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22:1522:15, 3 January 2021 diff hist +4,700 N The life air is the energy for all of a living being's activities, which are sometimes religious and sometimes irreligious. Thus religion and irreligion are said to be the upper and lower portions of the chariot's wheels Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The life air is the energy for all of a living being's activities, which are sometimes religious and sometimes irreligious. Th..."
22:1322:13, 3 January 2021 diff hist +4,945 Ten kinds of life air always flow within the material body. They are called prana, apana, samana, vyana, udana, naga, kurma, krkala, devadatta and dhananjaya. They are compared here (in SB 7.15.42) to the spokes of the chariot's wheels No edit summary current
21:5721:57, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,925 N One must forget these designations (Indian, American, Hindu, Muslim, Christian and so on) and use this consciousness only for the service of Krsna. Therefore if one takes advantage of the Krsna consciousness movement, his life is certainly successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must forget these designations and use this consciousness only for the service of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore if one takes adva..."
21:5421:54, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,893 N One's consciousness is the cause of material bondage, but if this consciousness is purified by bhakti-yoga, one can then understand the falsity of his upadhi, his designations as Indian, American, Hindu, Muslim, Christian and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's consciousness is the cause of material bondage, but if this consciousness is purified by bhakti-yoga, one can then under..."
21:4721:47, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,749 N One should take lessons from these Vedic literatures (Vedanta-sutra, the Upanisads, Bhagavad-gita, Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and learn how to practice nivrtti-marga. Then one's life will be perfect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should take lessons from these Vedic literatures and learn how to practice nivṛtti-mārga. Then one's life will be perfe..."
21:4421:44, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,829 N The real interest or goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead. To enable one to fulfill this purpose, there are so many Vedic literatures, including Vedanta-sutra, the Upanisads, Bhagavad-gita, Mahabharata and the Ramayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real interest or goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead. To enable one to fulfill this purpose, there are so many..."
21:4121:41, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,523 N The advice of experienced transcendentalists is that the body be fully engaged for achieving the ultimate goal of life - svartha-gatim Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The advice of experienced transcendentalists, therefore, is that the body be fully engaged for achieving the ultimate goal of..."
21:3621:36, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,580 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, personally gives instructions on how one can return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, personally gives instructions on how one can return home, back to Godhead"}}..." current
21:3421:34, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,869 N Krsna personally advises: Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world - BG 9.3 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa personally advises:"|"Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror o..."
21:3021:30, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,576 N If one takes directions from the experienced spiritual master one can go back home, back to Godhead; otherwise, one may return to the cycle of birth and death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one takes directions from the experienced spiritual master one can go back home, back to Godhead; otherwise, one may return..." current
21:2421:24, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,720 N If one wants to go to the darkest regions of material existence, one may continue to associate with persons who are attached to women (yositam sangi-sangam). The word yosit means "woman." Persons who are too materialistic are attached to women Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one wants to go to the darkest regions of material existence, one may continue to associate with persons who are attached t..."
21:2121:21, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,515 N For liberation, one should accept the direction of authorized devotees who can actually endow one with perfect knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For liberation, one should accept the direction of authorized devotees who can actually endow one with perfect knowledge"}} {{..." current
21:1721:17, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,407 N To go back to Godhead, the path is mahat-seva, to accept the self-realized spiritual master. Mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh - SB 5.5.2 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To go back to Godhead, the path is mahat-sevā, to accept the self-realized spiritual master. Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vim..." current
21:1321:13, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,704 N In conditioned life the consciousness in the body is the cause of bondage, but the same consciousness, when transformed into Krsna consciousness, becomes the cause for one's returning home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In conditioned life the consciousness in the body is the cause of bondage, but the same consciousness, when transformed into K..."
21:0721:07, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,858 N The mind is the determination to reach the destination, the senses are the horses, and the sense objects are also included in that activity. Thus one can reach the destination, Visnu, who is paramam padam, the supreme goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind is the determination to reach the destination, the senses are the horses, and the sense objects are also included in..."
21:0421:04, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,494 N The soul is the occupant of the chariot of the body, of which the driver is the intelligence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The soul is the occupant of the chariot of the body, of which the driver is the intelligence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}}..." current
20:5920:59, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,514 N For one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge, the same body, senses and mind are the cause of liberation. This is confirmed in the Katha Upanisad - 1.3.3-4,9 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge, the same body, senses and mind are the cause of liberation. This is confirmed..." current
20:5720:57, 3 January 2021 diff hist +6,583 N For a bewildered person in the materialistic way of life, the body, the mind and the senses, which are engaged in sense gratification, are the cause of bondage to repeated birth, death, old age and disease Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a bewildered person in the materialistic way of life, the body, the mind and the senses, which are engaged in sense gratif..."
20:1020:10, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,320 N A sannyasi must specifically remove himself from the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals, which disturb one as long as one is not fully aware that the body is separate from the soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī must specifically remove himself from the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals, which disturb one as long as o..."
19:5519:55, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,393 N Especially if a sannyasi not only maintains the body by ordinary means but does everything to maintain the body, including even eating meat and other abominable things, he must be a lampatah, a greedy person simply engaged in sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Especially if a sannyāsī not only maintains the body by ordinary means but does everything to maintain the body, including e..."
19:5019:50, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,962 Seeking such elevation (back home, back to Godhead) is one's duty in the human form of life. Unless one performs this duty, why should one maintain the body? No edit summary current
19:4219:42, 3 January 2021 diff hist +5,067 N Seeking such elevation (back home, back to Godhead) is one's duty in the human form of life. Unless one performs this duty, why should one maintain the body? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Seeking such elevation is one's duty in the human form of life. Unless one performs this duty, why should one maintain the bod..."
19:2319:23, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,181 N Of course, everyone in this material world is interested in maintaining the body for sense gratification, but by cultivating knowledge one should gradually understand that the body is not the self Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of course, everyone in this material world is interested in maintaining the body for sense gratification, but by cultivating k..."
18:5718:57, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,767 N The conclusion is that a paramahamsa is an exalted devotee (bhagavat-priya). Such a paramahamsa may be in any stage of life - brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha or sannyasa - and be equally liberated and exalted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion is that a paramahaṁsa is an exalted devotee (bhagavat-priya). Such a paramahaṁsa may be in any stage of lif..." current
18:5318:53, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,947 N Although Prahlada Maharaja was a grhastha ruling over the demons, he was a paramahamsa, the best of human beings, and thus he is our guru. In the list of gurus, or authorities, Prahlada Maharaja's name is therefore mentioned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Prahlāda Mahārāja was a gṛhastha ruling over the demons, he was a paramahaṁsa, the best of human beings, and t..."
18:4718:47, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,901 A guru, or spiritual master, can be anyone who is well conversant with the science of Krsna No edit summary current
18:3118:31, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,984 N One who is actually very intelligent must join the Krsna consciousness movement, realizing his own self as an eternal servant of Krsna, and thus practice constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord - Hare Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is actually very intelligent must join the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, realizing his own self as an eternal se..."
18:1918:19, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,375 N The Srimad-Bhagavatam instructs, yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah - SB 11.5.32 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam instructs, yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}..." current
18:0518:05, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,808 N Prahlada Maharaja, who is such a devotee (who does not care about so-called public opinion and Vedic or philosophical literatures), always defied the false instructions of his father and the so-called teachers who were appointed to teach him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who is such a devotee, always defied the false instructions of his father and the so-called teachers who..."
17:5617:56, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,598 N A person who is actually a devotee of Krsna does not care about so-called public opinion and Vedic or philosophical literatures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who is actually a devotee of Kṛṣṇa does not care about so-called public opinion and Vedic or philosophical lite..." current
17:0017:00, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,097 N As explained in the yoga process, dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah - SB 12.13.1 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained in the yoga process, dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirma..." current
16:5816:58, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,659 N When the forgetful bird comes to understand the supreme friend who is always with him and trying to give him guidance in different bodies, he takes shelter at the lotus feet of that supreme bird Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the forgetful bird comes to understand the supreme friend who is always with him and trying to give him guidance in diffe..."
16:5516:55, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,653 N One bird, the individual, forgetful bird, is eating the fruit of the tree, not caring for the instructions of the other bird, which is only a witness to the activities of the first bird, who is his friend Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One bird, the individual, forgetful bird, is eating the fruit of the tree, not caring for the instructions of the other bird,..."
16:5216:52, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,506 N The Supersoul and the individual soul are like two birds sitting on the same tree (the material body). The Supersoul is only a witness to the activities of the first bird, who is his friend Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supersoul and the individual soul are like two birds sitting on the same tree (the material body)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
16:4916:49, 3 January 2021 diff hist +126 The Supersoul and the individual soul are like two birds sitting on the same tree (the material body). One bird, the individual, forgetful bird, is eating the fruit of the tree, not caring for the instructions of the other bird No edit summary current
16:4816:48, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,555 N The Supersoul and the individual soul are like two birds sitting on the same tree (the material body). One bird, the individual, forgetful bird, is eating the fruit of the tree, not caring for the instructions of the other bird Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supersoul and the individual soul are like two birds sitting on the same tree (the material body)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
16:4016:40, 3 January 2021 diff hist +4,121 N As explained in the Thirteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, there are two souls within the body. The body is called ksetra, and there are two ksetra jnas, or occupants of the body, namely the Supersoul (Paramatma) and the individual soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained in the Thirteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, there are two souls within the body. The body is called kṣetra, a..." current
16:3316:33, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,692 N The difference between the body and soul can be realized by a person who is thoughtful (manisi or muni), and after this realization of the individual spirit soul one can very easily understand the supreme spirit soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the difference between the body and soul can be realized by a person who is thoughtful (manīṣī or muni), and after this re..."
16:2916:29, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,642 N By an analytical study of the entire constitution of the body, one can surely come to the conclusion that the soul is different from all the body's material constituents, such as earth, water, fire and air Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By an analytical study of the entire constitution of the body, one can surely come to the conclusion that the soul is differen..." current
16:2116:21, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,447 N One must merge the false ego into the total material energy and merge the total material energy into the supreme energetic. This is the process of becoming free from material attraction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must merge the false ego into the total material energy and merge the total material energy into the supreme energetic. Th..."
16:1416:14, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,605 N Jnanis and hatha-yogis can only gradually ascend to the spiritual platform by nullifying their material discrimination on the platform of psychology and nullifying the false ego, by which one thinks, "I am this body, a product of matter" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"jñānīs and haṭha-yogīs, can only gradually ascend to the spiritual platform by nullifying their material discrimination..."
16:0916:09, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,930 N A devotee is at once elevated to the spiritual platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee is at once elevated to the spiritual platform"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-01-03T..." current
15:4015:40, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,407 N As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (14.26): "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down under any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature & thus comes to the level of Brahman." Thus a devotee's position is secure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 14.26):"|"One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down under any cir..."
15:3715:37, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,377 N The karmis are completely in illusion, the jnanis are neither in illusion nor in positive knowledge, but the yogis, especially the bhakti-yogis, are completely on the spiritual platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The karmīs are completely in illusion, the jñānīs are neither in illusion nor in positive knowledge, but the yogīs, espec..." current
15:3115:31, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,318 N Jnanis can discriminate between matter and spirit, but the yogis, the best of whom are the bhakti-yogis, want to return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jñānīs can discriminate between matter and spirit, but the yogīs, the best of whom are the bhakti-yogīs, want to return h..."
15:2915:29, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,380 N This verse (SB 7.13.43) describes how a yogi can become free from material affection. Because of material attraction, a karmi cannot see himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse describes how a yogī can become free from material affection. Because of material attraction, a karmī cannot see..."
15:0915:09, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,147 N A saintly person does not discriminate between that which is supposedly good and supposedly bad; rather, he desires for everyone to be happy in Krsna consciousness, which is the ultimate goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a saintly person does not discriminate between that which is supposedly good and supposedly bad; rather, he desires for everyo..."
15:0415:04, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,108 N People of different mentalities are sometimes elevated and sometimes degraded, but this is not the goal of life. Rather, the goal of life is to become free from elevation and degradation and take to Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People of different mentalities are sometimes elevated and sometimes degraded, but this is not the goal of life. Rather, the g..."
15:0115:01, 3 January 2021 diff hist +2,974 N In the material world, good and bad have no meaning because if one is good he may be elevated to a higher planetary system and if one is bad he may be degraded to the lower planetary systems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, good and bad have no meaning because if one is good he may be elevated to a higher planetary system and..." current
14:5914:59, 3 January 2021 diff hist +3,093 There is no use in praising someone for material qualifications or blaspheming him for material disqualifications No edit summary current

3 January 2021

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