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14:5614:56, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,084 N By Krsna's grace, the Pandavas conquered in the Battle of Kuruksetra and were saved from many dangers posed not only by kings but sometimes even by the demigods. Thus they are a practical example of how to live in security & safety by the grace of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By Kṛṣṇa's grace, the Pāṇḍavas conquered in the Battle of Kurukṣetra and were saved from many dangers posed not o..."
14:5114:51, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,727 N Narada Muni encouraged Maharaja Yudhisthira by saying, "You are already on the safe side because you, along with your entire family, have become a pure devotee of Krsna" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārada Muni encouraged Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira by saying"|"You are already on the safe side because you, along with your e..."
14:4314:43, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,824 N Placing himself as an ordinary householder, Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired from Narada Muni how a grha-mudha-dhi, a person who is entangled in household life and who thus continues to remain a fool, can be delivered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Placing himself as an ordinary householder, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired from Nārada Muni how a gṛha-mūḍha-dhī,..."
14:2714:27, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,366 N It is not that only sannyasis, vanaprasthas and brahmacaris can reach Krsna. A grhastha, a householder, can also reach Krsna, provided he becomes a pure devotee without material desires. An example of this is cited in the next verse - SB 7.15.68 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that only sannyāsīs, vānaprasthas and brahmacārīs can reach Kṛṣṇa. A gṛhastha, a householder, can also..."
14:2314:23, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,119 N It does not matter what one's position is; if one aims at reaching Krsna by performing his occupational duty under the direction of the spiritual master, his life is successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It does not matter what one's position is; if one aims at reaching Kṛṣṇa by performing his occupational duty under the d..." current
14:1914:19, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,033 N Krsna accepts service from anyone. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.32): "O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth - women, vaisyas (merchants), as well as sudras (workers) - can approach the supreme destination" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa accepts service from anyone. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā"|"O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, t..." current
14:1514:15, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,849 N Krsna should be the target; everyone should try to reach Krsna, from any position of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa should be the target; everyone should try to reach Kṛṣṇa, from any position of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
14:1114:11, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,129 N The ultimate goal of life is Visnu, Krsna. Therefore, either by Vedic regulative principles or by materialistic activities, if one tries to reach the destination of Krsna, that is the perfection of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate goal of life is Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, either by Vedic regulative principles or by materialistic acti..."
14:0314:03, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,737 N Everyone should act according to his occupational duties just to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then everyone will be happy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone should act according to his occupational duties just to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then everyone will..."
13:5813:58, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,761 N Everyone must act according to his position and try to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for that will make one's life successful. This was instructed in Naimisaranya - in SB 1.2.13 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone must act according to his position and try to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for that will make one's lif..."
13:5213:52, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,943 N This instruction (of SB 7.15.66) is given for men in all statuses of life. Generally society is divided into brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras, brahmacaris, vanaprasthas, sannyasis and grhasthas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This instruction is given for men in all statuses of life. Generally society is divided into brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśy..."
12:0012:00, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,906 N Everyone is trying to reach the goal of complete happiness materially; because people do not know what complete happiness is, they are materially diverted toward different interests Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone is trying to reach the goal of complete happiness materially; because people do not know what complete happiness is,..."
11:5811:58, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,935 N Unfortunately, people are thinking of different interests, and blind leaders are misleading them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, people are thinking of different interests, and blind leaders are misleading them"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirm..."
11:4611:46, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,230 N This objective of everyone's interest is Visnu, but because people do not know this (na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum (SB 7.5.31)), they are making various plans by which to fulfill so many concocted interests in life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This objective of everyone's interest is Viṣṇu, but because people do not know this (na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi vi..." current
11:4211:42, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,120 N The Krsna consciousness movement can give directions for management by which everyone can partake in Krsna conscious activities and reach the ultimate goal, which is known as svartha-gatim Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can give directions for management by which everyone can partake in Kṛṣṇa conscio..."
11:3811:38, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,206 N The actual interest of all living entities - indeed, the goal of life - is to return home, back to Godhead. This is the interest of one's own self, one's wife, one's children, one's disciples and one's friends, relatives, countrymen and all humanity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The actual interest of all living entities—indeed, the goal of life—is to return home, back to Godhead. This is the intere..."
11:2411:24, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,990 N There is no difference between chanting for Krsna consciousness and working for Krsna consciousness. On the transcendental platform, they are one. But we must be guided by the spiritual master about this oneness; we should not manufacture our own oneness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no difference between chanting for Kṛṣṇa consciousness and working for Kṛṣṇa consciousness. On the transc..."
11:2211:22, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,732 N If whatever we do, whatever we eat, whatever we think and whatever we plan is for the advancement of the Krsna consciousness movement, this is oneness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If whatever we do, whatever we eat, whatever we think and whatever we plan is for the advancement of the Kṛṣṇa conscious..." current
11:1911:19, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,003 N Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.27): O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā"|"O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as..."
11:1311:13, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,767 N The Krsna consciousness movement is teaching people how to come to the stage of dedicating everything to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching people how to come to the stage of dedicating everything to the service of..."
11:0611:06, 8 January 2021 diff hist +2,074 N One has to give up all the nonduality of philosophical life in the material world and come to the actual life of reality in the spiritual world in order to attain perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one has to give up all the nonduality of philosophical life in the material world and come to the actual life of reality in th..."
11:0411:04, 8 January 2021 diff hist +1,861 N The three words bhavadvaita, kriyadvaita and dravyadvaita are explained in the following verses - SB 7.15.63-65 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The three words bhāvādvaita, kriyādvaita and dravyādvaita are explained in the following verses"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|N..."
10:5910:59, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,510 N The material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material world is temporary or false, but the spiritual world is an eternal reality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material world is temporary or false, but the spiritual world i..."
10:5710:57, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,542 N From Bhagavad-gita we understand that there is another prakrti, or nature, which is real. This is explained by the Lord Himself in the Eighth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita - 8.19-21 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From Bhagavad-gītā we understand that there is another prakṛti, or nature, which is real. This is explained by the Lord Hi..."
10:5210:52, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,196 Nothing real is in this material world, but reality is in the spiritual world. The Lord's form and His abode - Goloka Vrndavana in the Vaikuntha planets - are eternal realities No edit summary current
10:4010:40, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,436 N The spiritual world is real, and the material world is similar to it. I.e., in the desert we sometimes find a mirage, but although the water in a mirage is false, this does not mean that there is no water in reality; water exists, but not in the desert Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The spiritual world is real, and the material world is similar to it. For example, in the desert we sometimes find a mirage, b..."
10:3610:36, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,286 N If material existence is temporary or false, this does not mean that the spiritual world, although similar, is also false. That one's material body is false or temporary does not mean that the body of the Supreme Lord is also false or temporary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If material existence is temporary or false, this does not mean that the spiritual world, although similar, is also false. Tha..."
10:3210:32, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,933 N In material existence there are many regulative principles and formalities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In material existence there are many regulative principles and formalities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}}..." current
10:1910:19, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,216 N Acintya-bhedabheda explains how the Lord can present Himself everywhere and anywhere in a form of His energy to accept service from the devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"acintya-bhedābheda, which explains how the Lord can present Himself everywhere and anywhere in a form of His energy to accept..."
10:0210:02, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,205 N When we worship the Deity of the Lord in the temple, the Deity appears to be stone or wood. Now, because the Supreme Lord does not have a material body, He is not stone or wood, yet stone and wood are not different from Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we worship the Deity of the Lord in the temple, the Deity appears to be stone or wood. Now, because the Supreme Lord does..." current
09:5809:58, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,122 N The Lord must be worshiped in His original form as Krsna. He can also present Himself in any one of His various expanded energies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord must be worshiped in His original form as Kṛṣṇa. He can also present Himself in any one of His various expanded..." current
09:5309:53, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,117 N Since all the Lord's energies are simultaneously existing, one must understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But although He is everything, He is not present in everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since all the Lord's energies are simultaneously existing, one must understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But althoug..." current
09:4709:47, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,998 N Our speculative theories that atma, the living force, is a combination of matter, that matter is a transformation of the soul, or that the body is part of the soul are all insubstantial Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"our speculative theories that ātmā, the living force, is a combination of matter, that matter is a transformation of the sou..." current
09:4309:43, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,944 N The energies are existing, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead also exists simultaneously; because everything is His energy, He is simultaneously one with everything and different from everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The energies are existing, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead also exists simultaneously; because everything is His energy..." current
09:3809:38, 8 January 2021 diff hist +3,807 N As it is said, parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate: (CC Madhya 13.65, purport) the Lord has multi-energies, which are expressed in different ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As it is said, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate"|"the Lord has multi-energies, which are expressed in different ways"}} {..." current
09:3509:35, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,259 N The best explanation is given by Krsna Himself: "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." (BG 9.4) Everything is an expansion of Krsna's energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best explanation is given by Kṛṣṇa Himself"|"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All b..."
09:3209:32, 8 January 2021 diff hist +4,260 N A forest is certainly a transformation of the earth, but one tree does not depend on another tree; if one is cut down, this does not mean that the others are cut down. Therefore, the forest is neither a combination nor a transformation of the trees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A forest is certainly a transformation of the earth, but one tree does not depend on another tree; if one is cut down, this do..."

17:3017:30, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,778 N Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah (BG 7.19). This can be understood by a mahatma who is perfect in knowledge. Such a mahatma is rarely seen Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ"|"This can be understood by a mahātmā who is perfect in knowledge. Such a..."
17:2817:28, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,669 N In this regard (BG 9.10), Srila Madhvacarya gives this note: durghatatvad arthatvena paramesvarenaiva kalpitam. The background of everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya gives this note: durghaṭatvād arthatvena parameśvareṇaiva kalpitam. The background..."
17:0717:07, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,490 N Speculative knowledge cannot give us reality as it is, but will continue to be nefariously imperfect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Speculative knowledge cannot give us reality as it is, but will continue to be nefariously imperfect"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
17:0517:05, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,903 N This philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda, inconceivable oneness and difference, is the perfect philosophy enunciated by the Vaisnavas. Everything is an emanation from Krsna, but it is not that everything must therefore be worshiped Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda, inconceivable oneness and difference, is the perfect philosophy enunciated by the Vai..." current
17:0117:01, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,878 N One can understand how Krsna's material and spiritual energies are working and how He is present everywhere although everything is not Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can understand how Kṛṣṇa's material and spiritual energies are working and how He is present everywhere although eve..."
16:1516:15, 7 January 2021 diff hist +9 When we raise our unmixed faith to the lotus feet of Krsna, everything is revealed. Krsna says in BG 7.1: "Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt" No edit summary current
16:1516:15, 7 January 2021 diff hist +6,223 N When we raise our unmixed faith to the lotus feet of Krsna, everything is revealed. Krsna says in BG 7.1: "Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we raise our unmixed faith to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, everything is revealed. Kṛṣṇa also says in Bhagavad-g..."
16:0316:03, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,588 N A real philosopher must be convinced that light is not possible at all without a background of sunlight Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a real philosopher must be convinced that light is not possible at all without a background of sunlight"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..." current
15:5415:54, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,753 N The reflection of the sun from a mirror is nothing but light within darkness. Thus although it is not exactly sunlight, without the sunlight the reflection would be impossible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The reflection of the sun from a mirror is nothing but light within darkness. Thus although it is not exactly sunlight, withou..."
15:5015:50, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,577 N This world, which is full of varieties, is not false; it is a reflection of the reality in the Vaikuntha world, the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this world, which is full of varieties, is not false; it is a reflection of the reality in the Vaikuṇṭha world, the spirit..."
15:4315:43, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,744 N One has experience of a snake in reality, and therefore he knows that although the representation of the rope as a snake is false or illusory, there is a snake in reality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one has experience of a snake in reality, and therefore he knows that although the representation of the rope as a snake is fa..."
15:4115:41, 7 January 2021 diff hist +5,724 N The Vaisnavas say that although the idea that the rope is a snake is false, the snake is not false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vaiṣṇavas say, however, that although the idea that the rope is a snake is false, the snake is not false"}} {{notes|}}..." current
15:3715:37, 7 January 2021 diff hist +6,016 N The impersonalist philosophy, vivarta-vada, generally cites the acceptance of a rope to be a snake as an example of this fact. According to this example, the varieties within our vision are false, just as a rope seen to be a snake is false Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalist philosophy, vivarta-vāda, generally cites the acceptance of a rope to be a snake as an example of this fact..."

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