional..."
19:1219:12, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,845 N One must accept the pure devotee, the representative of God, as one's guru and then offer him all the respects one would offer the Supreme Personality of God. This is the secret of success. For one who adopts this method, the perfect process is revealed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must accept the pure devotee, the representative of God, as one's guru and then offer him all the respects one would offer..."
19:0119:01, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,561 N There is no need to be worried, for the Lord (Krsna) Himself assures that He will care for His devotee and save him from the reactions of sinful activities. Material bondage is a result of sinful activity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to be worried, for the Lord Himself assures that He will care for His devotee and save him from the reactions..."
18:5818:58, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,575 N This process (of surrendering to Krsna) is the best because the Lord assures, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah: "I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This process is the best because the Lord assures, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ"|"I shall del..."
18:5318:53, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,687 N The linking processes that elevate one from bondage to material contamination is clearly explained in Bhagavad-gita (18.66), where Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That process is clearly explained in Bhagavad-gītā, where the Lord says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ..."
18:4518:45, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,538 N Among the linking processes that elevate one from bondage to material contamination, the one recommended by the Supreme Personality of Godhead should be accepted as the best Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Among the linking processes that elevate one from bondage to material contamination, the one recommended by the Supreme Person..."
18:2418:24, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,253 N One who always thinks of Krsna within the core of his heart is the best yogi. By practicing this best of all yoga systems, one is liberated from the material condition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who always thinks of Kṛṣṇa within the core of his heart is the best yogī. By practicing this best of all yoga syste..."
18:2018:20, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,364 N Mukti means giving up one's position in ignorance or illusion, by which one thinks in a way contrary to his constitutional position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mukti means giving up one's position in ignorance or illusion, by which one thinks in a way contrary to his constitutional pos..."
18:1718:17, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,456 N When one is put into an awkward position because of ignorance, the process by which one can be freed from this entanglement is called yoga. This is also called liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is put into an awkward position because of ignorance, the process by which one can be freed from this entanglement is..."
18:1318:13, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,073 N In the Medini dictionary, yoga is explained by its result: yoge 'purvartha-sampraptau sangati-dhyana-yuktisu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Medinī dictionary, yoga is explained by its result: yoge 'pūrvārtha-samprāptau saṅgati-dhyāna-yuktiṣu"}} {{not..." current
18:1118:11, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,003 N The word bija-nirharanam refers to burning the root cause of material life to ashes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word bīja-nirharaṇam refers to burning the root cause of material life to ashes"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{com..." current
18:0718:07, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,315 N By the practice of bhakti-yoga, one immediately comes to the spiritual platform, transcendental to the actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the practice of bhakti-yoga, one immediately comes to the spiritual platform, transcendental to the actions and reactions o..."
17:5917:59, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,887 N Just as one suffers pain when his head is cut off in a dream, in ignorance one suffers not only while dreaming but also while awake. Without the mercy of the SPG, one continues in ignorance and is thus subjected to material distresses in various ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as one suffers pain when his head is cut off in a dream, in ignorance one suffers not only while dreaming but also while..." current
17:5617:56, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,777 N One must realize that the material condition of life is full of distresses. One can realize this with purified intelligence. When one's intelligence is purified, he can understand that unwanted, temporary, material life is just like a dream Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must realize that the material condition of life is full of distresses. One can realize this with purified intelligence. W..."
17:5317:53, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,932 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission is for everyone to engage in welfare activities to awaken the foolish living entity, especially in human society, so that he may come to the platform of Krsna consciousness and benefit by liberation from conditional life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission is for everyone to engage in welfare activities to awaken the foolish living entity, espe..."
17:4517:45, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,831 N If by good association, by the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, one takes to Krsna consciousness, his conditional life of material existence is vanquished, and his original consciousness, known as Krsna consciousness, is revived Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if by good association, by the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, his condi..." current
17:3817:38, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,380 N The spirit soul does not need to enter such temporary bodies. He does so only due to his ignorance or his forgetfulness of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The spirit soul, however, does not need to enter such temporary bodies. He does so only due to his ignorance or his forgetfuln..."
17:3517:35, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,601 N This condition of the eternal soul (of accepting a temporary material body) is due to his ignorance, and although it is temporary, it is unwanted. Because of ignorance one is put into temporary bodies one after another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This condition of the eternal soul is due to his ignorance, and although it is temporary, it is unwanted. Because of ignorance..."
17:3017:30, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,839 N One can very easily understand that the material body is temporary, for it is generated at a certain date and ends at a certain date, after undergoing the six kinds of change, namely birth, death, growth, maintenance, transformation and dwindling Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can very easily understand that the material body is temporary, for it is generated at a certain date and ends at a certai..."
17:2617:26, 26 November 2020 diff hist +5,327 N The unwanted condition of temporary life is called ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unwanted condition of temporary life is called ignorance"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-1..." current
17:1217:12, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,919 N When devotional service develops and one's intelligence becomes clear, one can use his intelligence to return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When devotional service develops and one's intelligence becomes clear, one can use his intelligence to return home, back to Go..."
17:1017:10, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,131 N As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 3.42): Above the senses is the mind, above the mind is the intelligence, and above the intelligence is the soul. Ultimately, when one's intelligence becomes clear through devotional service, one is situated in buddhi-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Bhagavad-gītā"|"Above the senses is the mind, above the mind is the intelligence, and above the intelligence is..."
17:0517:05, 26 November 2020 diff hist +3,930 N Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.2.32): Even though one may artificially think himself liberated from material contamination, if he has not taken shelter of the Lord's lotus feet his intelligence is polluted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though one may artificially think himself liberated from material contamination, if he has not taken shelter of the Lord'..."
17:0217:02, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,168 N If one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can automatically understand everything else. Because of not taking shelter of the Lord's lotus feet, even great scholars, scientists, philosophers and religionists are always bewildered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can automatically understand everything else. Because of not tak..." current
16:5916:59, 26 November 2020 diff hist +4,218 N Just as aromas are distinct from the material vehicle in which they are carried, the soul is unattached to material activities. This analysis can be considered by a person who is fully under the shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as aromas are distinct from the material vehicle in which they are carried, the soul is unattached to material activities..."

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